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Distance did not decide places here
Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2026-27 (Year 7), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How places were offered at Magdalen College School, year by year →
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.
If two applications tie: If the admission number is exceeded within any criterion, priority is given to those who live closest to the school, measured on a straight-line basis from the address point of the child's home to the address point of the school using the Local Authority's GIS. Where there are multiple applications from the same shared dwelling (e.g. flats) or the distance is identical, a computerised random allocation system, carried out by someone independent of the school, decides priority.
Places are first allocated to children with an EHC Plan naming the school, before this ordered list is applied. Multiple-birth groups and same-year-group siblings competing for the single last remaining place are each treated as one combined application (all admitted, exceeding the PAN if necessary).
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.
Same phase, state-funded like this school, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
Children attending these settings are given priority in this school's admissions.
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