Admissions

Admissions Criteria

No of applications

Priority 1 A 'looked after child' or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).

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Priority 2 Children of parents living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean (St Margaret’s) and Ovingdean (St. Wulfran’s) who have been regular* worshippers at either St. Margaret’s or St. Wulfran’s parish churches for at least eighteen months at the time of application and who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission. Where parents have moved into the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean within the previous eighteen months, verified regular* worship at another Anglican church will be taken into account.

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Priority 3 Children of parents living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean  and Ovingdean who have been regular* worshippers at either St. Margaret’s or St Wulfran’s parish churches for at least eighteen months at the time of application. Where parents have moved into the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean within the previous eighteen months, verified regular* worship at another Anglican church will be taken into account.

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Priority 4 Children of parents living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean  and Ovingdean who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission.

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Priority 5 Children of parents living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean, who have been regular* worshippers at an Anglican church, other than St. Margaret’s or St. Wulfran’s for at least eighteen  months at the time of application.

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Priority 6 Children of parents living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean, who have been regular* worshippers at a Christian church other than the Church of England for at least eighteen months at the time of application.  A Christian Church is a Church that is a full member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance.

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Priority 7 Children of parents living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean.

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Priority 8  Children of parents who do not live within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean who have been regular* worshippers at either St. Margaret’s or St. Wulfran’s parish churches for at least eighteen months at the time of application and who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission.

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Priority 9 Children of parents who do not live within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean who have been regular* worshippers at either St. Margaret’s or St. Wulfran’s parish churches for at least eighteen months at the time of application.

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Priority 10 Children of parents not living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean, who have been regular* worshippers for at least eighteen months at an Anglican church, for whom this is the nearest Church of England school and who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission.

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Priority 11 Children of parents not living within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean, who have been regular* worshippers for at least eighteen months at an Anglican church, for whom this is the nearest Church of England school.

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Priority 12 Children of parents who do not live within the ecclesiastical parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean, who have been regular* worshippers for at least eighteen months at a Christian church other than the Church of England for whom this is the nearest church school.

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Priority 13 Any other children who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission.

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Priority 14 Any other children

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