Fullbrook 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 and Previously Looked After Children — Places will be offered firstly to looked after children i.e. children who are looked after by a public authority and are in public care, and previously looked after children who were adopted, or subject to a residence order, or special guardianship order, immediately following having been looked after. Applications made under this criterion must be accompanied by details of the circumstances and professionally supported evidence.
2. 2Exceptional Circumstances — Children with a serious or life-threatening medical condition or disability, or children where there are sensitive and/or serious individual and/or family circumstances that make attendance at Fullbrook School essential, can be considered under the exceptional circumstances criteria. A case should be provided which demonstrates clearly why you feel it is essential for your child to attend Fullbrook School, and why no other school can meet your child's needs.
3. 3Siblings — A sibling will be considered to be a brother or sister (that is, another child of the same parents, whether living at the same address or not), a half-brother or half-sister or a step-brother or step-sister or an adoptive or foster sibling, living as part of the same family unit, at the same address. A child will be given sibling priority if they will have a sibling at Fullbrook School at the time of the child's admission.
4. 4Children of Staff — Priority is given to the children of Fullbrook staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for more than two years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made. The member of staff must complete the Supplementary Information Form attached to this policy.
5. 5Children living within the Admission Area — A map defining this area is available for inspection on the school's website, as set by Ordnance Survey.
6. 6Children who live outside the Admission Area and attend a feeder school — Children who live outside the Admission Area and, at the time of the application are attending Byfleet Primary School, Ottershaw C of E Junior School, New Haw Junior School, Pyrford C of E Primary School, St Mary's School (Byfleet), or West Byfleet Junior School.
7. 7Any Other Applicant — Remaining places will be offered on the basis of nearness to the school's Admission Area measured by a straight line drawn on the map from the address point of the child's home to the nearest point on the edge of the Admission Area. This is calculated using a Geographical Information System.

If two applications tie: If within any category there are more children than places available, priority will be given to those living closest to the school. Home to school distance will be measured by a straight line from the address point of the pupil's home, as set by Ordnance Survey to the main school gate. This is calculated using a Geographical Information System. Where two or more children share a priority for a place when using distance as a tie breaker, e.g. where two children live equidistant from a school, lots will be drawn in the presence of an independent person from one of the Trust's other schools to determine which child should be given priority.

For categories 1–5, oversubscription tie-break is straight-line distance from main school gate to child's home. For categories 6–7, oversubscription tie-break is straight-line distance from child's home to nearest point on the edge of the Admission Area. Lots drawn if distances are equal.

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.