Admissions

All students attending, or who have been offered, a place at The Astor of Hever Community School prior to the opening of the Academy, would have an automatic right to transfer to it on 1 January 2011. The Sponsor is committed to an Admissions Policy that provides education for all children.

The Academy would fully comply with the School Admissions Code of Practice and the School Admission Appeals Code of Practice as these apply to maintained schools. In the event that there were too few places available to satisfy all applications, places would be allocated according to the following oversubscription criteria:

1. Children in Local Authority care
2. Current family associations (ie. brother or sister in the school at the time of entry)
3. Health and special access reasons (for which a medical certificate would be needed)
4. Residence within a particular scheme of education
5. Nearness of children's homes to the school

It is expected that the Academy would continue to serve its existing local community.  It is not envisaged that the Academy would introduce partial selection arrangements.

Entry to the Sixth Form would be based on students' suitability for the courses available and would give priority of places to students in the catchment area, subject to their meeting a minimum level of attainment.