Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
| Postal address |
Ashton Road |
|---|---|
| Telephone | 01524 64496 |
| Headteacher | Mr C Goddard |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 1677 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 290 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
Initial allocation under each criterion:
| 1st | 391 |
|---|---|
| 2nd | 373 |
| 3rd | 246 |
| Total preferences received | 1010 |
Summary of policy
This is an academy – please contact the academy for full admission details. To apply for a place at this school, please apply online and use the supplementary information form available from the school.
In the event that there are more applicants than places, the Governing Body will allocate places using the following criteria, which are listed in order of priority:
- Looked after and previously looked after children. This criteria also includes looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Children of staff at the Academy.
- Places will then be ranked using the following points system which reflects the fact that Ripley St Thomas is a Voluntary Aided Church of England Academy:
Points will be given:
a) for attendance by the parent or child* at public worship (or, in the case of a child, Sunday School) at a Trinitarian church which is a member of one of the following on 1st September in the year of application for admission to the Academy: Churches Together in England or Free Churches Group, the Evangelical Alliance, North West Partnership of Churches, or is included on a list of other churches approved by the Governing Body (to a maximum of 30 points as detailed in the table below). Attendance must be current at the point of application.
*This does not include attendance with school where this is part of the normal school day.
Over 2 years Between 1 and 2 years Between 6 months and 1 year Weekly/Fortnightly 30 25 10 Once per month 20 15 5 The list of Churches Together in England can be found on the website www.cte.org.uk. Membership of the equivalent bodies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are accepted. Members of the Free Churches group can be found at www.freechurches.org.uk. Members of the Evangelical Alliance can be found at www.eauk.org. Members of the North West Partnership of Churches can be found at www.northwestpartnership.com.Other churches approved by the Governing Body are: Capernwray Evangelical, Kings Community Church, Morecambe Community Church, Morecambe Full Gospel Church. Church attendance must be verified by 31st October 2024 through the submission of a supplementary form, which is available from the Academy and which must be completed by the parent together with the appropriate member of the clergy and counter-signed by the latter. Separate supplementary forms should be completed for all churches attended on a regular basis in the last three years.In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these arrangements in relation to attendance will only apply to the period when the church or alternative premises have been available for public worship.
b) to children who attend any Church of England Primary School at the point of application (5 points).
c) to children who attend any Primary School which is a member of the Bay Learning Trust (5 points). If the school is a Church of England School, that is in addition to the 5 points awarded under 3b above. The list of schools which are part of the Bay Learning Trust can be found here: https://www.baylearningtrust.com/our-academies-2/
d) to siblings of those children who are on roll at Ripley St Thomas Academy in Years 7 to 12 at the point of application (5 points). This is a one-off points allocation regardless of the number of siblings currently on roll.
Where two or more applicants achieve the same number of points under criterion 3, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre.
- In the event that places remain unfilled after the application of criteria 1-3, remaining places will be allocated according to the straight line distance from home to school, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. Church attendance must be verified by 31st October 2024.
Applications received without submission of a Supplementary Form will be considered after all others and will be ranked solely according to the straight line distance from home to school, as above. Please see the full policy for the sliding scale of points awarded for church attendance.
Geographical priority area
Parents in any doubt over the distance between home and school for the provision of transport are asked to check with their local Area Education Office. This may be particularly relevant if you live close to a county border.
Transport
Please see the main school admissions section.
Parents in any doubt over the distance between home and school for the provision of transport are asked to check with their local area education office. This may be particularly relevant if you live close to a county border.