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Applying for a primary school place
Social and medical circumstances for community schools
If you want us to consider any exceptional medical or social circumstances you must provide professionally supported evidence with your application. For medical circumstances you must provide a supporting letter or report from your child's consultant - not a general practitioner (GP). For social circumstances you must provide a letter or report from a social worker or other appropriately qualified person. If you do not do this, we will not consider your application under these criteria. Priority can only be given for one named school.
All exceptional social circumstances submitted for consideration will be looked at individually on their own merits. If a child gains a place on this basis, the school may be advised of the circumstances prior to the child's admission to the school.
Please note that priority consideration is not given to:
A summary of the admissions criteria for academy, foundation and voluntary-aided school is included in the school's entry in the 2009 prospectus (pdf). However, it is important that you contact these schools directly for more information.
