Christ The King College

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. 1Category A (Catholic), Criterion 1: LA care — Child who is in or has previously been in local authority care - letter of confirmation from the Local Authority and a copy of the Baptismal certificate of the child (or letter from Parish priest confirming child is a catechumen).
2. 2Category A (Catholic), Criterion 2: Baptised Catholic child — Baptised Catholic child - evidenced by a certificate of baptism from a Catholic church, or a certificate of reception into full communion with the Catholic Church.
3. 3Category A (Catholic), Criterion 3(i): Catholic-primary attendee, Catholic parent — Children attending a Catholic primary school: child of at least one baptised Catholic parent (copy of parent's baptismal certificate).
4. 4Category A (Catholic), Criterion 3(ii): Catholic-primary attendee, sibling on roll — Children attending a Catholic primary school: sibling(s) of child on the College roll at the time of entry.
5. 5Category A (Catholic), Criterion 3(iii): Catholic-primary attendee, child of staff — Children attending a Catholic primary school: child of a member of staff who has worked continuously at the College for at least two years at the time of application.
6. 6Category A (Catholic), Criterion 3(iv): Catholic-primary attendee, other Christian/faith — Children attending a Catholic primary school: child of other Christian denomination or other faith tradition (defined as: children who belong to other churches and ecclesial communities which, acknowledging God's revelation in Christ, confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures, and commit themselves to seek a deepening of communion with Christ and the Church and to proclaim the Gospel; includes all members of Churches Together in England and of CYTUN.)
7. 7Category A (Catholic), Criterion 3(v): Catholic-primary attendee, other — Children attending a Catholic primary school: child who does not fall into 3(i), 3(ii) or 3(iii).
8. 8Category A (Catholic), Criterion 4(i): other-primary attendee, Catholic parent — Children attending other primary schools: child of at least one baptised Catholic parent (copy of parent's baptismal certificate).
9. 9Category A (Catholic), Criterion 4(ii): other-primary attendee, sibling on roll — Children attending other primary schools: sibling(s) of child on the College roll at the time of entry.
10. 10Category A (Catholic), Criterion 4(iii): other-primary attendee, child of staff — Children attending other primary schools: child of a member of staff who has worked continuously at the College for at least two years at the time of application.
11. 11Category A (Catholic), Criterion 4(iv): other-primary attendee, other Christian/faith — Children attending other primary schools: child of other Christian denomination or other faith tradition (defined as: children who belong to other churches and ecclesial communities which, acknowledging God's revelation in Christ, confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures, and commit themselves to seek a deepening of communion with Christ and the Church and to proclaim the Gospel; includes all members of Churches Together in England and of CYTUN.)
12. 12Category A (Catholic), Criterion 4(v): other-primary attendee, other — Children attending other primary schools: child who does not fall into 4(i), 4(ii) or 4(iii).
13. 13Category A (Catholic), Criterion 5: other — Child who does not fall into the above Category A criteria.
14. 14Category B (Church of England), Criterion 1: LA care — Child who is in or has previously been in local authority care - letter of confirmation from the Local Authority plus a supplementary-information-form statement/letter evidencing Christian tradition membership (signed by Vicar, Church Warden or Rural Dean, or equivalent).
15. 15Category B (Church of England), Criterion 2(i): At the Heart of the Church — Children of Church of England worshipping families (not school-organised services), attending for a period of one year up to 31 October 2026: child attending a Church of England church weekly or more, initialled and signed by the Vicar on the supplementary information form.
16. 16Category B (Church of England), Criterion 2(ii): Attached to the Church — Children of Church of England worshipping families: child attending a Church of England church at least once a month, initialled and signed by the Vicar on the supplementary information form.
17. 17Category B (Church of England), Criterion 3: sibling on roll — Sibling(s) of child on the College roll at the time of entry.
18. 18Category B (Church of England), Criterion 4: child of staff — Child of a member of staff who has worked continuously at the College for at least two years at the time of application.
19. 19Category B (Church of England), Criterion 5: Known to the Church — Children of Church of England worshipping families: child attending a Church of England church for at least special services and family occasions, initialled and signed by the Vicar on the supplementary information form.
20. 20Category B (Church of England), Criterion 6: other Christian/faith — Child of other Christian denomination or other faith tradition (defined as: children who belong to other churches and ecclesial communities which, acknowledging God's revelation in Christ, confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures, and commit themselves to seek a deepening of communion with Christ and the Church and to proclaim the Gospel; includes all members of Churches Together in England and of CYTUN.)
21. 21Category B (Church of England), Criterion 7: other — Child who does not fall into the above Category B criteria.
22. 22Category C (no faith tradition), Criterion 1: LA care — Child who is in or has previously been in local authority care - letter of confirmation from the Local Authority and the signed declaration on page 4 of the Supplementary Information Form.
23. 23Category C (no faith tradition), Criterion 2: sibling on roll — Child of no Christian denomination or other faith tradition, with sibling(s) of child on the College roll at the time of entry.
24. 24Category C (no faith tradition), Criterion 3: child of staff — Child of no Christian denomination or other faith tradition, who is the child of a member of staff who has worked continuously at the College for at least two years at the time of application.
25. 25Category C (no faith tradition), Criterion 4: other — Child of no Christian denomination or other faith tradition - signed declaration on page 4 of the Supplementary Information Form.

If two applications tie: In the case of a tie, or of oversubscription within a criterion, in categories A, B or C, places are offered on the basis of a fair, transparent random selection within that criterion (per the Admissions Code of Practice 2014 paragraph 2.23) - not a distance measurement. The document separately notes that, in the case of oversubscription, children of staff (employed at the College for two or more years, or recruited to fill a demonstrable skill shortage) may be given priority.

Children with an EHCP naming the College must be admitted; this is stated to NOT be an oversubscription criterion, but such places count towards the PAN of whichever category (A, B, or otherwise C) the child can be identified with. Looked after/previously looked after status is separately described as "not an over-subscription criterion and... the first and highest criteria for admission", even though it is also explicitly numbered "Criterion 1" within each of categories A, B and C (both framings are given verbatim in the source and are transcribed above as printed, i.e. included as rank 1 of each category). Disability: applications from a child with a disability are considered alongside all other applicants under the criteria above (non-discrimination statement, no separate criterion). Sixth Form (Year 12): the document states only a general process (internal Year 11 students and external candidates both considered, subject to course place availability, published academic entry requirements per the Sixth Form prospectus, and a suitability consultation) - no ordered oversubscription criteria list or PAN for Year 12 is printed, so no separate Year 12 entry is given here. Waiting lists comprise three parallel lists (A, B, C); a vacancy in A goes to the top of the A waiting list (falling back to B if A's list is empty, and vice versa); a vacancy in C only goes to the C list.

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.