The Coopers' Company and Coborn 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. 14.1 Looked After Children and previously looked after children (exempt from the religion requirement) — Looked After Children3 and all children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after, including those children who appear to the School to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 24.2 Exceptional medical or exceptional social need (religion requirement met) — Children who have an exceptional medical or exceptional social need which is relevant to the School5. Written evidence of this from a suitably qualified professional must be provided at the time of application demonstrating why CCCS is the only suitable option.
3. 34.3 Children of staff (religion requirement met) — Children of staff currently at the school6 whose permanent contract (not time sheet) began two or more years before the application for admission is made.
4. 44.4 Siblings of current or former students (religion requirement met) — Children whose siblings7 are current or former students of the School. The sibling(s) must have been admitted through the normal admissions procedure in Year 6 or through an in-year admission, where the parent/guardian(s) applied directly to the school, in Years 7-11.
5. 54.5 Up to 10 children of former students, by random allocation (religion requirement met) — A maximum of 10 of the remaining places will be offered to children of former students8. If there are more applicants than places available these will be allocated on the basis of random allocation9.
6. 64.6 Remaining places across five groups: 70% proximity, 9% RM14 random, 9% RM11/RM12 random, 3% Tower Hamlets proximity to Bow site, 9% Brentwood random (religion requirement met) — The remaining places will be allocated across five groups as follows: a. 70% of the remaining places will be allocated to children on the basis of proximity to the School10. b. 9% will be allocated from the remaining applications with an RM14 post code only by random allocation9. c. 9% will be allocated from the remaining applications with RM11 and RM12 post codes only by random allocation9. d. 3% will be allocated from Tower Hamlets on the basis of proximity to the historic school in Bow10. e. 9% will be allocated from outside the London Borough of Havering from the School’s historical area of Brentwood Borough Council by random allocation9.
7. 74.7 22 places by aptitude for sport (11) or music (11) — 22 children (10% of admission number) to be selected on the basis of aptitude for sport (11 places) or music (11 places)11. (Supplementary Information Form (SIF) and the relevant Aptitude for Sport and/or Music Application Form must be completed). If there are not enough applicants qualifying to be admitted, or acceptances, on one aptitude then remaining spaces will be filled with the other until the 10% quota is complete. The Sport/Music aptitude testing is independently verified by an external body.
8. 8Unfilled places: applicants not meeting the religion requirement, ranked by 4.2-4.6 — Should any places remain unfilled these will be offered to applicants that do not meet the religion requirement. These applicants will be ranked using the same oversubscription 4.2 - 4.6 above12.

If two applications tie: In the event that two or more applicants apply for a single place at the school and live at addresses located exactly the same distance from the school or live in the same block of flats, the place will be offered on a random basis drawn by an officer of the Local Authority who is not involved in the Admission process.

ADMISSIONS POLICY: ACADEMIC YEAR 2027/2028 (the school's own arrangements, read 1 Oct 2026). Places split: In September 2027, 220 students will be admitted into Year 72. If there are more applicants than places4, then 198 places will be allocated in accordance with oversubscription criteria 4.1 to 4.6 below which are stated in order of priority, and the remaining 22 places will be allocated in accordance with criterion 4.7. | 4.6: 4.6 The remaining places will be allocated across five groups as follows: a. 70% of the remaining places will be allocated to children on the basis of proximity to the School10. b. 9% will be allocated from the remaining applications with an RM14 post code only by random allocation9. c. 9% will be allocated from the remaining applications with RM11 and RM12 post codes only by random allocation9. d. 3% will be allocated from Tower Hamlets on the basis of proximity to the historic school in Bow10. e. 9% will be allocated from outside the London Borough of Havering from the School’s historical area of Brentwood Borough Council by random allocation9. Distance: Footnote 10: 10. For Year 7 applicants all Havering applicants, measurement is by the agreed local authority measuring system to a central point in the School. Measurements for applicants from Tower Hamlets will be based on the straight-line distance between the applicants home address to the entrance of the old school site in College Terrace, Bow. (Where an applicant lives in a flat complex, a central point in the complex is taken). In the event that two or more applicants apply for a single place at the school and live at addresses located exactly the same distance from the school or live in the same block of flats, the place will be offered on a random basis drawn by an officer of the Local Authority who is not involved in the Admission process. For all in-year applications, distance will be measured by a straight line from the home address to a central point in the School.

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.