We welcome enquiries from families who are considering Loudwater Combined School for their child. Admissions arrangements depend on the school’s admission authority and the type of application being made. For Reception places, please read the published admission arrangements for the relevant academic year. These explain the published admission number (PAN), how places are allocated and how to apply. For in-year applications, please follow [insert the school’s or local authority’s process and link]. If you have questions about admissions, contact the School Office here.

1. Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan which names Loudwater Combined School.
2. Looked After and Previously Looked After Children and children who appear to have been in state education outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
3. Children who have exceptional medical or social needs which can only be met at Loudwater Combined School, supported by written evidence from an appropriate professional person.
4. Children of a member of staff where either: the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. Children living within the catchment area with siblings who are attending the school in Reception to Year 5 at the time the allocations are made and who are expected to be on the school roll at the time of proposed admission.
6. Children living within the catchment area of the school.
7. Children outside of the catchment area of the school with siblings who are attending the school in Reception to Year 5 at the time the allocations are made and who are expected to be on the school roll at the time of proposed admission.
8. Any remaining places are allocated to out of area children according to the distance between the family’s normal home address and the school’s nearest gate measured in a straight line