Oasis Academy Watermead

When there are more applications than places for 2024-25 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children in care or previously in care — Pupils who are in Care or who were previously in Care will be admitted to the school. Children who were previously in Care are children who were in care but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject of a child arrangement or special guardianship order immediately following being in Care. This includes those children who appear to Oasis Community Learning to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Looked After Children who were previously in state care outside of England will also be extended this priority so that they will be treated on an equal footing to those children looked after and previously looked after by a local authority in England.
2. 2Catchment area & sibling — Children who live in the catchment area at the latest date for receiving applications and who will have siblings attending the preferred school or linked Junior School.
3. 3Catchment area — Children living in the catchment area for the preferred school that do not have a sibling attending, will be considered next.
4. 4Brothers and sisters of children refused a place at their catchment school — In circumstances where, in previous years, parents had applied on time but been refused a place at their catchment school for older siblings and allocated a place at a non-catchment school, any younger sibling will be afforded priority sibling status. This will only apply where allocated a preference ranked lower than the catchment school or allocated the nearest school available.
5. 5Brothers or sisters — A sibling is defined as a child who permanently or usually lives at the same address as: a brother and/or sister, a stepbrother and/or a stepsister (to include half-brothers/sisters) and in both cases will attend or has been allocated the preferred or linked school at the point of entry. In addition, where the requested school is an infant school, the attendance of an older sibling at the linked junior school will be included.
6. 6Other applications — Any child who does not fit into one of the above categories will be considered next. Places will be allocated up to the published indicated admission number.

If two applications tie: Where exceptional medical, social or special educational needs are demonstrated by supporting evidence from a professional an application may be prioritised by the Admissions Committee but only within the same admission category. If there are no exceptional circumstances, all other applications will be prioritised first by the admission category and then by distance from the home address to a designated point at the school building. This is a straight-line measurement from the school to the house. In circumstances where two or more children live at addresses that are equidistant from the school the process of Random Allocation will take place, independently supervised by a representative of the City Council's Legal Department.

Twins and multiple births: where one place remains and next eligible children are twins or multiple birth, the Local Authority may make an exception and allocate above the admission number. Applications received after 31 January 2024 are considered late and will be considered after on-time 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.