Chapelhill Primary 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. 1Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place a — Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school. Then children who live in the school’s catchment zone in the following priority order:
2. 2Children who already have older brothers or sisters — Children who already have older brothers or sisters (including half or step siblings living in the same household) at the school when they are due to start school. If there are more children with older brothers or sisters at the school than there are places available, we will give priority to children with the youngest brothers or sisters at the school. We will also treat a brother or sister at a corresponding junior school as a sibling. Where there is more than one applicant with a sibling in the same year group, priority will be given to those children who live nearest to the school. We measure distances from the child’s home to the school gate nearest to the child’s home using the shortest road route, unless it is possible to use a footpath which we consider to be a safe walking route, using the Council’s computerised routing system.
3. 3Children who live nearest to the school — Children who live nearest to the school. We measure distances from home to the school gate nearest to the child’s home using the shortest road route, unless it is possible to use a footpath which we consider to be a safe walking route, using the Council’s computerised routing system. If places remain available, eligibility for children who do not live in the school’s catchment area will be determined in accordance with the following scheme of priorities.
4. 4Children who already have older brothers or sisters — Children who already have older brothers or sisters (including half or step- brothers and sisters living in the same household) at the school when they are due to start school. If there are more children with older brothers or sisters at the school than there are places available, we will give priority to children with the youngest brothers or sisters at the school. We will also treat a brother or sister at a corresponding junior school as a sibling. Where there is more than one applicant with a sibling in the same year group, priority will be given to those children who live nearest to the school. We measure distances from home to the school gate nearest to the child’s home using the shortest road route, unless it is possible to use a footpath which we consider to be a safe walking route, using the Council’s computerised routing system.
5. 5Pupils who live nearest to the school — Pupils who live nearest to the school. We measure distances from home to the school gate nearest to the child’s home using the shortest road route, unless it’s possible to use a footpath which we consider to be a safe walking route, using the Council’s computerised routing system. 5.3 Tie break In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the school and a child’s home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in respect of priority 3 above to decide who has highest priority for admission if the distance between two children’s homes and the school is the same. This process will be independently verified. If a tie-break is required in earlier categories to decide who has priority for admission between two children, distance from the school will be used to decide as measured above. 5.4 Multiple Births Where a parents of multiple births (twins, triplets etc) request admission and only one of the siblings can be offered a place, the remaining siblings will also be offered places above the

"Admissions_Policy_2027-2028", published by the school on its own website (https://www.chapelhillprimary.co.uk/docs/Chapelhill_Admissions_Policy_2027-2028.pdf).

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.