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3.384miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.
Last distance offered at St Philip Howard Catholic 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: Priority will be given to children living closest to the school determined by the shortest distance, calculated using the local authority's computerised measuring system: all distances are measured by a straight line from the school to the child's home address, using Ordnance Survey data within the curtilage of the property. Where distances are the same for two or more children for the last available place, random allocation is carried out (names entered into a hat), supervised by a person independent of the school.
There is a separate Admissions Policy and procedure for the school's Sixth Form (see the school website) — not reproduced here. Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted first, ahead of the numbered criteria. Twins/multiple births are all admitted where one is the last child ranked within the PAN. The document is headed 'Model Policy Secondary 1 - Baptism/Feeder, Catholic Diocese of Arundel & Brighton' but is specific to St Philip Howard Catholic School (own PAN, admission authority and named feeder schools), not a blank template. POSSIBLE TYPO IN SOURCE: the feeder school 'St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bogor' is printed exactly as shown in the source document; this is very likely 'Bognor' (Bognor Regis, West Sussex), reproduced verbatim here rather than silently corrected.
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, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
Felpham Community College
secondary · Good · 4.6 km away
The Regis School
secondary · Good · 5.5 km away
Ormiston Six Villages Academy
secondary · Good · 1.6 km away
The Littlehampton Academy
secondary · Needs attention · 8.0 km away
Chichester High School
secondary · 9.2 km away
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
secondary · Outstanding · 10.8 km away
Children attending these settings are given priority in this school's admissions.
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