William Howard 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. 1Places will be offered firstly to Looked After Children i.e — Places will be offered firstly to Looked After Children i.e. children who are looked after by a public authority and are in public care, and previously looked after children who were adopted, or subject to a residence order, or special guardianship order, immediately following having been looked after.
2. 2where the child lives in the school’s catchment area — where the child lives in the school’s catchment area, as defined by the catchment area map, and have a brother or sister (sibling) attending the school at the time of application;
3. 3applications from within the school’s catchment area — applications from within the school’s catchment area;
4. 4where a child lives outside the catchment area and has a brother or sister in the school — where a child lives outside the catchment area and has a brother or sister in the school;
5. 5where a child attends a Cumbria Education Trust primary school — where a child attends a Cumbria Education Trust primary school;
6. 6children of staff members working at a Trust school — children of staff members working at a Trust school;
7. 7children from outside the catchment area — children from outside the catchment area. In the event of oversubscription in any category above, priority will be determined by the proximity of the child’s home to William Howard School using the shortest walking distance by road from the main entrance of William Howard School to the main door of the residence, with those living nearest being given priority. 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. (The distance would be determined by using a distance measuring tool – such as AA route planner or Datamap). Apartments/flats will be treated equally with the measurement taken to the main entrance of the block. If after applying the distance tie-breaker there are more applications then places available from the apartment/flat block furthest away, a further tie-breaker of Random Allocation will be used for the applications from this block. This will be overseen by someone independent of the school. The criteria outlined above will be strictly followed there being one exception. If a child holds an Education,

"William Howard admissions policy 2027 to 2028", the policy Cumberland Council links from this school's own page in the council school directory (DfE number 5412).

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.