Frederick Bird 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. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — Children who, at the time of admission, are in the care of a local authority or are provided with accommodation by the authority (looked after children). Also, children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order. 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". A looked-after child is defined in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989.
2. 2Catchment area with a sibling at the school — Children who live in the catchment area served by the school, who have a brother or sister attending the school provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year.
3. 3Catchment area — Other children who live in the catchment area served by the school.
4. 4Sibling at the school (outside the catchment area) — Children living outside the catchment area with a brother or sister who currently attends the school provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year.
5. 5Children of staff — Children of Staff who have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application for the school place; or recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6. 6All other children — All other children.

If the number of applications is less than the published admission number, then all applicants will be offered a place. All applicants with an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school must be admitted before places are allocated using the oversubscription criteria. If there are more requests for a school than there are places available within the school's admission number, places will be allocated in accordance with the following criteria and in the order shown below. If it is not possible to meet all of the requests in any one of the categories described above, the Trust will prioritise the requests based on the distance to the school.

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.