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Lord Williams's School - 2026/27 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026) Admission Number : 350
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 545
First Preferences requested 303
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 302 offered (99.67%)
Second Preferences requested 135
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 10
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 10 offered (100%)
Third Preferences requested 67
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 10
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 10 offered (100%)
Fourth Preferences requested 33
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 2
Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 2 offered (100%)
Fifth Preferences requested 4
Fifth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 2
Fifth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 2 offered (100%)
Sixth Preferences requested 3
Sixth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
Sixth 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 schools in the partnership are: Aston Rowant CE Primary School, Barley Hill Primary School, Brill Church of England School, John Hampden Primary School, Long Crendon School, Mill Lane Primary School, St Andrew's CE Primary School, Chinnor, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame and Tetsworth Primary School
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 23
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 2
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 81
3. Children of staff employed by Thame Partnership Academy Trust at Lord Williams’s School 4
4. 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
5.Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live in the designated (catchment) area 116
6.Children who live in the designated (catchment) area 11
7. 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 10
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 designated (catchment) area 23
9. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership 7
10. 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 45
Total 326
Last Place Offered
10. 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 13.814 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Summary
Number of places available 24