Katharine Lady Berkeley's 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. 1Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children
2. 2Children whose sibling will be attending the school on the admissions date or have left the school within two — Children whose sibling will be attending the school on the admissions date or have left the school within two years of the admission date.
3. 3Children of members of staff employed by the school in either or both of the following circumstances: • The me — Children of members of staff employed by the school in either or both of the following circumstances: • The member of 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.
4. 4Children living in the parishes detailed under ‘Catchment Area’.
5. 5Applications which do not fall into the above criteria will be selected according to the proximity of the chil — Applications which do not fall into the above criteria will be selected according to the proximity of the child’s home address to the school. Where any particular category at criteria 1-4 is oversubscribed, criterion 5 (strongest geographical claim based on straight line distance) will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. In the event of a tie between two or more children when applying criterion 5 (strongest geographical claim based on straight line distance), where there are not enough places available to offer all such children a place at the school, a process of random allocation will be followed by the Board of Trustees. Transport Pupils for whom Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is the nearest Secondary School may be entitled to transport assistance, particularly if they live more than three miles from the school or if there is no safe walking route. Please visit the Transport to Schools pages on the website for the local authority where you live to check entitlement: Gloucestershire: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/applyforabuspass South Gloucestershire: www.southglos.gov.uk To view the school’s comprehensive admissions policy, please see here: Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School – Determined Admissions Policy 2027 50

Printed by Gloucestershire County Council in its 2027 secondary information and guidance booklet, which reproduces each school's own admissions policy. Check the school's full determined policy for definitions and evidence requirements. The booklet defines this school's catchment area as: The parishes of Wotton-under-Edge, North Nibley, Ozleworth, Kingscote, Alderley, Hillesley and Tresham, Hawkesbury, Kingswood, Wickwar, Charfield, Cromhall, Tortworth, Falfield, Stinchcombe, Alkington, Ham and Stone, Berkeley, Hinton and Hamfallow. The parish boundaries used are those for civil parishes as shown on Ordnance Survey maps.

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.