School admissions data
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Available data
| Starting Reception year group in Primary or Infant School - 2025/26 academic year ( places allocated on 16th April 2025 ) | Admission Number : 30 |
| Total number of preferences for places | 45 |
| First Preferences requested | 16 |
| First Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 16 offered (100%) |
| Second Preferences requested | 10 |
| Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) | 0 |
| Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| Third Preferences requested | 12 |
| Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) | 0 |
| Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| Fourth Preferences requested | 7 |
| Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) | 0 |
| Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| 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: |
| Criterion | Number of Places |
| Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school | 0 |
| 1. Children who are looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989 at the time of their application and previously looked after children. The 2021 School Admission Codes regards a child as having been in state care outside England if they were in the care of or were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society. | 0 |
| 2. Disabled children who need to be admitted to Orchard Meadow School on the grounds of physical accessibility | 0 |
| 3. Children of staff | 0 |
| 4. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area and have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry | 4 |
| 5. Children who live in the designated (catchment) area | 10 |
| 6. 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 designated (catchment) area | 1 |
| 7. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry | 1 |
| Total | 16 |
| 7. All other children who do not live in the designated (catchment) area and also do not have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending at the time of entry | 0.802 miles |
| Home to school distances measured using | Straight Line Distance |
| Number of places available | 14 |