Wykham Park

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. 1EHC plan names the school — Students whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan names the school.
2. 2Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order.
3. 3Siblings — Children with a sibling already at the Academy, ordered by shortest distance between home and Wykham Park Academy.
4. 4Primary Aspirations Academy attendees — Children who currently attend a Primary Aspirations Academy, ordered by the shortest distance between home and Wykham Park Academy. The named Primary Aspirations Academies the school works closely with are Dashwood Academy and Harriers Academy.
5. 5Children of staff — Children of staff: a) where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time the application is made; and i) children of newly appointed staff filling a post with a 'demonstrable skills shortage' (as printed, including the 'and' linking a) and i)).
6. 6All other children — All other children, ordered by the shortest distance between home and Wykham Park Academy.

If two applications tie: Priority is given to children living closest to the school; home-to-school distance is measured via Oxfordshire County Council's GIS, from a 'seed point' at the child's home address, following the nearest available walking route along mapped roads/paths (Ordnance Survey MasterMap Highways Network) to the nearest school gate. Where two or more applicants live at the same measured distance, places are allocated by random order using the Local Authority's admissions database.

The document contains an internal inconsistency on PAN: the 'ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE' section and the final determination paragraph both state the PAN for Year 7 in 2027/28 was determined as 150 (reduced from an initial proposal of 180, approved 23 February 2026), matching the version-control history at the top of the document; however, a separate paragraph states the Academy 'is consulting on a proposal to reduce the PAN for Year 7 entry in September 2027 from 180 to 120' (consultation 1 Dec 2025 - 26 Jan 2026) — this 120 figure is not reconciled elsewhere in the document and appears to be leftover from an earlier draft; 150 is used here as the figure stated in the 'approved'/'determined' sections. Sibling criterion excludes a sibling in Year 11 at time of application (unless the SCAF records an expressed intention to stay into Year 12) and excludes a sibling in Year 13.

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.