Fladbury CofE Primary School and Preschool

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 and previously looked after children — Looked after and previously *‘Looked after’ children" and children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state case as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Siblings at the school — Pupils who would have a sibling in the School at the time of application and admission. Where such a connection is to be relied on it must be clearly stated on the application form. A sibling includes full brothers and sisters, half brothers or sisters, legally fostered/adopted children and other children living permanently in the same household. Children who are brought together as a family by a civil partnership and who are living at the same address, are also considered to be siblings.
3. 3Children living within the catchment area — Children living within the school’s catchment area agreed with the LA (this can be seen in the school office, at the end of the policy and is available from the LA http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schoolsearch). Children will be regarded as “living” within the catchment area in the following circumstances: • It is their full-time place of residence. • It is the full-time place of residence of one parent where the parents share responsibility for the child and where the child lives for a part of a week in term-time. • Where a child lives with both parents on a 50/50 (equal) basis, both parents must agree and confirm the pupil’s address, which must be the same address as the preference school has registered. • Where a contract for the purchase of a property / land has been exchanged that will become a full-time place of residence (see (1) and (2) above). • Where a lease is signed in respect of a property that will become a full-time place of residence (see (1) and (2) above). • Where a license is signed in respect of a Gypsy/Traveller plot that will become a full-time place of residence (see (1) and (2) above). • Where the parents of a child of UK Service Personnel or Crown Servants are returning to live in the catchment area under an extant posting order.
4. 4Other significant reasons - medical, social or compassionate — Pupils who have other significant reasons for admission such as medical, social or compassionate grounds. Where such reasons are to be relied on, they must be clearly stated on / appended to the application form. Whether such reasons are sufficient to secure priority for admission will be determined by the Governing Body. We cannot take more than 30 children in a Key Stage 1 class (legal requirement). To be considered under this category it must normally be shown that only this school can meet the medical, social or compassionate needs relied on and that serious difficulties would be caused if the child had to attend another school, and that legal limits on class sizes are not being exceeded by this admission. Parents /carers should attach any medical certificates or any other appropriate information from independent sources to their application form.
5. 5Nearest by straight-line distance — Pupils who live nearest to the school by the shortest straight-line distance. The measurement will be taken using the Geocode Points for each property and the Geocode point for the School. The Governing Body will utilise the Local Authority software package called ArcView GIS to determine distance. Ordnance Survey supplies the co-ordinates that are used to plot an address within this system. (In the event of equi-distance applicants, any place will be allocated by random selection (lottery). Someone totally independent of the Governing Body will supervise this process).
6. 6Ballot for impossible-to-separate distances — In the event that two or more applicants are impossible to separate under sub-paragraph e, then places will be awarded by a ballot supervised by someone independent of the school (ie random allocation).
7. 7Children of staff members — Children of any member of staff employed at Fladbury Church of England Primary School and Pre School on a permanent contract for a period of at least two years at the date of application or recruited to fill a vacant post.

If two applications tie: Equi-distant applicants under criterion e are decided by random selection (lottery) supervised by someone independent of the Governing Body; ties impossible to separate under e fall to ballot under criterion f.

A child with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) naming the school will be offered a place; this is applied before the oversubscription criteria listed. Waiting list kept until 31st December 2027. Deferred entry rules apply. School does not use tests, interviews or SIF. CATCHMENT: Children living within the school’s catchment area agreed with the LA (this can be seen in the school office, at the end of the policy and is available from the LA http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schoolsearch). Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Worcestershire County Council. Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted first; that is a statutory duty, not an oversubscription criterion.

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.