Richard Rose Central Academy

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. 1Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subj — Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order, including children who appear (to the trust) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. See note A.
2. 2Children who have a serious medical or social need — Children who have a serious medical or social need, or physical or psychological condition which makes it essential that they attend the Academy rather than any other school. See note B.
3. 3Children of staff — Children of staff: a. Where the member of staff has been employed at the Academy for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made; or b. The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Children whose home address is within the catchment area of the Academy as defined by the Local Authority catchment map — Children whose home address is within the catchment area of the Academy as defined by the Local Authority catchment map shown on the admissions section of our website. If more children from within the catchment area apply than there are places available, places will be allocated in the following order: a. Children who at the time of application have a brother or sister (including adopted siblings, step- siblings and those living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the Academy and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission. See notes C -F. 1 Please also refer to the Notes section 3 | P age b. Children living in the catchment area of the Academy as defined by the Local Authority catchment map. If there are more children in this category than there are remaining places available, places will be allocated by distance (shortest safe walking route – see notes C, D and F).
5. 5Children living outside the catchment who at the time have a brother or sister — Children living outside the catchment who at the time have a brother or sister (including adopted siblings, step-siblings and those living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the Academy and who will still be on the roll at the time of the sibling’s admission, based on the criterion of those who live closest to the Academy. See notes D and E.
6. 6Other children from outside the catchment area whose parent/carer wants a place for them — Other children from outside the catchment area whose parent/carer wants a place for them. Places will be offered to those meeting the criterion who live closest to the Academy measured by the shortest safe walking route by road. Notes C, D and F. 5. Tie-break If in categories 4-6 above a tie-break is necessary to determine which child is admitted, the child living closest to the school will be given priority for admission. We use the distance between the child’s permanent home address and the school, measured by the safest walking route (note D). If there are insufficient places to accommodate all applicants and after using all oversubscription criteria, applicants for the final place(s) cannot be split, the remaining place(s), will be allocated using a random allocation process (carried out by the Example Authority on the Trust’s behalf) if the distance between a child’s home and the academy is equidistant in any two or more cases. Random allocation will not be applied to multiple birth siblings (twins and triplets etc.) from the same family tied for the final place. When considering twins, triplets or other multiple births places, where the final place available was offered to a twin, triplet or multiple birth, a place will be offered above the published admission number to the other twin, triplet or multiple birth children whose twin, triplet or multiple birth was offered a…

"Central Academy admissions policy 2026 to 2027", the policy Cumberland Council links from this school's own page in the council school directory (DfE number 6906).

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.