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The Marlborough Church of England School - 2025/26 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2025 (places allocated on 3rd March 2025) Admission Number : 180
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 418
First Preferences requested 226
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 176 offered (77.88%)
Second Preferences requested 104
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 11
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 4 offered (36.36%)
Third Preferences requested 50
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 2
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 0 offered (0%)
Fourth Preferences requested 38
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:
Designated feeder schools in the partnership are: Bladon Church of England Primary School, Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary School, Combe Church of England Primary School, Kirtlington Church of England Primary School, Stonesfield Primary School, Tackley Church of England Primary School, William Fletcher Primary School (Yarnton) and Woodstock Church of England Primary School
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 13
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 4
2. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership 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 54
3. 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 4
4. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live in the designated (catchment) area 93
5. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 8
6. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership 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
7. 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 0
8. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership 0
9. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not attend a designated feeder schools in the partnership 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 0
Total 180
Last Place Offered
6. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership 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 3.218 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
6. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership 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 2
7. 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 12
8. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership 6
9. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not attend a designated feeder schools in the partnership 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 39
Total not offered 59
Summary
Number of places available 0