Campion 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 or previously looked after children — A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after. 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). A previously looked after child is (1) a child who was looked after by a local authority in England but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order or (2) a child who appears 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.
2. 2Sibling in priority area — Children living in the priority area who will have a sibling at the school, at the time of admission. For these arrangements the term brother or sister includes half brother or sister or legally adopted child being regarded as the brother or sister who are living in the same household;
3. 3Other children living in priority area — Other children living in the priority area for the majority of the school week;
4. 4Sibling outside priority area — Children living outside the priority area who will have a sibling at the school, at the time of admission;
5. 5Children of staff — Children of staff employed: 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 recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage;
6. 6Other children living outside priority area — Other children living outside the priority area.

If two applications tie: Where applicants are allocated the same criterion, priority is given in order of distance between the child's home and the school applied for (shortest distance = highest priority). Distance calculated by straight-line measurement from address point to school centroid. Where required (e.g. shared PAF or identical distance), individual priority determined by random number generator allocation.

Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names a school will be admitted first, before oversubscription criteria are applied, reducing remaining places. This entry covers Year 7 main entry only; a separate Sixth Form (Year 12) oversubscription policy with PAN 15 and different criteria is also included in the document but not transcribed here as a separate entry point beyond noting its existence. CATCHMENT: Many of the secondary schools in Warwickshire have an area identified as their priority area (some admission authorities refer to this as a 'catchment area'). Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Warwickshire County Council school admissions directory. 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.