Burnside College

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 — Priority 1 - Looked after children in the care of a local authority or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order, 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. See explanatory note 1 below.
2. 2Priority 2 - Up to 10% of the intake who most clearly demonstrate an aptitude for compet… — Priority 2 - Up to 10% of the intake who most clearly demonstrate an aptitude for competitive football. See explanatory note 2 below.
3. 3Children of staff — Priority 3 - Children or step-children of members of staff employed directly by the School, who work at the School on a part or full time basis where either or both of the following circumstances apply; (1) the member of staff has been employed for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the School is made; and / or (2) the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post at the School, for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. See Explanatory Note 3 below.
4. 4Residence in the school's catchment area — Priority 4 - Pupils who live within the catchment area of the school at the time of the application being made. Within this category, pupils within the catchment area and a sibling link (an older brother or sister) who will be attending the school in September 2027 will be given priority. The sibling link does not apply to pupils proposing to return to years 12 and 13 of a school (sixth form). See explanatory note 4 below.
5. 5Sibling link — Priority 5 - Sibling link (an older brother or sister) to include adoptive siblings, half siblings, step siblings and long term fostered children residing at the same address and who are attending the school in September 2027. The sibling link does not apply to pupils proposing to return to years 12 and 13 of a school (sixth form). See explanatory note 5 below.
6. 6Distance from the school — Priority 6 - Shortest distance measured as a straight line from a single fixed central point of the home address (including flats) to the central point of the School using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer and North Tyneside Council’s Geographical Information System (GIS) system. See explanatory note 6 below Tiebreaker – Priority 6 (distance) will be used as a ‘tiebreaker’ within each of the above criterion, if necessary. In the case of flats if there is more than one home address with the same measurement the flat with the lowest number will be offered the place. In all other cases of the same measurement, random allocation will be used. (See explanatory note 7 below). Closing Date In determining admissions, priority will be given to those applications where the parental application is received by the published deadline date 30 October 2026. Applications received after this date will be considered to be late applications (see below).

Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan naming the school are admitted first under the Education Act 1996; the criteria above then decide oversubscription. The distance measurement is also the tie-breaker within each criterion; where two flats measure the same the lower flat number is offered the place, and in all other ties the place is decided by random allocation. North Tyneside Council states that every community and Learning Trust school has a defined geographic catchment area. Transcribed verbatim from the school's own published determined admission policy.

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.