Cliff Park Ormiston Academy

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 and Previously Looked After Children — Looked after children and Previously Looked After Children including those who appear to the academy to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
2. 2In the relevant transferring age group and living in the catchment area, sibling priority first — Children in the relevant age group which normally transfers from primary to secondary school and is living within the catchment area served by the academy, first priority being given to siblings at the time of application. If applications exceed the numbers in this category, highest priority goes to children living nearest the academy.
3. 3Sibling currently attending, same address — Children where there is already a sibling currently attending the academy, who is living at the same address.
4. 4Children of staff — Children whose parent/carer is a staff member at the academy.
5. 5Outside catchment, attending a primary school within the catchment area — Children of the appropriate age group living outside the designated catchment area, but attending a Primary School within the designated catchment area.

If two applications tie: If there are not enough places to satisfy all applications under any one criterion, priority is given in accordance with proximity to the academy (straight-line 'crow-fly' distance, Ordnance Survey postcode address points; for dwellings sharing a front entrance, the lower floor counted clockwise is regarded as closer). Where two or more applicants live an equal distance and cannot be differentiated, priority is determined by a random allocation process, independently verified by someone independent of the academy and OAT.

Section 2.7 'Feeder schools' lists a general set of local primaries students transition from, but criterion 5 (rank 5 above) itself only says 'attending a Primary School within the designated catchment area' generically, without repeating these names inline - the link between the named list and that ranked criterion is definitional/contextual rather than restated. Criterion 2 (rank 2) combines catchment-area residence with an internal sibling sub-priority in a single numbered item; criterion 3 (rank 3) is a separate, lower-ranked sibling criterion for a sibling at the same address (not explicitly restricted to in- or out-of-catchment in its own wording) - reproduced exactly as printed. Where a pupil has an EHC plan naming the academy, that pupil is admitted and places reduced accordingly (not itself a numbered criterion). Waiting list maintained until 31 December 2027 following the main intake.

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.