Ilkley Grammar School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), 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 children or children who were previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Exceptional social or medical needs — Children who have exceptional social or medical needs, supported by a written recommendation from an independent medical professional such as the child's paediatrician/consultant or an independent professional from Children's Services. The letter must explain why Ilkley Grammar School is the only suitable school to meet the child's needs and why no other school could provide the appropriate support for the child.
3. 3In-area siblings — Children resident in the school's priority admission area who have an older brother or sister, residing at the same home address, who are at present in Year 7-10 and who will still be attending the school at the time of admission (in-area siblings).
4. 4Other children in priority admission area — Other children whose home address is in the school's priority admission area.
5. 5Out-of-area siblings — Children resident outside the school's priority admission area who have an older brother or sister, attending from the same home address, who are at present in Years 7-10 and who will still be attending the school at the time of admission (out-of-area siblings).
6. 6Priority one catchment feeder schools — Children whose home address is outside of the school's priority admission area who are currently on roll at a Trust school in priority one catchment area: Ashlands Primary School, Ben Rhydding Primary School and Burley Oaks Primary School.
7. 7Priority two catchment feeder school — Children whose home address is outside of the school's priority admission area who are currently on roll at a Trust school in priority two catchment area: Menston Primary School.
8. 8Children of staff — Children of staff employed at Ilkley Grammar School, who have been in post for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made and/or who have been recently appointed to a post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
9. 9Other applicants outside priority admission area — All other applicants whose home address is outside the school's priority admission area.

If two applications tie: When demand exceeds places in any of the following criteria, the distance between the child's home and school, measured by a straight-line distance from the Ordnance Survey address point of the home to the main entrance of the school building, will be used to decide who is given a place; those living nearest being given the available places. Where the offer of places to applicants with equi-distant addresses would lead to oversubscription, the decision of who will be offered the place will be made by random selection.

Multiple births policy: where a family of multiple births request admission and only one sibling can be offered a place, the remaining siblings will also be offered places above the admission number. School has more than one priority admission area; criteria 3 and 4 apply for whole of priority one then whole of priority two.

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.