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Dear parent/guadian of Kyle Barnes,

Too many applicants applied for place in "West Benjamintown School" and allocations had to be made according to the school admission criterions. "West Benjamintown School" prioritizes applications according to the following criterions "Children in public care", "Children subject to a child protection plan", "Children who have a sibling already on roll", "Art aptitude test", "Children who live within the catchment area", "Children attending a feeder school" and "Children who live closest to the school".

Kyle Barnes ranked at 352 based on Children who live closest to the school. Informations on how places were offered can be found in following table

1	"Children in public care"	5
2	"Children subject to a child protection plan"	1
3	"Children who have a sibling already on roll"	19
4	"Art aptitude test"	38
5	"Children who live within the catchment area"	95
6	"Children attending a feeder school"	95
7	"Children who live closest to the school"	114

Unfortunately the number of the applicants satisfying the same criterion of a high priority is too many that the admission of children and the cut off were at 255. Any further admission to this year group will prejudice the provision of efficient education and the efficient use of resources.

A place been allocated for Kyle Barnes at "Smithland School" the guardian's 2 preference school starting September.