Week #1, beginning 6th September, 2010 is an "A" week

 

Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6EX
tel: (01908) 505030 fax: (01908) 505279
email: headteacher@denbigh.net

Over-Subscription

Additional Information (pdf):

Please use the links below to read further information that compliments what you can find in this year's Prospectus.

The Over-Subscription Criteria

You have a right to say which school you prefer, but you do not have the right to choose a school place. For example, Denbigh School has an admission number of 200. If 500 parents apply for a place as one of the preferred choices of school for their child, it is clearly necessary to apply the over-subscription criteria for entry shown below. When the School is oversubscribed, the places are allocated based on the 'over-subscription criteria'.

  1. Pupils who have a statement of special educational needs, naming Denbigh School, will be given priority within the normal admissions round at 11+.
  2. “Children in Care” whose parent/carer has named Denbigh School as their preferred school.
  3. Priority by Aptitude - 20 places will be available on the basis of the aptitude of the students for Technology. This is to be tested by an appropriate aptitude test. The test is to be open to all.
  4. The remaining places (up to the limit of 200) will be allocated in the following priority order:
  1. Pupils who live in the defined area and attend a partner school and have an older sibling currently in attendance at Denbigh School on the date of admission.
  2. Pupils who live within the defined area and attend a partner school.
  3. Pupils who attend a partner school.
  4. Pupils living within the defined area of the School.
  5. Pupils who have an older sibling currently in attendance at Denbigh School on the date of admission.
  6. Other pupils whose parents have made Denbigh a preferred choice of secondary school.

Any application for a place at the School received after the published date for return will only be considered after all prior applications have been looked at in line with the above.

Please note:

  1. Our 'Partner' schools are Caroline Haslett, Loughton and Two Mile Ash Junior/Primary schools.
  2. The defined area includes Crownhill, Great Holm, Loughton, Shenley Church End, Shenley Lodge and Two Mile Ash.
  3. You will be asked to provide proof of permanent residence in the defined area.
  4. Siblings are defined as children who permanently reside at the same address and for whom the parent / carer also has parental responsibility, whether or not they are blood-related. This does not include blood-related brothers or sisters who live at separate addresses. 

    If there is any doubt, parents may be asked to provide a copy of the award notice for child benefit, to prove parental responsibility and/or their permanent residence.
  5. In circumstances where the School's admission number has been exceeded and the pupil applications meet the above criteria equally, preference will be given to those young people who live closest to the School measured in a straight line from the School’s main entrance to the front door of the child’s permanent place of residence.

    In the case of multi-occupancy residence e.g. a block of flats, this would be measured to the main entrance to the building from the street. This will be done using appropriate computer software which can provide suitably accurate measurements.

    Where the programme produces the same distance measurement for two applicants, stairways, corridors and walkways will be measured to the front door of the specific flat or apartment in which the child is permanently resident.
  6. The above criteria apply to all preferences equally.
  7. Denbigh School will not reconsider an application following refusal during the same academic year, unless there has been a significant material change of circumstances.