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Pupils with an EHC Plan which names the school as appropriate provision will be admitted regardless of the number of applications received. In the event of applications exceeding available places, the following criteria are used to determine successful applications:

1. Children in public care (Looked After Children) or previously in public care (Previously Looked After Children).
2. Those girls who have a sibling attending the school at the time of application and who will be continuing at the school for the next academic year.
3. Those girls who have a parent who is a member of staff at Southfield School.
4. Up to a maximum of 30% of intake places will be allocated to girls living outside the boundaries of the Kettering Schools Area, with the closest having priority.
5. The remaining places will be allocated to girls living within the boundaries of the Kettering Schools Area, with the closest having preference.

N.B.

1. In the event of oversubscription within criterion 1, 2 or 3 places will be allocated on the basis of proximity with those living closest having priority. Distances are measured using NCC GIS.
2. Sibling refers to:
   1. a sister or brother sharing the same parents,
   2. a half-sister or half-brother where two children share one parent,
   3. a step-sister or step-brother where two children are related by a parent’s marriage or partnership,
   4. adopted children,
   5. a brother or sister must be living at the same address at the time the application is made.
3. The figure of 30% in criterion 4 will include children allocated a place under criteria 1, 2 and 3 and those with an EHC Plan.
4. Any places remaining after allocation under criterion 4 will be included in the allocation of places under criterion 5.
5. Should there be insufficient applications remaining under criterion 5 to reach the administration number of 168, any remaining places will be allocated to previously unsuccessful applicants under criterion 4 from outside the Kettering Schools Area, with the closest having priority.
6. Where a child lives between two parents, the qualifying address will be where the child sleeps the majority of the school week.
7. Distance will be measured on a straight line basis from the school to the home address using a geographical information system.
8. The ‘Kettering Schools area’ means the town of Kettering and the associated towns and villages for Kettering Secondary Schools and Montsaye Academy. The associated towns and villages are: Ashley, Barford, Barton Seagrave, Brampton Ash, Braybrooke, Broughton, Burton Latimer, Cranford, Cransley, Desborough, Dingley, Geddington, Glendon, Grafton Underwood, Great Cransley, Harrington, Little Oakley, Loddington, Mawsley, Newton-in-the-Willows, Orton, Pipewell, Pytchley, Rothwell, Rushton, Stoke Albany, Sutton Bassett, Thorpe Malsor, Thorpe Underwood, Warkton, Weekly, Weston-by-Welland and Wilbarston.
9. If all places are allocated, a waiting list will be held during Year 7 with places being allocated in accordance with the criteria set out above.
10. Under criterion 3, the member of staff must have worked at the school for a minimum of 2 years at the time of application

Procedure for In-Year Admissions Applications for in-year places are co-ordinated by the Admissions Team at Northamptonshire County Council. Applications can be made on-line at http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk or by telephoning 0300 126 1000. Parents are welcome to contact the school prior to making an application as we recognise that changing schools for students who have already made a start on their secondary education can be daunting. 

We do our best to match courses already started, and Personal Tutors and Year Heads monitor settling in and offer support as necessary. The Admissions Team send details of applications to the school and contact parents to let them know whether or not there is an available place for their daughter. If the application is unsuccessful, parents have the right to make an appeal. Further information about the procedure for in-year applications is available from the Admissions Team at the school, by telephoning 01536 513063 or by e-mail at admissions@southfieldsch.co.uk

Sunday 31 October 2021 at 5pm

• Closing date for applications
• Apply on line at http://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/children-families-education/schools-and-education/school-admissions/secondary-school-places/Pages/how-to-apply-for-a-secondary-school-place.aspx or any Northamptonshire library
• Apply by post by downloading the information booklet from the above link and complete the application form at the end of the booklet

Tuesday 1 March 2022

• Offer letters posted to parents
• If you have applied online you will be able to login in and view your offer there
• It will be assumed that you have accepted your allocated place unless you let Northamptonshire County Council know otherwise

March 2022

• Welcome packs to be sent from Southfield School

Thursday 1 September 2022

• First day of term

Please contact our admission team for enquiries admissions@southfieldsch.co.uk 

If you have applied for, but have been unsuccessful in obtaining a place for your child at Southfield School, you have the right to appeal.

Year 7 Appeals – September 2022

The Appeals Hearing for all appeals received prior to 31 March 2022 at 12pm will be held during week commencing 6 June 2022.  The specific venue, date and time will be confirmed during the week commencing 9 May 2022, when the appeal clerk has details of the number of appeals for Southfield School.

Appellants must submit additional evidence by 20 May 2022 (Please note that the Panel might not be prepared to accept any additional evidence that is submitted after this date).

If you wish to appeal for a place at Southfield School, please download and complete a ‘Notice of Appeal’ form. Guidance notes relevant to your appeal are also available for download via the links below. Please read these notes before completing the Appeal Form.

Message from Robert Hartgroves - Independent School Appeal Clerk:

"Your school appeal would traditionally be heard in person and you would appear before a Panel of three individuals. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, all appeals from March 2020 up to now have been heard electronically through the Zoom platform. The process through a PC, telephone or tablet has worked to a better level than I could have imagined would be possible at the outset and I have received no complaint to suggest that anyone has felt disadvantaged by being heard in this way. If there have been any issues with technology then we have found a way to overcome them. There are obvious advantages of the process being heard in this way such as you having the choice of the most comfortable environment to present your appeal case, instead of having to appear within a more formal setting and it also prevents the need for you to have to travel to a venue to be heard. Following the relaxation of the rules in relation to social mixing, I am currently awaiting further guidance from the Department For Education (DFE) on how appeals should continue to take place. However, in my opinion everything is in place to allow you to fully present your appeal case if we have to continue to hear appeals through Zoom in 2022. In order to reinforce the point about you not being disadvantaged by your appeal taking place in this way, it may be useful for you to know that the DFE is currently going through the process of formal consultation on a revised version of the School Admission Appeals Code. At the heart of this is a proposal that appeals could continue to be heard remotely even when the social environment is sufficiently safe for appeals to be heard in person again."

Year 7 September 2022 Notice of Appeal Southfield School

Year 7 September 2022 Appeals - Parents Guidance Southfield School

In-Year Appeals Parents Guidance Southfield School

In-Year Notice of Appeal Southfield School

Southfield School was oversubscribed for September 2019, details of how the places were allocated can be found below:

1 – Looked After Children – 2

2 – Siblings – 33 (includes 14 outside of Kettering)

3 – Staff children – 1 

4 – 30% outside Kettering – 60

5 – inside Kettering by distance – 138