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 : 30 |
| Total number of preferences for places | 57 |
| First Preferences requested | 21 |
| First Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 21 offered (100%) |
| Second Preferences requested | 10 |
| Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) | 1 |
| Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 1 offered (100%) |
| Third Preferences requested | 10 |
| Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) | 0 |
| Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| Fourth Preferences requested | 16 |
| 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 |
| 1. Children we care for (previously looked-after children) and children who were previously cared for, including those children who appear to have been in state care outside England, but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted | 0 |
| 2. Families who have exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that their child attends Brightwell cum Sotwell CofE Primary School rather than any other | 1 |
| 3. Children with a normal home address in the catchment area 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 | 7 |
| 4. Children of a member of MTOAT staff | 1 |
| 5. Children with a normal home address in the catchment area | 4 |
| 6. Children with a normal home address outside the catchment area 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 | 2 |
| 7. Other children | 7 |
| Total | 22 |
| 7. Other children | 3.8 miles |
| Home to school distances measured using | Straight Line Distance |
| Number of places available | 8 |