Tudor Grange Academy Worcester

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 A 'looked after child' is one who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is one who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order, as well as a child who appears to the Admission Committee to have been in state care outside of England (i.e. in the care of or accommodated by a public authority, religious organisation or any other provider whose sole/main purpose is to benefit society), but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Exceptional medical and/or social need to attend the Academy — Children with an exceptional medical and/or social need to attend Tudor Grange Academy Worcester The child must have an exceptional medical and/or social need that means that only Tudor Grange Academy Worcester is suitable for them to attend, and no other local school would be suitable.
3. 3Children with a sibling at the Academy — Children with a sibling at Tudor Grange Academy Worcester The sibling must be on the roll at Tudor Grange Academy Worcester at the time of application and will still be on the roll at the time of the applicant child's admission. A 'sibling' means a full brother or sister (sharing both parents), a half brother or sister (sharing one parent), an adopted brother or sister (sharing one or both parents), a foster brother or sister on a long term placement (a looked after child), a step brother or sister (where one child's parent is married or in a civil partnership with the other child's parent) and a child of the applicant's parent's partner where they have cohabited for at least one year.
4. 4Children attending Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell — Children attending Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell The applicant child must be a registered pupil of Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell at the time of application.
5. 5Children living in the catchment area of the Academy — Children living in the catchment area of Tudor Grange Academy Worcester The child's home address (as defined in this policy) must be located in the catchment area for the Academy at the time of application and admission.
6. 6Children of staff recruited to fill a demonstrable skill shortage — Children of staff at Tudor Grange Academy Worcester recruited to a vacant post for which there was a demonstrable skill shortage The staff member may be full or part time, and teaching or non-teaching staff. They must spend more than 50% of their working week during term time based at Tudor Grange Academy Worcester. For the avoidance of doubt, it is not possible to have priority for more than one academy within the Trust. The staff member must have been recruited to fill a vacant post at the Academy for which there was a demonstrable skill shortage. For the avoidance of doubt, staff members employed at the Academy for two or more years at the time of...

If two applications tie: Distance between the child's home address and the Academy, measured in a straight line by Worcestershire County Council using Ordnance Survey geo-codes; closer children have higher priority. Random lottery used where distances are equal.

Uses Fair Banding (GL Assessment Cognitive Abilities Test Level C) to allocate children into 9 ability bands before applying oversubscription criteria within each band. Children with an EHCP naming the Academy are admitted before PAN is applied and are not part of the ranked oversubscription criteria. CATCHMENT: The child's home address (as defined in this policy) must be located in the catchment area for the Academy at the time of application and admission. 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. This document is a single trust/diocesan policy covering 2 schools; the criteria above are the ones it prints for this school.

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.