Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary 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 and previously looked after children — Catholic children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
2. 2Looked after and previously looked after children — Catholic children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted*Notes 1 and 2 that attend a partner primary school
3. 3Looked after and previously looked after children — Catholic children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
4. 4Looked after and previously looked after children — Other Catholic children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
5. 5Sibling link — Catholic children*Note 2 that attend a partner primary school with a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
6. 6Catholic children*Note 2 that attend a partner primary school
7. 7Sibling link — Catholic children*Note 2 that do not attend a partner primary school but who will have a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
8. 8Other Catholic children — Other Catholic*Note 2 children
9. 9Looked after and previously looked after children — Other children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
10. 10Looked after and previously looked after children — Other children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
11. 11Looked after and previously looked after children — Other children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
12. 12Looked after and previously looked after children — Other children who are ‘looked after’ or who were ‘previously looked after’ including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
13. 13Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church — Catechumens, Candidates and members of Eastern Christian Churches*Notes 3, 4 and 5 that attend a partner primary school with a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
14. 14Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church — Catechumens, Candidates and members of Eastern Christian Churches*Notes 3, 4 and 5 that attend a partner primary school
15. 15Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church — Catechumens, Candidates and members of Eastern Christian Churches*Notes 3, 4 and 5 that do not attend a partner primary school but who will have a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
16. 16Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church — Other Catechumens, Candidates and members of Eastern Christian Churches*Notes 3, 4 and 5
17. 17Children of other Christian denominations — Children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion*Note 6 that attend a partner primary school with a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
18. 18Children of other Christian denominations — Children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion* Note 6 that attend a partner primary school.
19. 19Children of other Christian denominations — Children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion
20. 20Children of other Christian denominations — Other children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion
21. 21Children of other faiths — Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader*Note 7 that attend a partner primary school with a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
22. 22Children of other faiths — Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader*Note 7 that attend a partner primary school
23. 23Children of other faiths — Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader*Note 7 that do not attend a partner primary school but who will have a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
24. 24Children of other faiths — Other children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader*Note 7
25. 25Sibling link — Children that attend a partner primary school with a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
26. 26Children that attend that attend a partner primary school
27. 27Sibling link — Children that do not attend a partner primary school but who will have a sibling*Note 8 on roll in years 7-11 at the proposed time of admission
28. 28Any other children

If two applications tie: In the event of oversubscription within any criterion allocation of places will be decided on distance measurements supplied by the Local Authority. Priority will be given to children who live nearest to the school. (See below) Derbyshire Distance will be measured using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to measure the straight- line distance. It is measured by a standard straight-line distance calculated to within two metres. This measurement is taken from the postal address file, normally the house front door. For schools the grid reference is taken from the postal address file and will normally be the centre of the school for primary phase schools. Derby City Distance is measured from home to school by straight line using national Ordnance Survey Set Points. Staffordshire The local authority uses a geographical information system (GIS) to calculate home to school distances in miles. The measurement is calculated using Ordnance Survey (OS) data from an applicant's home address to the main front gate of the school. The coordinates of an applicant's home address are determined and provided by the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) and OS address point data. In a very few cases, it may not be possible to decide between the applications of those pupils who are the final qualifiers for a place (e.g. children who live at the same address or have the same distance measurement). In this exceptional situation the governors will admit the additional child above the Planned Admission Number.

Read 2026-09-12 from the trust's own website (SRS-CMAT-Secondary-Admissions-Policy-2027-28-determined.pdf), marked determined. The trust is the admission authority for every academy in it and publishes one secondary policy with a schedule of schools, admission numbers and the parishes each serves. CORRECTION 2026-09-13: this row was written on 12 September with the right admission number, notes and source but an empty rule list — every rule came out blank. The rules below were re-read from the same published document. The rules were re-read from the same policy this row already cites, anchored on the document's own "Oversubscription criteria" heading.

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.