Admissions
Hull Trinity House School (Voluntary Aided) - Admission Arrangements for 2012/2013
Where the school receives more applications than there are places available the Governing Body will use the flow chart below when considering applications for admission. In order to ensure a balanced intake of students of all abilities and a balanced representation of each geographical zone the school will:
(i) give all the applicants, meeting the 2012/2013 admissions arrangements, a test of cognitive ability (CAT). This will allow, as near as possible, 25% of the applicants to be placed in each one of the four ability bands. This will take place before the end of the Autumn Term.
(ii) each applicant from Hull will be placed in a geographical zone based upon political wards and males transferring to secondary school in 2012. Applicants from outside of Hull are in Zone 4.
There will be 14 places available for each ability band.
The school does not have a catchment area.
PLACE ALLOCATION FLOW CHART
1. Application received from the Local Authority as a result of the school being named on the
Common Application Form
2. Applicants sit Cognitive Ability Test (CAT) (before the end of the Autumn Term)
3. Applicants placed in the appropriate ability band within their Zone (See Note 1)
4. In each band of ability after the allocation of statemented students with Hull Trinity House School
named on their statement the remaining places will be allocated to
a) Looked After Children (See Note 2)
b) Brothers (See Note 3) attending the school in September 2012
5. The remaining places, up to 12 in each ability band will be allocated in accordance with the criteria
below such that 3 applicants are allocated a place within each zone.
6. Places 13 and 14 in each ability band are allocated on the basis of the criteria irrespective of zone.
Criteria 1
Normal family address (See Note 4) which is the furthest distance from the nearest co educational secondary school in the year of entry (using the shortest home to school route given by Multimap in Km to one decimal place using postcodes).
Criteria 2
Normal family address (See Note 4) nearest to Hull Trinity House School (using above method)
Notes
(1) Geographical Zones
The four zones to be used by the school for allocation purposes are:
Zone 1 the political wards of Bransholme East, Kings Park, Bransholme West, Sutton, Orchard Park/Greenwood, Beverley, University and Newland.
Zone 2 the political wards of Myton, St Andrew’s, Derringham, Boothferry, Newington, Pickering, Bricknell and Avenues.
Zone 3 the political wards of Drypool, Holderness, Southcoates West, Marfleet, Southcoates East, Longhill and Ings.
Zone 4 Applicants from all other areas.
Further information regarding the zones and political wards can be seen at the school’s office.
(2) A Looked After Child
A looked after child is a child in the care of the Local Authority or accommodated by the Local Authority.
(3) Definition of Brother
(i) Children with the same natural parents living at the same address
(ii) Half brothers living at the same address
(iii) Stepbrothers living at the same address
(iv) Children with the same natural parents living at different addresses
(4) Definition of normal family address
(i) The permanent home address where the child normally resides
(ii) Where parents live separately and have joint custody then the permanent home address would be where the child spends the main part of the school week (i.e. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night)
(iii) An informal childcare arrangement involving relatives or friends does not count as residence for the purpose of school admissions
Waiting Lists
A waiting list for each cohort of students will be held by the school. Should a vacancy arise (i.e. the cohort drops below 56) the next student eligible for the place that has become vacant will be offered. This process will continue in line with the arrangements set out above until the vacant place has been filled.