Determined school admission arrangements 2025/26

If a school is oversubscribed, places are allocated in accordance with the school's published admission criteria (also known as admission policies or admission arrangements).

The admission authority for a school or academy must set admission arrangements annually:

  • For community schools the admission authority is the local council
  • For voluntary aided schools, academies, and free schools it is the school's governing body or academy trust

Notice - Furzedown, Penwortham and Sellincourt Primary Schools

Following a determination by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) on 23 October 2025, the admissions policy for Furzedown, Penwortham and Sellincourt Primary Schools is a variation of the original admission policy approved on 27 February 2024. The amended policy now includes an enlarged priority area for Penwortham Primary School.

A copy of the OSA determination is available at Penwortham Primary School: 23 October 2025.

Primary schools

You can download copies of the admission arrangements for individual primary schools.

Community schools

The following schools without priority areas have arrangements as listed in the Admissions Policy for Community Primary Schools:

  • Alderbrook Primary School
  • Allfarthing Primary School
  • Brandlehow Primary School
  • Earlsfield Primary School
  • Falconbrook Primary School
  • Fircroft Primary School
  • Granard Primary School
  • Heathmere Primary School
  • Hotham Primary School
  • John Burns Primary School
  • Riversdale Primary School
  • Ronald Ross Primary School
  • Shaftesbury Park Primary School
  • Sheringdale Primary School
  • Smallwood Primary School
  • Southmead Primary School
  • Swaffield Primary School
  • West Hill Primary School

Academies, foundation schools, free schools and voluntary aided schools

Secondary schools

You can download copies of the admission arrangements for individual secondary schools:

Paper copies

Paper copies can also be obtained direct from academies, foundation schools and voluntary aided schools. You can contact our Pupil Services team for paper copies for community schools.

Objections

Any person or body who considers that any maintained school or academy's arrangements are unlawful, or not in compliance with the Code or relevant law relating to admissions, can make an objection to the Schools Adjudicator. Further information about how to object to the Schools Adjudicator is available from the GOV.UK.

The deadline for making objections about 2025/26 arrangements was 15 May 2024.

Arrangements in other years

View determined school admission arrangements for each year since 2021/22.

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Up to School admissions criteria

Updated: 06/11/2025