All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2025-26 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1A ‘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 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)‘Looked after Children’ including previously ‘Looked after Children’. If applying under this criteria, parents will need to provide copies of orders and certificates in support of the application or evidence that demonstrates the child was in state care outside of England prior to being adopted.
2. 2Children who have siblings**** already attending the school at the timeof admission and who live at the same address.
3. 3Other children living within the pre-defined community area** (See appendix 1)
4. 4Children whose parents are regular worshippers in a church community. We would define regular as at least once a month for a calendar year. This must be supplemented by a SIF (Supplementary Information Form – see appendix 2). In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these arrangements in relation to attendance will only apply to the period when the church or alternative premises have been available for public worship.
5. 5Any other children not covered by any of the above categories Parents must state under which category they are applying Tiebreaker – Distance Where the published admission number (PAN) is reached part way through any category, a straight-line measurement between home and the school will be calculated for every child satisfying the category. The distance will be measured using East Sussex County Council definition and systems, including the Geographical Information System (GIS). In the event that applicants cannot be prioritised using the tiebreaker above because the distance measurements are the same, a random allocation will be used to decide which children will be offered the remaining places. The home address is where a child normally lives. Where a child lives with parents with shared parental responsibility, each for part of a week, the address where the child lives is determined using a joint declaration from the parents stating the pattern of residence. If a child’s residence is split equally between both parents, then parents will be asked to determine which residential address should be used for the purpose of admission to school. If no joint declaration is received, where the residence is split equally, by the closing date for applications, the home address will be taken as the address where the child is registered with the doctor. Parents are urged to reach agreement on the home address, but where they do not, the admissions authority will determine the home address. If the residence is not split equally between both parents, then the address used will be the address where the child spends the majority of the school week. *An adoption order is an order under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002. A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the

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.