Hockerill Anglo-European College

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 and previously looked after children — Children who are looked after by a Local Authority in England and Wales under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and all previously looked after children, including those who appear to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be so as a result of adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order.
2. 2Siblings (day) — Children who have a sibling as a day student at the College at the time of application, unless the sibling is in the last year of the school's normal age range (Year 13) or has already indicated they will not be attending at the date of admission.
3. 3Aptitude for languages/music — Children successful in gaining one of the places (up to 10% of total intake) allocated for greatest aptitude for modern foreign languages and/or music, in a ratio of 7 (Languages):3 (Music):2 (Combined). Tie-break for equal test scores: distance to College (Herts CC computerised mapping system).
4. 4Children of staff — Children of staff directly employed by the school where the staff member has been employed for two or more years at time of application, and/or is employed to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; child must have lived at the same address as the employed parent for at least one year at time of application.
5. 5Feeder schools / distance — Any further places allocated: up to 33% to pupils attending All Saints; St Joseph's; Summercroft; Thorn Grove; Windhill 21 — up to 33% to pupils attending Hillmead; Manor Fields; Richard Whittington; Northgate; St Michael's; Thorley Hill — up to 33% to pupils attending other schools. Within any oversubscribed criterion, priority given to children living nearest to the College (Herts CC computerised mapping system).

If two applications tie: For day places, in the event of a tie, priority is given to children living the closest distance to the College using Hertfordshire County Council's computerised mapping system; if distances are identical, the tie break is random and independently verified. For boarding places, ties are resolved by random ballot.

PAN comprises 68 day places and 52 boarding places (total 120) for Year 7 entry. A separate ordered oversubscription criteria list applies to Boarding applicants (suitability for boarding assessed first): 1) Looked after/previously looked after children; 2) Children of UK Armed Forces qualifying for MOD boarding assistance; 3) Significant degree of boarding need (assessed by Governors' Admissions Panel); 4) Siblings as boarding students; 5) Random allocation if places remain. The College also publishes separate Sixth Form (Year 12) admissions arrangements with a PAN of 60 external students, minimum academic entry requirements (44 points across best 8 GCSEs, Grade 4+ English and Maths), and its own oversubscription criteria for Sixth Form day (1. Looked after/previously looked after; 2. Siblings; 3. Children of staff) and Sixth Form boarding (1. Looked after/previously looked after; 2. Armed Forces children; 3. Boarding need; 4. Siblings; then random allocation). EHCP-named children are admitted before oversubscription criteria are applied, in line with statutory requirements.

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.