FORM CAF2
In-year application form 2014/2015
Guidance notes
Please use this form to apply for a school place when you wish to change school
outside the normal year of entry.
If you wish to apply for Ormiston Sudbury Academy or East Bergholt High School please
contact the school directly or fill in an ADM1 application form available online at
www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools and return it to the school.
If you wish to apply for a place in the normal entry year you should complete a CAF1.
It is important that you read the booklet Admissions to Schools in Suffolk
2014/2015, the relevant Directory of Schools in Suffolk and the following notes
before completing your application
The Admissions Team aims to process your application within 10 school days of receiving it. It may
take slightly longer to process the application at busy times or if we need to contact schools to ask if a
place can be offered on their behalf.
It is important that you read the following notes before completing
your application:
Note 1 – Looked after children or previously looked after children
Looked after children (children in care) are defined as being subject to a care order, an interim care
order or accommodated by the local authority. This also includes previously looked after children
(children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject
to a residence order or special guardianship order). Applicants must provide evidence with their
application that their child was previously looked after in the form of an adoption order, residence
order or special guardianship order.
Note 2 – Child’s current address
Please give your child’s current address. If you are planning to move house, please attach details of
your future address and moving date, if known. If you want your future address to be the one
considered as part of your application, you must attach written evidence that you are legally
committed to this move. This could be proof of exchange of contracts, a signed letting/tenancy
agreement confirming your new address, an assignment order that declares a relocation date and a
unit postal address or quartering area address for a service child, or, for returning UK service/crown
servant families, proof of the posting. Please contact the Admissions Team for further details.
Note 3 – Parental responsibility
For births registered in England and Wales, parental responsibility is automatically given to the child’s
mother from birth. A child’s father will have parental responsibility if:
 he was married to the child’s mother when the child was born (even if later divorced or
separated)
 the child was born after 1 December 2003, and he is named on the birth certificate
 a parental responsibility agreement is obtained from a court or by agreement with the mother.
Please provide a copy of any appropriate court orders or residence orders with this
application.
Note 4 - Private fostering
If you are caring for someone else's child for more than 28 days, you do not have parental
responsibility for them and you are not a relative such as a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt
(whether full blood, half blood or by marriage or civil partnership) or step-parent, you may be private
fostering. It is a legal requirement that you contact Suffolk County Council on: 0808 800 4005 or
email: [email protected].
Note 5 – Transport
If your child is given a place at an out-catchment school of your preference, you will have to get your
child to and from school and pay for any transport needed. We would only provide transport to an outcatchment preferred school if it is the next nearest school to your home with places available, taking
into consideration the availability and cost of home to school transport, and your child is either (a)
under eight years of age and you live two miles or more from that school or (b) is eight or over and
you live at least three miles from that school.
Please note if you receive free home to school transport, your child is under eight years of age and
you live more than 2 miles but less than 3 miles from the school allocated, transport will end at the
end of the academic year following their eighth birthday.
Note 6 – Siblings
It is important that you provide this information because it can affect your child’s priority or offer of a
school place. You should check the definition of a sibling for the school you are applying for in the
Directory of Schools in Suffolk. For any community and voluntary controlled schools please name the
sibling who is nearest in age to the child you are applying for and who is at or about to start at each
preferred school. This does not include siblings in the sixth form. You should also include the sibling if
you are applying for an associated infant/junior school.
Note 7 – Voluntary controlled schools
If your application for a place at a voluntary controlled school is based on religious grounds, you must
attach a letter from a priest or minister specifically stating that you and/or your child is a practising
member of the Church of England and go to church at least once a month. You will also need to tick
the box on the application form to confirm this has been included.
Note 8 – Voluntary aided, academies and free schools
If you are applying for a place at a Church of England or Catholic voluntary aided school, you must
also get a supplementary information form (SIF) from either the school, the Admissions Team or
online at www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools. This needs to be filled in and taken or sent to
the voluntary aided school direct. You may also need to complete a SIF for an academy or free
school (please check these school’s individual policies to confirm if this is a requirement).
Other information
School Preference Advice Service
School Preference Advisers are available during term time to help you find out about schools in
Suffolk, how to make an application or how to appeal for a school place. Their aim is to help you
make informed and realistic decisions about which schools to apply for to best meet your child’s
needs.
You can contact an adviser through the Parent Partnership Helpline on 01473 265210 or by email at
[email protected]
FORM CAF2
In-year application form
for the 2014/2015 school year
We strongly recommend that you read the booklet Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2014/2015, the relevant
Directory of Schools in Suffolk and the guidance notes attached before completing this form.
The booklet and directories are available online at: www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools
Please print in capital letters
Child’s details:
Child's legal last name:
First name:
Middle name:
Male:
Does your child have a Statement of
Special Educational Needs?
Is the child looked after (child in care)
or previously looked after? (see Note 1)
Female:
Yes:
Yes:
Child’s date of birth:
No:
Child’s current address: (see Note 2)
No:
Postcode:
Was your child Previously Looked
After? (see note 1)
Present school (if applicable):
Yes:
No:
Applicant’s details:
Parent/Carer: Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms
last name:
Initials:
Relationship to child:
Telephone numbers:
Email address:
Address if different to the child’s, including the postcode:
Do you have parental responsibility? (see Note 3)
Yes:
No:
(If no, please provide written permission from the person(s) with parental responsibility confirming they are in agreement
with the application)
Does another person(s) also have parental responsibility? Do they agree with the application being made?
Yes:
No:
Are you privately fostering this child? (see Note 4)
Yes:
No:
Yes:
No:
Other details:
If you are moving house, please fill in these boxes (see Note 2)
Child’s future address, including postcode:
Are you a returning UK Service/ Crown Servant Family?
When would you like your child to start at
your preferred school:
Date of move:
Yes:
No:
Please note: we cannot guarantee your child a place at their catchment area school
First preference (we recommend you apply for more than one school – see Note 5)
Please write the name of your first preference school in
this box:
Do any of your other children attend this school or the
associated infant / junior school? (see Note 6)
Child’s name ......................................................................
Date of birth ........................................................................
Reasons (you do not have to fill in this section if you do not want to)
Second preference
Please write the name of your second preference school
in this box:
Do any of your other children attend this school or the
associated infant / junior school? (see Note 6)
Child’s name ....................................................................
Date of birth ......................................................................
Reasons (you do not have to fill in this section if you do not want to)
Third preference
Please write the name of your third preference school in
this box:
Do any of your other children attend this school or the
associated infant / junior school? (see Note 6)
Child’s name ......................................................................
Date of birth .......................................................................
Reasons (you do not have to fill in this section if you do not want to)
Please complete this section where relevant:
If your application for a place at a voluntary controlled school is based on religious grounds, please see Note 7 and tick
this box if you have attached a letter:
If you are applying for a place at a voluntary aided, academy or free school, please see Note 8 and tick this box to
confirm you have taken or sent a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to those schools direct:
Additional Information
This information is used to consider whether your child’s application should be dealt with as part of the Fair
Access Protocol. It will help to ensure your child has the best start at their new school and any support
required can be put in place. The information you give in this section will not be used in the allocation process
and your child will not be disadvantaged by the information you provide.
What is your child’s first language spoken at home?
Is your child attending
school regularly?
Yes
No
If no, please give reasons:
Does your child receive support from any of the following services (please tick the relevant boxes):
Attendance Officer
Behaviour Support Service
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Educational Psychologist
Inclusion Service
Integrated Team
Social Worker
Youth Support
Other services (please give details):
Has your child been excluded from their current or previous
Yes
No
schools – either fixed period (temporary) or permanent exclusions
If yes, please give details of the date(s), reason(s) and the name of the school(s):
Have you discussed your reasons for wanting to move school with
your child’s current school?
Yes
No
Why do you want your child to move school? (Please give as much further information as you can to
support your request, using a separate sheet if necessary
Parental declaration (MUST be completed)
I confirm that I have read the booklet ‘Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2014/2015’, the relevant Directory of
Schools and the guidance notes attached to this application form. I understand that I will not receive an
acknowledgement of this application and the Admissions Team is not responsible for forms lost in the post.
I also confirm that the information I have given on this form is true and I have parental responsibility.
Parent / Carer’s signature:
Date:
Contact details and where to send this form (we strongly suggest you get proof of posting):
All applications, including for voluntary aided, foundation/trust, academy and free schools, must be sent to
the Admissions Team. DO NOT RETURN THIS APPLICATION FORM TO A SCHOOL.
Admissions Team, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX
Telephone: 0345 600 0981
Email: [email protected]
Admissions Team use only
Catchment School:
Date Application
Received: