School admissions data

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The Cooper School - 2024/25 - Secondary
Transfer from Primary or Junior to Secondary School - September 2024 (places allocated on 1st March 2024) Admission Number : 220
Preferences
Total number of preferences for places 334
First Preferences requested 175
First Preferences offered (percentage offered) 175 offered (100%)
Second Preferences requested 74
Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) 10
Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) 10 offered (100%)
Third Preferences requested 73
Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) 2
Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) 2 offered (100%)
Fourth Preferences requested 12
Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) 0
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:
Places Offered
Criterion Number of Places
Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school 4
1. Children who are "looked after" (LAC) by a Local Authority (LA) within the meaning of Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 at the time of their application, and "previously looked after" children (PLAC), including internationally adopted previously looked after children (IAPLAC) 0
2. Disabled children who need to be admitted on the grounds of physical accessibility 0
3. Children of employees of the Bernwode Schools Trust (Multi Academy Trust) schools – currently The Cooper School and Glory Farm School – whether they live in the designated area or not 5
4. Children who attend one of the Bernwode Schools Trust (Multi Academy Trust) schools – currently Glory Farm School - whether they live in the designated area or not 39
5.a. Children who live in the designated area with a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 0
5.b. Children who live in the designated area who live closest 77
6. Children living outside the designated area who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry 13
7. Children who attend one of the following schools (Charlton-on-Otmoor CE Primary School, Finmere CE Primary School, Fringford CE Primary School, Langford Village School, Bicester, Launton CE Primary School, Longfields Primary and Nursery School, Bicester) and live outside the designated area 13
8. Those children who live closest 36
School with places remaining not offered to other children 3
Total 190
Last Place Offered
School with places remaining not offered to other children 7.9 miles
Home to school distances measured using Shortest Designated Route
Summary
Number of places available 30