Catchment Maps  

All Community, Voluntary Controlled, and some Voluntary Aided schools, are surrounded by a defined geographical area known as their catchment area. Some schools like Foundation Schools may not use catchments. 

Catchment areas for church schools are generally based on parish boundaries and often cover a wide area. Sometimes, they ‘overlap’ catchment areas for other schools; sometimes they have a catchment area which no other school serves. Please contact the school directly for advice on their catchment area if they are not listed on the maps below. For a list of all church schools, please refer to the Admissions Information Booklets.

Catchment areas help schools to identify their communities and give parents an indication of their local school. The schools generally admits pupils from its catchment area, although there is no guarantee of a place for pupils resident within it or for pupils who subsequently move into the area at a later date, who are considered individually. Living in a catchment area can, however, give pupils a higher priority for admission to a school over other pupils who live outside the catchment area. Information on the criteria used for admissions is listed in the Admissions Information Booklets.

To find schools near to your home address you can use the Authority's Find My Nearest facility.