This oversubscription criteria confirms the priorities for admission to community and voluntary controlled junior schools.
If your enquiry relates to a specific year group, you'll need to get in touch with us for more information.
Priority 1: Children in care
Pupils who are in care or have been previously but ceased to be so because they were adopted, became subject to a child arrangement order or a special Guardianship Order immediately following being in care.
Priority 2: Attendance at a linked feeder school
This category applies to the transfer from year 2 to year 3 at separate infant and junior schools.
The priority is given if the child attends a designated linked feeder school at the time of allocation.
Should there be oversubscription within this category, then places will allocated within this criteria according to:
- Feeder Catchment and sibling
- Feeder Catchment
- Feeder Sibling
- Feeder Other
- Catchment and Sibling
- Catchment
- Sibling
- Other
Priority 3: Catchment area with sibling
Children who reside in the defined catchment area who also have a brother or sister at the preferred school at the point of entry will be considered next.
Priority 4: Catchment area
Children who reside in the defined catchment area of a school.
Priority 5: Siblings who were refused a place at their catchment school in a previous year
A sibling is defined as a child who permanently or usually lives at the same address as:
a brother and/or sister (including half brothers/sisters)
a stepbrother and/or stepsister
in both cases, will attend the preferred school at point of entry
Priority 6: Siblings
A sibling is defined as a child who permanently or usually lives at the same address as:
- a brother and/or sister (including half brothers/sisters)
- a stepbrother and/or stepsister
- in both cases, will attend the preferred school at point of entry
Priority 7: Other applications
Any child who does not fit into the above categories will be considered next.
Places are only allocated up to the published indicated admission number.
Tie breakers
If the admission number is reached mid-category, then there is a tie break, meaning places will be allocated either:
- where exceptional medical, social or special educational needs are demonstrated and evidenced by a professional
- if no exceptional circumstances are present, admissions are prioritised by the straight-line distance measured from a designated point in the school building to a point in the home
