Cockermouth 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. 1Looked after children and previously looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children, including those previously looked after outside of England, will be admitted as top priority. A looked after child is a child who is a) in the care of the Local Authority, or b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services function1 at the time of making an application to the school. Previous looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order). It is the responsibility of the parent or carer to provide appropriate documentary evidence with the application, as without this it will not be possible to consider the application under criteria 1.
2. 2Children living in the catchment area who have brothers or sisters in the school at the time of admission2.
3. 3Students living outside the catchment area who — Students living outside the catchment area who, at the time of their admission, have brothers or sisters in the school who were allocated a place at that school by the Local Authority either a) in the absence of a place being available in the catchment area school due to oversubscription and the school was identified by the Local Authority as the next nearest with a place available, or b) the school is named in the sibling’s Education Health and Care Plan2.
4. 4Other students living in the catchment area.
5. 5Students living outside the catchment area who have brothers or sisters on the roll of Cockermouth School and who will s — Students living outside the catchment area who have brothers or sisters on the roll of Cockermouth School and who will still be on the roll, at the time of the sibling’s admission2. 1 See the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989. 2 In criteria 2, 3 and 5, priority will be given to those children with the youngest siblings. Brothers and sisters are those living at the same address and includes step and foster children. Priority will only be given where it is known at the time of allocating places that a sibling will be attending the school at the time of admission. a s p i r e  e n j o y  i n c l u d e  r e s p e c t  c o m m u n i t y | 4 Adm is s ions Po li c y 20 26/2 7
6. 6Children who attend one of the following feeder primary schools whose students usually transfer to Cockermouth School fo — Children who attend one of the following feeder primary schools whose students usually transfer to Cockermouth School for their secondary education; All Saints CE School, Bridekirk Dovenby CE Primary School, Broughton Primary School, Dean CE Primary School, Eaglesfield Paddle CE Primary Academy, Fairfield Primary School, Lorton Primary School or St Bridget’s CE Primary School
7. 7Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which t — Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made, or the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post, for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
8. 8Students living outside the catchment area — Students living outside the catchment area. Where there is a need to prioritise places within any of the above criteria, priority will be given to those students who live nearest to the school3. In the event of a tiebreak under relevant criteria, when all other factors are equal, random allocation will apply. If the last student to be offered a place within Cockermouth School’s PAN is a multiple birth or same cohort sibling (including adopted siblings, step-siblings, and those living as siblings in the same family unit) any further sibling will be admitted, if the parents/carers so wish, even though this may raise the intake number above the school’s PAN. The PAN will remain unchanged so that no other students will be admitted until a place becomes available within the PAN. 4. Late applications for admission Late applications will be considered according to the Local Authority’s Coordinated Admissions Scheme4. 5. Waiting list Once places have been allocated, children refused a place will continue to be considered for any vacancies which become available up until the end of the Autumn Term 2027. Vacancies will always be allocated by applying the oversubscription criteria (section 3) in our Admissions Policy, and length of time on the waiting list will not be a consideration. 6. Applications for places outside the normal admissions round (in- year admissions) It sometimes…

"Cockermouth admissions policy 2027 to 2028", the policy Cumberland Council links from this school's own page in the council school directory (DfE number 4103).

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.