Hounslow secondary schools

Year 7 admissions · September 2027

Cranford Community College

A mixed secondary academy in Cranford with a sixth form.

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September 2027 admissions policy

Verified by SchoolRange on View original policy (PDF)

AddressHigh Street, Cranford, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW5 9PD
Funding sectorState-fundedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Academic selectionNon-selectiveDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Religious characterNo religious character recordedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GovernanceAcademy converterDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GenderMixedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Age range11 to 18
URN136522
2027 Year 7 places210 places
Official websiteOfficial school website Website link checked .

Admissions summary

How places are prioritised

For September 2027, named EHCPs are admitted first. Cranford Community College then prioritises looked-after children, accepted exceptional medical or social need, siblings and eligible children of staff before other applicants ordered by Hounslow's official walking-route measurement.

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September 2027 entry

Cranford Community College Year 7 admissions criteria

Priority order

  1. Children whose EHCP names Cranford Community College
  2. Looked-after and previously looked-after children
  3. Children whose exceptional medical or social need is accepted by Cranford Community College
  4. Children meeting Cranford Community College's sibling criterion
  5. Eligible children of Cranford Community College staff
  6. All other applicants, ordered by Hounslow's official walking-route measurement

Sibling priority

The sibling must be a blood, half, step, adoptive or foster brother or sister living at the same home address, attending Cranford Community College when the application is made and expected to remain there when the applicant starts. The policy's sibling paragraph says September 2026, which SchoolRange flags as a stale date in the published 2027–28 document.

Children of staff

Priority applies where a parent or carer has worked continuously for Cranford Community College for at least two years when the application is made, or was recruited to a vacant post with a demonstrable skill shortage.

How distance is measured

Hounslow measures the walking route from the property's LLPG or NLPG seed point to the nearest pupil gate using Synergy and the Ordnance Survey MasterMap Highways Network. SchoolRange cannot reproduce that official route; postcode-centre straight-line distance is indicative only.

Evidence to prepare

  • Proof of the permanent home address used for the application
  • Sibling details on the application form if claiming sibling priority
  • Compelling professional evidence submitted with the application if requesting exceptional medical or social need priority
  • Employment evidence if claiming children-of-staff priority

Other published rules

  • Applicants tied within a criterion are ordered by Hounslow's official walking distance; equal official distances are randomly ordered.
  • If the final available place falls to one child from a multiple birth, the school offers places to the other children from that birth even if PAN is temporarily exceeded.
  • The published waiting-list section contains carried-over August and September 2026 dates; SchoolRange exposes those source anomalies rather than silently correcting them.

Application deadline

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if the school is in another borough.

What recent offers show

Hounslow published official walking-route cutoffs of 1.496 miles for 2024, 1.335 miles for 2025 and 1.279 miles for 2026. SchoolRange shows these as context but does not compare them directly with its postcode-centre straight-line estimate.

Published outcomes

Recent published admissions history

This is historical context, not a prediction for 2027. These are past allocation outcomes, not a forecast or guarantee.