Draft Admission Policy for September 2026

Pupils who live closest to a particular school measured in a straight line "as the crow flies".

Explanatory notes

The Local Authority uses a Geographic Information System, known as GIS, to identify and measure the distance from the central point of the home to the central point of the school. The distance is measured electronically from the central point of the school taken from the council maintained Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) (the same point for all applications) to the central point of the home (including flats) also taken from the Local Land and Property Gazetteer. The Geographic Information System undertakes all measures in the same way for every applicant, to ensure consistency and fairness.

The oversubscription criteria will be available on our website in September for parents for admission in September 2026.

Please note, for primary schools, attendance at a school nursery does not guarantee a place in the reception class of that school.