St Hilda's Church of England High 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. 1Education, Health & Care Plan — A place will be offered to any pupil who is in possession of an Education, Health & Care Plan which names St Hilda’s following consultation with the local authority.
2. 2Children in care and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including 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. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order).
3. 3Children of staff at the school — A place will be offered to any child of staff employed at the school for 2 reasons: a) Where the member of staff has been directly employed by 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 and/or there is a clear need to retain staff in that area.
4. 4Christian (up to 150 places) — Subject to the number of places allocated under criteria A, B and C, St Hilda’s admits up to 150 Christian pupils. If places are offered for pupils in criteria A, B and C it will reduce the number of places available in criterion D1. ... Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, a points system will decide which pupils will be offered a place and will take into account variability of church attendance year on year. The period specified for attendance at worship for 2027 admissions is 2024, 2025 and 2026.
5. 5Other world faiths – Muslim (up to 10 places) — There are up to 10 places for Muslim children and worship must be confirmed by the faith leader; parents/carers must forward the 2027 Confirmation of Other World Faiths Worship Form ... Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, confirmed worship on the Confirmation of Other World Faiths Worship Form will decide which pupils will be offered a place.
6. 6Other world faiths (up to 10 places) — There are up to 10 places for other world faiths children and worship must be confirmed by the faith leader; ... Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, confirmed worship on the 2027 Confirmation of Other World Faiths Worship Form will decide which pupils will be offered a place.
7. 7All other applicants — If there are not enough applications for criteria A to D, places will be allocated to all other applicants whose parents express a preference for the school.

If two applications tie: 1. Sibling priority is given to applicants who, on National Offer Day, will have a brother or sister on roll at St Hilda’s. Siblings who are former pupils of the school are excluded. Siblings include full, half, step, legally adopted, or foster brothers and sisters who live at the same address and are part of the same family unit. Then if a further tiebreaker is needed; 2. Random allocation which is supervised by the local authority. A fresh round of random allocation will be used each time a child is to be offered a place from a waiting list.

Criteria A (EHCP) is applied before the oversubscription criteria B–E. Criterion D1 (Christian) uses a detailed points system for church attendance (child and parent/carer) as described. Where multiple births (twins/triplets) apply for remaining places, the school will admit all such children even if it exceeds the admission number. PAN of 170 relates to Year 7; separate Sixth Form external admission number of up to 50 is also stated with its own separate criteria order (Looked after children/previously looked after; meeting course entry criteria; random allocation tie-break).

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.