Farlingaye High School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked After Children (children in care) and Previously Looked After Children (children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been looked after, including those who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted). (Note regarding ‘Previously Looked After Children’) Previously looked after children includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (section 46 adoption orders). Child arrangements orders are defined in section 8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. A child is regarded as having been in state care outside of England if they were in care of or were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation, or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Children of staff — Children of staff employed by the school in the following circumstances: a) where the member of staff has been employed for two or more years at the time the application for admission to the school is made or b) where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a skill shortage. Staff using this criteria to apply for a school place for their child must complete the appropriate Supplementary Information Form found on the school website.
3. 3Residence in the school's catchment area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who have siblings attending the school. Definition of ordinarily resident: By ordinarily resident we mean the place where your child usually lives. We consider this to be where they sleep overnight. We may need proof of this address. Do not use another address to give the impression that your child lives at a different address to where they are ordinarily resident, such as a second home or a grandparent’s address, so that you have a higher priority for a place at that school; we would obviously consider this to be a fraudulent application. Where a child lives at two or more addresses, each for part of the week, the address at which the child is ordinarily resident will be considered to be the address that the child lives at for most of the week (excluding weekends and school holidays). Separate evidence in writing from each parent must be provided to confirm the child’s living arrangements at the time of application. In cases where the child spends an equal proportion of the school week at two or more different addresses, evidence of which address is to be considered the main contact address will be required to support the application. Agreement in writing by the parents will be required to state which address is to be used as the ordinarily resident address. This address will then be used when processing all school preferences expressed. It is not acceptable to use one address for one school preference and another address for another school preference. If we are aware of a parental dispute affecting the application, we may not be able to deal with the application and you may need to seek independent legal advice in order to resolve the matter. Definition of catchment area: That area which is shown on the catchment area map for Farlingaye High School at https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/asset- library/school-admissions/2023-08-25-Farlingaye-High-School.pdf and those streets and postcodes listed at https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families- and-learning/schools/school-places/school-catchment-areas/. This detail can also be found on the school website. Definition of Siblings: The term ‘sibling’ includes: natural, half, step, and adopted brothers and sisters; a child of the partner of the parent/carer; and children who are fostered into the family. In all these cases, the child and their sibling will both be living at the same address (that is where the child is ordinarily resident) in a single family unit. This means that children from different family units, where those separate families are living together at the same address, are not considered siblings under this criterion. Siblings must be pupils who are already at the school, or who have already been offered a place, and who will still be there at the time of admission, including sixth form. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. If there is more than one child at the school, the applicant should name the youngest sibling on the Normal Year of Entry application form (CAF1).
4. 4Residence in the school's catchment area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who have no siblings attending the school.
5. 5Distance from the school — Children who live nearest to the school, but are not ordinarily resident in the catchment area, who have siblings attending the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by the L.A. using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. The data plots the coordinates of each property and provides the address-point between which straight line distance is measured and reported to three decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located.
6. 6Distance from the school — Children who live nearest to the school, but are not ordinarily resident in the catchment area, who do not have siblings attending the school. Sibling tie-breaker Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. In the unlikely event that two applicants competing for a single place at the school have the same number of days difference in age from their closest aged sibling, a lottery will be run for this purpose with an independent adjudicator overseeing this process. Distance tie-breaker It is possible that the PAN will be reached in any of the categories set out above. For this reason, all applications will be prioritised according to the rules described. Decisions will be made about the offer of places in accordance with those priorities. If it is necessary to use a tiebreaker to distinguish between two or more applications, a ‘distance criteria’ will be used. We will give priority to the applicants who live nearest to the school as measured by a straight line. Should distances be the same, an ‘ultimate tie breaker’ will be used. A lottery will be run for this purpose with an independent adjudicator overseeing this process. Multiple births If the final place available at a school is offered to a twin or triplet and the remaining sibling/s would ordinarily be refused, (the school) will offer places to the remaining sibling/s at the same school. Making another application for a place at the same school If your application for a school place is refused, we will not consider a further application for a place in the same school year unless there has been a significant change in the circumstances of the parent, child or school. Such circumstances might be a house move or a place becoming available at the school. If there is no significant change in circumstances, you can make another application for the following school year but this will not normally be considered more than one term ahead of the date when you want your child to start at the school. Where a place is not available at the parents’ preferred school, the School Admissions team will inform the parents of the reasons and their right to appeal. Details of the appeal process are sent with the letter of refusal. Waiting Lists: Year 7 As part of the co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions, the (School) Admissions Team holds the waiting list on behalf of the Governing Body until the end of the first full week of the Spring Term in the normal admissions round. Parents will be contacted immediately if a place becomes available for their child, but should be aware that their child’s place on a waiting list may change if an application is subsequently received that meets a higher criterion than their own. Appeals for September entry into Year 7 If you are refused a place at our school you have the right to appeal to an independent panel. This process will be managed by the Education Appeals Office. Please ensure that appeals papers are headed with the school name and address and are returned to the Clerk of the Education Appeals Office. Dates, venues and panels will be arranged by this office to ensure fair access. All appeals should be heard by the same panel. The Education Appeals Office will endeavour to arrange all late independent appeal panel hearings at the same time. However, if this is not possible, late appeal applications will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged. In-Year applications The admission authority (school) will manage in year admissions. The application form ADM1, for in year admissions, is available on the school website. You should complete the form and send it to the school directly. Should you be a member of school staff applying for a place for your child, you should also complete the supplementary information form (SIF). This form is also on the school website. We will consider your application and let you know whether we can offer your child a place at the school. If there are more applications than places available, we will use the admissions oversubscription criteria to see who can and cannot be offered a place. We will write to all successful and unsuccessful applicants within 10 working days of receipt of the application form. We will also let you know how to appeal against the refusal of a place. The school will also inform the local authority admissions team of all decisions made. We do not hold waiting lists for in-year applicants. If a place becomes available in a year group that has been full we will consider all current applications for that place, any applications that have been refused in the last 30 working days (excluding weekends and school holidays) and any applicants for whom an appeal has been lodged and is still to be heard.’ Applications will be priority ordered according to the oversubscription criteria and offered accordingly. Parents should stay in regular contact with the school to determine whether school places are available or likely to become available in year. If a place has been made available for your child, you must take up that place by the date given in the offer letter. The school will put your child on roll by this date. If you fail to take up that place, it may be withdrawn and may be reallocated. In Year Appeals If you are unsuccessful in gaining an in year admittance you have the right to appeal to an independent panel. This process will be managed by the Education Appeals Office. Information relating to this process will be sent to you by the school, with the ‘refusal of place’ letter. Please ensure that appeals papers, when completed, are headed with the school name and address and are returned to the Clerk of the Education Appeals Office. Dates, venues and panels will be arranged by this office to ensure fair access. Admission of Children Outside of their Normal Age Group It is expected that children will normally be educated within their normal age group (chronological year group). However, the academy admissions committee will make decisions on the basis of the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned in line with the School Admissions Code. When considering the request this will include, but is not limited to, taking account of the parent’s views; information about the child’s academic, social, and emotional development; whether the child has previously been educated out of their normal age group; and whether they may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not for being born prematurely. Any evidence in respect of these or any other reasons can be submitted at the time of the request. Parents and carers are not expected to get evidence that they do not already have. The decision will also take into account the views of the head teacher and governing body. The academy requires that a parent makes an application for their child’s normal age group at the usual time, but enables them to submit a request for admission out of the normal age group at the same time Requests have to be made in writing including, where relevant, any supporting evidence. For the normal admissions round requests will need to be received at the academy before the national closing date of 31 October. An application should be made at the same time to the Local Authority. The academy will inform the parent/carer of the decision in writing including the reasons for the decision. If the request is refused, parents/carers will be given the details of the complaints procedure. Sixth Form admissions All Sixth Form admissions are managed by the academy. Entry for all internal and external students will be subject to individuals meeting the deadline for application, grade entry requirements for Sixth Form and the specific grade entry requirements for the separate courses they wish to pursue, each as published in the prospectus for that year of entry. Any admission for students who apply after the application deadline date will take account of the total number of students in year 12 and year 13 and the number of students in each class applied for. The admission authority is not obliged to admit any student solely on the basis of the ‘Raising the Participation Age’ legislation. Our Published Admission Number for external students has been agreed with the Local Authority at 75 per year. ‘The Published Admission Number (for external students)…should be based on an estimate of the minimum number of external candidates likely to be admitted, although it would be acceptable to exceed this if demand for available courses can be met.’ References, or copies of latest reports will be sought for all candidates. Please note these will be used to help inform the guidance process and give best advice to all applicants, prior to results day. They will not be used to determine offers of places. When there is oversubscription to Sixth Form courses, the following oversubscription criteria will apply: In all cases the oversubscription criteria are

Read 2026-09-12 from Suffolk County Council's published list of school details, admission policies and supplementary information forms for 2027/2028, which hosts every Suffolk school's policy on the council's own site. CORRECTION 2026-09-13: this row was written on 12 September with the right admission number, notes and source but an empty rule list — every rule came out blank. The rules below were re-read from the same published document. The rules were re-read from the same published policy this row already cites.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.