Fowey River Academy is a non-selective school for pupils aged 11-16 year. Applications for places at the Academy are to be made under the Cornwall Local Education Authority’s Coordinated Admission Agreement on a common application form provided by the Local Authority.

The Academy’s Published Admission Number (PAN) is 180 for all years 7 to 11. Where applications exceed the number of places available, the over subscription criteria set out below will be used in order of priority to determine admissions:

1. Children in Care who are classified as ‘Looked After’ by the Local Authority.

2. Children who live in the designated area

3. Children with unequivocal professional recommendations from school medical officers or education psychologists that non-placement would result in medical or physical harm.

4. Children who have a sibling attending the Academy at the proposed date of admission.

5. Children how attend a local nominated primary school on the closing date for applications in the year preceding admission the secondary school.

6. All other children

In the event of two or more children having equal priority from the above criteria, the child living closer to the Academy will have greater priority.

In addition to the right of appeal, unsuccessful candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed on a Waiting List, which will be maintained by the Academy in order of the over-subscription criteria.

Cornwall Local Authority’s In Year Fair Access Protocol will take precedence over any child already on the Waiting Lists.

The Academy will carefully consider exceptional requests where appropriate, and together with the LA, will make a decision based on the particular circumstances of each case.

In the event of a place being available in the appropriate year group an offer of a place at the Academy will be made. If no places are available the child will be refused a place at the Academy.

Parents of children who are refused a place at the Academy will be notified of their right of appeal and will receive advice from the LA regarding alternative schools.

All parents who are refused a place for their child will be advise of their rights of appeal to an independent panel. The Local Authority, on behalf of the Academy’s governing body, will administer such appeals.