Wye 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 children 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 at the time of making an application to a school. A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children 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. 2Siblings — A brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. In this context, brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. If siblings from multiple births (twins, triplets etc) apply for a school place and the school would reach its Published Admissions Number (PAN) after admitting one or more, but before admitting all of those siblings the school will offer a place to each of the siblings even if doing so takes the school over its PAN.
3. 3Staff — Priority will be given to children of all staff directly employed on permanent contracts who have either a) been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Health and Special Access Reasons — Medical/Health and Special Access Reasons will be applied in accordance with the school’s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act 2010. Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend Wye School. Equally, this priority will apply to children whose parents’/guardians’ physical or mental health or social need means there is a demonstrable and significant need for their child to attend Wye School. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the school.
5. 5Children who live nearer to Wye School than any other maintained nonselective secondary school or academy — Children will be ranked according to the distance from their home to Wye School with those living closest being ranked highest, measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point.
6. 6Children who live nearer to any other maintained nonselective secondary school or academy than Wye School — Children for whom Wye School is not their nearest nonselective secondary school or academy will be ranked according to the distance from their home to Wye School with those living closest being ranked highest.

If two applications tie: If two or more children are ranked equally on any of the above criteria, random allocation will determine which child or children are offered places. In this case, a child or children’s names will be randomly selected from a total list of tied applicants by someone unconnected with the school.

Document also covers in-year admissions to other year groups using the same oversubscription criteria; no separate ordered list published for those.

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.