How To Apply For A School Place For September 2018 Guide

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This guide is split into the following four sections:

Foreword • General information • Starting school
This booklet provides information in relation to the • Junior transfer • High school transfer
following admission rounds:
Please contact the Admissions Team helpline on 01582
• Starting school (for children born between 1/9/13 - 54 80 16, Monday to Friday, between 9am and 4pm, if
31/8/14) you need help to understand this booklet.
• transfer to junior school (for children in Year 2 seeking
a place at a junior school) Applying for a school place
• transfer to high school (for children in Year 6 seeking a Luton parents and carers can apply for a school place
place at a high school) by using Luton Borough Council’s online application
The closing dates are as follows: system.
Starting school – 15 January 2018 The benefits of online applications are:
Transfer to junior school – 15 January 2018
Transfer to high school – 31 October 2017 • easy step-by-step instructions
• preferences can be changed at any time until the
You must apply to our Admissions Team for a place closing date
even if:
2 • you would like to request a place at your catchment • you will receive confirmation that your application
area school has been submitted.
• you would like to your child to attend a school outside If you do not have access to a computer, you can apply
of Luton. by completing the application form enclosed with this
• your child has been attending the early years unit guide.
attached to your preferred school (only for the Please note, if you are applying for a place at a Cardinal
starting school admissions round). Please note, a place Newman Catholic School or Wenlock Junior School,
in the nursery or early years unit does not guarantee you will also need to provide a paper copy of the
admission to the main school supplementary form together with your child’s original
• your child is attending the linked infant school (only for Baptismal Certificate (only for applications for Cardinal
the junior school transfer) Newman Catholic School). The supplementary forms are
• you have previously applied to the school for a place attached to the application form.
• you would like your child to attend a faith school, a If you are applying for a Catholic primary school in
foundation school, an academy or a free school. Luton, you must provide your child’s original Baptismal
Certificate.
If you live in Luton you must apply to Luton Borough
Council for a school place, even if you are requesting a The original Baptismal Certificate must be provided
place at a school(s) outside of Luton. even if you have previously provided it to the schools.
If you live outside of Luton, but would like your child You must submit these documents to your first
to attend a Luton school, you must apply using your preference school (for starting school) or to your child’s
Council’s application form or online application system. current school (for the junior and high school transfers),
if this is in Luton or to the Council’s Admissions Team by
It is important that Luton parents and carers read and the relevant closing date.
understand this guide.
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Wszyscy rodzice/opiekunowie dzieci wymagających miejsca w szkole podstawowej, gimnazjum lub średniej od
września 2018, muszą zgłosić się przed dniem:
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Przejście do gimnazjum – 15 stycznia 2018
Przejście do szkoły średniej – 31 października 2017
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2018 trebuie să depună cererea înainte de:
Începerea școlii – 15 ianuarie 2018

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Contents
Foreword 2
Applying for a school place 2
Translations 3
Personal message from the Corporate Director – Children and Learning 8
Application process 10
Admission process 11
Other things to consider 14
Transport 16
Appeals procedure 17
Further information 19
Starting infant/primary schools in September 2018 20
Admissions criteria for community infant and primary schools 23
Admissions criteria for Chantry Primary Academy 31
Admissions criteria for Crawley Green Infant School 34
Admissions criteria for Dallow Primary School 36
Admissions criteria for River Bank Primary School 39
Admissions criteria for Sacred Heart Primary School 41
Admissions criteria for St Joseph’s Primary School 44 7
Admissions criteria for St Margaret of Scotland Primary School 48
Admissions criteria for St Martin de Porres Primary School 51
Admissions criteria for The Ferrars Academy 54
Admissions criteria for The Linden Academy 56
Admissions criteria for Whipperley Infant Academy 59
Infant class size legislation 62
Timetable for starting school admissions round 63
Contact details for Luton infant and primary schools 64
Map of Luton infant and primary schools 66
Transfer to junior school in September 2018 67
Admissions criteria for community junior schools 69
Admissions criteria for Wenlock Junior School 73
Timetable for transfer to junior school 76
Contact details for Luton junior schools 76
Map of Luton junior schools 77
Transfer to high school in September 2018 78
Admissions criteria for Ashcroft High School 80
Admissions criteria for Cardinal Newman Catholic School 82
Admissions criteria for Challney High School for Boys & Denbigh High School 85
Admissions criteria for Challney High School for Girls, Lealands High School and Putteridge High School 89
Admissions criteria for Chiltern Academy 92
Admissions criteria for Icknield High School 93
Admissions criteria for Lealands High School 96
Admissions criteria for Lea Manor High School 98
Admissions criteria for Stopsley High School 100
Admissions criteria for The Chalk Hills Academy and The Stockwood Park Academy 102
Open evenings 105
Timetable for transfer to high school 105
Contact details for Luton high school & academies 106
Map of Luton high schools and academies 107
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A personal message from the Corporate

Director – Children and Learning
I am pleased to offer this information guide to parents/carers of children due to start or
transfer schools in September 2018.
Please take the time to read this guide as it has been prepared to help you understand the
admissions process. It also explains the importance of applying for a school place by the
following closing date:
Luton parents/carers wishing to apply for a school place outside of Luton should also read
this information guide (page 13 provides further details).
This guide gives information on individual schools and academies in Luton, so that you can
judge your chances of securing a place at your preferred schools.
It is important that you understand how places will be allocated and how your first, second
8 and third preferences will be processed (see page 11-12 for a full explanation).
If you would like your child to attend your catchment area school you must specify it as a
preference. Where your catchment area school is oversubscribed with applications, those
living in the catchment area and not identifying it as a preference will not be considered for a
place.
Luton Borough Council is committed to fair admission arrangements that enable schools
to foster high achievement and access for all. I have no hesitation in recommending Luton
schools to you. I know that whichever school your child attends will provide a caring
environment within which your daughter or son can build a secure future with the highest
educational expectations.
I wish your child every success in their learning and beyond.
Sally Rowe
Corporate Director – People Directorate
Luton Borough Council
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The Council co-ordinates applications for all the schools and academies in Luton.
The address and telephone number of the schools and academies can be found on pages 64–65 for the starting
school admissions round, page 76 for transfer to junior school and page 106 for the transfer to high school.
Application process
Applications must be made by the relevant closing date.
Applying online
You can apply online for a school place at www.luton.gov.uk/admissions. Please quote the unique number
printed on the letter sent to you by the Council in September (for the high school transfer) or in October (for
the starting school and junior transfer). You can apply online even if you do not have a unique number. Online
applications are quick, simple to use and secure. There are easy step-by-step instructions too.
You get an automatic confirmation to show that your application has been received. You can also change your
preferences at any time right up to the relevant closing date.
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Applying using the paper application form
You can apply for a school place by completing an application form. The application form can be downloaded at
www.luton.gov.uk/admissions or you can get a paper copy from the Admissions Team.
Completed application forms must be returned to your child’s current Luton school (for the junior and high school
transfer) or to your first preference Luton school (for the starting school admissions round) or to the Admissions
Team by the relevant closing date.
Catchment areas/priority admission areas
You can look up your catchment area school at www.luton.gov.uk/admissions or by contacting the Admissions
helpline. Remember, if you want a place at your catchment area school, you must still apply and name that school
as one of your preferences. Please note, The Chalk Hills Academy and The Stockwood Park Academy have renamed
their former catchment areas ‘priority admissions area’.
Applying for a place at a faith school
If you specify Cardinal Newman Catholic School or Wenlock Junior School as a preference you will also need to
complete and return a supplementary form. You will also need to provide your child’s original Baptismal Certificate
if you are applying for a place at Cardinal Newman Catholic School (you must provide your child’s original Baptismal
Certificate even if you have previously provided it to the school). The completed supplementary form should be
returned to your child’s current Luton school or to the Admissions Team by the relevant closing date.
The supplementary forms are attached to the application form. Alternatively, you can download a supplementary
form at www.luton.gov.uk/admissions or you can get a paper copy from Wenlock Junior School or from Cardinal
Newman Catholic School.
If you are applying for a Catholic primary school in Luton you must provide your child’s original Baptismal Certificate
(you must provide your child’s original Baptismal Certificate even if you have previously provided it to the schools).
If you name a faith school outside of Luton as one of your preferences, it is up to you to check with that school
whether you also need to complete an additional form supplied by them. In all cases, you must still make an
application through our Admissions Team as well.
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All additional paperwork must be submitted by the relevant closing date, set out below:
Home address
Where a school or academy is oversubscribed your address, as at the relevant closing date, will be used to decide
which catchment area you live in. You may be asked to provide the documentation listed below to verify your
address:
Your recent (within the last 12 months) Working Tax Credit/Child Tax Credit award letter for 2017/18, this must
include the pages that show the name of your child. If you have not received a recent award letter, you can
obtain a copy by telephoning the Tax Credit Helpline on 0844 496 6507. Alternatively, you can provide your Child
Benefit CH84TS Form which shows your address at the time of application and your child’s name. If you have not
received a recent CH84TS Form, you can obtain a copy by telephoning the Child Benefit Helpline on 0843 504
7175.
A recent (within the last three months) gas bill or electricity bill or water bill which shows your address.
Alternatively, you can provide your 2017/18 council tax bill which shows your address. Please note, the
Admissions Team do not accept telephone bills, credit card or bank statements as proof of address.
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If your child attends a school outside of Luton or an independent (private school) the Admissions Team will need
to see a copy of your child’s birth certificate (for the junior and high school transfers only).
Children who gain a place at a school or academy because their parents/carers have given the Council a false
address will have their place withdrawn.
Admission process
Pupils are admitted to Luton schools and academies without reference to ability or aptitude up to the published
admissions number. The admissions number for each school and academy can be found on pages 64-65 for the
starting school admissions round, page 76 for transfer to junior school and page 106 for transfer to high school.
Parents/carers must identify their first, second and third preference schools on their application. It is important to
name three different schools.
The Council must allocate places to pupils whose parents/carers have expressed a written preference for that
school, ahead of those who have not.
Please note all Luton schools and academies operate an equal preference system for processing parental
preferences.
The system is explained below:
Stage1: Applying the admissions criteria

All first, second and third preference applications are considered equally against the school admissions criteria
for each school. At this stage there is no distinction between first, second and third preference applications. For
example, if a school has 150 places and there are 300 first, second and third preference applications, all applications
are considered equally against the admissions criteria.
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Stage 2: If a place can be offered at more than one school

If a pupil qualifies for a place at more than one school the parent’s highest ranked preference (i.e. first or second
preference) will be offered and any lower ranking offers will be disregarded. For example, a parent’s first and third
preferences might both qualify for a place, in which case the parent would be offered their first preference, leaving
the place at the third preference school available for another pupil.
Pupils who have not been allocated a place at any of their preferred schools, or whose parents/carers did not
express a written preference, will be allocated a place at one of the nearest schools to their home address with
vacancies.
Please note, if any information given on your application form or any amendments made to the form
changes prior to the relevant closing date, you must notify the Admissions Team in writing immediately.
Waiting lists
Your child’s name will be held on the waiting list for any school(s) you have ranked higher than the school your child
has been allocated.
For example:
First preference: school A – child’s name held on a waiting list for school A
Second preference: school B – place offered at school B
Third preference: school C – place not required as a higher preference school has been allocated.
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that the position of your child on the waiting list(s) may change as children are added to, or deleted from the lists(s).
If a place can be offered via the waiting list after the initial allocation, the original place offered will automatically
be re-allocated to another child unless the parent has removed their child’s name from the waiting list of their
preferred school(s).
Late applications
It is vital that parents submit an online application or return their completed application form before the relevant
closing date.
Late applications will not be processed until after the relevant offer date, except in very exceptional circumstances.
Where parents have submitted an application before the closing date, but then seek to change their preference
after the closing date, this late change of preference will be treated as a ‘late’ application and will not be considered
in the initial allocation of places.
When parents submit a late application changing their preference(s) and are successful in gaining a place at a
preferred school, the original place offered to their child will automatically be re-allocated to another child.
Late applications for Luton schools must be sent to the Council’s Admissions Team.
Offer dates
Decision letters will be sent to parents on the following dates:-
Starting school – 16 April 2018
Transfer to junior school – 16 April 2018
Transfer to high school – 1 March 2018
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Applying for a school outside Luton

Luton parents seeking a place at a school(s) outside of the Borough must apply through Luton Borough Council.
The Council will send applications for out of borough schools to the relevant Local Authority for consideration.
Applications submitted by Luton parents, direct to other Councils will not be accepted.
The Council will liaise with other local authorities over the outcome of applications for Luton pupils. Where both
authorities can offer a school place the highest ranking preference that can be offered will be confirmed, any lower
ranking offers will be eliminated.
Where parents specify an out of borough school as their first, second or third preference they must check the
following with the individual school:
the school’s admissions criteria
whether they also need to complete any supplementary forms supplied by the school.
Applications from parents living outside of the Borough
Parents living outside of Luton, wishing to apply for a Luton school must do so by following their ‘home’1 Council’s
application process. Their Council will forward the application to Luton Borough Council for consideration. Luton
Borough Council will inform the pupil’s ‘home’ Council of the outcome of the application. Where both authorities
can offer a school place, the highest ranking preference that can be offered will be confirmed and any lower
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Admission of children outside their normal age group
If you would like your child to be educated in a year group outside of their chronological age group, you must put
your request in writing to the Admissions Team in the first instance. All requests will be considered by the preferred
school and other professionals.
Admission to Sixth Forms and Further Education Colleges
Luton has two further education colleges:
• Luton Sixth Form • Barnfield College
The following schools have sixth form colleges:
• The Chalk Hills Academy • The Stockwood Park Academy • Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Admission arrangements to all of the above are administered by the relevant school or college. The admission
arrangements for school sixth forms are available on the Council’s website and the relevant school’s website.
Important things to consider
When deciding on your first, second and third preferences it is important to familiarise yourself with:
1. The admissions criteria for your preferred schools (pages 23–61 for the starting school admissions round, pages
69–75 for transfer to junior school and pages 80–103 for transfer to high school of this guide). It is vital that you
understand how places will be allocated if there are more applicants for your preferred schools than places
available.
2. The admissions process – it is important that you understand the admissions process (see pages 11–12 of this
guide).
3. How places have been allocated in previous years (see pages 23–61 for the starting school admissions round, pages
69-75 for the transfer to junior school and pages 80–103 for the transfer to high school of this guide).
4. Please be aware that the system of processing parental preferences places more emphasis on the schools’
admissions criteria and only uses preference ranking where your child qualifies for a place at more than one
school (see pages 11–12 for further details).
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5. You are strongly advised to name three different schools on your form. Some parents/carers believe that if
they only express a preference for one school, or name the same school two or three times, they increase their
chance of gaining a place at the school– this is incorrect.
If you would like your child to attend your catchment area school you should specify the school as a preference.
Where the catchment area school has more applications than places available, those living in the catchment area
and not specifying it as a preference will not be considered for a place.
Parents/carers do not have a right to a place for their child at any of their preferred schools. If parents/carers are
unsuccessful in gaining a place at any of their preferred schools, their child will be allocated a place at one of the
nearest schools to their home address with vacancies.
Other things to consider

When identifying a preference, parents may also want to consider the following factors:
Location
How will your child get there? Remember any transport costs are usually the responsibility of the parents. See
pages 16 - 17 for information on eligibility for assistance with transport.
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Examination results are a very important factor in assessing a school’s performance but they do not represent the
sum total of its achievements. To obtain a clearer view of a school’s performance, parents may find it particularly
helpful to visit the school.
Views of your son or daughter
Ask your child, they may have strong ideas about the school they would prefer to attend.
Range of facilities
All schools and academies have similar facilities but look into whether the school has any unique specialist areas.
Quality and range of out of school activities, homework clubs, etc.
Are these relevant to your child’s interests such as sport, drama, music or the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme?
Friendships
Are social events organised outside of school hours? Does the school offer exchange visits with foreign students?
Happy atmosphere
When you visit the school or academy, are you made welcome? Are the pupils and staff enthusiastic?
Brothers and sisters already at the school or academy
Do you want your daughter/son to join siblings already attending the school?
Denominational education
Do you want your child to be educated in a faith voluntary aided school? As with all schools it is important to
ensure that you are familiar with the admissions criteria.
There are clearly differences of emphasis between schools. The Council, school governors and staff take pride
in the strengths of individual schools. There are also features that are shared by all schools which include the
commitment to raising standards and building on existing achievements.
Every school and academy is required to publish a prospectus, which contains information about the educational
standards reached by its pupils, its aims, values and organisation. You should contact the schools which interest you
to obtain a copy of their prospectus.
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In addition:
school performance tables are published annually by the Department for Education. Information can be
obtained by telephoning 0370 000 2288 (website: www.education.gov.uk/performancetables)
Ofsted reports can be viewed on www.ofsted.gov.uk
parents/carers may find it useful to visit www.parentscentre.co.uk
In-year admissions
In year admissions are applications to enter a year group that has already started at the school. Further guidance on
in-year admissions is available on the Council’s website (www.luton.gov.uk/admissions). Alternatively, parents can
request a guide by contacting the Admissions helpline.
In year fair access protocol
Luton is required to operate an in-year fair access protocol for a very small number of difficult to place pupils
e.g. those pupils who have been permanently excluded from school. Pupils admitted to schools, via the protocol,
override the usual admission arrangements, such as waiting lists.
Catchment areas/priority admission areas
You can look up your catchment area school at www.luton.gov.uk/admissions or by contacting the Admissions
helpline. Remember, if you want a place at your catchment area school, you must still apply and name that school
as one of your preferences.
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Please note, The Chalk Hills Academy and The Stockwood Park Academy have renamed their former catchment
areas ‘priority admissions area’.
Special education
Luton provides a range of facilities and services for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and aims to meet
those needs within the local mainstream school as far as possible.
Where a school has not been able to make appropriate provision from within the resources normally available,
the Local Authority may need to co-ordinate an Education Health and Care Plan (EHC) to ensure a child’s special
educational needs are met.
For children with an EHC Plan or a Statement of Special Educational Needs (which has not yet been converted into
an EHC Plan); the Local Authority acts as the admissions authority.
The admission arrangements for children with EHC Plans (and Statements waiting to be converted) are specifically
excluded from the usual arrangements, including the appeal arrangements under Section 424(3)b of the Education
Act 1996 and/or Children and Families Act 2014. The appeal in the case of a child with an EHC Plan or Statement
(which has not yet been converted into an EHC Plan) is to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal,
which is different from an admissions appeal panel.
If you need further information this is available from your child’s Headteacher, Special Educational Needs
Co-ordinator at the school or from the Council on 01582 54 81 30 or email senat@luton.gov.uk.
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Transport
Parents and carers are encouraged to use sustainable travel (i.e. walking, cycling, bus, car sharing) when transporting
their children to and from school. The Council has produced a Sustainable Travel to Schools Strategy which sets out
its planned action in relation to the following objectives:
ensure everyone is safe on their journey to, from and between educational establishments
ensure children are equipped with the skills for life
improve children’s health by encouraging exercise as part of the journey to and from school
reduce car travel where there is a viable sustainable transport option
seek additional funding to benefit sustainable travel.
Parents can download Luton Borough Council’s Home to school transport policy from www.luton.gov.uk and
clicking on Education and Learning, schools and colleges, parents and students and the Travel to school and college
link.
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place available, as long as:
your child has been admitted to the school and
the distance from your home to the school is more than two miles (for children under eight) or more than three
miles (for children aged eight or over), measured by the shortest walking distance.
The route used in assessing distance, for transport purposes, is the shortest available walking route with properly
constructed footpaths and lighting.
Children from low income families

For the purposes of this policy ‘low income families’ means those children meeting the following criteria, or whose
parents are in receipt of the maximum level of Working Tax Credit:
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no
more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit
Children of compulsory school age who are 11 or over, from low income families, will have travel arrangements
made to one of their three nearest secondary schools, providing they live more than two miles, but not more
than six miles, from that school.
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Examples
Child A is an eleven year old child meeting the low income criteria. Their nearest school is 2.5 miles from their
home; the second nearest school is 3 miles away; the third nearest is 5 miles away. Child A would be entitled to free
transport to any of these three schools.
Child B is an eleven year old child whose parents are in receipt of the maximum level of working tax credit. Their
nearest school – “x” is 1.5 miles from their home; the second nearest school – “y” is just over 2 miles from their
home; and the third nearest school –“z” is 5.5 miles away. Child B would be entitled to free transport to either
school “y” or “z”, but not to school “x”.
Where a parent has expressed a preference for a school and that preference is based on the parent’s religion or
belief, then a child aged 11-16 from a low income family will qualify for free transport to the nearest maintained
secondary school of their faith, where they live more than 2 miles, but not more than 15 miles from that school.
The 2 mile limit will be measured in the same way as the statutory walking distance i.e. along the nearest available
walking route. However, the 6 mile and the 15 mile upper limits will be measured along road routes.
The Council will provide transport to primary children aged 8-11, from low income families where they live more
than two miles from their nearest suitable school.
If you require further information please contact the Transport Team at the Council on 01582 54 72 54.
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Appeals procedure
In accordance with the School Standards and Framework Act (1998) parents/carers have the right of appeal against
an admission authority’s decision to refuse their child admission to a school or an academy.
Appeal panels are entirely independent of the admitting authority and must apply the principles of natural justice
and have regard to the School Admission Appeals Code.
If you decide to appeal you must complete an appeal form.
Parents can appeal online for the schools shown overleaf by going to www.luton.gov.uk/admissions and clicking
on Appeals, policies and arrangements and School admissions appeal form.
Alternatively, parents can obtain an appeal form by telephoning 01582 54 80 19 or requests for appeal forms and
guidance on appeals can be made by emailing admissionsappeals@luton.gov.uk.
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Ashcroft High School Ferrars Junior School St Martin de Porres Primary School
Beech Hill Primary School Foxdell Infant School St Matthew’s Primary School
Beechwood Primary School Foxdell Junior School Someries Infant School
Bramingham Primary School Hillborough Infant School Someries Junior School
Bushmead Primary School Hillborough Junior School Southfield Primary School
Cardinal Newman Catholic School Icknield High School Stopsley High School
Challney High School for Boys Icknield Primary School Stopsley Primary School
Challney High School for Girls Leagrave Primary School Surrey Street Primary School
Chantry Primary Academy Lealands High School Tennyson Road Primary School
Cheynes Infant School Maidenhall Primary School The Meads Primary School
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Sundon Park Junior School Norton Road Primary School Warden Hill Infant School
Chiltern Academy Pirton Hill Primary School Warden Hill Junior School
Crawley Green Infant School Putteridge High School Waulud Primary School
Wenlock Junior School Putteridge Primary School Whipperley Infant Academy
Dallow Primary School Ramridge Primary School Farley Junior School
Denbigh High School River Bank Primary School Whitefield Primary School
Denbigh Primary School Sacred Heart Primary School Wigmore Primary School
Downside Primary School St Joseph’s Primary School William Austin Infant School
The Ferrars Academy St Margaret of Scotland Primary William Austin Junior School
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The completed appeal forms and any supporting written evidence should be returned to the Council’s
Appeals Team.
Following submission of your appeal form you will be notified of the date, time and place of your appeal
hearing. You have the right to attend the appeal hearing and present your case to the panel.
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Contact details – Appeals Team

If you need to speak to someone about your appeal, you can contact the Appeals Team on 01582 54 80 19,
Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm. You can also email any queries to admissionsappeals@luton.gov.uk.
Appeals for Lea Manor High School
Appeals forms for Lea Manor High School must be obtained and returned directly to the school.
Appeals for The Linden Academy, The Chalk Hills Academy and The Stockwood Park Academy
To lodge an appeal for The Linden Academy, The Chalk Hills Academy or The Stockwood Park Academy, you
should write a letter of appeal to the Admissions Clerk. Your letter should be addressed to the Admissions Clerk,
The Shared Learning Trust Central Admission, The Chalk Hills Academy, Leagrave High Street, Luton, LU4 0NE and
should be clearly labelled ‘Admissions Appeal”.
Please telephone The Shared Learning Trust Central Admission on 01582 88 41 00 to discuss any queries regarding
your appeal.
If you are appealing for a school place outside of Luton you will need to contact the school directly to obtain an
appeal form. Please note, some schools have closing dates for receipt of completed appeal forms.
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Further information
For further information and advice please contact:
Admissions Team
People Directorate
Town Hall
George Street
Luton
LU1 2BQ
Telephone: 01582 54 80 16 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm)
Email: admissions@luton.gov.uk
Assistance is available in other languages. Please contact the Admissions helpline on 01582 54 80 16, Monday to
Friday 9am – 4pm to access this service.
Independent advice on admissions and appeals can also be obtained from the Advisory Centre for Education on
0300 011 5142 (website: www.ace-ed.org.uk).
In addition, further guidance on admissions legislation can be found on the Department for Education website
(www.education.gov.uk).
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Information on the starting school admissions round for

September 2018
Infant and primary schools in Luton
There are 31 maintained infant/primary schools in Luton, 6 academies and two free schools.
Name of school Status of school Age range Responsibility for admissions
Beech Hill Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Beechwood Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Bramingham Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Bushmead Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
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Cheynes Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council
Crawley Green Infant School Foundation 4–7 Governing Body
Dallow Primary School Academy 4 – 11 Governing Body
Denbigh Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Downside Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
The Ferrars Academy Academy 3–7 Governing Body
Foxdell Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council
Hillborough Infant School Community 3–7 Luton Borough Council
Icknield Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Leagrave Primary School Foundation 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Maidenhall Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Norton Road Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Pirton Hill Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Putteridge Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

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Ramridge Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council
River Bank Primary School Free School 4 – 11 Governing Body
Sacred Heart Primary School Voluntary Aided 4 – 11 Governing Body
St Joseph’s Primary School Voluntary Aided 4 – 11 Governing Body
St Matthew’s Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
St Margaret of Scotland Primary School Academy 4 – 11 Governing Body

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St Martin de Porres Primary School 3 – 11 Governing Body
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Someries Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council
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Southfield Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Stopsley Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Surrey Street Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Tennyson Road Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
The Linden Academy Free School 4 – 11 Board of Directors
The Meads Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Warden Hill Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council
Waulud Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Whipperley Infant Academy Academy 3–7 Governing Body
Whitefield Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Wigmore Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council
William Austin Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council

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Admissions criteria for community infant and primary

schools:
Community infant and primary schools
Beech Hill Primary School Foxdell Infant School Putteridge Primary School Tennyson Road Primary School*
Beechwood Primary School Hillborough Infant School Ramridge Primary School The Meads Primary School
Bramingham Primary School Icknield Primary School Someries Infant School Warden Hill Infant School
Bushmead Primary School Leagrave Primary School Southfield Primary School Waulud Primary School
Cheynes Infant School Maidenhall Primary School St Matthew’s Primary School Whitefield Primary School
Denbigh Primary School Norton Road Primary School Stopsley Primary School Wigmore Primary School
Downside Primary School Pirton Hill Primary School Surrey Street Primary School William Austin Infant School
* Tennyson Road Primary School operates on two sites, The North site is situated at Surrey Street, Luton LU1 3BZ. 23
The South site is situated at Tennyson Road, Luton LU1 3RS.
In accordance with the Education Act 1996 children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or an EHC Plan
are required to be admitted to the school named in their Statement/plan. Thereafter, the following priorities will
apply.
1. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became
subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order3.
2. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school or the linked junior school when the pupil starts at the school.
3. Pupils living in the catchment area of the school.
4. On medical grounds supported by medical evidence.
5. Children of staff who work at the School.
6. On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the main entrance4 of the school site and the
pupil’s home address5, with those living closer to the school being accorded higher priority.
Tie break
The admissions criteria will be applied separately and sequentially until all places are filled. Priority is not given
within each criterion to children who meet other criteria. If the Council is unable to agree a place for all applicants
meeting a specific criterion, the distance criterion (priority 6) will be used as a tie-breaker.
In the event of (a) two or more children living at the same address point (e.g. children resident in a block of flats) or
(b) two addresses measuring the same distance from the school, the ultimate tie breaker will be random selection,
witnessed by a Council officer, independent of the Admissions Team.
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An adoption order is an order under the Adoption Act 1976 (see section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the
Adoption and Children’s Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the arrangements
to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by s.14 of the Children
and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more
individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).
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Main entrance of the school means the door used to access the school’s main reception. Please note that this measuring point for
Tennyson Road Primary School is the mid point (straight line distance) between both of its sites.
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For infant/primary school admissions where one twin/child of multiple birth qualifies for a place and the other
sibling(s) do not qualify for a place, both twins/multiple birth children will be promoted to the sibling criterion.This
approach will also apply to siblings in the same year group who live together at the same address.
Your child’s details will be placed on a waiting list for any oversubscribed schools until 31 July 2019.
Waiting lists
Parents will need to re-apply for a place at their preferred school after this date if they wish their child’s name to be
carried forward on the waiting list. Thereafter, it will be necessary for parents to re-apply for their child to remain
on the waiting list(s).
Additional information
Linked infant and junior schools normally share the same names (e.g. William Austin Infant School is linked to William
Austin Junior School) with the exception of:
• The linked infant school for Farley Junior School is Whipperley Infant Academy.
• Cheynes Infant School for which Sundon Park Junior School is the linked school.
• Tennyson Road Primary School will be operating on two sites:
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• Tennyson Road Primary School (South site), Tennyson Road, Luton, LU1 3RS
• Tennyson Road Primary School (North site), Surrey Street, Luton LU1 3BZ.
Parents must not state Tennyson Road Primary School, North Site and South Site as separate preferences. The
application will be processed with Tennyson Road Primary School as one preference
The school measurement point for the criterion 6 (distance criteria) for Tennyson Road Primary School, will be
the mid-point between the two sites, using straight line distance from each site’s main reception. In June 2018,
the School will inform parents of children allocated a place from September 2018, which school site their child
will attend. When allocating pupils to a school site, the School will first endeavour to ensure that children with
siblings at the school can attend the same site as their brother or sister to prevent logistical problems for parents.
Thereafter, geographical proximity (using walking distance) of the school sites to the home address will be used
(those living closest to each site will be given priority up to the site’s year group capacity).
If a child is allocated a place at Tennyson Road Primary School and has execptional medical circumstances, the
Headteacher will decide which site is most suitable to cater to the child’s medical needs.
Definitions
Looked after child

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 (section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).
Home address
The Local Authority regard a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e.
Monday to Friday, including nights) with her/his parent or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family
member who looks after the child before or after school cannot be used. If there is any query on the home address
this will be checked against official documentation.
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Siblings
The term ‘siblings’ include both natural, adopted and step brothers and sisters. It also includes fostered siblings
where foster care has been arranged by Children and Family Services. Other family relationships such as cousins
will not be considered under this criterion.
Medical grounds
This refers to the health of the child for whom a place is being requested and for whom the requested school is the
most suitable in the area to meet the child’s medical needs. It must relate to a recognised medical condition for
which the child is receiving treatment. Medical evidence must be provided to substantiate the claim. The medical
evidence will be sent to the Health Authority for advice in determining whether the child should be prioritised on
medical grounds with regard to admission to the requested school.
Children of staff
The Local Authority regards children of staff as someone employed to work at the School on a permanent contract
for at least 15 hours a week, who meets one of the following criteria at the time of application:
a) has been in post continuously for at least two years
or
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Children of staff that have given notice of resignation will not be considered under this criterion.
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staff, or a permanent member of the non-teaching staff.
The staff member must be the child’s parent or legal guardian and the child must be living permanently with the
member of staff.
Summary of places allocated for the September 2017 starting school admissions round
The Council was unable to offer a place to all children who stated the following schools as a preference in the initial
allocation:
Beech Hill Primary School Bramingham Primary School Bushmead Primary School
Crawley Green Infant School Dallow Primary School Denbigh Primary School
Hillborough Infant School Leagrave Primary School Someries Infant School
St Matthew’s Primary School Tennyson Road Primary School Warden Hill Infant School
The Council was able to offer a place to all children who stated the following schools as a preference in the initial
allocation:
Beechwood Primary School Cheynes Infant School Downside Primary School Foxdell Infant School
Icknield Primary School Maidenhall Primary School Norton Road Primary School Pirton Hill Primary School
Putteridge Primary School Ramridge Primary School Southfield Primary School Stopsley Primary School
Surrey Street Primary School The Meads Primary School Waulud Primary School Whitefield Primary School
Wigmore Primary School William Austin Infant School

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The ticks () show which children were offered a place and the crosses (x) show the criterion in which some
children were refused a place.
Number of places allocated in the initial
allocation under the following criteria:
Looked after children

preferences received
allocated in the initial
of last child allocated

Straight line distance
Number of pupils on
Admissions Number
the waiting list as at

Special Educational
before 15 January
Number of places
Special Education
Health Care plan/
second and third
Children of staff
Number of first,
(18 April 2017)
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57 26 37 0.378
Beech Hill Primary School 120 286 120 0 0 0 0 22
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Beechwood Primary School 120 209 106 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
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2 22 11 1 24 2.02
Bramingham Primary School 60 166 60 0 0 12
    x miles
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Cheynes Infant School 90 118 78 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
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1 46 43 0.387
Denbigh Primary School 90 261 90 0 0 0 0 31
  x miles
77 30 20
Downside Primary School 150 224 127 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
  
1 27 53 9
Foxdell Infant School 90 211 90 0 0 0 N/A 5
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30 44 16 0.371
Hillborough Infant School 90 288 90 0 0 0 0 59
  x miles
40 14 2 22
Icknield Primary School 90 208 78 0 0 0 N/A 0
   
1 28 24 7 0.477
Leagrave Primary School 60 133 60 0 0 0 18
   x miles
39 24 21
Maidenhall Primary School 90 181 84 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
  
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Norton Road Primary School 60 104 46 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
  
21 17 14
Pirton Hill Primary School 90 92 52 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
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allocated in the initial
of last child allocated

Straight line distance
Number of pupils on
Admissions Number
the waiting list as at

Special Educational
before 15 January
Number of places
Special Education
Health Care plan/
second and third
Children of staff
Number of first,
(18 April 2017)
17 July 2017
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School
Needs
2017
Putteridge 37 23 28
90 163 88 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Primary School   
28 21 7
Ramridge Primary School 60 97 56 0 0 0 0 N/A 1
  
23 17 20 0.61
Someries Infant School 60 200 60 0 0 0 0 15
  x miles
Southfield 14 12 5
60 71 31 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
St Matthews 53 63 4 27
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Stopsley Primary School 90 168 69 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
  
Surrey Street 13 16 8
90 82 37 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Tennyson Road 38 17 35
90 222 90 0 0 0 0 0.392 miles 47
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The Meads 2 32 12 24
90 161 70 0 0 0 N/A 0
Primary School    
Warden Hill 2 38 28 52
120 308 120 0 0 0 1.72 miles 21
Infant School    x
22 15 6
Waulud Primary School 60 82 43 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
  x
Whitefield 1 14 11 7
60 76 33 0 0 0 N/A 0
Primary School    
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Wigmore Primary School 90 146 75 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
  
William Austin 56 61 17
150 245 134 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Infant School   
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Number of Number of Number of

School appeals appeals Heard Agreed % Not agreed % appeals
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Beechwood Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Beech Hill Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Bramingham Primary School 5 2 3 0 0% 3 100% 0
Bushmead Primary School 1 0 1 0 0% 1 100% 0
Cheynes Infant School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Denbigh Primary School 2 1 1 0 0% 1 100% 0

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Downside Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Foxdell Infant School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Hillborough Infant School 11 3 8 0 0% 8 100% 0
Icknield Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Leagrave Primary School 2 0 2 0 0% 2 100% 0
Maidenhall Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Norton Road Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Pirton Hill Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Putteridge Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Ramridge Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
St Matthews Primary School 7 1 5 0 0% 5 100% 0
Someries Infant School 1 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 1
Southfield Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Stopsley Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
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Surrey Street Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Tennyson Road Primary School 2 1 0 0 0% 0 0% 1
The Meads Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Warden Hill Infant School 2 1 1 0 0% 1 100% 0
Waulud Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Whitefield Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Wigmore Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
William Austin Infant School There were no appeals lodged for this school
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School appeals Heard Agreed % Not agreed % appeals
received withdrawn
Beechwood Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Beech Hill Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Bramingham Primary School 4 4 0 0% 4 100% 0
Bushmead Primary School 6 6 0 0% 6 100% 0
Cheynes Infant School 1 0 0 0% 0 0% 1
Denbigh Primary School 1 1 0 0% 1 100% 0
Downside Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Foxdell Infant School 3 3 0 0% 3 100% 0
Hillborough Infant School 2 2 0 0% 2 100% 0
Icknield Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Leagrave Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Maidenhall Primary School No appeals were heard for the school

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Norton Road Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Pirton Hill Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Putteridge Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Ramridge Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
St Matthews Primary School 1 1 0 0% 1 100% 1
Someries Infant School 3 3 1 33% 2 67% 0
Southfield Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Stopsley Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Surrey Street Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
30 Tennyson Road Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
The Meads Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Warden Hill Infant School 9 8 0 0% 8 100% 1
Waulud Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Whitefield Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
Wigmore Primary School No appeals were heard for the school
William Austin Infant School No appeals were heard for the school
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Admissions criteria for Chantry Primary Academy

In accordance with the Education Act 1996, children with a Statement of SEN or Education Health and Care Plan are
required to be admitted to the school named in the Statement/Plan. Thereafter, the following priorities will apply:
2. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school when the pupil starts at the Academy.
3. Pupils living in the catchment area of the Academy.
4. On medical grounds supported by a medical certificate.
5. Children of staff.
6. On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the main entrance7 of the Academy site and the
Tie break
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Multiple births
Where one twin/child of multiple births qualifies for a place and the other sibling(s) do not qualify for a place, both
twins/multiple birth children will be promoted to the sibling criterion. This approach will also apply to siblings in the
same year group who live together at the same address.
Waiting list
Where it is not possible to agree all applications, for the school a waiting list will be devised. Your child’s details will
remain on the waiting list until 31 July 2019.
Parents will need to re-apply after this date if they wish their child’s details to be carried forward on the waiting list.
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Looked after child

Home address
The academy regards a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e.
Siblings
Medical grounds
This refers to the health of the child for whom a place is being requested and for whom the requested school is
the most suitable in the area to meet the child’s medical needs. It must relate to a recognised medical condition
for which the child is receiving treatment. A medical certificate must be provided to substantiate the claim. The
32 medical certificate will be sent to the Health Authority for advice in determining whether the child should be
prioritised on medical grounds with regard to admission to the requested school.
Children of staff
The academy regards children of staff as someone employed to work at the School on a permanent contract for at
least 15 hours a week, who meets one of the following criteria at the time of application:
or
For the purposes of satisfying these criteria, a member of staff is defined as a permanent member of the teaching
member of staff.
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The governing body was able to offer a place to all children who stated the school as a preference in the initial
allocation:

waiting list as at 17 July 2017

Education Health Care plan/
Number of first, second and
Straight line distance of last

Number of places allocated
third preferences received
Special Educational Needs

in the initial allocation (18
Number of pupils on the

before 15 January 2017
child allocated a place

Published admissions
Catchment
April 2017)
Distance
number
Medical
Siblings
School
Chantry Primary 1 32 17 15
90 99 65 0 0 N/A 0
Academy    
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Chantry Primary Academy There were no appeals lodged for this school
Number of Number of
School appeals Heard Agreed % Not Agreed % appeals
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Admissions criteria for Crawley Green Infant School

In accordance with the Education Act 1996, children with a Statement of SEN or EHC Plan are required to be
admitted to the school named in the Statement/Plan. Thereafter, the following priorities will apply:
2. Children with siblings(s) already at the school at the time of proposed admission.
3. Children with sibling(s) at Wenlock Junior School at the time of proposed admission.
4. Children living within the school’s catchment area.
5. Children living outside of the school’s catchment area.
Tie break
within each criterion to children who meet other criteria. In the event of oversubscription in any one of the
categories, the deciding factor will be the geographical proximity of the school. The distance will be measured in a
straight line, between the main school gate and a point at the pupil’s home address identified in the Local Land and
34 Property Gazetteer. Those living closer to the school will be accorded the higher priority.
(b) two addresses measuring the same distance from the school, the ultimate tie-breaker will be random selection,
witnessed by a Council Officer, independent of the Admissions Team.
Multiple births
Where one twin/child of multiple birth qualifies for a place and the other sibling(s) do not qualify for a place, both
Waiting list
Once the number of pupils reaches the admission number, a waiting list is formed. The waiting list for the new Year
R intake will be held until 31 July 2019.
Parents will need to re-apply for a place after this if they wish their child’s name to be carried forward on the
waiting list.
Parents are very welcome to make an appointment with the Headteacher if they wish to look around the school
before making their application.
Definition
Looked after child

Home address
A pupil’s home address is where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e. Monday to Friday, including
nights) with her/his parent or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member who looks after the
child before or after school cannot be used. If there is any query on the home address this will be checked against
official documentation.
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Siblings
The term ‘siblings’ includes natural, adopted and step brothers and sisters. It also includes fostered siblings where
foster care has been arranged by Children and Family Services. Other family relationships such as cousins will not
be considered under this criterion.
The governing body was unable to offer a place to all children who stated the school as a preference in the initial
allocation:




Outside of the school's

Wenlock Junior School

in the initial allocation

Siblings of children at
Within the schools's

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catchment
catchment
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Siblings
School
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Crawley Green Infant School 90 166 90 0 23
The Governors’ Admissions Committee was unable to offer a place to all applicants who met the Children living
outside the school’s catchment area criterion for Crawley Green Infant School in the initial allocation of places.


Crawley Green Infant School 5 1 4 0 0% 4 100% 0
Number of Number of
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Crawley Green Infant School 1 1 0 0% 1 100% 0

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Admissions criteria for Dallow Primary School

Where the school has more places available than applicants, all applicants will be admitted.
Where there are more applicants than available places, and after the admission of children with an EHC Plan or
Statement of Special Educational Needs (which has not yet been converted into an EHC Plan) which names the
school, places will be allocated using the following criteria:
2. Siblings of pupils attending the school at the proposed admission date who currently live within the catchment
area.
3. Children of staff currently employed at the school.
4. Siblings of pupils attending the school at the proposed admission date who live outside the school’s catchment
area.
36 7. On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the centre of the front main entrance of the
school site and the pupil’s home address which is measured from a point at the address identified in the Local
Land and Property Gazetteer. Those who live closer to the school will be accorded higher priority.
Tie break
within each criterion to children who meet other criteria. If the Admissions Team are unable to agree a place for all
applicants meeting a specific criterion, the distance criterion (priority 7) will be used as a tiebreaker.
In the event of (a) two or more children living at the same address point (e.g. twins or children resident in a block of
flats) or (b) two addresses measuring the same distance from the school, the ultimate tie-breaker will be random
selection, witnessed by a Governor, independent of the Admissions Team.
Multiple births
same year group who live together at the same address
Waiting list
Where it is not possible to agree all applications for the school, a waiting list will be devised. The waiting list will be
held until 31 July in the academic year of admission. Therefore, it will be neccesary for parents to re-apply to remain
on the waiting list.
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Home address
All applicants will be required to provide proof of address/residence. The school regards a pupil’s home address as
where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e. Monday to Friday, including nights) with her/his parent
or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member who looks after the child before or after school
cannot be used. Chiltern Learning Trust reserves the right to seek verification from the Local Authority in which the
home is situated.
Siblings
The term ‘siblings’ includes both natural, adopted and step brothers or sisters. It also includes fostered siblings,
where foster care has been arranged by the Local Authority. Other family relationships such as cousins will not be
considered under this criterion.
Medical grounds
for which the child is receiving treatment. A medical certificate must be provided to substantiate the claim. The 37
medical certificate will be sent to the Health Authority for advice in determining whether the child should be
prioritised on medical grounds with regard to admission to the school.
Children of staff
A member of staff is defined as someone who meets all the following crtieria a) to d) inclusive or criterion e) at the
time the application for admissions to the school is made:
a) is employed by the school on a permanent contract and
b) has been in post continuously for at least two years and
c) is permanently contracted to work for the school for at least fifteen hours per week and
d) has not given notice of resignation
or
e) is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage which are determined
annually.
Someone who meets the above criteria but has been TUPed to another employer and is still working at the school
is also defined as a member of staff for the purposes of this criterion.
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initial allocation under the following criteria:


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Medical
School
31 14 45 0.304
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Dallow Primary School was unable to offer a place to all children who met the Catchment criterion; therefore, the
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Admissions criteria for River Bank Primary School

In accordance with the Education Act 1996, children with a Statement of SEN or Education Health and Care Plan are
required to be admitted to the school in the Statement/Plan. Thereafter, the following priorities will apply:
2. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school when the pupil starts at the school.
4. On medical grounds, supported by a medical certificate.
Tie break
meeting a specific criterion, the distance criterion (priority 5) will be used as a tiebreaker.
(b) two addresses measuring the same distance from the school, the ultimate tiebreaker will be random selection, 39
Multiple births
Waiting lists
Where it is not possible to agree all applications for the school a waiting list will be drawn up. Your child’s details will
remain on the relevant waiting list until 31 July 2019.
Definitions
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Home address
The school regards a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e. Monday
to Friday, including nights) with her/his parent or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member
who looks after the child before or after school cannot be used. If there is any query on the home address this will
be checked against official documentation.
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Adoption and Children’s Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the arrangements made as
to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by s.14 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special
guardian (or special guardians).
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Medical grounds
the most suitable in the area to meet the child’s medical needs. It must relate to a recognised medical condition for
which the child is receiving treatment. A medical certificate must be provided to substantiate the claim. The medical
certificate will be sent to the Health Authority for advice in determining whether the child should be prioritised on
allocation:
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Admissions Number
Educational Needs
Care plan/Special
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Catchment
Published
Distance
Medical
Siblings
School
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River Bank Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
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Admissions criteria for Sacred Heart Primary School

The ethos of Sacred Heart Primary School is based on Christian Gospel values and the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church. We ask parents applying for a place to respect this ethos and its importance to the school
community. This does not affect the rights of parents who are not of the Roman Catholic faith to apply for and be
considered for a place.
The school primarily serves the parishes of Sacred Heart Luton, Our Lady’s (Castle Street) Luton, St Joseph’s Luton
and that part of the Holy Ghost Parish south of the Dunstable Road in Luton.
Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or EHC Plan naming the school will be admitted in
accordance with the policy and regulations.
In the case of oversubscription the governors will give priority to children in the following order:
1. Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after
became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order14.
2. Baptised Catholic children with siblings attending Sacred Heart Primary School at the time of proposed admission.
The original Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
3. Baptised Catholic children of practising families from the parish(es) of Sacred Heart Luton, Our Lady’s (Castle
Street) Luton, St Joseph’s Luton and that part of the Holy Ghost Parish south of the Dunstable Road in Luton. The 41
original Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
4. Other baptised Catholic children. The original Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
5. Siblings other than Catholic of children attending the school at the time of admission.
6. Children from other Christian denominations whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education, and
whose application is supported by their priest or minister of religion.
7. Children of staff currently at Sacred Heart Primary School at the time of proposed admission.
8. Children from other faith backgrounds whose application is supported by their minister of religion.
9. Other children.
Tie break
In any situation where the application of the above criteria results in a situation where there are more children with
an equal right to admission to the school than the number of available places, the tie-break will be distance from
the main school gate, measured in a straight line, using a computerised mapping system, as approved by Luton (or
relevant) Borough Council. Those living closer to the school will be accorded the higher priority. The distance will
be measured from a point at the home address identified in the Local Land and Property Gazetteer, to the main
entrance of the school site, determined by the governing body of the school as the main entrance in Langford
Drive. Priority is not given within each criterion to children who meet other criteria.
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Adoption and Children’s Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the arrangements to be
made as to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by s.14 of the Children and Families
Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a
child’s special guardian (or special guardians).
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Waiting list
The Admissions Committee will keep a ‘waiting list’ of those children who have not been offered a place in the
Reception year, until 31 July 2019.
Parents will need to re-apply for a place after this date if they wish their child’s name to be carried forward on the
waiting list.
For information on parish boundaries contact Bishop’s House, Marriott Street, Northampton, NN2 6AW.
Definitions
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42 Home address
A pupil’s home address will be regarded as the address of the parent(s) or carer(s) with parental responsibility with
whom the pupil usually lives. This will not usually include grandparents, aunts or uncles. Where a pupil spends time
with parents at more than one address, the address used will be the one at which the pupil is ordinarily resident
and where the pupil spends the majority of the school week (Monday to Friday) including nights. If there is any
query on the home address this will be checked against official documentation.
Siblings
A sibling is defined as brothers or sisters living in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted
siblings, step brothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. That sibling must be in school at the time of
admissions to fit into the Admissions criteria.
Children of staff
Children of staff are defined as the children of those who are employed directly by the school in any capacity, on a
permanent contract, whether full or part time. The member of staff must be working at the school at the time of
application. Children are defined as those for whom the member of staff has legal responsibility whether they are
biological children, step children, adopted or fostered.
Catholic child
A Catholic child is a child baptised according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church and possesses an original
Baptismal Certificate. A child enrolled in a catechumenate programme is also accepted as a Catholic if they are
supported by a letter from their parish priest confirming their enrolment and attendance on the programme.
This means a child needs to be enrolled and attending the catechumenate programme before the deadline for
applications, 15 January 2018.
Christian
A Christian is defined as ‘a member of one of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’ at the time when
admission decisions are made. Proof of church membership must be provided by the appropriate church leader.
Parents wishing to apply for a place at Sacred Heart Primary School must also complete the school’s
supplementary form and provide their child’s original Baptismal Certificate. The documents must be
returned to your first preference school (if this is in Luton) or to the Council’s Admissions Team by 15
January 2018.
The supplementary form is enclosed with this guide or can be downloaded at www.luton.gov.uk/admissions.
Alternatively, a paper copy can be obtained from the school or from the Council’s Admissions Team.
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whose application is supported by their

Baptised Catholic children of practising

Baptised Catholic children with siblings
Children from other faith backgrounds

them to receive a Christian education
denominations whose parents wish
Education Health Care plan/Special
Number of first, second and third
Straight line distance of last child

Other baptised Catholic children
Other faith background children

Other baptised Catholic siblings
families from relevant parishes
Published admissions number
Children from other Christian

preferences received before
families from other parishes
Siblings other than Catholic

allocation (18 April 2017)

Other Christian children
minister of religion
Educational Needs
allocated a place
15 January 2017
Other children
School
Sacred Heart 21 11 1 9 2 1 3 2
60 95 50 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Primary School        
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Sacred Heart Primary School There are no appeals lodged for this school
Number of Number of
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Admissions criteria for St Joseph’s Primary School

The ethos of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is based on Christian Gospel values and the teachings of the
Roman Catholic Church. We ask parents applying for a place to respect this ethos and its importance to the school
community. This does not affect the rights of parents who are not of the Roman Catholic faith to apply for and be
considered for a place.
The school primarily serves the parishes of St Joseph the Worker, St John the Apostle, Holy Family and Holy Ghost
Parish in the Luton Pastoral Area (St Alban).
Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or Education Health Care Plan, naming the school will be
admitted.
In the case of oversubscription the Governors will give priority to children in the following order:
2. Baptised Catholic children with siblings attending St Joseph’s Primary School, at the time of proposed admission.
3. Baptised Catholic children from the parishes of St Joseph the Worker, St John the Apostle, Holy Family and Holy
44 Ghost, in the Luton Pastoral Area (St Alban). The original Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
5. Siblings other than Catholic attending St Joseph’s Primary School at the time of proposed admission.
7. Children of staff currently at St Joseph’s Primary School at the time of proposed admission.
9. Other children.
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Tie break
In any situation where the application of the criteria results in a situation where there are more children with an
equal right to admission to the school than the number of available places, the tie break will be distance from
the school, measured in a straight line, using a computerised mapping system, as approved by Luton (or relevant)
Borough Council. Those living closer to the school will be accorded the higher priority.
The home address will be measured from a point at the address identified in the Local Land and Property
Gazetteer, to the main entrance of the school site on Gardenia Avenue determined by the governing body of the
school as the main entrance - Key Stage 2.
Priority is not given within each criterion to children who meet other criteria.
In the event of (a) two or more children living at the same address point e.g. children resident in a block of flats or
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The Admissions Committee will keep a ‘waiting list’ of those children who have not been offered a place, until 31
July 2019.
Parents will need to re-apply for a place at the school after this date if they wish their child’s name to be carried
forward on the waiting list.
Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
Siblings
siblings, step brothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. That sibling must be in school (Year 1 – 6) at the
time of admissions (i.e. the sibling will be St Joseph’s Primary School in the academic year 2018-19) to fit into the
Admissions criteria.
Children of staff
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Christian
A Christian means a member of one of the churches in full membership with ‘Churches Together in Britain and
Ireland’ at the time when admission decisions are made. Proof of church membership must be provided by the
appropriate church leader.
Parents wishing to apply for a place at St Joseph’s Primary School must also complete the school’s
returned to their child’s current school (if this is in Luton) or to the Council’s Admissions Team by 15
January 2018.
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Number of first, second and third preferences
Children from other faith backgrounds whose

Children from other Christian denominations
Straight line distance of last child allocated a

application is supported by their minister of

whose parents wish them to receive a

received before 15 January 2017




Christian education
Educational Needs
Other children
religion
School
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St
Joseph's 1 20 23 9 2 3 18 6 1 2 27
120 179 112 0 0 N/A 0
Primary           
School


St Joseph’s Primary School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Number of Number of
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St Joseph’s Primary School 2 1 0 0% 1 100% 1

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Admissions criteria for St Margaret of Scotland Primary

School
The ethos of St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School is based on Christian Gospel values and the teachings
of the Roman Catholic Church. We ask parents applying for a place to respect this ethos and its importance to the
school community. This does not affect the rights of parents who are not of the Roman Catholic faith to apply for
and be considered for a place.
The school primarily serves the parishes of St Margaret of Scotland, Our Lady Help of Christians, Luton and Holy
Ghost, in the Luton Pastoral area of St Alban.
Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or Education Health Care Plan naming the school will be
admitted.
In case of oversubscription the governing body will give priority to children in the following order:
became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order.
2. Baptised Catholic children with siblings attending the school at the time of the proposed admission. The original
Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
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3. Baptised Catholic children who reside in the parish of St Margaret of Scotland, Our Lady Help of Christians and
Holy Ghost in the Luton Pastoral area of St Alban. The original Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
5. Siblings other than Catholic attending St Margaret of Scotland Primary School at the time of the proposed
admission.
6. Children of staff currently at St Margaret of Scotland Primary School at the proposed time of application.
9. Other faith background children.
10. Other children.
Tie break
equal right to admission to the school than the number of available places, the tie-break will be distance from
Borough Council. Those living closer to the school will be accorded the higher priority. The home address will be
measured from a point at the address identified in the Local Land and Property Gazetteer to the main school gate
on Rotheram Avenue. Priority is not given within each criterion to children who meet other criteria.
witnessed by a council officer, independent of the Admissions Team.
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The Admissions Committee will keep a ‘waiting list’ of those children who have not been offered a place until the
31 July 2019.
carried forward on the waiting list.
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Siblings
siblings, step brothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. That sibling must be in school (Year 1 – 6) at the
time of admissions (i.e. the sibling will be St Joseph’s Primary School in the academic year 2018-19) to fit into the
Admissions criteria.
Children of staff
Catholic child
Christian
A Christian means a member of one of the churches in full membership with ‘Churches Together in Britain and
Ireland’ at the time when admission decisions are made. Proof of church membership must be provided by the
appropriate church leader.
For information on parish boundaries contact Bishop’s House, Marriott Street, Northampton, NN2 6AW.
Parents wishing to apply for a place at St Margaret of Scotland Primary School must also complete the
school’s supplementary form and provide their child’s original Baptismal Certificate. The documents must
be returned to your first preference school (if this is in Luton) or to the Council’s Admissions Team by 15
January 2018.
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Other looked after children or children who

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baptised Catholic children who were


were previously looked after


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Christian education
Educational Needs
Other children
religion
School
place
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St Margaret of Scotland 4 8 8 1 2 26 21
90 115 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Primary School       


St Margaret of Scotland
There are no appeals lodged for this school
Primary School
Number of Number of
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No appeals were heard for the school
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Admissions criteria for St Martin de Porres Primary School

The ethos of St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School is based on Christian Gospel values and the teachings of
the Roman Catholic Church. We ask parents applying for a place to respect this ethos and its importance to the
school community. This does not affect the rights of parents who are not of the Roman Catholic faith to apply for
and be considered for a place.
The school primarily serves the parish of St Martin de Porres and Hockwell Ring (as presently defined *), in the
Pastoral Area of Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis.
Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or an EHC Plan naming the school will be admitted.
2. Baptised Catholic children with siblings attending the school at the time of proposed admission whose. The
original Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
3. Baptised Catholic children who reside in the parish of St Martin de Porres and Hockwell Ring (as presently defined*)
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5. Siblings other than Catholic of children attending St Martin de Porres Primary School at the time of proposed
admission.
6. Children of staff currently at St Martin de Porres Primary School at the proposed time of application.
7. Children from other Christian denominations whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education and
9. Other faith background children.
10. Other children.
*Hockwell Ring, i.e. that area of Luton east of the M1, west of the railway and north of a line running down the
centre of High Street and Grange Avenue.
Tie break
equal right to admission to the school than the number of available places, the tie break will be distance from
Borough Council. Those living closer to the school will be accorded the higher priority. The home address will be
measured from a point at the address identified in the Local Land and Property Gazetteer to the main school gate
on Pastures Way. Priority is not given within each criterion to children who meet other criteria.
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Waiting list
The Admissions Committee will keep a ‘waiting list’ of those children who have not been offered a place, until 31
July 2019.
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Home address
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Siblings
siblings, step brothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. That sibling must be in school at the time of
admissions to fit into the Admissions criteria.
Children of staff
Catholic child
applications on 15 January 2018.
Christian
A Christian means a member in full membership of ‘Churches Together’ in Britain and Ireland at the time when
decisions on admissions are made. Proof of church membership must be provided by the appropriate church
leader.
Parents wishing to apply for a place at St Martin de Porres Primary School must also complete the school’s
returned to your first preference school (if this is in Luton) or to the Council’s Admissions Team by 15
January 2018.
The supplementary form is enclosed with guide or can be downloaded at www.luton.gov.uk/admissions.
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Educational Needs
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St Martin de
8 14 2 3 5 8 1 3 1 15 1.62
Porres Primary 60 115 60 0 0 0 4
         x miles
School
The Governors’ Admissions Committee was unable to offer a place to all applicants who met the Other Christian
children criterion for St Martin de Porres Primary School in the initial allocation of places.


St Martin de Porres
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Primary School
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Admissions criteria for The Ferrars Academy

1. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after becoming looked after
2. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the academy or Ferrars Junior School when the pupil starts at the school.
3. Pupils living in the catchment area of the Academy.
5. On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the main entrance door at the Academy’s main
reception and the pupil’s home address with those living closer to the Academy being accorded higher priority.
Tie break
within each criterion to children who meet other criteria. If the Academy is unable to agree a place for all applicants
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In the event of (a) two or more children living at the same address point (e.g. children resident in a block of flats)
or (b) two addresses measuring the same distance from the Academy, the ultimate tie breaker will be random
selection, witnessed by a Council officer, independent of the Admissions Team.
Multiple births
Waiting list
Where it is not possible to agree all applications for The Ferrars Academy, a waiting list will be drawn up. Your
child’s details will remain on the waiting list until 31 July 2019.
Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
The school regards a pupil’s home address as where s/he spends the majority of the school week (i.e. Monday to
Friday including nights) with his/her parent or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member who
looks after the child before or after school cannot be used. If there is any query on the home address this will be
checked against official documentation.
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be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by S14 of the Children and
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where foster care has been arranged by Children and Family Services. Other family relationships such as cousins will
not be considered under this criterion.
Medical
medical certificate will be sent to the Health Authority for advice on determining whether the child should be
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Catchment
Distance
number
Medical
Siblings
School
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Admissions criteria for The Linden Academy

The Linden Academy is a member of The Shared Learning Trust, including The Chalk Hills Academy, The Stockwood
Park Academy, and The Vale Academy. The school is situated within the Luton Borough Council catchment area for
September 2018-2019.
After the admission of pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs (SSEN) or EHC plan naming The Linden
Academy, the following oversubscription criteria will apply in the following consecutive order:
a) A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became
b) Children who have siblings currently at The Linden Academy and will continue to be on the admission roll at the
point of admission.
c) Children of staff employed by The Linden Academy.
d) Children living within the priority admission area – 30% of the available places remaining after the application of a)
b) and c) above, will be allocated to the priority admission area.
e) Pupils living within the ‘combined catchment area’. Where the number of applicants in this criterion exceeds the
number of places, offers will be determined by random allocation.
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number of places, offers will be determined by random allocation.
Tie break
Where the number of applicants for oversubscription criteria b), c), d), e) and f) exceeds the number of places
available, offers will be determined by random allocation, based upon the drawing of names from a list. The
random allocation process is to be overseen and undertaken by an independent panel.
Multiple births
Waiting list
Unsuccessful applicants will be offered an opportunity to be placed on the waiting list. The order of placement
on the waiting list will be determined in accordance with the oversubscription criteria, not in the order in which
applications are received or added to the list.
The names on the waiting list will be held for the whole academic year. Parents can re-apply for a place at the
school at the end of each academic year.
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Home address
The academy regards a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (Monday
to Friday including nights) with his or her parents or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member
who looks after the child before or after school cannot be used. The Governing Body reserves the right to seek
verification from the Local Authority in which the home is situated.
Siblings
Siblings are defined as meaning two or more children who have at least one parent in common and/or who reside
at the same house as one another (for example foster children). Where a child has been legally adopted, he or she
will be regarded as the sibling of any other children of the same legal guardian on the admission roll at the point of
admission.
Children of staff
The academy regards children of staff as someone the academy reasonably considers has been recruited to fill a
vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage and/or who have two or more years of service at the
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time of application to The Linden Academy.
The academy currently considers teachers employed to undertake roles in maths, English and science as areas
of demonstrable shortage and therefore compliant with the policy, however, this criteria may change during the
course of an academic year.
The postcodes of the wards within the priority admission area and the combined catchment area are available on
the Council’s admissions webpage (www.luton.gov.uk/admissions) under the catchment area link. The postcodes
are also available on request from the Admissions Team or the School.
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The ticks () show which children were offered a place and the crosses (x) show the criterion in which some children
were refused a place.


Children in care of previously
Within combined catchment



Priority admission area

Outside combined
catchment area
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area
21 6 27 7
The Linden Academy 72 97 61 0 0 0 0
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The Linden Academy There are no appeals lodged for this school
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2. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school or Farley Junior School when the pupil starts at the school.
5. On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the main entrance of the school site and the
pupil’s home address with those living closer to the school being accorded higher priority.
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Multiple births
Waiting list
Where it is not possible to agree all applications, a waiting list will be devised. Your child’s details will remain on the
waiting list until 31 July 2019.
Parents will need to re-apply for a place at the school after this date if they wish their child’s name to be carried
forward on the waiting list.
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Adoption and Children’s Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders) and ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the arrangements to be
made as to the person with whom the child is to live under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by S14 of the Children and Families
Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardian’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special
guardian (or special guardians).
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Looked after child

Home address
The school regards a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (Monday to
Friday including nights) with his/her parents or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member who
looks after the child before or after school cannot be used. If there is any query on the home address this will be
checked against official documentation.
Siblings
The term ‘siblings’ includes both natural, adopted and step brothers and sisters. It also includes fostered siblings,
Medical
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medical certificate will be sent to the Health Authority for advice on determining whether the child should be
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Deferred entry
Children are admitted into reception classes in the September prior to their fifth birthday. Parents/carers can
choose to defer their child’s entry to school until he or she is of compulsory school age, providing this place is taken
up within the same academic (i.e. school) year.
Therefore:
Children born between 1/9/13 – 31/12/13 can defer their place until January 2019.
Children born between 1/1/14 – 31/8/14 can defer their place until April 2019.
Parents/carers cannot defer their child’s entry beyond the dates given above.
Parents/carers of children born between 1/4/14 – 31/8/14, who would like their child to start Year 1 in September
2019 would need to re-apply for admission at a later date. In this case their application would be treated as an
‘in-year admission and a place would only be offered if there were vacancies in the year group.
If you wish to defer your child’s entry to school you must put your request in writing to your allocated school, ideally
within 21 days of being offered a place by the Council.
Parents can also request that their child attends part-time until she/he reaches compulsory school age. Such
requests should be made in writing to the headteacher after an offer of a place at the school has been confirmed
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For further information and guidance on deferred entry please contact the Admissions Team on 01582 54 80 16.
Infant class size legislation

The law states that class sizes must not exceed 30 pupils in infant classes where the majority of the pupils will reach
the age of 5, 6 or 7 during the school year.
This legislation means that local education authorities and governing bodies of schools must comply with limits on
infant class sizes. Infant classes are limited to no more than 30 pupils for each qualified teacher in a class.
Where the Council has refused admission on the grounds that class size prejudice would occur, an Appeal Panel can
only allow an appeal in the three circumstances listed:
1. The admission arrangements are not lawful and do not meet the requirements of the School Admissions
Code and the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
and/or
2. The decision to refuse admission was not one which a reasonable admission authority would make in the
circumstances of the case.
A reasonable decision is one which an admission authority would make taking into account factors such as the
admission policy for the school, the internal operation of the school and the school’s ability to accommodate pupils
and meet the class size limit of 30.
or
3. Your child would have been offered a place if the admission arrangements had been properly
implemented.
The Appeal panel will consider whether the admission authority carried out the admission arrangements properly
or if the rules were broken. If your child would have been given a place if the rules had been applied properly then
an appeal must be allowed.
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Parents/carers receive a letter which briefly explains the application process; the letter will provide their child’s
Unique Identifier Number (UID).
Please take the time to read the relevant sections within this guide to make sure you understand the process.
Further information and advice is available from the Admissions helpline on 01582 54 80 16.
15 January 2018
Online applications must be submitted by this date. If you have completed a paper application form this must be
returned to your first preference Luton school or to the Council’s Admissions Team by this date.
Applicants for Luton Catholic schools must ensure they provide their child’s original Baptismal Certificate by this
date.
Applications received after the closing date will not be considered in the initial allocation of places, except in very
exceptional circumstances.
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May 2018
Admission appeals will take place from May 2018.
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Contact details for Luton infant and primary schools

Telephone Admission
School Address Headteacher
Number Number
Beech Hill Primary School Dunstable Road, Luton, LU4 8BW Mrs Bennett 01582 42 94 03 120
Beechwood Primary School Linden Road, Luton, LU4 9RD Mr Sherwin 01582 51 84 00 120
Bramingham Primary School Freeman Avenue, Luton, LU3 4BL Ms Flowers 01582 61 75 00 60
Bushmead Primary School Bushmead Road, Luton, LU2 7EU Ms Travi 01582 72 53 87 120
Chantry Primary Academy Tomlinson Avenue, Luton, LU4 0QP Ms Bateman 01582 70 65 00 90
Cheynes Infant School Cranbrook Drive, Luton, LU3 3EW Mrs Walsh 01582 61 78 00 90
64 Crawley Green Infant School Beaconsfield, Luton, LU2 0RW Ms Turner 01582 72 42 67 90
Dallow Primary School Dallow Road, Luton, LU1 1LZ Mrs Nouch 01582 61 66 01 90
Denbigh Primary School Denbigh Road, Luton, LU3 1NS Mrs McMulkin 01582 57 15 97 90
Downside Primary School Chaul End Lane, Luton, LU4 8EZ Miss Hooker 01582 58 71 60 150
The Ferrars Academy Macauley Road, Luton, LU4 0LL Ms Oliver 01582 57 36 41 90
Foxdell Infant School Dallow Road, Luton, LU1 1TG Miss Abbott 01582 73 65 29 90
Hillborough Infant School Hillborough Road, Luton, LU1 5EZ Ms Smith 01582 72 57 64 90
Icknield Primary School Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, LU3 2JB Mrs Lyman 01582 53 40 00 90
Leagrave Primary School Strangers Way, Luton, LU4 9ND Ms Gillespie 01582 57 19 51 60
Maidenhall Primary School Newark Road, Luton, LU4 8LD Ms Campion 01582 43 07 80 120
Norton Road Primary School Norton Road, Luton, LU3 2NX Mr Austins 01582 57 11 69 60
Pirton Hill Primary School Butely Road, Luton, LU4 9EX Mr Booth 01582 50 79 24 90
Putteridge Primary School Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ Mr Pickard 01582 72 82 62 90
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Ramridge Primary School Turners Road North, Luton, LU2 9AH Mrs Doherty 01582 72 99 70 60
River Bank Primary School Abigail Close, Luton, LU3 1ND Mr Sampson 01582 53 18 60 120
Sacred Heart Primary School Langford Drive, Luton, LU2 9AJ Mrs Cullen 01582 73 07 81 60
Someries Infant School Wigmore Lane, Luton, LU2 8AH Mrs Meara 01582 41 45 45 60
Southfield Primary School Pastures Way, Luton, LU4 0PE Ms Pollard 01582 60 48 76 60
St Joseph’s Primary School Gardenia Avenue, Luton, LU3 2NS Mrs Lee 01582 57 34 46 120
Rotheram Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP Ms Somes 01582 72 34 30 90
Primary School
St Martin de Porres
Pastures Way, Luton, LU4 0PF Mr Carroll 01582 61 76 00 60
Primary School
St Matthew’s Primary School Wenlock Street, Luton, LU2 0NJ Ms Thomas 01582 72 39 70 120
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Stopsley Primary School Hitchin Road, Luton, LU2 7UG Mr Fordham 01582 61 10 35 90
Surrey Street Primary School Cutenhoe Road, Luton, LU1 3NJ Ms Adams 01582 74 88 10 90
North Site: Surrey Street, Luton LU1 3BZ

Tennyson Road Primary School Mrs Power 01582 72 32 30 90
South Site:Tennyson Road, Luton, LU1 3RS
The Linden Academy Osborne Road, Luton, LU1 3HH Ms Matthews 01582 21 14 41 72
The Meads Primary School Sawtry Close, Luton, LU3 2UE Mr Jenkins 01582 49 09 05 90
Warden Hill Infant School Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, LU3 2DN Ms Dorban 01582 59 51 50 120
Waulud Primary School Wauluds Bank Drive, Luton, LU3 3LZ Ms Devereaux 01582 59 34 69 60
Whipperley Infant Academy Whipperley Ring, Luton, LU1 5QY Ms Whitehouse 01582 72 58 68 90
Ms Bateman
Whitefield Primary School Stockholm Way, Luton, LU3 3SS 01582 59 61 08 60
Acting Headteacher
Wigmore Primary School Twyford Drive, Luton, LU2 9TB Mr Davidson 01582 61 61 01 90
William Austin Infant School Culverhouse Road, Luton, LU3 1PZ Ms Kang 01582 59 51 98 150
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1. Bramingham Primary School 15. St. Martin de Porres Primary School 28. Tennyson Road Primary School, North Site,
2. Whitefield Primary School 16. The Ferrars Academy Surrey Street, Luton LU1 3BZ
3. Cheynes Infant School 17. Leagrave Primary School 29. Denbigh Primary School
4. Warden Primary School 18. Beechwood Primary School 30. St Matthew’s Primary School
5. Warden Hill Infant School 19. Downside Primary School 31. Ramridge Primary School
6. The Meads Primary School 20. Maidenhall Primary School 32. Sacred Heart Primary School
7. Icknield Primary School 21. Foxdell Infant School 33. Stopsley Primary School
8. Norton Road Primary School 22. Beech Hill Primary School 34. Putteridge Primary School
9. St Joseph’s Primary School 23. Whipperley Infant Academy 35. Someries Infant School
10. William Austin Infant School 24. Dallow Primary School 36. Crawley Green Infant School
11. Bushmead Primary School 25. St Margaret of Scotland Primary School 37. Wigmore Primary School
12. Pirton Hill Primary School 26. Hillborough Infant School 38. The Linden Academy
13. Chantry Primary Academy 27. Tennyson Road Primary School, South Site, 39. River Bank Primary School
14. Southfield Primary School Tennyson Road, Luton LU1 3RS 40. Surrey Street Primary School
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Junior schools in Luton
There are 9 maintained junior schools in Luton.
Responsibility for
Name of School Status of school Age range
admissions
Farley Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Ferrars Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Foxdell Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Hillborough Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Someries Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Sundon Park Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Warden Hill Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
Wenlock Junior School Voluntary Aided 7 – 11 Governing Body
William Austin Junior School Community 7 – 11 Luton Borough Council
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Primary schools
The following primary schools are not included in the transfer from infant to junior school as children enter primary
schools in the Reception Year and leave at the end of Year 6.
Beech Hill Primary School River Bank Primary School

Beechwood Primary School Sacred Heart Primary School
Bramingham Primary School Southfield Primary School
Bushmead Primary School St Joseph’s Primary School
Chantry Primary Academy St Margaret of Scotland Primary School
Dallow Primary School St Martin de Porres Primary School
Denbigh Primary School St Matthew’s Primary School
Downside Primary School Stopsley Primary School
Icknield Primary School Surrey Street Primary School
Leagrave Primary School Tennyson Road Primary School
Maidenhall Primary School The Linden Academy
Norton Road Primary School The Meads Primary School
Pirton Hill Primary School Waulud Primary School
Putteridge Primary School Whitefield Primary School
Ramridge Primary School Wigmore Primary School
You must not specify a primary school as your first, second or third preference. If you would like to request
a place at a primary school please discuss the application procedure with the school concerned or contact the
Admissions helpline for further advice (see page 19 for contact details).
If a primary school is given as a preference, the preference will not be processed. Parents seeking a place
at a primary school for September 2018 should apply for a place in June 2018. Such requests will be treated as an
‘in-year admission’ and a place will only be agreed if there are vacancies in the relevant year group.
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Admissions criteria for Luton junior community schools

Farley Foxdell Someries Warden Hill
Junior School Junior School Junior School Junior School
Ferrars Hillborough Sundon Park William Austin

Junior School Junior School Junior School Junior School
In accordance with the Education Act 1996 children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or an EHC Plan
are required to be admitted to the school named in their Statement/plan. Thereafter, the following priorities will
apply:
2. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school or the linked infant school when the pupil starts at the school.
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5. Pupils attending the linked infant school.
6. Children of staff who work at the school.
Linked infant and junior schools normally share the same names (e.g. William Austin Infant School is linked to William
Austin Junior School) with the exception of:
• Whipperley Infant Academy for which Farley Junior School is the linked school.
• Cheynes Infant School for which Sundon Park Junior School is the linked school.
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An adoption order is an order under the Adoption Act 1976 (see section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted
under the Adoption and Children’s Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the
arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by
s.14 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order
appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).
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Main entrance of the school means the door used to access the school’s main reception.
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Home address
The local authority regards a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e.
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Medical grounds
for which the child is receiving treatment. Medical evidence must be provided to substantiate the claim. Medical
Children of staff
The local authority regards children of staff as someone employed to work at the School on a permanent contract
for at least 15 hours per week, who meets one of the following criteria at the time of application:
or
b) is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage
For the purposes of satisfying this criterion, a member of staff is defined as a permanent member of the teaching
member of staff.
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Summary of places allocated for the September 2017 Year 3 intake

The Council was unable to offer a place to all pupils who stated the following schools as a preference in the initial
allocation:
Hillborough Junior School Someries Junior School Warden Hill Junior School
The Council was able to offer a place to all children who stated the following schools as a preference in the initial
allocation:
Farley Junior School Ferrars Junior School Foxdell Junior School

Sundon Park Junior School William Austin Junior School
The ticks () show which pupils were offered a place and the crosses (x) show the criterion in which some pupils
Number of places allocated in the initial allocation under
the following criteria:
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Linked infant school
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Catchment
Distance
Medical
Siblings
School
30 38 9 1
Farley Junior School 90 113 78 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
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32 29 23 4
Ferrars Junior School 90 89 88 0 0 0 0 N/A 1
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44 33 7 2
Foxdell Junior School 90 126 86 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
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1 1 40 29 19 1.493
Hillborough Junior School 90 170 90 0 0 0 22
14 13 30 3 0.635
Someries Junior School 60 80 60 0 0 0 0 3
   x miles
20 43 0 15
Sundon Park Junior School 90 81 78 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
  x 
4 2 47 30 1 36 2.624
Warden Hill Junior School 120 180 120 0 0 12
     x miles
1 52 64 31 1
William Austin Junior School 150 166 149 0 0 0 N/A 2
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Farley Junior School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Ferrars Junior School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Foxdell Junior School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Hillborough Junior School 5 0 5 1 20% 4 80% 0
Someries Junior School 1 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 1
Sundon Park Junior School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Warden Hill Junior School 4 0 2 0 0% 2 100% 2

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William Austin Junior School There were no appeals lodged for this school
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Farley Junior School 8 7 1 14% 6 86% 1
Ferrars Junior School No appeals were heard for the school
Foxdell Junior School No appeals were heard for the school
Hillborough Junior School 6 6 0 0% 6 100% 0
Someries Junior School 1 1 1 100% 0 0% 0
Sundon Park Junior School No appeals were heard for the school
Warden Hill Junior School No appeals were heard for the school
William Austin Junior School No appeals were heard for the school

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Admissions criteria for Wenlock Junior School

In the event of there being more applicants than there are places available, the Governors will apply the following
criteria in the priority order of categories as listed below:
1. All ‘looked after’ children or children who were previously ‘looked after’ but immediately after being ‘looked
after’ became subject to an adoption, child arrangement or special guardianship order whose carers fulfil the
Admissions’ criteria listed under 3 or 4 below.
2. Siblings of children already at the school at the date of proposed admission, whose parents/carers fulfil the
admissions criteria listed under 3 or 4 below.
3. (a) Children of parent(s)/guardian(s) who worship regularly in any of the Church of England Churches in the Luton
Deanery at the time of application. For the purpose of this policy, “regularly” will be deemed to be at least once in
each month for a period of six months or more.
(b) Children of parent(s)/guardian(s) who worship regularly in a Church of England Church who move into the Luton
Deanery less than six months from the date of proposed admission.
(c) Children of parent(s)/guardian(s) who live in the Luton Deanery and who regularly worship in a Church of England
Church outside Luton Deanery, but still within the Diocese of St. Albans.
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and 3(c) would be required.
4. Children of parent(s)/guardian(s) who are regular attendees at another place of Christian worship which, at the
time of application, is a current paid up member of “Churches Together in Luton”. A letter would be required
verifying the level of attendance to accompany applications in this category.
5. Any other children ‘looked after’ by a local authority or children who were previously ‘looked after’ but
immediately after being ‘looked after’ became subject to an adoption, child arrangement or special guardianship
order.
6. Siblings of children already at the school at the proposed date of admission.
7. Children from Crawley Green Infant School catchment area as defined by the local authority.
8. Children from Crawley Green Infant School living outside the area as defined in Category 7 above.
9. Any other children.
In the event of there being an oversubscription in any one of the above categories, the determining factor in that
category will be the geographical proximity to the school as defined, with the exception of note B.
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Geographical proximity will be determined by computerised measurement of the shortest distance by road or
public pathway from the front of the home to the main school entrance. Those living closer to the school will be
accorded the higher priority.
Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education Health Care Plan which names
Wenlock Voluntary Aided C of E Junior School will be offered a place.
Parents are welcome to visit Wenlock Junior School before making their application.
Waiting list
The school will operate a waiting list activated as places become available based on the criteria. A place on the
waiting list will be held until 31 July 2019.
waiting list.
Parents wishing to apply for a place at Wenlock Junior School must also complete the school’s
supplementary form. The form must be returned to their child’s current school (if this is in Luton) or to the 74
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Children of parents who worship regularly in any of the Church of
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England Churches in the Deanery
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Children of parents who worship regularly in a Church of England
Agreed
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Church who move into the Luton Deanery less than six months from
the date of proposed admissions
Children of parents who live in the Luton Deanery and worship
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Children of parents who are regular attendees of another place of
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There were no appeals lodged for this school
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Children from Crawley Green Infant School living outside the
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Parents/carers receive a letter which briefly explains the application process; the letter will provide their child’s
The guide can be downloaded at www.luton.gov.uk/admissions or you can obtain a copy from your child’s current
Luton school or from our Admissions Team.
15 January 2018
returned to your child’s current Luton school or to the Council’s Admissions Team by this date.
Applicants for Wenlock Junior School must ensure they have completed the school’s supplementary form by this
date.
Applications received after the closing date will not be considered in the initial allocation of places, except
in very exceptional circumstances.
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Offer emails are sent to parents/carers during the course of the day. Decision letters are sent to parents/carers via
the infant schools. If your child attends a school outside of Luton, or an independent (private) school, the letter will
be sent via the post on this date.
May 2018
Admission appeals will take place from May 2018.
Contact details Luton junior schools

Telephone Admission
Number Number
Farley Junior School North Drift Way, Luton, LU1 5JF Ms Stewart-Smith 01582 72 50 69 90
Ferrars Junior School Lewsey Road, Luton, LU4 0ES Mr Rae 01582 57 49 33 90
Foxdell Junior School Dallow Road, Luton, LU1 1UP Ms Abbott 01582 73 37 64 90
Hillborough Junior School Hillborough Road, Luton, LU1 5EZ Mr Williams 01582 61 33 31 90
Someries Junior School Wigmore Lane, Luton, LU2 8AH Mr Hunt 01582 73 88 10 60
Sundon Park Junior School Kinross Crescent, Luton, LU3 3JU Mrs Wightman 01582 57 16 19 90
Warden Hill Junior School Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, LU3 2DN Mr Welch 01582 59 13 86 120
Wenlock Junior School Beaconsfield, Luton, LU2 0RW Mrs Williams 01582 73 06 24 90
William Austin Junior School Austin Road, Luton, LU3 1UA Ms Adams 01582 57 21 00 150
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Information on the high school transfer for September 2018

High schools and academies in Luton
There are six maintained high schools in Luton and six academies. All schools and academies are comprehensive.
Responsibility for
Name of School Status of school Age range
admissions
Ashcroft High School Foundation 11 – 16 Governing Body
Cardinal Newman Catholic School Academy 11 – 18 Governing Body
Challney High School for Boys Academy 11 – 16 Governing Body
Challney High School for Girls Academy 11 – 16 Governing Body
Chiltern Academy* Free School 11 – 16 Governing Body
Denbigh High School Academy 11 – 16 Governing Body
Icknield High School Academy 11 – 16 Governing Body
Lea Manor High School Foundation 11 – 16 Governing Body
Lealands High School Foundation 11 – 16 Governing Body
Putteridge High School Academy 11 – 16 Governing Body
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Stopsley High School Foundation 11 – 16 Governing Body
The Chalk Hills Academy Academy 11 – 18 Board of Directors
The Stockwood Park Academy Academy 11 – 18 Board of Directors
* Chiltern Academy is in the process of planning to open for Year 7 pupils in September 2018. Parents are advised
that the school has not yet received full approval from the Department for Education to open for September
2018; the school should receive full approval by February 2018.
It is important that parents stating Chiltern Academy as a preference also request additional schools as their
second and/or third preference, in case the school does not open on time.
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Admissions criteria for Ashcroft High School

In accordance with the Education Act 1996 children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education
Health Care Plan are required to be admitted to the school named in their Statement/plan. Thereafter the priorities
listed below apply.
Should there be more applications than places available, the following criteria will be applied at the time of
application, in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.
2. Students having their permanent residence within the present local authority (LA) designated catchment area and
whose parents have expressed a written preference for the school.
3. Students who will have a sibling on the school roll at the time of proposed admission and whose parents have
expressed a written preference for the school.
4. Students seeking admission on medical grounds whose parents have expressed a written preference for the
school.
5. Any other applicants.
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Tie break
Where the number of places allocated within any of the criteria reaches the planned admission number, the
straight line distance from the school reception entrance to the pupil’s home24, using the local authority’s
computerised measuring system will be used as a ‘tie-breaker’ with places being allocated to those who live closest
first.
Waiting list
The school operates a waiting list until the last day of the calendar year. Parents will need to re-apply to the school
after this date to remain on the waiting list until the end of the academic year.
Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
The school regards a pupil’s home address/permanent residence as where she or he spends the majority of the
school week (Monday to Friday, including nights) with her/his parent or legal guardian. The address of a childminder
or family member who looks after the child before or after school cannot be used. If there is any query on the
home address/permanent residence this will be checked against official documentation.
Siblings
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An adoption order is an order under the Adoption Act 1976 (see section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted
under the Adoption and Children’s Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the
arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by
s.14 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order
appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).
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Medical grounds
Medical grounds refer to the health of the child for whom a place is being requested and for whom the requested
school is the most suitable in the area to meet the child’s medical needs. It must relate to a recognised medical
condition for which the child is receiving treatment. A medical certificate must be provided to substantiate the
claim. The medical certificate will be sent to the Health Authority for advice in determining whether the child
should be prioritised on medical grounds with regard to admission to the requested school.

The governing body was able to offer a place to all pupils who stated the school as a preference in the initial
allocation:
Number of places allocated in the initial allocation

under the following criteria:
Number of places allocated in



before 31 October 2016
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Catchment
Published
Distance
children
Medical
Siblings
School
1 3 124 37 105
Ashcroft High School 270 532 270 0 N/A 13
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Not
School appeals appeals Heard Agreed % % appeals
agreed
Ashcroft High School 2 2 0 0 0% 0 0% 0
Number of Number of
Not
School appeals Heard Agreed % % appeals
agreed
received withdrawn
Ashcroft High School No appeals were heard for the school
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Admissions criteria for Cardinal Newman Catholic School

The ethos of Cardinal Newman Catholic School is based on Christian Gospel values and the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church. The governing body asks parents applying for a place to respect this ethos and its importance to
the school community. This does not affect the rights of parents who are not of the Roman Catholic faith to apply
for and be considered for a place.
The school primarily serves all the parishes of Luton, Houghton Regis and Dunstable.
2. Baptised Catholic children attending St Mary’s Primary School, St Vincent’s Primary School, St Martin de Porres
Primary School, St Joseph’s Primary School, St Margaret of Scotland Primary School or Sacred Heart Primary
School with siblings at Cardinal Newman School at the time of proposed admission. The original Baptismal
Certificate must be provided.
3. Baptised Catholic children attending St Mary’s Primary School, St Vincent’s Primary School, St Martin de Porres
Primary School, St Joseph’s Primary School, St Margaret of Scotland Primary School or Sacred Heart Primary
82 School. The original Baptismal Certificate must be provided.
5. Siblings other than Catholic currently at Cardinal Newman Catholic School at the time of proposed admission.
6. Children of staff
9. Other children.
Tie break
In any situation where the application of the admissions criteria results in more children with an equal right to
admission to the school than the number of available places, the tie-breaker will be determined by random selection
by an independent body.
Waiting list
The Admissions Committee will keep a ‘waiting list’ until the end of August, of those children in the new intake year
who have not been offered a place. Letters will be sent out at the beginning of July asking parents if they wish their
child to remain on the waiting list and anyone who has not replied by the end of August will be removed from the
waiting list.
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Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
query about the home address this will be checked against official documentation.
Siblings
A sibling is defined as brothers and sisters living in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted
siblings, step brothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. That sibling must be in school (Year 7-13) at
the time of admission (i.e. the sibling will be at Cardinal Newman in the Academic Year 2018-19) to fit into the
Admissions Criteria. In order that all applicants are treated fairly, it is assumed that all Year 11 students will return
to Cardinal Newman for Year 12.
Children of staff
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Catholic child
A Catholic child is a child baptised according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church and possesses a Baptismal
Certificate. A child enrolled in a catechumenate programme is also accepted as a Catholic if they are supported
by a letter from their parish priest confirming their enrolment and attendance on the programme. (For transfer to
secondary school in 2018 this means a child needs to be enrolled and attending the catechumenate programme
before the deadline for applications on 31st October 2017).
Christian
A Christian means a full member of ‘Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’ at the time when decisions on
admissions are made.
Additional Information
1. Overriding priority will be given to pupils who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs /EHC Plan which
names the school.
Parents wishing to apply for a place at Cardinal Newman Catholic School must also complete the school’s
returned to their child’s current school (if this is in Luton) or to the Council’s Admissions Team by 31
October 2017.
Alternatively, a paper copy can be obtained from the Catholic junior and primary schools in Luton or from the
Council’s Admissions Team.
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The governing body was unable to offer a place to all pupils who stated the school as a preference in the initial
allocation:
Number of places allocated in the initial allocation under the
Looked after children who were previously looked after following criteria:
Baptised Catholic children attending relevant feeder
Baptised Catholic children attending relevant feeder

Practising baptised Catholic children from relevant
school with siblings attending Cardinal Newman
Siblings other than Catholic currently at Cardinal

Practising baptised Catholic children from other
preferences received before 31 October 2016
Children from other Christian demoninations
Children from other faith backgrounds

Practising baptised Catholic siblings


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Catholic School
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Other children
parishes
parishes
schools
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5 2 63 129 3 19 41 8
Cardinal Newman Catholic School 270 568 270 0 0 0 0 66
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The Admissions Committee at Cardinal Newman Catholic School was unable to offer a place to all pupils who
met the Other baptised Catholic children criterion, therefore, pupils were selected by random allocation by an
independent panel.

Not
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Cardinal Newman Catholic School 54 0 42 1 2% 41 98% 12
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School appeals Heard Agreed % Not agreed % appeals
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Admissions criteria for Challney High School for Boys and

Denbigh High School
Where the schools have more places available than applicants, all applicants will be admitted.
Where there are more applicants than available places, and after the admission of children with an EHC Plan or
Statement of Special Educational Needs (which has not yet been converted into an EHC plan) which names the
schools, places will be allocated using the following criteria:
Challney High School for Boys
1. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became
area27.
6. On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the centre of the front main entrance of the school 85
site and the pupil’s home address which is measured from a point at the address identified in the Local Land and
Property Gazetteer. Those who live closer to the school will be accorded higher priority.
Denbigh High School
1. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became
2. Siblings of pupils attending the school at the proposed admission date who currently live within the catchment
area.
area.
7. On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the centre of the front main entrance of the school
site and the pupil’s home address which is measured from a point at the address identified in the Local Land and
Property Gazetteer. Those who live closer to the school will be accorded higher priority.
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Tie break
within each criterion to children who meet other criteria. If a place cannot be agreed for all applicants meeting a
specific criterion, the distance criterion (priority 6 or 7) will be used as a tie-breaker.
selection, witnessed by a governor, independent of the Admissions Team.
Waiting list
Where it is not possible to agree all applications for the schools, waiting lists will be devised. The waiting lists will
be held until 31 July in the academic year of admission. Thereafter, it will be necessary for parents to re-apply to
remain on the waiting lists.
Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
All applicants will be required to provide proof of address/residence. The schools regard a pupil’s home address
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as where she or he spends the majority of the school week will be regarded as the address of the parent(s) or
carer(s) with parental responsibility with whom the pupil usually lives. This will not usually include grandparents,
aunts or uncles. Where a pupil spends time with parents at more than one address, the address used will be
the one at which the pupil is ordinarily resident and where the pupil spends the majority of the school week
(Monday to Friday) including nights. If there is any query on the home address this will be checked against official
documentation.
Siblings
where foster care has been arranged by the Local Authority. Other family relationships such as cousins will not be
Medical grounds
medical certificate will be sent to the Health Authority for advice in determining whether the child should be
prioritised on medical grounds with regard to admission to the requested school.
Children of staff
A member of staff is defined as someone who meets all the following critera a) to d) inclusive or criterion e) at the
time the application for admission to the school is made:
a) is employed by the school on a permanent contract and
b) has been in post continuously for at least two years and
c) is permanently contracted to work for the school for at least fifteen hours per week and
d) has not given notice of resignation
or
e) is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage which are determined
annually.
Someone who meets the above criteria but has been TUPEd to another employer and is still working at the school
is also defined as a member of staff for the purposes of this document.
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The governing body at Challney High School for Boys was able to offer a place to all pupils who stated the school
as a preference in the initial allocation.
The governing body at Denbigh High School for Boys was unable to offer a place to all pupils who stated the
school as a preference in the initial allocation.
Number of pupils on the waiting

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Staff
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Challney High School for Boys 240 376 240 0 0 N/A 6
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Siblings living in catchment


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October 2016
Catchment
Distance
Medical
Siblings
School
Staff
2 1 78 2 141 0.507
Denbigh High School 224 983 224 0 0 0 263
Denbigh High School was unable to offer a place to all pupils who met the Catchment criterion; therefore, the
catchment area pupils living closest to the school were allocated a place.
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Challney High School for Boys 1 0 1 1 100% 0 0% 0
Denbigh High School 78 0 74 5 7% 69 93% 4
Number Number of
Not
School of appeals Heard Agreed % % appeals
agreed
received withdrawn
Challney High School for Boys 12 12 1 8% 11 92% 0
Denbigh High School 86 82 5 6% 77 94% 4
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Admissions criteria for Challney High School for Girls,

Lealands High School and Putteridge High School
In accordance with the Education Act 1996, children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or EHC Plan are
4. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school when the pupil starts at the school*.
5. Children of staff who work at the school.
*For Challney High School for Girls this criterion will apply to sisters of pupils attending either Challney High
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selection, witnessed by a Council Officer, independent of the Admissions Team.
Waiting list
carried forward on.
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The local authority regard a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e.
Siblings
Medical grounds
Children of staff
The local authority regards children of staff as someone employed to work at the school on a permanent contract
90 for at least 15 hours per week, who meets one of the following critera at the time of application:
or
For the purposes of satisfying this criterion, a member of staff is defined as a permanent member of the teaching
staff, or a permanent member of the non teaching staff.
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The Council was unable to offer a place to all pupils who stated Challney High School for Girls as a preference in
the initial allocation.
The Council was able to offer a place to all pupils who stated Putteridge High School as a preference in the initial
allocation.




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Catchment
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Siblings
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Challney High School for Girls 210 381 211 0 0 0 39
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Putteridge High School 243 405 185 0 0 0 N/A 0
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Challney High School for Girls was unable to offer a place to all pupils who met the Distance criterion; therefore,
the pupils living closest to the school were allocated a place.

Number Number Number of

Not
School of appeals of appeals Heard Agreed % % appeals
Agreed
Challney High School for Girls 19 2 14 2 14% 12 86% 3
Putteridge High School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Number of Number of appeals

School Heard Agreed % Not agreed %
appeals received withdrawn
Challney High School for Girls 12 12 1 8% 11 92% 0
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Admissions criteria for Chiltern Academy

Chiltern Academy is in the process of planning to open for Year 7 pupils in September 2018.
Parents are advised that the School has not yet received full approval from the Department for Education
to open in September 2018; full approval is expected to be received by February 2018.
It is important that parents stating Chiltern Academy as a preference also request additional schools as their second
and/or third preference, in case the school does not open on time.
Chiltern Academy will open on a temporary site before moving to its official site at the ‘Brache’ which is opposite
the Gipsy Lane retail park.
The temporary site will be the former Studio School building on York Street, Luton, LU2 0EZ, which is adjacent to
the Hightown Community Sports and Arts Centre.
The York Street site will be used for the first year and then from September 2019 students will be educated in their
newly built school at the Brache.
When the school is oversubscribed, after the admission of pupils with an Education Health and Care plan or a
Statement of Special Educational Needs naming the school, priority for admission will be given to those children
who meet the criteria, in priority order:
92 1. Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after
became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order.
2. Priority will next be given to the children of staff who have been recruited to fill a skill-shortage area.
3. Priority will next be given to children living within the catchment area. Please go to www.luton.gov.uk/
admissions for the list of roads that are included in the catchment area for Chiltern Academy.
4. Priority will next be given to children based on their exceptional medical or social needs. Each application must
include evidence, from a medical specialist or social worker of the child’s need and why they must attend this
school rather than any other, based on those needs. If evidence is not submitted to the local authority with the
application, a child’s medical or social needs cannot be considered.
5. Other children.
Tie break
If in categories 2-5, a tie break is necessary to determine which child is admitted, the child living closest to the
school will be given priority for admission. Distance is measured from the child’s home to the front gates of the
school in a straight line.
Random allocation undertaken by the local authority will be used as a tie break in categories 2-5 to decide who has
highest priority for admission if the distance between a child’s home and the free school is equidistant in any two or
more cases.
Random allocation will not be applied to multiple birth siblings (twins and triplets etc) from the same family tied for
a final place. The school will admit them all and exceed the PAN.
Waiting list
Where the school receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate
until the end of the academic year. This will be maintained by the local authority and it will be open to any parent
to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.
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Definitions
Looked after child

by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the
Children Act 1989).
Home address
All applicants will be required to provide proof of address/residence. The school regards a pupil’s home address as
where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e. Monday to Friday, including nights) with her/his parent
or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member who looks after the child before or after school
cannot be used. Chiltern Learning Trust reserves the right to seek verification from the local authority in which the
home is situated.
Siblings
where foster care has been arranged by the local authority. Other family relationships such as cousins will not be
Medical and social need

‘Social need’ does not include a parent’s wish that a child attends the school because of a child’s aptitude or ability 93
or because their friends attend the school. ‘Medical need’ does not include mild medical conditions.
Staff
In the first year of the school’s operation, a member of staff is defined as someone recruited to fill a vacant post for
which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Admissions criteria for Icknield High School

In accordance with the Education Act 1996, children with a Statement of SEN or an Education Health Care Plan are
Should there be more applications than places available, the following criteria will apply, in the order set out, to
decide which children to admit:
1. Children in public care/looked after children - children who are looked after by a local authority or a child who
was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child
arrangements or special guardianship order32 where the person with parental responsibility completed the
application form expressing a written preference for the school.
2. Students having their current home address within the present local authority designated catchment area.
3. Siblings of students attending the school at the time of proposed admission.
4. Medical grounds, supported by an appropriate medical certificate, which confirms that Icknield High School is the
only school that can meet the child’s needs.
5. Any other applicant.
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The distance criteria will be used as a ‘tie breaker’ for situations where the number of places allocated within any
criteria (2) to (5) reaches 290. The distance criterion is measured on a straight line distance between the centre of
the front main entrance of the school site and the student’s home address which is measured at the point of the
address identified in the local land and property gazetteer. Those who live closer to the school will be accorded
higher priority.
The school will make every effort to accommodate all students living in the catchment area. If necessary the school
will admit a small number of students over the 290 admission number in agreement with the Local Authority (as
set out in paragraph 1.18 of the Admission Code). If this is done, it does not alter the published admissions number
and the waiting list will only be activated once the roll for that year drops below 290 through natural wastage.This
arrangement applies only to oversubscription criterion 2.
Waiting list
The school will operate a waiting list, activated as places become available based on the criteria. A place on the
waiting list will be held for one year and must be re-applied for annually.
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Looked after child

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Home address
The school regard a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e. Monday
Siblings
Medical grounds
medical grounds with regard to admission to the school.
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allocation:




Any other applicant
allocated a place
October 2016
Catchment
Medical
Siblings
School
8 2 208 33 39 4511
Icknield High School 290 928 290
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Icknield High School was unable to offer a place to all pupils who met the Any other applicants criterion;
therefore, the pupils living closest to the school were allocated a place.

Number Number of Number of

School of appeals appeals Heard Agreed % Not agreed % appeals
Icknield High School 22 0 17 2 12% 15 88% 5
Number of Number of appeals

School Heard Agreed % Not agreed %
appeals received withdrawn
Icknield High School 36 33 4 12% 29 88% 3
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Admissions criteria for Lealands High School

admitted to the school named in the Statement/Plan. Thereafter, the following priorities will apply:-
1. A ‘looked’ after child or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became
4. Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school when the pupil starts at the school.
5. Children of staff who work at the School.
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96 within each criterion to children who meet other criteria. If the school is unable to agree a place for all applicants
meeting a specific criterion, the distance criterion (priority 6) will be used as a tie breaker.
flats) or (b) two addresses measuring the same distance from the school, the ultimate tie breaker will be random
selection, witnessed by a Council officer, independent of the Admissions Team.
Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
Siblings
The term ‘siblings’ includes natural, adopted and step brothers and sisters. It also includes fostered siblings, where
foster care has been arranged by Children and Family Services. Other family relationships such as cousins will not
be considered under this criterion.
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the most suitable in the area to meet the child’s medical needs. It must relate to a recognised medical condition for
Children of staff
The School regards children of staff as someone employed to work at the School on a permanent contract for at
least 15 hours per week, who meets one of the following criteria at the time of application:
(a) has been in post continuously for at least two years; or
(b) is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage.
A member of staff is defined as a permanent member of the teaching staff, or a permanent member of the non-
teaching staff.
member of staff.
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allocation:
Number of pupils on the waiting list
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Educational Needs
as at 17 July 2017
allocated a place
October 2016
Catchment
Distance
Medical
Siblings
School
Staff
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Lealands High School 210 405 206 0 N/A 2
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Number of Number of
Not
Agreed
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Lealands High School 8 6 2 33% 4 67% 2
98 Admissions criteria for Lea Manor High School

In accordance with the Education Act 1996, children with an Education Health Care Plan or Statement of SEN are
required to be admitted to the school named in the Plan/Statement. Thereafter, should there be more applications
than places available, the following criteria will be applied at the time of application, in the order set out below, to
decide which children to admit:-
subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order36 where the person with parental
responsibility has expressed a written preference for the school.
2. Students having their permanent residence within the present LA designated catchment area and whose parents
have expressed a written preference for the school.
3. Siblings of children attending the school at the time of proposed admission and whose parents have expressed a
written preference for the school.
4. Students seeking admission on medical grounds (supported by a medical certificate that has been agreed by the
Health Authority) and whose parents have expressed a written preference for the school.
5. Any other applicant.
Tie break
Where the number of places allocated within any of the criteria reaches the planned admission number the straight
line distance from the school reception entrance to the pupil’s front door, using the local authority’s computerised
measuring system will be used as a ‘tie-breaker’ with places being allocated to those who live closest first.
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Waiting list
Where it is not possible to agree all applications, a waiting list will be devised.
Pupils names will be held on the waiting list until 31 July 2019.
waiting list.

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Any other applicant
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Catchment
Medical
Siblings
School
6 2 135 23 75
Lea Manor High School 240 407 241 0 N/A 0
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Lea Manor High School There were no appeals lodged for this school
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Admissions criteria for Stopsley High School

If the number of places in a particular year group at the school is not sufficient to meet the number of applications
from parents, the following criteria are applied to determine how places will be allocated.
subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order37.
2. Students living in the catchment area of the school.
3. Siblings of children attending the school at the time of proposed admission.
4. Students who do not live in the catchment area but who attend a local feeder school i.e. Stopsley Primary, St
Matthews Primary or Bushmead Primary.
5. Medical grounds supported by an appropriate medical practitioner.
6. Students living outside of the catchment area who do not attend one of the feeder schools.
Tie break
within each criterion to children who meet other criteria. A tie-breaker will come into force where the number of
100 places eligible within any of the criteria set out would exceed the Approved Admissions Number (AAN). In such
circumstances shortest straight line distance from the door to the school’s main reception to the student’s home
address38, will be used. Students living closer to the school will be given priority.
selection, witnessed by an independent body.
Waiting list
Where it is not possible to agree all applications for the school, a waiting list will be devised. Pupils names will be
held on the waiting list until 31 July 2019.
Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
A pupil’s home address is where she or he spends the majority of the school week (i.e. Monday to Friday, including
nights) with her/his parent or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member who looks after the
child before or after school cannot be used. If there is any query on the home address this will be checked against
official documentation.
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Siblings
Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child
of the parent/carer’s partner where the child for whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at
the same address as that sibling.
Medical grounds
Medical grounds refers to cases where there are reasons which make it essential that a child should attend Stopsley
High School and where Stopsley High School is the only school that could meet the child’s needs. A medical report
from the child’s Doctor or Consultant must be submitted with the application form, setting out valid medical
reasons why it is essential for the child to be admitted to Stopsley High School and the difficulties that would be
caused if the child had to attend another school. The comments of the Authority’s medical officer may be sought
in order to decide whether it is essential for a child to be admitted to Stopsley High School on medical grounds.
Admission on medical grounds cannot be considered when the medical condition relates to that of a parent/carer,
brother, sister, or other relative.

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Primary School, Stopsley Primary

School and St Matthews Primary


Feeder school link (Bushmead
Students living outside of the


allocated a place
catchment area
October 2016
Catchment
Medical
Siblings
School)
School
4 1 135 20 38 2 59
Stopsley High School 270 593 259 N/A 1
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Stopsley High School There were no appeals lodged for this school
Number of Number of
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Admissions criteria for The Chalk Hills Academy and The

Stockwood Park Academy
Where the numbers of applications exceed the published admission number, after the admission of pupils with a
Statement of Special Educational Needs or an EHC Plan naming The Chalk Hills Academy or The Stockwood Park
Academy, the oversubscription criteria below will apply in consecutive order:
a. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became
b. Children of staff employed by The Chalk Hills Academy or The Stockwood Park Academy, reasonably considers has
been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage and/or have two or more years
of service at the time of application to The Chalk Hills Academy or The Stockwood Park Academy.
The Academy currently considers teachers employed to undertake roles in Maths, English and Science as areas
of demonstrable shortage and therefore compliant with this policy, however, this criteria may change during the
c. Children who live within the priority admission area – as shown on the catchment area list.
d. Children who attend the Trust’s feeder primary schools; applicants who have been on the admission roll at the
102 close of the previous year of any of the designated feeder primary schools. A list of current Feeder Primary Schools
is shown below.
The following schools are regarded as feeder schools to The Chalk Hills Academy or The Stockwood Park
Academy:
a) The Linden Academy
b) The Vale Academy
e. Children who have siblings currently at The Chalk Hills Academy and stating the school as a preference or The
Stockwood Park Academy and stating the school as a preference and will continue to be on the academies roll, at
the point of admission.
f. Pupils living within the ‘combined catchment area’.
g. Pupils living outside the ‘combined catchment area’.
Tie break
Where there are more children with an equal right to admission to the academies than the number of available
places, a distance tie break will be used giving priority for admission to the child living closest to the school. The
tie break will be distance from the school, measured in a straight line, using an approved computerised mapping
system. Those living closer to the academies will be accorded the higher priority. The home address will be
measured from a point at the address identified in the Local Land and Property Gazetteer to the school gate on
Leagrave High Street (for The Chalk Hills Academy) and Rotheram Avenue (for The Stockwood Park Academy).
Priority is not given within each criterion to children who meet other criteria.
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Multiple births
The Chalk Hills Academy and The Stockwood Park Academy will admit over their Published Admission Number
(PAN) to ensure twins/multiple birth children are not split if only one child is allocated an available place. If in such
cases the PAN is exceeded, further admissions will be delayed until the rolls returns to PAN.
Waiting list
Unsuccessful applicants will be offered an opportunity to be placed on the waiting lists. Parents who wish their
child to be included on the waiting list must inform The Chalk Hills Academy and The Stockwood Park Academy in
writing by 31 March 2018. The order of placement on the waiting list will be determined in accordance with the
oversubscription criteria, not in the order in which applications are received or added to the list.
The names on the waiting list will be held until the end of the academic year. Parents can re-apply for a place at the
Academies at the end of the academic year.
Definitions
Looked after child

Home address
The academies regards a pupil’s home address as where she or he spends the majority of the school week (Monday
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to Friday including nights) with his or her parents or legal guardian. The address of a childminder or family member
who looks after the child before or after school cannot be used. The Governing Body reserves the right to seek
verification from the Local Authority in which the home is situated.
Siblings
Siblings are defined as meaning two or more children who have at least one parent in common and/or who reside
at the same house as one another (for example foster children). Where a child has been legally adopted, he or she
will be regarded as the sibling of any other children of the same legal guardian on the admission roll at the point of
admission.
Children of staff
The academies regards children of staff as someone the academy reasonably considers has been recruited to fill a
vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage and/or who have two or more years of service at the
time of application to The Chalk Hills Academy or The Stockwood Park Academy.
The academies currently consider teachers employed to undertake roles in maths, English and science as areas
of demonstrable shortage and therefore compliant with the policy, however, this criteria may change during the
The postcodes of the wards within the priority admission area and combined catchment area will be published on
the Council’s admissions webpage (www.luton.gov.uk/admissions) under the catchment area link. The postcodes
are also available on request from the Admissions Team or the academies.
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The Board of Directors at The Chalk Hills Academy was able to offer a place to all children who stated the school as
a preference in the initial allocation:
The Board of Directors at The Stockwood Park Academy was able to offer a place to all children who stated the
school as a preference in the initial allocation:
Number of places allocated in the initial allocation under the
following criteria:
Pupils living outside the combined


Children who attend the Trust's

Pupils livign with the combined

Linden Academy and The Vale

feeder primary schools (The

Children who live within the
priority admission area

allocated a place
Children of staff
catchment area
catchment area
October 2016
Academy)
Siblings
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The Stockwood Park Academy 270 369 260 0 0 N/A 1
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The Chalk Hills Academy 3 3 0 0 0% 0 0% 0
The Stockwood Park Academy There were no appeals lodged for this school
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The Chalk Hills Academy 9 6 1 17% 5 83% 3
The Stockwood Park Academy 9 9 1 11% 8 89% 0

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High school and academy open evenings

It is strongly recommended that parents/carers and pupils attend the open evenings of the high schools and
academies that interest them. Open evenings give parents and pupils the opportunity to gain a good overview of
the school by meeting staff and pupils and gathering information about the school or academy.
School Date Time

Ashcroft High School 4 October 2017 5pm – 7.30pm
Cardinal Newman Catholic School 12 October 2017 5.30pm – 9pm
Challney High School for Boys 12 October 2017 5pm – 8pm
Challney High School for Girls 12 October 2017 6.30pm – 8.30pm
28 September 2017 6pm - 8pm
7 October 2017 11am - 1pm
Chiltern Academy 10 October 2017 2pm - 4pm
The sessions will be held at the former Studio School,
York Street, Luton LU2 0EZ
Denbigh High School 5 October 2017 6pm – 9pm
Icknield High School 3 October 2017 6pm – 8pm
Lea Manor High School 28 September 2017 5.30pm – 8pm
Lealands High School 4 October 2017 5.30pm – 9.15pm*
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Putteridge High School 3 October 2017 5.30pm – 7.30pm
5 October 2017 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Stopsley High School
6 October 2017 8.45am – 10.30am
The Chalk Hills Academy 5 October 2017 5pm – 9pm
The Stockwood Park Academy 28 September 2017 6pm – 8.30pm
*Parents are not expected to stay the duration, sessions are as follows:
Sessions 1: 5.30pm - 7.30pm • Sessions 2: 6.15pm - 8.15pm • Session 3: 6.45pm - 9pm
Timetable
September 2017
Parents/carers receive a letter which briefly explains the application process. The letter will provide their child’s
September – October 2017
Open evenings for high schools and academies.
31 October 2017
returned to your child’s current Luton school or to the Council’s Admissions Team by this date.
Applicants for Cardinal Newman Catholic School must also ensure that they have submitted a completed
supplementary form together with their child’s original Baptismal Certificate by this date.
Applications received after the closing date will not be considered in the initial allocation of places, except
in very exceptional circumstances.
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Offer emails are sent to parents/carers during the course of the day. Decision letters are sent to parents/carers via
the junior /primary schools. If your child attends a school outside of Luton, or an independent (private) school, the
letter will be sent via the post on this date.
April 2018
Admissions appeals will take place from April 2018.
Contact details for Luton High Schools and Academies

Telephone Admission
Number Number
Ashcroft High School Crawley Green Road, Luton, LU2 9AG Ms Austin 01582 43 61 00 270
Cardinal Newman Catholic School Warden Hill Road, Luton, LU2 7AE Mr Richardson 01582 59 71 25 270
Mr Connor
Challney High School for Boys Stoneygate Road, Luton, LU4 9TJ 01582 59 99 21 240
106 Associate Prinicipal
Challney High School for Girls Addington Way, Luton, LU4 9FJ Mrs Havard 01582 57 14 27 210
Chiltern Academy York Street, Luton (in Sept 2018) TBC TBC 240
Mr Townsend
Denbigh High School Alexandra Avenue, Luton, LU3 1HE 01582 73 66 11 224
Associate Prinicipal
Icknield High School Riddy Lane, Luton, LU3 2AH Mr Dean 01582 57 65 61 290
Lealands High School Sundon Park Road, Luton, LU3 3AL Mr Burridge 01582 61 16 00 210
Mr Gould
Lea Manor High School Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3TL 01582 65 26 00 240
Acting Headteacher
Putteridge High School Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ Mr Graham 01582 41 57 91 243
Stopsley High School St Thomas’ Road, Luton, LU2 7UX Ms Johns 01582 87 09 00 270
Ms Akram
The Chalk Hills Academy Leagrave High Street, Luton, LU4 0NE 01582 88 41 00 240
Principal
Mrs Barr
The Stockwood Park Academy Rotheram Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP 01582 72 23 33 240
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This guide is split into the following four sections:

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Stage1: Applying the admissions criteria

Stage 2: If a place can be offered at more than one school

Applying for a school outside Luton

Other things to consider

Community and foundation schools and academies

Children from low income families

Beechwood Primary School Foxdell Junior School Someries Infant School

Bramingham Primary School Hillborough Infant School Someries Junior School

Bushmead Primary School Hillborough Junior School Southfield Primary School

Wenlock Junior School Putteridge Primary School Whipperley Infant Academy

Dallow Primary School Ramridge Primary School Farley Junior School

Contact details – Appeals Team

Starting infant/primary school

Information on the starting school admissions round for

Name of school Status of school Age range Responsibility for admissions

Beech Hill Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Beechwood Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Bramingham Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Bushmead Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Chantry Primary Academy Academy 3 – 11 Governing Body 21

Crawley Green Infant School Foundation 4–7 Governing Body

Dallow Primary School Academy 4 – 11 Governing Body

Denbigh Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Downside Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

The Ferrars Academy Academy 3–7 Governing Body

Foxdell Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council

Hillborough Infant School Community 3–7 Luton Borough Council

Icknield Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Leagrave Primary School Foundation 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Maidenhall Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Norton Road Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Pirton Hill Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Putteridge Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Name of school Status of school Age range Responsibility for admissions

Ramridge Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council

River Bank Primary School Free School 4 – 11 Governing Body

Sacred Heart Primary School Voluntary Aided 4 – 11 Governing Body

St Joseph’s Primary School Voluntary Aided 4 – 11 Governing Body

St Matthew’s Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

St Margaret of Scotland Primary School Academy 4 – 11 Governing Body

Stopsley Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Surrey Street Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Tennyson Road Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

The Linden Academy Free School 4 – 11 Board of Directors

The Meads Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Warden Hill Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council

Waulud Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Whipperley Infant Academy Academy 3–7 Governing Body

Whitefield Primary School Community 3 – 11 Luton Borough Council

Wigmore Primary School Community 4 – 11 Luton Borough Council

William Austin Infant School Community 4–7 Luton Borough Council

Admissions criteria for community infant and primary

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