The Alton School admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at The Alton 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

• In each of 2022 to 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place here or at a school they ranked higher.
• Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) naming the school are admitted first.

Ofsted inspection

At an ungraded inspection that ended on 29 January 2025, Ofsted found that the school has maintained the standards identified at its previous inspection. Ofsted’s file doesn’t give the earlier grade; the full report states it.

Ungraded inspection (previous framework), ended 29 January 2025.

• 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 The Alton School

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order.

1. Looked-after children and previously looked-after children (adopted or under a child arrangements or special guardianship order), including those adopted from state care outside England.
2. Children with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at this school, as decided by the trust. Evidence is needed by the closing date.
3. Children with a brother or sister in Years R to 6 at the school on the date of admission (full, or step/half living at the same address). Nursery siblings do not count.
4. Children of staff employed at the school for two or more years when applying, or recruited to a vacant post with a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. Other children, nearest first, by straight-line distance from home to the centre of the school site, measured by Wandsworth Council's GIS. Equal distances decided at random.

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

Read the official admission rulesThe Alton School Admissions Policy 2027-28. The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.