Norfolk Schoolfinder
Information about the school
98 Main Street
Hockwold Cum Wilton, Thetford
IP26 4LP
| NOR May 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Yr R | 12 |
| Yr 1 | 15 |
| Yr 2 | 14 |
| Yr 3 | 15 |
| Yr 4 | 14 |
| Yr 5 | 12 |
| Yr 6 | 18 |
| Total | 100 |
School admission policy : 2026/27 (Agreed)
If there are more applications for places than there are
places available, we will give preference to children according to the
following criteria, in this order of priority:
i. Looked after children and all previously looked
after children. Looked after children are children who are either in the care
of a local authority or being provided with accommodation by a local authority
in the exercise of their social services functions, in accordance with section
22 of the Children Act (1989), at the time an application for a place is made.
ii. Siblings of current pupils, who, for the
purposes of this policy, are defined as children living permanently at the same
address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both
parents in common, are related by a parent’s marriage or civil partnership, are
adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related children who live at the
same address whose parents live as partners. These conditions must be met at
the time of their admission (including for children in the sixth form).
iii. Children of permanent teaching and support staff
of an ATT academy who have been employed at the academy where the application
for admission is made for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a
member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a
demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy.
iv. Other children by distance from the academy,
with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy
as measured using Ordnance Survey data to plot an address (employing the
measuring system used by the local authority in which the academy is situated).
Distances are measured as the crow flies (a straight-line distance) from the
child’s property address point to the academy’s main reception area.
School admission policy : 2027/28 (Proposed)
If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to children according to the following criteria, in this order of priority:
i. Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
Per the School admissions Code (clause 1.7) a looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school.
A child is regarded as having been in state care outside of 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. This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (see Section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (see Section 46 adoption orders).
Child arrangements orders are defined in Section 8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by Section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. See Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 which defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).
ii. Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. For the purposes of these admission arrangements a sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent’s marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners. This must be the main family home and the child’s normal place of residence – not a temporary or short term arrangement. If children of multiple births (twins and triplets etc) require admission in the same year group and there is only a single place left within the PAN, the school will offer places above the PAN, as permitted by the Infant class size rules.
iii. Children of permanent teaching and support staff at the academy (full time and part time on permanent or consecutive annual fixed term contracts) who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy. The staff member must spend more than 50% of their normal working week during term time at the academy. Staff does not include people engaged on a contract for services.
For the purposes of this criterion “children” include a son or daughter who is biological, step, adopted, fostered, or those under special guardianship, and they must live at the same address as the employed parent. This also includes children of cohabiting partners.
iv. Other children by distance from the academy, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy as measured by a straight-line distance between the child’s property address point and the academy’s property address point.
If you would like to comment on the above proposed admissions policy please email admissions@norfolk.gov.uk, letting us know which school's policy you want to comment on, and any comments on it that you would like to share with us.