School admissions data
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| Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026) | Admission Number : 210 |
| Total number of preferences for places | 377 |
| First Preferences requested | 148 |
| First Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 148 offered (100%) |
| Second Preferences requested | 85 |
| Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) | 27 |
| Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 27 offered (100%) |
| Third Preferences requested | 65 |
| Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) | 15 |
| Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 15 offered (100%) |
| Fourth Preferences requested | 79 |
| Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) | 7 |
| Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 7 offered (100%) |
| 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 Acer Trust are: Botley School, Chalgrove Primary School, Glory Farm Primary School, Stadhampton Primary School and Watlington Primary School | |
| Designated catchment schools are: Appleton Church of England Primary School, Botley School, Cumnor Church of England Primary School, North Hinksey Church of England Primary School, West Oxford Community Primary School and St Swithun's Church of England Primary School (Kennington) |
| 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 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 | 2 |
| 2. Children who have exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that they attend Matthew Arnold School rather than any other | 1 |
| 3. Children of staff | 3 |
| 4. Children who attend one of the schools in the Acer 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 | 6 |
| 5. Children who attend one of the designated catchment 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 | 35 |
| 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 | 1 |
| 7. Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools and live in the designated (catchment) area | 62 |
| 8. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area | 20 |
| 9. Children who attend one of the designated catchment 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 | 4 |
| 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 | 5 |
| 11. Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools | 7 |
| 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 | 44 |
| School with places remaining not offered to other children | 2 |
| Total | 199 |
| School with places remaining not offered to other children | 1.592 miles |
| Home to school distances measured using | Straight Line Distance |
| Number of places available | 11 |