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John Mason 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 421
First Preferences requested 66
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 66 offered (100%)
Second Preferences requested 149
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 48
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 48 offered (100%)
Third Preferences requested 146
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 18
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 18 offered (100%)
Fourth Preferences requested 60
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 6
Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 6 offered (100%)
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:
Abingdon Learning Trust primary schools in the area are: Rush Common School and St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village
Traditional partner primary schools are: Abbey Woods Academy (Berinsfield), Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary School, Dorchester St Birinus Church of England Primary School, Drayton Community Primary School, Dry Sandford Primary School, Dunmore Primary School (Abingdon), Long Furlong Primary School (Abingdon), Radley Church of England Primary School, St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School (Abingdon), St Michael’s Church of England Primary School (Steventon), St Nicolas Church of England Primary School (Abingdon), Sunningwell Church of England Primary School, Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School, Thomas Reade School (Abingdon) and Wootton St Peter’s Church of England Primary School
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 1
1. Children who are "looked after" (LAC) by a Local Authority 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 Admission Authority to have been in state care outside England (IAPLAC) and ceased to be in state care having been adopted 0
2. Children of a member of staff who works at the school 1
3. Children who attend an Abingdon Learning Trust primary school in the area and live in the 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 2
4. Children who live in the 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 32
5. Children who attend an Abingdon Learning Trust primary school in the area and live in the catchment area 6
6. Children who live in the catchment area 49
7. Children who attend an Abingdon Learning Trust primary school in the area 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 catchment area 0
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 catchment area 10
9. Children who attend an Abingdon Learning Trust primary school in the area 1
10. Children who attend a traditional partner primary school but live outside the catchment area 12
11. All other children who do not live in the catchment area 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 24
School with places remaining not offered to other children 40
Total 178
Last Place Offered
School with places remaining not offered to other children 6.28 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Summary
Number of places available 2