Free Schools in 2013 Application form Mainstream and 16-19 Free Schools Application checklist Checklist: Sections A-H of your application Yes No 1. You have established a company limited by guarantee 2. You have provided information to cover all of the following areas: Section A: Applicant details – including signed declaration Section B: Outline of the school Section C: Education vision Section D: Education plan Section E: Evidence of demand and marketing Section F: Capacity and capability Section G: Initial costs and financial viability Section H: Premises 3. This information is provided in A4 format using Arial font, minimum 12 font size 4. You have completed two financial plans using the financial template spreadsheet 5.Independent schools only: you have provided a link to the most recent inspection report 6. Independent schools only: you have provided a copy of the last two years’ audited financial statements or equivalent 7.All relevant information relating to Sections A-H of your application has been emailed to <Redacted> between 13 and 24 February 2012 8. Two hard copies of the application have been sent by ‘Recorded Signed For’ post to: <Redacted>, Department for Education, <Redacted>, <Redacted>, <Redacted>, London <Redacted>, between 13 and 24 February 2012 Checklist: Section I of your application 9. A copy of Section A of the form and as many copies of the Due Diligence form as there are members and directors have been sent by ‘Recorded Signed For’ post to: <Redacted>, Department for Education, <Redacted>, <Redacted>, <Redacted>, London <Redacted>, between 13 and 24 February 2012 2 Section A: Applicant details Main contact for this application 1 Name: <Redacted> 2. Address: <Redacted>., Cinderford, Gloucestershire, <Redacted> 3. Email address: <Redacted> 4. Telephone number: <Redacted> About your group 5. Please state Parent/community group how you would Teacher-led group describe your Academy sponsor group: Independent school State maintained school Other 6. If Other, please provide more details: 7. Has your group submitted more than one Free School Yes application in this round? No 8. If Yes, please provide more details: 9. In addition to any support/advice from the New Schools Yes Network, did you put together this application with No support from another company or organisation? 10. If Yes, please list the name(s) of the organisation(s) and describe clearly the role they played in developing your application. Please also describe the role (if any) you envisage for them in setting up and/or running the Free School if your application is successful: The Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception founded the school and own the buildings. They are a Scottish charity, number SC006881. They will have a representative on the Board of the Free School and will receive rent. 3 Details of company limited by guarantee 11. Company name: St. Anthony’s School 12. Company address: <Redacted> Cinderford, Gloucestershire, <Redacted> 13. Company registration number: 6974100 14. Does the company run any existing schools, including Yes any Free Schools? No 15. If Yes, please provide details: St. Anthony’s RC School, an independent school at the above address. Company members The members of the company are its legal owners. We require that there are a minimum of three members. The founding members are those that establish the company and sign the memorandum of association that is submitted (with the company's articles of association) when registering the company with Companies House. Further members may subsequently be appointed. 16. Please confirm the total number of company members: 5 17. Please provide the name of each member below (add more rows if necessary): 1. Name: <Redacted> 2. Name: <Redacted> 3. Name: <Redacted> 4. Name: <Redacted> 5. Name: <Redacted> 4 Company directors The company directors are appointed by the members and will eventually form the governing body that will oversee the management of the school. At the point of setting up the company, members are required to appoint at least one director – this may be one of the members. All directors at the point of application must complete a Section I personal information form. All individuals on the governing body must be formally appointed as directors of the company and registered with Companies House. 18. Where directors have already been appointed please provide the name of each and the positions they will hold (add more rows if necessary): 1. Name: <Redacted> Parent 2. Name: <Redacted> <Redacted>. 3. Name: <Redacted> <Redacted> 4. Name: <Redacted> <Redacted> 5. Name: <Redacted> <Redacted> 19. Please provide the name of the proposed chair of the governing body, if known: <Redacted>. Related organisations 20. Through its members, directors or otherwise, does Yes the company limited by guarantee have any formal No or informal links (eg. financial, philosophical or ideological) with any other organisations within the UK or overseas? These may include: other Free School groups; other institutions; charitable bodies; and/or commercial or non-commercial organisations. 21. If Yes, please provide the following information about each organisation: • their name; • their Companies House and/or Charity Commission number, if appropriate; and • the role that it is envisaged they will play in relation to the Free School. As a Free School, St. Anthony's will continue to work closely with the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception who founded the school fifty years ago. They are registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) with the number SC006881 The Franciscan Sisters will have a representative on the Board and will receive rent for the premises from the company. 5 22. Please specify any religious organisations or institutions connected to your application (local, national and international). In particular, please describe in specific terms the religious affiliations of your group, including where appropriate any denomination or particular school of thought that influences your group (eg Pentecostalism, Deobandism, Reform Judaism, etc). St. Anthony's is a Roman Catholic school (see questions 10 & 21) Existing providers 23. Is your organisation an existing independent Yes school wishing to become a Free School? No 24. Is your organisation an existing independent Yes school wishing to establish a new and separate No Free School? 25. Is your organisation an existing state maintained Yes school or Academy wishing to establish a new and No separate Free School? 26. If Yes to any of the above three questions, please 115804 provide your six digit unique reference number here: 27. If you are an existing independent or state Current roll: 56 in maintained school or an Academy, please state Reception to Year the age range and current number of pupils on roll 6 and your capacity: 28. If you are an existing independent or state maintained school or an Academy, please provide the date of your most recent inspection and a link to the report on the Ofsted or other inspectorate website: Our most recent inspection was made on 23rd October 2008 <Redacted> 29. If you are an existing independent or state maintained school or an Academy, please provide a link to your performance data for the last 3 years: Please see Section D in this application. 30. If you are another type of organisation involved in education, eg an Academy sponsor, please describe that organisation. Please ensure you include your company registration number: n/a 6 Please tick to confirm that you have included all the items in the checklist. Declaration to be signed by a company member on behalf of the company I confirm that the information provided in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge. I further confirm that if the application is successful the company will operate a Free School in accordance with the requirements outlined in the ‘How to Apply’ guidance and the funding agreement with the Secretary of State. I acknowledge that this application may be rejected should any information be deliberately withheld or misrepresented that is later found to be material in considering the application. Signed: Position: <Redacted> / <Redacted> (please delete as appropriate). Print name: Date: NB This declaration only needs to be signed in the two hard copy versions of your application. Please use black ink. 7 Section B: Outline of the school 1. Proposed school St. Anthony’s School name: 2. Proposed academic 2013 year of opening: 3. 4-11 4-16 4-19 11-16 Specify the 11-19 proposed age 14-19 range of the school: 16-19 Other If Other, please specify: 4. Date proposed school will reach 2014 expected capacity in all year groups: 5. Boys only Will your proposed Girls only school be: Mixed 6. Do you intend that your proposed school will be designated as having a religious character? Yes No NB Please refer to the glossary of terms in the ‘How to Apply’ guidance for more information about religious character/designation. 7. If Yes, please specify the faith, denomination, etc Roman Catholic. of the proposed school: 8. Do you intend your proposed school to have a faith ethos (but will not be designated as having a religious character)? Yes No 8 9. If Yes, please specify the faith, denomination, etc n/a of the proposed school: 10. Postcode of the preferred site of the <Redacted> proposed school: 11. Local authority area in which the Gloucestershire County Council proposed school would be situated: 12. If the preferred site is near to a local authority boundary please specify the Herefordshire County Council names of the neighbouring local authorities: 13. This application form is designed to be used for mainstream applications and 16-19 applications (as defined at Annex A of the ‘How to Apply’ guidance). If the school you are proposing does not really fit the definition of a mainstream or 16-19 school but does not fit the definitions of special or alternative provision schools either, you need to use the template that is the closest fit and explain how your school would differ. If this applies to your application please briefly outline the main differences below. You will also need to address these differences in more detail in the relevant sections of the application. 9 Contents Application checklist 2 Section A: Applicant details 3 Section B: Outline of the school 8 Section C: Education vision 12 C.1.1 Mission and Ethos 16 C.1.2 Criteria for measuring success 21 Measurement of success for the school: 22 Measurement of success for the children. 22 Section D: Education plan – part 1 24 Section D: Education plan – part 2 25 D2 Specific Curriculum Provision 25 D.2.1 Foundation Stage 26 D.2.2 Main School Curriculum 30 D2.3 Timetable 42 D.2.4 Calendar 42 D.2.5 Class size and organisation 43 D3 Provision for those with differing needs 49 D4 Measuring success 62 D.4.1 Targets and Rationale 58 D.4.2 Assessing and Monitoring 61 D4.3 Pupil Development and Achievement 68 D4.4 Academic Performance 69 D5 Admissions 78 D.5.1 Draft Admissions Policy 78 Application Form 79 Late applications 79 Proof of residence 79 Offer of places 80 Children with Statements of Special Educational Needs 80 Over subscription criteria 80 Method of random allocation 82 Vacancies occurring after the initial offers have been made 82 Appeal procedure 82 Waiting list 82 D6 Behaviour management 84 D.6.1 Attendance 82 D.6.2 Safeguarding 83 D7 Local community 88 D8 Religious character 93 Section E: Evidence of demand and marketing – part 1 95 Section E: Evidence of demand and marketing – part 2 100 E.2.1 Growth of demand for primary school places in Cinderford 100 Residential Development in Cinderford 101 Evidence of economic deprivation 106 Housing 108 E2.2 Marketing 109 Procedure for Recruitment 110 Section F: Capacity and capability 111 Leadership Team 112 10