Admission arrangements

School admission arrangements are policies that set out how school places are allocated.

We set our admission process after consulting with schools, governors and other interested parties. We consult on proposed admission arrangements for all our schools, and for some own admission schools.

The area we have to consult with schools about their proposed admissions arrangements before they are finalised is called the relevant area. We have to publish the relevant area(s) for admission policy consultations.

If you want to make an objection, you can do this under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(a) and section 29(5) of the Education Act 1996(b). You must provide your name and address to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator.

It is a statutory requirement for us to make an annual report to the adjudicator.

We are responsible for determining the coordinated schemes that are used to administer the admissions process each year.

The determined admission arrangements for a school are the arrangements that set out how a school allocates places.

We set the determined admission arrangements for all schools for which we are the admission authority, that is community and voluntary controlled schools.

For academies (including free schools), foundation schools and voluntary-aided schools, each school governing body or Academy Trust is their own admission authority and are responsible for determining their own admission arrangements.

Community and voluntary controlled schools

The following primary schools will be covered by the below document. It outlines the admissions arrangements for North Somerset community and voluntary controlled schools. 

• Banwell Primary
• Churchill C of E Primary
• Golden Valley Primary
• Kewstoke Primary
• St Andrew’s C of E Primary
• Wrington C of E Primary

Community and voluntary controlled schools

The following primary schools will be covered by the below document. It outlines the admissions arrangements for North Somerset community and voluntary controlled schools. 

• Kewstoke Primary

Community and voluntary controlled schools

The following primary schools will be covered by the below document. It outlines the admissions arrangements for North Somerset community and voluntary controlled schools. 

• Kewstoke Primary

The following schools have their own individual arrangements, which can be found on each school's website. 

Primary schools

• All Saints C of E Primary
• Ashcombe Primary
• Backwell C of E Junior
• Backwell School
• Banwell Primary (2024-25 onwards)
• Becket Primary
• Birdwell Primary
• Blagdon Primary
• Bournville Primary
• Broadoak Academy
• Burrington C of E Primary
• Castle Batch Primary School Academy
• Chestnut Park Primary
• Christ Church C of E Primary
• Churchill C of E Primary (2024-25 onwards)
• Churchill Academy
• Corpus Christi Catholic
• Court de Wyck Church School
• Crockerne C of E Primary
• Dundry C of E Primary
• Flax Bourton C of E Primary
• Golden Valley (2024-25 onwards)
• Gordano School
• Grove Junior
• Hannah More Infant
• Hans Price Academy
• Haywood Village Academy
• Herons Moor Academy
• High Down Infant
• High Down Junior
• Hutton C of E Primary
• Kingshill Church School
• Locking Primary
• Mary Elton Primary
• Mead Vale Primary
• Mendip Green Primary
• Milton Park Primary
• Nailsea School
• Northleaze C of E Primary
• Oldmixon Primary
• Parklands Educate Together
• Portishead Primary
• Priory Community School – an academy
• Sandford Primary (2023/24 onwards)
• St Andrew’s CofE Primary (2024-25 onwards)
• St Anne's Church Academy
• St Francis' Catholic Primary
• St Georges Church School
• St John the Evangelist Church School
• St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
• St Katherine’s School
• St Mark’s Primary
• St Martin's C of E Primary
• St Mary’s C of E Primary
• St Nicholas Chantry C of E Primary
• St Peter's C of E Primary
• Tickenham C of E Primary
• Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary
• Uphill Primary 
• Walliscote Primary
• West Leigh Infant
• Windwhistle Primary
• Winford C of E Primary
• Winscombe Primary (2023/24 onwards)
• Worle Village Primary
• Worlebury C of E Primary
• Wraxall C of E Primary
• Wrington C of E Primary (2024-25 onwards)
• Yatton Infant
• Yatton C of E Junior
• Yeo Moor

Secondary schools

• Backwell School
• Broadoak Academy
• Churchill Academy
• Clevedon School
• Gordano
• Hans Price Academy
• Nailsea School
• Priory Community School - An Academy
• St Katherine’s
• Winterstoke Hundred Academy
• Worle Community School - An Academy