Apply to Barton Court Grammar School, in plain English.

In plain English: Children currently in council care, or who left care via adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship orders — including from state care outside England.

What the document says: A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

In plain English: Children eligible for Pupil Premium — registered for FSM at any point in the last 6 years, or with a parent currently serving in the regular UK armed forces. The PP eligibility must be shown during the calendar year before entry to Year 7. You must complete and return Appendix 3 of the school's policy by 31 October.

What the document says: Children who are designated as receiving 'Pupil Premium' — Applicants under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form (Appendix 3) so that checks can be made to determine eligibility. (For the purposes of this policy, the entitlement to Pupil Premium would need to be shown during the calendar year before entry to Year 7 is sought).

In plain English: If your child will have a brother or sister (including step- or foster-siblings) already at Barton Court in September 2027 — any year group, including the sixth form — they get sibling priority.

What the document says: Current Family Association — a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. If siblings from multiple births apply and the school would reach its PAN after admitting one or more but before admitting all, the LA will offer a place to each, even if this takes the school above its PAN.

In plain English: If your child — or a parent/guardian — has a medical, mental-health, social or special-access need that makes this school in particular the right choice, you can ask for priority here. Submit written evidence from a doctor or qualified practitioner showing the connection to Barton Court specifically.

What the document says: Health and Special Access Reasons — Medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the school's legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act 2010. Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school.

In plain English: Distance from your home to a fixed point on the school site (Longport, Canterbury), measured as a single straight line. Routes, bus times and travel difficulty are not considered. If two applicants tie exactly, an independently supervised random draw decides.

What the document says: Nearness of children's homes to school — we use the distance between the child's permanent home address (defined in KCC's annual admissions prospectus) and the school, measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point. If, in the event, more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school, then a random selection will be applied (a tie break would be independently supervised).