Wootton 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 and all previously looked after children
2. 2Pupils with a brother or sister continuing at the school at the time of admission of the child
3. 3Pupils who live in the linked area of Wootton, Wootton Fields, Courteenhall and Quinton
4. 4Pupils who live in the linked area of Grange Park, St George’s Fields and Landimore Park
5. 5Other pupils. Wootton and Wootton Fields are defined by the A45 to the west of Wootton, the B526 Newport Pagnell Road to the north, Wooldale Road to the south and the extent of the Wootton Fields development accessed from Lady Hollow drive as well as the village of Quinton and hamlet of Courteenhall. Grange Park is defined by the development east of Saxon Avenue bounded by the M1 to the south, Quinton Road to the east and Bridge Meadow Way/Little Field and Lark Lane to the north. St George’s Fields is defined as the housing development accessed directly from Poppyfield Road and bordered by the B526 Newport Pagnell Road. Landimore Park is defined as the housing development to the west and east of Landimore Road within the development defined as Landimore Park bounded by Gowerton Road to the north and the B526 to the south.

If two applications tie: If the admission number is exceeded within any criterion, priority will be given to those who live closest to the school. Distances are measured from the address point of your home to the address point of the school on a straight-line basis, using a Geographical Information System. In the case where there are multiple applications from the same shared dwelling (e.g., flats) or where the distance between two or more children’s homes to the school (using the system referred to above) is identical, random allocation will be used to decide which child gets priority. Random allocation will be carried out by someone independent of the school.

Sibling A brother or sister (sibling) is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. Multiple Birth Groups In the case of twins or other siblings from a multiple birth, if the last child to be admitted to a particular school is from a multiple birth group, all other children in the group will be offered places at the school, even if it means exceeding the Published Admission Number. Daventry • Abbey CE Academy • Ashby Fields Primary School • Badby Primary School • Barby CE Primary School • Boughton Primary School • Braunston CE Primary School • Buckton Fields Primary School • Byfield School • DSLV E-ACT Academy • Falconer’s Hill Infant School • Falconer’s Hill Junior Academy • Grange School, The • Guilsborough CE Primary School • Monksmoor Park CofE Primary School • Moulton Primary School • Naseby CE Primary Academy • Newnham Primary School • Overstone Gate Primary School • Spratton CE Primary School • St. James Infant School • Staverton CE Primary School • Weedon Bec Primary School • Welford, Sibbertoft & Sulby Endowed School • Welton CE Academy • Woodford Halse CE Primary Academy Abbey CE Academy (Junior) (941/2126) Places will first be allocated to children who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school as offering appropriate provision. Oversubscription criteria If there are more applications than places available, the oversubscription admission criteria listed below will then be applied in the following order. 1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children 2. Children who live in the linked area of Dodford and Norton. 3. Children with a sibling on roll at the time of application. Siblings include a brother or sister who share the same parents; a half-brother, half-sister or legally adopted child living at the same address; a child looked after by a local authority placed in a foster family with other school age children; a stepchild or children who are not related but live as a family unit, where parents live at the same address as the child. 4. Children joining from the linked Infant School (St. James Infant School). 5. Children who live closer to this school than any other school 6. Other children. If the admission number is exceeded within criterion 2 or 5, priority will be given to those who live furthest from the nearest alternative school. If the admission number is exceeded within any other criterion, priority will be given to those who live closest to the school. All distances are measured on a straight-line basis from the child’s home address point to the address point of the school using a Geographical Information System. Where there are two or more applications that cannot otherwise be separated, a randomiser will be used to decide who is allocated a place. Multiple births If twins or multiple birth children are split by operation of the oversubscription criteria, the school will go above its published admission number to accommodate all children unless this would make the class too large and prejudice the education of the other children.

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.