Neston High School

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. 1A ‘Looked After Child’ - or a child who was previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted — A ‘Looked After Child’ - or a child who was previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order). A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).
2. 2Siblings – pupils with elder brothers or sisters — Siblings – pupils with elder brothers or sisters, step-brothers or step-sisters, half-brothers or half-sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one household, already attending the preferred school (in Years 7 - 13) at the time of admission. School admissions | Cheshire West and Chester Council Application deadline 31 October 2026
3. 3Children resident within the designated catchment zone of the school — Children resident within the designated catchment zone of the school. Children will be classed within this category if they and their parents/carers are resident within the area served by the school on the closing date for applications.
4. 4Children of staU employed by the school who have been employed for 2 or more years by the 1st September of the year of e — Children of staU employed by the school who have been employed for 2 or more years by the 1st September of the year of entry.
5. 5Children not resident within a school’s local catchment zone but attending a school designated as a partner school for a — Children not resident within a school’s local catchment zone but attending a school designated as a partner school for admissions purposes, as out-of-zone pupils. Barnston Primary School Bishop Wilson CE Aided Primary School Brookhurst Primary School Childer Thornton Primary School Gayton Primary School Heswall Primary School Little Sutton Church of England Primary School Neston Primary School Parkgate Primary School Poulton Lancelyn Primary School Raeburn Primary School St Peter’s Church of England Primary School Sutton Green Primary School Thornton Hough Primary School Willaston CE Primary School Woodfall Primary School
6. 6Pupils living nearest to the school – distances are measured using Ordnance survey mapping in conjunction with Local Lan — Pupils living nearest to the school – distances are measured using Ordnance survey mapping in conjunction with Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) to identify each property and each school. A straight-line measurement in miles is taken from the place of residence to the preferred school to calculate the distance.

Oversubscription criteria as printed for this school in Section 3 (admission arrangements) of Cheshire West and Chester Council's "Applying for a Secondary School place" booklet for September 2027.

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.