Buckingham Primary Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after children — A 'looked after child' 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 admissions 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 — Priority will next be given to children with siblings at the school. Siblings include step siblings, foster siblings and adopted siblings living at the same address. Priority will not be given to children with siblings who are former pupils of the school.
3. 3Early Years Pupil Premium / nursery — Pupils who are eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium and are in a nursery class which is part of the academy. This is applicable to all academies outlined in 7.1 with the exception of Keelby and Laceby Acres Primary Academies.
4. 4Children of staff — Priority will next be given to children of staff at the academy, in either of the following circumstances: a) The member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. 5Catchment area — Pupils whose main residence is within the catchment area. Parents can view each academy catchment area through their local authority website.
6. 6Distance — For all Hull County Council academies distance will be measured by the shortest available safe route for pedestrians along footpaths, using footpaths alongside roads marked on the current street map of the City. Front entrance of home property (residence) to main entrance of school site is used. The Authority will use Routefinder, a computer mapping system, to make measurements.

If two applications tie: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the school and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. Where the distance between 2 children's homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them. This process will be independently verified.

Buckingham Primary Academy is listed under Hull Council with a published PAN of 30. This is a multi-academy trust (Enquire Learning Trust) policy applying shared oversubscription criteria across many named academies; distance measurement method specified is that used for Hull County Council academies.

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.