Westlands 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. 1Children in care / previously in care — Children in Care and children who ceased to be in care because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). This applies to children in these categories in England and also to children in these categories previously from outside of England.
2. 2Siblings at the school — Children who have an elder brother or sister in attendance at the preferred SUAT Academy and who will still be attending the SUAT Academy at the time of the proposed admission date. (For admission purposes, a brother or sister is a child who lives at the same address and either: have one or both natural parents in common; are related by a parent's marriage; are adopted or fostered by a common parent or are unrelated children who live at the same address, whose parents live as partners).
3. 3Catchment or cluster area — Children living within the defined catchment or cluster area of the preferred setting. Cluster areas for nursery age settings will sometimes, but not always, correspond to the catchment area for the main Academy.
4. 4Nursery attendance with Early Years Pupil Premium — Children who attended the school-based nursery and who are in receipt of Early Years Pupil Premium Funding.
5. 5Children of academy employees — Children of employees in an academy (where the employee has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made to the academy or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the academy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).
6. 6Proximity to school by straight-line distance — Other children arranged in order of priority according to how near their home addresses are to the main gate of the referred academy, determined by a straight-line measurement as calculated by Google maps or the Local Authority's Geographical Information System (please see additional notes for further details).

If two applications tie: If there are a limited number of spaces available and we cannot distinguish between applicants using the criteria listed, such as in the case of children who live in the same block of flats, then the child or children who will be offered the available spaces will be randomly selected.

This applies to the general (non-former-VA) SUAT Academy oversubscription criteria under 'Normal Age of Entry: Academic Year 2027/2028, First, Infant, Junior and Primary Schools'; Westlands Primary School is listed with PAN 30 and is not indicated to be a former VA school, so the general criteria (not the VA-specific faith criteria) apply. Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) naming the school must be admitted and are not part of the ranked oversubscription criteria. CATCHMENT: Children living within the defined catchment or cluster area of the preferred setting. Cluster areas for nursery age settings will sometimes, but not always, correspond to the catchment area for the main Academy. Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Staffordshire County Council. Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted first; that is a statutory duty, not an oversubscription criterion.

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.