North Cambridge Academy

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 — Children in Care (CiC), and children who were in care but ceased to be so by reason of adoption, a resident order or a special guardianship order.
2. 2Previously in state care outside England — Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and cease to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
3. 3Catchment, named-primary attendee + sibling — Children living in the catchment area, who attend one of the schools listed above and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
4. 4Catchment + sibling — Children living in the catchment area and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
5. 5Catchment + named-primary attendee — Children living in the catchment area and who attend one of the schools listed above.
6. 6Catchment — Children living in the catchment area.
7. 7Outside catchment, catchment-primary attendee + sibling — Children who live outside the catchment area, who attend 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, catchment-primary attendee — Children who live outside the catchment area who attend the primary schools within the catchment area.
10. 10Outside catchment — Children who live outside the catchment area.

If two applications tie: In cases of equal merit, priority will go to children living nearest the school by shortest straight-line distance.

The catchment area is defined as children living in the catchment areas of five named primary schools: The Grove, Kings Hedges, Shirley, Orchard Park and Chesterton Primary School (only 'Chesterton Primary School' carries the full suffix as printed in the source). Criteria 3 and 5 refer to children who 'attend one of the schools listed above', which appears to mean these same catchment primary schools defined later in the document (6.3a), a drafting quirk preserved as published. Children with a statement of special educational needs naming the school (6.1) are admitted, and those with such a statement or EHCP not naming the school are referred to the Statutory Assessment Team — this is stated separately from, and not itself part of, the numbered 1-10 oversubscription list. Admission authority is the Meridian Trust; the Academy is 11-16 with a single normal point of entry (Year 7).

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.