Trinity Academy Halifax

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 and Previously Looked After Children — (a) Children who are in public care – 'Looked After' (as defined by section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they became adopted or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order. (b) Children who appear (to the admission authority of the academy) to have been in public care outside of England and ceased to be in public care as a result of being adopted. A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society.
2. 2Feeder school children — Children who attend Trinity Academy Akroydon and Trinity Academy Whitehill.
3. 3Siblings — Children whose siblings currently attend the academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission. Sibling is defined as a full or half brother or sister; a stepbrother or sister; an adoptive brother or sister; the children of parents living together in the same family household. The elder sibling must still be on roll at the academy when the younger child starts at the academy i.e. sibling applications will only be accepted for siblings of students in years 7 to 10.
4. 4Children of staff — Children of staff employed at the academy. Staff for this purpose are defined as anyone employed by the academy who has held a permanent contract with the academy for at least two years prior to the application, or staff recently appointed to a post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. 5Catchment area and Church of England attendance — Children who are resident in the defined priority catchment area, as shown on the map following this policy AND who regularly attend, or whose parents/guardians regularly attend a Church of England Parish Church in Halifax (i.e. Halifax postcode). Parents must complete the Church Supplementary Information form if they wish their child to be considered in relation to their church attendance. ('Regularly attend' means attendance at public worship at least twice per month for the year before the application is submitted.) In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these [admissions] arrangements in relation to attendance will only apply to the period when the church or alternative premises have been available for public worship.
6. 6Catchment area — Children whose place of residence is within the defined priority catchment area shown on the catchment area map – page 9 of this policy.
7. 7Other Christian Church attendance — Children who regularly attend, or whose parents/guardians regularly attend, another Christian Church within the area of the Calderdale Metropolitan District (affiliated to Churches Together in England). A list of such churches is available to view by visiting www.cte.org.uk. Parents must complete the Church Supplementary Information form if they wish their child to be considered in relation to their church attendance. ('Regularly attend' carries the same definition as set out in Criterion 5.)
8. 8Other children — Other children.

If two applications tie: If there is an oversubscription in any category, students will be admitted in order of proximity to TAH using a straight-line measurement from the student's home to the main academy gate, calculated using the Local Authority's GIS system. Random allocation (undertaken by the local authority or any other body unconnected to TAH) will be used as a tie-break to decide who has the highest priority for admission if the distance between a child's home and the academy is equidistant in any individual case.

The oversubscription criteria apply within each band. Applicants who sit the Fair Banding Assessment are considered for admission first; non-banded applicants are ranked after all banded applicants. Children of multiple births tied for the final place will be admitted over PAN. Looked after children, previously looked after children, and those with an EHCP who do not take the assessment will be allocated to the appropriate band based on an alternative appropriate assessment.

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.