General

Alec Reed Academy is a publicly funded independent school. The Academy has an agreed annual admission number of 90 pupils per year for the Primary School and 180 students for the Secondary School. All Year 6 pupils from the Alec Reed Academy Primary Phase have the opportunity for automatic progression to the Secondary Phase. 

Please see the document attached below for more information.

Consideration of applications

The Academy will consider all applications for places. Where numbers do not exceed the admission numbers places will be offered to those who meet the requirements. 

Procedures where the Academy is oversubscribed

In the case of oversubscription to the Secondary School the priority will be given in the following order to:

• looked after or previously looked after children
• proximity of student's home to school, with those living nearer being accorded the higher priority

Procedures where the Academy is oversubscribed

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below. The criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:

a. Looked after children and previously looked after children (previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order);

b. Confirmed special medical reason which necessitates attendance at Alec Reed Academy (a letter from a qualified medical practitioner is required as proof of such a reason);

c. Special personal circumstances relating to the child which necessitate attendance at Alec Reed Academy (supporting written evidence will be required from a professional e.g. social worker).

The School Service Panel will consider all claimed exceptional medical or personal circumstances in line with admissions criteria and inform parents of their decision;

d. Brother or sister is still in attendance at Alec Reed Academy Primary or High School at the date of admission. This includes siblings living in the same household, step-siblings and adopted siblings, but does not apply to cousins;

e. Distance from home to the Academy, as measured by straight line from a point in the property determined by Ordnance Survey to the nearest gated entrance which is used by pupils to enter the Academy grounds.

In cases where there is a shared responsibility arrangement and the pupil spends part of the week with one parent/guardian and part with another, the address where the pupil resides which is the closest of these residences as measured by straight line from a point in the property determined by Ordnance Survey to the nearest gated entrance which is used by pupils to enter the Academy grounds will be used. The measuring system is an integral part of the admissions software produced by Tribal Technology Ltd. It uses Ordnance Survey maps and is accurate to 1 meter;

f. Where the comparison and calculation of distance in e. above is the same for more than one application, any remaining places will be randomly allocated.

Deferred entry to the Academy - Admissions of children below compulsory school age and deferred entry to school 

Arrangements for appeals 

The School Admission Appeals Service provided by Democratic Services, London Borough of Ealing organises appeals for Community Schools, Alec Reed Academy and a number of Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools in the borough. Both parents and the child not of compulsory school age if their application has been refused. 

Alec Reed Academy is its own Admission Authority and will notify in writing both children and their parents of all decisions made in respect of applications for sixth form education. If admission is refused, the person who applied for the school place (parent or child) will receive the following information in writing from the Academy:

• Details of why the application was unsuccessful in light of the published admission arrangements;
• Notification of their right to appeal and how to do so;
• Their right to attend the appeal hearing;
• That where separate appeals are lodged by a parent and a child in respect of the same decision, the Academy will ensure the appeals are heard together, and notify the appellants right to both attend the appeal hearing.

A full copy of the School Admission Appeals Code can be downloaded by clicking here.