Welholme Academy

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 and previously looked 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. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989).
2. 2Siblings — Priority will next be given to children with siblings at the school (in Reception to Year 6) at the point of admission. 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 at the time of admission.
3. 3Early Years Pupil Premium in academy 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. Admission authorities may give priority in their oversubscription criteria to children eligible for the early years pupil premium, the pupil premium, or the service premium who: a) are in a nursery class which is part of the school; or b) attend a nursery that is established and run by the school. The nursery must be named in the admission arrangements and its selection must be transparent and made on reasonable grounds.
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. NB; criterion 5 is not applicable in full to Lincolnshire or Tameside academies because they do not have catchment areas.
6. 6Distance — For all North East Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, and Stockton On Tees academies distance will be measure by a straight line from the from door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main entrance of the academy, using the local authorities computerised measuring system, with those living closer to the academy receiving the higher priority.

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. Distance will be measured as outlined above in criterion 5. A child’s home address will be considered to be where he/she is resident for the majority of nights in a normal school week. 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.

Trust-wide admission arrangements of The Enquire Learning Trust, the admission authority for this academy (one policy document covers all its academies). Criteria transcribed from section 7.2 of the 2027-2028 policy; wording identical to 2026-2027 except the sibling criterion, which now reads as given.

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.