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5.887miles
was the furthest place offered for 2026-27 (Reception). The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused, so it may not have been a cut-off.
Last distance offered at St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington, year by year →
When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: (The straight-line distance calculated by OCC) For admissions purposes for all schools where the LA is the Admissions Authority for the school that have adopted the LA’s measuring system, the straight-line distance from the home to school will be calculated. The start point of the measurement is the “seed point” of the home address. The “seed 7 point” is provided by the Ordnance Survey from information compiled from Royal Mail and Councils via Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG). The seed point normally falls within the bounds of a property. The accuracy of seed points is to the nearest ten centimetres and uses the Bristol Coordinate System (Easting/Northing). It is possible to move the location of an individual seed point, but this is not necessary for most addresses in Oxfordshire and surrounding areas. The end point of the straight-line distance will be determined by the Admission Authority for each school. Where the LA is not the Admissions Authority, the relevant Admissions Authority will provide the determined end point to the LA. The calculation of the distance will be made in meters using a Pythagoras calculation. This calculation will be converted into miles by dividing the distance by 1609.344 to achieve a distance in miles accurate to 3 decimal places. For address outside the British Coordinate System an internet mapping solution will be used to determine a start point using longitude and latitude via www.getlatlong.net. A straight-line distance will then be calculated to the end point of the school in statute miles using www.nhc.noaa.gov/gccalc.shtml If the distance “tie break” produces an identical result for two or more applicants and these applicants live at different addresses and are not children of multiple births, the LA will use random allocation to determine who will be offered a place. 90 An adoption order is an order under the Adoption Act 1976 (see Section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (see Section 46 adoption orders) A “child arrangements order” is an order settling the arrangements as to the person with whom the child is to love under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by Section 14 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a “special guardianship order” as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians) 6|Page 8. Oversubscription Criteria – Reading WHF Primary Schools St Marys & All Saints C of E (Aided) Primary School When applications for admissions exceed the number of places available in any year group, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which pupils to admit: The oversubscription criteria is as follows: A child who has a statement of special educational need or an Education Health and Care Plan is required to be admitted to the school named on the child’s statement. Priority 1 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 (90) 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 function (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) Priority 2 Children who have, one or both parents/carers, exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that the children attend St Mary and All Saints School rather than any other. These needs must be fully supported by written evidence from the appropriate professional person involved with the family. (See page 9). Priority 3 Children living in the designated area (as agreed with Reading School Admissions Team) who have a sibling or siblings either a) on roll at the school at the time of the application or b) whose parent/carer has accepted an offer of a place for the sibling(s) at the school and, in either case, c) who is or are expected to be still on the roll at the time of the applicant's entry to the school. Priority 4 Children who live in the designated area. (See page 9). Priority 5 Children who do not live in the designated area, but who have a sibling or siblings either: a) On the role of the school at the time of the application or b) Whose parent/carer has accepted an offer of a place for the sibling(s) at the school and in either case c) Who is or are expected to be still on the roll at the time of the applicant’s entry to the school. Priority 6 Children who live outside the designated area and who do not meet any of the criteria set out above. Tie Breaker In any case where two or more children rank equally under any of the criteria above and there is only one place available, the tie breaker is the distance measured in a straight line between the school and the child’s home. In the event that two distance measurements are identical, the school will use random allocation to decide which child will be offered the place. The process will be conducted in the presence of a person independent of the school. Measuring Distance If the school does not have enough places for all children in a particular category, places will be allocated to those living nearest the school. The distance is measured in miles as a straight line between the Ordnance Survey data point for the child’s home address and the school using Reading Borough Council digital mapping software. This distance is measured to three decimal places. In the rare event that it is not possible to decide between the applications of those pupils who have the same measurement, the place will be offered using random allocation. A member of Committee Services staff for Reading Borough Council will supervise the selection process. Exceptional Medical or Social Needs When applying under Criterion 2 the application must be fully supported by written evidence from the appropriate independent professional person involved with the family (e.g., doctor, social worker, early years professional or family support worker) and should state why the school is considered the most suitable and the difficulties which would be caused if the child had to attend another school. The evidence must be submitted with the application form and be returned by the closing date. 90 An adoption order is an order under the Adoption Act 1976 (see Section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (see Section 46 adoption orders) A “child arrangements order” is an order settling the arrangements as to the person with whom the child is to love under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by Section 14 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a “special guardianship order” as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians) 7|Page Designated Area West Green Court Rembrandt Way (all residences in this estate have a Rembrandt Way address Swallows Croft Carsdale Close Shaw Road (Flats only) Saint Saviours Road Tintern Crescent Wensley Road North Lodge Mews Lesford Road Heron Way Holybrook Road Arbour Close Trelleck Road Tyberton Close Hay Road Tupsley Road The Brookmill Yew Lane The Old Lane Boston Avenue (even numbers) Coley Avenue (south side of Berkeley Avenue 8|Page 9. Oversubscription Criteria – Swindon WHF Primary Schools Drove Primary School Moredon Primary & Nursery School Gorse Hill Primary School Mountford Manor Primary School Grange Infant School Rodbourne Cheney Primary School Grange Junior School The Croft Primary School Haydon Wick Primary School Tregoze Primary School When applications for admissions exceed the number of places available in any year group, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which pupils to admit: The oversubscription criteria is as follows: A child who has a statement of special educational need or an Education Health and Care Plan is required to be admitted to the school named on the child’s statement. Priority 1 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 (90) 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 function (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) Priority 2 Any child who has a sibling attending the same WHF School (including Grange Junior School) at the same time as he or she is due to be admitted; this does not apply to admission to The Ridgeway School and 6th Form College, when a child is moving from Primary to Secondary School. A child who attends a WHF Primary School does not have automatic entitlement to attend Ridgeway School and 6th Form College. See Ridgeway School and 6th Form College’s Admission’s Policy for further details. This also does not include any younger siblings attending the same WHF nursery setting. Priority 3 Where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; and/or b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. This includes stepchildren, fosters children and children of co-habiting partners. (Please complete Appendix 3 – supplementary information form) Priority 4 Any child living within the school’s catchment area (details available from the school’s individual webpages). Priority 5 Children other than those falling in category 1-4 above Decider In all cases where the school is oversubscribed, distance will be determined from the applicant’s home address to the school on the following basis: Distance is measured as a straight line between the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) address point of the applicant’s home address and of the school within each oversubscription criteria. If the direct distance measurement does not separate applicants, places will be offered by random allocation.
The White Horse Federation is the admission authority for this school. It determines one primary policy covering all its schools and sets out a separate ranked order for each local authority it operates in; these are the Wiltshire criteria. Wiltshire Council coordinates applications. The same document carries a SEPARATE nursery admission-number table, which is not this figure.
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.
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primary · 2.9 km away
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Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
primary · Good · 2.7 km away
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primary · Good · 3.2 km away
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primary · Good · 3.3 km away
Children attending these settings are given priority in this school's admissions.
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