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Parents’ Guide to Education
in Shropshire
2020/21
Closing Date:
PRIMARY applications 15 January 2020
Closing Date:
SECONDARY applications 31 October 2019
Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Making an Application ......................................................................................................................... 5
Early
Years
The Application Process ....................................................................................................................... 6
Early Education..................................................................................................................................... 7
Primary Schools .................................................................................................................................... 9
Oversubscription Criteria for Shropshire Community & Voluntary Controlled Primary Schools ...... 12
Primary
Admissions Flow Chart – Primary ...................................................................................................... 14
Oversubscription Criteria for Own Admission Authority Primary Schools ........................................ 15
Maps and Lists of Primary Schools in Shropshire .............................................................................. 22
Equal Preference Scheme .................................................................................................................. 34
All
Case Studies ....................................................................................................................................... 35
Secondary Schools ............................................................................................................................. 36
Can I Visit the Schools? (Open Days and Evenings) ........................................................................... 37
Information about Transfer to Secondary School ............................................................................. 38
Oversubscription Criteria for Own Admission Authority Secondary Schools .................................... 39
Secondary
Nearest School test for Shrewsbury secondary schools .................................................................... 43
Oversubscription Criteria for North & South Shropshire Secondary Schools ................................... 44
Map of Secondary schools in Shropshire .......................................................................................... 45
List of Secondary Schools .................................................................................................................. 46
Secondary School Allocations in 2019 ............................................................................................... 48
Admissions Flow Chart - Secondary ................................................................................................... 49
Applying Out of Area .......................................................................................................................... 50
Frequently Asked Questions .............................................................................................................. 51
Waiting Lists and Reviews .................................................................................................................. 58
Appeals ............................................................................................................................................... 59
Transfers and Mid-term Applications ................................................................................................ 60
Special Needs ..................................................................................................................................... 62
General
Admissions to Adams House Boarding Facility .................................................................................. 64
School Travel and Transport .............................................................................................................. 66
Free School Meals, Charging & Remissions, Public Examinations, Independent Schools ................. 69
Colleges for Post-16 Students ............................................................................................................ 71
Out-of-County Schools ....................................................................................................................... 72
Important Dates ................................................................................................................................. 73
School Term and Holiday Dates 2020/21 .......................................................................................... 74
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 3
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Introduction
Shropshire Council wants all children and This booklet provides parents with the
young people to be happy, healthy and reach basic information they need to access
their full potential, supported by their early, primary and secondary education,
families, friends and the wider community. both with and without sixth forms, and
support for Special Needs. We advise
Shropshire Council provides and commissions that you read it carefully before making
a range of services to support children’s and an application for a school. Application
young people’s development at every stage can be made online or by contacting the
from their early years through to preparing Admissions Team. You may need to refer
them for school, further and higher to this booklet even after you have made
education, vocational training or work. your application, as it contains other
important information about admissions,
We are committed to helping all children and
transport and other matters.
young people to access good or better
education provision and achieve their
best. We want every child and young person Every state-funded school in Shropshire
to achieve their potential. Council's area is listed, along with its address,
telephone number, headteacher’s name, age
Shropshire’s Vision for Shropshire learners range and number of pupils on roll, the
states: maximum number of pupils it can take next
year (September 2020) and whether the
school had more applications than places
“We have one aim: to ensure and
available in 2019. This may help you to assess
continue to improve excellent the possibility of receiving an offer at your
educational provision and outcomes preferred school. All Shropshire Council
in Shropshire. schools are co-educational and those with a
Children and young people in religious character are indicated.
Shropshire will have the opportunities
For more information you can contact the
to achieve their best and develop a
Admissions Team at Shropshire Council. They
love of learning through education will be pleased to give you help or advice.
provision that is consistently good or Please see below for their contact details:
better.
We aim to prepare children and
Children’s Services - Learning & Skills
young people for the next stage of
Admissions Team
their lives, in terms of learning and
Shropshire Council, Shirehall,
their social and personal (including Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND
emotional) development.” Tel: 0345 678 9008
Email:
Shropshire Council promotes equal school-admissions@shropshire.gov.uk
opportunities and good race relations Website:
www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
throughout all its primary and secondary
schools.
This booklet and admission forms can be
made available in other formats, eg, Braille
and Minicom Services, as well as other
languages. Please contact the Admissions
Team for assistance.
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 4
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Making an Application
Shropshire Council’s online application Every parent must make an application to
facility is only for children due to start at the ensure that their child is considered for a
normal year of entry to a school (Reception, place at their preferred school. Children are
or transfer to secondary school, or transfer not automatically offered a place. Parents
from infant to junior/primary to junior) in the make one application, naming up to 3 schools
2020/21 academic year. Mid-term or ‘In Year’ of their preference.
admission application, for a place other than
at the normal year of entry to the school, are Our online facility is available for Shropshire
made directly to the school using the form residents (not Telford and Wrekin) or for
from our website. (See pp 60-61). those applying from outside England for
Shropshire schools. Residents in other parts
It’s quick and it’s convenient - apply online. of England must apply through their own
local authority.
www.shropshire.gov.uk/school-admissions
Parents living in England:
• You will receive email confirmation that
To apply for a school place in England,
your application has been received and
parents in England must apply to their home
you can view it at any time.
local authority (to whichever local authority
• You can change the details on your they make council tax payments) even if they
application up until the closing date are applying for a school place in another
• The system has a series of security part of England. The home local authority will
procedures to prevent anyone seeing process the application, making contact with
information they are not entitled to see. other local authorities if appropriate, and
inform the applicant of the result. Shropshire
The system is available 24 hours a day 7 days residents may also name secondary schools
a week from September 2019 (secondary/ in neighbouring Welsh local authority areas
junior) and October 2019 (Reception) until in application to Shropshire Council.
the closing date. Applications to schools in Scotland and
Once you have registered with your email address and Northern Ireland should be made directly to
password you can choose whether or not to enter
your U.I.D No. which you may have received by letter. the schools concerned.
Applications can be made without the U.I.D number.
Parents living in Wrexham or Powys:
Deadlines for applications are as follows: At secondary transfer, parents living in
Wrexham or Powys are advised to apply for
Secondary: 31 October 2019 Shropshire schools via their home local
Primary/Junior: 15 January 2020
authority, but we will also accept applications
Results will be available to online applicants made via Shropshire Council and we will
on National Offer Day: inform the Welsh local authority of any
places which can be offered. For primary
Secondary: 2 March 2020 school places, parents living in Wales should
Infant/Primary/Junior: 16 April 2020 apply direct to Shropshire Council for
Shropshire schools.
Allocation letters will be posted out by second
class post on National Offer Day (shown above). Parents living elsewhere:
There is no co-ordinated scheme with other
Keep a note of your log-in details. If parents parts of Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
forget their password etc. they may be Applicants from these areas and from
unable to view their allocation online in overseas should apply directly to Shropshire
March/April. Council for Shropshire schools.
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 5
Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Pts Guide to Education 2016/
The Application Process
The application process is the same even if a the case of Catholic schools, or details about
school itself is an admission authority (e.g. church membership. This may require a
aided, foundation school, or an academy or supplementary form, available from the
free school) and regardless of whether the school or from the Admissions Team. It is the
application is for Reception, or transfer to applicant’s responsibility to check the policy
junior or secondary school. and to ensure that additional information
required is sent directly to the individual
school. Such information must be provided at
the time of application, otherwise it will not
be taken into account when the allocation of
places is determined.
The Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme:
Schools in other local authority areas will
probably have a different policy to Shropshire
Council and therefore parents are advised to
ensure they have read and understood the
How will my application be considered? appropriate policy and information available
Applications will be listed in order of priority from each relevant local authority before
according to the admissions policy making application. The addresses and
appropriate for the school. (See page 34.) telephone numbers of neighbouring local
Shropshire Council is the admission authority authorities can be found on p72 of this
for community and voluntary controlled booklet.
schools in Shropshire and sets their
admissions policy. For foundation, voluntary The Admissions Team will inform own
aided schools and academies, the governing admission authority schools or the relevant
bodies are the admission authority for their local authority of requests for places made
school, which means that they can set their for their schools so that applications may be
own admissions policy and this may be considered by them in accordance with the
different to the Council’s policy. The co- appropriate published policy. Their decisions
ordination arrangements stated in this will be given to the Council’s Admissions
booklet apply to all state-funded schools in Team. The applicant’s home local authority
Shropshire. will write to them on the appropriate offer
day with the offer of one school place, which
Own admission authority schools: will be the available school ranked highest by
You should check to see if the school for the parent.
which you are applying is an admission
authority school. Please note a school’s Further information:
status is subject to change. In the lists of Any questions about the admissions process
Shropshire schools on pages 23-33 and 46-47 that cannot be answered from within this
the status as at July 2019 is indicated under booklet may be found on the Shropshire
the DfE Number. (F= foundation, VA = Council website www.shropshire.gov.uk.
voluntary aided, A = academy, FS = free
school.) These schools may have different Members of the Admissions Team will attend
policies to Shropshire Council’s policy and if secondary school Open Evenings and may
so, the policies are listed on pages 15–21 and also visit primary schools to hold advice
39-42. The schools may require additional sessions.
information, such as a Baptismal certificate in
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 6
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Early Education
What Early Education provision is available to help with childcare costs, visit
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
available for my child?
Early Education is provided in a number of How do I go about finding an Early
settings which include Shropshire Council
maintained nursery classes, provision run by Education place for my child?
school governing bodies, private and Firstly we recommend that you visit your
voluntary pre-schools, day nurseries, preferred settings before you put your child’s
childminders and independent schools. The name down to attend. This will give you a
Council holds a directory of these providers chance to discuss arrangements for new
in the county. Please contact Shropshire children and find out more about what is
Family Information Service details below: provided. It is the responsibility of the parent
to find an Early Education provider for their
When will my child be eligible for child.
Early Education? When you have decided on the preferred
From the term following their second setting you will need to register your child for
birthday, some two year olds, depending on an Early Education place. It is recommended
their family circumstances, are entitled to up that you do this as soon as possible after your
to 570 hours of free early years provision child’s second birthday. The providers will
each year. To find out if your child is eligible then contact those parents who have
please contact us on the following e-mail requested a place, if they have a place
address: 24u@shropshire.gov.uk available for your child, during the term
From the term following their third birthday, before the child is due to start. If they inform
all three and four year olds are eligible for you that they do not have a place you will
the same 570 hours of free early provision need to approach another provider.
per year regardless of their circumstances.
Parents Guide
The following table shows when their
eligibility will begin. How are Early Education
If your child was He/She is
born between... eligible for Early
places allocated?
Education from...
Private nurseries, pre-schools, playgroups,
1 April and Autumn term - after childminders and voluntary aided schools
31 August child’s 3rd birthday with nursery classes will have their own
1 September and Spring term - after admissions policies, details of which you can
31 December child’s 3rd birthday obtain from the individual provider. Details of
1 January and Summer term - after the admissions for nursery classes at
31 March child’s 3rd birthday community and controlled schools are over
the page.
Working families are eligible for an additional
570 hours (1140 hours in total) of free
provision each year. To qualify, a parent and
their partner (or one parent in a lone parent
family) must each expect to earn (on
average) the equivalent of working 16 hours
a week at the national minimum wage and be Family Information Service
earning no more than £100,000. To see if you Tel: 01743 254400
are eligible for the additional hours and, for Website: www.shropshirefamilyinfo.co.uk
full details of all of the financial support
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 7
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Early Education Priority 6:
Children out of the school’s catchment area
Shropshire Council Nursery Classes without a sibling in the nursery or school. If
- Admissions Policies new places are limited, priority will be given
Schools should have a list of children whose to the children living closest to the nursery.
parents have expressed a wish to attend the (Distance from home to school measured as
nursery. This decision should be taken using a straight line on a computerised mapping
the following priorities. system).
Children with a Statement of Special Priority 7:
Educational Needs or EHCP which names a If the school governors have decided to offer
particular school will be allocated places, extra fee paying hours to children attending
after which places are allocated according to for their 15 free hours, this offer can only be
an agreed set of criteria, in strict order of made once all parental requests for free
priority. places have been dealt with and should not
Priority 1: be given in situations that will prohibit a
child from getting their free entitlement. The
Looked after children and former looked
charges for these extra hours should be set
after children (who are then adopted) as
at a reasonable market rate and not be seen
long as they have an eligible birthdate but
to undercut any other provision in the area.
who need not reside in the school’s
Each nursery class should have a timetable as
designated catchment area.
to when you can apply for a place and when
Priority 2: the decision to offer a place will be made.
Children already attending nursery who wish There is no transport assistance to any
to change the sessions they are attending or nursery setting whether they are maintained
increase their sessions if they are not taking by the Local Authority or privately.
their full entitlement.
Please remember:
Priority 3: • Attendance at a particular nursery/ nursery
Children living in the school’s designated class or foundation class gives no guarantee
catchment area who have a sibling in the that the child will gain a place at the school
nursery or school and that sibling will be where the nursery/ nursery
attending at the time the younger child class/foundation class is located.
starts nursery. If new places are limited, • Parents/carers must apply separately for
priority can be given to older children. their child to go to any primary or infant
school via their council. Entering your child’s
Priority 4: details on a school’s list at an early age is
Children living in the school’s designated
not a formal application for a school place
catchment area without siblings at the
(see pp9 - 33 for more details).
nursery or school. If new places are limited,
priority can be given to older children. • The child’s usual home address determines
whether they are in a particular school’s
Priority 5: designated catchment area.
Children out of the school’s catchment area • It is the parent’s/carer’s duty to ensure that
with siblings in the nursery or school at the they have obtained all the necessary
time the younger child starts nursery. If new information and the correct form on which
places are limited, priority will be given to to apply for a primary or infant school place.
the children living closest to the nursery
(distance from home to school measured as Please read on for more information on how
a straight line on a computerised mapping to apply for a place at a primary school or
system). secondary school.
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 8
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Primary Schools
How does the school system in What can you tell me about
Shropshire operate? Shropshire Primary Schools?
The law requires that children attend school All local authority maintained schools for
from the start of the term following their 5th primary aged children provide a broad and
birthday. Children in Shropshire can attend balanced age-appropriate curriculum and
primary education from September following range of educational opportunities which
their 4th birthday, and then secondary promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural
education from age 11. Primary schools cater and physical development of children in line
for children from Reception to Year 6 with the Government’s requirements.
inclusive. There are some infant schools Schools are also free to include subjects or
catering for children from Reception to Year 2 topics of their choice in planning and
inclusive and then junior schools catering for designing their education programme. They
children from Year 3 to Year 6 inclusive. also offer additional opportunities through a
Parents/carers must apply for a school place range of activities which happen outside
at each stage of their child’s education. In normal lesson times, such as visits to places of
other words you first have to apply for a place interest and clubs for different activities
at either an infant school or at a primary including sports.
school. If your child goes to an infant school
you will need to make another application to All schools must publish their school
a junior school or to a primary school when curriculum by subject and academic year
your child is in Year 2. Most parents will need online.
to make a further application when their child Children in Reception and Nursery Classes
is in Year 6 for transfer to secondary school. follow the Early Years Foundation Stage
curriculum. This includes: communication and
language; physical development; personal;
social and emotional development; literacy;
mathematics; understanding the world; and
expressive arts and design.
Academies do not have to follow the National
Curriculum.
Ofsted Inspections
The school in St Martin’s, near Oswestry
Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education)
is an all-through primary and secondary
assesses all of our schools through a regular
school. Parents/carers apply for a school
cycle of inspection. The most recent
place in Reception and do not need to
inspection report on a school can be found on
make a further application to transfer
the Internet at www.ofsted.gov.uk or
into the secondary department unless
obtained from the school.
they wish to apply for a different school.
Whilst judgements on individual schools vary,
However, parents/carers whose children the overall judgement, as at July 2019, is that
have attended other local primary over 88% of Shropshire primary schools are
schools who want a place in the good or better in overall effectiveness.
secondary phase of the all-through
school will need to apply when their
children are Year 6.
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 9
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Please remember: Can I choose the school I wish my
• Even if you have an older child at the child to attend?
school you still have to make an The law says that a local authority must give
application the younger child to start parents/carers the chance to state their
school. preference for the school they wish their child
• If your child is in a school nursery you to attend. Shropshire Council will allocate the
must still complete a primary application child a place at the preferred school, if it is
form. Attendance at the nursery or possible within the School Admissions Code
foundation class does not guarantee a and the Admission Arrangements. The law
place at the school. does not give parents/carers an absolute right
• It is important that you read all the to “choose” the school for their child.
information in this booklet about the Most parents/carers want their children to
admissions procedure for primary, infant attend their local school, but some may prefer
and junior schools before you apply. another school. In most cases you will get a
place at the primary school you prefer. For
• If there is anything you do not September 2019 this was true for 94.2% of
understand please contact the parents, who had applied for a primary school
Admissions Team. within the required time frame. However,
• Lists of primary, infant and junior schools there are some circumstances which may
can be found on pp 22-33. Address mean this is not possible.
details are given along with information • All schools have an “admission number”.
on the size of school and whether it was This number is agreed each year and the
oversubscribed last year. figures for 2020/21 entry are shown in the
• You may visit any school but please make lists on pp 23-33 of this booklet. If more
an appointment first. children want a place than the published
admission number (PAN), another school
• Oversubscription criteria for own
will have to be offered to some applicants.
admission authority primary schools may
• Government regulations state that infant
differ from the Council’s policy. Details
classes for 5 to 7 year olds (Reception to
are given on pp 15-21.
Year 2) must not take more than 30 pupils.
Parents still have the right of appeal if they
are refused a place. (See p59 for details).
However, the grounds on which the appeal
How and when do I apply for a
might be successful are extremely limited.
Reception Year place in an infant/ Therefore, it is in your best interest to
primary school, or for a Year 3 name at least one alternative school on the
place in a junior/ primary school? application form in case of disappointment
1. Please read this booklet carefully at the first preference school. Naming an
and make sure you understand the additional preference will NOT decrease
admissions policy for the school. If your chance of being allocated a place at
you need further explanation your first preference school. If you do not
contact the Admissions Team. name an alternative school, we may only
2. Consider which are to be your three be able to offer you whichever school has
preferred schools. spare places, possibly some distance away,
3. Make an online application by 15 and the responsibility for transporting your
January 2020 by logging on to child will almost certainly fall on you as
www.shropshire.gov.uk or visit parent/carer. (See p34.)
your local primary school or library
for support with the process.
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When can my child start school? In-year applications for a place other than the
normal year group should be made to schools
Children in England are entitled to start school in directly for their consideration.
the September following their fourth birthday.
Phased transfer requests to join a different
They must start on the prescribed day following
cohort, are processed by the admissions team,
their fifth birthday or on their fifth birthday if it
who will gather as much information as possible.
falls on a prescribed day. (The prescribed days
Parents may submit documentation in support of
are 31 December, 31 March and 31 August.)
their request and information may be provided
Many parents will be happy for their child to start
by the current educational or early years setting.
school in the autumn term, but a small number of
If they are not the decision makers, the view(s) of
parents may have concerns that their child will be
the school(s) applied for will also be gathered.
too young for mainstream school.
Consideration will be given to exceptional
Parents of a four-year old child can request that circumstances in a child’s development, medical
their child is admitted to school later in the history and premature birth, if applicable. Very
school year if the child has not reached exceptionally, an assessment by an educational
compulsory school age. In order to assist schools psychologist may be appropriate. When all the
in making the necessary staffing arrangements, information is collated, the request will be
parents wanting their child to start school later considered by the admission authority. In some
in the school year are asked to inform the school cases the school will be the admission authority
as soon as they have been allocated a place. but if not, a senior manager from Shropshire
Parents can also request that their child attends Council will make a decision on the
school part-time until the child is of compulsory recommendation of a senior education adviser.
school age, and/or choose a place at a nursery or The decision will be made on the individual
other early learning setting if they would prefer. circumstances of the case and whether it is in the
Any parent considering part-time attendance for child’s best interests to join a different cohort.
their child is urged to discuss this with the
If a deferred entry or transfer is approved, the
headteacher as soon as a place is allocated.
school place application will be withdrawn and
Parents who opt to defer entry until the spring or parents will need to re-apply the following year.
summer term will not lose a Reception place An agreed deferral does not guarantee a place at
which has already been allocated through the a school the following year; a fresh application
application process. However, where a child’s 5th must be considered in terms of oversubscription
birthday falls in the summer and parents wish to criteria along with all the other applications
defer entry to the Autumn Term 2021, the child received for that year group.
would normally join the school in Year 1, not
Please contact the School Admissions Team for
Reception. In such cases, parents must apply
more information.
separately for a Year 1 place, which could only be
considered for allocation after the summer half- Note:
term holiday in 2021, by which time there might • Funding is available for four year olds
not be any places available in the year group. attending an early years setting (15 hours, or
Applications for a Different Cohort 30 if eligible). However, if children attend
school part-time but for 15 hours or more, no
Parents may seek a place for their child outside
their normal year group with a different cohort, additional funding would be available for early
although children must have started school when years provision.
they reach compulsory school age. Requests to • If parents/carers decide to defer their child’s
defer starting Reception, early/deferred transfer entry by a term or more, they may need to
from primary to secondary or infant to junior consider arrangements for pre-school
school, must be made to the admissions team at provision and whether a place is available.
the same time as the application for a school • Children are not usually admitted into a year
place. Applications and early/deferral request group other than their normal year group.
must be made by the closing date (31 October • There is no provision for children to be
for secondary and 15 January for primary). admitted to Reception a year early.
Parents’ Guide to Education 2020/21 General Section page 11Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Oversubscription Criteria for all Community and Voluntary
Controlled Primary, Infant and Junior Schools in Shropshire
Shropshire Council has a designated Priority 2:
‘catchment area’ or ‘attendance area’ policy Very exceptionally, priority may be given to a
which applies to most but not all schools. For child who has a particular health reason
more details of the catchment area for any requiring them to attend a specific school. This
individual school, please go to Map Viewer will only be allowed if parents/carers provide
https://shropshire.maps.arcgis.com/ on written evidence from a medical professional
Shropshire Council’s website. If in doubt or for that in the view of the local authority confirms
a definitive answer that the website may not that attending that particular school (and no
provide, please call on 0345 678 9008. other) is essential to the medical well-being of
the child. The Council reserves the right to
If a Shropshire school is a community or contact medical professionals to ascertain the
voluntary controlled school, then the local relevance of the medical condition.
authority, not the school, is the admission
authority and Shropshire Council’s admissions Priority 3: Children living within
policy shown below will apply. Some own the defined Catchment Area*
Children living inside the catchment area will have
admission authority schools choose to adopt
next priority. If there are not enough places for all
the oversubscription criteria listed below. the children living in the catchment area, we will
look at the following two criteria in order:
Children with a Statement of Special A Priority will be given to children living within the
catchment area who will have a sibling** at the
Educational Needs or EHCP, which names a
school on the day they are due to start there.
particular school, will be allocated places,
B Then the remainder of applicants who live inside
after which places are allocated according to
the catchment area.
an agreed set of criteria, in strict order of
priority.
Priority 4: Children living outside
Priority 1: Looked After Children the defined Catchment Area
A Looked after children at the time of application After that, any places that are left will be offered
to a school and all previously looked after children to children who live outside the catchment area. If
who ceased to be so because they were there are not enough places for all of them, we
immediately adopted (or became subject to a will look at the following two criteria in order:
child arrangements order or special guardianship A Priority will be given to children outside the
order)1. catchment area who will have a sibling** at the
B Children who appear to the admission authority school on the day they are due to start there.
to have been in state care outside of England and B After that, the remainder of applicants who live
ceased to be in state care as a result of being outside the catchment area
adopted2.
1
A looked after child is a child who is in the care of
a local authority in England, or is being provided
If, in any of the above categories, there are more
with accommodation by a local authority in
applications than places available, priority will be
England in the exercise of their social services
given on the basis of distance from home to
functions.
2 school gate measured as a straight line on the
A child is regarded as having been in state care in
Council’s computerised mapping system. The
a place outside of England if they were
shortest distance being given priority.
accommodated by a public authority, a religious
organisation or any other provider of care whose
* and ** see notes on page 13.
sole purpose is to benefit society
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Please note:
Where 2 or more applications are considered
* In the oversubscription criteria we talk
to be of equal priority after all criteria have
about “living in a school’s catchment
been taken into account a tiebreaker will be
area”.
used. This will be by random allocation and
We define this as follows: overseen by an independent party not
A child will be treated as living in the connected with the admissions process.
catchment area if they reside with their
parent/carer at their normal and genuine To sum up:
place of residence for the majority of the 1. Consider which are your three preferred
time and the address lies within the area schools.
designated by the Local Authority as the 2. Read this booklet so that you understand
catchment area for that particular school. the admissions process.
** We define a sibling connection as 3. Make your application by 15 January 2020.
follows: 4. Register online and make your application
A sibling connection is defined as a at
brother or sister, step-brother, or step- www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
sister, half-brother or half-sister, living at or if you do not have internet access, visit
the same address as part of the same your local library.
family unit of compulsory school age (i.e. 5. Your allocation will be shown online and an
5-16 years). Fostered and adopted siblings email sent to you on 16 April 2020.
are also included. However, cousins or 6. Allocation letters will be sent by second
other relatives who take up residence in a class post on 16 April 2020.
home in order to establish an "in-
catchment area” address will not be given
priority under the sibling criteria. Older Where can I find answers
siblings must be attending the school on
the date that the younger sibling is due to to other questions?
start there.
On pp 51-57 you will find the most
A sibling connection is not normally frequently asked questions and their
applicable in application for infant school answers. If you still require further
when the sibling attends a ‘linked’ junior information please contact the Admissions
school, e.g. an applicant for Woodfield Team. We urge you to read the FAQs
Infant School would not be considered to before you make your application.
have a sibling at the same school if the
sibling attends St George’s Junior School;
they are considered to be two separate
schools. However, admission authority .
schools can determine their own criteria
so please check their policy. (See p17.)
All distances are measured as a straight You will not necessarily get all the correct
line on the Council’s computerised information you need from friends,
mapping system which pinpoints the neighbours or estate agents, so please do
eastings and northings of the home not rely on them when deciding how to
address and the nearest appropriate make your application. Schools may try to
entrance gate of the relevant school. The help but they cannot know all the answers
shortest distance will be given priority. because school staff are not responsible
Where two addresses are within the same for implementing the admissions policy.
blocks of flats, the lowest number of flat If you have any questions, contact the
or nearest to the ground floor will be Admissions Team.
deemed to be the nearest in distance.
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Admissions Flow Chart – PRIMARY
By 15 January 2020
Application made
Offered
16 April 2020 2nd/3rd
Offered 1st Preference
Preference or Other
Change of
family
Accept circumstance:
Refuse Accept
I decide not
to accept
Apply
for another Request
By 1 May 2020 place at Review Review and/or
and/or Appeal
Appeal
8 May 2020 Offer Refusal Offer
Continue to
appeal against
Accept Accept refusal to offer
Alternative Accept
a place and / or
remain on
waiting list
Please note:
Appeals will be held June/July 2020.
Parents who wish to follow this procedure will be notified
of the specific date and time with as much notice as
possible.
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Oversubscription Criteria for Own
Admission Authority Primary Schools
All our schools have agreed to the same The oversubscription criteria for own
arrangements as those set out for the admission authority schools are as follows:
Council’s policy in respect of the following:
Alveley Primary School: AN = 15
• The way in which distances will be measured. Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which
• The placing of twins or triplets. names the school will be allocated places, after which places
• Tie breaker in case of two applications being exactly the are allocated up to the Published Admission Number
same. according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below:
• Late applications and waiting lists. 1. Looked After Children who are in Public Care or
• Definition of looked after children as follows: children who were Looked After but ceased to be so
because they were adopted (or became subject to a
1 A looked after child is a child who is in the care of a local child arrangements order or special guardianship order)
authority in England, or is being provided with as defined in the School Admissions Code.
accommodation by a local authority in England in the exercise 2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who
of their social services functions. will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to
2 A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place start school.
outside of England if they were accommodated by a public 2b) All other children who live within the catchment area.
authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of 3a) Children living outside the designated catchment area
care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are
due to start school.
3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment
(AN = Admission Number) area.
Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance
The following admission authority schools from home to school as a straight line measurement
have adopted the same oversubscription
criteria as Shropshire Council. (See the criteria Barrow 1618 CE Free School: AN = 12
on pages 12/13): 1a. Looked after children at the time of application to a
school and all previously looked after children who
ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted
Clee Hill Primary School AN = 16
(or became subject to a child arrangements order or
Crowmoor Primary School: AN = 30 special guardianship order)1.
Grange Primary School AN = 60 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have
Greenacres Foundation Primary School: AN = 30 been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in
Market Drayton Junior School AN = 90 state care as a result of being adopted2.
2 Children of the Head Teacher and Class Teachers who
Market Drayton, Longlands Primary School AN = 30 have been employed at the school for two or more years
Prees CE Primary School: AN = 28 at the time at which the application for admission to the
St. Georges Junior School: AN =90 school is made or in the instance that a member of staff is
St Martin’s School (Primary) AN = 30 recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a
Stokesay Primary School AN = 30 demonstrable skill shortage.
3 Children who have an older sibling at the school at the
Stottesdon Primary School AN = 15 time the younger child would be due to start, or whose
Tilstock CE Primary School AN = 10 older sibling was on roll within 2 years of the application
Wem St Peter’s CE Primary School AN = 60 being made.
Whitchurch Infants School: AN = 90 4. Children who live within 2 miles from the school in a
straight line, as measured on a map.
Whitchurch Junior School: AN = 90
5. Very exceptionally, where a child has a particular medical
Whixall CE Primary School: AN = 20 reason requiring them to attend Barrow 1618 CE Primary
The Wilfred Owen School AN = 30 Free School.
Woodfield Infants School AN = 90 6. Children who are eligible for the Pupil Premium at the
Worfield Endowed Primary School: AN = 29 time of application.
7. Children who are members of, or who regularly practice,
their faith or denomination at a local Church of England
Other schools have set their own policy. The by means of a letter of recommendation from their vicar,
full versions of each school’s admissions which should be submitted to the school directly by the
arrangements can be viewed on the website: application deadline. It should be noted that Free Schools
www.shropshire.gov.uk under Determined are allowed to select only 50% of their intake on the basis
Admission Arrangements for 2020. of faith.
6. Other children whose homes are nearest to the school
measured as a straight line between home and school.
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Baschurch CE Aided Primary School: AN = 25 cases priority may be given above those children who qualify
1a. Looked after children at the time of application to a under priorities 2 – 6.
school and all previously looked after children who
ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted Bitterley CE Aided Primary School: AN = 16
(or became subject to a child arrangements order or (See The Diocese of Hereford MAT)
special guardianship order)1.
1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have Bridgnorth, Castlefields Primary School AN = 30
been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which
state care as a result of being adopted2 names the school will be allocated places, after which places
2.Children with medical or special circumstances. This will are allocated up to the Published Admission Number
only be considered if parents can provide written medical according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below:
evidence that Baschurch CE Primary School is essential to 1. Looked After Children who are in Public Care or
the medical well-being of their child. children who were Looked After but ceased to be so
3. Children whose families live inside the designated because they were adopted (or became subject to a
catchment area and whose parents can demonstrate child arrangements order or special guardianship order)
their commitment to regular and faithful worship** in as defined in the School Admissions Code.
the Church of England by means of a letter from their 2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who
vicar. will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to
4. Children who live inside the designated catchment area start school.
and whose parents can demonstrate their commitment 2b) All other children who live within the catchment area.
to regular and faithful worship** in a Christian church by 3a) Children living outside the designated catchment area
means of a letter from the priest or minister. who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are
5. Children living in the designated catchment area who due to start school.
have an older sibling at the school on the date they are 3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment
due to start. area.
6. Other children living inside the designated catchment Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance
area and whose homes are nearest to the school. from home to school as a straight line measurement
7. Children whose families live outside the designated
catchment area whose parents can demonstrate their
commitment to regular and faithful worship** in the Bridgnorth - St John’s Catholic Aided Primary
Church of England by means of a letter from their vicar. School: AN = 30
8. Children who live outside the designated catchment area 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After
and whose parents can demonstrate their commitment Children who ceased to be so because they were adopted
to regular and faithful worship** in a Christian church by as defined in the School Admissions Code.
means of a letter from the priest or minister. 2. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the
9. Children living outside the catchment area and who have School at the time of admission.
an older sibling at the school on the day they are due to 3. Baptised Catholic children.
start and whose homes are nearest to the school. 4. Non-Catholic children who have a sibling in the School at
10. Other children living outside the catchment area and the time of admission.
whose homes are nearest to the school. 5. Other Non-Catholic children whose parents wish them to
** Regular and faithful worship would be defined as have a Catholic education.
attendance at a church service on a Sunday or weekday on
at least two occasions per month for at least two years. Notes:
All Catholic applicants will be required to produce baptismal
Bishop’s Castle Primary School: AN = 25 certificates which should be handed in to the school at the
time of application for admission.
(See The Diocese of Hereford MAT) If in any category there are more applications than places
available, priority will be given on the basis of distance from
Bishop Hooper CE Aided School: AN = 15 home to school.
1. Looked After Children, which also includes children who The Governing Body reserve the right to admit children with
were Looked After but ceased to be so because they were proven and exceptional medical and social needs where
adopted. admission to the school would be essential to satisfy those
2. Children living in the designated catchment area and who exceptional needs, providing that such an application is
have a sibling living at the same address and attending submitted with appropriate evidence or reports from a
the school on the date they are due to start. doctor or social worker.
3. Other children living inside the catchment area.
4. Children living outside the catchment area and who have Bridgnorth, St Leonard’s CE Primary School: AN = 48
a sibling at the school on the day they are due to start. Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which
5. Children who live outside the designated catchment area names the school will be allocated places, after which places
and whose parents can demonstrate an ‘attachment’* to are allocated up to the Published Admission Number
a Christian church by means of a letter from the priest or according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below:
minister, and whose homes are nearest to the school. 1 Looked After Children who are in Public Care or children
*For the definitions of “attached to the church”, please who were Looked After but ceased to be so because they
see page 22. were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements
6. Other children living outside the catchment area order or special guardianship order) as defined in the School
Children with medical or special circumstances: Admissions Code.
This will only be considered if parents can provide written 2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who
medical evidence that Bishop Hooper CE Primary School is will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to
essential to the medical well-being of their child. In such start school.
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2b) All other children who live within the catchment area. child arrangements order or special guardianship order)
3a) Children living outside the designated catchment area as defined in the School Admissions Code.
who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are 2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who
due to start school. will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to
3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment start school.
area. 2b) All other children who live within the catchment area.
Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance 3a) Children living outside the designated catchment area
from home to school as a straight line measurement. who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are
due to start school.
Bridgnorth - St Mary’s Bluecoat CE School: AN = 30 3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment
1. Children who are in public care as Looked After Children, area.
or children who were Looked After but ceased to be so Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance
because they were adopted (or became subject to a from home to school as a straight line measurement.
child arrangements order or special guardianship order).
2. Children with medical or special circumstances. This will Burford CE Primary School: AN = 20
be considered only if parents can provide written (See The Diocese of Hereford MAT)
medical evidence that attending St. Mary’s Bluecoat C.E.
Primary School is essential to the medical wellbeing of
their child. Claverley CE Aided School: AN = 17
3. Children living in the designated catchment area who 1. Children who are in public care as Looked After Children
have an older sibling at the school on the date they are and children who were looked after but ceased to be so
due to start. because they were adopted (or became subject to a child
4. Other children from within the normal catchment area arrangements order or special guardianship order).
5. Children from outside the normal catchment area with 2. Children with medical or special circumstances. This will
an older sibling in the school. only be considered if parents can provide written medical
6. Children of parents who are “attached to”* and on the evidence that Claverley CE Primary School is essential to
electoral roll of St Mary Magdalene Church, Bridgnorth the medical well-being of their child
and St. Mary Magdalene Church, Quatford. 3. Children who live within the catchment area of the school
7. Children whose parents are actively seeking and are at who will have an older sibling registered at the school on
least “known to”* an Anglican Aided School. the day they are due to be admitted.
8. Other children from outside the catchment area on a 4. Other children who live within the catchment area.
distance basis. 5. Children who live outside the catchment area but who
*For the definitions of “attached to the church” and have an older sibling registered at the school on the day
“known to the church”, please see page 22. they are due to be admitted.
If in any of the above categories there are more applications 6. Children who live outside the normal admissions area but
than places available, priority will be given on the basis of within the ecclesiastical parish boundary of Claverley.
distance with those living nearest the school having priority. 7. Children from outside the normal admissions area whose
shropshire.gov. parents are on the electoral roll of Holy Innocents Church
Bucknell, St Mary’s CE Primary School: AN = 8 in the parish of Tuck Hill.
Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which 8. Children of families living outside the catchment area but
names the school will be allocated places, after which places within the ecclesiastical parish boundary of Tuck Hill and
are allocated up to the Published Admission Number “attached to” another church*. Request for admission in
according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below: this case must be accompanied by a letter of reference
1. Looked After Children who are in Public Care or from a priest or minister.
children who were Looked After but ceased to be so 9. All other children who live outside the catchment area.
because they were adopted (or became subject to a *For the definition of “attached to the church”, please
child arrangements order or special guardianship order) see page 22.
as defined in the School Admissions Code.
2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who Cleobury Mortimer Primary School AN = 17
will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which
start school. names the school will be allocated places, after which places
2b) All other children who live within the catchment area. are allocated up to the Published Admission Number
3a) Children living outside the designated catchment area according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below:
who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are 1. Looked After Children who are in Public Care or
due to start school. children who were Looked After but ceased to be so
3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment because they were adopted (or became subject to a
area. child arrangements order or special guardianship order)
Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance as defined in the School Admissions Code.
from home to school as a straight line measurement. 2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who
will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to
Buildwas Academy: AN = 12 start school.
Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which 2b) All other children who live within the catchment area.
names the school will be allocated places, after which places 3a) Children living outside the designated catchment area
are allocated up to the Published Admission Number who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are
according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below: due to start school.
1. Looked After Children who are in Public Care or 3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment
children who were Looked After but ceased to be so area.
because they were adopted (or became subject to a Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance
from home to school as a straight line measurement.
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