Admissions

Sawtry Admissions Policy 

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The pupil admission number (PAN) for Sawtry Village Academy is 180.

Catchment Area

Children living in the area served by the following Primary Schools fall within the catchment area:

• Alconbury – http://www.alconbury.cambs.sch.uk/website
• Alconbury Weald- http://www.erminestreetca.org.uk/
• Folksworth – http://www.folksworth.cambs.sch.uk/website
• Holme – http://www.holme.cambs.sch.uk/
• Sawtry – http://www.sawtryjunior.org
• Stilton – http://www.stiltonprimary.co.uk/

If you would like to enrol your child at Sawtry Village Academy for Year 7 in September, please follow the link: Cambridgeshire County Council Secondary School Admissions

If you are applying for an in-year place; i.e. you want a place at Sawtry Village Academy for any student after the start of September, please follow the link: In Year Applications (Moving Schools)

In the event that applications to Sawtry Village Academy exceed 180, students will be allocated a place on the basis of the Academy’s published over subscription criteria.

Children who have a statement of special educational needs that name the school will be admitted.  Those children with a statement of special educational needs that do not name the school will be referred to Student Assessment and Resources (STAR) Team to determine an appropriate place.

1. Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangement order, or special guardianship order.  (A looked after child is a child who is in the care of a local authority in England, or is being provided with accommodation by a local authority in England in the exercise of their social services functions).
2. Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. (A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society).
3. Children who live in the catchment area, attend primary schools within the catchment area and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
4. Children who live in the catchment area with a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
5. Children who live in the catchment area who are attending the primary schools within it;
6. Children who live in the catchment area;
7. Children who live outside the catchment area, who are attending primary schools within it and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
8. Children who live outside the catchment area who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
9. Children who live outside the catchment area who are attending the primary schools within the catchment area;
10. Children who live outside the catchment area, but nearest the school as measured by a straight line.

The distance, for admissions purposes, is measured using the straight line distance from the centre point of the home to the main pupil entrance to the school. These distances are produced by the LA Admissions team for the school. For families who live outside the area covered by the Cambridgeshire mapping system, distances are determined using a combination of local maps and on-line resources.

Appeals Procedure

The school follows the published appeals procedure set out by the Local Authority. Please follow the link: School Admission Appeals