Twyford Church of England
High School
Admissions criteria
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full admissions
policy and arrangements please visit the school website:
www.twyford.ealing.sch.uk/attending-our-school/admissions
Planned admission number: 190 places
Of the 190 places available:
150 are designated as Foundation (Christian) places
21 are designated as World Faith places
19 are designated as Specialist Music Scholar places
In the event of undersubscription, i.e. if the number of
applications for Foundation (Christian) places is less than
the places available, the shortfall of allocated places will
be transferred to the World Faith category. If the number
of applications for World Faith Places is less than the
places available, the shortfall of allocated places will be
transferred to the Foundation (Christian) category.
Applicants wishing to apply for a place for their child for one
of the above categories are asked to refer to the relevant
admissions criteria for that category, and complete the
appropriate Supplementary Information/Application form.
If a supplementary religious reference is received after the
published closing date it will be acknowledged but cannot
be considered until after the Pan London offers are made
in March 2018. Parents are strongly advised to send all
applications by registered/recorded post.
When there are more applicants than the number of
places available, the Governors will admit according to the
admissions criteria. After the admission of children with
an EHCP all Looked After Children or children who were
Previously Looked After, whether of a particular faith or no
faith, have priority over all other applications.
Looked After and Previously Looked After Children, will
be allocated a place from one of the above categories.
If a Supplementary Information/Application Form is not
submitted in relation to a Looked After or Previously
Looked After Child, they will be allocated a place pro rata
from the Foundation/World Faith categories. The number
of places available in these categories will be reduced
accordingly and, in the event of oversubscription, the
remaining places will be allocated according to the relevant
oversubscription criteria for that category.
The total points scored will be the first deciding factor
based on the answers given to the questions detailed in
sections 1 to 4 of the supplementary information form
(religious reference) which relate to attendance of families.
In the event of a shortfall of applicants providing a religious
reference, those applicants who have listed Twyford as one
of their choices on the Common Application Form, but not
provided a religious reference, will be considered. If there are
more of such applicants than places available, then the same
tie break criteria for applicants that have the same number of
points will be applied.
Where applicants have the same total number of
points, the following criteria will be used as a tie break:
1. Children with a sibling (sibling refers to all blood, half,
step, adoptive and foster children who live at the same
home address as the child already attending the school
and will be attending the school at the time of the sibling’s
attendance) at the school, with distance criteria as set out
below (2 – 5) being used as a tie break.
2. Applicants living in the Ealing Deanery area, with the
distance criteria applied.
3. Applicants living in the Brent & Harrow Deanery areas,
with the distance criteria applied.
4. Applicants living in the Hillingdon Deanery area, with the
distance criteria applied.
5. Applicants living outside the above categories 2-4, with
the distance criteria applied.
In all cases, the distance from home to school is measured
by straight line from a point in the property to the nearest
gated entrance which is used by pupils to enter the school
grounds. The measuring system is an integral part of the
admissions software. It uses Ordnance Survey maps and is
accurate to 2 metres.
For multi occupancy buildings such as flats, the
measurement is taken from a point in the property and
applicants from that building are ordered by independently
administered random allocation.
In any other case, where applicants have the same priority on
distance, independently administered random allocation will
be the final deciding factor.
A map showing the Deanery areas is displayed in the school
reception area and will be available on the school website.
Multiple births
The school does not give priority under its admission criteria
for twins, triplets or other children from multiple births.
However the school will endeavour, wherever possible, not
to separate these children.
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