Hungerford Primary Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children who are in the care of a local authority — Children who are in the care of a local authority (looked after children) or provided with accommodation by them (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order), immediately following having been looked after. This includes children who appear to (in the view of Cheshire East) have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Children who — Children who (at the time of application) have an elder brother or sister in attendance at the Academy and who will still be attending at the proposed admission date. Siblings are considered to be those children who live at the same address and either: Have one or both natural parents in common OR • Are related by a parent’s marriage or related by parents living as partners at this address OR• Are adopted or fostered by a common parent OR• Children not adopted, fostered or related by a parent’s marriage or with one natural parent in common, who are brought together as a family by a same sex civil partnership and who are living at the same address, are also considered to be siblings. We d o not include cousins within our definition of siblings.
3. 3Children living within the catchment area of Hungerford Primary Academy — Children living within the catchment area of Hungerford Primary Academy. Children will be classed within this criterion if they and their parents/carers are resident within the area served by Hungerford Primary Academy. If a child lives with parents with shared responsibilities, each for part of the week, the ‘home address’ wi ll be the one at which the child is resident for the greatest part of the school week. Where this is equally shared, the home address will be the one used when applying for child benefit.
4. 4Children living nearest to Hungerford Primary Academy — Children living nearest to Hungerford Primary Academy, measured using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) which measures straight line distances in miles from the school’s coordinate point to the place of the child’s residence coordinate point. Please note this may not be the same as Google Maps or any other map programme. Hurdsfield Primary School 1. ‘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 arrangements order or special guardianship order. All references to previously looked after children in this pol icy 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. Siblings – pupils with brothers or sisters, step -brothers or step -sisters, foster brother or sisters, half – brothers or half -sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one…
5. 5Pupils living nearest to the school –Pupils living nearest to the school measured using the National Land and Property G — Pupils living nearest to the school –Pupils living nearest to the school 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. OFFICIAL

Oversubscription criteria as printed for this school in Cheshire East Council's determined admission arrangements section of the 2027 "applying for school places" guide (arrangements for 2027-28).

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.