The Oversubscription Criteria

Pupils who have a statement of special educational needs, naming Denbigh School will be given priority within the normal admissions round at 11+

ONE

“Children in Care” whose parent/carer has named Denbigh School as their preferred school.

TWO

Priority by Aptitude

20 places will be available on the basis of the aptitude of the students for Technology. 

This is to be tested by an appropriate aptitude test. 

The test is to be open to those living in the Borough of Milton Keynes regardless of which School they currently attend.

THREE

The remaining places (up to the limit of 200) will be allocated in the following priority order:

• Pupils who live in the defined area and attend a partner school and have an older sibling currently in attendance at Denbigh School on the date of admission.
  
• Pupils who live within the defined area and attend a partner school.
  
• Pupils living within the defined area of the School.
  
• Pupils who attend a partner school.
  
• Pupils who have an older sibling currently in attendance at Denbigh School on the date of admission.
  
• Other pupils whose parents have made Denbigh their preferred choice of secondary school.

Please note:

• Our ‘Partner’ schools are

1. Caroline Haslett,
2. Loughton
3. Two Mile Ash.

• The defined area includes

1. Crownhill
2. Great Holm
3. Loughton
4. Shenley Church End
5. Shenley Lodge
6. Two Mile Ash

• You may be asked to provide proof of permanent residence in the defined area.
  
• Siblings are defined as children who permanently reside at the same address and for whom the parent / carer also has parental responsibility, whether or not they are blood-related.
  
  This does not include blood-related brothers or sisters who live at
  separate addresses. If there is any doubt, parents may be asked to provide a copy of
  the award notice for child benefit, to prove parental responsibility and/or their
  permanent residence.
  
• In circumstances where the School’s admission number has been exceeded and the pupil applications meet the above criteria equally, preference will be given to those young people who live closest to the School measured in a straight line from the School’s main entrance to the front door of the child’s permanent place of residence.
  
  In the case of multi-occupancy residence e.g. a block of flats, this would be measured to the main entrance to the building from the street. This will be done using appropriate computer software which can provide suitably accurate easurements. Where the programme produces the same distance measurement stairways, corridors and walkways will be measured to the front door of the specific flat or apartment in which the child is permanently resident.
  
• The above criteria apply to all preferences equally.

Please remember that Denbigh is a very popular school. 

For the last few years there have been more children living within the defined area and attending local schools whose parents have expressed a preference for Denbigh than can be accommodated within the School.