St John Henry Newman Catholic 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. 1Baptised Catholic looked after / previously looked after — Baptised Catholic children (see note 2 below) who are looked after or previously looked after. (see note 3 below).
2. 2Baptised Catholic children of staff — Baptised Catholic children (see Note 2 below) of a member of staff working for Cardinal Newman Catholic School (see Note 7 below).
3. 3Baptised Catholic children at a Catholic feeder school — Baptised Catholic children who currently attend one of our Catholic Feeder Schools.
4. 4Baptised Catholic siblings — Baptised Catholic children who are siblings of children in attendance at Cardinal Newman Catholic School at the time of admission.
5. 5Other baptised Catholic children — Other Baptised Catholic children.
6. 6Non-Catholic looked after / previously looked after — Non-Catholic children who are looked after or previously looked after (see note 3 below).
7. 7Non-Catholic children of staff — Non-Catholic children (see Note 2 below) of a member of staff working for Cardinal Newman Catholic School (see Note 7 below).
8. 8Non-Catholic feeder-school children with a sibling — Non-Catholic children who currently attend one of our Catholic Feeder Schools, who are siblings of children in attendance at Cardinal Newman Catholic School at the time of admission.
9. 9Non-Catholic siblings — Non-Catholic children who are siblings of children already in attendance at Cardinal Newman Catholic School at the time of admission.
10. 10Non-Catholic children at a Catholic feeder school — Non-Catholic children who currently attend one of our Catholic Feeder Schools.
11. 11Other non-Catholic children — Other non-Catholic children.

The Local Governing Body acts for the Board of Directors who is the admissions authority and has responsibility for admissions to this school. The Local Governing Body has set its Published Admission Number ("PAN") at 250 pupils to be admitted to Year 7 in the school year which begins in September 2027. Where there are more applications for places than the number of places available, places will be offered according to the following order of priority. If there is oversubscription within a category, the Local Governing Body will give priority firstly to children who will have a brother or sister (see Note 4 below) attending Cardinal Newman Catholic School at the time of admission and then secondly to children living closest to the school determined by the shortest distance (see Note 6 below). For the purposes of this policy, parish boundaries are as shown on the Archdiocese of Birmingham parish boundary map which can be accessed at https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/boundary-map and will be applied to the admission arrangements for the academic year 2027/2028. Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school must be admitted.

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.