Avon Valley Academy

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. 1Children with a brother or sister (sibling) attending the school at the time of application with a reasonable — Children with a brother or sister (sibling) attending the school at the time of application with a reasonable expectation they will be attending at the time of the start of the new academic year. This includes step, foster or half and only applies to siblings who are resident at the same address.
2. 2Children who are on roll at Acorn Education Trust feeder schools at the date of their application. The feeder — Children who are on roll at Acorn Education Trust feeder schools at the date of their application. The feeder schools are St. Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Larkhill; Bulford St, Leonard’s Church of England School Church of England Primary School; and All Saints Primary School, Netheravon.
3. 3Children of members of staff of Avon Valley Academy and other Acorn Education Trust Schools:-
4. 4Where the member of staff has been employed by the trust for two or more years at the time at which the applic — Where the member of staff has been employed by the trust for two or more years at the time at which the application for the admission to the school is made, and/or
5. 5The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6. 6Proximity of the child’s home to Avon Valley Academy using a straight-line distance from the main entrance of — Proximity of the child’s home to Avon Valley Academy using a straight-line distance from the main entrance of Avon Valley Academy to the main door of the residence, with those living closest to the school being given priority. Proof of residence will be required. Where two adults have shared responsibility for their child, they should submit a common application for their preferred school/s. The address used should be the one where the child resides the majority of the school week (ie Sunday night to Thursday night).

Printed by Wiltshire Council in the annual area insert for this part of the county, which reproduces each school's own oversubscription criteria under its entry. This school sets its own arrangements, so its full determined policy on the school's website is the authority for definitions and evidence. Several of the criteria turn on the school's CATCHMENT AREA, which Wiltshire publishes as a boundary and which is held on this school's page.

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.