Tring 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. 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.
2. 2Children of staff — Any staff member employed at Tring School who has been employed for 2 years or more at the time of application, or was recruited to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage in a core subject, and has a child living in the same household for at least 50% of the week, wishing to join the school.
3. 3Medical or social need — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school. A panel of HCC officers will determine whether the evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 3 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child’s needs.
4. 4Local Parishes — Children who live in the civil parishes of Tring, Tring Rural, Aldbury, Wigginton and Little Gaddesden. If there are more children living in these parishes than there are places, then priority will be given to those living in these parishes who live nearest the school.
5. 5Sibling — Children who have a sibling at Tring School at the time of application in years 7 to 11. A sibling means: the sister, brother, half-brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, or child of the parent/carer or partner or a child looked after or previously looked after, and in every case living in the same house from Monday to Friday.
6. 6Church attendance — Up to a maximum of 10 places for children whose applications are supported by evidence that the following criteria have been met: 6a Children who can demonstrate they have regularly worshipped at a Christian church (evidence of attendance at least once each calendar month for a minimum of one year immediately prior to application). 6b If fewer than 10 children qualify under 6a, remaining places allocated to children whose parents/guardians can prove they have regularly worshipped at a Christian church under the same attendance requirement. If more than 10 applications meet 6a or 6b, priority given within each sub-rule to those living nearest the school.
7. 7Distance — Children who live nearest to Tring School. Priority will be given within each criterion to those children whose home address is nearest to the school, using straight line distance measured via a computerised mapping system to two decimal places, from the AddressBase Premium address point of the child's house to the address point of the school.

If two applications tie: If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random. Every child entered into 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 the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.

Document also contains separate Sixth Form (Year 12 external entry) admissions arrangements with PAN of 30 external places and a differently worded oversubscription list (same 6 non-faith rules but without the church attendance rule, ending instead with distance as Rule 6); minimum academic entry requirements (GCSE Best 8 total of 32) also apply for Sixth Form entry. EHCP-named children admitted before oversubscription criteria are applied, per Section 324 Education Act 1996 (not counted as 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.