Branfil Primary School admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at Branfil Primary School, year by year

• “No cut-off” means every applicant was offered a place at the school or at a school they ranked higher, so places never ran out on distance.
• The number of Reception places changed from 90 to 60 in 2023, so earlier years are less comparable.

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• Less predictable The distance cut-off has moved a lot from year to year (between 1.80 and 3.81 miles), and the share of places going to siblings has swung (16 of 90 places in 2022, 31 of 60 in 2026). Treat past cut-offs here with extra caution.
• The distance cut-off shrank from 4.785 km (2.97 miles) in 2025 to 2.898 km (1.80 miles) in 2026.

Ofsted inspection

At an ungraded inspection that ended on 28 February 2024, Ofsted found that Branfil Primary School remains Good.

Ungraded inspection (previous framework), ended 28 February 2024.

• This inspection was under Ofsted’s previous framework. Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted publishes report cards instead, and says the new grades can’t be compared with the old ones. How Ofsted grades schools
• From Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026. An inspection after that date may not be shown yet: the full report on Ofsted’s website is always the latest.

Read the full report on Ofsted’s website Source: Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 30 Sep 2026 (Ofsted, published 16 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Admission criteria at Branfil Primary School

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order. In 2026, the last places went to children in group 5.

1. Looked-after children and children who were looked after until they were adopted or placed under a child arrangements or special guardianship order, including children who were in state care outside England.
2. Children with an exceptional medical or social need for this school, backed by evidence from a professional (such as a doctor, consultant or social worker) showing why no other school could meet it, decided by a panel of council officers.
3. Children with a brother or sister at the school (not in a nursery class) who will still be there when the child starts. Brothers and sisters include half, step, adoptive and foster siblings living as one family at the same address.
4. Children of a teacher or teaching assistant employed at the school for at least 0.6 of full time (16.5 hours) who has worked there for at least two years when the application is made.
5. Other children, nearest first: a straight line from the school's predetermined point to the address point of the home (the centre of the home, or of the block of flats). Nearer children also come first within the groups above. Equal distances, or homes in the same block of flats, are settled by a draw by a council officer not involved in admissions.

Read the official admission rulesHavering's Infant, Junior and Primary School Admissions Arrangements & Community Criteria 2027-28: community criteria, "Distance of the home address from the school", offers (nearest school with a place available) and Appendix 1 admission numbers for September 2027. The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.