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a place for your child who is currently attending school elsewhere, please see the following links
free school meals if you meet the eligibility criteria. For a child joining in Reception who does not make a claim until Year 3, this is a loss of funding equal to £4545 over the first three years of

Understanding Catchment Distances

Most schools allocate remaining places based on straight-line distance from the school gates after priority criteria (like Looked After Children or Siblings) are met. As a result, exact "catchment postcodes" do not permanently exist. The cut-off distance shrinks or expands every single year depending on local birth rates and application volume.