Changes to St Bernards - expanding
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 2:21 pm
Hi all,
We received an email yesterday from the head of St Bernards, amongst the info was the following
"School Expansion from September 2019
The school has been approved to increase our Pupil Admitted Number (PAN) from 120 to 150 in Year 7 from September
2019. Both the Diocese of Northampton and Local Authority have recognised the unique opportunities provided by a Catholic
Grammar and I am very pleased that we can now offer this to more pupils, year on year. Our Admissions policy is available on
the existing website and from September, on our new website."
So yup, they are looking at expanding, plus the admissions policy has changed for entry from 2019:
"Over-Subscription Criteria
Should places be oversubscribed, the Governing Body will consider children for admission following the
criteria set out below. These categories relate to the child, not to the parent(s)/guardians(s). Please
refer to the endnotes indicated for the following terms: Practising, Catholic, Looked After, Staff and
Other Christian:
1. Catholic Looked After children.
2. Practising Catholic children.
3. Catholic children.
4. All other Looked After children.
5. Children from other Christian Churches.
6. Children from Other Faiths who attend a Slough Catholic Primary School within St Peter’s Pastoral Area, (Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School, St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, St Bernard’s Preparatory School and St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School) and live in Slough with a permanent home address.
7. Children from Other Faiths who attend a Slough Primary viSchool within St Peter’s Pastoral Area Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School, St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, St Bernard’s Preparatory School and St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School).
8. Children of Staff.
9. Any other children.
For comparison, this is the admissions policy up until Sept 2018 entry:
Over-Subscription Criteria
Should places be oversubscribed, the Governing Body will consider children for admission following the
criteria set out below. These categories relate to the child, not to the parent(s)/guardians(s). Please
refer to the endnotes indicated for the following terms: Practising, Catholic, Looked After, Orthodox,
Staff and Other Christian:
1. Catholic Looked After children.
2. Practising Catholic children.
3. Catholic children.
4. All other Looked After children.
5. Practising Orthodox children.
6. Orthodox children.
7. Children of Staff.
8. Practising Other Christianvi children.
9. Other Christian children.
10. Practising members of Other Faiths.
11. Members of Other Faiths.
12. Any other children.
Ps - I have removed the Roman numerals next to some of the numbers. More info on the website.
So not a massive change - though as a local I actually like that they are giving priority to local dc (non- Christian Faith). [Just to add it doesn't effect me, both my dc are Catholic and will be attending the school from Sept this year].
We received an email yesterday from the head of St Bernards, amongst the info was the following
"School Expansion from September 2019
The school has been approved to increase our Pupil Admitted Number (PAN) from 120 to 150 in Year 7 from September
2019. Both the Diocese of Northampton and Local Authority have recognised the unique opportunities provided by a Catholic
Grammar and I am very pleased that we can now offer this to more pupils, year on year. Our Admissions policy is available on
the existing website and from September, on our new website."
So yup, they are looking at expanding, plus the admissions policy has changed for entry from 2019:
"Over-Subscription Criteria
Should places be oversubscribed, the Governing Body will consider children for admission following the
criteria set out below. These categories relate to the child, not to the parent(s)/guardians(s). Please
refer to the endnotes indicated for the following terms: Practising, Catholic, Looked After, Staff and
Other Christian:
1. Catholic Looked After children.
2. Practising Catholic children.
3. Catholic children.
4. All other Looked After children.
5. Children from other Christian Churches.
6. Children from Other Faiths who attend a Slough Catholic Primary School within St Peter’s Pastoral Area, (Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School, St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, St Bernard’s Preparatory School and St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School) and live in Slough with a permanent home address.
7. Children from Other Faiths who attend a Slough Primary viSchool within St Peter’s Pastoral Area Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School, St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, St Bernard’s Preparatory School and St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School).
8. Children of Staff.
9. Any other children.
For comparison, this is the admissions policy up until Sept 2018 entry:
Over-Subscription Criteria
Should places be oversubscribed, the Governing Body will consider children for admission following the
criteria set out below. These categories relate to the child, not to the parent(s)/guardians(s). Please
refer to the endnotes indicated for the following terms: Practising, Catholic, Looked After, Orthodox,
Staff and Other Christian:
1. Catholic Looked After children.
2. Practising Catholic children.
3. Catholic children.
4. All other Looked After children.
5. Practising Orthodox children.
6. Orthodox children.
7. Children of Staff.
8. Practising Other Christianvi children.
9. Other Christian children.
10. Practising members of Other Faiths.
11. Members of Other Faiths.
12. Any other children.
Ps - I have removed the Roman numerals next to some of the numbers. More info on the website.
So not a massive change - though as a local I actually like that they are giving priority to local dc (non- Christian Faith). [Just to add it doesn't effect me, both my dc are Catholic and will be attending the school from Sept this year].