Fitzharrys 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. 1Looked after / previously looked after children — Children who are 'looked after' (LAC) by a Local Authority at the time of application, and all 'previously looked after' children (PLAC), including those who appear to have been in state care outside England (IAPLAC) and ceased to be in state care having been adopted.
2. 2Abingdon Learning Trust primary school and sibling — Children who attend an Abingdon Learning Trust primary school (Rush Common Primary School or St Michael's CE Primary School) and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry.
3. 3Child of staff — Children of a member of staff who works at the school (employed by the Trust for two or more years, or recruited to fill a vacant post with a demonstrable skill shortage, with the school as their principal work location).
4. 4Sibling on roll — Children who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry.
5. 5Abingdon Learning Trust primary school (OX14/OX13) — Children who attend an Abingdon Learning Trust primary school in the OX14 and OX13 area.
6. 6Traditional partner primary school — Children who attend a traditional partner primary school (see list of traditional partner primary schools).
7. 7Living in catchment area — Children who live in the catchment area.
8. 8All other children — All other children who do not live in the catchment area and/or do not have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry.

If two applications tie: In all categories, priority is given first to children eligible for Service Pupil Premium, then to children who live closest to the school by straight-line distance calculated by Oxfordshire County Council. If this produces an identical result for two or more applicants at different addresses who are not children of a multiple birth, the Local Authority uses random allocation.

Children who have an EHC Plan naming the school in Section I must always be admitted; the document explicitly states 'this is not an oversubscription criterion'. An identical 8-item oversubscription list, in the same order, also separately governs in-year transfers to Years 7-11 during the academic year (not just the normal Year 7 entry round). Rush Common Primary School and St Michael's CE Primary School (List 1, Abingdon Learning Trust) are distinct from the 14 'traditional partner primary schools' (List 2); both lists are combined here as feeder_schools.

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.