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Dear parent/guadian of Valerie Taylor,

Too many applicants applied for place in "Jonesview School" and allocations had to be made according to the school admission criterions. "Jonesview 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", "Medical needs", "Children attending a feeder school" and "Children who live closest to the school".

Valerie Taylor ranked at 302 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"	6
2	"Children subject to a child protection plan"	2
3	"Children who have a sibling already on roll"	22
4	"Art aptitude test"	45
5	"Medical needs"	6
6	"Children attending a feeder school"	114
7	"Children who live closest to the school"	137

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 200. 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 Valerie Taylor at "Smithtown School" the guardian's 2 preference school starting September.