Meadowdale Primary School

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 who are: — (i) in the care of a local authority or (ii) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). Children who were previously “looked after” but either: (i) immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements order or special guardianship order (In such circumstances a letter from the last Local Authority which the child was in the care of will be required). (i) 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. 2Children who live in the catchment area of Meadowdale Primary School. The child’s place of residence is taken to be the parental home. Living in the c atchment area does not guarantee a place at the catchment school.
3. 3Children who will have an older sibling attending Meadowdale Primary School at the same time. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as including natural brother or sister, half-brother or sisters, and legally adopted child being regarded as a brother o r sister.
4. 4Children who have a serious medical condition or exceptional social or domestic needs that make it essential they attend Meadowdale Primary School. Supporting documentation from the Lead Professional must be supplied and must be submitted with the application. The following list are the areas that are considered exceptional: — • Children in the care of a LA • Children subject to Child Protection Plans • Parents suffering domestic violence (subject to documentary evidence by a lead professional) • A child for whom transfer to the catchment area school would involve attending a different school until (s)he is the right age for transfer (dependent on the child having attended the present school for at least a year) Each case will be assessed on its individual merits by the Local Governing Body, who will make a recommendation to the Trust Admission Committee.
5. 5Children living nearest to the school. This distance is measured from the centre point of the property to the s chool’s main designated front gate, using a computerised mapping system. Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in category (e) above to decide who has highest priority for admission if the distance between two children’s homes and Meadowdale Primary School is the same. In such cases lots will be drawn supervised by an independent officer.

Fetched from the school's own website (robots.txt checked on that origin first). Document as linked: "Learn-AT Admissions Policy 2026/27 - Part 2 - Meadowdale Primary 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.