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 Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 3 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 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. Parents’ Guide to Education 2021/22 General Section page 4 Apply online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions 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