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William Perkin CofE High School
Admissions criteria
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school
website: www.williamperkin.org.uk
Published admission number: 200 places
• 20 are designated as Language Scholarship places
• 40 are designated to Horsenden Primary School
• 20 are designated to The Edward Betham Church of
England Primary School
• 120 are designated to criteria 1, 2, 3 & 5 as set out below
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. All Looked After Children (as defined by the Local Authority
as children in public care subject to Section 22 of the Children
Act (1989) or children who were previously looked after but
immediately after being looked after became subject to an
adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order.
2. Children with a sibling already on-roll at the Academy
who will be on-roll when the child is admitted.
3. Children for whom William Perkin Church of England High
School is the nearest maintained high school or academy,
measured in a straight line from a point in the property
of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main
entrance of the school.
4. 40 places will be made available to children attending
Horsenden Primary School and 20 places will be made
available to children attending The Edward Betham Church
of England Primary School. Where the number of students
eligible exceeds the quota of 40 places for Horsenden and
20 places for Edward Betham, allocation will be made in
accordance with criteria 3 then 5 until the quota is reached.
Any places not required by students at Horsenden Primary
School or Edward Betham Church of England Primary School
will be allocated solely according to criteria 3 and 5.
5. Other children.
Tie breaks
In the event of oversubscription in any of the above criteria,
priority will be given to those living nearest to the academy
measured in a straight line from a point in the property of the
child’s home address (including flats) to the main entrance
of the school, using the Local Authority’s computerised
measuring system. In the rare event that applicants’ distance
measurements are exactly the same, in blocks of flats for
instance, the place will be allocated randomly.
in which the applications are received or placed on the
waiting list. Names will be removed from the list at the end
of June each academic year.
How places were offered in 2019
Admissions
criteria Offers made on national
offer day
Criteria 1 & 2 All applicants offered
Criteria 3 Distance of last child to be
offered: 0.375 of a mile
Criteria 4 Horsenden places
Distance of last child to be
offered: 1.462 miles
Edward Betham places
All applicants offered
Specialist language places
20 places within William Perkin CofE High School will be
made available each year for students applying for a place in
Year 7 with an identified natural aptitude for language.
How to apply:
• Apply to William Perkin CofE High School in accordance with
the Local Authority’s co-ordinated admission arrangements
using the Home Local Authority Common Application Form.
• Complete the Language Scholarship application form on
the school website by the specified Language Scholarship
closing date 27 September at 12noon.
• All Language Scholarship applicants will be invited to
attend a language and linguistic aptitude assessment on
30 September at 4pm.
• Your child’s assessment score will be issued via email
together with their ranked position on the Language
Scholarship List on 11 October.
• Students who are not offered a Language Scholarship
place in March will be placed on a Language Scholarship
Waiting List, ranked according to their score. If a place
becomes available it will be offered to the applicant who
is highest on the waiting list. In the case of a tie on score,
those students living nearer the school, measured in a
straight line from a point in the property of the child’s
home address (including flats) to the main entrance of the
school, will be given priority.
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.williamperkin.org.uk
Waiting lists
Unsuccessful applicants will be offered the opportunity
to be placed on a waiting list operated in-house by the
school. Applications will be ranked in accordance with the
oversubscription criteria set out above and not in the order
For detailed information about the school and to
read their prospectus please visit the school website:
www.williamperkin.org.uk
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