Saracens Bell Lane

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after / previously looked after children — ‘Looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. ‘A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. A child is regarded as having been in state care outside of England if they were in the care of or were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation, or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society. This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002’.
2. 2Exceptional medical or social needs — Children based on their exceptional medical or social needs. Each application must include evidence, from a medical specialist or social worker, of the child’s need and why they must attend this school rather than any other, based on those needs. If evidence is not submitted to the Local Authority with the application, a child’s medical or social needs cannot be considered.
3. 3Sibling at the school — A child with a sibling attending the school at the time of application. Where an older sibling is in Year 6, siblings will not be given priority under this criterion. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step and foster brother and sister.
4. 4Children of Trust staff — A child of any member of the Trust’s staff working at Saracens Bell Lane.
5. 5Distance from school — Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distance is measured in a straight line between the address point for the child’s home, supplied by Ordnance Survey, to the school’s main gate using the Council’s computerised geographical information system.
6. 6Random allocation for equidistant/same block — Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using London Borough of Barnet’s (L B Barnet) computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

If two applications tie: Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using London Borough of Barnet’s (L B Barnet) computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

Barnet Council's composite primary admissions guide for September 2027 entry, the one document that carries its own-admission-authority schools. Admission limit read from word coordinates: the guide sets each label and its value in different columns.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.