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The Cherwell School - 2026/27 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026) Admission Number : 270
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 1009
First Preferences requested 423
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 269 offered (63.59%)
Second Preferences requested 267
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 36
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 1 offered (2.78%)
Third Preferences requested 221
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 7
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 0 offered (0%)
Fourth Preferences requested 98
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
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:
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 27
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 3
2. Up to a maximum of three children in a single year group with a parent who is a staff member at the academy 3
3. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area and attend Cutteslowe Primary School 36
4. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area of Wolvercote Primary School (part of the designated area of the school) 44
5. 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 74
6. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 83
7. Children living outside the designated area who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 0
8. All other children not in the designated area and also who do not have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 0
Total 270
Last Place Offered
6. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 1.182 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
6. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 60
7. Children living outside the designated area who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 6
8. All other children not in the designated area and also who do not have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 130
Total not offered 196
Summary
Number of places available 0