The Whitehaven Academy

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 — Looked After Children (i.e. children who are looked after by a public authority and are in public care), and all previously looked after children who were adopted, or subject to a residence order, or special guardianship order, immediately following having been looked after (confirmation regarding a young person’s status must be provided from the local authority), or children who were previously looked after from outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Children with an Education Health Care Plan — Children with an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) naming the academy will also be admitted.
3. 3Children living in the catchment area of the Academy — Children living in the catchment area of the Academy. If more children from within the catchment area apply than there are places available, places will be allocated in the following order: i. where the child lives in the academy’s catchment area, as defined by the catchment area map, and have a brother or sister (sibling) attending the academy at the time of application; ii. where a child lives in the academy’s catchment area and attends a CET primary school iii. children who live nearest to the Academy, within the catchment area, measured by the shortest walking route by road using the Local Authority’s Geographical Information System, from the main entrance of the Academy to the centre of the child’s home address. The child’s home address is defined as the child’s permanent residence. In situations where a child spends equal time between two addresses, the permanent address is defined as the address at which the child is registered with a GP. Apartments/flats will be treated equally with the measurement taken to the main entrance of the block.
4. 4where a child lives outside the catchment area — where a child lives outside the catchment area, places will be allocated in the following order: i. where a child lives outside the catchment area and has a brother or sister attending the academy; ii. where a child lives outside the academy’s catchment area and attends a CET primary school iii. where a child lives outside the academy’s catchment area and they are the child of any staff member working at a CET school; iv. children from outside the catchment area who live nearest to the Academy measured by the shortest walking route by road using the Local Authority’s Geographical Information System, from the main entrance of the Academy to the centre of the child’s home address. The child’s home address is defined as the child’s permanent residence. In situations where a child spends equal time between two addresses, the permanent address is defined as the address at which the child is

"Whitehaven Academy", the policy Cumberland Council links from this school's own page in the council school directory (DfE number 4015).

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.