Tardebigge CofE First 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 and previously looked after children — Looked After Children (LAC), Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) and Internationally Adopted Previously Looked After Children (IAPLAC). A Looked After Child is a child who is in the care of a Local Authority in England or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in England under the definition of the Children Act 1989. A Previously Looked After Child is a child who was looked after but immediately after being looked after becomes subject to an adoption, a child arrangements order or special guardianship order. Internationally Adopted Previously Looked After Children are children who appear to Tardebigge School to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society.
2. 2Siblings — Children who have a brother or sister at Tardebigge School at the time of application and who will also be at the school at the time of admission. The sibling connection, as well as brother and sister will include half-siblings, adopted children, step-siblings or a child of the parent/carers partner. They must also be living at the same home address. 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. 3Sole catchment — Children whose primary residence is within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tardebigge and the Civil Parishes of Tutnall and Cobley and Bentley Pauncefoot, and for whom Tardebigge is the sole provided school. The School, Local Authority and Diocesan Board of Education have a map defining this area.
4. 4Denominational — Children for whom this is the nearest Church of England Aided School (as measured in accordance with the definition under criterion (g) below) and who alongside their parent/s or legal guardian/s are practising members of St Bartholomew’s Church, Tardebigge, or St. Mary’s, Lower Bentley, or St Philip’s, Webheath. The school’s Ministerial form, duly completed by a member of the clergy team to confirm this must accompany the application. For the purpose of this application a practising member is a child and their parent/s or legal guardian/s that have a history of at least monthly church attendance, for a minimum period of a year prior to the date of application. If this information is missing, this criterion is not met. In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these admissions arrangements in relation to attendance will only apply to the period when the church or alternative premises have been available for public worship.
5. 5Shared catchment — Other children whose primary residence is within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tardebigge and the Civil Parishes of Tutnall and Cobley and Bentley Pauncefoot and for whom Tardebigge is not the sole provided school. The School, Local Authority and Diocesan Board of Education have a map defining this area.
6. 6Other denominational - Redditch Holy Trinity — Children for whom this is the nearest Church of England Aided School (as measured in accordance with the definition under criterion (g) below) and who alongside their parent/s or legal guardian/s are practising members of

If two applications tie: In each criterion, children will be ranked in accordance with straight line distance.

A child with an Education Health Care Plan naming Tardebigge School will be offered a place ahead of oversubscription criteria. Multiple births: if one of the children from a multiple birth application is offered the last place(s), all of the children from that multiple birth will be admitted even if this takes the class size over the PAN of 30. Document lists final year allocation numbers: e.g. 1 - Denominational; 22 - Shared Catchment; 0 - Significant Reasons; 0 - Other Denominational and Religious Faiths; and 29 - Distance (context unclear, possibly from a different year's data). CATCHMENT: Children whose primary residence is within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tardebigge and the Civil Parishes of Tutnall and Cobley and Bentley Pauncefoot 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.