Supplementary application forms
Where an in-year application is made for a school for which the governing body are the admission authority, the application must be forwarded together with supporting information provided by the parent, to the governing body. The governing body of a foundation, voluntary aided or academy school may require parents who make an application to provide supplementary information in order to apply their own admissions policy.
Parents are under no obligation to forward supplementary information, unless it is required to enable the governing body to apply their oversubscription criteria.
Where supplementary information is required for applications at the normal point of entry it must be returned to the School Admissions and Transport Service along with a valid application so that all information can then be passed to the relevant admissions authority.
For applications made for the normal point of entry, where documentary evidence in support of the application is received, or a school receives supplementary information then it will not be regarded as a valid application, unless the parent has also completed an application with Staffordshire County Council.
Where documentary evidence in support of the application or supplementary information is received directly by a foundation, voluntary aided or academy school for the normal age of entry, the school must inform the School Admissions and Transport Service immediately so that it can verify whether an application has been received and if this is not the case then, the parent can be contacted and requested to complete an application.
