When the number of applications exceeds 180, and after the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where Brooke Weston is named on the statement, the following process will occur:

All applicants will be invited to attend Brooke Weston for approximately 2 hours on Saturday 9th January 2010 to undertake a suitable cognitive ability test.

The test is used to ensure that we admit an intake that is representative of the national ability range.

• All applicants will be placed in one of nine 'stanines' based on the results of the ability test.
• Places will be allocated in a proportion that reflects the national ability range.
• The following criteria will be applied to determine those children that will be offered places.
  1. Children in public care
  2. Pupils who will have an older brother or sister continuing at Brooke Weston at the time of their admission
  3. Pupils living in Kettering and Corby.

If the Admission Number within a stanine is exceeded within criterion (b) or (c) places will be allocated at random. The random allocation will ensure, as far as possible, that the correct proportions are allocated from each stanine. 50% of the places will be allocated to pupils from Kettering and 50% to pupils from Corby^[1].

Pupils who did not take the ability test will only be considered if there are places remaining once allocations have been made to all those who did.

"Corby" means the town of Corby and the associated villages for Corby secondary schools, as defined in the Local Authority's annual Information for Parents booklet.

The associated villages are:

Brigstock, Cottingham, East Carlton, Great Oakley, Gretton, Harringworth, Little Oakley, Lyveden, Middleton, Rockingham, Stanion and Weldon.

"Kettering" means the town of Kettering and the associated towns and villages for Kettering secondary schools and Montsaye Community College, as defined in the Local Authority's annual Information for Parents booklet.

The associated towns and villages are:

Arthingworth, Ashley, Barford, Barton Seagrave, Brampton Ash, Braybrooke, Broughton, Burton Latimer, Cranford, Cransley, Desborough, Dingley, Draughton, Faxton, Finedon Sidings (Isham Parish), Geddington, Glendon, Grafton Underwood, Hanging Houghton, Harrington, Isham, Lamport, Loddington, Maidwell, Mawsley, Newton-in-the Willows, Orton, Pipewell, Pytchley, Rothwell, Rushton, Slipton, Stoke Albany, Sutton Bassett, Thorpe Malson, Thorpe Underwood, Twywell, Warkton, Weekley, Weston-by-Welland and Wilbarston.

[1] It may not be possible to ensure an exact 50/50 split of pupils from Kettering and Corby if there are a large proportion of siblings in a stanine.

Example: If there are 15 places to be allocated in a stanine. There is one child in public care and there are 10 siblings in the stanine. Of these 11 pupils, 9 are from Corby and 2 from Kettering. The remaining 4 places are allocated at random (criterion c). They will be allocated to pupils from Kettering in order to get as close as possible to the 50/50 split.

Parents will have the right of appeal to an independent panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of Brooke Weston. The arrangements for appeals will be in line with the Code of Practice of Schools Admissions Appeals published by the DCSF. The decision of the appeal panel will be made in accordance with the Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals and is binding on all parties.

Enquiries on how the appeals process will operate may be made to the Executive Principal of the Brooke Weston Partnership who will answer any questions parents may have about the process.

Brooke Weston will operate the following criteria for admitting external applicants to Year 12.

• The admission number for external students into Year 12 is 50.
• The entry requirements for external students will be the same as for continuing students namely a minimum of 5 higher grade GCSE passes (grades A* - C) together with B grades in the subjects to be studied or in the event of subjects not taught at GCSE B grades in related GCSE subjects as outlined in the Post 16 prospectus.