Consultation of 2024-25 Admissions Policy


2024/25 Admission Arrangements

Consultation

Introduction

The Kemnal Academies Trust is the admission authority for The Mill Primary 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 Friday 14th October to Friday 25th 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.

i) Additional information has been provided regarding oversubscription criteria. Steps are outlined in the case of a Tie-break situation, Multiple Births, Fraudulent or Misleading applications, Fair Access protocols.

A copy of the proposed Admissions Arrangements for 2024/25 can be found on the website on the page entitled “Consultation of 2024-25 Admissions Policy” available from the “Admissions” menu.

How to respond to the Consultation

You are invited to send any comments in relation to the proposal in writing to the Headteacher via email head@themill-tkat.org or via post for the attention of Mrs Gosden, The Mill Primary Academy, Ifield Drive, Crawley RH11 0EL.

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.

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