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Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form - 2026/27 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2026 (places allocated on 2nd March 2026) Admission Number : 180
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 444
First Preferences requested 195
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 161 offered (82.56%)
Second Preferences requested 145
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 40
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 15 offered (37.5%)
Third Preferences requested 70
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 15
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 4 offered (26.67%)
Fourth Preferences requested 34
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 6
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 8
1. Baptised Catholic children who are looked after or previously looked after children 1
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 13
2.b) Baptised Catholic children who currently attend a named feeder school 28
3.a) Other Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling at Blessed George Napier Catholic School at the time of admission 12
3.b) Other Baptised Catholic children 29
4. Non-Catholic children who are looked after or previously looked after children 0
5. Non-Catholic children of staff at the school 0
6. Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister at Blessed George Napier Catholic School at the time of admission 28
7. Non-Catholic children currently attending a named feeder school 19
8. Children of other Christian communities 20
9. Children of non-Christian faiths 7
10. Other children 15
Total 180
Last Place Offered
10. Other children 0.956 miles
Home to school distances measured using Shortest Routed Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
10. Other children 76
Total not offered 76
Summary
Number of places available 0