St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 5), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because, immediately after being looked after, they became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, 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. 2Children with a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of application. By sibling, we mean brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parents’ or carers’ partner where the child for whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at the same address as that sibling.
3. 3Children of staff at the school, subject to either or both of the following: a) Where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time the application for admission is made, and b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Governors will then consider all applications from children attending first schools in the Windsor system or normally resident in Windsor, Old Windsor, Eton, Eton Wick and Datchet as defined by the RBWM Designated area for categories 4, 5a, 5b, 6 & 7.
4. 4Children who have either strong medical or social grounds for admission (for example, serious social problems in the family, or any chronic medical condition affecting the pupil that only this school can accommodate). If this is the case your application must be fully supported at the time of application by written confirmation from the professional person, (such as a doctor or social worker) involved in the case. The documentation should set out the reasons why this school is the most suitable one and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend another school. The governing body may seek additional information or clarification from the professionals involved. The application will be assessed objectively. (Attached to the school’s full policy published on the website is the standard by which these criteria can be met.)
5. 5Denominational banding • Up to 50% of remaining places (rounded down to the nearest whole number) will be given to children who have been baptised in either the Church of England (or other Anglican Church), or whose parent(s) were baptised in either the Church of England (or another Anglican Church). By Anglican Church we mean Member Churches of the Anglican Communion being those who are in communion with the See of Canterbury and who recognise the Archbishop of Canterbury as the Communion’s spiritual head. (The list is available on www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches.aspx). • Up to 50% of remaining places (rounded down to the nearest whole number) will be given to children who have been baptised in a Catholic Church, or whose parent(s) are baptised members of the Catholic Church. By Catholic Church we mean a church which is in full communion with the See of Rome or a person received into full communion with the Catholic Church (The list is available on www.casoportsmouth.org.uk/admissions). Where it is possible to offer a place under the above categories, the highest ranking place will be offered. As applicants are offered a place, their position under the other category will be freed up. In the event of there being an extra place available, due to the rounding down of available places, the final place will be allocated to the child who lives in closest proximity, as measured by the straight-line distance between the child’s home and the school, of either the next 5a or 5b applicant. In the event of either category not filling all of the places allocated to them, the remaining places will be filled by either category (as appropriate) until all the places are filled, or no more applications remain in that category.
6. 6Children who are, or whose parents are, members of any other Christian or other world faiths.
7. 7All other applicants normally resident within the RBWM designated area (defined above) or currently attending a Windsor First School.
8. 8All other applicants Should there be more applications than places available in any of the categories above, then priority will be given according to proximity of the child’s home, as measured by the straight-line distance between the home and the school, with those living nearer being accorded the higher priority; this will serve to differentiate between children in each criterion should the need arise. This data is supplied to the school by the local authority, and is determined from the address point of the pupil’s house measured in a straight line as determined by Ordnance Survey to the address point of the school using the local authority’s GIS system. If the last child admitted is of a multiple birth, all siblings of that multiple birth will be admitted even if this goes over the planned admission number. If this occurs in categories 5a and 5b, then both sets of multiple birth children will be admitted.

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.