Van Gogh Primary

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 children — children who are in the care of a Local Authority or provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions at the time of making an application to the school; children who were previously looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order); and 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 — applicants with another child from the same family already at the school who is expected to be on roll in September 2027. "Sibling" is defined as a full, half or step brother or sister living at the same home address. It also includes an adopted or fostered child living at the same home address and dependent on the same primary carer. In all cases the sibling must be expected to be on the roll of the school at the time of admission.
3. 3Medical and/or social reasons — applications must be professionally supported. Medical reasons must be supported by written medical evidence. The evidence should come from at least two registered health professionals. An application being made for social reasons must be supported by written evidence from registered professionals such as social workers or other social care professionals. Medical or social applications must set out the particular reasons why Van Gogh Primary is the most suitable school and what difficulties would occur if the child had to go elsewhere. Any such applications will be considered objectively by the Admissions Committee of the school based on the evidence provided. Application under this criterion does not guarantee a priority place and cannot be considered without the appropriate supporting evidence.
4. 4Children of staff — applications for children of staff at the school. The member of staff must be employed by Dunraven Educational Trust for a minimum of 0.6 full-time equivalent (21 hours support staff / 16.5 hours teaching staff) and either have been employed at the school for at least 3 years at the time of submitting the application or have been recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. 5Distance — proximity of the child's home address to the school. It is measured using a straight line from the home address (as identified by the mapping software) to a midpoint between the Hackford and Mostyn sites with those living nearest accorded the highest priority. Distance measurements are calculated using industry standard software widely used throughout the UK by many admission authorities and is based on Ordnance Survey mapping.

If two applications tie: In the event that any applicants fall at the exact same position, the place will be allocated by drawing lots.

Children with an EHCP named in the school's EHCP are admitted as part of the year group's PAN. The same oversubscription criteria apply to nursery admissions, though nursery admission does not guarantee Reception admission.

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.