Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School

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.

1. 1Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children (LAC) A child who is in the care of an LA, or was in — Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children (LAC) A child who is in the care of an LA, or was in the care of an LA but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement, or special guardianship order. This includes those children 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.
2. 2Vulnerable Children (children with medical or social need) A child is eligible in this category where the chil — Vulnerable Children (children with medical or social need) A child is eligible in this category where the child has an identified social or medical need.
3. 3Children living in the Catchment Area with a sibling at the school A child living inside the Catchment Area is — Children living in the Catchment Area with a sibling at the school A child living inside the Catchment Area is eligible for this category where they have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission.
4. 4Children living outside the Catchment Area with a sibling at the school A child living outside the Catchment A — Children living outside the Catchment Area with a sibling at the school A child living outside the Catchment Area is eligible for this category where they have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission.
5. 5Children living in the Catchment Area
6. 6Children of school staff A child is considered to fall under this criterion where the member of staff has been — Children of school staff A child is considered to fall under this criterion where the member of staff has been employed at the school for at least 6 months at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
7. 7Children attending a designated feeder nursery A child is considered eligible under this criterion if they are — Children attending a designated feeder nursery A child is considered eligible under this criterion if they are attending the school’s designated feeder nursery (this means a child who is in a nursery class which is part of the school, or in a nursery that is established and run by the school) at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made. Children are only eligible under this criterion if they are eligible for the early year’s pupil premium, the 8 pupil premium, or the service premium. Please contact the school office at the school at which you are applying to identify if there is a designated feeder nursery associated with the school.
8. 8All other children. Record of previous admissions

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.