Gardners Lane Primary School

Gardners Lane Primary School is a school for boys and girls from 4 – 11 years of age and is maintained by Gloucestershire County Council. We are a designated 2 form entry school with a published admission number (PAN) of 60.

Places are allocated according to the authority’s published criteria which are, in priority order:

1. Children in Care (CIC) (previously known as Looked After Children).

2. Children who will have siblings attending the school at the time the applicant child is admitted.

3. Children with the strongest geographical claim, measured in a straight line from the ordnance survey address point of the child’s home address (including flats) to the ordnance survey address point of the school, using the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system, with those living closer to the school receiving the higher priority.

Where points 1 and 2 are oversubscribed, criteria 3 (strongest geographical claim based on straight line distance) will be used to determine which child is offered a place.

In the event of a tie between two or more children when applying criteria 3 (strongest geographical claim based on straight line distance) a process of random allocation will be followed by the Local Authority. This is a manual process which is overseen by an independent person.

Parents/carers can appeal Local Authority decision at any time.

These criteria may change - please see the Gloucestershire County Council website for more information https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions/