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Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form - 2025/26 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2025 (places allocated on 3rd March 2025) Admission Number : 150 + 30
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 429
First Preferences requested 192
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 169 offered (88.02%)
Second Preferences requested 131
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 23
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 10 offered (43.48%)
Third Preferences requested 69
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 4
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 1 offered (25%)
Fourth Preferences requested 37
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 4
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:
Named feeder schools are: Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School (Chipping Norton), St John's Catholic Primary School (Banbury), St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Banbury), St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Aston-le-Walls) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Bicester)
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 1
1. Baptised Catholic children who are looked after or previously looked after children 0
2.a) Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling at Blessed George Napier School at the time of admission and currently attending a named feeder school 22
2.b) Baptised Catholic children who currently attend a named feeder school 16
3.a) Other Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling at Blessed George Napier Catholic School at the time of admission 19
3.b) Other Baptised Catholic children 27
4. Non-Catholic children who are looked after or previously looked after children 1
5. Non-Catholic children of staff at the school 1
6. Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister at Blessed George Napier Catholic School at the time of admission 35
7. Non-Catholic children currently attending a named feeder school 16
8. Children of other Christian communities 24
9. Children of non-Christian faiths 3
10. Other children 15
Total 180
Last Place Offered
10. Other children 1.059 miles
Home to school distances measured using Shortest Designated Route
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
10. Other children 43
Total not offered 43
Summary
Number of places available 0