School admissions data
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Available data
| Starting Reception year group in Primary or Infant School - 2026/27 school year ( places allocated on 16th April 2026 ) | Admission Number : 60 |
| Total number of preferences for places | 80 |
| First Preferences requested | 42 |
| First Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 42 offered (100%) |
| Second Preferences requested | 18 |
| Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) | 7 |
| Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 7 offered (100%) |
| Third Preferences requested | 12 |
| Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) | 0 |
| Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| Fourth Preferences requested | 8 |
| Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) | 0 |
| Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| The Governors or Trust decide the admissions criteria as shown below (in descending order of priority) together with the number of places offered under that criterion: |
| Criterion | Number of Places |
| Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school | 1 |
| 1 Looked-after children and children who were previously looked after, including those children who appear to have been in state care outside England but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted | 1 |
| 2 Families who have exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that their child attends John Henry Newman Academy rather than any other | 1 |
| 3 Children with a normal home address in the catchment/designated area [the Parish and Ward of Littlemore] and with a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of application or whose parent has accepted an offer of a place at the school and who is expected still to be in attendance at the time of entry | 19 |
| 4 Children with a normal home address in the catchment/designated area [the Parish and Ward of Littlemore] | 19 |
| 5 Children with a normal home address outside the catchment/designated area [the Parish and Ward of Littlemore] and with a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of application or whose parent has accepted an offer of a place at the school and who is expected still to be in attendance at the time of entry | 4 |
| 6 Other children | 4 |
| School with places remaining not offered to other children | 3 |
| Total | 52 |
| School with places remaining not offered to other children | 0.479 miles |
| Home to school distances measured using | Straight Line Distance |
| Number of places available | 8 |