Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), 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 — Looked after and previously looked are children (including children adopted from state care outside of England).
2. 2Siblings — Children who have a sibling at the school at the time of entry and live within 2.5km of Archdeacon Cambridge’s School. (This includes full, step, half and adopted siblings living in the same household).
3. 3Children of staff — Places will then be offered to children of members of staff who have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application, and will continue to be employed at the school at the point of admission, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Foundation and open places — Once places have been allocated according to criteria 1, 2 and 3, the remaining places will be divided as follows. i. Foundation places (50%) 50% of the remaining places will be offered to children of whom one or both parents are regular worshippers at a Christian church which is a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) or the Evangelical Alliance (EA) and live within 2.5km of Archdeacon Cambridge’s School. These are designated as foundation places and will be allocated in the following order. a) Parents who are regular worshippers at Holy Trinity Church and live within 2.5km of the school. b) Parents who are regular worshippers at a church or chapel which is a member of CTBI/EA and live within 2.5km of the school. ii. Open places (50%) Proximity to the school.

Summary of the school's oversubscription criteria for 2027/28 entry as printed by Achieving for Children in Richmond's schools brochure 2027 (the governing body/trust is responsible for the wording; read the full determined policy on the school's website). Percentages of places will be rounded to the nearest whole number with the advantage falling to the foundation places in the event of an even split of a place. If there are fewer applicants for a foundation place than foundation places available, the unfilled places will become additional open places. Similarly if there are fewer applicants for an open place than open places available, the unfilled places will become additional foundation places. Any child who qualifies to be considered for a foundation place, but is not successful, will automatically be considered for an open place on an equal basis with non-foundation applications. Children who will have a sibling on roll at the time of entry but live more than 2.5km from the school will be considered for an open place. Parents applying for foundation places will need to submit written evidence of commitment to their place of worship (in the form of a clergy reference – form supplied) at the time of application. Regular worship is defined as attendance at a Sunday or mid-week service at church at least twice a month, over a minimum period of 12 months, immediately prior to the deadline for applications. Families who regularly attend Holy Trinity Church in Twickenham following a move into the area within 12 months of the application deadline must provide evidence of regular worship from their previous Anglican vicar to be considered under point (a) of the Foundation place criteria. In each category places are awarded in order of proximity of the child’s home to the school. Any offer of a place on the grounds of proximity of home to the school is conditional on the child being resident at the address provided at the closing date for application. Proximity to the school is measured by the shortest route by road or maintained footpath, from the Ordnance Survey grid reference point within the property, out of the front entrance into and following the middle of the road and footpath to the nearest pedestrian school gate used by the relevant year group. Accessibility of private or public transport will not be considered. All distances will be measured by the council using the School Admissions’ computerised geographical information system. In the event of a tie-break for the same place this place will be allocated by random allocation. A supplementary information form for applying under denominational grounds is available on the school’s website.

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.