Charville Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1A looked after child (as defined in the Children Act 1989) or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order 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 who suffer from a long-term medical or social condition that necessitates their attendance at Charville Academy, rather than an alternative school. Details of that long-term medical or social condition must be supported by a doctor's statement and must be disclosed at the time of application, or subsequently, but before the published date by which applications are to be considered.
3. 3A member of the immediate family with a medical or social condition. Details of that long-term medical or social condition must be supported by a doctor's statement and must be disclosed at the time of application, or subsequently, but before the published date by which applications are to be considered.
4. 4Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer's partner, where the child for whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at the same address as that sibling and who will continue to do so on the date of admission.
5. 5Children of staff, where the member of staff has been employed by Charville Academy for two or more years at the time of application, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6. 6Distance will be measured in a straight line from the point set by Ordnance Survey at the child's home address (including flats) to Charville (the corridor outside the KS1 hall) - Ordnance Survey co-ordinates 509118, 183115. Those living closer to the school will receive the higher priority.

Reproduced verbatim from the London Borough of Hillingdon's "School admissions September 2027" brochure, page 35, where the council prints this school's own summary of admissions criteria. The school is its own admission authority; its full determined arrangements are on the school's website. Council notes printed with the criteria: Transcribed exactly as the council prints it. The brochure states criteria 4 and 6 as definitions (of 'sibling' and of how distance is measured) rather than as sentences naming the children they prioritise. Parents who wish to claim priority on the grounds set out in criteria 2 and 3 must: a. provide details of that long-term medical or social condition and must provide a doctor's statement in support of their application, and b. provide those details and supporting statement at the time of application or subsequently, but before the published date by which applications are to be considered. The governing body will not take into account the medical or social condition of a child or a member of the child's immediate family, if parents do not meet the criteria above before the date by which applications are to be considered.

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.