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

Reception offers at St Michael's CofE Primary School, year by year

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• Looked-after children, children with exceptional medical or social need, and children of qualifying teachers come first.
• Then there are up to 40 Foundation places for children of committed, regular Christian worshippers (the school's supplementary form is needed) and up to 20 Open places.
• Both pools give priority to children living inside the school's priority area (map on the school and council websites).
• In Open places, priority-area siblings come first, then other priority-area children by distance; children outside the area come after them.
• Every year 2022-2026, Open places ran out inside the priority area, so the published cut-offs only apply to addresses inside it.
• Unfilled Foundation and Open places move between pools.
• Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) naming the school are admitted first.

Ofsted inspection

At its graded inspection on 14 June 2022, Ofsted’s overall judgement of St Michael's CofE Primary School was Good.

• 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 Michael'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 6.

1. Looked-after and previously looked-after children.
2. Children with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at the school, as decided by the governors.
3. Children of teachers with QTS employed by the governors at the school for two or more years, or recruited to fill a demonstrable skill-shortage post.
4. Foundation places (up to 40): children of committed members and regular worshippers at Churches Together in England congregations, ranked within their own pool (priority area first, by church group and sibling status); allocated separately from the Open places.
5. Open places (up to 20): children living within the priority area with a sibling on the roll who will still be at the school on the date of admission.
6. Open places: other children living within the priority area, nearest first by straight-line distance to the centre of the school site.
7. Open places: children living outside the priority area with a sibling on the roll.
8. Open places: all other children living outside the priority area, nearest first by straight-line distance.

Read the official admission rulesSt Michael's Church of England School: Admissions Policy 2027/2028. The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.