INTRODUCTION

St. Angela’s Ursuline School is an 11-18 voluntary-aided girls’ school founded by the Ursuline Sisters in 1862 and now under the trusteeship of the Diocese of Brentwood. The primary aim of the school is the education of Catholic children in accordance with its trust deed and St. Angela’s seeks at all times to foster the growth of pupils’ understanding and appreciation of their faith.

The Governors of St. Angela’s Ursuline School intend to admit 180 pupils into Year 7 for the academic year 2007/2008. They invite applications for admission from those who desire a Catholic education for their children. Applications for places at St. Angela’s for admission in September 2006 were: 557

Priority of admission will be given to girls who are baptised, practising Catholics and whose parent(s) make St. Angela’s School their first choice school.

Parent(s) must be fully prepared to support the Catholic nature and ethos of St. Angela’s as described in the school prospectus.

The Governors’ understanding of the term ‘practising Catholics’ is as follows:

When the word ‘Catholic’ is used in the criteria it will be taken to mean ‘a child who is a baptised member of the Roman Catholic Church’. When the word ‘practising’ is used it will be taken to mean ‘a Catholic who has made First Holy Communion and who regularly attends worship in the Catholic Church’. Catholic applicants will be required to support their application with a Parish Priest reference, which will confirm practice, and copies of Baptismal, and First Holy Communion Certificates.

In the event of over-subscription the level of practice will be used as the deciding factor taking into consideration:

• date of reception of the first sacraments i.e. Baptism and First Holy Communion
• contribution to the life of the faith community.

Applicants who make St. Angela’s a second choice or do not produce a parish priest’s reference/minister’s supporting letter with their application will not qualify within their respective category and should not assume an offer of a place.

In the event of over-subscription applicants will be considered in the following order of priority.

1. Baptised Roman Catholic girls, who have made their First Holy Communion, whose permanent residence is within one of the following Roman Catholic parish boundaries of the Newham Deanery, and who attend Newham Deanery Roman Catholic primary school, and who with their parent(s) practise regularly, and this is confirmed by a supportive Parish Priests reference.

Parish in Newham Deanery	District	Name of Catholic School
Our Lady of Compassion	Upton Park	St Edward’s
St Anne’s	Custom House	St Joachim’s
St Antony of Padua	Forest Gate	St Antony’s
St Francis of Assisi	Stratford	St Francis’
St Margaret and All Saints	Canning Town	St Helen’s
St Mary & St Edward	Beckton / Silvertown / North Woolwich
St Michael’s	East Ham	St Michael’s
St Stephen’s	Manor Park	St Winifride’s

In the above category, priority will be given to children who have statements of Special Educational Needs and Children in Public Care.

2. Baptised Roman Catholic girls, who have made their First Holy Communion, whose permanent resident is within one of the Roman Catholic parish boundaries of the Newham Deanery listed above, and who with their parent(s) practise regularly; and this can be confirmed by a supportive Parish Priest reference, but do not attend a Roman Catholic Primary school in Newham.

In the above category, priority will be given to children who have statements of Special Educational Needs and Children in Public Care.

3. Baptised Roman Catholic girls who have made their First Holy Communion attend Roman Catholic Primary schools in neighbouring deaneries, and who with their parent(s), practise regularly, (and this can be confirmed by a supportive Parish Priest reference), for whom St. Angela’s is the nearest Catholic secondary school (as measured by the use of public highways, excluding footpaths and common land.)

In the above category, priority will be given to children who have statements of Special Educational Needs and Children in Public Care.

4. Baptised Roman Catholic girls, who are resident in Newham and have made their First Holy Communion, attend Roman Catholic Primary Schools in Newham but whose level of practice cannot be supported.

In the above category, priority will be given to children who have statements of Special Educational Needs and Children in Public Care.

5. Children of parent(s) of another Christian denomination residing in Newham (whose Baptism is recognised by the Catholic Church.), whose minister can confirm in writing are practising regularly and attend a church in Newham and contribute to the life of their faith community.

6. Children of parent(s) of other faiths residing in Newham whose religious leader can confirm in writing are practising regularly and contribute to the life of their faith community.

Where the offer of a place to all applicants in any of the categories listed about would lead to over subscription the following provision will be applied.

• The attendance of a sister at the school at the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an application within each category.

Tie Break

Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the sub-categories listed above would still lead to over subscription, the places up to the admission number will be offered to those living nearest to the school.