Admissions

The consultation period for 2012 admissions has now ended.
The final Admissions policy can be found below.

 

RYBURN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA-SEPTEMBER 2012

Pupils will be admitted at the age of 11 without reference to ability or aptitude. The number of intended admission for September 2012 will be 240. The Governors propose to continue to admit pupils with statements of special educational needs and pupils in public care (looked after children) where it is the wish of parents and the local authority administering the care order.

OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA
Those children who attend the Primary Schools of:
(a) Barkisland CE (VA) Primary, Bolton Brow J&I School, Christ Church CE (VA) Junior, Copley Primary, New Road Primary, Norland CE(VC) J&I, Ripponden J&I, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary, Sowerby Village CE (VC) Primary, St John's CE (VA) Primary (Rishworth), St Mary's CE (VA) J&I and Triangle CE (VC) Primary.

(b) Children who have a brother/sister (including step brother/sister living at the same address) who at the time of application is on roll and is expected to be attending the school when the younger sibling starts

(c) Those children living permanently in the Ryburn Ward as defined by Calderdale MBC.

(d) Proximity to a child's home to school as measured by the 'straight line' rule/method (direct distance) as defined by the Local Authority.
In the event of there being more applicants in any one of the above criteria than places available, priority will be given to those whose permanent address is nearest to Ryburn Valley High School with those nearest being accorded higher priority.

 

Pupils placed on the waiting list during the transition process from year 6 to 7 will be maintained on the waiting list in accordance with the Local Authority co-ordinated Admission Policy. If Parents wish their child to remain on the waiting list after 1st September they must inform the school in writing.

As places become available they will be allocated from the waiting list according to the over-subscription criteria. If Parents request a place in other Year groups which are full they can request to go onto the waiting list for that year group.

LATE APPLICATIONS
If an application is received for a place in Year 7 after the deadline as laid down in the Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme, and the school has allocated all the places in Year 7 the pupil's name will be put on the waiting list. As places become available they will be allocated as detailed above.

GENERAL NOTES
Where a pupil lives with parents with shared responsibility during the week, parents must state which is the predominant address of the child together with details. Over-subscription criteria will be applied on the basis of the predominant address, which may be checked with the current primary school.

Parents need to be aware that the Governors, when allocating places consider the present permanent place of residence. They will not take into account the intention to move to another address.

NON-ADMISSION
Governors will establish arrangements for Independent Appeals against non-admission. Details of the Appeals procedure are available from the school.