Ravensfield Primary School

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

1. 1Looked after Children or children who have previously been looked after but immediately after being looked after became — Looked after Children or children who have previously been looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. This includes those 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 looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989)
2. 2Children and families with exceptional medical or social needs Written evidence must be provided by a suitably qualified — Children and families with exceptional medical or social needs Written evidence must be provided by a suitably qualified professional – e.g. a GP or consultant for medical needs, or a social worker for social needs – the information must confirm the exceptional medical or social need and demonstrate how Ravensfield Primary School is the only school that can meet the defined needs of the child. A panel of governors and the Headteacher will make a decision as to whether to admit a child under this criterion, using the evidence provided. Parents/carers are responsible for providing all information in support of an application by the closing date, officers of the Council will not ask for additional information. All information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence.
3. 3Sibling This will apply where there are brothers or sisters attending the school as at the closing date for applications — Sibling This will apply where there are brothers or sisters attending the school as at the closing date for applications, who will still be attending at the time of admission, i.e. in the September when a pupil is admitted to Reception. Preference will be given to pupils living nearest to the school. The sibling criterion includes; natural sisters/brothers; half-sisters/brothers; stepsisters/brothers; adopted sisters/brothers; sisters/brothers of fostered children; children of the parent/carer’s partner, and in each case living at the same address. This allows for the admittance of children whose siblings will still be attending the preferred school.
4. 4All other applications on distance Preference will be given to pupils living nearest to the school — All other applications on distance Preference will be given to pupils living nearest to the school. Distance will be measured as a straight line from the child’s home address, using the address point assigned by the National Land and Property Gazetteer, to the main gate to the school property. Measurements will be made using the Local Authority’s school admissions data mapping software, which uses a Geographical Information System based on Ordnance Survey. Where oversubscription occurs in applying either criteria 1, 2 or 3, priority will be given to those pupils living nearest the school, measured as a straight line (as above). The address from which distance will be measured will be the permanent residential address, as at the closing date for applications, of the parent with whom the child is normally resident. Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the home address is the address from which the child travels to school for the majority of school days per week. In the event of two or more applications with distances which are exactly the same competing for a final place, e.g. blocks of flats, the place will be decided by drawing lots, the first name drawn will be offered the place. An adoption order is an order under section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. A ‘residence order’ is as an order settling the arrangements to…

Admission arrangements as published by Tameside Council on its own page for this school. The school is its own admission authority (academy or voluntary aided); Tameside hosts the arrangements centrally.

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.