- Type
- Comprehensive
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs R Wyles
- Address
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Rushcliffe Road
Grantham
Lincs
NG31 8ED - Telephone
- 01476 410410
- School email address
- generalenquiries@prioryruskin.co.uk
- School website
- Church school
- No
- Category
- Academy
- Total number 11 to 16
- 1197
- Total number 16 to 18
- 213
- Specialism
- Sport and Health and Visual Arts
- Admission authority
- Academy trust
- Published admission number
- 210
- 2023 and 2024 oversubscription criteria
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- 2023 oversubscription criteria
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The criteria below will be applied in the order in which they are set out. If applying any criterion would result in the year group being oversubscribed, the subsequent criteria will be applied, in order, to decide which applicants will be admitted.
- looked after children, or previously looked after children
- applicants who achieve the minimum standards needed for admission on the basis of aptitude for sport or visual arts
In the event that more than 11 applicants achieve the minimum standard in sport, the 11 places will be offered to the applicants with the highest scores in the assessment. In the event that more than 10 applicants achieve the minimum standard in visual arts, the 10 places will be offered to the applicants with the highest scores in the assessment. If tied scores for the last of these places in either sport or visual arts would result in more than 11 or 10 applicants being admitted respectively, then the last places will be allocated at random.
In the event that fewer than 11 (sport) or 10 (visual arts) applicants achieve the minimum standard, they will all be admitted and the remaining places in that specialism will then be made available to applicants for the other specialism. If fewer than a total of 21 places are awarded to applicants who meet the minimum standard in either assessment, the places will be made available to other applicants using the criteria below
- siblings of pupils who are on the roll of the academy at the time of the application
- children of a member of staff of the academy who has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of the application, or who has been appointed to a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage
- the remaining places, typically for applicants without siblings at the academy, will be allocated randomly to each of the zones 1 to 4, in the order 1 to 4.
The number of places available in each zone will be calculated using the percentages below and be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
- zone 1: living less than 1 mile from the academy – 36%
- zone 2: living 1 mile or more but less than 1.6 miles – 36%
- zone 3: living 1.6 miles or more but less than 7 miles – 22%
- zone 4: living 7 miles or more from the academy – 6%
If the number of applications in any zone is less than or equal to the number of places, all applicants will be admitted and any remaining places will be held to the end of the
process. Once allocations to each zone have been made, any remaining places from the four zones, together with any places resulting from the calculations above, will be allocated at random from all remaining applicants from all zones.
Parents should contact the academy directly for details on how to apply for a place on aptitude.
See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.
- 2024 oversubscription criteria
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The criteria below will be applied in the order in which they are set out. If applying any criterion would result in the year group being oversubscribed, the subsequent criteria will be applied, in order, to decide which applicants will be admitted.
- looked after children, or previously looked after children
- applicants who achieve the minimum standards needed for admission on the basis of aptitude for sport or visual arts
In the event that more than 11 applicants achieve the minimum standard in sport, the 11 places will be offered to the applicants with the highest scores in the assessment. In the event that more than 10 applicants achieve the minimum standard in visual arts, the 10 places will be offered to the applicants with the highest scores in the assessment. If tied scores for the last of these places in either sport or visual arts would result in more than 11 or 10 applicants being admitted respectively, then the last places will be allocated at random.
In the event that fewer than 11 (sport) or 10 (visual arts) applicants achieve the minimum standard, they will all be admitted and the remaining places in that specialism will then be made available to applicants for the other specialism. If fewer than a total of 21 places are awarded to applicants who meet the minimum standard in either assessment, the places will be made available to other applicants using the criteria below
- siblings of pupils who are on the roll of the academy at the time of the application
- children of a member of staff of the academy who has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of the application, or who has been appointed to a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage
- the remaining places, typically for applicants without siblings at the academy, will be allocated randomly to each of the zones 1 to 4, in the order 1 to 4.
The number of places available in each zone will be calculated using the percentages below and be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
- zone 1: living less than 1 mile from the academy – 36%
- zone 2: living 1 mile or more but less than 1.6 miles – 36%
- zone 3: living 1.6 miles or more but less than 7 miles – 21%
- zone 4: living 7 miles or more from the academy – 7%
If the number of applications in any zone is less than or equal to the number of places, all applicants will be admitted and any remaining places will be held to the end of the
process. Once allocations to each zone have been made, any remaining places from the four zones, together with any places resulting from the calculations above, will be allocated at random from all remaining applicants from all zones.
Parents should contact the academy directly for details on how to apply for a place on aptitude.
See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.
- Sixth form published admission number
- 20
- Sixth form entry requirements
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The sixth form at the Priory Ruskin Academy offers a wide range of A level and BTEC courses at Level 3. All applicants for places in the sixth form must satisfy the academic entry requirements of The Priory Ruskin Academy.
For Level 3 academic courses (A levels) the school normally expect students to have achieved at least a GCSE grade 4 in each of English and mathematics. For Level 3 applied courses (BTEC) we normally expect students to have achieved GCSE grades from their best English and their mathematics courses that ‘total’ 7. For example a grade 4 in English and a grade 3 in mathematics would meet this requirement. In addition, each course has subject specific GCSE requirements that we expect students to meet. These are published in the sixth-form prospectus each year. Academic entry requirements and subject-specific requirements are the same for internal and external applicants
The Academy discuss with each applicant the best match of course to their subject background. Further information for individual subjects can be found in the academy’s sixth form prospectus.
- Sixth form oversubscription criteria
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Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications for the Academy will be considered by the Trust against the criteria set out below.
The Priory Ruskin Academy will first accept all pupils with an education, health and care (EHC) plan which names the Academy.
- Looked after children and all previously looked after children.
- students wishing to study the academy’s specialist subjects (sport and visual arts subjects)
Where the application of this criterion still leaves more students than places, then the ‘total’ of students’ grades in GCSE examinations will be taken into account, in order, starting with the highest. In the case of tied totals, then the distance from home to the academy will be used below.
- A student who lives nearest to the academy measured by the straight-line distance from the Post Office address point of the academy’s main entrance to the Post Office address point of the child’s home.
In the event that two or more applicants live the same straight-line distance from the school, the place or places will be allocated at random by an independent person.
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- Department for Education Number
- 9256910