Icknield Community 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 — Children who are 'looked after' (LAC) by a Local Authority within the meaning of Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 at the time of their 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. Evidence of previously looked after status and/or adoption will be requested.
2. 2Exceptional medical or social needs — Children who have exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that they attend Icknield Community College rather than any other, fully supported by written evidence from the appropriate professional person involved with the family.
3. 3Children of staff — (a) Where a member of staff has been employed at the school for at least two years; (b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; or (c) where a member of staff works for a school in the wider Acer Trust and has been employed for at least two years or recruited to fill a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Acer Trust school + catchment + sibling — Children who attend one of the schools in the Acer Trust and live in the designated (catchment) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry.
5. 5Designated catchment school + catchment + sibling — Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools and live in the designated (catchment) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry.
6. 6Catchment + sibling — Children who live in the designated (catchment) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry.
7. 7Designated catchment school + catchment area — Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools and live in the designated (catchment) area.
8. 8Catchment area — Children who live in the designated (catchment) area.
9. 9Designated catchment school + sibling, outside catchment — Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry, but live outside the designated (catchment) area.
10. 10Sibling, outside catchment — Children who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry but live outside the designated (catchment) area.
11. 11Designated catchment school only — Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools.
12. 12All other children — All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and do not attend a designated catchment school and 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 categories 4 to 12, priority is given first to children eligible for Service Pupil Premium, then to children living closest to the school by straight-line distance (Oxfordshire County Council calculation from Ordnance Survey seed points, Pythagoras calculation in metres converted to miles to three decimal places). If distance is identical for two or more applicants at different addresses (and not from a multiple birth), random allocation is used by the Local Authority.

Acer Trust Schools (relevant to criterion 4): Botley School, Chalgrove Primary School, Glory Farm Primary School, Icknield Community College, Matthew Arnold School, Stadhampton Primary School, The Cooper School, Watlington Primary School, Wood Green School. A separate, shorter set of oversubscription criteria (6 tiers: LAC/PLAC; exceptional medical/social need; children of staff; Acer Trust school + catchment + sibling; catchment + sibling; catchment area) applies specifically to in-year applications for Years 7-11, in the same descending priority order but without the feeder/catchment-school-only tiers used in the normal round list above. Children with an EHC Plan naming the school are always admitted first (not itself an oversubscription criterion). No sibling priority applies where the only sibling at the school is in Year 13, or in Year 11 and due to leave/where the school has no Sixth Form, or (for immediate in-year entry) where the sibling is not currently at the school. Multiple-birth siblings are all admitted together even if this exceeds the PAN. Years 8-11 also each have an admission number of 140.

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.