Glenfield Infant 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 Children / Previously Looked After Children — Children in public care (Looked After Children) and Previously Looked After Children as defined by section 1.7 of the School Admissions Code 2021 – see Explanatory Note 1.
2. 2Child Protection Plan — Children subject to a Child Protection Plan.
3. 3Sibling — Children who have a brother or sister already on the roll of the school who will continue to attend that school for the following year – see Explanatory Note 2.
4. 4Catchment + Staff — Children who live within the school’s designated catchment area and are children of qualified teaching staff employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage – see Explanatory Note 3 for catchment definition and Explanatory Note 4 for staff definition.
5. 5Other children within catchment — Other children living within the school’s designated catchment area.
6. 6Wordsworth Primary School only - EYPP nursery — Wordsworth Primary School only: Children who are eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium who are in the school’s nursery class.
7. 7Staff outside catchment — Children who live outside the school’s designated catchment area and are children of qualified teaching staff employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage - see Explanatory Note 3 for catchment definition and Explanatory Note 4 for staff definition.
8. 8Other children outside catchment — Other children living outside the school’s designated catchment area.

If two applications tie: If the school is oversubscribed from within any of the criteria, then distance, as defined in Explanatory Note 5 will be used to prioritise applications. Should there be two or more identical distances requiring prioritisation, this will be done by drawing lots. Lots will be drawn by the Trust Independent Admissions Consultant.

This is a single trust-wide policy document (Hamwic Education Trust) covering multiple infant/primary schools with identical ordered oversubscription criteria; PAN differs by school (see table: Glenfield 60, Harefield 60, Hollybrook 60, Ludlow 90, Shirley 90, Sholing 90, Thornhill 30, Townhill 60, Weston Park 60, Weston Shore 30, Woolston 60, Wordsworth 60). Criterion 6 (EYPP nursery) applies only to Wordsworth Primary School. Linked Junior Schools table defines sibling linkage between infant and junior schools, not admission feeder priority.

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.