St Faith's CofE Primary School admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at St Faith's CofE 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.

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• Less predictable The distance cut-off has moved a lot from year to year (between 208 m and 414 m, or 0.13 and 0.26 miles). Treat past cut-offs here with extra caution.
• The distance cut-off grew from 208 m (0.13 miles) in 2025 to 414 m (0.26 miles) in 2026.
• Voluntary aided Church of England school, banded: up to 15 Foundation places for children of regular Christian worshippers (the school's supplementary form is needed) and at least 15 Open places for everyone else.
• Unfilled Foundation places become Open places, and Foundation applicants who miss out are considered for Open places.
• Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) naming the school are admitted first.

Ofsted inspection

At an ungraded inspection that ended on 20 June 2024, Ofsted found that St Faith's CofE Primary School remains Good, and that the grade might be Outstanding at a graded inspection. Its next inspection will be graded.

Ungraded inspection (previous framework), ended 20 June 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 St Faith's CofE 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 4.

1. Foundation places (up to 15): children of regular worshippers at St Anne's with St Faith's, another Anglican or other Christian church; siblings first.
2. Open places: looked-after and previously looked-after children.
3. Open places: children with a brother or sister on the school roll at the closing date who will still be at the school when they start.
4. Open places: other children, by straight-line distance from home to the central point of the school.

Where a year’s rules are missing from our data, we use the nearest year’s.

Read the official admission rulesSt Faith's Church of England School: Admissions Policy for Reception Class Entry (2027-28; agreed September 2025). The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.