Parents’ Guide to Education in Shropshire

2021/22

Closing Date: PRIMARY applications 15 January 2021

Closing Date: SECONDARY applications 31 October 2020

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

Primary Oversubscription Criteria for Shropshire Community & Voluntary Controlled Primary Schools ...... 12 Admissions Flow Chart – Primary ...... 14

Oversubscription Criteria for Own Admission Authority Primary Schools ...... 15 Maps and Lists of Primary Schools in Shropshire ...... 23

All Equal Preference Scheme ...... 35 Case Studies ...... 36 Secondary Schools ...... 37 Can I Visit the Schools? (Open Days and Evenings) ...... 38 Information about Transfer to Secondary School ...... 38 Oversubscription Criteria for Own Admission Authority Secondary Schools ...... 40

Secondary Nearest School test for Shrewsbury secondary schools ...... 44 Oversubscription Criteria for North & South Shropshire Secondary Schools ...... 45

Map of Secondary schools in Shropshire ...... 46 List of Secondary Schools ...... 46 Secondary School Allocations in 2020 ...... 48 Admissions Flow Chart - Secondary ...... 50 Applying Out of Area ...... 51 Frequently Asked Questions ...... 51 Waiting Lists and Reviews ...... 59 Appeals ...... 60 Transfers and Mid-term Applications ...... 61 Special Needs ...... 63

General Admissions to Adams House Boarding Facility ...... 65

School Travel and Transport ...... 67

Free School Meals, Charging & Remissions, Public Examinations, Independent Schools ...... 70 Colleges for Post-16 Students ...... 72 Out-of-County Schools ...... 73 Important Dates ...... 74 School Term and Holiday Dates 2021/22 ...... 75

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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. You may need to from their early years through to preparing refer to this booklet even after you have them for school, further and higher made your application, as it contains education, vocational training or work. other important information about admissions, transport and other matters. We are committed to helping all children and young people to access good or better education provision and achieve their Every state-funded school in Shropshire best. We want every child and young person Council's area is listed in this booklet, along to achieve their potential. with the address, telephone number, headteacher’s name, age range, number of Shropshire’s Vision for Shropshire learners pupils on roll, the maximum number of pupils states: the school can take in September 2021, and whether the school had more applications “We have one aim: to ensure and than places available in 2020. This may help continue to improve excellent you to assess the possibility of receiving an educational provision and outcomes offer at your preferred school. All Shropshire in Shropshire. Council schools are co-educational and those with a religious character are indicated. Children and young people in 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 the 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:

[email protected] Shropshire Council promotes equal Website: opportunities and positive race relations www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions throughout all its primary and secondary schools. This booklet can be made available in other formats, eg, Braille and Minicom Services, as well as other languages. Please contact the Admissions Team for assistance.

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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 transfer to secondary school, or transfer from not automatically offered a place. Parents infant to junior/primary to junior) in the make one application, naming up to 3 schools 2021/22 academic year. Mid-term or ‘In Year’ of their preference. admission applications, 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 Apply online - It’s quick and it’s convenient. of England must apply through their own home 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 of 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 2020 (secondary/ in Wrexham and Powys local authority areas junior) and October 2020 (Reception) until in their 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 the schools concerned. your U.I.D No. which you may have received by letter. 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 2020 Shropshire schools via their home local Primary/Junior: 15 January 2021 authority, but we will also accept applications made via Shropshire Council and we will Results will be available to online applicants inform the Welsh local authority of any on National Offer Day: places which can be offered. For primary Secondary: 1 March 2021 school places, parents living in Wales should Infant/Primary/Junior: 16 April 2021 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.

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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 attendance or membership. This may aided, foundation school, or an academy or require a supplementary form, available from free school) and regardless of whether the the school or from the Admissions Team. It is application is for Reception, or transfer to the applicant’s responsibility to check the junior or secondary school. policy 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 and local authorities in England. 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 2020 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 usually policies to Shropshire Council’s policy and if attend secondary school Open Evenings and so, the policies are listed on pages 15–21 and may 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 2021/22 General Section page 6 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 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 child. When will my child be eligible for 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: [email protected] 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

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Priority 6: Early Education 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 Priority 4: school via their council. Entering your child’s 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, • The child’s usual home address determines priority can be given to older children. 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 2021/22 General Section page 8 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Primary Schools How does the school system in online. Academies do not have to follow the Shropshire operate? National Curriculum. Children in Reception and Nursery Classes The law requires that children attend school follow the Early Years Foundation Stage from the prescribed day of or following their curriculum. This includes: communication and 5th birthday. (The prescribed days are 31 language; physical development; personal, December, 31 March and 31 August.) Children social and emotional development; literacy; can attend primary education from the mathematics; understanding the world; and September following their 4th birthday, and expressive arts and design. then secondary education from age 11. Primary schools cater for children from Reception to Year 6 inclusive. There are some infant schools catering for children from Reception to Year 2 inclusive and then junior schools catering for children from Year 3 to Year 6 inclusive.

Parents/carers must apply for a school place at each stage of their child’s education. In other words you first have to apply for a place at either an infant school or at a primary The school in St Martin’s, near Oswestry school. If your child goes to an infant school is an all-through primary and secondary you will need to make another application to school. Parents/carers apply for a school a junior school or to a primary school when place in Reception and do not need to your child is in Year 2. Most parents will need make a further application to transfer to make a further application when their child into the secondary department unless is in Year 6 for transfer to secondary school. they wish to apply for a different school.

What can you tell me about However, parents/carers whose children Shropshire Primary Schools? have attended other local primary schools who want a place in the All local authority maintained schools for secondary phase of the all-through primary aged children provide a broad and school will need to apply when their balanced age-appropriate curriculum and children are Year 6. range of educational opportunities which promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural and physical development of children in line Ofsted Inspections with the Government’s requirements. Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education) Schools are also free to include subjects or assesses all of our schools through a regular topics of their choice in planning and cycle of inspection. The most recent designing their education programme. They inspection report on a school can be found on also offer additional opportunities through a the Internet at www.ofsted.gov.uk or range of activities which happen outside obtained from the school. normal lesson times, such as visits to places of interest and clubs for different activities Whilst judgements on individual schools vary, including sports. the overall judgement, as at July 2020, is that over 88% of Shropshire primary schools are All schools must publish their school good or better in overall effectiveness. curriculum by subject and academic year

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 9 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Please remember: • Even if you have an older child at the Can I choose the school I wish my school, you still have to make an child to attend? application for the younger child to start The law says that a local authority must give school. parents/carers the chance to state their • If your child is in a school nursery you preference for the school they wish their child must still complete a primary application to attend. Shropshire Council will allocate the form. Attendance at the nursery or child a place at the preferred school, if it is foundation class does not guarantee a possible within the School Admissions Code place at the school. and the admission arrangements. The law does not give parents/carers an absolute right • It is important that you read all the to “choose” a 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 • If there is anything you do not place at the primary school you prefer. For understand please contact the September 2020 this was true for 93.6% of Admissions Team. Shropshire parents, who had applied for a • Lists of primary, infant and junior schools primary school within the required time can be found on pp 22-33. Address frame. However, there are some details are given along with information circumstances which may mean this is not on the size of school and whether it was possible. oversubscribed last year. • All schools have an “admission number”. This number is agreed each year and the • You may visit any school but please make figures for 2021/22 entry are shown in the an appointment first. lists on pp 23-33 of this booklet. If more • Oversubscription criteria for own children want a place than the published admission authority primary schools may admission number (PAN), another school differ from the Council’s policy. Details will have to be offered to some applicants. are given on pp 15-21. • Government regulations state that infant classes for 5 to 7 year olds (Reception to Year 2) must not hold more than 30 pupils. Parents still have the right of appeal if they How and when do I apply for a are refused a place. (See p59 for details). Reception Year place in an infant, However, the grounds on which the appeal primary school, or for a Year 3 might be successful are extremely limited. place in junior or primary school? Therefore, it is in your best interest to 1. Please read this booklet carefully provide all the relevant information and to and make sure you understand the name at least one alternative school on the admissions policy for the school(s). application form in case of disappointment If you need further explanation at the first preference school. Naming an contact the Admissions Team. additional preference will NOT decrease 2. Consider which are to be your three your chance of being allocated a place at preferred schools. your first preference school. If you do not 3. Make an online application by 15 name an alternative school, we may only January 2021 by logging on to be able to offer you whichever school has www.shropshire.gov.uk or visit spare places, possibly some distance away, your local primary school or library and the responsibility for transporting your for support with the process. child will almost certainly fall on you as parent/carer. (See p34.)

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 10 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions When can my child start school? In-year applications for a place other than the normal entry year group should be made to Children in England are entitled to start school in schools 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 The view(s) of the school(s) applied for will also parents may have concerns that their child will be be gathered. Consideration will be given to too young for mainstream school. exceptional circumstances in a child’s Parents of a four-year old child can request that development, medical history and premature their child is admitted to school later in the birth, if applicable. Very exceptionally, an school year if the child has not reached assessment by an educational psychologist may compulsory school age. In order to assist schools be appropriate. When all the information is in making the necessary staffing arrangements, collated, the request will be considered by the parents wanting their child to start school later admission authority. In some cases the school in the school year are asked to inform the school will be the admission authority but if not, a senior as soon as they have been allocated a place. manager from Shropshire Council will make a Parents can also request that their child attends decision on the recommendation of a senior school part-time until the child is of compulsory education adviser. The decision will be made on school age, and/or choose a place at a nursery or the individual circumstances of the case and other early learning setting if they would prefer. whether it is in the child’s best interests to join a Any parent considering part-time attendance for 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 delay 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 which has already been allocated through the at a school the following year; a fresh application process. However, where a child’s 5th application must be considered in terms of birthday falls in the summer and parents wish to oversubscription criteria along with all the other defer entry to the Autumn Term 2022, the child applications 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 2022, 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 Parents may seek a place for their child outside school part-time but for 15 hours or more, no 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 2021/22 General Section page 11 Apply 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 authority confirms that a definitive answer that the website may not attending that particular school (and no other) provide, please call on 0345 678 9008. is essential to the medical well-being of the child. The authority 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* admission authority schools choose to adopt Children living inside the catchment area will have 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, after which places are allocated according to B Then the remainder of applicants who live inside 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 1 A Priority will be given to children outside the order) . 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. school gate measured as a straight line on the 2 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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.shropshire.gov.ukPlease 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 2021. follows: 4. Register online and make your application A sibling connection is a brother or sister, at step-brother, or step-sister, half-brother www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions or half-sister, living at the same address as or if you do not have internet access, visit part of the same family unit of your local library. compulsory school age (i.e. 5-16 years). 5. Your allocation will be shown online and an Fostered and adopted siblings are also email sent to you on 16 April 2021. included. However, cousins or other 6. Allocation letters will be sent by second relatives or friends who take up residence class post on 16 April 2021. in a 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 Sundorne 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 Harlescott 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 process. 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 2021 Application made

Offered 2nd/3rd 16 April 2021 st Offered 1 Preference Preference or Other

Change of family

Accept circumstance: Refuse Accept I decide not to accept

Apply for another Request By 30 April 2021 place at Review Review and/or and/or Appeal Appeal

7 May 2021 Offer Refusal Offer

Continue to appeal against Accept Accept refusal to offer Accept Alternative a place and / or remain on waiting list Please note: Appeals are expected to be held June/July 2021. Parents who wish to follow this procedure will be notified of the specific date and time with as much notice as possible.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 14 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Oversubscription Criteria for Own Admission Authority Primary Schools

All our schools have agreed to the same The following admission authority schools arrangements as those set out for Shropshire have adopted similar oversubscription criteria Council’s policy in respect of the following: to Shropshire Council but with no priority for • The way in which distances are measured. exceptional medical conditions: • The placing of twins or triplets. Clee Hill Primary School AN = 16 • Tie breaker where two applications are exactly the same. Crowmoor Primary School: AN = 30 • Late applications and waiting lists. Shawbury, St Mary’s CE Primary School: AN = 38, • Definition of looked after children as follows: Stokesay Primary School AN = 30 1 A looked after child is a child who is in the care of a local Wem St Peter’s CE Primary School AN = 60 authority in England, or is being provided with The Wilfred Owen School AN = 30 accommodation by a local authority in England in the exercise The oversubscription criteria for these schools of their social services functions. is as follows: 2 A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place 1a Looked after children and all previously looked after outside of England if they were accommodated by a public children in England who ceased to be so because they authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have (AN = Admission Number) been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in 2 state care as a result of being adopted The following admission authority schools 2a Children living inside the designated catchment area who will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are have adopted the same oversubscription due to start school. criteria as Shropshire Council. (See the criteria 2b. All other children who live within the catchment area. on pages 12/13): 3a Children living outside the designated catchment area who will have an older sibling at the school on the day Bridgnorth - St Mary’s Bluecoat CE School: AN = 30 they are due to start school. Greenacres Foundation Primary School: AN = 30 3b All other children using distance from the school. Prees CE Primary School: AN = 28 Whitchurch Infants Academy: AN = 90 The following admission authority schools Whitchurch Junior Academy: AN = 90 have adopted similar oversubscription criteria Whixall CE Primary School: AN = 20 to Shropshire Council but with no priority for former looked after children outside of Worfield Endowed Primary School: AN = 29 England: Bridgnorth, Castlefields Primary School AN = 30 The following admission authority schools Bridgnorth, St Leonard’s CE Primary School: AN = 48 have adopted similar oversubscription criteria Bucknell, St Mary’s CE Primary School: AN = 8 to Shropshire Council but with no priority for former looked after children outside of Clunbury CE Aided Primary School: AN = 10 England, and no priority for exceptional Lydbury North CE Aided Primary School: AN = 8 medical conditions: Martin Wilson Primary School: AN = 30 Alveley Primary School: AN = 15 Mereside Primary Academy: AN = 60 Buildwas Academy: AN = 12 Norbury Primary School AN = 8 Cleobury Mortimer Primary School AN = 17 Onny CE Aided Primary School: AN=15 Ellesmere Primary School: AN = 50 Weston Lullingfields Primary School: AN = 12 The oversubscription criteria for these schools The oversubscription criteria for these schools is as follows: is as follows: 1 Looked after children and all previously looked after 1 Looked after children and all previously looked after children who ceased to be so because they were children in England who ceased to be so because they immediately adopted (or became subject to a child were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. 2a Children living inside the designated catchment area who 2 Children with medical or special circumstances. This will will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are only be considered if parents can provide written medical due to start school. evidence that in the view of the admission authority, 2b. All other children who live within the catchment area. attending that school is essential to the medical well- 3a Children living outside the designated catchment area being of their child. who will have an older sibling at the school on the day 3a Children living inside the designated catchment area who they are due to start school. will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are 3b All other children using distance from the school. due to start school. 3b. All other children who live within the catchment area.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 15 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 4a Children living outside the designated catchment area evidence that Baschurch CE Primary School is essential to who will have an older sibling at the school on the day the medical well-being of their child. they are due to start school. 3. Children whose families live inside the designated 4b All other children using distance from the school. catchment area and whose parents can demonstrate their commitment to regular and faithful worship** in Please note that due to Covid-19 restrictions, criteria the Church of England by means of a letter from their vicar. based on frequency of worship are subject to 4. Children who live inside the designated catchment area variation at the discretion of the Schools’ Adjudicator. and whose parents can demonstrate their commitment to regular and faithful worship** in a Christian church by Other schools have set their own policy. The means of a letter from the priest or minister. full versions of each school’s admissions 5. Children living in the designated catchment area who arrangements can be viewed on the website: have an older sibling at the school on the date they are www.shropshire.gov.uk under Determined due to start. Admission Arrangements for 2021. The 6. Other children living inside the designated catchment oversubscription criteria for these own area and whose homes are nearest to the school. admission authority schools are as follows: 7. Children whose families live outside the designated catchment area whose parents can demonstrate their commitment to regular and faithful worship** in the Alveley Primary School: See page 15 Church of England by means of a letter from their vicar. Barrow 1618 CE Free School: AN = 12 8. Children who live outside the designated catchment area and whose parents can demonstrate their commitment 1a. Looked after children at the time of application to a to regular and faithful worship** in a Christian church by school and all previously looked after children who means of a letter from the priest or minister. ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted 9. Children living outside the catchment area and who have (or became subject to a child arrangements order or an older sibling at the school on the day they are due to special guardianship order)1. start and whose homes are nearest to the school. 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have 10. Other children living outside the catchment area and been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in whose homes are nearest to the school. state care as a result of being adopted2. ** Regular and faithful worship would be defined as 2 Children of the Head Teacher and Class Teachers who attendance at a church service on a Sunday or weekday on have been employed at the school for two or more years at least two occasions per month for at least two years. at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made or in the instance that a member of staff is Bishop’s Castle Primary School: recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a (See Diocese of Hereford MAT) demonstrable skill shortage.

3 Children who have an older sibling at the school at the time the younger child would be due to start, or whose Bishop Hooper CE Aided School: AN = 15 older sibling was on roll within 2 years of the application 1. Looked After Children, which also includes children who being made. were Looked After but ceased to be so because they were 4. Children who live within 2 miles from the school in a adopted. straight line, as measured on a map. 2. Children living in the designated catchment area and who 5. Very exceptionally, where a child has a particular medical have a sibling living at the same address and attending reason requiring them to attend Barrow 1618 CE Primary the school on the date they are due to start. Free School. 3. Other children living inside the catchment area. 6. Children who are eligible for the Pupil Premium at the 4. Children living outside the catchment area and who have time of application. a sibling at the school on the day they are due to start. 7. Children who are members of, or who regularly practice, 5. Children who live outside the designated catchment area their faith or denomination at a local Church of England and whose parents can demonstrate an ‘attachment’* to by means of a letter of recommendation from their vicar, a Christian church by means of a letter from the priest or which should be submitted to the school directly by the minister, and whose homes are nearest to the school. application deadline. It should be noted that Free Schools *For the definitions of “attached to the church”, please are allowed to select only 50% of their intake on the basis see page 22. of faith. 6. Other children living outside the catchment area 6. Other children whose homes are nearest to the school Children with medical or special circumstances: measured as a straight line between home and school. This will only be considered if parents can provide written medical evidence that Bishop Hooper CE Primary School is Baschurch CE Aided Primary School: AN = 30 essential to the medical well-being of their child. In such 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: (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. (See Diocese of Hereford MAT)

1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in Bridgnorth - St John’s Catholic Aided Primary state care as a result of being adopted2 School: AN = 30 2.Children with medical or special circumstances. This will 1. Looked After children and previously Looked After only be considered if parents can provide written medical Children)

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 16 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 2. Baptised Catholic children in the parish of St John the 7. Children from outside the normal admissions area whose Evangelist parents are on the electoral roll of Holy Innocents Church 3. Other baptised Catholic Children in the parish of Tuck Hill. 4. Other Non-Catholic children whose parents wish them to 8. Children of families living outside the catchment area but have a Catholic education. within the ecclesiastical parish boundary of Tuck Hill and Notes: “attached to” another church*. Request for admission in All Catholic applicants will be required to produce baptismal this case must be accompanied by a letter of reference certificates which should be handed in to the school at the from a priest or minister. time of application for admission. All applicants will be 9. All other children who live outside the catchment area. considered at the same time and after the closing date for *For the definition of “attached to the church”, please admissions set by LA. see page 22. Within each of the categories listed above, the following provisions will be applied in the following order. Clee Hill Academy see page 15 (i) Siblings of a brother or sister who attend the school Cleobury Mortimer Primary School see page 15 at the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an Clunbury Primary see page 15 application within each category in which the application is Clun St George’s CE Primary School made after children in (1) (See note 6) (ii) The children of staff who have been employed for (See Diocese of Hereford MAT) two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, will be given increased Coleham Primary School: AN = 60 priority within each category so that the application will be 1a. Looked after children at the time of application to a placed at the top of the category in which the application is school and all previously looked after children who made after children in (1) above. ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted (iii) If category (3) is oversubscribed, the children who (or became subject to a child arrangements order or 1 satisfy (2) will have priority over children who satisfy only special guardianship order) . category (3). 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have Subsequently if in this or any category there are more been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in 2 applications than places available, priority will be given on state care as a result of being adopted the basis of distance from home to school. The Governing 1. Children living inside the designated catchment area Body reserve the right to admit children with proven and a) who will have an older sibling at the school on the day exceptional medical and social needs where admission to the they are due to start school school would be essential to satisfy those exceptional needs, b) Other children who live within the catchment area providing that such an application is submitted with 2. Children living outside catchment with a sibling in school appropriate evidence or reports from a doctor or social 3. Staff child. A member of staff who has been employed at worker. the school for two or more years at the time at which the shropshire.gov. application for admission to the school is made’, and/or a Bridgnorth, St Leonard’s see page 15 ‘member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which Bridgnorth, St Mary’s see page 12 there is a demonstrable skill shortage’. 4. All other children living outside the designated catchment Bucknell, St Mary’s see page 15 area Buildwas Academy see page 15 Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance Burford Primary School: from home to school as a straight line measurement. (See Diocese of Hereford MAT) Castlefields Primary School, Bridgnorth see page 15 Condover CE Primary School: (See Diocese of Hereford MAT) Claverley CE Aided School: AN = 17 Crowmoor Primary see page 15 1a. Looked after children at the time of application to a school and all previously looked after children who Corvedale CE Aided Primary School: AN = 15 ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted 1. Where the child is in public care as a Looked After Child (or became subject to a child arrangements order or or children who were looked after but ceased to be so special guardianship order)1. because they were adopted as defined in the School 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have Admissions Code. been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in 2. Children living in Shropshire Council’s designated state care as a result of being adopted2 catchment area and who have an older sibling at the 2. Children with medical or special circumstances. This will school on the date they are due to start. only be considered if parents can provide written medical 3 Other children living inside the designated catchment evidence that Claverley CE Primary School is essential to area and whose homes are nearest to the school. the medical well-being of their child 4. Children living outside the designated catchment area 3. Children who live within the catchment area of the school and who have an older sibling at the school on the day who will have an older sibling registered at the school on they are due to start and whose homes are nearest to the the day they are due to be admitted. school 4. Other children who live within the catchment area. 5. Children whose families live outside the designated 5. Children who live outside the catchment area but who catchment area but within the ecclesiastical parishes of have an older sibling registered at the school on the day Stanton Lacy, Culmington, Munslow and Diddlebury* and they are due to be admitted. whose parents are “known to”** the Church of England, 6. Children who live outside the normal admissions area but and whose homes are nearest to the school. within the ecclesiastical parish boundary of Claverley. 6. Other children who live outside the designated catchment area and the ecclesiastical parishes named above, whose homes are nearest to the school.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 17 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Children with medical or special circumstances. This will only 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have be considered if parents can provide written medical been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in evidence that Corvedale CE VA Primary School is essential to state care as a result of being adopted2 the medical well-being of their child. In such cases priority 2. Children living in the designated catchment area and who may be given above those children who qualify under have an older sibling at the school on the date they are priorities 2 – 5. due to start school. Notes/Definitions 3. Other children living inside the designated catchment * A map showing the ecclesiastical parish boundaries is area and whose homes are nearest to the school. available in school and can be found at 4. Children living outside the designated catchment area www.achurchnearyou.com. and who have an older sibling at the school on the day ** For the definition of “known to” the church, please see page 22. they are due to start and whose homes are nearest to the school. The Diocese of Hereford Multi Academy Trust 5. Children whose families live outside the designated Bishop’s Castle Primary School: AN = 25 catchment area and whose parents can demonstrate that Bitterley CE Aided Primary School: AN = 16 they are “attached to” a Christian church* by means of a letter from the priest or minister. Burford CE Primary School: AN = 20 *For the definition of “Attached to the church”, please see page Clun St George’s CE Primary School AN = 15 22. Condover CE Primary School: AN = 20 6. Other children living outside the designated catchment St Edward’s CE Primary School: AN = 8 area and whose homes are nearest to the school. 7. Children with medical or special circumstances. This will Ludlow Primary School: AN = 75 only be considered if parents can provide written medical Morville Primary School AN = 12 evidence that Longden CE Aided Primary School is 1a. Looked after children at the time of application to a essential to the medical well-being of their child. In all school and all previously looked after children who such cases priority may be given above those children ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted who qualify under priorities 2 - 5 above. (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. Lower Heath CE Primary School 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have (See Marches Multi-Academy Trust) been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in Ludlow Primary School: state care as a result of being adopted2 (See Diocese of Hereford MAT) 2. Families who have exceptional medical(iv) or social needs Lydbury North see page 15 that make it essential that their child attends the Trust School rather than any other. These needs must be fully supported by written evidence from the appropriate professional person Marches Multi Academy Trust: involved with the family. Grange Primary School AN = 60 3. Children of service personnel(v) with a confirmed posting Lower Heath CE Primary School: AN = 15 to their area, or crown servants returning from overseas to Market Drayton, Longlands Primary School AN = 30 live in that area. Tilstock CE Primary School AN = 10 4. Children with a normal home address in the catchment Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which area and with a sibling(vi) on the roll of the academy at the names the school will be allocated places, after which places time of application or whose parent has accepted an offer of are allocated up to the Published Admission Number a place at the academy and who is expected still to be in according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below: attendance at the time of entry to the academy. 1a) Looked after children and all previously looked after 5. Children with a normal home address(vii)in the catchment children in England who ceased to be so because they area. were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child 6. Children with a normal home address outside the arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. catchment area and with a sibling on the roll of the academy 1b) Children who appear to the admission authority to have at the time of application or whose parent has accepted an been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in offer of a place at the academy and who is expected still to be state care as a result of being adopted2 in attendance at the time of entry to the academy. 1c) Children with medical or special circumstances. This will 7. Other children only be considered if parents/carers can provide written Dorrington, St Edward’s CE Primary School: AN = 8 medical evidence that attending the school is essential to the medical well-being of their child. (See Diocese of Hereford MAT) 2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who Ellesmere Primary School see page 15 will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to Grange Primary school: start school. (See Marches Multi-Academy Trust) 2b) All other children who live within the catchment area. Greenacres primary school see page 12 3) Children whose parent/carer is a member of staff Greenfields Primary School: employed at the school for two or more years at the time (See Severn Bridges Trust) of application, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill Longden CE Aided Primary School: AN = 15 shortage by the school. 1a. Looked after children at the time of application to a 4) Children living outside the designated catchment area school and all previously looked after children who who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted due to start school. (or became subject to a child arrangements order or 3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment special guardianship order)1. area.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 18 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance Oswestry - Holy Trinity CE Academy: AN = 50 from home to school as a straight line measurement. Children with an Education and Health Care Plan which names the school will be allocated places, after which places Market Drayton Infant School AN = 90 are allocated up to the Published Admission Number 1a Looked after children at the time of application and all according to the criteria in order of priority as shown below: previously looked after children in England who ceased to 1. Looked After Children who are in Public Care or be so because they were immediately adopted (or children who were Looked After but ceased to be so became subject to a child arrangements order or special because they were adopted (or became subject to a guardianship order)1. child arrangements order or special guardianship order) 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have as defined in the School Admissions Code. been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in 2a) Children living inside the designated catchment area who state care as a result of being adopted2 will have a sibling at the school on the day they are due to 2a Children living within the catchment area who will have start school. an older sibling at the Infant School on the day they are 2b) All other children who live within the catchment area. due to start school. 3a) Children living outside the designated catchment area 2b Children living within the catchment area who will have who will have a sibling at the school on the day they are an older sibling at Market Drayton Junior School on the due to start school. day they are due to start school. 3b) All other children living outside the designated catchment 2c All other children who live within the designated area. catchment area. Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance 3a Children who live outside the designated catchment area from home to school as a straight line measurement. with a sibling already in attendance at the Infant School on the day they are due to start school. Oswestry - Our Lady & St Oswald’s Catholic Aided 3b Children living outside the designated catchment area Primary School: AN = 20 with a sibling in attendance at Market Drayton Junior 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After School at the time of admission. Children 3c All other children who live outside the designated 2. Baptised Catholic children from the parish of Oswestry catchment area. 3. Baptised Catholic children from other parishes

4. Other Non-Catholic children. Market Drayton Junior School AN = 90 Notes 1a Looked after children and all previously looked after Within each of the categories and after children in (1) listed children in England who ceased to be so because they above the following provisions will be applied in order. were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child (i) The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at 1 arrangements order or special guardianship order) . the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have application been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in (ii) The children of staff will be given increased priority 2 state care as a result of being adopted within each category so that the application will be 2 Children who have attended Market Drayton Infant placed next in the category School in Y2 at the point of application to transfer to Y3. Subsequently if in this or any other category there are more 3a. Children who are resident in the designated catchment applications than places available, priority will be given as area with a sibling already in attendance at the School at above and then on the basis of distance from home to school. the time of admission. Distance will be measured as a straight line by the Local 3b. Children who are resident in the designated catchment Authority using a computerised mapping system. area with a younger sibling in attendance at Market Drayton Infant School at the time of admission. All Catholic applicants will be required to produce baptismal 3c. All other children who live within the designated certificates which should be handed in to the school at the catchment area. time of application for admission. 4a. Children who live outside the designated catchment area with a sibling already in attendance at the Junior School Prees CE Primary School see page 12 at the time of admission. Radbrook Primary School: 3b. Children who live outside the designated catchment area (See Severn Bridges Trust) with a sibling in attendance at Market Drayton Infant

School at the time of admission. 3c. All other children who live outside the designated Severn Bridges Trust: catchment area. Greenfields Primary School: AN = 50 Mount Pleasant Primary School: AN = 45 Market Drayton, Longlands Primary School Radbrook Primary School: AN = 45 (See Marches Multi-Academy Trust) 1. Looked After Children or children who were Looked Martin Wilson School see page 15 After but ceased to be so because they were adopted as Mereside Academy see page 15 defined in the School Admissions Code. Morville Primary School 2. Children living inside the designated catchment area will (See Diocese of Hereford MAT) have priority of admission. If there are not enough Mount Pleasant Primary School: places for all the children in the catchment area, then the following criteria for admission will apply in order: (See Severn Bridges Trust) 2a. Priority will be given to children living within the Norbury Primary School see page 15 catchment area who will have an older sibling at the Onny CE Aided Primary School see page 15 school on the day they are due to start school.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 19 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 2b. After that, priority will be given to other children who 2. Children who have attended Woodfield Infant School in live within the catchment area. Year 2 at the point of application to transfer to Year 3. 3. Children of a member of staff employed at the school: 3a. Children who are resident in the designated catchment • Where the member of staff has been employed at area with a sibling in attendance at St George’s Junior the school for two or more years at the time at School at the time of admission. which the application for admission to the school is 3b. Children who are resident in the designated catchment made. area with a sibling in attendance Woodfield Infant School • The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the time of admission. for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 3c. All other children who live within the designated 4. If there are still spaces still available, children living catchment area. outside the designated catchment area will be offered 4a. Children who live outside the designated catchment area places according to the following criteria: with a sibling already in attendance at the Junior School 4a. Children who will have an older sibling at the school at the time of admission. on the day they are due to start school. 4b. Children who live outside the designated catchment area 4b. All other children. with a sibling in attendance at Woodfield Infant School at the time of admission. Shawbury, St Mary’s see page 15 4c. All other children who live outside the designated catchment area. Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School: AN = 30 St. Martin’s (primary phase): AN = 30 1. Looked after and previously looked after children. (See 1a. Looked after children at the time of application and all note a) previously looked after children who ceased to be so 2. Catholic children who are resident in the parishes of Our because they were immediately adopted (or became Lady of Pity, St Winefride’s, Monkmoor and Our Lady subject to a child arrangements order or special 1 Help of Christians and St Peter of Alcantara (See note b) guardianship order) . 3. Catholic children who are resident in other parishes. (See 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have note b) been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in 2 4. Any other children. state care as a result of being adopted Notes: 2 Children living inside the designated catchment area who Within each of the categories and after children in (1) listed will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are above the following provisions will be applied in order. due to start school (i) The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at 3 All other children who live within the catchment area the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an 4. Children living outside catchment with a sibling at the application school on the day they are due to start. (ii) The children of staff will be given increased priority 5. Children of staff at the school.. within each category so that the application will be a. Where the member of staff has been employed at the placed next in the category (see note c). school for two or more years at the time at which the a) A Looked After Child is a child who is in the care of a Local application for admission to the school is made, Authority and a previously Looked After Child is one who and / or immediately left that status after becoming subject to an b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post adoption, residence or special guardianship order. for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. b) For a child to be considered as a Catholic, evidence of a 6. All other children living outside the designated catchment Catholic Baptism is required at time of application. area ‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full communion Each category will be rank ordered according to the distance with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic from home to school as a straight line measurement. Churches. For a child to be treated as Catholic, evidence of Catholic baptism or reception into the Church will be Stokesay Primary school see page 15 required at time of application. c) This applies where the member of staff has been Stottesdon Primary School: AN = 15 employed at the school for two or more years at the time 1a Looked after children and all previously looked after at which the application for admission to the school is children in England who ceased to be so because they made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. shortage. 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have If in there are more applications than places available, been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in priority will be given as above and then on the basis of state care as a result of being adopted2 distance from home to school. Distance will be measured in a 2a Children living inside the designated catchment area who straight line by the Local Authority using a computerised will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are mapping system due to start school. 2b. All other children who live within the catchment area. St. George’s Junior School: AN = 90 3a Children living outside the designated catchment area 1a Looked after children and all previously looked after who will have an older sibling at the school on the day children in England who ceased to be so because they they are due to start school. were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child 3b Children who have a parent or guardian, who is a member arrangements order or special guardianship order)1. of staff, who has been employed at the school for two or 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have more years at the time of application and/or the member been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is state care as a result of being adopted2 a demonstrable skill shortage at the school.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 20 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 3c All other children using distance from the school. Whixall Primary School see page 12 The Wilfred Own School see page 15 Woodfield Infant School AN = 90 Tilstock Primary School 1a Looked after children at the time of application and all (See Marches Multi-Academy Trust) previously looked after children in England who ceased to Wem, St Peter’s CE Primary School see page 15 be so because they were immediately adopted (or Weston Lullingfields Primary School see page 15 became subject to a child arrangements order or special 1 Whitchurch Infant Academy see page 12 guardianship order) . 1b Children who appear to the admission authority to have Whitchurch Junior Academy see page 12 been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in 2 Whittington CE Aided Primary School: AN = 30 state care as a result of being adopted 2a Children living within the catchment area who will have 1. Absolute priority will be given to children in public care an older sibling at Woodfield Infant School on the day (looked after children). This is to be extended to include they are due to start school. ‘children who were looked after but ceased to be so 2b Children living within the catchment area who will have because they were adopted’. an older sibling at St George’s Junior School on the day 2. There may be special reasons based on Medical Needs for they are due to start school. a parent wishing that their child attend Whittington CE 2c All other children who live within the designated (A) Primary School which may be considered as an catchment area. exception and given priority over those applicants who 3a Children who live outside the designated catchment area fall under Priority 3. In these circumstances it will be with a sibling already in attendance at Woodfield Infant necessary for the parents to provide a written statement School on the day they are due to start school. from the relevant professional advisor showing that a 3b Children living outside the designated catchment area place at Whittington CE (A) Primary School is essential for with a sibling in attendance at St George’s Junior School the ‘wellbeing’ of the child. on the day they are due to start school. 3. Priority will be applied (a before b before c etc) 3c All other children who live outside the designated a. Priority will be given to those children whose parents catchment area. live within the catchment area designated by the Council and whose parents attend the Parish church Woodside Primary School: AN = 90 of St. John the Baptist, Whittington, on a regular 1 Looked after children at the time of application to school basis*. b. Priority will be given to those children whose parents and all previously looked after children who ceased to be live within the catchment area and whose parents so because they were immediately adopted (or became attend another mainline Christian Church i.e. those subject to a child arrangements order or special churches affiliated to churches Together in Britain and guardianship order)1. Ireland and/or the Evangelical Alliance (or their local 2. Children who appear to the admission authority to have counterparts) on a regular basis*. been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in c. After that priority will be given to children within the state care as a result of being adopted2 catchment area who have an older sibling at the 3. Children with siblings already at Woodside School. This school on the day they are due to start there. includes adopted siblings and step siblings living at the d. After that priority will be given to those who live same address within the school’s identified catchment inside the catchment and whose homes are nearest area. to the school (as measured by a straight line from the 4. All children living within the school catchment area in home to the school-see the note on page 15 below order of proximity to the school. for details of the measurement.) 5. Children whose parents have been employed by e. After that priority will be given to those who live Woodside School in any capacity for two years or more at outside the catchment area but within the the point of their child’s admission to the school and ecclesiastical parish of St John the Baptist, whose contract continues beyond the date of admission. Whittington. (A map of the parish is available from 6. Children out of the school’s designated catchment area the school office on request.) with an older sibling (including fostered and adopted 4. If applications are received from outside the catchment siblings) of compulsory school age attending the school area the following criteria will then be used. when the applicant is admitted. priority will be given to a. Priority will be given to those who attend a mainline the children living closest to the school (distance from Christian Church i.e. those churches affiliated to home to school measured as a straight line). churches Together in Britain and Ireland and/or the 7. All children living outside the school catchment area Evangelical Alliance (or their local counterparts) on a ranked according to proximity to the school. regular basis*. b. After that priority will be given to children outside the Worfield Endowed CE Primary see page 15 catchment area who have an older sibling at the school on the day they are due to start there. Church of England schools with criteria based on frequency c. After that priority will be given to those outside the of worship use the following definitions (see note on p16): catchment area whose homes are nearest the school “At the heart of the church” is: someone who worships (as measured by a straight line –see page 13). regularly twice monthly, which may include mid-week * Church attendance on a regular basis is defined as at least worship. twice a month for at least two years and this should be “Attached to the church” would be regular but not frequent confirmed in writing by the appropriate clergy person at worshipper, one who usually attends a monthly family or the time of application. This reference should be returned church parade service or who is regularly involved in a direct to the Chair of Governors at the school at the time weekday church activity including an element of worship. of application. “Known to the church” would be an occasional worshipper, someone who perhaps known through a family connection, or one or more of whose family is involved in some church Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 Generalactivity, such Section as a uniformed page or 21 other church organisation. Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

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C - Community F - Foundation List of PRIMARY Schools FS - Free School VC - Voluntary Controlled On the following pages, data is provided to show the number of first VA - Voluntary Aided A - Academy preferences received by 16 April 2020 for each school. Where the school was oversubscribed, the admissions criteria of the last person allocated on 16 April 2020 is shown. This relates to the relevant admissions policy priority; either Shropshire Council’s policy on page 12 or the School’s own policy (pages 15-21). The distance given (in miles) is the cut-off point of the furthest applicant eligible for a place in that category as at 16 April 2020. SHREWSBURY AREA School name and address School DfE Headteacher, Number Age PAN 1st Pref No telephone number of Pupils Range received and web address at Jan 20 16 Apr 2020 1 Belvidere Primary 2164 Mr A Davis 236 3-11 34 34 Tenbury Drive, Telford Estate, 01743 365211 Shrewsbury SY2 5YB C www.belvidere-pri.shropshire.sch.uk/ Apr 20: Priority 4b 1.529 miles

2 Coleham Primary 2084 Ms C Jones 423 5-11 60 78 Greyfriars Road, 01743 362668 Shrewsbury SY3 7EN A www.colehamprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 5 0.627 miles

3 Crowmoor Primary & Nursery 2088 Mr A J Parkhurst 192 4-11 30 18 Crowmere Road, 01743 235549 Shrewsbury SY2 5JJ F http://crowmoorschool.co.uk/ 4 Grange Primary and Nursery 2001 Mrs C Summers 210 3-11 60 18 Bainbridge Green, York Road, 01743 462984 Shrewsbury SY1 3QR A www.grangeprimaryshrewsbury.co.uk/ 5 Greenacres Primary 5202 Mrs N Hey and Mr S Hey (Job Share) 139 3-11 30 12 Rutland, 01743 464570 Shrewsbury SY1 3QG A www.greenacres.shropshire.sch.uk 6 Greenfields Primary 2178 Mrs L Prior 361 3-11 50 52 Hemsworth Way, Ellesmere 01743 236397 A Road, www.greenfields.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 0.867miles Shrewsbury SY1 2AH

7 Harlescott Junior 2090 Miss S Peters (Executive Head) 361 7-11 90 87 Featherbed Lane, 01743 462087 Shrewsbury SY1 4QN C www.haughmondfed.net/

8 Martin Wilson Primary 2179 Mr D Purslow 184 2-11 30 25 New Park Road, Castlefields, 01743 236520 Shrewsbury SY1 2SP F http://www.martinwilsonschool.com/

9 Meole Brace CE Primary & 5206 Mr H Bray 365 3-11 60 51 Nursery, Church Road, 01743 351027 VC Meole Brace, www.meolebraceceprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 6.677 miles Shrewsbury SY3 9HG 10 Mereside CE Primary 5205 Mrs E Holmes 343 5-11 60 51 Mereside, Springfield, 01743 356283 Shrewsbury SY2 6LE VC www.mereside.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 2.854 miles (A pending) 11 Mount Pleasant Primary 3363 Mrs A Benge 283 3-11 45 58 Whitemere Road, 01743 249135 Shrewsbury SY1 3BY A www.mountpleasant.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 0.739 miles

12 Oakmeadow CE Primary & 5204 Mrs C Whelan 394 2-11 60 55 Nursery 01743 875020 Long Meadow, Bayston Hill, VC www.oakmeadowprimary.co.uk Shrewsbury SY3 0NU 13 Oxon CE Primary 3103 Mr M Rogers 425 5-11 60 93 Racecourse Lane, Bicton 01743 351948 Heath, Shrewsbury SY3 5BJ VC www.oxon.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4a 1.991 miles

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SHREWSBURY AREA (continued)

School name and address School DfE Headteacher, Number of Age PAN 1st Pref No telephone number Pupils at Range receive and web address Jan 20 d 16 Apr 2020 14 Radbrook Primary 2180 Miss K Linnell 326 5-11 45 34 Calverton Way, 01743 232895 Bank Farm Road, A www.radbrook.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 10.568 miles Shrewsbury SY3 6DZ 15 St George’s Junior 2092 Mrs S Munro 361 7-11 90 92 Woodfield Road, 01743 357133 Shrewsbury A www.stgeorgesjunior.org.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 0.406miles SY3 8LU 16 St Giles’ CE Primary 3104 Mrs C Gardner 318 5-11 45 44 Portland Crescent, 01743 356579 Shrewsbury SY2 5NJ VC st-giles.shropshire.sch.uk/ Apr 20: Priority 4b 1.497 miles

17 Shrewsbury Cathedral 3354 Mr Graeme Hawes (Acting 160 5-11 30 13 Catholic Primary Executive Head) New Park Road, VA 01743 351032 Shrewsbury SY1 2SP www.blessededwardcampion.co.uk 18 Sundorne Infant 2098 Miss S Peters (Executive Head) 292 3-7 90 85 Corndon Crescent, 01743 362519 Sundorne C www.haughmondfed.net/ Apr 20: Priority 4b 3.285 miles Road, Shrewsbury SY1 4LE 19 St Lucia’s CE Primary 3113 Mrs S Woolley 91 5-11 16 11 Upton Magna, 01743 709652 Shrewsbury SY4 4TZ VC www.stluciasprimary.co.uk

20 The Wilfred Owen School 2139 Mrs K Lynch 207 3-11 30 36 The Monkmoor Campus, 01743 282360 Woodcote Way, A www.wilfredowen.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 0.598 miles Shrewsbury SY2 5SH 21 Woodfield Infant 2086 Mrs R Preece (Acting Head) 267 5-7 90 88 Woodfield Road, 01743 343812 Copthorne, A www.woodfield.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 0.829 miles Shrewsbury SY3 8LU

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C - Community F - Foundation List of PRIMARY Schools FS - Free School VC - Voluntary Controlled VA - Voluntary Aided NORTH SHROPSHIRE AREA A - Academy School name and address School Headteacher, Number Age PAN 1st Pref DfE telephone number of Pupils Range received Number and web address at Jan 20 16 Apr 2020 1 Adderley CE Primary 3001 Mrs K Stokes (Executive Head) 31 3-11 8 6 Adderley, Market Drayton 01630 653829 TF9 3TF VC www.adderleyschool.co.uk 2 Baschurch CE Aided Primary 3301 Mrs C Williams (Executive Head) 194 5-11 30 25 Baschurch, 01939 260443 Shrewsbury SY4 2AU VA www.baschurchprimary.org.uk Apr 20 Priority 10 1.553 miles

3 Bicton CE Primary & Nursery 3012 Mrs N Johnson 126 2-11 21 14 Bicton Lane, Bicton 01743 850212 Shrewsbury SY3 8EH VC www.bictonschool.org.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 5652 miles

4 Bomere Heath CE Primary 3090 Mrs J Ball ( Executive Head) 128 5-11 20 15 The Crescent, Bomere Heath, 01939 290359 Shrewsbury SY4 3PQ VC bomereheathschool.org.uk/

5 Bryn Offa CE Primary 3155 Mr P Thompson 141 5-11 20 22 Rockwell Lane, Pant, 01691 830621 Oswestry SY10 9QR VC www.brynoffa.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 6.874miles 6 Buntingsdale Primary 2101 Mrs C Elkes 69 3-11 15 9 Buntingsdale Park, Ternhill, 01630 638370 Market Drayton TF9 2HB C www.buntingsdale.shropshire.sch.uk 7 Cheswardine Primary & Nursery 2032 Mrs R Williams (Executive Head) 56 3-11 12 5 Glebe Close, Cheswardine, 01630 661233 Market Drayton TF9 2RU C http://cheswardineschool.org.uk/ 8 Clive CE Primary and Nursery 3026 Miss N Brayford (Executive Head) 77 3-11 12 11 The Hill, Grinshill, 01939 220385 Shrewsbury SY4 3LF VC www.clivecofeprimaryschool.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 3.707miles

9 Cockshutt CE Primary and Nursery 3027 Mrs M Jones (Executive Head) 64 2-11 15 7 Shrewsbury Road, Cockshutt 01939 270616 Nr Ellesmere SY12 0JE VC www.cockshuttcofeprimary.org.uk/

10 Criftins CE Primary 3031 Mrs M Jones (Executive Head) 108 5-11 12 15 Criftins, Ellesmere 01691 690207 SY12 9LT VC www.criftins.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 2.621 miles

11 Ellesmere Primary 2044 Mr S Roberts 342 3-11 60 38 Elson Road, Ellesmere 01691 622288 SY12 9EU A www.ellesmereprimaryschool.org.uk

12 Gobowen Primary 2046 Mr R Walsh 192 5-11 30 School Lane, Gobowen, 01691 661343 Oswestry SY11 3LD C www.gobowenschool.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 4.316miles 13 Hadnall CE Primary 3046 Mrs D Mills 90 5-11 12 20 Astley Lane, Hadnall, 01939 210323 Shrewsbury SY4 4BE VC www.hadnallcofeprimary.org.uk Apr 20: Priority 3b 0.813 miles

14 Hinstock Primary 2054 Mrs R Williams 119 5-11 17 15 Hinstock, Market Drayton 01952 550220 TF9 2TE C www.hinstockprimary.co.uk

15 Hodnet Primary 2055 Mrs C Williams (Acting Head) 178 5-11 29 29 Shrewsbury Street, Hodnet, 01630 685300 Market Drayton TF9 3NS C www.hodnetschool.com Apr 20: Priority 4b 4.927 miles

16 Kinnerley CE Primary 3058 Ms M Hunt 64 2-11 16 11 School Road, Kinnerley, 001691 682289 Oswestry SY10 8DF VC kinnerley.westcliffefederation.co.uk

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 27 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions NORTH SHROPSHIRE AREA (Continued) School name and address School DfE Headteacher, Number Age PAN 1st Pref Number telephone number of Pupils Range received and web address at Jan 16 Apr 20 2020 17 Lower Heath CE Primary 3070 Mrs D Sadler 98 3-11 15 11 Lower Heath, Whitchurch VC 01948 840524 SY13 2BT http://www.lowerheath.co.uk 18 Market Drayton Infant and 2070 Mrs S Scott (Executive Head) 265 2-7 90 99 Nursery Longslow Road, A 01630 652909 Market Drayton TF9 3BA www.marketdraytoninfants.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 3c 0.418 miles

19 Market Drayton Junior 2122 Mrs S Scott (Executive Head) 363 7-11 90 86 Alexandra Road, A 01630 652769 Market Drayton TF9 3HU www.marketdraytonjunior.co.uk

20 Market Drayton Longlands 2006 Mrs Z Cope 198 5-11 30 23 Primary Linden Way, Fairfields, 01630 652312 Market Drayton TF9 1QU A www.longlandsprimaryschool.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 1.099 miles

21 Morda CE Primary 3074 Mr J Eglin 146 5-11 20 13 Morda, Oswestry 01691 652025 SY10 9NR VC www.morda.shropshire.sch.uk/ 22 Moreton Say CE Primary 3077 Mrs K Stokes (Executive Head) 67 5-11 15 15 Moreton Say, VC 01630 638465 Market Drayton TF9 3RS www.moretonsayprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 4.141 miles

23 Myddle CE Primary & Nursery 3079 Mrs C Williams (Executive Head) 108 2-11 12 9 Myddle, Shrewsbury VC 01939 290834 Apr 20: Priority 4b 4.002 miles SY4 3RP http://myddleschool.org.uk/

24 Nesscliffe St Andrew’s CE 3044 Ms M Hunt 72 5-11 12 4 Primary Nesscliffe, VC 01743 741331 Shrewsbury SY4 1DB standrews.westcliffefederation.co.uk 25 Newtown CE Primary 3083 Mr A Hodson (Executive Head) 129 3-11 20 13 Newtown, Wem, VC 01939 233353 Shrewsbury SY4 5NU www.newtown.shropshire.sch.uk 26 Norton-in-Hales CE Primary 3084 Mrs A Alkureishi 87 5-11 15 12 Main Road, Norton-in-Hales, VC 01630 653084 Market Drayton TF9 4AT www.nortoninhalesschool.org 27 Oswestry Holy Trinity CE Primary & 5203 Mr R Dickson 248 3-11 50 33 Nursery, Middleton Road, Oswestry A 01691 654832/01691 652810 SY11 2LF www.holytrinitycepa.co.uk 28 Oswestry, Our Lady & St 3353 Mrs N O’Dwyer 138 5-11 20 20 Oswald’s VA 01691652849 Catholic Aided Primary Upper www.osoprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4 4.875miles Brook Street, Oswestry SY11 2TG 29 Oswestry, The Meadows Primary 2194 Mrs K Morris 283 5-11 38 54 Harlech Road, C 01691 656080 Oswestry SY11 2EA www.meadows.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 0.505 miles

30 Oswestry Woodside Primary 2077 Miss Claire Bennett 606 3-11 90 75 Gittin Street, A 01691 652446 Oswestry SY11 1DT www.woodsideschool.co.uk 31 Prees CE Primary 3089 Miss N Brayford (Executive Head) 155 2-11 28 21 Cross End, Prees, A 01948 840209 Whitchurch SY13 2ER www.prees.shropshire.sch.uk 32 St John the Baptist CE Primary & 3094 Mrs J Ball (Executive Head) 83 2-11 20 9 Nursery, VC 01939 260445 Church Street, Ruyton-XI-Towns, www.ruytonschool.org.uk Shrewsbury SY4 1LA 33 St Martins School 4002 Ms S Lovecy 194 3-16 30 20 St Martins, Oswestry A 01691 776500 (Primary) (Primary) SY10 7BD www.stmartins3-16.org

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34 Selattyn CE Primary 3097 Ms C Morgan 87 5-11 13 13 Selattyn, Oswestry VC 01691 659744 SY10 7DH www.selattyn.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 13.003 miles 35 Shawbury, St Mary’s CE 3134 Mr G Verling 2 28 3-11 38 40 Primary and Nursery A 01939 250323 Poynton Road, Shawbury, www.shawburystmarys.org.uk Shrewsbury SY4 4JR Apr 20: Priority 4b 8.708miles

36 Stoke-on-Tern Primary 2103 Mrs J Brotherhood & Mrs T Evans (Job Share) 98 5-11 20 8 Rosehill Road, Stoke Heath, 01630 638332 Market Drayton TF9 2LF C www.stokeonternschool.org.uk/ 37 Tilstock CE Primary 2009 Mr J Spicer (Head of School) 59 3-11 10 14 Tilstock, Whitchurch A 01948 880347 SY13 3JL www.tilstockprimaryschool.co.uk/ Apr 20: Priority 4b 2.446 miles

38 Trefonen CE Primary 3112 Miss C Dunleavy 147 5-11 22 24 School Lane, Trefonen, 01691 652960 Oswestry, SY10 9DY VC www.trefonenschool.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 1.859 miles

39 Welshampton CE Primary 3115 Mr A Hodson (Executive Head) 84 5-11 12 10 Welshampton, Ellesmere VC 01948 710325 SY12 0PG www.welshamptonceprimary.co.uk 40 Wem, St Peter’s CE Primary 3116 Mrs Brown 378 3-11 60 54 and Nursery A 01939 232292 Shrubbery Gardens, stpetersschoolwem.org.uk Wem, Shrewsbury SY4 5BX 41 West Felton CE Primary 3117 Mrs H Hughes 128 3-11 15 19 West Felton, Oswestry VC 01691 610388 SY11 4JR www.westfelton.westcliffefederation.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4a 4.323miles

42 Weston Lullingfields CE 3119 Mr I Motton 40 3-11 6 3 (Foundation) Primary F 01939 260306 Weston westonlullingfields.westcliffefederation.co.uk Lullingfields, Shrewsbury SY4 2AW 43 Weston Rhyn Primary 2110 Mr D Peterson 155 3-11 25 19 Weston Rhyn, C 01691 773429 Oswestry SY10 7SR www.westonrhyn.shropshire.sch.uk 44 Whitchurch CE Infant & 3121 Mrs S Cope (Executive Principle) 241 2-7 90 78 Nursery A 01948 662905 Station Road, Whitchurch www.whitchurchinf.co.uk SY13 1RJ 45 Whitchurch CE Junior 3120 Mrs S Cope (Executive Principal) 328 7-11 90 83 Academy A 01948 662255 Salisbury Road, Whitchurch www.thewhitchurchcofefederation.com SY13 1RX 46 Whittington CE Primary 3329 Mr C Rogers 212 5-11 30 24 Whittington, VA 01691 662269 Oswestry SY11 4DA www.whittingtonschool.co.uk

47 Whixall CE Primary 3122 Miss N Brayford (Executive Head) 99 2-11 20 9 Whixall, Whitchurch A 01948 880330 SY13 2SB www.whixall.shropshire.sch.uk 48 Woore Primary & Nursery 2113 Mrs M Ward 65 2-11 8 8 Woore, Crewe, Cheshire C 01630 647373 Apr 20: Priority 4b 2.684 miles CW3 9SQ www.woore.org

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Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 30 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions C - Community F - Foundation List of PRIMARY Schools FS - Free School VC - Voluntary Controlled VA - Voluntary Aided SOUTH SHROPSHIRE AREA A - Academy School name and address School Headteacher, Number Age PAN 1st Pref DfE telephone number of Pupils Range received Number and web address at Jan 20 16 Apr 2020 1 Albrighton Primary & Nursery 2120 Mrs J Bratt 231 2-11 45 36 New House Lane, Albrighton, 01902 372558 Wolverhampton, WV7 3QS C www.albrightonprimary.com

2 Albrighton, St Mary’s CE Primary 3003 Mrs A Skidmore 189 5-11 30 23 Shaw Lane, Albrighton, 01902 372885 Wolverhampton WV7 3DS VC www.stmarysalbrighton.org.uk

3 Alveley Primary 2008 Mr P O’Malley 94 5-11 15 10 Daddlebrook Road, Alveley, 01746 780284 Bridgnorth WV15 6JT A http://www.alveleyprimary.co.uk/

4 Barrow 1618 CE Free School 2000 Mrs Sian Stephenson 92 5-11 12 18 Barrow, Broseley 01952 388640 TF12 5BW FS barrow1618school.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4 1.521 miles

5 Beckbury CE Primary 3010 Mrs C Gaskin (Executive Head) 45 5-11 8 9 Beckbury, Shifnal 01952 750287 TF11 9DQ VC www.beckbury.shropshire.sch.uk 6 Bishop’s Castle Primary 2029 Mr A Barker 144 5-11 25 16 Oak Meadow, Bishop’s Castle 01588 638522 SY9 5PA A www.bishopscastle-pri.shropshire.sch.uk

7 Bishop Hooper CE Primary 5207 Mrs A Gittins 90 2-11 15 12 Ashford Carbonell, 01584 831110 Ludlow SY8 4BX VA www.bishophooper.co.uk 8 Bitterley CE Primary 3303 Mr W Davies 98 2-11 16 9 Bitterley, Ludlow 01584 890228 SY8 3HF A www.bitterleyschool.co.uk

9 Bridgnorth, Castlefields Primary 2157 Mrs Rebecca Lee 211 5-11 30 37 Castlefields, 01746 764072 A Bridgnorth WV16 5DQ www.castlefieldsprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 3b 0.757 miles

10 Bridgnorth, St John’s Catholic 3350 Mrs J Buzzing 200 5-11 30 20 Primary Innage 01746 762061 Gardens, Bridgnorth WV16 4HW VA www.sjrc.co.uk

11 Bridgnorth, St Leonard’s CE 2195 Mrs K Ferriday 297 3-11 48 38 Primary Innage Lane, 01746 762781 Bridgnorth WV16 4HL A www.stleonardsprimary.co.uk

12 Bridgnorth, St Mary’s Bluecoat 3305 Mrs C Gaskin (Executive Head) 166 3-11 30 28 CE Primary, The Grove, 01746 763455 Bridgnorth WV15 5EQ VA www.stmarysbc.co.uk

13 Brockton CE Primary 3015 Mr D Tinker (Executive Head) 58 5-11 12 3 Brockton, Much Wenlock 01746 785671 TF13 6JR VC www.brocktonprimary.co.uk

14 Broseley CE Primary 3133 Mr S Aiston 342 5-11 36 40 Dark Lane, Broseley 01952 567630 TF12 5LW VC www.broseleyprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 3.084 miles

15 Broseley, John Wilkinson Primary 2159 Mrs J Carter 188 2-11 28 20 & Nursery, Coalport Road, 01952 882950 Broseley TF12 5AN C www.johnwilkinsonprimary.co.uk

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School name and address School DfE Headteacher, Number Age PAN 1st Pref Number telephone number of Pupils Range received and web address at Jan 20 16 Apr 2020

16 Brown Clee CE Primary 3159 Miss S Relph 96 5-11 20 21 Station Road, Ditton Priors, 01746 712652 VC Bridgnorth WV16 6SS http://browncleeschool.org.uk/ Apr 20: Priority 4b 5.924 miles

17 Bucknell, St Mary’s CE Primary 3307 Miss A Cook 55 5-11 8 7 Bucknell SY7 0AA 01547 530264 VA www.bucknellschool.org.uk 18 Buildwas Academy School 2007 Mrs W Moore (Executive Head) 71 3-11 12 10 Buildwas, Telford 01952 432135 TF8 7DA A www.buildwasacademy.com Apr 20: Priority 4b 15.509 miles

19 Burford CE Primary 3018 Mrs E Winter 149 5-11 20 17 Forester’s Road, Burford, 01584 810244 Tenbury A www.burfordceprimary.co.uk Wells, Worcs WR15 8AT 20 Chirbury CE Primary 3022 Mr L Ball (Executive Head) 48 5-11 12 11 Chirbury, Montgomery, 01938 561647 Powys SY15 6BN VC www.shf.shropshire.sch.uk 21 Church Preen Primary 2034 Mr D Tinker (Executive Head) 63 5-11 13 2 Church Preen, Church Stretton 01694 771359 SY6 7LH C www.churchpreenschool.org.uk

22 Church Stretton, St Lawrence 3024 Mr A Brannen 225 2-11 36 32 CE Primary & Nursery 01694 722682 Shrewsbury Road, VC www.st-lawrenceprimary.co.uk Church Stretton SY6 6EX 23 Claverley CE (Aided) Primary 3311 Mrs J Derrer 112 5-11 17 15 Claverley, Wolverhampton 01746 710636 WV5 7DX VA www.claverleyprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 9 9.333miles

24 Clee Hill Community Academy 2035 Mrs C Little 121 2-11 16 23 Tenbury Road, Clee Hill, Ludlow 01584 890384 SY8 3NE A www.cleehill.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 4.906 miles

25 Cleobury Mortimer Primary 2036 Mrs C Mayfield 224 2-11 37 33 Love Lane, Cleobury 01299 270313 Mortimer, Shropshire DY14 8PE A www.cleoburymortimerprimaryschool.org.uk

26 Clun, St George’s CE Academy 3312 Mrs R Manning 66 3-11 15 15 Clun, 01588 640229 Craven Arms SY7 8JQ A www.clunprimaryschool.org.uk 27 Clunbury CE (Aided) Primary 3313 Miss A Cook (Executive Head) 58 3-11 10 7 Clunbury, Craven Arms 01588 660207 SY7 0HE VA www.clunburyschool.org.uk 28 Condover CE (Aided) Primary 3316 Mrs K Lewis 126 5-11 20 14 Condover, 01743 872108 Shrewsbury SY5 7AA A www.condoverschool.co.uk 29 Corvedale CE (Aided) Primary 3360 Mr J Brough 85 5-11 15 8 Diddlebury, Craven Arms 01584 841630 SY7 9DH VA www.corvedaleschool.co.uk 30 Cressage, Christ Church CE 3030 Mrs T Cansdale 97 5-11 15 21 Primary Sheinton Road, 01952 510383 Cressage SY5 6DH VC christchurchcressage.co.uk/ 31 Dorrington, St Edward’s 2010 Mrs K Lewis (Acting Executive Head) 47 5-11 8 10 Primary 01743 718462 Church Road, Dorrington, A www.dorringtonschool.co.uk Shrewsbury SY5 7JL

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SOUTH SHROPSHIRE AREA (Continued) School name and address School DfE Headteacher, Number Age PAN 1st Pref Number telephone number of Pupil Range received and web address at Jan 20 16Apr 2020

32 Farlow CE Primary 3041 Mrs A Davies 41 5-11 8 6 Cleobury Mortimer, 01746 718661 Kidderminster, VC www.farlow.shropshire.sch.uk Worcs DY14 0RQ 33 Hanwood, St Thomas & St Anne’s 3135 Mrs C Budd 100 3-11 17 10 CE Primary Hanwood, 01743 860400 Shrewsbury SY5 8JN VC www.hanwood.shropshire.sch.uk 34 Highley Primary 2052 Mr T Plim 229 5-11 41 36 Highley, Bridgnorth 01746 861541 WV16 6EH C www.highleyschool.co.uk

35 Kinlet CE Primary 3057 Mrs A Raymond 26 5-11 8 10 Kinlet, Bewdley, Worcs 01299 841210 DY12 3BG VC www.kinlet.shropshire.sch.uk Apr 20: Priority 4 2.759 miles

36 Longden CE (Aided) Primary & 3321 Mr C I C Tay 125 2-11 15 23 Nursery, Plealey Road, Longden, VA 01743 860480 Shrewsbury SY5 8EX www.longden.shropshire.sch.uk 37 Longnor CE Primary 3068 Mrs L Adams 105 3-11 15 19 Frodesley Road, Longnor, 01743 718493 Shrewsbury SY5 7PP VC www.longnorschool.org.uk

38 Ludlow, St Laurence CE Primary 3156 Mr S Matthews 193 3-11 30 43 Jockeyfields, 01584 872766 Ludlow SY8 1TP VC www.st-laurenceprimary.com 39 Ludlow Primary KS1 (split site) 2065 Mrs K Mather 153 3-7 75 47 Sandpits Road, 01584 872765 Ludlow SY8 1HG A ludlowprimaryschool.co.uk

40 Ludlow Primary KS2 (split site) 2149 Mrs K Mather 242 7-11 75 N/A Clee View, Ludlow 01584 873602 SY8 1HX A ludlowprimaryschool.co.uk

41 Lydbury North CE (Aided) Primary 3322 Mrs V Reynolds (Executive Head) 30 5-11 8 4 Lydbury North 01588 680277 SY7 8AU VA www.stmichaelsfed.shropshire.sch.uk 42 Minsterley Primary 2072 Miss K Wilcox 143 5-11 23 16 Minsterley, Shrewsbury 01743 791398 SY5 0BE C minsterleyschool.org.uk/ 43 Morville CE Primary 2003 Mrs C Gaskin (Executive Head) 52 5-11 12 10 Morville, Bridgnorth 01746 714219 WV16 4RJ A www.morvilleschool.org.uk Apr 20: Priority 7 4.866 miles

44 Much Wenlock Primary 2117 Mr C Litchfield 176 5-11 24 20 Racecourse Lane, 01952 727634 Much Wenlock TF13 6JG C www.muchwenlock.shropshire.sch.uk 45 Newcastle CE Primary 3081 Miss A Cook (Executive Headteacher) 23 5-11 8 5 Newcastle-on-Clun, 01588 640260 Craven Arms SY7 8QL VC www.newcastleprimaryschool.org.uk

46 Norbury Primary & Nursery 2075 Mr L Ball (Executive Head) 61 3-11 8 9 Norbury, Bishop’s Castle 01588 650207 SY9 5EA F www.shf.shropshire.sch.uk

47 Onny CE (Aided) Primary 3361 Mrs V Reynolds (Executive Head) 73 3-11 15 8 Onibury, Craven Arms 01584 856320 SY7 9AW VA www.stmichaelsfed.shropshire.sch.uk

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SOUTH SHROPSHIRE AREA (Continued) School name and address School Headteacher, Number of Age PAN 1st Pref DfE telephone number Pupils at Range received Number and web address Jan 20 16Apr 2020

48 Pontesbury CE Primary 3087 Mr R Langford 207 3-11 30 31 Bogey Lane, Pontesbury, 01743 790226 Shrewsbury SY5 0TF VC www.pontesburyprimary.org.uk 49 Rushbury CE Primary 3093 Mrs D Pye 45 5-11 10 11 Rushbury, Church Stretton 01694 771233 SY6 7EB VC www.rushburyschool.co.uk 50 Sheriffhales Primary 2099 Ms S Hodgson 74 5-11 12 10 Sheriffhales, Shifnal 01952 460204 TF11 8RA C www.sheriffhalesschool.org/

51 Shifnal Primary 2146 Mr A Farrington 351 2-11 50 57 Curriers Lane, Shifnal 01952 460500 TF11 8EJ C www.shifnalprimary.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 3b 0.496 miles

52 Shifnal, St Andrew’s CE Primary 3100 Mrs A MacMillan 320 5-11 42 59 Park Lane, VC 01952 460226 Shifnal TF11 9HD www.st-andrews-shifnal.co.uk Apr 20: Priority 4b 0.998 miles

53 Stiperstones CE Primary 3127 Mr L Ball (Executive Head) 32 5-11 8 3 Snailbeach, Shrewsbury 01743 791207 SY5 0LZ VC www.shf.shropshire.sch.uk/

54 Stokesay Primary 2005 Mr P O’Malley 135 3-11 30 25 Market Street, Craven Arms 01588 672275 SY7 9NW A www.stokesay.shropshire.sch.uk 55 Stottesdon CE Primary 3108 Mrs K Jones 98 5-11 15 11 Cleobury Mortimer, 01746 718617 Kidderminster, Worcs DY14 8UE A www.stottesdon-school.co.uk

56 Trinity CE Primary 3160 Mr J Rowe & Mr J Pittaway (Job share) 150 5-11 23 20 Ford, Shrewsbury 01743 850227 SY5 9LG VC www.trinity.shropshire.sch.uk

57 Wistanstow CE Primary 3123 Mr D Tinker 58 5-11 12 15 Wistanstow, Craven Arms, 01588 673347 SY7 8DQ VC www.wistanstowprimary.co.uk

58 Worfield Endowed CE (Aided) 3330 Mrs C Gaskin (Executive Head) 156 3-11 29 14 Primary 01746 716606 Main Street, Worfield, VA www.worfield.shropshire.sch.uk Bridgnorth WV15 5LF 59 Worthen, Long Mountain CE 3126 Mrs J Gill (Executive Head) 96 2-11 11 16 Primary 01743 891320 VC Worthen, Shrewsbury https://longmountain.shropshire.sch.uk/ Apr 20: Priority 4b 2.805 miles SY5 9HT

denotes LA Nursery on site and where you must complete an

application form for the primary school if your child is at the Nursery

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 34 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Equal Preference Scheme How is the allocated School usually at the end of June. If the applicant determined? ranks before the cut-off point for their first preference school, their second or third Every local authority must operate an equal preference do not need to be considered. preference scheme; it is a requirement of the School Admissions Code. With each school The importance of 3 preferences applied for, it does not matter whether it is It is extremely important for parents to make the person’s first, second or third preference; use of their three preference slots. Whilst the what matters is the priority in terms of Admissions Team endeavour to meet your oversubscription criteria. first preference request, if you name only one This means that, regardless of whether it is school, your child’s name will appear on only their first, second or third preference school, one school’s list. If you do not rank before the every applicant is listed for the schools named cut-off point, this means that we must make a in the application in the rank order of the default offer which will be the nearest school oversubscription criteria (e.g. in/out of to the home address with vacancies available catchment area, with/without a sibling) by the when all other on-time applications have admission authority. The straight line distance been considered. By then a school that you measurement from home to school might have considered as an acceptable determines the position of the applicant in second or third preference may have filled up the appropriate category of oversubscription with applicants who have named the school in criteria. (This may differ in criteria used by their application, even if they live further from some own admission authority schools e.g. the school than you. If the school is not children of staff.) Please see the relevant named in your application, it cannot be oversubscription criteria listed in this booklet considered as an alternative if your first to determine the category applicable to you preference is unavailable, unless it still has and how the policy is applied at each of the places available when consideration of the schools you wish to include in your on-time applications is complete. application. In some areas of Shropshire, there may be If an applicant names three schools, their only one secondary school designated to a child will appear on the list for each of those wide rural area (e.g. Bishop’s Castle) and it is three schools. The published admission difficult for parents to nominate a second or number (PAN) is the number of places each third preference. However, for most town school can offer and the cut-off point for residents, there are usually a number of allocated places. If the applicant is ranked schools in close proximity and the opportunity high enough in terms of the oversubscription is there for parents to name more than one criteria to qualify for one of the places at their school. It is strongly recommended that first preference school, their name can be Shrewsbury residents name 3 Shrewsbury discounted from the list of the second and secondary schools which may help to avoid third preference schools. On the list of the disappointment. All four Shrewsbury second and third preference schools, the next secondary schools share the same designated applicant on the list can then move up to fill catchment area. Shrewsbury residents who the gap and qualify for a place. apply for their nearest Shrewsbury secondary school are ranked slightly higher in The local authority has a statutory duty to oversubscription criteria for that school than offer parents their highest possible other Shrewsbury residents for whom it is not preference. The percentage of first the nearest school. (See page 43.) preferences met is reported to the Department for Education (DfE) every year Late applications are considered after all on-time and these statistics are published by the DfE, applicants have been allocated. (See page 54.)

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Case Studies Case 1 also full by this time with applicants who have A Shrewsbury resident lives closer to an named it in their application. The next nearest entrance to Meole Brace School than the school with vacancies is offered which is a nearest Priory School pedestrian entrance (by considerable distance from the home address straight line measurement). They name only and the parents will be responsible for one school in application – the Priory School. transport to this school as they have not applied for their designated catchment In Priory School’s oversubscription criteria, school. this applicant would be considered an in-area applicant but Priory is not the nearest school This could have been avoided by naming the and with no sibling connection, this comes catchment school as one of their preferences. under priority 6. (See page 41/42). Case 3 The applicant does not rank within 168 in the As in Case 2 a parent names 3 primary schools Priory’s list of applicants and therefore the that are not the designated catchment school. cut-off point comes before this applicant. All 3 are oversubscribed. Having named only one school, the application cannot be considered until all the The applicant is ranked lower in terms of other on-time applications have been priority than in-area applicants. A place allocated. By this time Meole Brace School is cannot be offered at any of the 3 schools and full with applicants who have named it in their a default offer is made at the next nearest application and there is only one school left in school with vacancies. Parents will be Shrewsbury with vacancies. That school is the responsible for transport. default offer made to this applicant, even This could have been avoided by naming the though they would have preferred Meole catchment school as one of their preferences. Brace as an alternative preference and the default offer school is some distance from In 2016, not all Shrewsbury primary schools their home. could offer places to all their catchment residents. In 2019 not all secondary schools This could have been avoided by naming three could offer a place to all applicants for whom Shrewsbury secondary schools. it was their nearest school.

Case 2 Case 4 A parent from outside the Shrewsbury A parent from Shrewsbury names only one catchment area names 3 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury secondary school – Priory School. secondary schools. All 3 are oversubscribed. This is their nearest Shrewsbury secondary The applicant is ranked lower in terms of school, Priority 3 for Priory and 5 for other priority than in-area applicants. (Priority 7 for Shrewsbury secondary schools) but due to Priory and 6B for the other Shrewsbury high numbers of Priory applicants, they do not schools.) This applicant does not rank rank sufficiently high to qualify for a place. sufficiently high on the list of applicants for a place at any of the 3 Shrewsbury secondary Having named only one school, a default offer schools. is made as in Case 1. Other Shrewsbury secondary schools are closer to the home but A place cannot be offered at any of the three these were not named in application and are schools named in the application and so a now full. default offer has to be made once all the other on-time applications have been This could be avoided by naming three allocated. The designated catchment school is Shrewsbury secondary schools.

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Secondary Schools What kind of secondary schools are secondary schools achieved specialist status there in Shropshire? for their work in particular aspects of the Most secondary schools in Shropshire are curriculum. Although specific funding for this mixed comprehensive schools for 11 – 16 year work is no longer available, many schools olds. Some have a Sixth Form (shown as continue to offer enhanced opportunities in 11–18 on the list of secondary schools on their specialist areas. The oversubscription pages 46-47). criteria, however, remains unchanged. In other words, the allocation of places does not The school in St Martin’s, near Oswestry, is an make any allowance for pupils who wish to all-through primary and secondary school. study the particular specialism, even though Parents/carers apply for a school place in some parents give this as a reason for their Reception and do not need to make a further preference or, in the event of an unsuccessful application to transfer into the secondary department. However, parents/carers whose application, at a subsequent appeal.

children have attended other local primary Academies do not have to follow the National schools who want a place in the secondary Curriculum department of the all-through school, will need

to apply when their child is in Year 6. Where can I get more information about the schools? Other provision for over 16s is offered by sixth Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education) form and general further education colleges assesses all of our schools through a regular (see the list on p71) and independent training cycle of inspection. The most recent providers. inspection report on a school can be found on The Thomas Adams School in Wem has the Internet at www.ofsted.gov.uk or boarding facilities (see p64 for more details). obtained from the school. Whilst judgements Admissions to Year 7 of the school are still on individual schools vary, the overall processed by Shropshire Council. Therefore judgement, as at July 2020, is that over 85% of parents resident in Shropshire must apply for Shropshire secondary schools are good or a place at the school through the Council. The better in overall effectiveness. offer of a boarding place does not constitute You will find a list of Shropshire secondary an offer of a place at the school in Year 7 or in schools on pp 46-47 of this booklet. The any of the other years in the school. All number of pupils at the school is shown admissions to Year 7 are subject to the Co- against each one, along with the number of ordinated Admissions Scheme (see p6). new pupils it can take next year (September 2021), the number of applicants who gave All local authority maintained secondary that school as their first preference for 2020, schools provide a broad and balanced which schools had more applying for a place curriculum, which promotes spiritual, moral, than there were places available, and how social, cultural and physical development in many appeals were successful for each school. line with the Government’s requirements. Schools are also free to include subjects or topics of their own choice in planning and If you would like more information about designing their education programme. They individual schools please contact the school also offer many additional opportunities direct and ask for their prospectus. Each through a wide range of activities which school has an Open Evening for children and happen outside normal lesson times, such as their parents. (Please see details on p37.) visits to places of interest and clubs for different activities, including sports. All our

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Can I Visit the Schools?

We all recognise that applying for and moving Schools will still be putting on events and will to a secondary school is a significant event for be using their websites to showcase their Year 6 pupils. Traditionally, during the first schools and adding resources to help Year 6 half of the autumn term, schools open their pupils and their parents to get an insight into doors to allow pupils and parents to see the each school. These resources could take a wonderful work that takes place within each variety of formats; virtual tours, headteacher school. The Coronavirus pandemic has made speeches, videos of the school in action and schools consider whether this is the right perhaps even drone videos. Please visit each thing to do in the current circumstances. school’s website (listed below) to find out what each school is offering. All Shropshire mainstream secondary schools have collectively decided that they will not Parents have sometimes asked whether we hold any open evenings or open week tours can move the closing dates for applications. at their schools this year. Although these Unfortunately, these are national deadlines events help parents and pupils decide on set by central government and Shropshire their preferred next school in a child’s Council is not able to change these dates. educational journey, all of the secondary schools in Shropshire Council’s area have Parents/carers of pupils with an Education, agreed that the risks involved are too great. Health and Care Plan will receive a letter The safety of our young people is paramount outlining what support is available to assist and having large groups of pupils and them in choosing a secondary school. parents attending open evenings increases the risk of transmitting the virus.

School Name School Website

Belvidere School http://www.belvidere.shropshire.sch.uk/

Bridgnorth Endowed School http://bridgnorthendowed.co.uk/

Church Stretton School http://www.churchstretton.shropshire.sch.uk/

Idsall School http://www.idsallschool.org/

Lakelands Academy http://www.lakelandsacademy.org.uk

Ludlow Church of England School https://www.ludlowschool.com/

Mary Webb School and Science College https://www.marywebbschool.com/

Meole Brace School http://www.meolebrace.com/

Oldbury Wells School http://www.oldburywells.com/

Shrewsbury Academy http://www.shrewsburyacademy.co.uk/

Sir John Talbot's School http://www.sirjohntalbots.co.uk/

St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) http://www.stmartins3-16.org/

The Community College, Bishop's Castle https://ccbcshropshire.com/

The Corbet School https://corbetschool.net/

The Grove School http://groveschoolmarketdrayton.co.uk/

The Lacon Childe School http://www.lacon-childe.org.uk

The Marches School http://marchesschool.co.uk/

The Priory School http://priory.tpstrust.co.uk/

The Thomas Adams School http://www.thomasadams.net

William Brookes School http://williambrookes.com/

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 38 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Information about Transfer to Shropshire Secondary Schools Parents of children in their final year (Year 6) Schools in the North and South of the county at state primary schools in Shropshire will have their own individual catchment areas receive details in September 2020 through the but they also give a low priority to out of “pupil post” system of the procedure for catchment residents who attend a state applying for a place at secondary school. primary school that lies within the secondary Shropshire parents whose children attend a school’s catchment area. school outside Shropshire should receive information through the normal mail. Residents outside Shropshire should contact Attendance at a particular primary school their own local authority. has no bearing upon the allocation of places to a particular secondary school in the Applications should be made online (see p5). Shrewsbury area. Please give up to a maximum of three The Shrewsbury secondary schools share an preferences from among the schools in the overall catchment area for the whole of North and South Shropshire areas, Shrewsbury Shrewsbury. The schools are: area and schools in other local authority areas. Belvidere School (Academy) Meole Brace School (Academy) We will allocate as many places as possible on Priory School (Academy) the basis of your first preference. Where that Shrewsbury Academy is not possible, we will try to offer your second or third preference, using the equal Most of the secondary schools in Shropshire preference scheme. (See p34). For September have converted to academy status and so the 2020, 90.4% of Shropshire parents who governing body is the admission authority. An applied on time for a secondary school place academy has the right to determine their own were offered their first preference. admission policy which is published on the school’s website. Their oversubscription Important Notice – (Please see pages 34 & 35) criteria are also shown in this booklet.

Please list three schools which are acceptable All secondary schools in Shropshire Council’s to you in application. If you name only one area are an admission authority. Decisions school and we are unable to give you a place regarding school admissions are therefore at that school, we will have to offer you a made by the schools NOT by Shropshire place at the nearest school which still has Council. Each school’s status as at July 2020 is places available when we have dealt with shown in the lists of Shropshire schools on pp everyone else’s preferences. Putting only one 46-47 under the DfE Number. Please note that preference or the same school in all three a school’s status may be subject to change at preference boxes does not strengthen your any time. If in doubt of a school’s status, case for a place at that school and wastes your please refer to the school’s website or contact preferences. the Admissions Team.

How are places allocated? To check whether your address lies within a Please read page 34 and the following pages catchment area, please refer to maps area of which explain how preferences are our website or contact the Admissions Team. considered. Places are allocated according to Please note that estate agents are not an an agreed set of criteria in strict order of the authority on catchment areas. If you need priorities shown. (Academies may set their any help to understand the oversubscription own Admissions Policy.) criteria please call the Admissions Team on 0345 678 9008.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 39 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Oversubscription Criteria for Own Admission Authority Secondary Schools All our schools have agreed to the same specific school. This will only be allowed if parents/carers arrangements as those set out for the Council’s can provide written evidence from a medical professional that in the view of the Trust confirms that attending that policy in respect of the following: particular school is essential to the medical well-being of • The way in which distances will be measured, including the child. The Admission Authority reserves the right to applications from the same block of flats. contact medical professionals to ascertain the relevance • The placing of twins or triplets. of the medical condition. 3): Children living inside the Shrewsbury catchment area who • Tie breaker in case of two identical applications will have an older sibling of compulsory school age (11 – Late applications and waiting lists • 16) at the school on the day they are due to start there. • Definition of looked after children as follows: 4): Children living within the Shrewsbury catchment area for whom Belvidere School is the nearest Shrewsbury 1 A looked after child is a child who is in the care of a local secondary school, checked through the “Nearest School authority in England, or is being provided with test”. This is measured as a straight line distance on a accommodation by a local authority in England in the exercise computerised mapping system between home and the of their social services functions. nearest appropriate official pedestrian entrance gate to 2 A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place the school site. Applicants are ranked in order of shortest outside of England if they were accommodated by a public distance. See Page 44. authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of 5): All other applicants living within the Shrewsbury care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. catchment area determined on a proximity basis between

home and the nearest appropriate pedestrian entrance (AN = Admission Number) gate of the school, the nearest being given priority. 6): After that, any remaining places will be offered to children All of the secondary schools in Shropshire who live outside the overall catchment area for Council’s area are admission authorities in their Shrewsbury. If there are not enough places for all of own right. This means they can determine their them, the following criteria will apply, each ranked by the shortest home to school distance: own admissions policy. a) Firstly, priority will be given to children outside the catchment area who will have an older sibling of Some Shropshire secondary schools have adopted compulsory school age (11 –16) at the school on the a standard policy previously determined by day they are due to start there. Shropshire Council when it was the admission b) After that all other children who live outside the catchment area. authority. Those schools are as follows: Church Stretton School: AN = 96 Bridgnorth Endowed School: AN = 120 The Community College, Bishop’s Castle: AN =108 Children with an EHCP which names Bridgnorth Endowed Lakelands Academy: AN = 116 School will be allocated places. Applications will then be Ludlow CE School: AN = 140 prioritised according to the following criteria: 1. Looked after children at the time of application and all Thomas Adams School: AN = 208 previously looked after children who ceased to be so For oversubscription criteria for these schools see page 44. because they were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special Other schools have set their own policy. The guardianship order)1. full versions of each school’s admissions 2. Children living within the designated catchment area with arrangements can be viewed on the website: a sibling (11-16) at the school when they are due to start. www.shropshire.gov.uk under Determined 3. Other children living inside the designated catchment Admission Arrangements for 2021. The area. 4. Children living outside the catchment area with a sibling criteria for own admission authority schools (11-16) at the school when they are due to start who have a different policy are as follows: 5. Children outside the catchment area without a sibling but who have attended a state primary school that lies within Belvidere School: AN = 168 Bridgnorth Endowed’s catchment area for a year prior to Children with an EHCP which names the school will be transfer. allocated places. Then: 6. Any other children living outside the catchment. 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all previously looked after children who ceased to be so Corbet School: AN=135 because they were immediately adopted (or became Children with an EHCP which names The Corbet School will be subject to a child arrangements order or special allocated places. Applications will then be prioritised guardianship order)1 according to the following criteria: 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as previously looked after children who ceased to be so a result of being adopted2. because they were immediately adopted (or became 2): Very exceptionally, priority may be given to a child who subject to a child arrangements order or special has a particular health reason requiring them to attend a guardianship order)1

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 40 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state 2. Children living within the designated catchment area with care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a sibling at the school on the day they are due to start. a result of being adopted2. 3. Other children living inside the designated catchment 2. Children living within the designated catchment area with area. a sibling at the school on the day they are due to start. 4. Children living outside the catchment area with a sibling 3. Other children living inside the designated catchment at the school on the date they are due to start. area. 5. Children attending a Shropshire Gateway Educational 4. Children living outside the catchment area with a sibling Trust registered primary school, namely: Cleobury at the school on the date they are due to start. Mortimer Primary School, Stottesdon CE Primary School 5. Children outside the catchment area without a sibling but and Clee Hill Community Academy. who have attended a state primary school that lies within 6. Children attending other state-funded primary schools Corbet’s catchment area for a year prior to transfer. within the catchment area, namely: Farlow CE Primary, 6. Children of staff meeting staff criteria as specified in the Kinlet CE Primary, Burford School and Bayton CE Primary. School Admissions Code. 7. Children of a parent or guardian who is a member of staff

7. Any other children living outside the catchment.4 employed at the school for two or more years at the time application for admission to the school is made, and/or a The Grove School: AN=208 member of staff recruited to fill a vacant post at the (See Marches Multi Academy Trust) school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage .8. Any other children living outside the catchment. Idsall School: AN=216 Children with a Statement of SEN or EHCP which names Idsall Marches Multi Academy Trust: School will be allocated places, after which places are The Grove School: AN=208 allocated up 216 according to the criteria shown below: The Marches School: AN=270 1. Looked After Children in England who are in Public Care Shrewsbury Academy: AN=237 or children who were Looked After in England but ceased to be so because they were adopted 1. Sir John Talbot School: AN=135 2. Children living inside the designated catchment area will Children with an EHCP which names the school will be have priority of admission. If there are not enough places allocated places. Then: for all the children in the catchment area then the 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all following criteria for admission will apply in order: previously looked after children who ceased to be so 2a. Priority will be given to children living within the because they were immediately adopted (or became catchment area who will have an older sibling at the subject to a child arrangements order or special school on the day they are due to start school. guardianship order)1 2b. After that, priority will be given to other children who 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state live within the catchment area. care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as 3. Children of members of staff employed by Idsall School a result of being adopted2. on a permanent contract for two or more years at the 1c) Very exceptionally children with medical or social time at which the application for admission to the school exceptionalities may be accommodated, if parents/carers is made. When this element is oversubscribed, can provide written evidence from a medical professional consideration is given to length of service and finally to that attending the school is essential to the medical well- proximity to the school. being of the child. 4. If there are spaces still available after the above criteria 2. Children living inside the designated catchment area will have been applied, children living outside the designated have priority of admission. If there are not enough places catchment area will be offered places according to the for all the children in the catchment area then the following criteria following criteria for admission will apply. (Applicants in 4a. Children who will have an older sibling at the school each category will be ranked according to the straight line on the day they are due to start school. distance on a computerised mapping system between 4b Secondly, priority will be given to children living home and the nearest appropriate official pedestrian outside the catchment area without an older sibling entrance gate to the school site. The shortest distance at the school, but who have attended a state primary will have the highest priority.): school that lies within the secondary school’s 2a. Priority will be given to children living within the catchment area, for more than a whole academic year catchment area who will have an older sibling of immediately prior to transfer. compulsory school age (11 –16) or a sibling in the 6th 4c All other children. Form at the school on the day they are due to start there. Lacon Childe School: AN =108 2b. For Shrewsbury Academy only: Children with an EHCP which names Lacon Childe School will Children living within the Shrewsbury catchment area be allocated places. Applications will then be prioritised for whom Shrewsbury Academy is the nearest according to the following criteria: Shrewsbury secondary school, checked through the 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all “Nearest School test”. See Page 44. previously looked after children who ceased to be so 2c. After that, priority will be given to other children who because they were immediately adopted (or became live within the school’s designated catchment area subject to a child arrangements order or special 3. Children who have a parent or carer who is a member of guardianship order)1 staff that has been employed at the school for two or 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state more years at the time at which the application for care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as admission to the school is made, and/or the member of a result of being adopted2. staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage by the school.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 41 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 4 Children who live outside the catchment area. If there are parents/carers can provide written evidence from a not enough places for all these applicants then the medical professional that in the view of the Trust following criteria for admission will apply. (Applicants in confirms that attending the school is essential to the each category will be ranked according to the straight line medical well-being of the child. The Admission Authority distance on a computerised mapping system between reserves the right to contact medical professionals to home and the nearest appropriate official pedestrian ascertain the relevance of the medical condition. entrance gate to the school site. The shortest distance 3): Children living inside the Shrewsbury catchment area who will have the highest priority.): will have an older sibling of compulsory school age (11 – 4a Priority will be given to children living outside the 16) at the school on the day they are due to start there. catchment area who will have an older sibling of 4): Children living within the Shrewsbury catchment area for compulsory school age (11 –16) or a sibling in the 6th whom Meole Brace School is their nearest Shrewsbury Form at the school on the day they are due to start secondary school, checked through the “Nearest School there. test”. This is measured as a straight line distance on a 4b (Does not apply to Shrewsbury Academy) computerised mapping system between home and the Next, priority will be given to children living outside nearest appropriate official pedestrian entrance gate to the catchment area who have attended a state the school site. Applicants are ranked in order of shortest primary school that lies within the secondary school’s distance. See Page 44. . catchment area, for more than a whole academic year 5): Children living within the Shrewsbury catchment area for immediately prior to transfer. whom The Priory School is their nearest Shrewsbury 4c All other children who live outside the school’s secondary school, and Meole Brace the next nearest designated catchment area. school. As in Priority 4 above, this is. checked through the “Nearest School test” and measured as a straight line Mary Webb School: AN = 120 distance on a computerised mapping system between Children with an EHCP which names Mary Webb School will home and the nearest appropriate official pedestrian be allocated places. Applications will then be prioritised entrance gate to the school site. Applicants are ranked in according to the following criteria: order of shortest distance. See Page 44. . 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all 6): All other applicants living within the Shrewsbury previously looked after children who ceased to be so catchment area determined on a proximity basis between because they were immediately adopted (or became home and the nearest appropriate pedestrian entrance subject to a child arrangements order or special gate of the school, the nearest being given priority. guardianship order)1 7): After that, any places remaining will be offered to children 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state who live outside the overall catchment area for care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as Shrewsbury. If there are not enough places for all of a result of being adopted2. them, the following criteria will apply, each ranked by the 2. Very exceptionally, priority may be given to a child who shortest home to school distance:: has a particular health reason requiring them to attend a a) Firstly, children outside the Shrewsbury catchment specific school. This will only be allowed if parents/carers area who will have an older sibling of compulsory can provide written evidence from a medical professional school age (11 –16) at the school on the day they are that in the view of the Authority confirms that attending due to start there. that particular school is essential to the medical well- b) After that all other children who live outside the being of the child. The Authority reserves the right to Shrewsbury catchment area. contact medical professionals to ascertain the relevance of the medical condition. Oldbury Wells School: AN=168 3a) Children living within the designated catchment area with Children with a Statement of SEN or EHCP which names the a sibling at the school on the day they are due to start. school will be allocated places, after which places are 3b) Other children living inside the designated catchment allocated up to 168 in order of the criteria shown below: area. 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all 4a). Children living outside the catchment area with a sibling previously looked after children who ceased to be so at the school on the date they are due to start. because they were immediately adopted (or became 4b) Children outside the catchment area without a sibling but subject to a child arrangements order or special who have attended a state primary school that lies within guardianship order)1 Mary Webb’s catchment area for a year prior to transfer. 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state 4c) Any other children living outside the catchment. care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted2. Meole Brace School: AN = 243 2. Children living inside the designated catchment area will Children with an EHCP which names the school will be have priority of admission. If there are not enough places allocated places. Then: for all the children in the catchment area then: 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all 2a. Priority will be given to children living within the previously looked after children who ceased to be so catchment area who will have an older sibling at the because they were immediately adopted (or became school on the day they are due to start. subject to a child arrangements order or special 2b. After that, priority will be given to other children who guardianship order)1 live within the catchment area. 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state 3. If there are spaces still available, children living outside care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as the designated catchment area will be offered places a result of being adopted2. according to the following criteria 2): Very exceptionally, priority may be given to a child who 3a. Children who will have an older sibling at the school has a particular health reason requiring them to attend on the day they are due to start school. Meole Brace School. This will only be allowed if 3b Children living outside the catchment area without an older sibling at the school, but who have attended a

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 42 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions state primary school that lies within the secondary 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state school’s catchment area, for more than a whole care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as academic year immediately prior to transfer. a result of being adopted2. 3c Children of members of staff employed by the school: 2) Children living within the designated catchment area with • Where the member of staff has been employed a sibling at the school on the day they are due to start. at the school for two or more years at the time 3) All other children living in the designated catchment area. at which the application for admission to the 4) Children living outside the catchment area with a sibling school is made, and / or at the school on the date they are due to start. • The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant 5) Children outside the catchment area who have attended post for which there is a demonstrable skill a state primary school that lies within St. Martin’s shortage. designated catchment area for a year prior to transfer. 3d All other children. 6) Children of staff at the school where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at The Priory School: AN=168 the time at which the application for admission to the Children with a Statement of SEN or EHCP which names The school is made, and / or the member of staff is recruited Priory School will be allocated. Then: to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill 1a) Looked After Children and previously Looked after shortage. Children who immediately after being looked after 7) Any other children living outside the catchment area. became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order (as specified in the School Admissions William Brookes School: AN=162 Code). Children with a Statement of SEN or EHCP which names 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state William Brookes School will be allocated. Then: care overseas and ceased to be in state care as a result of 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all being adopted. previously looked after children who ceased to be so 1. Very exceptionally, children, who for reasons of mobility, because they were immediately adopted (or became need to attend the school, due to it having lift access. This subject to a child arrangements order or special will only be allowed if the parents/carers can provide guardianship order)1 written medical evidence that in view of the Local 1b) Children who appear to the Trust to have been in state Authority and Trust Board makes attending The Priory care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as School essential to the medical well-being of the child. a result of being adopted2. The Local Authority and the Trust Board reserve the right 2) Children with a medical need that can only be met by to check the ‘essential’ nature of the medical condition attending this school and cannot be met by any other with medical practitioners, given that all schools will school. (Evidence will be required from a relevant generally cope well with more common medical medical professional). conditions. 3) Children living within the catchment area. 2. Children living within the school’s designated catchment a. Firstly children who will have an older sibling at the area with an older sibling of compulsory school age school or sixth form on the day they are awarded attending the school when the applicant is admitted. the place in school. 4. Children of members of staff employed by The Priory b. Then other children who live in the catchment area. School on a permanent contract at the school for two or 4) Children living outside the catchment area. more years at the time of application. a. Firstly children who will have an older sibling at the 5. Children living with the Shrewsbury catchment area for school or sixth form on the day they are awarded whom The Priory School is the nearest Shrewsbury the place in school. secondary school in accordance with the “nearest school b. Secondly children who have attended a state test” (see page 44). funded primary school that lies within the 5. Children living outside the Shrewsbury catchment area secondary school's catchment area for more than a with a sibling attending the school. whole academic year immediately prior to transfer. 6. All other children living within the Shrewsbury designated c. Children of staff in either or both of the following catchment area. circumstances:

7 All other children living outside the catchment area. i) where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is

Shrewsbury Academy made, and/or (see Marches Multi Academy Trust) ii) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill Sir John Talbot School shortage (see Marches Multi Academy Trust) 5) All other children.

St. Martin’s School: AN = 60 Children with an EHCP which names St. Martin’s School will be allocated places. Applications will then be prioritised according to the following criteria: 1a) Looked after children at the time of application and all previously looked after children who ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order)1

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 43 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Nearest School Test for Shrewsbury Secondary Schools All the Shrewsbury secondary schools share one whole catchment area. There is no Emma: Emma’s closest school is Riverside individual catchment area for these schools. School. She has also applied for Hilltop School but she is further away from that If you live in the Shrewsbury secondary school. Emma will be in the nearest school school catchment area and apply for the category for Riverside School. Shrewsbury secondary school nearest to your home address (straight line measurement), Claire: Claire’s closest school is also Riverside your application will be ranked higher in the School so she will be in the nesarest school allocation list for that school than other category for that school too, although she is applicants in-catchment. slightly further from the school than Emma. She has also applied for Hilltop School and If the nearest Shrewsbury secondary school is Sunnyvale School. She is the same distance The Priory School and the second nearest away from both those schools. school is Meole Brace School, you will be ranked higher only for Meole Brace School Adam: Adam’s closest school is Sunnyvale than other Shrewsbury residents whose School so he will be in the nearest school nearest schools are neither Meole Brace category for that school. Although he is School or The Priory School. (See page 41 for closer to Riverside School than both Emma Meole Brace School.) and Claire, it is not his closest school and so Adam is in a lower priority category for Please see the example of the nearest school Riverside School than Claire and Emma. test below:

Hilltop School 1 Emma In-catchment 600m 2 Claire In-catchment 1500m

Riverside School 1 Emma Nearest school 500m 2 Claire Nearest school 700m Sunnyvale School 3 Adam In-catchment 400m 1 Adam Nearest school 200m

2 Claire In-catchment 1500m

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 44 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Standard Oversubscription Criteria for Shropshire Secondary Schools

These criteria apply to the following schools: Priority 3: Children living within the defined Church Stretton School: AN = 96 Catchment Area* The Community College, Bishop’s Castle: AN =108 If there are not enough places for all the children Lakelands Academy: AN = 116 living in the catchment area, we will look at the Ludlow CE School: AN = 140 following two criteria: Thomas Adams School: AN = 208 A Priority will be given to children living within

Rural secondary schools in Shropshire have a the catchment area who will have an older “catchment area”. Priority will be given to sibling** at the school on the day they are due children who live within that defined area. If you to start there. want more details of the catchment area for an B After that, all other children who live inside individual school, please see the maps section of the catchment area. our website www.shropshire.gov.uk or call 0345 678 9008. Please note that the definitive Priority 4: Children living outside the catchments are those specified by the Admissions defined Catchment Area: Team in the event of any disputes. If there are not enough places for all the children Children who have an EHCP, naming the school who live outside the catchment area will be allocated first. After that children will be we will look at the following criteria: offered places in the following priority order: A Priority will be given to children outside the catchment area who will have an older Priority 1: Looked After Children sibling** at the school on the day they are due A Looked after children at the time of application to start there. and previously looked after children who ceased B Next, pupils living outside the catchment area to be so because they were immediately adopted who have attended a state-funded primary (or became subject to a child arrangements order school that lies within the secondary school’s or special guardianship order)1. catchment area for more than a whole B Children who appear to the admission authority academic year immediately prior to transfer. to have been in state care outside of England and C After that, any other children who live outside ceased to be in state care due to being adopted2. the catchment area. 1 A looked after child is a child who is in the care of a local authority in England, or is being Notes: provided with accommodation by a local Each individual priority category is rank ordered authority in England in the exercise of their social according to a straight line measurement between services functions. home and the nearest appropriate entrance gate to 2 A child is regarded as having been in state care the school, the nearest being given the highest priority. in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious * “living in the catchment area”: organisation or any other provider of care whose Please see the definition of this on page 13. sole purpose is to benefit society **Sibling definition: Please see the definition of sibling on page 13. Priority 2: Very exceptionally, priority may be given to a Where two addresses are within the same block of child who has a particular health reason requiring flats, the lowest number of flat or nearest the ground floor will be deemed to be the nearest in distance. them to attend a specific school. This will only be allowed if the parents/carers can provide written Where 2 or more applications are considered to be of evidence from a medical professional that in the equal priority after all the criteria have been taken view of the Authority confirms that attending into account, a tie breaker will be used. This will be by that particular school is essential to the medical random allocation and overseen by an independent well-being of the child. The Council reserves the party not connected with the admissions process. right to contact medical professionals to ascertain the relevance of the medical condition.

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Map showing location and catchment areas of SECONDARY schools in Shropshire

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A - Academy List of Secondary Schools F - Foundation On pages 46-47, data is provided to show the admissions criteria of the last eligible applicant to be allocated as at 2 March 2020. This relates to the relevant admissions policy priority at the time; either Shropshire Council’s policy on page 44 or the school’s own policy on pages 39-43. The distance given (in miles) is the cut-off point of the furthest applicant eligible for a place in that category as at 2 March 2020. School name and address School DfE Headteacher, Number of Age PAN Number telephone number Pupils at Jan Range and web address 20

North Shropshire

1 Grove School 4423 Mrs S Taylor 792 11-18 208 Newcastle Road, Market Drayton A 01630 652121 TF9 1HF groveschoolmarketdrayton.co.uk/ 2 Lakelands Academy 4387 Mrs H S Bellis 533 11-16 116 Oswestry Road, Ellesmere SY12 0EA A 01691 622543 www.lakelandsacademy.org.uk Mar 20: Priority 4c 6.113 miles

3 Mr T Stonall Sir John Talbot’s School 4001 690 11-18 135 Heath Road, Whitchurch SY13 2BY A 01948 660600 www.sirjohntalbots.co.uk/ Mar 20: Priority 4c 8.543 miles

4 St Martins School 4002 Ms S Lovecy 368 3-16 60 (3-16 Learning Community) A 01691 776500 (Secondary) Oswestry SY10 7BD www.stmartins3-16.org/ Mar 20: Priority 4c 4.167miles 5 The Corbet School 5401 Dr. Jane Tinker 731 11-16 135 Baschurch, Shrewsbury SY4 2AX A 01939 260296 corbetschool.net/ Mar 20: Priority 5 9.484 miles

6 The Marches School 4437 Mrs A Pearson 1437 11-18 270 Morda Road, Oswestry SY11 2AR A 01691 664400 marchesschool.co.uk/

7 Thomas Adams School 4503 Mr M Cooper 1181 11-18 208 Wem SY4 5UB A 01939 237000 thomasadams.net/ Mar 20: Priority 4c 9.634 miles

Shrewsbury

8 Belvidere School 4396 Mrs E L Stevenson 841 11-16 168 Crowmere Road, Shrewsbury SY2 5LA A 01743 235073 www.belvidere.shropshire.sch.uk/ Mar 20: Priority 4 1.407 miles

9 Meole Brace School 4403 Mr A Doust 1253 11-16 243 Longden Road, Shrewsbury SY3 9DW A 01743 235961 www.meolebrace.com/ Mar 20: Priority 5 2.743 miles

10 Shrewsbury Academy 4003 Miss J Johnson 818 11-16 237 Corndon Crescent, Shrewsbury SY1 4LL A 01743 276700 shrewsburyacademy.sat.coop/

11 The Priory School 4368 Mrs A Pope 853 11-16 168 Longden Road, Shrewsbury SY3 9EE A 01743 284000 priory.tpstrust.co.uk/ Mar 20: Priority 3 1.412 miles

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List of Secondary Schools

School name and address School DfE Headteacher, Number of Age PAN Number telephone number Pupils at Range and web address Jan 20

South Shropshire

12 Bridgnorth Endowed School 4500 Mr B Worth 501 11-16 120 Northgate, Bridgnorth WV16 4ER A 01746 762103 www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk/ Mar 20: Priority 6 8.286 miles

13 Church Stretton School 4385 Mr J Parr 552 11-16 96 Trust-Ed Schools Partnership A 01694 722209 Shrewsbury Road, Church Stretton www.churchstretton.shropshire.sch.uk/ SY6 6EX Mar 20: Priority 4c 9.111 miles

14 Idsall School 4394 Ms M King 1301 11-18 216 Coppice Green Lane, Shifnal TF11 8PD A 01952 468400 www.idsallschool.org/ Mar 20: Priority 4c 2.878 miles

15 Lacon Childe School 4412 Mr D Reynolds 576 11-16 108 A 01299 270312 Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, www.lacon-childe.org.uk/ Shropshire DY14 8PE

16 Ludlow CE School 4501 Mrs P Hearle 565 11-16 140 A 01584 872691 Bromfield Road, Ludlow www.ludlowschool.com/ SY8 1GJ

17 Mary Webb School & Science 4410 Mr P Lowe-Werrell 577 11-16 120 College A 01743 792100 Pontesbury, Shrewsbury SY5 0TG www.marywebbschool.com/ Mar 20: Priority 3b 5.008 miles

18 Oldbury Wells School 4427 Mr L Tristham 923 11-18 168 A 01746 765454 Bridgnorth WV16 5JD www.oldburywells.com/

19 The Community College 4376 Mr R Thorley 472 11-16 108 Bishop’s Castle, SY9 5AY F 01588 638257 ccbcshropshire.com/ Mar 20: Priority 4c 13.239miles

20 William Brookes School 4391 Mr G Renwick 937 11-18 162 01952 728900 A Mar 20: Priority 5 4.708 miles Farley Road, Much Wenlock TF13 6NB www.williambrookes.com/

Admission to Schools with a Sixth Form (See page 70) In most cases applicants must have reached certain academic standards. Details of each school’s requirements on academic attainment to gain entry to their Sixth Form can be found by contacting the

school and/or in the school’s prospectus.

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Admissions number Admissions received requests preference 1st Total 1 at as allocated places Total After Children Looked (SEN) Needs Educational of Statement sibling area In area In sibling area of Out criteria distance using area of Out school primary linked area of Out total) previous in the (included Member Staff Childof preference 2nd 3rdpreference available not preferences listed as vacancies Offered 1st prefe appeal at allocated Places

Grove School 208 134 180 1 0 54 78 2 0 0 n/a 7 5 34 n/a n/a Lakelands 116 156 116 3 4 29 47 11 69 3 n/a 3 0 0 n/a n/a Sir John Talbot’s 135 155 135 2 3 38 78 11 28 1 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a St Martins 60 57 60 0 0 8 21 8 20 2 n/a 4 0 0 n/a n/a The Corbet 135 185 161 9 9 50 83 8 44 10 0 0 1 0 n/a 2 The Marches 270 223 270 4 2 72 120 18 13 4 0 18 1 28 n/a n/a

NORTH Shropshire Thomas Adams 208 211 208 7 5 46 82 27 56 3 n/a 11 6 0 n/a n/a

Belvidere 168 211 168 5 8 61 146 0 4 n/a n/a 9 0 0 n/a 6 Meole Brace 243 234 270 4 2 73 156 0 5 n/a n/a 51 7 0 n/a 3 Priory 168 223 169 8 4 47 165 0 11 n/a 0 3 1 0 n/a 6 237 88 168 0 0 41 46 1 0 n/a n/a 8 11 61 n/a n/a

SHREWSBURY Shrewsbury Academy Bridgnorth Endowed 120 119 120 1 0 17 43 9 50 20 n/a 6 0 0 n/a n/a

Church Stretton 96 99 105 1 4 28 55 4 12 5 n/a 6 0 0 n/a n/a

Idsall 216 257 216 0 1 48 106 22 81 5 0 8 8 0 13 1 Lacon Childe 108 97 99 2 2 27 39 17 23 9 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a Ludlow 140 113 113 2 2 34 79 0 0 0 n/a 2 1 2 n/a n/a Mary Webb School 120 138 120 1 1 38 86 4 16 6 n/a 2 2 0 n/a n/a and Science College Oldbury Wells 168 124 121 1 3 26 49 16 36 3 0 14 2 7 n/a n/a

SOUTH Shropshire The Community 108 105 110 1 2 21 43 5 38 2 n/a 0 1 4 n/a n/a College William Brookes 162 196 182 2 4 48 78 22 61 13 0 8 2 0 5 0

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 49 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Admissions Flow Chart – SECONDARY

By 31 October 2020 Application made

Offered 2nd/3rd 1 March 2021 st Offered 1 Preference Preference or Other

Change of family

Accept circumstance: Refuse Accept I decide not to accept

Apply for another Request By12 March 2021 place at Review Review and/or and/or Appeal Appeal

19 March 2021 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 are expected to be held May/June 2021. 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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Applying Out of Area Parents applying for schools in a different Parents sometimes wish to apply for a school area should also ensure that they have read in their area as well as for schools in another the information about admissions which is area. This is perfectly acceptable; you can published by and available from the name any three schools in your application. appropriate local authority. Different However, please note that the admission authorities operate different admissions criteria can vary from school to school and policies. When Shropshire residents state a many academies have set their own preference for schools in England outside the oversubscription criteria. It is important that Shropshire local authority area, we will co- you understand how the criteria will be ordinate the application details with the applied to your application and that you relevant authority (see p6). Please bear in understand your chances of securing a school mind that you may be responsible for all place. If we cannot offer a place at any of travel arrangements and costs. your preferred schools we will offer the next nearest school to your home address that has vacancies. Please ensure that you have read A Summary of the Secondary all the relevant information on pages 38 – 44. Transfer Application Process:

• Read all the information in this booklet about the admissions process before making your applications. • Read Frequently Asked Questions on pages 51- 57 and read the appropriate admissions criteria.

• Research schools in which you might be Parents resident in Shropshire sometimes interested before making your wish to make an application for selective application. schools such as Newport Girls’ High School or Adams’ Grammar School which come under • Contact the Admissions Team if you Telford & Wrekin Council, or Wolverhampton would still like further information or Girls’ High School which is in Wolverhampton help. Please do not rely on information local authority’s area. When applying for from headteachers, school staff, parents, schools out of area, Shropshire residents neighbours or estate agents. should name all those schools in the • Apply through your home local authority. Shropshire application. If a selective school is your preferred school, we recommend that • Give the maximum number of you list this as your first preference. Entrance preferences (three for Shropshire to all selective schools is based on a selection applicants). examination which may be held in the summer term before the year of application. • Apply by 31 October 2020 at the latest. If you are considering a selective school, we would recommend that you contact the • Wait until 1 March 2021 when online school directly for more information, as a applicants can view their results or wait for postal notification which should matter of urgency. arrive after 1 March. The Shropshire Admissions Team will pass on to other English local authorities any requests • Contact the Admissions Team if the for a place at their schools. allocation letter has not been received by 8 March 2021.

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Frequently Asked Questions Apply How do I apply for a school place? For those who made application on time in 2020, If you are applying for a place through Shropshire 93.6% of primary applicants and 90.4% of Council, you should apply online at secondary applicants were successful in www.shropshire.gov.uk. Internet access is also application for their first preference school. Those available in local libraries. who are not successful often live outside the school’s catchment area or have applied late Once you have considered the information included in this booklet, and possibly having How do I know how many places are available? visited schools, you should then indicate three In this booklet there is a section that gives you preferences in priority order in your application. information on schools in Shropshire. Under each school you will see the Published Admission How do I apply online? Number (PAN); this is the number of places Register to use the online facility using your email available. address at www.shropshire.gov.uk. You will also be able to access this booklet for more Do I still need to apply for a school if my other information about how places are allocated. This children attend there? facility will be available from the beginning of Yes. Every application is dealt with separately, but September 2020 (October 2020 for Reception you will have a greater priority for a place if your applicants) until the closing date. older child will still be of statutory school age and on roll when your younger child is due to start How are places allocated? there. However, if you are applying to an out of All schools have a Published Admission Number catchment area school there will be no guarantee (PAN) which applies to each year within a school. of a place even if you have an older child This means that there is a maximum number of attending, although you will have a greater children which can be admitted to a school in each priority than other people living out of the area year group. The PAN is agreed with the governing without older children currently in attendance. body of the school and is based on the available (See p13 for the definition of a sibling.) teaching spaces within a school. The figures set for the admissions year 2021/22 are shown with the I live outside Shropshire. Can I still apply for a list of schools on pp 23–33 for primary schools and Shropshire school? pp 46-47 for secondary schools. Yes. Wherever you live you can apply for schools in other local authority areas although you may be If there are more requests for places than the responsible for all travel arrangements and costs. PAN, the school is said to be oversubscribed and Please read the information on page 6. If you are places will be allocated according to the unsuccessful at a Shropshire school you are oversubscription criteria which are shown on advised to contact your home local authority to pages 12-21 for primary, infant and junior schools, find out what other options are available to you. and on pages 38-44 for secondary schools. How do I know if I am in the catchment area for a Does the law say I can choose the school my child particular school? attends? Catchment area maps are available on our website The law does not give you the right to choose a www.shropshire.gov.uk on the General Map school for your child. However it does allow you to Viewer. Alternatively you may wish to contact the express a preference as to which school you Customer Service Centre or the Admissions Team. would like your child to attend. The Council will try In most cases, there will be one primary school to meet that preference. The same applies to the and one secondary school designated as the governing bodies of schools that are responsible catchment school, but there are a few exceptions. for admissions to their schools (such as voluntary Please note that the Admissions team will be the aided schools or academies). body which determines any uncertainties about catchment areas or distances from home to school.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 52 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Frequently Asked Questions My ex-partner and I share care of our child in Failure to inform the Admissions Team of a change equal measure. Which address will be considered of address may result in a school place being the home address? offered in error. In this case, the offer of a school The Admissions Team will need to know which place will be withdrawn. A local authority can school nights are spent with each parent. If this withdraw the offer of a place even after a pupil does not result in a majority of school nights with has started at a school. either parent, the Admissions Team will be unable to determine the home address this way. In such My former partner and I are now separated and cases, the parent who receives the Child Benefit we cannot agree on our preferred schools. Which for the child will be considered the main carer and application will you accept? their address will be determined to be the child’s Shropshire Council is unable to arbitrate when home address for school admission purposes. parents cannot agree. Where conflicting applications are submitted or an objection is My child is looked after by a childminder/ friend/ raised, the application will be suspended until grandparent/another family member during the either agreement is reached or the matter has week. Can I put their address on the application been settled by the court. This should be given form? urgent attention to avoid your child being No. The application must come from the genuine disadvantaged or left without a school place. If home address of the child at which he/she is you cannot agree you should seek independent expected to reside which, in most cases, would legal advice and, if necessary, an appropriate also be the address of the person who has court order, before submitting the application. parental care of the child. Unless your child is The address given should be that of the formally or legally cared for by someone other parent/carer named in the court order. than his/her parent(s), then the address of the parent is the one we expect you to give. A place Preference may be lawfully withdrawn if the information What if you cannot offer any of my preferred given in your application is considered by schools? Shropshire Council or the admission authority, to If we are unable to offer a place at any of the be fraudulent or misleading. For example, if schools named in your application, we will offer a arrangements are made for the child to reside place at the nearest school to your address with temporarily with extended family members or places available once all on-time applicants have friends within a school catchment area this will been considered. This may not be the nearest not be regarded as the genuine home address. school to your home or your catchment area school and you may then be responsible for your False addresses and misleading applications... child’s transport arrangements to that school. The Shropshire Council takes all necessary steps to Council does not automatically consider a place at verify that addresses are genuine through your “in area” school unless you named it as one whatever sources of information are available to of your preferences. After all applicants have been us, and this may include home visits by a considered, your nearest school may be full. Shropshire Council officer. If the Admissions Team do not consider that sufficient proof is provided, I do not wish to give more than one preference we will allocate a place based on what we believe on my application form. Will this disadvantage to be the substantive address. me in any way? (See page 34.) It may well do, so we strongly recommend that Parents must not use a business address, you put more than one preference, particularly if grandparent’s, friend’s or other family member’s you do not intend naming your nearest or address. Shropshire Council may disregard short- catchment area school. If you only put one term tenancy agreements where the substantive preference on your application and you are not property remains unsold or is rented out. A false successful in obtaining a place at that school we claim of relationship breakdown where shall offer the nearest school with vacancies (see reconciliation follows immediately after allocation above). Writing the same school three times on may lead to the withdrawal of the offer of a place. your application does not strengthen your case for that school and wastes the opportunity to use your preferences.

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Frequently Asked Questions What will happen if I do not want to send my schools have places available. As a parent/carer child to my local or nearest school? you are responsible for ensuring that your child Most schools have their own separately accesses appropriate education. The Admissions designated catchment area, but you can express a Team can provide help and guidance, but the preference for any school in or out of your area. Council cannot be held responsible for not However, if you live outside the designated area meeting your preferences or for your omission to and the school has more applications than there submit an application. are places available, your application will probably have a lower priority than those who live in the There are children living further away from my catchment area. If your preferred school is not preferred school who have been offered places, full, you will be allocated a place no matter where but we have not been successful. Why not? you live, but you may be responsible for There could be a number of reasons which relate transporting your child to that school if it is not to the individual circumstances at the time of the your nearest or catchment school, (see p66-68). applications. One is that we have given a higher priority to children with special needs, or children Can I change my preferences? in Public Care, adopted children or those who After the closing date for applications but before have a specific medical reason. It may be that allocation, you cannot change your preferences some have older siblings still at the school. If you unless it is because of a change of circumstances think that there has been any form of injustice, (e.g. house move by the deadline on p54). If you such as a distance not having been measured wish to change your preferences after the correctly, please raise this with the Admissions allocations have been made then you can request Team, at the review stage if applicable. (See p58). this at the review stage, but remember the school you ask for may be full at that stage. It is Moving House important that you carefully consider all the I shall be moving house before the date my child options before completing the application. is due to start school. Which address should I give on my application form? If I name a school as my first preference will I Shropshire Council require a copy of written have a better chance than someone who names confirmation from your solicitor that you have it as their second preference? (See page 34.) exchanged contracts on a property, or a signed No. The Government requires all local authorities copy of a tenancy agreement, to consider a new to use an “Equal Preference” scheme. First of all address, plus confirmation that you have sold or we consider your first preference. If we can offer left your previous property. If you have reached it, we will. If we cannot offer that because the this stage at the time you make your application, school is oversubscribed and you were ranked a then the new address is the one that should be lower priority, then we will consider your second given, with a note of explanation plus the required preference alongside all the preferences from written evidence as stated above. However, if the other parents for that school using the admissions arrangements have not been completed please criteria. If neither your first nor your second give your current address, and then inform the preferences can be offered, then we consider your Admissions Team of any change of circumstances third preference alongside all other preferences without delay once you have proof of the house for that school. Your application will be ranked in move. See the note on p54 for cut off dates for terms of oversubscription criteria, not in terms of house moves. your preference for the school. If you move after you have applied or after a If I do not make an application for a school will school place has been allocated, you should you “direct” me to a school which I do not wish inform the local authority immediately. If you my child to attend? have a second home you must give proof of the No. Shropshire Council cannot “direct” you to address at which you reside for the majority of the send your child to a particular school. If we are time. We can withdraw a place offered in error, unable to offer your application preferences we even after a child has started at a school, if a can make an alternative offer. If you have not change of address should have been notified to applied to any schools, we can inform you which the Admissions Team, but has not.

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Closing Dates Please note that short term tenancy arrangements Primary/Infant/Junior: or temporary moves to live with friends or Closing date: 15 January 2021 relatives may not be accepted. If you own a Secondary: property and take out a rental agreement on Closing date: 31 October 2020 another property, we may not accept the rented property’s address until the other property is sold. After the closing dates we will only handle late applications where there has been a serious illness How will distances be measured from the home or bereavement in the family in the period shortly address to the school? before the closing date, or where a family has A computerised mapping system is used for moved house after the closing date (up until 4 measuring distances. The measurement is taken weeks before the allocation date), or a change as a straight line from where the home address is which affects how an application would be pinpointed by the computerised system to the considered. Documentation to verify these nearest appropriate entrance gate of the school. circumstances must be submitted with the late Where the address is in a block of flats, the lowest application. Latest dates for these exceptional number or flat nearest to the ground floor will be circumstances are:* deemed to be the nearest distance. Deadline for New Applications/Changes of

Preference due to Change of Address: My partner and I live at the same address and Primary/Infant/Junior: both have children from previous relationships living with us. Are they classed as siblings? Cut-off date: 5 March 2021 Where children are permanently living at the Secondary: same address as part of the same family unit, they Cut-off date: 8 February 2021 will be classed as siblings for the purpose of school If we are able to process your late application in admission applications. In other words we will time for Offer Day, we shall do so, although your accept brother or sister, step-brother or preferred school may then be full. Otherwise, any stepsister, half-brother or half-sister of further late applications received will be compulsory school age all living at the same considered at the review stage, prior to any address as well as fostered and adopted siblings. appeals and/or at the end of each week up until However, this does not apply where cousins or the start of the school Christmas holidays. other relatives are staying on a temporary basis in order to create “in area” status. The sibling Is there any financial charge associated with connections must apply at the start of the term making an application to a school? when the younger sibling is due to start at the There is no cost associated with the admissions school. Please note that where older children are process to any Shropshire state-funded schools. moving or have moved on to the sixth form the sibling connection does not apply (except for My child has some medical problems which can some own admission authority schools – see pp best be managed through attendance at a 39-42) since there is (a) no guarantee of the older particular school. Will this be considered? pupil being offered a place by the time the In such cases, parents should submit written allocations are made; (b) the GCSE results may evidence from the GP or medical specialist with mean that an alternative educational route is the application. Shropshire Council may followed; and (c) not all schools have a sixth form. investigate such cases. For a place to be offered due to medical reasons, Shropshire Council or the What if my application form is late? admission authority would need to be satisfied Applications must be submitted by the closing that the medical circumstances* make it essential dates. After these dates the online application for the child to attend a particular school. Most facility will not be available. Shropshire Council schools can manage a wide range of medical cannot be held responsible for an application form issues, such as asthma, ADHD, allergies and which goes astray, especially if posted without diabetes, so there must be a strong case for this to proof of posting. be agreed. * Documentation to verify this is required with application.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 55 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Frequently Asked Questions When will I be informed about the allocation of a opportunity to request to be placed on a waiting school place? list for their original preferred school or for other Allocation Days are when the results will be schools and, if necessary, an appeal. (See p58-59 published. Shropshire Council sends post by for more details on the waiting list and appeal ‘second class’ to applicants on the following dates: stages.)

National Offer Days What if I am still not successful when the waiting Primary Allocations posted out on list is reviewed? 16 April 2021 You will be informed whether you have been Secondary Allocations posted out on successful at the review stage. If you are not 1 March 2021 successful we can keep your name on a waiting list Results for online applicants will be made in case places become available at a later date, available on the above National Offer Days. and/or we will arrange for an appeal to be heard by an independent appeal panel if you wish. Not If notification has not been received within a week all appeals are successful. The panel will have to of these dates, applicants should contact the weigh up the situation at the school against your Admissions Team. personal circumstances. (See p58-59 for further details.) Applicants will not be told the results of their applications over the telephone until the day after Can I put my child’s name on a waiting list? the allocation days so please do not phone us on 1 Parents who have been unsuccessful in March or 16 April. This also applies to the Review application for admission at the start of Reception dates so we will not be able to inform you until 8 year (infant and primary schools), year 3 (junior May (for Primary) or 20 March (for Secondary). schools), and year 7 (secondary schools) can, on The Council’s Admissions Team will also send out request, be added to the waiting list. A review will letters on behalf of own admission authority take place a few weeks after the allocations date governing bodies. and you will remain on this list if you wish and/or if you continue to the appeal stage. The following Appeals parents will automatically be kept on a waiting What can I do if my application is not successful? list, unless they specifically decline and accept the For Shropshire schools, you can request a review offer of a place at another school: and/or an appeal for your child to be added to the 1. Any new applicants who have moved into the waiting list. Your allocation notification will oversubscribed school’s area after the date of explain how to do this. Sometimes places which appeals. have been allocated are no longer required and 2. Anyone specifically requesting to be kept on the these vacancies can then be re-allocated in waiting list but who does not wish to take their accordance with the admissions criteria, but only case to appeal. to those requesting to be placed on the waiting list for review and/or appeal. At this stage we will The waiting list will be maintained by Shropshire also consider any late applications or changes of Council for the first term of the academic year of preference which could not be considered earlier. admission. For schools outside Shropshire, please (See p58-59 for more details on the waiting list contact the home local authority without delay. and appeal stage.) If any vacancies arise, they will be offered to those For schools outside Shropshire, please contact people on the waiting list in strict accordance with the home local authority without delay. the published admissions criteria. At the end of

the term, Shropshire Council will cease to operate What will happen if I am not offered any of my the waiting list. preferred schools?

This does not happen very often. It can happen Shropshire Council operates a Fair Access Policy where parents or carers have not stated 3 with regard to vulnerable and hard to place pupils, preferences, or where the catchment school is not a copy of which can be obtained from our website included as one of the preferences. In such cases a or the Admissions Team. Children placed in place will be offered at the nearest school with schools through this policy will take precedence places still available. Applicants will have the over children on a waiting list.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 56 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Frequently Asked Questions Other I put my child’s name down at the school a year or two ago, so do I still need to apply? I have been told by the headteacher (or a Yes. All applications have to be made via the local member of the teaching staff) that my child will authority for primary school places and be offered a place at the school. considered at the same time. Some schools will For the start of Reception year (infant and primary keep a list of parents who are interested in schools), year 3 (junior schools), and year 7 sending their child to the school, but this is not a (secondary schools) neither the headteacher/staff formal application and does not give any priority members nor individual governors can give any for a place. indication of whether applications to their particular school will be successful. Junior Schools only The School Admissions Code states: My child attends an infant school, do I need to “Admission authorities must not provide apply for the junior school? any guarantees to applicants of the Yes. When your child is in year 2 at an infant outcome of their application prior to the school you will be advised to read this booklet and formal notification of any offers of a to make an application. Most parents/carers of place in a suitable school by the home children who have attended an infant school will local authority.” and wish to apply for the “linked” junior school. It is “The offer to parents must be made by also possible to apply at this stage for a primary the home Local Authority”. school in the area, but parents must be clear on Mid-term applications for places in any other year whether they wish their child to transfer at the group should be made directly to the school and end of year 2 or whether they want them to offers will be made by the school themselves. transfer during the course of year 2 as a mid-term admission if the school has places available. Please I have twins/triplets. Will my children be able to see note on p13 which explains that sibling criteria go to the same school? does not automatically apply between “linked” Shropshire Council will endeavour to offer places infant and junior schools. for all of twins/triplets for the same school. Will children who have attended the infant

school get priority for places at the junior school? Infant and Primary Schools only Possibly not. Shropshire Council’s admissions My child attends the nursery class/foundation criteria (academies may differ) are the same for class at the school. Do I still need to apply for a admissions to most junior schools as those used school place? for primary and infant schools. Therefore parents Yes. We cannot emphasise enough that there is no who live outside the catchment area with older priority given to children who have attended a children at the junior school may lose their child’s nursery or pre-school on the school site. place to applicants who have recently moved into Applications to the nursery and to the school are the catchment area for the junior school. Those quite separate and attendance at a particular who are unsuccessful have the right of a review nursery gives no guarantee of a school place. Even and, if necessary, an appeal. where there are foundation stage arrangements (that is, a mixed unit with both pre-school and Secondary Schools only Reception age children), there is no guarantee of Is my child’s primary school a “feeder” school to the place being offered for the pre-school child to a particular secondary school? continue at the school into Reception. Despite Shropshire Council does not operate a general telling parents there is no linkage (even where a “feeder” school system. There is no guarantee nursery is on the same site), regrettably some that having attended a particular primary school parents fail to make an application and then will secure a place at a particular secondary expect a place to be allocated, or make an school. However, in the north and south of the application and then express surprise when they county children living out of area who attended a are not allocated a place but are signposted to the primary school in the secondary school’s appeal process. catchment area have a slightly higher priority above out of area children who have not. (P44.)

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 57 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Frequently Asked Questions However, this still does not give a guarantee of a primarily based on your home address and not the place particularly when the school is full with in primary or junior school your child attends. Please catchment area children or those with siblings at help your child to understand that there is no the secondary school. guarantee of a place in these circumstances, and please do not raise their expectations What is the difference between the unnecessarily if they have attended a “taster oversubscription criteria to Shrewsbury session”. secondary schools and those in the north and south of the county? There is a bus service which runs from the end of Schools in the north and south of the county serve my road to the school I prefer for my child. Does more rural areas of Shropshire and are usually this mean my child is entitled to go there? several miles apart. Therefore they each have No. There are a number of schools which arrange their own designated catchment area. In transport from villages outside their catchment Shrewsbury, however, the secondary schools are areas because of the demand from children who closer to each other and it is not appropriate to have been successful in the past or because of give them their own catchment areas. The whole sibling connections. Such arrangements, however, of Shrewsbury is classed as one large secondary do not change the catchment area or give any catchment area and priority is then given to entitlement to a place at the school, even if you Shrewsbury residents who apply to their nearest have neighbours whose children access such school (by a straight-line measurement from the buses. Please see pages 66-68 for full details home address to the nearest gate at the school). about transport entitlement. The existence of a This is called the “Nearest School Test”. (Please bus service is not a valid reason for the allocation see further details on p43.) of a school place.

Parents should also be aware that academies can I do not live in Shropshire but I wish my child to set their own criteria which may be different to attend a Shropshire secondary school. How Shropshire Council’s. should I make my application? If you live in an English local authority (LA) other I understand that some schools had Specialist than Shropshire you must make your application College status in certain subjects. Does this mean to your home local authority, but you may include that my child will be given priority because s/he on that form any Shropshire school(s) as your has an interest or aptitude in that subject? preferences. Please ensure that you have read No. None of the schools in Shropshire have information from your home local authority as admissions criteria which allow them to select a well as from Shropshire on the admissions proportion of pupils due to a specific interest or procedures used by each authority. Your home aptitude. In the spirit of comprehensive education local authority will write to you on allocation day for all pupils, Shropshire Council schools wish to informing you if you have been successful. (See pp continue to serve their local children and all 5-6 for more details.) schools have a broad curriculum. If you live in Powys or Wrexham you can apply My child has attended some “Taster Sessions” at through your home local authority. However, my preferred school. Does this mean that s/he Shropshire Council will accept your application will have a better chance of getting a place at and we shall inform your local authority of your that school? application. If you are currently living in other No. There are a number of initiatives to help parts of Wales, Scotland, Ireland or overseas (with primary school age children get used to the idea a Shropshire address), please apply directly to of what secondary schools are like, and secondary Shropshire. We will write to you on allocation day schools share some of their expertise and facilities informing you if you have been successful. with local primary schools. However this makes no difference at all to the allocation process which is

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Waiting Lists and Reviews (for Shropshire schools)

This information applies to applications to Shropshire schools for Reception, transfer to At the review stage it is possible that some junior and transfer to secondary school. For places allocated originally are released mid-term applications see pages 60-61. For because circumstances have changed and schools outside Shropshire, contact the some families no longer wish to take the relevant local authority without delay. places offered. These places will be reallocated only to those who have What can I do if I am not offered the school requested a review by returning a completed I want for my child? appeal form and in accordance with the When your allocation letter arrives (during admissions criteria. Your application will be the first week of March 2021 for secondary reviewed by a senior officer in the Learning applicants and mid-April 2021 for primary & Skills Group. We will write to let you know applicants) instructions on how to apply for the outcome on 19 March 2021 (secondary an appeal will be included with your letter. schools) and 7 May 2021 (primary schools).

(You may apply for an appeal online at http://www.shropshire.gov.uk.) If you What happens if I am not successful at the complete an appeal application, the Review stage? Admissions Team will include your child on a If you are still not satisfied, under the 1998 waiting list. Your application will then be School Standards and Framework Act you reviewed, and your child will be considered have a statutory right of appeal to an for any places released at the school. To be Independent Appeals Panel. All appeals have included in the review, the form must be to be made in writing and you will be asked returned by 12 March 2021 for secondary to give the reasons why you still wish to be and 30 April 2021 for primary, infant or allocated a place at your preferred school. junior schools. Is there a Waiting List? The Review will check: (1) that the published Waiting lists are formed after the allocation admissions criteria set out in this booklet process. There will be a Review in light of any have been correctly followed and, (2) that all vacancies which may have occurred and the circumstances relevant to these criteria waiting lists will then run for the first term of have been considered. If there are any the academic year. serious medical circumstances which demonstrate that attending the particular Fair Access Protocol school is essential to the medical well-being The Department for Education (DfE), of your child, and which have arisen since requires all Local Authorities (LA) to have a submission of the original application form, Fair Access Protocol. Shropshire Council has details should be given along with agreed a protocol with headteachers and as appropriate medical evidence from a doctor a result schools may be required to make a or specialist. place available to pupils who meet certain criteria, even if the school is oversubscribed. We reserve the right to check the essential (The protocol is available to view on our nature of the medical condition with your website www.shropshire.gov.uk or by medical practitioner and your child’s current contacting the Admissions Team to request a school. Such evidence should be sent to the copy.) Pupils who fall under any of the Admissions Manager at the address given at criteria, and who are without a school place, the front of this booklet (p4). must take precedence over children on a waiting list attending another school.

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Appeals (for Shropshire schools only) For schools outside Shropshire, contact the Please note that the appeals process relevant local authority without delay. may be subject to change due to What happens at an Appeal? Covid 19 restrictions. Appeals are heard by an Independent Panel. Parents/carers can put their case in person Can I get support for my appeal from my to the Appeals Panel. Personal circumstances child’s headteacher/teacher? that the Admissions Team are unable to The Local Authority has advised consider at the initial allocation stage or at headteachers that letters of general support the review, may be considered alongside should not be written if they can be deemed distance and other considerations by the to be prejudicial to the outcome of an Panel. The Panel’s decision is final and appeal, so please do not approach the binding on all parties – the admission headteacher or teacher at your primary authority (which in most cases is Shropshire school for such letters, nor indeed anyone on the Governing Body. Council), the school and the parents. What can I do if my appeal is not Where the Panel receives a number of successful? appeals for the same school they will hear Sometimes parents will write to their local them all on the same or successive days M.P. or Councillor thinking that this will There will usually be a ‘plenary’ session to change the decision of the panel, but the which all parents/carers are invited and decision of the Appeals Panel can only be where a presentation is made by the challenged in the High Court. However, if you Council’s representative, sometimes feel that the process was flawed (in other supported by the headteacher or governor words, maladministration occurred in the of the school, explaining why there would be way the appeal was handled) you have the difficulties in accepting any more pupils at right to put your case to the Local the school. Appellants then have individual Government Ombudsman or the Education appointments for presentation of their own & Skills Funding Agency in the case of personal circumstances and reasons for academies. They are unlikely to overturn a wanting the particular school. decision made by an Independent Appeal Panel. However, if the way in which the Infant Class Size Appeals hearing was held is found to be flawed, they If your child is of Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 may order a fresh appeal. age you may have been told that the grounds on which a place has been refused is I wish to move my child from their current because of Infant Class Size Regulations. The school but have been told my preferred Government passed laws which restrict school is full. Do I have the right of appeal? infant classes to 30 pupils taught by one Whether your child is moving to start a new qualified teacher. You still have the right of stage at school (i.e. Reception, Year 3 in appeal, but you should be aware that the junior school or Year 7 in secondary school), grounds on which the Panel may allow a or because you are moving house or are place at the school are very restricted. If the unhappy with the school your child currently Panel is satisfied that the way in which attends, you have the right of appeal if places were offered to the children who are refused a place at the school. already in the school was correctly administered and if the organisation of class The appeal process will operate as already sizes could not remain in line with the explained in this section although in-year regulations if another child were to be applications are unlikely to involve a group offered a place, then the Appeal Panel would plenary session. be unlikely to offer a place to your child.

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Transfers and Mid-term (for Shropshire schools)

When thinking of moving your child midterm In-Year or Mid-Term applications from or part way through the primary or Service Families secondary school stage we would advise When service personnel are given a parents to discuss this with the child’s confirmed posting order to the Shropshire current headteacher and that careful Council area, Shropshire Council works with consideration should be given to whether service families to remove potential such a move will be of benefit to your child disadvantage for service children. This is in and his or her educational progress. accordance with Paragraphs 2.15 and 2.18 of the School Admissions Code. I wish to change my child’s school. What should I do? If service personnel cannot provide a The regulations have changed for school Shropshire address but are in possession of a transfers (midterm or “in-year” applications). posting order to Shropshire, or an official letter with a relocation date, a Unit postal If you would like to change your child’s address or quartering area address will be school to a Shropshire school, you should used when considering an application contact the school direct. You will need to against oversubscription criteria. complete a mid-term application form available from any Shropshire school or from Shropshire Council works with all schools in Shropshire Council’s website the local authority area to facilitate the https://shropshire.gov.uk/school-admissions admission of service children to their If you wish to apply to a school outside designated catchment school. Children of Shropshire, please contact the relevant local service personnel posted to Shropshire may authority. (Details on page 68.) be admitted to the designated catchment school as an exception if the school is The application form enables parents to oversubscribed. Application should be made apply to up to 3 schools of their preference. to the school along with the appropriate The form should be copied to each of the 3 posting order or letter. Please contact the schools. Any documentary evidence in Admissions Team for any advice. support of the application should also be included. Places should only be allocated a School places at the catchment school will be maximum of six school weeks before the offered to children of service personnel place is required. without delay. However, where application is made for an oversubscribed school that is Any place offered must be taken up within not the designated catchment school for the six school weeks or a half-term of the offer, service address, it is likely that the or the place may be withdrawn. application would be declined and parents

would be informed of their right to appeal along with the offer of a place at their Unsuccessful Applicants catchment school. Where applicants cannot be offered their preferred school, they will be informed of All schools in Shropshire are expected to the independent appeals process. Some mid- follow this protocol (including those schools term applications will need to be considered for which Shropshire Council is not the using the Fair Access Protocol (see p58). admission authority e.g. academies).

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Can I keep my child at the same school even should apply no more than 6 school weeks in when I move address? advance. If the school has places available at Once your child has started attending a the time of application then a place can be particular school and then you move house offered. If the school is full then an appeal your child may remain at the same school, as can be arranged. If the place is not taken up long as you can continue to get them to that by the start of the new half term or within 6 school. weeks (whichever is the earliest) the offer may be withdrawn. The only exception to Will my child qualify for free school this is for applications for a boarding place transport? for existing pupils at Thomas Adams School, You will not necessarily qualify for transport where applications may be considered if the school your child has moved to is not earlier in the year where necessary, the catchment area school or nearest with particularly where parents have to work places available. If you are already in receipt abroad. of free school transport, that privilege may be withdrawn, and you may have to pay for a What should I do if the school is full? seat under the temporary seats payment You need to be aware that moving into a scheme. Parents need to be aware that the school’s catchment area gives no guarantee temporary seats payment scheme only exists whatsoever that a place will be made when there are vacant seats on the transport available at that school and neither the currently provided and can be withdrawn at school nor Shropshire Council are legally short notice. obliged to provide a place for your child at If my child cannot go to the nearest school the catchment area school. However, if you will they receive free school transport? live in Shropshire, we will have to ensure In those instances where you are unable to that a school place is made available at the gain a place at your catchment area or nearest school with vacancies. nearest school following an appeal because the year group is full, you may be eligible for If you are refused a place at your catchment free school transport to the next nearest school because your child’s year group is full, alternative school if it is more than 2 miles please contact the Admissions Team for for primary age children or 3 miles for advice. If you cannot get a place for your secondary age children by the shortest child in any suitable school, you may need to walking route. Integrated Passenger go through the appeals process. This is Transport Services will be able to advise you important as free school transport will not on entitlement. See page 68 for contact normally be provided to a more distant details. school unless parents have been refused a place at appeal at the nearest or catchment school. Appeals will normally take 3 or 4 I wish to move my child from their present weeks to arrange during term time only. No school at the start of the next academic appeals are heard during the school holidays, year, when should I apply for a place? and this may mean you will have to wait School places should not be reserved for several weeks until the appeal is scheduled. more than half a term in advance, except for In the meantime, ensure that your child the normal admissions rounds (i.e. for attends either the school already offered or Reception, year 3 in junior schools and year their current school if possible. 7 in secondary schools). Where parents wish their child to move at other times, they

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 62 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Every child is entitled to access Special Needs mainstream school provision within the local community. Our policy is to What provision is made for children include all children with special with Special Education Needs? (SEN) educational needs into mainstream

Shropshire Council provides a range of settings where this is in their best services for children and young people interests. The majority of children with who have Special Educational Needs an EHC plan will attend their local (SEN) and/or disabilities (SEND). Most school. However, we recognise that children’s special educational needs special schools and specialist early can be met in their local mainstream years settings and post-16 providers school or early years setting, and colleges all have an important role sometimes with help from outside in providing for children and young specialists. Wherever possible children people with more complex SEN. If your with SEND will be taught in a child has an EHCP you may choose to mainstream setting. However, request a specialist school or setting. occasionally, it may be appropriate for Details of all Shropshire schools and children to attend a specialist school education settings are published in the setting. Shropshire Local Offer. The Local Offer For children who have complex special is able to help you to make a decision educational needs and who may access about which school you would like your specialist services it may be necessary child to attend. All mainstream schools for Shropshire Council to undertake a provide support for children with an joint Education, Health and Care Needs EHC Plan. You can find out more Assessment (EHCNA). This will help to information about the support that is identify exactly what your child’s available by looking at the School special education needs are and the Information Report which is published provision that will be required to meet http://shropshire.gov.uk/the-send- these needs. local-offer/ or you could look at the

When the assessment is completed a school website or talk to the Special decision will be made about whether Educational Needs Co-ordinator your child needs an Education, Health (SENCo) or Headteacher. and Care Plan (EHCP), in order to support him/her to prepare effectively Shropshire Council can provide you with for adulthood. An EHCP provides information about which schools are accessible for children with physical information about your child’s needs, difficulties. You can also contact the the provision to achieve the identified Headteacher of a school to find out more outcomes, across education, health about the school’s accessibility plan and and social care and how services will be single equalities policy. provided.

The EHCP will be reviewed at least once a year. Your child’s progress towards agreed short-term outcomes will be reviewed more frequently. You and your child should be involved in all reviews.

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Special Needs You can also get independent support and advice from:

If you would like more information Shropshire Information, Advice and Support about Special Educational Needs please visit the Shropshire Local Offer: Service (Shropshire IASS) at: www.cabshropshire.org.uk/shropshire-iass http://shropshire.gov.uk/local-offer/

Shropshire Parent and Carer Council at: www.paccshropshire.org.uk The SEN Team Shirehall Senior Community Paediatrician Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury Shropshire Community Health

SY2 6ND Coral House

11 Longbow Close

Tel: 01743 254267 Harlescott Lane

Shrewsbury

SY1 3GZ

Tel: 01743 450800

Applications for provision on this page must be made on a paper application form. Please contact

the SEN Team (details above).

Specialist Provisions in Shropshire Age Range Headteacher Tel. No. Generic Severndale Specialist Academy 2-19 Ms S Hobbs 01743 Learning (Incorporating Severndale @ Mary 281600 Difficulties Webb and Severndale Futures) Hearne Way, Monkmoor Shrewsbury SY2 5SL Social, Woodlands School Years 5-11 Ms J Taylor 01939 Emotional & (Incorporating Acorns Centres) 232372 Mental Health The Woodlands Centre, Tilley Green Difficulties Wem SY4 5PJ

SEN resourced provision within mainstream schools:

Secondary: • Kettlemere Centre, Lakelands Academy, Ellesmere • Sir John Talbot’s Hub, Sir John Talbot’s School, (Marches Academy Trust), Whitchurch

Primary: • St Andrew’s Hub, St Andrew’s CE Primary School, Nesscliffe • St Mary’s Hub, St Mary’s Bluecoat CE Primary School, Bridgnorth • Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Hub, Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School & Nursery, Shrewsbury • Whittington Hub, Whittington CE Primary School, Whittington • Kinnerley CE Primary School, Oswestry • St Lawrence CE Primary School, Church Stretton

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 64 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Admissions to Adams House

Boarding Facility

Admissions Policy Children with a boarding need include:

Adams House offers boarding for students of a. Children at risk or with an unstable Thomas Adams School and 6th form, Wem. background and the children of service The house is run under the control of the personnel who have died while serving or Governing Body of the school but application who have been discharged as a result of for year 7 places must be made to the home attributable injury. local authority in accordance with coordinated arrangements (see page 6).For b. Children of other key workers and Crown Servants working abroad (eg the children of other year groups please see page 60. charity workers, people working for voluntary Entry to Adams House is through interview service organisations the diplomatic service or and supplementary information form in the European Union, teachers, law order to assess suitability for boarding. enforcement officers and medical staff working abroad) whose work dictates that The Trustees of Adams House will use they spend much of the year overseas. supplementary information forms and interviews in order to assess suitability for boarding. This process will be undertaken When assessing suitability for boarding, separate from and prior to oversubscription admission authorities can only consider the criteria being applied. Parents may obtain a following two conditions: copy of the form from the Head of Boarding, from Shropshire Council Admissions Team or a. Whether a child presents a serious health and safety hazard to other boarders; from their websites.

The ethos of the house is based on the family. b. Whether a child is developmentally suited The house can take up to 63 boarders (boys to a boarding place. and girls). The sixth form rooms are doubles and singles and the majority are ‘en suite’. The closing date for applications to year 7 in The house staff include the Head of Boarding, September 2021 is 31 October 2020. Senior House Parent, three House Parents and Applicants will be informed of the outcome on other assistants. national offer day, 1 March 2021.

The boarding fees are set by the school and For further information are currently £10,650 per year, payable termly. Weekly boarding can also be offered The Head of Boarding for £8,700 per year, payable termly. The Adams House, 100 High Street, school requires a £1,500 Security Deposit Wem, Shropshire SY4 5DS which is refunded when the student leaves.

Termly fees are paid one month prior to the Tel: 01939 233311 start of the term.

Under regulations laid out in the School Email: [email protected] Admissions Code, Boarding schools must give the required priority to children in care and Or you can visit the website: then next priority to children with a ‘boarding www.thomasadams.net/boarding need’.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 65 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Admissions to Adams House Boarding Facility The school has an admission number of 208, Where places are not taken up for the start of which includes up to 5 Boarding House places Year 7, those places will be made available for for Year 7 in 2021/22. The actual number of day pupils in the Thomas Adams School. Up to boarding spaces taken up at the allocation 20 boarding places can be offered in Year 12 date in March will become the boarding (continuing boarders from Year 11 would admission number for the year group and will have automatic places amongst the 20). follow that group through the school. Mid-Term Applications to Adams House: Applications for a boarding place at a time Admissions Criteria: other than the autumn term for Year 7 are classed as mid-term admissions. If the number Suitable* children with a Statement of SEN or of tuition places at Thomas Adams School are EHCP which names Thomas Adams School will full or oversubscribed, even though the be offered places. After that the admissions Boarding House has places, the school will criteria will be: need to consider whether they can offer a

place. Applications should be made no more 1 Suitable* looked after children and formerly than one half-term prior to admission looked after children who were adopted; although exceptions to this may be 2. Suitable* children of members of the UK considered. If there are no school places in Armed Forces who qualify for Ministry of the appropriate year group and parents are Defence financial assistance with the cost of refused a place, then they can appeal against boarding school fees; the decision. 3. Suitable* children with a boarding need whose parents live outside Shropshire at the time of admission but with sibling attending the school; For further information 4. Suitable* children with a boarding need who live outside Shropshire but with The Head of Boarding connection to Shropshire -former residence/ Adams House, 100 High Street, relatives (not parent) living in County; Wem, Shropshire SY4 5DS 5. Suitable* children with a boarding need who live within the catchment area of the Tel: 01939 233311 school in order of shortest straight line distance from home to school (not boarding Email: [email protected] house); 6. Suitable* children with a boarding need Or you can visit the website: who live outside the school’s catchment area www.thomasadams.net/boarding but in Shropshire, in order of shortest straight line distance from home to school (not boarding house); 7. Other suitable* children.

*Suitability to be assessed in line with the guidance in the Admissions Code of Practice.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 66 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions School Travel and Transport When deciding on which school you prefer, seats in this scheme may vary and charges are remember to consider the implications of currently under review. For more details of your child’s journey to school. For example the cost of the Temporary Seats Payment there are personal health and environmental Scheme, please contact Passenger Transport benefits of walking to a local school. Group on 0345 678 9008 or email: Most schools have improved their facilities to [email protected]. support active travellers by providing safer However we must point out the temporary footpaths, separate pedestrian entrances, nature of this provision and that it can and scooter and cycle parking and waiting will be withdrawn at short notice should an shelters. eligible pupil need to take up that seat. You

Many schools have also benefited from safer should therefore always ensure that you have routes to school projects which have alternative transport provision in place introduced pedestrian crossings, school zones, because the local authority will not be able to safety warning signs and traffic calming fund any replacement transport. schemes. Equally, if you are eligible for free school

Some schools also support walking by transport and you move home and you do not operating ‘Walking Buses’, ‘Park and Stride’ want to move your child from your preferred schemes and take part in walk to school school, you may be liable for all transport incentive schemes such as ‘WOW’ (Walk Once costs if that school is no longer your a Week). Schools can provide road safety catchment or nearest school. There will education, cycle and pedestrian training with generally be very few exceptions to this the help of Road Safety Officers and situation. Lack of your own transport is not a reason for the local authority to provide it and Bikeability cycle training instructors. you will have full responsibility for getting Ask your school about their School Travel Plan your child to school in these circumstances. which sets out initiatives to encourage Your preference of school does not confer any walking, cycling, bus travel and car sharing. accompanying right to free school transport.

View Shropshire Council’s Sustainable School The Entitlement Team (within PTG) will check on Travel Strategy at eligibility. A form must be completed and returned www.shropshire.gov.uk/school-transport to them before the start of your child’s commencement at school. This can be done by Bikeability Cycle Training contacting Customer Service Centre on 0345 678 Ask your school about accessing Bikeability cycle 9008 or online at www.shropshire.gov.uk. Please training. Also, contact: Ray Hughes on note that it is not possible to provide 07535116661 or go to the Council website retrospective payments. The onus is on you to https://shropshire.gov.uk/roads-and-highways/ make an application on the correct form. Parents should note that eligibility for free school More advice for parents at https://www.think.gov.uk/ transport will play no part in the allocation of

Where schools are beyond walking distance school places by the Admissions Team. It is only we would encourage you to consider if your after a place has been allocated that eligibility will child would be entitled to free school be checked by PTG and not before. transport. Free transport is generally only (NOTE that normal admissions arrangements apply - a available for travel to the nearest or child must have obtained a place before applying for catchment area school (please see p65 for support with travel). details and exemptions). If this is not the case, Existing transport networks already provide buses or you may be able to pay for a seat under the cars from near to most homes. Normally a bus pass would be issued before alternative arrangements were Temporary Seats Payment Scheme if there are considered, as the cost of a taxi could be prohibitive. spare seats on a school bus. The charge for

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School Transport Transport may also be provided for:

1. Applicants with a statement of SEN or EHCP, The following pupils are entitled to free transport may be entitled to travel assistance and will to their nearest or catchment area school: need to complete an application form. Please Pupils living beyond a 2 mile walking • visit www.shropshire.gov.uk or telephone distance for primary age pupils. 01743 253049. • Pupils living beyond a 3 mile walking 2. Children unable to walk in safety due to distance for secondary age pupils. exceptional hazards along the route. This • In relation to the shared Shrewsbury requires a formal assessment and will only be secondary catchment area the local granted if all the criteria can be met. authority’s designated catchment is Applications would have to be made to the determined using the “nearest school Passenger Transport Group (PTG) regarding a test”. particular route. 3. Disabled parents prevented from From September 2008, the Education and accompanying their child along a walking Inspections Act 2006 also requires local route. authorities to provide travel arrangements, as Special Notice to: Parents of Pupils living in they consider necessary, for eligible children to Alveley re School Transport Entitlement the relevant educational establishment in the For those pupils living in the Alveley area, the following circumstances: Council’s designated secondary school catchment Secondary age children who are entitled to free area is Oldbury Wells School in Bridgnorth and school meals, or whose parents are in receipt of free school transport will be provided to this maximum level of working tax credit. Entitlement school if the home address is over 3 miles from is for travel to one of the 3 nearest qualifying the school as measured by the shortest pedestrian schools. This applies where students live more route. Checks have determined that Oldbury Wells than two miles, but no more than six miles from School is also the nearest secondary school to the school. Alternatively, entitlement is for travel Alveley and from September 2013 free school to the nearest school preferred by reason of a transport is no longer provided to Bridgnorth parent’s religion or belief, up to a maximum of 15 Endowed School from Alveley for any new pupils miles from the child’s home. on nearest school grounds. However, pupils currently in receipt of free school transport to Special Notice for parents living in Minsterley Bridgnorth Endowed School (and any of their regarding transport entitlement to Mary Webb younger siblings) will continue to be provided with School. free school transport until they leave Bridgnorth A review has been undertaken in 2019/20 relating Endowed School. to the transport entitlement of pupils from Minsterley to Mary Webb School for free school Special Notice to: Parents of Pupils living in Cross transport who live under the 3 miles statutory Houses re School Transport Entitlement walking distance. This review was due to the For those pupils living in the village of Cross previously classified Extremely Hazardous route Houses, the Council’s designated primary school between Minsterley and Pontesbury being catchment area will remain as Christchurch improved with a footway/cycleway along the Primary School, Cressage and free school route to the school. Due to these improvements, transport will continue to be provided to this this route has now been de-classified. Therefore, school if the home address is over 2 miles from the school as measured by the shortest pedestrian pupils starting at Mary Webb School from route. Checks have determined that Condover September 2020 who live within the statutory Primary School is not the nearest primary school walking distance of 3 miles from Minsterley to to Cross Houses and therefore from September Mary Webb School, will not qualify for free school 2014 free school transport is no longer provided transport on distance grounds. However, pupils to Condover Primary School from Cross Houses for currently in receipt of free school transport from any new pupils on nearest school grounds. their existing address will continue to be provided However, pupils currently in receipt of free school with free school transport until they leave Mary transport to Condover Primary School (and any of Webb School, as long as their circumstances their younger siblings) will continue to be remain unchanged. provided with free school transport until they leave Condover Primary School.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 68 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions School Travel and Transport Some Frequently Asked Questions

My nearest or catchment school is full. What happens if my circumstances change Will I qualify for free school transport to a and I am no longer eligible to claim Working more distant school? Tax Credit? Free school transport is normally provided to the Eligibility to the extended rights to free nearest or catchment school where the distance school transport to schools between 2 and 6 criteria is met. However, free school transport to miles will be assessed every 12 months from the next nearest school to the home address can be considered where the nearest or catchment the date of the application whilst you are in school is full and where parents have made a receipt of the qualifying benefits. formal but unsuccessful appeal for a place at Some schools organise transport for pupils such a school. from out of their catchment area. Will my If I am ill and have been transporting my child be able to access this transport? child to school but can no longer do this will If your child is allocated a place at that the local authority then pick up the cost? particular school you should enquire there Unfortunately not. It remains your responsibility for details of that transport and whether to ensure that your child attends School and, there are places available. Parents need to unless you intend providing Home Education, be aware that there is no guarantee of the you need to take all the necessary steps to permanence of such arrangements. The ensure full attendance. Family, friends, availability of such transport will not be used neighbours and nearby parents of pupils at the in any way in the school allocation procedure school should be approached. Alternatively, nor as an acceptable argument in any contact the Admissions Team about moving your child to the catchment or nearest school. subsequent appeal. What if my child does not attend the I take my child to school as I live out of the nearest or catchment area school? catchment. I no longer have access to a car. You do not have to send your child to the Will Shropshire now transport my child to nearest or catchment area school. However, school? if you exercise your preference and are able No. You will have to make alternative to be offered a place for your child at arrangements or endeavour to place your another school, you will normally have to child into the catchment or nearest school make your own travel arrangements. where you may then be eligible. Are there safety codes on the buses and My child qualifies for free school transport. what happens if my child does not adhere What level of provision can I expect? to the guidance issued? Existing transport networks already provide Safety on buses is of prime importance and buses or cars from near most homes. The parents will be issued with guidance once pick-up point will be within a reasonable eligibility is confirmed. Parents should note distance of the home. Door to door transport that noncompliance with this guidance (such is not normally provided. as not adhering to the code of conduct) can result in transport being withdrawn at short Where can I get further information from? notice. In these circumstances it will be the For any further information about transport parents’ responsibility to ensure school please contact: attendance and not the Council. The cost of Customer Service Centre any damage will be sought from the parents. Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey CCTV is used on some of our contract Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND services to provide documentary evidence of Or Tel: 0345 6789008 misbehaviour and may be passed to the Website: www.shropshire.gov.uk police authority if prosecution for criminal damage is required by the bus operator.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 69 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions General Free School Meals Public Examinations Shropshire Council awards free school meals to Each school decides which public examinations families that receive the qualifying incomes. pupils will take. You can get more information about this from individual schools. Schools For more details visit the website, normally pay the prescribed fees for secondary www.shropshire.gov.uk/free-school-meals age pupils who enter for external examinations, but in some circumstances this is not the case. Even if you don't want your children to have the meals, claiming for them helps your school and • Parents will be expected to pay if a child your child. The more eligible parents who claim does not complete the examination meals, the more funding the school receives. requirements or does not sit the final examination without good reason. If you register for free school meals your child’s • Parents will be expected to pay entry fees school will be entitled to a pupil premium of £955 for any examinations other than the for secondary and £1345 for primary. The Pupil prescribed public examinations. Premium provides additional funding on top of • Parents will be expected to pay for re-sits the main funding a school receives. It is targeted of prescribed public examinations where at pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to the school has provided no further ensure they benefit from the same opportunities preparation for their child. as pupils from less deprived families.

Contact details To apply, or to see if the child(ren) in your care If you would like details of the Local are entitled to Free School Meals visit the website Authority’s policy on charging, please https://shropshire.gov.uk/free-school- meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/ contact us on

0345 678 9008. .

Free School Meals for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children From September 2014, if you have an infant age child (in Reception, year 1 or year 2) they can receive free school meals even if you don't meet the entitlement criteria and without completing an application.

However, for every pupil registered with the council as eligible due to qualifying benefits, the school will receive Pupil Premium to help raise Independent Schools achievement levels. Each school will decide how The Local Authority does not pay towards the to spend the funding and are required to publish cost of education at independent schools details of what they have spent it on and the except for a handful of independent special impact it has had. So that schools (and pupils) can schools where severe special needs cannot continue to benefit from this extra funding it is be catered for in a mainstream or maintained important that parents who do receive the special school. We consider that the facilities qualifying incomes continue to register their claim available in our schools meet the needs of all with the council. children. Shropshire Council receives no funding for pupils who are not in our Charging and Remissions maintained schools that can be transferred to Schools may ask you from time to time to make a the independent sector or handed over to contribution towards the cost of a range of parents to help them pay the fees or any activities such as school trips. Some families transport costs they incur. qualify for additional support for these costs.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 70 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Admissions to schools with a Sixth Form

The schools listed below offer post-16 education Where applicants are not offered a place at a in their sixth form. Students wishing to enter the school sixth from, this will be because either: sixth form of a school that they are already • There are more children eligible for attending have an automatic right to do so as places than places available and the long as they meet the minimum entry criteria. oversubscription criteria have been However, there are published admission applied to determine which new numbers (PANs) or admission limits on external applicants are eligible for the places; or An applicant has not reached the pupils entering the school for the first time in • specified entry requirement. Year 12. The PAN for pupils who are new to the school in Year 12 are as follows: Any applicant refused a place in year 12 at a

school sixth form is entitled to make an appeal Academies/Foundation Schools to an independent appeal panel whether the Grove School, Market Drayton 20 child is already attending the school or is an Idsall School, Shifnal 25 external candidate. Both the individual student The Marches, Oswestry 30 and the parent have separate and joint rights of Oldbury Wells School, Bridgnorth 50 appeal. Where the offer of a place was Sir John Talbot’s, Whitchurch 30 dependent upon exam results, the appeal must Thomas Adams School, Wem 50 be heard within 30 school days of confirmation William Brookes, Much Wenlock 20 of those results. Where the offer is not

conditional upon exam results, the appeal must Academies and foundation schools are be heard within 40 school days of the deadline admission authorities in their own right and they for lodging appeals. determine their own admissions policy.

The criteria for assistance with transport for Further details of sixth form admissions and how post-16 students are different from those aged to make application, can be found in the local 11-16 in years 7-11. To apply for assistance with authority’s booklet “Parent’s Guide to Post-16 transport for a post 16 student, the form Education in Shropshire available on Shropshire TRAN16 should be completed and returned to Council’s website: Shropshire Council. For further details, please www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions. see the “Parents’ Guide to Post-16 Education in

Shropshire” booklet or visit Shropshire Council’s Details of each school’s requirements on website www.shropshire.gov.uk. academic attainment to gain entry to sixth form, or to access a particular course, can be found from the school’s website, in the school’s prospectus, and/or by contacting the school direct. (Please see the Post-16 Education Guide for contact details.) Academic criteria for entry to sixth form are the same for both external and internal places.

Schools may offer a meeting to discuss options and academic requirements for courses, but this will not form part of the decision process on whether to offer a place.

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 71 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Colleges for Post 16 Students

All colleges of further education and post 16 colleges are self-governing institutions. Each college is responsible for its own admissions and parents are advised to contact these institutions direct.

There are a number of colleges locally: 16-19 Bursary Fund

If you’re aged between 16 and 19 years and think you might North Shropshire College struggle with the costs for full-time education or training you Oswestry Campus may receive a bursary. Shrewsbury Road, Students most in need will be eligible to receive a bursary of Oswestry SY11 4QB £1,200 a year. This group includes young people that are: Principal: Mr I Peake Tel: 01691 688000 • in care

Walford Campus • care leavers claiming income support or universal credit Baschurch, • disabled who receive Employment Support Shrewsbury, SY4 2HL • Allowance who are also in receipt of Disability Tel: 01939 262100 Living Allowance or Personal Independence www.nsc.ac.uk Payments. Hereford & Ludlow College Castle Square, Other students facing genuine financial difficulties may be Ludlow, SY8 1GD awarded a bursary at the discretion of their school, college Telephone: 01584 872846 or training provider. With the exception of the £1,200 Principal: Mr D Williams bursaries for students most in need, they decide on the www.hlcollege.ac.uk amount. They will also decide when bursaries are paid and Shrewsbury Colleges Group will set conditions that students should meet to receive a

Shrewsbury College bursary, for example, linked to behaviour or attendance. London Road, Shrewsbury, SY2 6PR Further details can be found from the website: https://www.gov.uk/1619-bursary-fund Telephone: 01743 342342

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College Welsh Bridge Campus, Raising the participation age (RPA) Priory Road, The Government increased the age to which all young Shrewsbury, SY1 1RX people in England must continue in education or training. English Bridge Campus, This does not mean young people must stay in school; they Abbey Foregate, will able to choose one of the following options post-16: Shrewsbury, SY2 6AA Telephone: 01743 235491 • full-time education, such as school, college or Principal & Chief Executive: Mr J Staniforth home education https://www.scg.ac.uk/ • an apprenticeship • part-time education or training if they are Telford College employed, self-employed or volunteering full-time Haybridge Road, (which is defined as 20 hours or more a week). Wellington, Telford, From September 2015 all young people have had to TF1 2NP continue in education or training until their 18th birthday. Telephone: 01952 642200 For further information visit: Principal: Mr G Guest http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/f/raising www.telfordcollege.ac.uk %20the%20participation%20age%20- %20information%20for%20young%20people.pdf

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 72 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

Out-of-County Schools If you wish to make a preference into a school maintained by a local authority school outside Shropshire, you should contact the relevant Local Authority. However, if you live within Shropshire you should include your applications to out-of-county schools on a Shropshire application form and we will pass them on. Addresses and telephone numbers of neighbouring authorities are:

Chester and Cheshire West Staffordshire School Admissions Team School Admissions Team & Ground Floor Transport Service, 2 Staffordshire Place, Wyvern House Tipping Street STAFFORD ST16 2DH Winsford Telephone: 0300 111 8007 Cheshire CW7 1AH Email: [email protected]

Tel: 0300 123 7039 Telford & Wrekin Email: School Admissions, School Performance and [email protected] Development, 6th Floor Darby House, Wing A

Cheshire East Lawn Central, Telford TF3 4JA

School Admissions Service Telephone: 01952 380901/3/4

Floor 5, c/o Municipal Buildings, Email: [email protected]

Earle Street, Crewe Wolverhampton CW1 2BJ School Admissions Team Telephone: 0300 123 5012 Wolverhampton City Council, Email: [email protected] Schools, Skills and Learning, Civic Centre, St Peter’s Square Dudley Wolverhampton School Admissions Service WV1 1SH The Council House, Priory Road Telephone: 01902 551122 Dudley Email: DY1 1HF [email protected] Telephone: 0300 555 2345 Email: [email protected] Worcestershire School Admissions Herefordshire Worcestershire Children First School Admissions Team County Hall Plough Lane, Hereford HR4 0LE Spetchley Road Telephone: 01432 260925 / 260926 / Worcester 261574 / 383168 WR5 2YA Email: Telephone: 01905 822700 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Powys School Admissions Team Wrexham Schools Service Admissions Team, Education Department, County Hall Children & Young People Service Llandrindod Wells LD1 5LG 3rd Floor, Lambpit Street Telephone: 01597 826477 Wrexham LL11 1AR Email: Telephone: 01978 298991 [email protected] Email: [email protected]

For contact details of other local authorities, please see www.gov.uk/find-your-local-council

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 73 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Important Dates

Date Secondary Primary

12 September 2020 Parents’ Guide to Education booklet available to parents online

September 2020 Secondary/Junior Online application process available until closing date October 2020 Primary Online application process available until closing date.

31 October 2020 Closing date for secondary applications - any late applications cannot be considered until all those received on time have been allocated.

15 January 2021 Closing date for primary applications - any late applications cannot be considered until all those received on time have been allocated.

1 March 2021 Online applicants able to view results online. Letters posted out and emails sent informing secondary applicants of allocated school.

12 March 2021 Deadline for Review requests

19 March 2021 Review applicant results released 16 April 2021 Online applicants able to view results online. Letters posted out and emails sent informing secondary applicants of allocated school.

30 April 2021 Deadline for Review requests

7 May 2021 Review applicant results released

Appeals heard Appeals heard May/June/July 2021 (May/June) (June/July)

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 74 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

School Term and Holidays 2021/22

Please be aware that there can be variations between schools and we would recommend that you contact your child's school directly to confirm the school's term and holiday dates.

Autumn Term 2021

Main Term Thursday 2 September - Friday 17 December (inclusive)

Half Term Monday 25 October - Friday 29 October (inclusive)

Professional Development Days Wednesday 1 September Friday 22 October

Christmas Monday 20 December 2021 - Friday 31 December 2021 (inclusive)

Spring Term 2022

Main Term Tuesday 4 January - Friday 8 April (inclusive)

Half Term Monday 21 February - Friday 25 February (inclusive)

Professional Development Days and Bank Holidays Monday 3 January (BH) Friday 18 February (PD)

Easter Monday 11 April - Friday 22 April (inclusive)

Summer Term 2022

Main Term Monday 25 April - Thursday 21 July

Bank Holiday Monday 2 May

Half Term Monday 30 May - Friday 3 June (inclusive)

Summer Holiday Commences Friday 22 July

Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 75

Admissions Team Learning and Skills Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND

Details in this booklet are correct at the time of publication, but may be changed

subsequently as a result of new legislation, by direction from the Schools Adjudicator or as a result of School Re-organisation.

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