Hanley Castle High School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), 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 –any child who is (a) in the care of the local authority or (b) being provided with accommodation by them in the exercise of their social services functions (e.g. children with foster parents) at the time of making the application to the school. A ‘previously looked after child’ is a child who immediately moved on from that status after becoming subject to an adoption, child arrangement order or special guardianship order and includes those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted .
2. 2Siblings on roll at the school — Children with a sibling on roll at Hanley Castle High School in one of Years 7 to 12 and who will continue to do so in one of Years 8 to 13 at the point of admission. A sibling is a brother or sister, half-brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step-brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s partner, and in every case, the child must be living in the same family unit at the same permanent address.
3. 3Children living in catchment area, nearest first — Children who live in the Hanley Castle High School catchment area – with priority given to students 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 centre of the School. The Local Authority use a software package called Arcview GIS to determine distance. Ordnance Survey supply 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 Academy Standards Committee will supervise this process).
4. 4Pupils from HUET primary schools — Pupils who were attending one of the HUET primary schools – Hanley Swan (St Gabriel’s) Primary, Kempsey Primary, Welland Primary – at the time of application.
5. 5Pupils from other named feeder schools — Pupils who were attending one of Hanley’s other feeder schools – Castlemorton CE Primary, Eldersfield Corse Lawn CE Primary, Pendock CE Primary, Upton upon Severn Primary – at the time of application.
6. 6Children of trust staff members — Children of members of staff of the Hanley and Upton Educational Trust.
7. 7Pupils attending Twyning School — Pupils who were attending Twyning School at the time of application.
8. 8Children outside catchment area, nearest first — Children who live outside the Hanley Castle High School catchment area – with priority given to those who live closest to the school using the same methodology as described above.

If two applications tie: In the event of equi-distance applicants, any place will be allocated by random selection (lottery), supervised by someone totally independent of the Academy Standards Committee.

Children whose final statement of SEN/EHCP names Hanley Castle High School will be automatically admitted and are not subject to the oversubscription criteria. If the last student offered a place within PAN is a multiple birth or same cohort sibling, any further sibling will be admitted even if this raises intake above PAN. PAN itself not stated in supplied text for Year 7 entry (only Year 12 PAN of 20 given separately). CATCHMENT: Children who live in the Hanley Castle High School catchment area – with priority given to students who live nearest to the school by the shortest straight line distance. 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.