Admissions
Please find our Admission Information below related to the following application circumstances :-
- If you are applying to Notre Dame for a place for your daughter to start in September 2011.
- If your daughter is already attending a secondary school but you would like to apply to Notre Dame for a place in Years 7-11 during the academic year 2010-2011.
- If you would like to apply for a place in our Sixth Form for September 2011 or if you are already in Year 12 or 13 and would like to apply to join our Sixth Form.
Admission Information for a place in Y7 for Sept 2011
(Secondary Admissions)
What you need to do :
- Use the application form in the Next Step booklet and return it to the Local Authority via your primary school or direct to the Local Authority by the advertised deadline.
- Use the Notre Dame Supplementary Information Form, (either from our Prospectus or downloaded below) and return it to us by the advertised deadline.
The Local Authority is following Government guidance by following an “equal preference” scheme.
This means :
- You can apply for up to three secondary schools and rank them in priority order.
- Each of your three preferences will be given equal weight by the named schools, subject to each school’s admissions criteria
- You will receive a single offer of a secondary school place depending on :
• your priority
• the admissions criteria of the school
• spaces available (PAN number for Notre Dame is 140) - Offers will be made by the Local Authority on or around March 1 2011
Our Admissions Policy for 2011-12 is stated below and applies to all admissions to Years 7-11.
Admissions Policy 2011 - 12
The planned admission number (PAN) for entry in Year 7 in 2011-12 is 140. In applying our admissions criteria:
- If you want to apply for a place at Notre Dame RC School you should complete and return not only the Local Authority Common Application Form (CAF) but also the school's own supplementary information form, at the back of Next Step Booklet (for Plymouth LA), available on request from the school or downloaded from the school’s website.
- If you only complete the Local Authority form your application will be valid but the school may not be able to rank your application against their admission criteria. If you only complete the school’s form, your application will not be valid and will not be considered.
- Children with Statements of Special Educational Need will be admitted before any other child ranked by the criteria below.
All other applications will be ranked on the criteria listed below:
1. Looked After Children.
2. Girls who are baptised Roman Catholics and this is acknowledged by their supplementary information form being countersigned by their RC parish priest. Parish priests may confirm in a letter that the child is enrolled as a catechumen under this criterion.
3. Girls who are baptised or recognised members of a Christian denomination or other Faith and this is acknowledged by their supplementary information form being countersigned by a Christian Minister/ Priest or a senior leader of their faith community.
4. Girls of no particular faith tradition whose parents/guardians nonetheless wish their child to receive faith-based schooling within the Catholic Christian tradition.
5. Other applicants who do not fall into the above categories.
In the event of oversubscription within any criterion, the allocation of places will be decided by:
a) Girls with siblings who are still attending Notre Dame R C School, Plymouth, at the time of their admission. ("Siblings" means brothers or sisters. They are defined as children with at least one natural or adoptive parent in common, living at the same or a different address)
b) Within each category, children of multiple birth (including those born within the same academic year cohort) where an application is submitted for the admission of all children of that multiple birth will be placed at the top of that admission category. Should it transpire that it is not possible to offer place(s) to all children within that multiple birth, the parent will be invited to nominate which child should be allocated the place(s).
c) Girls attending a Feeder Primary School, as specified in the Plymouth LA “The Next Step” booklet or attending another RC school.
d) “The basis of distance between home and school. Measurements are taken by a straight line on a map using the Council's electronic mapping system – the shorter the distance the higher the priority. Measurement points will be from an internal point of the building concerned (usually the visual centre of the building). Flats are therefore taken to be the same measurement point regardless of floor of location."
Definitive tie-breaker: in the event of there still being a tie, in any of the categories, there will be a random ballot using an electronic random number generator.
Admissions Policy 2011-2012 | 1018 KB
Supplementary Information Form | 1005.5 KB
In Year Admissions
Admission Information for a place in Years 7 to 11 during the academic year 2010-2011
What you need to do :
If you would like to apply for a place for your daughter in Years 7 to 11 and she is already attending a secondary school or you have recently moved to the area, please complete the schools Supplementary Information Form (below) and return to the school.
Please read our In Year Admissions Policy for our current admissions criteria.
On receipt of your application we will advise you as to whether there are places available within that year group.
In Year Admissions Policy 2011-12 | 1.02 MB
Supplementary Information Form | 1005.5 KB
Sixth Form Admissions
Admission Arrangements for a place in Year 12 2011-12
What you need to do :
If you would like to apply for a place in our Sixth Form for September 2011 please complete the Application Form and return it to the school.
If you are in Year 12 or 13 and would like to apply to join our Sixth Form (In Year), please also complete the application form and return it to the school.
Our Sixth Form Admissions Criteria for 2011-12 is available below.
6th Form Admissions Criteria 2011 - 2012 | 1.01 MB
6th Form Application Form | 175.88 KB
The information on this website reflects the current situation and therefore may change. Please check regularly so that you are aware of any amendments that do occur.
If you wish to arrange a visit to view the school, please ring 01752 775101 to arrange a convenient day and time or email : info@ndonline.org
