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 186 pupils into Year 7 for the academic year 2011/2012. Applications for places at St. Angela’s for admission in September 2009 were:576.

By naming St. Angela’s as a preference, it is assumed that parents/carers wish their child to receive a Catholic education and support the aims and ethos of the school as described in the school prospectus.

Wherever there are more applicants than places available, priority will always be given to Catholic applicants in accordance with the over-subscription criteria for 2011/12 listed below.

Glossary of definitions

‘Catholic’ means a member of the Church in communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches.

‘Practising Catholic’

The Governors will determine practice of the Catholic Faith with reference to the following criteria:

‘Siblings’

Applicants who have a sister currently attending the school in Year 7-10 at the time of application and who will still be attending the school in the Academic Year 2011/2012.

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

1. Looked After Catholic Children.

2. Baptised Roman Catholic girls, who attend a Newham Deanery Roman Catholic feeder primary school (listed below), 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 family, practise regularly as confirmed by the Dioces of Brentwood’s Priests Reference Form.

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

3. Baptised Roman Catholic girls, who do not attend a Roman Catholic Primary Feeder school in Newham but whose permanent residence is within one of the Toman Catholic parish doundaries of the Newham Deanery listed above, and who with their family practise regularly as confirmed by the Diocese of Brentwood’s Priests Reference Form.

4. Baptised Roman Catholic girls who attend any Roman Catholic Primary school but live outside the Newahm Deanery for whom St. Angela’s Ursuline School is the nearest Catholic secondary school (as measured by the use of public highways, excluding footpaths and common land) and who, with their family, practise regularly as confirmed by a Priests Reference Form.

5. Baptised Roman Catholic girls, who are resident in Newham, attend Roman Catholic Primary Schools in Newham but whose level of practice cannot be supported by the Diocese of Brentwood’s Priests Reference Form.

6. Any other baptised catholic girls.

7. All other Looked After Children.

8. Children of families of another Christian denomination residing in Newham in the following order of priority:

9. Children of families of other faiths residing in Newham whose religious leader can confirm in writing that they are practising regularly.

10. Any other applicants

Tie Break

Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed above would lead to over subscription the following provision will be applied

1. The attendance of a sibling at St. Angela’s Ursuline School on the school roll at the time of enrolment (years 7 - 11) will increase the priority of an application within each category.

2. 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. The distance measured is the shortest walking distance from the front gate or door of the house to the Brescia gate of the school not using unlit footpaths, parks, other open ground or private property (as calculated by Newham).

N.B. Applicants are requested to note that they must complete their Local Authority’s Common Application Form (CAF) for their application to be considered.

SIXTH FORM ADMISSIONS

For admissions to the sixth form please refer to St. Angela’s & St. Bonaventure’s Admission Criteria 2011-2012 available from St. Angela’s & St. Bonaventure’s Sixth Form Centre, St. George’s Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8HU. Telephone Number: 0208 475 7392.

PUPILS WITH A STATEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

The admission of pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs is dealt with by a completely separate procedure. This procedure is integral to the making and maintaining Statements by the pupil’s home Local Authority. Details of this separate procedure are set out in the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.

TIMETABLES

Parents will be advised of the outcome of their application on 1st March 2011, National Offer Day.

Late Applications

Late applications received after the closing date will be considered in accordance with the Admissions Criteria from the date of receipt but not so as to prejudice decisions already taken after the closing date regarding the allocation of places.

ACCURACY

All offers are made on condition that the information received by the Governing Body is entirely accurate, If at any stage this is proved to be otherwise, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

APPEALS PROCEDURE

Parent(s)/Carer(s) may appeal to the Chair of Governors in writing, within 14 days of receiving a letter letting them know they are unsuccessful in their application, stating their grounds for the appeal.

The appeal will be heard by an independent Appeals Panel, which will be made up of three people, none of whom have any connection with the school and one of whom will be a lay person. The lay person is someone who is aware of educational issues but is not directly involved with education.

The Appeals Panel will accept representation from any interested parties in writing or in person at the appeal hearing.

WAITING LISTS

In addition to the right of appeal, unsuccessful candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list. The waiting list will be maintained in order of the over-subscription criteria set out above and not in the order in which applications are received or added to the list.

All Waiting Lists will be maintained only for the academic year 2011-2012. If parents wish the application to join or to remain on the waiting list for the following year after that date, they need to contact the school in writing to request this after the start of the next school year in early September 2012.