The Grange Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 3), 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 — Looked after children and previously looked after children, including those who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England, and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order.
2. 2Medical or Social — Children who the Academy Governing Body accepts have an exceptional medical or social need for a place at the school with those living nearer receiving higher priority. Applications under Priority 2 will be considered by the Academy Governing Body who will determine whether the evidence is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this priority. The evidence must relate specifically to the Academy applied for under priority 2 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child's needs.
3. 3Linked School — In the case of junior schools, children who attend the linked infant school at the time of their application with those living nearer receiving higher priority. The linked infant school to the Grange Academy is Northfields Infant and Nursery School.
4. 4Sibling — Children with a brother or sister already attending the school and who will still be attending on the date of admission with those living nearer receiving higher priority.
5. 5Children of Staff — a. the member of staff has been employed at the Academy for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made; and / or b. where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable shortage with those living nearer receiving higher priority.
6. 6All Other Children — Children not falling into any of the above categories will be allocated places in this category by reference to the proximity of the child's home address (as defined by this policy) to the Academy, with those living nearer receiving higher priority.

If two applications tie: Where two applications cannot otherwise be separated because the distance between the child's home address (as defined by this policy) to the Academy is the same, the tie break will be random. 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 tie break, a random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.

Children with an EHCP naming the Academy are admitted first by law and are not included in the numbered oversubscription criteria; the document explicitly states admission of such children is 'after' priority 1-6 wording begins, but this is a statutory requirement not a numbered criterion.

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.