Guru Nanak Sikh 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. 1Looked after and previously looked after children. a. 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or b. being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is a child who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangement or special guardianship order, as well as a child who appears to the admission Committee (on behalf of the Trust) to have been in state care outside of England (i.e. in the care of or accommodated by a public authority, religious organisation or any other provider whose sole/main purpose is to benefit society) but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Children in Year 6 at Nanaksar Primary School (Year 7 applicants only). Children in Year 6 at Nanaksar Primary School at the date of application for admission to Year 7 will be allocated places in this category. To be included in this category, parents must clearly state that their child currently attends Nanaksar Primary School in the application form. Failure to do so may result in this category not being identified, and the application being placed in a lower category. For the avoidance of doubt, the parents of children in Year 6 at Guru Nanak Sikh Academy do not need to apply for admission because they are already on the roll and will simply transfer to Year 7 at the end of Year 6.
3. 3Children of staff at Guru Nanak Sikh Academy. Children with parents who are employed by the Trust, work for more than 50% of their time at Guru Nanak Sikh Academy and meet either of the following conditions will be allocated places in this category: a. They have been employed on a permanent contract for a period of at least two years at the date of application; and/or b. They were recruited to a vacant post for which there was a demonstrable skills shortage. For the avoidance of doubt, children of staff employed by the Trust who spend more than 50% of their time at any other school in the Trust will not meet this definition. Priority for children of staff can only be given at one school in the Trust where staff are based at more than one school.
4. 4Children with a sibling at Guru Nanak Sikh Academy. Children with a sibling in Reception Year to Year 13 at the date of application will be allocated places in this category. For the avoidance of doubt, this will include siblings who were on the roll at the date of application but have left before the applicant child is admitted. It will also include siblings who were admitted to Years 12 or 13 as external candidates.
5. 5All other children. Places will be allocated in this category as follows: a. Up to 80% of remaining places to children of the Sikh faith; b. Up to 20% of remaining places to children of other faith/No Faith. To be included in this category, parents must complete a Supplementary Information Form and submit it to the school (not the Local Authority).

Reproduced verbatim from the London Borough of Hillingdon's "School admissions September 2027" brochure, page 40, where the council prints this school's own summary of admissions criteria (Part of The Nanaksar Trust). The school is its own admission authority; its full determined arrangements are on the school's website. Council notes printed with the criteria: The brochure prints The Nanaksar Trust's combined list, which covers both this school and Year 7 entry at Guru Nanak Sikh Academy; criterion 2 carries the trust's own qualifier that it applies to Year 7 applicants only. The school requires a Supplementary Information Form in category 5 to signify the faith group, obtainable from and returnable to the school.

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.