Catchment & Admissions Consultation
To Whom It May Concern
Consultation on admission arrangements for 2023/2024
This consultation will run for 6 weeks from Thursday 16th December 2021 until Thursday 27th January 2022
When an admission authority wishes to make changes to their admission arrangements or those arrangements have not been publicly consulted on for at least 7 years, there is a statutory requirement to consult to ensure all views are heard.
Wildern Academy Trust, as the admission authority for Wildern School and Boorley Park Primary School, is seeking your views on the following proposed changes admission arrangements for the 2023/2024 academic year.
Proposal 1: An additional oversubscription criterion to be included in the admissions policy for Boorley Park Primary School.
Proposal 2: An enlargement of Boorley Park Primary School's catchment area to include new housing developments at Boorley Gardens.
Proposal 3: A reduction of Wildern School's catchment area to remove housing developments at North Whiteley with these houses moving into the catchment area for The Henry Cort Community College.
Transitional arrangements for admission to Wildern School or Deer Park School:
A child starting school for the first time who has a sibling on roll at Wildern School or Deer Park School who was on roll prior to the catchment change and would still be on roll at the time of the younger child's admission would also be given catchment priority for Wildern School or Deer Park School up to and including admission in September 2026.
A copy of the school's full proposed admission policy and catchment area maps for 2023- 24 can be found on the school's website https://wildernacademytrust.org/about-us/catchmentand-admissions-consultation.
For information about the rationale behind each proposal, please see Appendix A.
HOW TO RESPOND
To respond to this consultation, please send your comments by e-mail to catchmentadmissions@wildernacademytrust.org or write to The Admissions Officer at Wildern School, Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4EJ by no later than 27 January 2022.
All responses will be considered by the Academy Trust who will determine the final arrangements by 28 February 2022. A copy of the final agreed admission arrangements will be published on the school website by 15 March 2022.
APPENDIX A
Proposal 1: An additional oversubscription criterion to be included in the admissions policy for Boorley Park Primary School.
The new criterion will state "Children living within the catchment area of Boorley Park School (https://maps.hants.gov.uk/SchoolCatchmentAreaFinder/ ) who at the time of application have a brother or sister (including children living as siblings in the same family unit in the permanent residence) on the roll of Boorley Park School and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling's admission." The new criterion will be placed 3rd in the list of oversubscription criteria ahead of children in the catchment area with no sibling.
Proposal 2: An enlargement of Boorley Park Primary School's catchment area to include new housing developments at Boorley Gardens.
Wildern Academy Trust, in conjunction with Hampshire County Council and other local primary schools, has recently undertaken a review of primary school catchment areas covering Fair Oak and Batley to take account of new housing developments at Boorley Gardens.
The new housing development at Boorley Gardens is currently in the catchment area of Batley Church of England Primary School and Fair Oak Infant and Fair Oak Junior Schools. However, Boorley Park Primary School is closer to the new development and its location means that children would be able to attend a local school where there is a walking route to school. The Trust is therefore proposing that the Boorley Park Primary School catchment boundary should be redrawn to include the Boorley Gardens new housing development for admissions from September 2023, onwards.
Proposal 3: A reduction of Wildern School's catchment area to remove housing developments at North Whiteley with these houses moving into the catchment area for The Henry Cort Community College.
Wildern Academy Trust, in conjunction with Hampshire County Council and other local secondary schools, has been in discussion with the local schools about proposed changes to the secondary school catchment areas as a result of the new homes being built for the North Whiteley housing development. For secondary education the consultation is in respect of the proposal that Henry Cort Community College serves North Whiteley.
The new housing development at North Whiteley is currently in the catchment areas of Wildern School and Brookfield Community College. Hampshire County Council are running a separate consultation proposing that the new development would be taken out of the Brookfield Community School catchment area. Henry Cort Community College would give catchment priority to children in the new North Whiteley homes. This includes the area currently treated as in catchment by Wildern School. The effect of this would be that the whole of the existing Whiteley development and proposed North Whiteley housing development would be part of one school's catchment area.
2023-Boorley-Park-Pri-CA
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Change-to-Henry-Cort-Catchment-Dec-21
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Boorley-Gardens-Primary-Fair-Oak-+-Botley-to-Boorl
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2023-Boorley-Park-Pri-CA-1
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Wildern-Academy-Trust-Consultation-2023-2024
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Change-to-Henry-Cort-Catchment-Dec-21-1.pdf
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Boorley-Gardens-Primary-Fair-Oak-+-Botley-to-Boorl
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2023-Boorley-Park-Pri-CA-2.pdf
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Wildern-School-Admissions-Policy-2023-24-Proposed.
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Deer-Park-School-Admission-Policy-2023-24-Proposed
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Boorley-Park-Admissions-Policy-2023-24-Proposed.pd
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