Raysfield 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 / previously looked after / internationally adopted previously looked after children — Children in public care are those who are in the care of a local authority or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (as defined in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. Children previously in public care are those who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order). Internationally adopted previously looked after children are those who appear to [the relevant] Council to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Local siblings (South Gloucestershire) / Designated area siblings and shared area siblings (Wiltshire) — South Gloucestershire – B: Local siblings: South Gloucestershire children are defined as local siblings if: they live within the APR (Area of Prime Responsibility); or, where there is no APR, local siblings will be deemed to be those living up to a maximum of three miles from school by straight line measurement; or, where the distance is over three miles but the school is still the nearest school; AND they are full or half brother or sister; or they are adoptive brother or sister; or they are children of the same household; AND the sibling is already in attendance at the preferred school and will be in attendance at the time of admission (statutory school age only). | Wiltshire – B: A child is considered under this criterion if a sibling is attending the school (or the linked junior school in the case of applications to an infant school) as at the deadline date and will continue to attend the school at the time of entry, and where the child lives within the designated area or shared area at the same address as the sibling. Step, half and foster siblings are included in this category.
3. 3Geographical considerations – children within APR or designated area (South Gloucestershire / Wiltshire) — South Gloucestershire – C: Children living within the APR: Where there are more applications for children living within an Area of Prime Responsibility than places available, priority will be given to applications from within the defined area who live closest to the preferred school. In the case of South Gloucestershire infant and primary schools which do not have Areas of Prime Responsibility, places will be allocated to those children living closest to the school. | Wiltshire – C: Other children from the designated area or shared area: Children resident within the designated area or shared area who do not qualify under one of the criteria above.
4. 4Out of area siblings (South Gloucestershire) / Other siblings (Wiltshire) — South Gloucestershire – D: Out of area siblings: siblings living outside the APR for the school: In South Gloucestershire children are defined as out of area siblings if they live outside the Area of Prime Responsibility for the school; AND they are full or half brother or sister; or they are adoptive brother or sister; or they are children of the same household; AND the sibling is already in attendance at the preferred school and will be in attendance at the time of admission (statutory school age only). | Wiltshire – D: A child is considered under this criterion if a sibling is attending the school (or the linked junior school in the case of applications to an infant's school) at the deadline date and will continue to attend the school at the time of entry, and where the child lives at the same address as the sibling. Step, half and foster siblings are included in this category.
5. 5Geographical considerations – children outside APR (South Gloucestershire) / Children of staff (Wiltshire) — South Gloucestershire – E: Geographical Considerations; Children living outside the APR for the school: Where there are more applications for children living outside an Area of Prime Responsibility than places available, priority will be given to applications from those who live closest to the preferred school. | Wiltshire – E: 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 to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6. 6Children of staff (South Gloucestershire) / Other children (Wiltshire) — South Gloucestershire – F: 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 to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. | Wiltshire – F: Other children: Children to whom none of the above criteria apply.

If two applications tie: South Gloucestershire: Where it does not prove possible to resolve allocations to an over-subscribed school by the application of criteria A-F, any remaining places will be allocated by drawing lots. Lots will be drawn by a Trustee of the Mosaic Partnership Trust who is independent of the school admissions process. | Wiltshire: If two or more children with the same priority for admission live an indistinguishable distance from the preferred school but cannot all be admitted, then the available places will be decided by means of casting lots. The random allocation will be conducted independently by an officer of Wiltshire Council.

This is a multi-school trust policy covering 12 schools across two local authorities (Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire). Two distinct ordered oversubscription criteria sets apply: one for Wiltshire schools (Box CE Primary School, Neston Primary School) and one for South Gloucestershire schools (all others). Individual school PANs are published in the document and vary by school. Barrs Court Primary School is consulting on a PAN reduction from 45 to 30 from September 2027. St Stephen's CE Junior School PAN will reduce from 90 to 60 with effect from September 2029.

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.