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Information about the school
Wilderness Lane
Harleston
Norfolk
IP20 9DD
| NOR May 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Nursery | 24 |
| Yr R | 32 |
| Yr 1 | 49 |
| Yr 2 | 39 |
| Yr 3 | 51 |
| Yr 4 | 61 |
| Yr 5 | 59 |
| Yr 6 | 61 |
| Yr 7 | 103 |
| Yr 8 | 97 |
| Yr 9 | 91 |
| Yr 10 | 92 |
| Yr 11 | 90 |
| Total | 849 |
School admission policy : 2025/26 (Agreed)
A child who has an Education Health and Care Plan naming the school or academy is required to be admitted. Where the Academy is oversubscribed (there are more applicants than places available) places will be allocated in accordance with the following criteria and in the following order of priority.
1. Looked after children (children in care) 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.
2. Siblings of children already at the school living in the catchment area
3. Residence within the catchment area of the school.
4. Siblings of children already at the school living out of catchment
5. Children living out of the catchment area who have a faith and/or whose parents are committed Church members and wish them to receive an education in a school with a Church of England foundation.
6. Children of staff
7. Children who live outside the area served by the school who attend a school within St Benet’s MAT at the opening date of the admissions round.
8. Resident out of the catchment area of the school
In the event of the having to use a tie-break to distinguish between two or more applications of equal strength, the child living the shortest distance from home to school in a straight line as the crow flies route should have priority.