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School Admissions Determination 2024-2025

In this section

  1. Admission Numbers and Admissions Criteria
  2. Admission of children outside their normal age group and Summer Born Children
  3. Co-ordinated Admission Arrangements
  4. In-year Admissions Policy
  5. Waiting List
  6. Local Authority Admission to School Booklets.
  7. Consideration of the relevant area
  8. Primary School
  9. Secondary School
  10. Notes
  11. In year applications
  12. Appendix 1
  13. You are here: Appendix 2

Appendix 2

Secondary Schools

The proposed admission number to be determined by the admissions authority as part of the admissions consultation.
 

School Net Capacity Figure Admission Number 2023/24 Proposed Admission No 2024/25 Comments and/or proposed changes to admissions arrangements for 2024/25
Aston Academy 1650 300 300  
Brinsworth Academy 1487 270 270  
Clifton Community School 1250 250 250  
Dinnington High School 1444 210 210  
Maltby Academy 1250 200 200  
Oakwood High School 1050 210 210

The following change has been added to admissions criteria and approved by governors

8.    Children of staff at the school meeting the following criteria:
 
a) where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; and/or
 
b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage

Rawmarsh Community School 1075 222 222  
Swinton Academy 1320 200 200  
Thrybergh Academy and Sports College 704 140 140  
Wales High 1736 310 310  
Wath Academy 1950 330 330  
Wickersley School and Sports College 2280 340 340  
Wingfield Academy 975 200 200  
Winterhill School 1528 200 200  
St Bernard's Catholic High 700 155 155  
Saint Pius X Catholic High 685 130 140 Increase to accommodate feeder schools.

Admission numbers for sixth forms

School Name Admission Number for Year 7 - Year 11 Proposed Admission Number for New Y12 Pupils 2024/25*
Aston Academy 300 45
Brinsworth Academy 270 41
Dinnington High School 210 32
Maltby Academy 200 30
Swinton Academy 200 30
Wales High School 310 47
Wath Academy 330 50
Wickersley Schools and Sports College 340 51

* The proposed admission number must relate only to those being admitted to the school for the first time, and should be based on an estimate of the minimum number of external candidates likely to be admitted, although it would be acceptable to exceed this if demand for available courses can be met.   

All the sixth form schools proposed Y12 figures are 15% of their Admission number. (Based on historical statistical data and previous DfE Admissions Code Guidance) 

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