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The Cooper School - 2025/26 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2025 (places allocated on 3rd March 2025) Admission Number : 220
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 323
First Preferences requested 181
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 181 offered (100%)
Second Preferences requested 68
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 2
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 2 offered (100%)
Third Preferences requested 62
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 1
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 1 offered (100%)
Fourth Preferences requested 11
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 0 offered (0%)
Fifth Preferences requested 0
Fifth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
Fifth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 0 offered (0%)
Sixth Preferences requested 1
Sixth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
Sixth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 0 offered (0%)
Policy
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:
Partnership schools in the Trust are: Botley School, Chalgrove Primary School, Glory Farm Primary School, Stadhampton Primary School and Watlington Primary School
Designated partnerships schools are: Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School, Finmere Church of England Primary School, Fringford Church of England Primary School, Glory Farm Primary School, Langford Village Community Primary School, Launton Church of England Primary School and Longfields Primary and Nursery School
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 8
1. Children who are "looked after" by a Local Authority (LA) within the meaning of Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 at the time of their application and "previously looked after" children and children who were previously in state care outside England but have been adopted and are no longer in state care 2
2. Children who have exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that they attend The Cooper School rather than any other 1
3. Children of staff 4
4. Children who attend one of the partnership schools in the Trust and live in the designated (catchment) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 15
5. Children who attend one of the designated partnership schools and live in the designated (catchment) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 20
6. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 7
7. Children who attend one of the designated partnership schools and live in the designated (catchment) area 65
8. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 10
9. Children who attend one of the designated partnership [schools] and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry but live outside the designated (catchment) area 10
10. Children who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry but live outside the designated (catchment) area 6
11. Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools 16
12. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not attend a designated catchment school and also do not have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 20
School with places remaining not offered to other children 2
Total 186
Last Place Offered
School with places remaining not offered to other children 7.061 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Summary
Number of places available 34