Hall Cross 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 or all Previously Looked After Children — Children who are Looked After Children and all previously Looked After Children. A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989)
2. 2Children of Staff — Where a member of staff (both teaching and support staff, excluding voluntary staff) has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. For this category, a ‘child’ of a staff member is: Their natural or adopted child, whether they live with the staff member or elsewhere; and/or Their stepchild or child of their cohabiting partner, who lives and sleeps at the staff members home address for more than 50% of their time from Sunday to Friday during term time.
3. 3Siblings — Children with a sibling who is attending the school. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. Where a place is only available for one child from a multiple birth i.e. twins, each child will be offered a place.
4. 4Catchment Area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area of the preferred school. For applications for the year of entry, a catchment area school will be determined in relation to the address at which the pupil is ordinarily resident on the date set in the relevant co-ordinated admission scheme.
5. 5Link Pyramid School — Children attending a school which is a linked pyramid school and who have, on the closing date for applications, attended that school continuously for more than one calendar year. These are as follows: Atlas Academy, Bessacarr Primary, Hatchell Wood Primary, Hawthorn Primary, Lakeside Primary, Willow Primary
6. 6Trust Schools — Children attending one of Exceed Learning Partnership Trust Schools (Hill Top Academy, Edlington Victoria Academy, Carr Lodge Academy, Sandringham Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Academy, Bentley High Street Primary School, Rosedale Primary School, The Mallard Academy, Willow Primary School) for more than one academic year, and who have, on the closing date for applications, attended one of these schools continuously for more than one year.
7. 7Proximity — Children who live nearest to the requested school measured in a straight line from the mid-point of the pupil’s place of ordinary residence, to the entrance nearest to the reception point of the school building. In the case of split site schools, ‘entrance nearest to the reception point’ will refer to the site the pupil attends for the purpose of morning registration.

If two applications tie: If two or more pupils live equidistant from the school, the distance each pupil lives by road from the preferred school will be measured and the place offered to the pupil who lives nearest by this means. In the event of this being equal (e.g. in the case of flats), places will then be decided by Random Allocation. Measurements will be made using Synergy provided by Servelec Limited or a suitable substitute.

Trust Schools criterion (rank 6) lists 'Willow Primary School' which is also listed as a Link Pyramid School (rank 5) as 'Willow Primary' — as printed in the document.

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.