Crags Community 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 / previously looked after children — Highest priority will be given to a 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order.
2. 2Catchment area — Children who live in the catchment area of the school as defined by the Local Authority on 15th January of the previous academic year (for September admissions) will be given priority.
3. 3Sibling — Priority will next be given to children with a sibling attending the school at the time of application (excluding nursery). Sibling is defined as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters.
4. 4Distance — Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school as measured by using Ordnance Survey data to plot an address in this system.
5. 5Sibling — Priority will next be given to children with a sibling attending the school at the time of application (excluding nursery). Sibling is defined as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters.
6. 6Distance — Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school as measured by using Ordnance Survey data to plot an address in this system.

If two applications tie: Tie break - In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, we will use the distance between the school and a child’s home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the child’s home address to the school’s front gates. A child’s home address will be considered to be where they are resident for the majority of nights in a normal school week. Where the distance between 2 or more children’s homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them. This process will be independently verified. The random allocation process is the drawing of random sealed envelopes with name of one child per envelope.

The published list contains a repeated sibling and distance criterion (ranks 3/5 and 4/6 are identical in wording as printed). The source document also reproduces separate, distinct oversubscription arrangements for other schools (e.g. Waverley Junior Academy) within the same council booklet appendix; these are not part of Crags Community School's own arrangements and have been excluded here.

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.