Wallington County Grammar 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. 1Priority 1: Looked After Children — Priority for Looked After Children or children who were Previously Looked After who meet the combined qualifying standard from the SET and the WCGS Second Stage Test. A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. A looked after child is a child who is; (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989)
2. 2Priority 2: Children of permanent members of staff — Priority for children of permanent members of staff of the school who meet the combined qualifying standard from the SET and the WCGS Second Stage Test where: the member of staff has been employed at WCGS for two or more consecutive years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; or the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage
3. 3Priority 3: Entrance Test — Students will be regarded as being of selective ability if they reach the combined qualifying standard from the SET and the WCGS Second Stage Test. Places will be allocated in rank order of performance. The total number places allocated under Priority 1, 2 and 3 will not initially exceed 110.
4. 4Priority 4: Pupil Premium — Up to 25 places are available for students who meet the combined qualifying standard from the SET and the WCGS Second Stage Test and who are eligible for Pupil Premium through their current school at the time of the deadline for the Common application Form (31st October). If your child is successful in reaching the qualifying pass mark for WCGS in both the first and second stage entrance tests, parents/carers will be asked to provide supporting documentation from their son's primary school in the form of a letter or email. The supporting evidence is only required after it has been confirmed that your son reached the school's qualifying pass mark of the tests. Places are allocated in rank order of performance. Any unfilled places under this priority on National Offer Day and thereafter will be filled by priority 3.
5. 5Priority 5: Sutton Postcodes — Up to 15 places are available for students who meet the combined qualifying standard from the SET and the WCGS Second Stage Tests where the permanent home address at the closing date for applications (31 October) is one of the following postcodes: SM1, SM2, SM3, SM4, SM5, SM6, SM7, KT4 8--, CR0 4--, and CR4 4--. Places are allocated in rank order of performance. Any unfilled places under this priority on National Offer Day and thereafter will be filled by priority 3.

If two applications tie: In the event two or more applicants have the same rank order and where the admission would exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the order of the home to school distance measured in a straight-line distance between the centre of the property and the front entrance of the school as determined by the London Borough of Sutton's Geographical Information System. Where two or more applicants share priority for a place, e.g. where two children live equidistant from the school and there is only one place remaining, the child to be offered a place will be selected by the drawing of lots. Lots will be drawn by a senior officer of the Greenshaw Learning Trust Shared Service who is independent of the school's admissions process.

1.1 EHCP: Students with an Education Health Care Plan that names the school and meet the combined qualifying standard from the SET and the WCGS Second Stage Test will be allocated a place before other applicants are considered. In this way, the number of places offered, as set out below will be reduced by the number of children with an EHCP that has named the school and met the school's admission criteria. 1.2 In the event that the number of eligible applications exceeds the number of places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied. The total number places allocated under Priority 1, 2 and 3 will not initially exceed 110.

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.