Consultation of 2024-25 Admissions Policy

Ore Village Primary Academy - 2024/5 Admission Arrangements

Consultation

Introduction

The Kemnal Academies Trust (the “Admission Authority”) is the admission authority for Ore Village Primary Academy] (the “Academy”). The Admission Authority is consulting on the Academy’s proposed Admission Arrangements for 2024-2025 in accordance with paragraph 1.45 of the School Admissions Code (September 2021).

Duration of the Consultation

The consultation process is open from 12th October to 23rd November. If you wish to comment on the proposal you must submit your response in writing during this period. Details of how to submit your views are set out below (see “How to respond to the Consultation”).

Who is involved in the Consultation?

  • parents of children between the ages of 2 and 18;

  • other persons in the area who in the opinion of the Admission Authority have an interest in the proposal;

  • all other primary and secondary admission authorities in the local area; and

  • the local authority.

The Proposal

The Admission Authority proposes the changes detailed below to the policy. Please note that the Academy admissions arrangements may look different as they have been updated to a new Admission Authority template, and there has been some rewording which does not affect the content of the policy, or to comply with requirements of the Admissions Code.

  1. One of our oversubscription criteria has been removed on the advice of Stone King we NO LONGER INLCUDE ‘Children who have siblings attending OVPA Nursery (Children are siblings if they are full, half, adoptive or foster brother or sister living in the same household who will be attending OVPA Nursery School at the date of the applicant’s entry to Ore Village Primary Academy in Years R – 6 of the school)’


  1. Our last oversubscription criteria was previously - Other children. For clarity this has been updated to: ‘3. Distance. We use the distance between the child’s permanent home address and the front gates of the school, measured in a straight-line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Priority will be given to children living closest to the school’.

A copy of the proposed Admissions Arrangements for 2024/25 can be found here: “Proposed 2024-25 Admissions Policy”

How to respond to the Consultation

You are invited to send any comments in relation to the proposal in writing to Jenny Old via email businessmanager@ovpa-tkat.org or via post for the attention of Jenny Old, Ore Village Primary Academy, Rye Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 5DB

What happens next?

Following the consultation period, the Admission Authority will consider any comments received and determine how to proceed.

The Admission Authority will determine the final Admission Arrangements for the Academy by 28th February 2023. A copy of the Admission Arrangements will be published on the Academy’s website by 15th March 2023.

Any subsequent objections to the published Admission Arrangements will need to be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator by 15th May 2023.