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North Oxfordshire Academy - 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 461
First Preferences requested 228
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 175 offered (76.75%)
Second Preferences requested 87
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 24
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 2 offered (8.33%)
Third Preferences requested 93
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 12
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 1 offered (8.33%)
Fourth Preferences requested 53
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 6
Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) 2 offered (33.33%)
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: Cropredy Church of England Primary School, Hanwell Fields Community School, Hardwick Primary School, Hill View Primary School, Orchard Fields Community Primary School and William Morris School
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 9
1. Children who are "looked after" (LAC) by a Local Authority 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 1
2. Children of United Learning staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage 3
3. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live in the catchment (formerly known as designated) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 43
4. Children who live in the catchment (formerly known as designated) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 7
5. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live in the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 117
6. Children who live in the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 0
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 catchment (formerly known as designated) area 0
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 catchment (formerly known as designated) area 0
9. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership but live outside the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 0
10. Children who do not attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live outside the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 0
Total 180
Last Place Offered
5. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live in the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 2.636 miles
Home to school distances measured using Straight Line Distance
Unsuccessful Applicants
Criterion Number of Places
5. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live in the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 6
6. Children who live in the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 31
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 catchment (formerly known as designated) area 2
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 catchment (formerly known as designated) area 0
9. Children who attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership but live outside the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 16
10. Children who do not attend one of the designated feeder schools in the partnership and live outside the catchment (formerly known as designated) area 35
Total not offered 90
Summary
Number of places available 0