King Arthur's School

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. 1Looked after / previously looked after children (incl. IAPLAC) — A 'Child in Care' means any child who is in the care of a local authority in accordance with Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989. A child who was 'previously a Child in Care' became, after being Looked After, subject to an Adoption Order, a Residence Order, or a Special Guardianship Order. Also includes Internationally Adopted Previously Looked After Children (IAPLAC), who were deemed to have been in the care of the State (or the 3rd sector where no state provision is available) outside of England prior to their adoption.
2. 2Child Protection / Child in Need safety need — Where a Child Protection Order or Child in Need document identifies that there is a need for the child to be educated in a school closest to home or in an identified particular school/setting for their own safety.
3. 3Physical or medical disability — Children who have a physical or medical disability where the identified school would be the only school providing specially adapted facilities to support the needs of the child, or, where the condition results in prolonged or recurring absence each year, would be best supported attending a particular school. Must be fully evidenced and supported by a community paediatrician or consultant.
4. 4Catchment area with sibling — Children living within the school's catchment area who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of admission.
5. 5Children of staff — Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application, and/or is recruited to a vacancy to meet a demonstrable skills shortage as at the date of application. Includes stepchildren, foster children and children of co-habiting partners. Requires the Supplementary Information Form for staff.
6. 6Catchment area — Children living within the school's catchment area.
7. 7Outside catchment area with sibling — Children living outside the school's catchment area who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of admission.
8. 8Outside catchment, recognised feeder school — Children living outside the school's catchment area and who were attending one of the preferred school's recognised feeder schools during the previous year (secondary schools only).
9. 9Outside catchment, faith criterion — Children living outside the school's catchment area who meet the faith criterion, where the child is a regular practising Christian at a Recognised Church or Religious Group prior to application.
10. 10All other children outside catchment — All other children living outside the school's catchment area.

If two applications tie: If oversubscribed within any priority order category, places will be allocated on the basis of the shortest straight-line measurement using a geographical information-based system which identifies an Easting and Northing for the home address and the school building and calculates the distance between the two locations.

This is a Sherborne Area Schools' Trust (SAST) document setting shared admissions policy for all SAST schools; the criteria above are that shared policy, with King Arthur's School's own PAN (112, Somerset) and named feeder/catchment primary schools as listed. Children with an EHCP naming a SAST school are given a place in accordance with the SEND Code of Practice, with the PAN reduced accordingly, ahead of the numbered criteria. SAST primary schools are not always automatically the 'feeder' or 'catchment' schools of King Arthur's School; Year 7 admission remains subject to the oversubscription criteria above.

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.