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Burford School - 2026/27 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026) Admission Number : 210 + 25
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 514
First Preferences requested 254
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 229 offered (90.16%)
Second Preferences requested 152
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 5
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 4 offered (80%)
Third Preferences requested 67
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 3
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 2 offered (66.67%)
Fourth Preferences requested 39
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 0 offered (0%)
Fifth Preferences requested 2
Fifth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
Fifth 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:
Partner schools are: Bampton Church of England Primary School, Brize Norton Primary School, Burford Primary School, Clanfield Church of England Primary School, Leafeild Church of England Primary School, St Christopher's Church of England Primary School, Langford, St Kenelm's Church of England Primary School (Minster Lovell), St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot and Wychwood Church of England Primary School
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 7
1. Children who are "looked after" (LAC) by a Local Authority (LA) within the meaning of Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 at the time of their application, and all "previously looked after" children (pLAC) including those who appear to this Admissions Authority to have been in state care outside England (IApLAC) and ceased to be in state care having been adopted 1
2. Children of staff 6
3. Children who have older siblings attending the school at the time of initial application (including the Sixth Form.) 105
4. Children who live in the school’s designated (catchment) area 76
5. Children who attend a partner primary school, and live outside the designated (catchment) area 17
6. Those children who live closest to the school 23
Total 235
Last Place Offered
6. Those children who live closest to the school 3.617 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
6. Those children who live closest to the school 27
Total not offered 27
Summary
Number of places available 0