Gretton Primary 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 children and all previously looked after children
2. 2Children who live in the villages of Gretton and Harringworth with a sibling link (see below).
3. 3Children who live in Gretton or Harringworth.
4. 4Children with a sibling link (see note below).
5. 5Children of staff where that 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, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage in the area.
6. 6Other children.

If two applications tie: If the admission number is exceeded within any criterion, priority will be given to those closest to

Places will be allocated to children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) that names the school as appropriate provision. Children of staff To qualify under this criterion, the staff member must be a ‘direct employee’ for the Academy in which they are working. This includes any member of staff (teaching or non-teaching) with two years continuous employment with the school or seasonal employment totalling two years. Staff contracted in to provide services to the school do not count as ‘direct employees’. For the purposes of this criterion, ‘children of staff’ is taken to include a son, daughter or step-son/daughter, or child who is adopted or fostered or for whom a special guardianship order is in place, in all cases providing they are living at the same address as the parent who is employed by the school. Parents/carers will be required to submit evidence to show that they are eligible under this criterion. This will also include evidence to support living arrangements. Sibling link A sibling link will arise where one of the conditions in each of A and B are satisfied. Condition A: • A brother or sister living at the same address, who shares the same parents • A half-brother or half-sister living at the same address, where two children share one common parent • A step brother or step sister living at the same address, where two children are related by a parent’s marriage • Adopted or fostered children living in the same household Condition B: • For the sibling link to apply, one of the siblings must be a registered pupil at the named Academy at the time of application and is expected to remain on roll at the point of admission. Additional Sibling Link Information Although the definition of “Sibling” does not specify whether the Sibling should be younger or older, it should be noted that for admissions to the primary or secondary phases of education, the sibling link will only be valid where the older sibling is on roll at the academy at the time of application and is expected to be still on roll at the time of admission. For post 16 applicants only, the sibling link can arise where there is an older or younger sibling at the named Academy at the point of application and expected to be on roll at the point of admission. Twins and Multiple Births A twin or children from a ‘multiple birth’ will be given a sibling link as soon as the first child is allocated a place. This is to avoid the situation where only one sibling of a multiple birth is successful in obtaining a place at the same school. The School will admit a twin (or other sibling from a multiple birth) even if this takes the number of admissions over the PAN, if to do otherwise would mean the twins would be separated.

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.