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Manshead CofE Academy - Caddington

Open events for parents and carers

Thursday 3 October 2024

Open from 5pm until 8pm.

Speeches:

5:15pm
7pm

Senior leadership team drop-in session at 7pm.

Booking for tour slots will be available via the school's website.

Type of school

Secondary - Academy

Dunstable Road

Caddington

Bedfordshire

LU1 4BB

Telephone

01582 679400

Email address

office@mansheadschool.co.uk

Website

https://mansheadschool.co.uk/

Fax

01582 679411

Headteacher

Andrew McBurnie

Age range

11 to 19

Ofsted inspection

View report on Ofsted's website

Apply for a secondary school place online

Published admission numbers (places available)

210

Designated measuring point

Main entrance

Oversubscription criteria

Oversubscription criteria:

Category A: Community places (160)

Up to the first 160 places will be offered as ‘community places’ in the following order of priority:

all 'looked after' children or children who were previously 'looked after', including children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see definition below)
children with siblings at the school whose home address is within the designated catchment area at the time of application
other children whose home address is within the designated catchment area at the time of application
other children who are siblings of students of Manshead School at the time of application
children attending feeder schools; Caddington Village, Kensworth Primary, Slip End Primary, St. Augustine’s Academy, St. Mary’s Primary Catholic School Caddington
children with very exceptional medical reasons

Category B: Foundation/Faith places (50)

Up to the next 50 remaining places will be offered as ‘foundation/faith places’ in the following order of priority:

children of a parent/guardian who, at the time of application, is a practising member of the Church of England
children of a parent/guardian who, at the time of application, is a practising member of another Christian denomination
children attending a school within the Ashton Foundation (Ashton St. Peter’s Primary)
children of a parent/guardian who, at the time of application, is a practising member of another faith or religion

Category C: Other places

In the event of under subscription in either category A or category B, any remaining places will in the first instance be given to the other category

children of staff at Manshead CE Academy
any other children

For the purposes of this policy, another Christian church is one which belongs to, or is eligible for membership of, Churches Together in Great Britain and Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance, or the Dunstable Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.

A practicing member is defined as one who, for a period of 12 months prior to the time of application, has attended public worship at the church or religious meeting place for at least one Sunday in each calendar month. Applicants in these categories are required to provide confirmation of practice from the relevant religious leader in writing, on the application form, in the space provided.

Other faiths and religions - those faiths, or religions practised, which are not Christian and are founded on a doctrine which worships a god (or gods).

Allocation statistics

Allocation statistics
Published attendance number (PAN)	Requests	Places offered	Last place offered
210	252	211 (due to late EHCP)	At the time of the initial allocation in March 2024, the last place offered was to a child in criterion "any other children" who lived at a distance of 2,272 metres from the school. During the on-time allocation, after the final allocation took place, we received notification of a late EHCP which totalled the on-roll number to 211.

In-year admissions