Hollinhey Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Reception), 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 — 'Looked after children and all previously looked after children, 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. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order. All references to previously looked after children in this policy mean such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and 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. 2Siblings — Pupils with brothers or sisters, step-brothers or step-sisters, foster brother or sisters, half-brother or half-sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one household, already attending the preferred school (in years reception through to year 5) and expected to continue at the school in the following school year at the time of admission. Under exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to offer places over the published admission number to ensure that, as far as possible, twins, triplets or children from other multiple births can attend the same school. Siblings in year six will not be considered under this criterion for the normal admission rounds.
3. 3Children attending a nursery/pre-school run by the school — Children attending a nursery/pre-school run by the school they are applying to commencing the Autumn Term of the admission period preceding their year of entry to reception.
4. 4Children of staff — Children of staff - with more than two years' service or those new members of staff recruited to meet a particular skills shortage.
5. 5Pupils living nearest to the school — Pupils living nearest to the school – measured by the relevant Local Authority using their definition of measuring distances. Cheshire East: measured using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) which measures straight line distances in miles from the school's coordinate point to the point of residence's coordinate point. Cheshire West and Chester: measured in a straight line from the centrally plotted Basic Land and Property Unit point of the child's home address to the centrally plotted Basic Land and Property Unit point of the school as defined by Local Land and Property Gazetteer. Manchester City Council: measured in a straight line (not along roads or paths) from the child's home address to the centre of the school.

If two applications tie: Where places are oversubscribed and the authority cannot differentiate between two or more applicants using the 'nearest' oversubscription criterion, a random allocation (such as application references drawn from a hat) will be used as a tie-break to decide who has highest priority for admission. This process will be independently verified and recorded.

This is a single admissions policy covering 14 named academies within the Aspire Educational Trust. Individual PANs are listed per school: Ash Grove Academy 30, Broad Oak Primary School 30, Hollinhey Primary School 30, Holmes Chapel Primary School 60, Hurdsfield Primary School 24, Ivy Bank Primary School 60, Parkroyal Community School 60, Peover Superior Endowed Primary School 15, Puss Bank School & Nursery 60, Sandbach Primary Academy 30, The Wilmslow Academy 60, Underwood West Academy 60, Victoria Road Primary School 30, Wilbraham Primary School 90. EHC plan children are admitted first per Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 before the ranked criteria apply.

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.