Sun Hill Junior School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 3), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after children/previously looked after — Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements order, or a special guardianship order; or children who appear to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Exceptional medical/social need — Children or families with an exceptional medical and/or social need. Each application must include supporting evidence from an independent professional such as a doctor and/or consultant for medical needs or a social worker, health visitor, housing officer, the police or probation officer for social needs. This evidence must confirm the child or family's medical or social need and why that need(s) makes it essential that the child attends Sun Hill Junior School rather than any other. Applicants will only be considered under this criterion if on the application form they have ticked the appropriate box explicitly indicating that they wish for their application to be considered under medical / social need and supporting evidence is submitted with the application.
3. 3Children of staff — Children whose parents are either members of staff who have been employed at Sun Hill Junior School for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; or children whose parents are a member of staff at the school recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Catchment area with sibling at Sun Hill Junior or Infant School — Children living within the catchment area of Sun Hill Junior School who at the time of application have a sibling at Sun Hill Junior School or the linked infant school, Sun Hill Infant School, who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling's admission.
5. 5Displaced children outside catchment previously at Sun Hill Infant — Children living outside of the catchment area of Sun Hill Junior School who were allocated a place at Sun Hill Infant School in the normal admission round in a previous year because the child was displaced from the catchment school for their address and they remain living in the catchment area.
6. 6Other catchment children closest to school — Other children living within the catchment area of Sun Hill Junior School who live closest to the school, based on a straight line from the School to the entrance to the property.
7. 7Sibling outside catchment — Children living outside of the catchment area of Sun Hill Junior School who at the time of application have a sibling on the roll of Sun Hill Junior School or Sun Hill Infant School who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling's admission.
8. 8On roll of Sun Hill Infant, outside catchment — Children living outside of the catchment area of Sun Hill Junior School who, at the time of application, are on the roll of Sun Hill Infant School.
9. 9Sibling at Perins School — Children who at the time of application have a sibling on the roll of Perins School who will still be on the roll at the time of admission.
10. 10Other children outside catchment closest to school — Other children living outside of the catchment area of Sun Hill Junior School who live closest to the school, based on a straight line from the school to the entrance to the property.

If two applications tie: Where two or more applicants are equidistant, random allocation will be used to allocate the place. The random allocation procedure published on the Hampshire County Council website will be used.

Distances measured from Ordnance Survey home address point to school address point using Hampshire County Council's GIS; distances to multiple dwellings give priority to ground floor over first floor, etc.

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.