Chesterton Community College

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. 1Children in care / previously in care — Children in Care, also known as Looked After Children (LAC), and children who were looked after but ceased to be so by reason of adoption, a resident order or a special guardianship order. Children who appear to the Admission Authority to have been in state care outside of England but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted only.
2. 2Children of staff — Children of staff who have been employed at the Academy for at least two years at the time of application or have been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
3. 3Catchment + feeder school + sibling — Children who live in catchment area, attend feeder primary schools within the catchment area and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
4. 4Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the catchment area with a sibling at the school at the time of the admission.
5. 5Catchment area, feeder school (or Park Street Primary) — Children who live in the catchment area who attend feeder primary schools within it or Park Street Primary School.
6. 6Catchment area (general) — Children who live in the catchment area.
7. 7Outside catchment, feeder school + sibling — Children who live outside the catchment area, who attend feeder primary schools within it and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
8. 8Outside catchment, sibling — Children who live outside the catchment area who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
9. 9Outside catchment, feeder school — Children who live outside the catchment area who attend the feeder primary schools within the catchment area.
10. 10Outside catchment, nearest — Children who live outside the catchment area, but nearest the school as measured by a straight line.

If two applications tie: Where places are over-subscribed within any of the above groups, priority is given to children living nearest to the College, measured by a straight line between the College's main entrance and the front door of the dwelling at which the child is normally resident. In the event of a tie break (e.g. identical distance), a random allocation is used, carried out by an independent panel.

Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted first (clause 6.1, stated ahead of and separately from the numbered i-x priority list in clause 6.2; children with an EHCP that does NOT name the school are referred to the Statutory Assessment and Resources (STAR) Team). Criterion v's "Park Street Primary School" is named separately from the four schools formally defined as "Feeder Primary Schools in the School Catchment" (footnote 2: St Luke's, Milton Road, Mayfield, Arbury). Sibling is defined as a brother/sister, half-, adopted, step-sibling, or the child of the parent/carer's partner, resident in the same family unit at the same address. This document explicitly does not cover the Sixth Form: "Admission and over-subscription criteria for the Sixth Form can be found on the website" (a link, not reproduced here).

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.