Bacon’s College will admit up to 180 pupils to Year 7
The area served by the college is divided into an inner and an outer catchment area. 135 (75%) of the available places will be allocated to applicants living in the inner area and 45 (25%) to applicants living in the outer area.
In order to ensure that the intake to the college represents the full range of ability, the College will use pupil banding as part of its admissions arrangements. Banding will be applied separately to both the inner and outer catchment. Other than to determine the ability band into which a pupil will be placed, the assessment of a pupil’s ability plays no other part in the admission arrangements for Bacon’s College.
All applications received will be considered on an ‘equal preference’ basis.
Oversubscription criteria If there are more applicants than the number of places available the following oversubscription criteria will be applied. The applicants within each part of the catchment area will be placed in one of 5 ability bands according to their test scores. After places have been allocated to children with a Statement of Special Educational Need that names Bacon’s College, places within each band will be allocated in the following order of priority:
If places become vacant in a band, for example, because parents accept offers of places at other schools, and no applicants in those bands remain without a place, they will be evenly filled (by random allocation) by children falling into the next nearest bands
In the event that any places remain unfilled in either the inner or outer catchment areas, these places will be allocated to the other area using the same banding and random allocation procedure.
Late applications will be dealt with in accordance with the procedures set down by Southwark LA within the Pan-London Co-ordinated scheme.
For Local People
Bacon's College serves its local community. In September 2010, 135 students were admitted from the inner catchment area and 45 from the outer catchment area.