Llansannor C.I.W. Primary School

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

1. 1Looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children.
2. 2SEN/IDP naming school — Children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Individual Development Plan, which names the school, as determined by the Local Education Authority.
3. 3Siblings — Children who will have a brother or sister (including half-brother/half-sister living in the same house) attending the school at the time they would be admitted were their application to be successful.
4. 4Catchment practising Anglicans — Children living within the school catchment area who, with their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), are practising Anglicans and actively involved in an Anglican church (attending at least once a month).
5. 5Catchment other faiths — Children of other Christian denominations or different faiths, living within the school catchment area and actively involved with their faith community.
6. 6Catchment area — Children who live within the school catchment area.
7. 7Outside catchment Anglicans — Children of parents who live outside the school catchment area and are actively involved in an Anglican Church.
8. 8Outside catchment other faiths — Children of parents who live outside the school catchment area and are actively involved in other Christian denominations or different faiths.
9. 9Other applications — Children whose parents wish them to be educated at Llansannor & Llanharry CiW Primary School.

If two applications tie: Priority shall be given to those pupils residing in closest proximity to the school, using the Geographical Information System (GIS) to measure distance. The child’s place of residence will be deemed to be a residential property at which the person or persons with parental responsibility for the child resides at the closing date for receiving applications for admission to the school. Where parental responsibility is held by more than one person and those persons reside in separate properties, the child’s place of residence will be deemed to be that property at which the child resides for the greater part of the week, including weekends.

All children who are not offered a place will be entered onto a waiting list until 30th September in the school year for which they have applied. The school will contact Parents/ Guardians, should a place become available. Active involvement with a church or faith community is defined as attendance at least once a month. Criteria for categories 4, 5, 7 and 8 will be determined strictly in light of the signed recommendation from the recognised faith leader. The school catchment area is defined within the maps contained at the end of this policy. Right of appeal: The Governing Body considers every application individually in accordance with this policy. If a child is not offered a place, parents have the right to appeal against the decision of the Governing Body. The appeal should be made in writing within 15 days of the notification, addressed to the Chair of Governors, c/o Llansannor & Llanharry C/W Primary School, Llansannor, Ystradowen, Cowbridge, CF71 7SZ. Any appeal should identify why the Governors’ decision is contrary to this policy. The appeal shall be considered by an independent Admission panel, administered by the Llandaff Diocesan Board of Education, according to the Welsh Assembly Government’s Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals. The parents are invited to an appeal hearing within 30 school days of the specified closing date for the receipt of appeals. N.B Nursery Education is not compulsory and parents have no right of appeal, if their application for a Nursery place is unsuccessful.

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.