South Wilts Grammar School

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. 1Students with an EHCP where SWGS is named and have achieved the entry criteria will be admitted before all oth — Students with an EHCP where SWGS is named and have achieved the entry criteria will be admitted before all other oversubscription criteria.
2. 2Eligible students who are classed as a 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but imm — Eligible students who are classed as a 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of 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). 22
3. 3(i) Students who attract the Pupil Premium (or who were formally in receipt of the Pupil Premium if entering S — (i) Students who attract the Pupil Premium (or who were formally in receipt of the Pupil Premium if entering Sixth Form) and are living within catchment. Parents will be asked to provide evidence as part of the registration process. Additional evidence may be sought by SWGS directly with the local authority or the child’s current school. (ii) Students who attract the Service Premium4 who have met the required academic standard. Parents will be asked to provide evidence as part of the registration process. Additional evidence may be sought by SWGS directly with the local authority or the child’s current school.
4. 4Students who achieve the required academic standard who live in the school catchment area. The address is the — Students who achieve the required academic standard who live in the school catchment area. The address is the place where the child is permanently resident with her parent or parents or legal guardians. Further clarifications/requirements for this criterion are as follows: (i) In this context, “permanently resident” is defined as the child’s only or main residence and is either owned or leased/rented by the child’s parent(s)/guardian(s). Documentary evidence of residence not more than 6 months old may be required (e.g. the child’s GP surgery and the parent’s/guardian’s recent utilities bill, bank statement or tenancy agreement, an Armed Forces Assignment Order or a solicitor’s letter confirming the exchange of contracts on a property). The property owned or leased/rented is to be that in which the child and family live (ii) If leased/rented by the child’s parent(s)/guardian(s), then the lease/rental agreement must be for a term of at least 12 months without a break clause. If the rental property is rented under a Short Term Tenancy Agreement (12 months or under) then the parental address remains that at which the parent was resident before the period of temporary residence, unless it can be shown that all ties to the previous address have been relinquished, or that the move is not easily reversible. Applicants for the 11+ must have been resident at this address since 1 May 2026. (iii)Where families of applicants for the 11+ move to the catchment area between 1 May and 16 December, special consideration will be given where it can be demonstrated that the move was for reasons unrelated to obtaining a place at the school. (iv)Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility each part of the week, the “home address” will be considered to be the address with which the child is registered with her GP (documentary evidence not more than 6 months old may be required) or the “home address” will be considered to be the address of the person whose name is on the child benefit statement (proof of this may be required). (v) A boarding school address is not considered to be a child’s main residence.
5. 5Students who attract (or who were formally in receipt if entering Sixth Form) the Pupil Premium who have met t — Students who attract (or who were formally in receipt if entering Sixth Form) the Pupil Premium who have met the required academic standard but are living outside catchment. Parents will be asked to provide evidence as part of the registration process. Additional evidence may be sought by SWGS directly with the local authority or the child’s current school.
6. 6Students who have met the required academic standard and at the time of enrolment, reside with at least one pa — Students who have met the required academic standard and at the time of enrolment, reside with at least one parent or step-parent who is a contracted member of staff at the school and has been so for at least two years. 23
7. 7Students who achieve the required academic standard in order of nearness to school as the crow flies who live — Students who achieve the required academic standard in order of nearness to school as the crow flies who live outside the catchment area and have a sibling (this refers to a sibling, half-sibling, adopted sibling, foster sibling or the child of the parent / carer’s partner, who in every case, is living in the same family unit at the same address) attending the school and living at the same residence on the date of admission of the child. The sibling link will not apply if the current student is in year 11 or year 13 at the date of offer.
8. 8Other students who achieve the required academic standard by rank order nearness to school as the crow flies. — Other students who achieve the required academic standard by rank order nearness to school as the crow flies. (i) For entry into year 7 following the 11+, distances supplied by the LA will be used and these will measure straight line distances. (ii) For entry into year 7 – 11 following the late entry test and entry into year 12, distances will be measured internally using a distance measuring calculator.

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.