New Surbiton Primary School
Lime Tree Primary School
The new primary school in Surbiton named Lime Tree Primary School (DfE Number 314 9901) will open in September 2012 and will offer 60 new Reception places and 26 part-time nursery places.
Following due statutory process, the new school has been confirmed to be a Trust school provided by Surbiton Education Health Trust which is a partnership between the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, NHS Kingston, Your Healthcare and South West London Health Partnerships.
The Nursery Admissions booklet for admissions in the academic year 2012/13 will include details of how and when to apply for a nursery place and will be available from December 2011.
Admissions Criteria
The admissions criteria for the school are:
(i) places will be offered firstly to Looked After Children ie children who are looked after by a public authority and are in public care. Applications made under this criterion must be accompanied by details of circumstance and professionally supported evidence (e.g. from a social worker);
(ii) places will be offered next to children who have a brother or sister, including an adopted, foster, half- or step- brother or sister, living at the same address and attending the same school at the time of admission;
(iii) places will then be offered in cases of exceptional family, social or medical need (which must be described on the application form and verified by professionally supported evidence) which makes the school concerned the most suitable one for the individual child;
(iv) the remaining places will be offered to children who live nearest to the school, as measured using the shortest approved walking route. All distances will be measured using the School Admissions computerised Geographical Information System.
These criteria will be applied to every application which names the school as a preference on the common application form. The same criteria are used to draw up the waiting list for the school.
The distance from home to school, criterion (iv), is used as a ‘tie-breaker’ if there are more applications than places available under criterion (i), (ii) or (iii). For applicants from the same block of flats, or who live the same distance from the school, random selection by the drawing of lots will be used as a final tie-breaker.
If a parent applies for entry into the same year group for more than one child and there is only one place available, the parent will be asked to decide which child should have the place. The names of the remaining brothers or sisters will be added to the waiting list in accordance with criterion (ii).