Goffs Academy

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 and Previously Looked After Children — Looked After Children as defined in section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and previously looked after children. This includes a child from outside of England. Children are previously looked after if they were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a special guardianship order or child arrangement order. This includes a child from outside of England. The child's previously Looked After status will be decided in accordance with the definition outlined in The Children and Social Work Act 2017. Children previously looked after abroad and subsequently adopted will be prioritised under Rule 1 if the child's previously looked after status and adoption is confirmed by Hertfordshire's "Virtual School".
2. 2Medical or Social Need — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school
3. 3Sibling at School — Children who will have an older brother or sister at the school at the time of admission
4. 4Children of Staff — Children of Staff (both teaching staff and support staff) employed by the school (either on a full or part time basis)
5. 5Foreign Language Aptitude — Children with an aptitude in foreign languages up to a maximum of 10% for the year, as measured by the school's testing procedures
6. 6Feeder Primary Schools — Children attending the named feeder primary schools will be allocated places at the school on a quota basis in the proportions set out below. Pupils from all of the following primaries are ranked according to the shortest straight-line distance and then allocated the remaining places, up to the percentage quota for their respective primary school. Oakview Primary School 5%, Bonneygrove School 14%, Brooklands School 3%, Burleigh School 3%, Cuffley School 10%, Dewhurst St Mary's School 4%, Downfield School 3%, Fairfields School 16%, Flamstead End School 16%, Goffs Oak School 9%, Hurst Drive School 2%, Millbrook School 2%, St Paul's School 4%, Woodside Primary School 9%
7. 7Distance to School — Any remaining places will be allocated to children living closest to the school, using HCC's computerised mapping system

If two applications tie: In the event of a 'tie break' random allocation will be used. Random allocations will be administered by HCC on behalf of the Trustees of the school. Every child entered onto the HCC admissions database has an individual random number assigned between 1 and 1 million, against each preference school. When there is a need for a final tiebreak the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority. In the event of over-subscription within any of the criteria 1-6, a tiebreak of the applicant living closest to the school will be used, using a straight-line distance measurement from each applicant's home to the school. If two children live the same distance from the school random allocation will be used as a tie break and this random allocation process will be independently supervised.

Children with an EHCP naming Goffs Academy will be admitted before oversubscription criteria are applied. Students must be on roll at feeder school at 31/10 in year of application. Language aptitude test is optional and held in Autumn Term prior to application; up to 10% of places available via this criterion unless insufficient applicants. Fair Access Protocol children admitted above PAN. Continued Interest list re-ordered according to criteria as new applicants added.

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.