Deer Park 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 after children (including children adopted from state care outside of England).
2. 2Siblings — Children with a sibling at the school at the time of admission. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as: a brother or sister, a half brother or sister, an adopted brother or sister, a step-brother or sister or the child of the parents’ partner where the child for whom the school place is sought is permanently living in the same family unit and at the same address as that sibling or a foster child permanently living in the same family unit whose place has been arranged by the social service department of the local authority. Children residing in the same household as part of an extended family, such as cousins, will not be treated as siblings. Proof of the sibling relationship will be required.
3. 3Children of staff — Children of staff at the school where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made, and the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. 4Distance from home to school — Proximity to school. All home to school distances will be measured by School Admission’s system using a straight line to a centre point on the Christ Church School site defined and generated by the School Admissions’ geographical information system. This single defined central point is used to ensure that no application or applicant is disadvantaged over other applicants by measurement to individual entrance gates.

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). Proximity of the child’s home to the school, with those living nearer being accorded the higher priority, will also serve to differentiate between pupils in criteria 2 to 4 if there are more applicants than available places under each criterion. Proximity to the school will be measured in a straight line measurement. For the purpose of calculating distance, the school measures home to school distance in a straight line using the School Admissions’ geographical information system and data supplied by Ordnance Survey. The starting point of the measurement is a grid reference point within the property, which is supplied by Ordnance Survey. The end point is measured to the main entrance of the school at its permanent location (389 Richmond Road, Richmond upon Thames TW1 2EF). Where applicants have identical distance measurements, priority amongst them will be determined at random. In blocks of flats, where applicants have identical distance measurements, priority amongst them will be determined at random. In the event that two or more children live at the same distance from the school, the tie breaker will be random allocation, where the supervised drawing of lots by an independent responsible person of good standing will be used to decide which children will be allocated the remaining place(s). For families living on boats, distance will be measured from the authorised mooring point. If the family is itinerant, the nearest mooring point will be used on the closing date for the receipt of applications.

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.