The Thomas Alleyne 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 / previously looked after children — Children looked after and children who were previously looked after, 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 subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order).
2. 2Particular medical or social need — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school, assessed by an HCC Panel acting on behalf of the Trust; evidence must clearly demonstrate why the school is the only one that can meet the child's needs.
3. 3Sibling — Children who have a sibling at the school at the time of application, unless the sibling is in the last year of the normal age-range of the school.
4. 4Children of staff — A child of a member of staff who has been employed by Hart Schools Trust at the Thomas Alleyne Academy for two or more years at the time of application, and/or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Applies to full-time and part-time, teaching and non-teaching staff on permanent contracts.
5. 5Priority area – nearest non-faith, co-educational, non-partially selective school — Children who live in the priority area for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire maintained school or academy that is non-faith, co-educational and non-partially selective.
6. 6Stevenage priority area – nearest — Children who live in the Stevenage priority area who live nearest to the school.
7. 7Distance outside priority area — Children living outside the priority area on the basis of distance, with those living nearest to the school given priority.

If two applications tie: Where there is a need for a tie-break where two different addresses measure the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random allocation, undertaken independently of the school by Hertfordshire County Council using an individual random number assigned between 1 and 1 million against each preference school; the lowest number is given priority.

Document also contains a separate Determined Sixth Form Admissions Policy 2027/28 for entry to Year 12 (external applicants), with PAN 20, entry requirement of grade 5+ in English and Maths (plus subject-specific criteria), and its own oversubscription rules: Rule 1 – looked after/previously looked after children (as above); Rule 2 – students in Priority Area 5, with a distance-based tie-break (measured to a point of distance on the school site agreed by Governors) and random allocation for equal distances. Priority Area 5 is defined as Stevenage and surrounding parishes (Aston, Benington, Datchworth, Graveley, Great Ashby, Knebworth, Langley, Wymondley, Stevenage, Walkern), applying to schools Barclay, Barnwell, Marriotts, Nobel, Thomas Alleyne. Multiple births are admitted above PAN in both phases. Fair Access Protocol children are admitted above the Continuing Interest list and above PAN if necessary.

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.