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Greenford High School Admissions criteria The below criteria has been summarised, for the full admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school website: www.greenford.ealing.sch.uk Published admission number: 300 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. Looked After Children (LAC), including those that have ceased to be so because they were adopted, became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order. 2. Children who, at the time of their proposed admission to the School, will have a sibling (that is a brother, sister, half brother or sister, step or adopted brother or sister or the child of the parent/carer’s partner) attending Greenford High School. In every case, the child should be living within the same family unit at the same address. Independent verification may be required to prove that a sibling relationship exists, for example birth certificates. 3. Children of Greenford High School staff who are working at the school, at the time of application. Members of staff who are eligible for this would have had to have been employed by the school for a minimum of two years at the time at which the application for admission is made. How places were offered in 2020 Admissions criteria Criteria 1 to 3 Criteria 4 Offers made on national offer day All applicants offered Distance of last child to be offered: 0.621 of a mile Waiting lists The Admissions Committee will maintain a waiting list of applicants seeking places at Greenford High School. Places on this waiting list will be allocated in accordance with the School’s Admissions Policy and oversubscription criteria. No priority will be given in regard to the length of time that an applicant has been on the waiting list. 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.greenford.ealing.sch.uk For detailed information about the school and to read their prospectus please visit the school website: www.greenford.ealing.sch.uk 4. All other applications. Tie breaks In the event of there being insufficient vacancies to admit all applicants in all of the categories detailed above, priority will be given to children whose parents’/legal guardians’ residential address is the shortest distance from the centre of the school site, as measured by a straight line. In those instances, where applicants have the same priority on distance, the tie-breaker shall be random allocation. Starting High School 2021 37