The County High School, Leftwich

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children in Local Authority Care — Children in Local Authority Care – as defined in section 22 of the Children Act 1989. Change of status from that of Child in Local Authority Care or have been in state care outside of England as a consequence of adoption, residence order or special guardianship order will not impair an application on behalf of that child.
2. 2Siblings — Students with elder brothers or sisters, step-brothers or step-sisters, half-brothers or half-sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters or other children living together at the same address, already attending the preferred school (with the exception of Year 11) and expected to continue at the school in the following school year (i.e. at the time of admission). The address used for admission purposes will be that at which the child wakes up on a majority of school days (Monday to Friday).
3. 3Catchment zone residents — Children resident within the designated catchment zone. The catchment zone is the area determined by the boundary lines designated historically. Children will be classed within this category if they and their parents/carers are resident within the area served by the school on the close date for applications.
4. 4Out-of-zone feeder/partner school pupils — Children who are not resident within the designated catchment zone but attend a school designated as a partner/feeder school as out-of-zone students. Designated partner schools: Antrobus St. Mark's Primary, Witton Church Walk Primary, Comberbach Primary, Charles Darwin Primary, Davenham Primary, Gt. Budworth Primary, Kingsmead Primary, Leftwich Primary, Moulton Primary. All schools will be treated equally.
5. 5Medical or social reasons — Children for whom there are particular medical or social reasons which, in the Governors' view, justify admission to The County High School, Leftwich. Supporting evidence from a registered professional, such as a medical practitioner, psychologist or social worker, must be provided which sets out the particular reasons why The County High School, Leftwich is the most suitable school and the difficulties that would be caused if the child has to attend another school. A panel of Governors will consider the information presented and will determine whether the evidence is sufficiently compelling to apply this criterion to the application. The Governors, if it is considered appropriate, will seek the views of the Doctor or Educational Psychologist in the event of parents requesting admission on medical or psychological grounds. This criterion cannot be considered if the required documents have not been received. Few applications fall within this category.
6. 6Children of staff employed by the Sir John Brunner Foundation — Children of parents who have been employed by the Sir John Brunner Foundation for 2 years or longer at the closing date for applications, whose principal place of work is The County High School, Leftwich (as per contract of employment). A parent is any person who has parental responsibility or care for a child and lives in the same family unit at the same address for the majority of the school week. Staff should complete a Supplementary Information Form and submit this to the Admissions Officer at school at the time of application.
7. 7Distance — All other students based on distance criteria whereby preference will be given to students living nearest the school. Students living nearest to the school is 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. Proof of address and residency may be required and the Governors retain the right to withdraw any place offered on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application.

If two applications tie: Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in criteria '7' to decide who has the highest priority for admission if the distance between two children's homes and the school is the same. This process will be independently verified.

Within each criterion, all applicants are put into distance order with priority given to those living nearest the school (note 2.8.2). The document does not state a published admission number.

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.