School admissions data

Select a school year and phase to view the data.

School phase

Available data

Wheatley Park School - 2026/27 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026) Admission Number : 180
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 410
First Preferences requested 172
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 164 offered (95.35%)
Second Preferences requested 89
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 14
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 9 offered (64.29%)
Third Preferences requested 82
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 11
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 7 offered (63.64%)
Fourth Preferences requested 67
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 1
Fourth 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:
Schools in the Wheatley Partnership of Schools are: Beckley CE Primary School, Garsington CE Primary School, Great Milton CE Primary School, Horspath CE Primary School, Ickford School, Little Milton CE Primary School, Marsh Baldon CE Primary School, Oakley CE Primary School, Sandhills Community Primary School and Wheatley CE Primary School
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 4
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 5
2. Children of staff at the school 2
3. Children who attend one of the schools in the Wheatley Partnership of 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 42
4. 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 9
5. Children who attend one of the schools in the Wheatley Partnership of Schools (see below) and live in the designated (catchment) area 68
6. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 17
7. Children who attend one of the schools in the Wheatley Partnership of Schools (see below) 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 4
8. 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 5
9. Children who attend one of the schools in the Wheatley Partnership of Schools 16
10. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not attend a school in the Wheatley Partnership of Schools and also do not have a brother or sister on roll in Years 7 to 10 at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 8
Total 180
Last Place Offered
10. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not attend a school in the Wheatley Partnership of Schools and also do not have a brother or sister on roll in Years 7 to 10 at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 3.051 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
10. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not attend a school in the Wheatley Partnership of Schools and also do not have a brother or sister on roll in Years 7 to 10 at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 18
Total not offered 18
Summary
Number of places available 0