Blaise High 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 Children — Priority for Looked after Children or children who were Previously Looked After. A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement orders (residency order), or special guardianship order, including those 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 Medical/Social Needs — Priority for students who have an exceptional social and/or medical need. Students who have either medical or social grounds for admission to this school. Evidence must set out the particular reason why the student should attend this school rather than any other and show that this is the only suitable school to meet their stated needs, why no other local school could meet those needs and what the difficulties would be if the child had to attend any other local school.
3. 3Children of permanent members of staff — Priority for children of permanent members of staff of the school. Where the member of staff has been employed at Blaise High School for two or more consecutive years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; or the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Siblings — Priority for students who will have a sibling at the school at the time of admission. Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, foster brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent’s partner, as well as children who are brought together as a family by a same-sex civil partnership. In every case, the child must be living in the same family unit at the same address, Monday to Friday, at the time of the application. Cousins or children of friends living with their parents in the same household are not included.
5. 5Pupil Premium — Up to 60 places will be allocated to children who are eligible for Pupil Premium Funding at the closing date for applications (31st October). This criterion relates only to children eligible for Pupil Premium funding at the closing date for applications at the normal point of entry (Year 7). Applications are ranked in accordance to the home to school distance.
6. 6Distance — Any remaining places will be offered based on proximity of the child’s home address to the school. Distances will be measured in a straight line using the computerised system as specified by Bristol City Council.

If two applications tie: Where two or more applicants share priority for a place, the child to be offered a place will be selected by the drawing of lots. Lots will be drawn by a senior officer of the Greenshaw Learning Trust Shared Service who is independent of the school’s admissions process.

The school also has a Special Educational Resource Base with 35 places for students with an EHCP, allocated separately by Bristol City Council's SEN Team, not part of the mainstream oversubscription criteria. Pupil Premium (Priority 5) only applies at the normal point of entry (Year 7), not for in-year admissions.

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.