Admissions Policy

​Tipton Green Junior School seeks to be open to all the community, regardless of ethnicity, creed or gender. Although ideally we would like to accept all applications for places in our school, constraints of class size mean that this is not always practical; therefore, we have a strict set of criteria by which admission to Tipton Green Junior School is determined.

Determination of which applications for places at Tipton Green Junior School are accepted is made by Sandwell Local Education Authority on behalf of the school, as part of their co-ordinated admissions scheme. Responsibility for informing parents of the success or failure of their application to Tipton Green Junior School also lies with the authority. As a local authority-funded school, it is also the  authority’s  role  to  establish  the  entrance criteria.

Dealing with applications

It is likely that staff at the school will be asked about applications, especially from parents/guardians who already have children at the school. It is therefore advisable that staff should ensure that they are offering correct information.

All those enquiring about places for children in the school, be they for next year’s Year 3 or for a child who is new to the area, should first be told that applications are  handled  by  the  Local  Education  Authority.  The contact details that parents/guardians will need are available from the school office staff.

The criteria for entrance to Tipton Green Junior School are currently (in order of offers being made):

• children currently in local authority care;
• children with a particular medical condition;
  Applications submitted under this criterion must be accompanied by a medical declaration form (ASU75M) signed by the child’s general practitioner or consultant confirming the condition , detailing the child’s needs and specifying why, in their opinion, the preferred school is the only or most appropriate to meet the child’s needs.
  All applications under this criterion will be assessed by the local authority to decide whether the child’s needs can be met most appropriately by the preferred school.
   
• children with siblings already attending Tipton Green Junior School or Victoria Infant School (recognised by the LEA as a linked school for the purposes of admission), places being allocated to those most proximate (living closest) to the entrance to the school.
   
• Children prioritised by distance measured in a straight line from a child's home* to the school’s main entrance (as determined by the head teacher). In all cases, should the number of applicants exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated on the basis of distance between home and school, as measured in a straight line from home to the main entrance to the school with priority being given to those living closest to the school. 
  
  * Measured from the ordnance survey address point for the property. In all cases, should the number of applicants exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated on the basis of distance between home and school, as measured in a straight line from home to the main entrance to the school building with priority being given to those living closest to the preferred school.
  
  N.b. Children with statements of special needs (or Education Health Care Plan), naming a particular school will be admitted before all other applicants.
   
• Currently the published admission number is 90. Should parents/guardians seek to have their child join the school after the start of Year 3, the school should advise them as to whether there are any places in that year before application is made to the Local Authority.