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Our Ref: 3302   

Dear Enquirer,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

I refer to your Freedom of Information request in relation to school
admissions 18/19 in Ponteland, Prudhoe and Hexham Partnerships.

Right of Access

Section 1(1) of the Act provides any person making a request for
information to a public authority is entitled.

(a) to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds
information of the description specified in the request (which Section
1(6) of the Act designates as the "duty to confirm or deny"), and

(b) if that is the case, to have that information communicated to him.

The right is to obtain access to the information itself and not to the
document or record which contains it.

The Act creates a general right of access to information held by public
authorities subject to various exemptions.

Northumberland County Council confirms that it holds the information you
have requested, please see the following information in response.

The number of applications received for school admissions 2018/19 for each
of the middle and high/secondary schools in the Ponteland, Prudhoe and
Hexham Partnership of Schools. Please break this down by individual school
and then as follows:
1. The number of applications for each school by 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice
 
2. For 1st choice school, the selected reason for choice e.g. SEN,
catchment, sibling etc.
Hexham Partnership
Corbridge Middle
75 - First 
16 - Second 
21 - Third 
0- Fourth
Of those:
1- LAC
49- Catchment
3- Greater Catchment
5- Sibling
3- Feeder
14- Distance only
Hexham Middle
92 - First
39 - Second
8 - Third
1 - Fourth
Of those:
2 - LAC
74 - Catchment
1 - Greater Catchment SIbling
5 - Sibling
1 - Feeder
9 - Distance only
St Joseph's
71- First
40 - Second
3 - Third
0 -  Fourth
St Joseph's rank their own criteria
Queen Elizabeth High School
300 - First
26 - Second
7 - Third
0 - Fourth
Of those:
4 - SEN
6 - LAC
205 - Catchment
26 - Sibling
59 - Feeder
Ponteland Pyramid
Ponteland Middle:
Northumberland Residents:
92 - First
3- Second
10 - Third
5 - Fourth
Newcastle Residents:
24 - First
7 - Second
2 - Third
8 - Fourth
Ponteland Middle now rank their own criteria.
Richard Coates School:
3 - First
3 - Second
1 - Third
0 - Fourth
(They will carry over the 15 in current Year 4)
Richard Coates School rank their own criteria
Ponteland High:
Northumberland Residents:
180 - First
13 - Second
11 - Third
3 - Fourth
Of those:
144 - Catchment
10 - Sibling
20 - Feeder
6 - Distance only
Newcastle Residents:
102 - First
11 - Second
1 - Third
0 - Fourth
We do not have the criteria for the Newcastle children yet, we will get
this when we cross-cordinate
Prudhoe Pyramid
Highfield Middle:
87 - First
10 - Second
0 -Third
0- Fourth
Of those:
1 - LAC
79 - Catchment
1 - Greater Catchment Sibling
1 - Greater Catchment
3 - Feeder
2 - Distance only
Ovingham Middle:
72 - First
28 - Second
0 - Third
0 - Fourth
Of those:
1 - LAC
50 - Catchment
2 - Greater Catchment Sibling
16 - Greater Catchment
3 - Feeder
Prudhoe Community High:
174 - First
22 - 2nd
5 - Third
2 - Fourth
Of those:
170 - Catchment
2 - Sibling
2 - Distance only
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Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
County Hall
Morpeth
NE61 2EF

Email: [Northumberland County Council request email]

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Yours sincerely

FOI Coordinator -
Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
County Hall
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2EF

Tel: 0345 600 6400
Email: [Northumberland County Council request email]
Web: http://www.northumberland.gov.uk