Admissions Criteria
All schools will have a set of admissions criteria that they follow when the school is oversubscribed. For the Duke of York's Royal Military School, they are as follows:
Applications will be considered against the criteria set out below, in priority order, after the admission of pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs where the Academy is named on the statement:
1. Children in Local Authority Care – a child who is looked after by a Local Authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 at the time an application to the Academy is made, and who the Local Authority has confirmed will still be looked after at the time when he\she is admitted to the Academy.
2. Children of members of the UK Armed Forces who are normally resident in the ‘area’[1] who, because of high family mobility, qualify for Ministry of Defence financial assistance with the cost of boarding school fees.
A child will also be considered to be a resident of the area if:
a) The family’s normal home is in the area; or
b) If the family is a military family, whose unit is based in the area.
Examples of evidence of residence will be Council Tax bills, utility bills or a letter of confirmation from the unit commander or designated deputy.
3.Other children of members of the UK Armed Forces who, because of high family mobility, qualify for Ministry of Defence financial assistance with the cost of boarding school fees.
A letter from the unit commander or designated deputy will be required as evidence of residence.
4. Children with a boarding need, allocated to the following sub-categories in order:
a) Children of members of the UK Armed Forces who have died while serving or who have been discharged as a result of attributable injury. The application should be supported by a letter from the UK military authorities.
b) Children at risk or with an unstable home environment. Such applications must be supported by the child’s home Local Authority or be supported, in writing, by an appropriate professional such as a social worker which demonstrates “why the Child would benefit from attending a boarding school”.
c) Children of key workers and Crown Servants working abroad whose work dictates that they spend much of the year overseas. The application will need to be supported by a letter from the appropriate authority demonstrating that the parent fulfils these criteria.
5. The siblings of pupils who are already on the roll of the Academy and who will still be on roll when the applicant is admitted.
If you are offered a place under the Sibling Criterion, you will need to provide the following proof to confirm that your child is eligible for a place under this criterion:
a) A copy of a recent Child Tax Credit or Child Benefit confirmation letter showing the parent(s) and address and the children that they are claiming for.
b) A utility bill issued within the last 3 months.
6. The remaining places will be offered to pupils with the nearest distance measurement on the basis of proximity; i.e. pupils who live the nearest distance. Home to Academy distance will be measured as between the child’s permanent address and the Academy’s main entrance in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data.
7. Tie Break
7.1 If categories 2 or 3 are oversubscribed the following will be used as a tie break, in priority order:
a) The siblings of pupils who are already on roll and who will continue to be on roll.
b) Children of multiple birth (twins, triplets etc).
c) Random allocation will be used to determine who is admitted.
7.2 If category 4 is oversubscribed the following will be used as a tie break, in priority order:
a) Children who are normally resident in the AREA will be given priority.
b) The siblings of pupils who are already on roll and who will continue to be on roll when the child is admitted will be given priority.
c) Children of multiple birth.
d) Random allocation will be used to determine who is admitted.
7.3 If category 5 is oversubscribed the following will be used as a tie break, in priority order:
a) Children who are normally resident in the AREA will be given priority.
b) Children of multiple birth.
c) Random allocation will be used to determine who is admitted.
7.4 If category 6 is oversubscribed and the final vacancy has 2 pupils with the same distance measurement, random allocation will be used to determine who is admitted.
[1] The ‘area’ means the following Local Authority areas: Kent, Medway, E Sussex, Thurrock, Bexley and Bromley.
