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2.867miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Reception). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.
Last distance offered at Epping Primary School, year by year →
When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: In the event of oversubscription within any of the above criteria, priority will be determined by straight line distance from home to school, those living closest being given the highest priority. In the unlikely event of two applicants with an identical distance competing for a single place at a school the place will be offered to one applicant on the basis of lots drawn by an officer of the County Council not involved in admissions, with the exception of twins, triplets etc.
Local-authority coordinated default oversubscription criteria for Essex County Council's community and voluntary-controlled schools (the council is the admission authority). Some community/voluntary-controlled schools in this authority apply catchment-area, feeder-school or priority-area variants — check the individual school for its exact arrangements. Document gives three generic default policies (infant, junior, primary) that share the same 4-step structure but differ in sibling wording (e.g. 'or the named partner junior/infant school'). Extracted the primary school version as representative default; the infant/junior versions differ only by referencing a named partner school for sibling criterion. Many individual schools listed have their own variant oversubscription criteria overriding this default, as explicitly noted ('unless otherwise indicated').
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.
Same phase, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
Ivy Chimneys Primary School
primary · 1.5 km away
Theydon Bois Primary School
primary · 3.1 km away
Longwood Primary Academy
primary · Good · 5.2 km away
Coopersale and Theydon Garnon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
primary · Good · 2.1 km away
Water Lane Primary Academy
primary · Good · 5.7 km away
Milwards Primary School and Nursery
primary · Good · 5.3 km away
See every school within walking distance, ranked by distance and inspection grade.
Separately-registered childcare operating at this school's site, each with its own Ofsted record.
Pupils here are given admissions priority at these schools.
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