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Matthew Arnold School - 2025/26 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2025 (places allocated on 3rd March 2025) Admission Number : 210
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 417
First Preferences requested 161
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 157 offered (97.52%)
Second Preferences requested 95
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 35
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 32 offered (91.43%)
Third Preferences requested 70
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 14
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 13 offered (92.86%)
Fourth Preferences requested 91
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 9
Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 8 offered (88.89%)
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:
Partnership schools in the Trust are: Botley School, Chalgrove Primary School, Glory Farm Primary School, Stadhampton Primary School and Watlington Primary School
Designated partnerships 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)
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" by a Local Authority (LA) within the meaning of Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 at the time of their application and "previously looked after" children and children who were previously in state care outside England but have been adopted and are no longer in state care 1
2. Children who have exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that they attend Icknield Community College rather than any other 0
3. Children of staff 1
4. Children who attend one of the partnership schools in the 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 10
5. Children who attend one of the designated partnership 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 40
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 3
7. Children who attend one of the designated partnership schools and live in the designated (catchment) area 80
8. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 29
9. Children who attend one of the designated partnership [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 6
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 4
11. Children who attend one of the designated catchment schools 4
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 28
Total 210
Last Place Offered
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 4.929 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
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 9
Total not offered 9
Summary
Number of places available 0