Wood Green 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 (incl. IAPLAC) — 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 this Admissions Authority to have been in state care outside England (IAPLAC) and ceased to be in state care having been adopted. Evidence of the previously looked after status and/or the 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 Wood Green School rather than any other. These needs must be fully supported by written evidence from the appropriate professional person involved with the family.
3. 3Children of staff — Children of staff in any/all of the following circumstances: a) employed at the school for at least two years; b) recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; c) works for a school in the wider Trust and has been employed for at least two years or recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Partnership school in the Trust, designated area, sibling — Children who attend one of the partnership schools in the Trust (listed below, the 'Trust Schools') and live in the designated 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 partnership school, designated area, sibling — Children who attend one of the designated partnership schools (listed below) and live in the designated 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. 6Designated area, sibling — Children who live in the designated 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 partnership school, designated area — Children who attend one of the designated partnership schools (listed below) and live in the designated area.
8. 8Designated area — Children who live in the designated area.
9. 9Designated partnership school, sibling, outside area — Children who attend one of the designated partnership schools (listed below) 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 area.
10. 10Sibling, outside area — 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 area.
11. 11Designated catchment school — Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools (listed below).
12. 12All other children — All other children who do not live in the designated area and also do not attend a designated catchment school and also 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 will first be given to children eligible for Service Pupil Premium, and then to children who live closest to the school by the straight-line distance as calculated by Oxfordshire County Council. If the distance tie-break produces an identical result for two or more applicants living at different addresses (and not children of a multiple birth), the Local Authority will use random allocation.

Admission numbers are published per year group for 2027-28: Year 7 = 240, Year 8 = 240, Year 9 = 240, Year 10 = 240, Year 11 = 240; the PAN for the normal admissions round is the Year 7 figure. Criteria 4 and 5 are printed with near-identical wording in the source document ('one of the partnership schools in the Trust' vs 'one of the designated partnership schools') — both are reproduced here exactly as printed since no further distinction is given; feeder_schools above lists the 8 other 'Trust Schools' (Wood Green School itself is the 9th, omitted here) plus the 8 'Designated Catchment Schools'. Children with an EHC Plan naming the school are always admitted; the document explicitly states this is not itself an oversubscription criterion.

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.