Gordon's School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1LAC & PLAC.
2. 2Children who live within a 1500m radius of the school main gate who have a sibling on roll as a day boarder who was on roll at Gordon’s in the academic year (September- July) preceding the date of admission for normal round applicants or at the time of admission for in year applicants. In this category priority will be given to those children living nearest the school.
3. 3Children of staff directly employed by the school in either or both of the following circumstances: a) 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 b) the member of staff is permanently employed to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, where the child would require the place at the time of the member of staff taking up the post.
4. 4Children on the basis of the shortest radial distance from the home address to the main school gate within a radius of 1500m.
5. 5Children who live outside a 1500m radius of the main school gate who have a sibling on roll as a day boarder who was on roll at Gordon’s in the academic year (September- July) preceding the date of admission for normal round applicants or at the time of admission for in year applicants. In this category priority will be given to those children living nearest the school.
6. 6Children on the basis of the shortest radial distance from the home address to the main school gate outside a radius of 1500m.
7. 7LAC & PLAC.
8. 8Children of Members of the UK Armed Forces, who qualify for Ministry of Defence financial assistance with the cost of boarding school fees and children whose parents are in the diplomatic service and eligible for continuity of education allowance, who have a sibling on roll as a full or weekly boarder at the school on 31 October in the calendar year preceding the date of admission.
9. 9Children of Members of the UK Armed Forces who qualify for Ministry of Defence financial assistance with the cost of boarding school fees and children whose parents are in the diplomatic service and eligible for continuity of education allowance.
10. 10Children with a boarding need not included in 3 above whom have a sibling at the school on roll as a full or weekly boarder on 31 October in the calendar year preceding the date of admission.
11. 11Children with a boarding need not included in
12. 12above. This may include children at risk or with an unstable home environment and children of service personnel who have died whilst serving or have been discharged as a result of attributable injury, children of key workers working abroad and Crown Servants working abroad.
13. 13Children who have a sibling on roll as a full or weekly boarder at the school on 31 October in the calendar year preceding the date of admission.
14. 14All other applicants for places as boarders.

Offer-day allocation figures published by Surrey County Council for entry in September 2026 (booklet: FINAL-Secondary-allocation-figures-September-2026-V2.pdf). This school publishes more than one ranked list in a single block, so the rules are labelled by the place category they belong to. PAN as printed: "Day Boarders = 88 & Full Boarders = 32". Number offered as printed: "Day Boarders = 88 & Full Boarders = 29 (Gordon's still to allocate some Full/Weekly Boarding places)". The PAN is split between place categories, so no single published admission number is recorded.

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.