Ashurst CofE 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. 1Children with an Education Health and Care Plan
2. 2A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order * including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. 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).
3. 3Children of UK Service Personnel and Crown Servants will be allocated a place in advance of the family living in the area (as long as one is available), provided the application is accompanied by an official letter that declares a relocation date. Applicants will not be refused a place solely because the family do not yet have an intended address, or do not yet live in the area. The Unit or quartering address will be used as the child/ren’s home address where Parents request this.
4. 4Children who will have a brother or sister in the school at the time of admission.
5. 5Children of parents who reside within the West Sussex County Council boundaries of Ashurst and whose parents are regular* attendants at divine worship in a church as defined below. *Regular is defined as attendance at a Sunday service once a month, over a period of one year prior to formal application. In the event of parents taking up residence in Ashurst Parish within the one-year qualifying period, the Governors will accept a reference from the Parish Priest where the parents were formerly resident.
6. 6Children of parents who reside within the West Sussex County Council boundaries of Ashurst.
7. 7Children of parents who do not reside within the West Sussex County Council boundaries of Ashurst and who are regular* attendants at divine worship in a church as defined below.
8. 8Other children.

Published by West Sussex County Council in the Information for Parents Appendix 1 for entry in September 2026: the oversubscription criteria of every school that does not use the county's standard list for community and voluntary controlled schools. The council records that all applicants who requested this school for September 2025 were offered a place, so no cut-off distance exists for that year. Published by West Sussex County Council in the Information for Parents Appendix 1 for entry in September 2026: the oversubscription criteria of every school that does not use the county's standard list for community and voluntary controlled schools. The council records that all applicants who requested this school for September 2025 were offered a place, so no cut-off distance exists for that year. Published by West Sussex County Council in the Information for Parents Appendix 1 for entry in September 2026: the oversubscription criteria of every school that does not use the county's standard list for community and voluntary controlled schools. The council records that all applicants who requested this school for September 2025 were offered a place, so no cut-off distance exists for that year.

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.