Villiers High School
Admissions criteria
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school
website: www.villiers.ealing.sch.uk
Published admission number: 240 places
Where the number of applications is less than the published
admission number all applicants will be offered a place.
Where the number of applications is greater than the
published admission number; after the allocation of
children with an EHC plan, the admission criteria will be
applied in the following order of priority:
1. Children in Public Care. Children who are in public care
as defined in Section 22 of the 1989 Children Act (this
includes foster children) and previously looked after
children who were looked after, but ceased to be so
because they were adopted (or became subject to a
residence order or special guardianship order).
2. Brother or Sister who will still be attending School at
the time of admission. The words brother and sister
refer to all blood, half, foster, step and adoptive
brothers and sisters (not cousins) who live at the same
home and in the same family unit on a permanent
basis or for the majority of time in any calendar year.
A sibling connection does not apply for children
whose older siblings will/may be attending the 6th
form in years 12 and 13.
3. Exceptional Medical or Social Circumstances for the
first preferred school. The medical circumstances must
relate to the child and parents will be expected to
provide supporting evidence from a consultant who
is monitoring the child’s condition (not a General
Practitioner [GP]) in relation to medical circumstances,
or a social worker (or other appropriate professionally
qualified person) in relation to social circumstances.
All supporting evidence showing why education should
be at the first preferred school must be submitted at
the time of application. Priority under this criterion can
only be given for the first preference school.
How places were offered in 2020
Admissions
criteria
Criteria 1 to 4
Offers made on national
offer day
All applicants offered
Tie breaks
In the event that the distances are equal the Local Authority’s
Admission System will offer the place by random allocation.
Twin or children from multiple births
Villiers does not give priority under its admission criteria for
twins, triplets or other children from multiple births however,
the Local Authority will endeavour wherever possible not to
separate the children.
Children of newly appointed staff
After the published offer date, where there is a demonstrable
skills shortage for a vacant post (independent evidence is
required), the admission authority will place the children of
the new appointee for the post in question, at the top of the
waiting list for places at the school.
Waiting lists
If it is not possible to offer parents a place for their child
immediately, the child’s name will be placed on a waiting list.
The criteria for admission will be used to determine the position.
Sixth form admissions
Applications for sixth form are made directly to the school.
Please visit the school website for the sixth form admissions
policy: www.villiers.ealing.sch.uk
For detailed information about the school and to
read their prospectus please visit the school website:
www.villiers.ealing.sch.uk
4. Distance from the child’s permanent home address to
the preferred school. The distance from home to Villiers
High School is measured by a straight line from a point
in the property determined by Ordinance Survey to the
nearest gated entrance which is used by pupils to enter
the school grounds.
Any combination of two or more criteria gives higher
priority than one criterion. For example, a brother/sister
and agreed medical/social circumstances would give
priority over a brother/sister connection. If two or more
children have equal priority under the criteria, the criterion
of distance set out in point 4 above will be applied.
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