Highfield Primary School
Postal address | Wright Street |
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Telephone | 01257 262783 |
Headteacher | Mr Andrew Proctor |
Number on roll January 2026 | 234 |
Admission number 2027/28 | 30 |
Summary of policy
This is an Academy – please contact the school for full admission details.
Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, then
Children for whom the Governing Body accepts that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
Children eligible for services premium, then
Children with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then
Remaining places are allocated according to where a child lives. Those living nearest to the preferred school by a straight line (radial) measure will have priority.
Tie break
The distance criterion will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria; it is a straight line (radial) measure.
If the Governing Body is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (e.g. siblings, those living the same distance from home to school, or families residing in the same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.
The distance measure is a straight-line measurement (radial) between the applicant’s home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data).