Higham Lane 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 — Looked after children and previously looked after children.
2. 2Siblings in catchment/priority area — Children who live in the school’s catchment area (priority area), in the order set out below: a. Siblings of pupils attending the school at the time the application is received.
3. 3Other children in priority area — b. Other children living in the priority area. Children living on the boundary line will be considered to live in the priority area. The priority area is shown on the map at the end of this policy and described there.
4. 4Siblings outside priority area — Children living outside the priority area who will have a brother or sister at the school at the time the application is received.
5. 5Children of staff — Children of staff employed at the school where: (a) the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made, and/or (b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage.
6. 6Children attending named feeder school — Children attending Michael Drayton Junior School, which is named as a feeder school because of its link and formal connection with Higham Lane School as part of the same Trust. The designation of Michael Drayton as a named feeder school supports continuity of education within the Trust and strengthens community links.
7. 7Other children outside priority area — Other children living outside the priority area.

If two applications tie: If a tie-break is needed to decide which child will be offered a place, the child living closest to the school will be offered a place. Distance will be measured from the Postal Address File (PAF) of the child’s home to the centre point (‘centroid’) of the school in a straight line. If two or more applicants live an equal distance from the school, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. Random allocation will not be used if siblings from a multiple birth are tied for a place; they will all be offered a place and the admission number will be exceeded.

The academy trust will admit any pupil with an Education, Health and Care plan which names the school before applying the oversubscription criteria; this may reduce places available. Document also covers Sixth Form (Year 12) admissions separately with academic entry requirements and a PAN of 160, not included here as this entry is for Year 7 main entry. CATCHMENT: The whole of the parish of Caldecote is included. From the Caldecote parish boundary the north-eastern boundary of the priority area follows the Warwickshire County boundary to The Long Shoot. The southern boundary is formed by The Long Shoot, Hinckley Road, Leicester Road, Back Street, Newton Road, Corporation Street, Central Avenue, Midland Road, Tuttle Hill and Mancetter Road. Only the northern sides of these roads are included in the priority area, with the exception of The Long Shoot and Hinckley Road, where both sides are included in the priority area. The western boundary is formed by the Hartshill Parish boundary from Mancetter Road to the Caldecote Parish boundary. 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.