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2 English Information for Parents: A parents introduction to primary education in Information Telford & Wrekin for Parents: A 2016 parents introduction to primary education in Telford This booklet & Wrekin gives 2014 information about primary education in Telford & Wrekin and in This particular booklet gives procedures information admission about primary to schools education in in Telford school & year Wrekin 2015 and - in2016. particular If you need any procedures help in understanding for admission to schools booklet in please school contact year bi-lingual staff If in your need child s any nursery help in class understanding where applicable booklet or please Schools contact Multicultural bi-lingual staff in Development your child s Service, nursery telephone class where applicable or Schools Multicultural Development Service, telephone Panjabi For furr information about school admissions please contact: Family Connect Telford & Wrekin Council, Darby House, Telford TF3 4JA telephone: familyconnect@telford.gov.uk Chinese Japanese Urdu You You can can apply apply online online at at

3 CONTENTS 1. Starting school how to apply for a place in Year R 1.1 Starting school in Telford & Wrekin Can I choose school I want my 4 child to attend? 1.3 How do I apply for a place? Key Stage 1 Class sizes Online Applications Closing dates What happens if a school has fewer 6 than applicants? 1.8 How will my child get to and 7 from school? 1.9 Late applications What should I do if I move house during admissions process? When will I know which school my 7 child has been offered? 1.12 Preference Advice 7 2. What happens after school have been offered? 2.1 To accept school place offered What happens if my child can t be 8 offered ir first preference school? 2.3 What happens if I don t want 8 place my child has been offered? 2.4 Appealing for a school place Key Stage 1 appeals The appeal hearing Waiting lists 9 3. Applying for a place in a Junior School (Yr 3) 3.1 How to apply for a place What happens if a school has 10 fewer than applicants? 3.3 Linked infant/junior schools Late applications and changes 10 of preference 3.5 When will I know if my child has 10 been offered a place? 4. Admission Policies and Oversubscription Criteria for Individual Schools 4.1 Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools 4.2 Voluntary Aided, Foundation and Trust Schools and Academies Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge 13 Dawley C of E 13 Moorfield 14 Priorslee Academy 14 St Luke s Catholic 14 St Mary s Catholic 15 St Matw s C of E 16 St Patrick s Catholic 16 St Peter & St Paul Catholic Key Dates for Admissions to Infant/ (Yr R) School in academic year Table of Key Dates Applying for a school place or than for start of Yr R or Yr In-year admissions/changing schools Waiting lists Fair Access Protocol Area Maps and Directory of Telford & Wrekin Schools North Telford South Telford Newport General Information 8.1 What help is available for transport? Pupils with Special Educational Needs Policy for Inclusive Education Attendance Free School Meals School uniform Breakfast and After School Clubs Nursery/Pre School Provision Term and Holiday Dates Independent Schools School Governors Or Local Authorities Applying Online 35 Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 3

4 SECTION SECTION 1 Starting school - how to apply for a place in Reception year Starting school - how to apply for a place in Reception year 1.1 Starting school in Telford & Wrekin 1.1 Ensuring Starting a school in start Telford to school & Wrekin is a partnership between parents, pre-schools, schools and Local Ensuring a start to school is a partnership Authority. between parents, pre-schools, schools and Local All children Authority. must, by law, receive full-time education from All start children of must, term after by law, ir receive fifth birthday. full-time education from start In Telford of & term Wrekin, after children ir fifth can birthday. start school a little earlier In than Telford this. & Wrekin, children can start school a little earlier than this. If your child child was born Your Your child child may may start start school school full-time full-time in in 1 September September September August All children are entitled to start in Reception class in All children are entitled to start in a Reception class in September after ir 4th birthday. Children do not have to September after ir 4th birthday. Children do not have to start school in September if it is felt that y are not ready. start school in September if it is felt that y are not ready. Parents can request that ir child defers starting school until January or April. It will, however, be necessary for parents to confirm ir preferred start date in in Reception class in advance, when y receive ir allocated school place from Admissions Team. However, statutory school age, by by which a child child must must start school, will remain as as beginning of of term term after after ir 5th birthday. For some children this this could mean that that y do not reach statutory age age for for starting school until until September after ir 5th 5th birthday. Parents should be be aware that if if y choose to to delay a child s entry to to school until following September, child would may go go straight into into Year Year 1 rar 1 rar than than Reception. Reception. A Reception place cannot be held open for whole school year and a family would have A reception to reapply place for cannot a Year be 1 place; held open year for group whole mayschool already year. If be a family full. decided not to take up an allocated reception place y would have to reapply for following year. Infant/primary schools are only registered to admit children from Infant/primary September schools after ir are 4th only birthday. registered to admit children from September after ir 4th birthday. 1.2 Can I choose school I want my child to attend? Naturally, 1.2 Can you I choose will want your school child I want to attend my child a school to attend? where you Naturally, believe you he/she will want will be your happy child and to attend receive a a school good where education. you believe Most he/she families will be are happy satisfied and that receive ir a local good school can education. provide Most this. However, families are you satisfied may prefer that ir your local child school to attend can provide anor this. school. However, you may prefer your child to If attend school anor is some school. distance from your home address you should If school consider is some how your distance child from will get your to home and from address that you school. should It consider is unlikely how that your re child will will be get any to transport and from assistance that available school. It - please is unlikely refer that to re Section will 8 be of any this transport booklet for more information assistance about available school - please transport. refer to Section 8 of this The booklet law gives for more you information a right to express about school a preference transport. for a school that The you law would gives you like your a right child to express to attend. a preference Parental choice for a does school not that exist you in would law. like your child to attend. Parental The choice LA co-ordinates does not exist all admissions in law. into all schools. The LA co-ordinates all admissions into all schools. If your preference is for eir a Community or Voluntary Controlled If your preference school, we is for will eir try our a Community best to meet or your Voluntary wishes. If Controlled school school, you would we will prefer try our is eir best Voluntary to meet your Aided, wishes. Academy, If school Trust you or would Foundation, prefer is it will eir be Voluntary school s Aided, governors Academy, who Trust will or decide Foundation, wher it will or be not a place school's can be offered. governors who will decide wher or not a place can be offered. In most cases families who apply on time will get a place In most at cases school families y who prefer. apply However, on time re will get are a some place at circumstances school y which prefer. may However, mean that re this are is some not possible. circumstances which may mean that this is not possible. Please note that admission to secondary school in future is Please not usually note that determined admission by to secondary primary school school that in your future child is not attends. usually This determined is a little by different primary for admission school that to Holy your Trinity child Academy, attends. This Dothill is a and little Charlton different for Learning admission Community to and Blessed Hadley Robert Learning Johnson Community. Catholic College, Dothill and Charlton Learning Community and Hadley Learning There Community. is more information about individual schools and ir admission policies in Sections 4 and 7 of this booklet. Visiting There is more information about individual schools and ir a school is best way to find out about school. Please admission policies in Sections 4 and 7 of this booklet. telephone in advance to find out when is best time to Visiting a school is best way to find out about school. look around. Please telephone in advance to find out when is best Furr time to information look around. can also be found on council website: Furr information can also be found on council website: 4 You can apply online at You can apply online at

5 1.3 How do I apply for a place? 1.3 How do I apply for place? You must apply for a place in reception year group (Year You must apply for place in reception year group (Year R) even if your child is already attending nursery R) even if your child is already attending nursery class at an infant or primary school. This is because a class at an infant or primary school. This is because place at a nursery class does not guarantee your child a fulltime place at that school. place at nursery class does not guarantee your child full-time place at that school. Even if you already have an older child attending Even if you already have an older child attending school you need to apply for a place for your younger school you need to apply for a place for your child. younger child. You can apply by eir completing an application form You can apply by eir completing an application form or or applying online. You must apply via your home Local applying online. You must apply via your home Local Authority. Please see section 1.5 for furr information about Authority. Please see section 1.5 for furr information how to apply online. about how to apply online. In In September/October September/October Local Local Authority Authority (LA) (LA) will will begin begin process process for for allocating allocating for for 2014/ /16 academic academic year. year. Information Information booklets booklets are are available available at at nurseries and nurseries pre schools and pre and schools are available and are to available download to download from Council from website Council website A yellow LA A yellow application LA application form must form be must completed be completed for each for child. Application forms should be obtained from council s each child. Application forms should be obtained from Admissions Team, by telephoning /04/01, council s Admissions Team, by telephoning if you have not received an application form by end of /04/01, if you have not received an application form October by end of October Telford Telford & Wrekin Wrekin LA LA co-ordinate co-ordinate applications applications for for all all schools schools including including Voluntary Voluntary Aided, Aided, Academy, Academy, Trust Trust and and Foundation Foundation Schools. Schools. You You should should include include se se schools schools on on your your application application form. form. Full Full details details of of ir ir admission admission policies policies can can be be found found in in Section Section You You may may also also need need to to complete complete a supplementary supplementary information information form form see see You are asked to apply for 3 schools on application form, form, in order in order of preference, of preference, naming naming school school you would you would most most like your like child your to child go to to go as to as first preference. first preference. If yourif your catchment school is one of your preferences, LA should be able to allocate your child a place. If If you want to apply for a school in anor local authority (LA) area, such as Shropshire, you must include se on your application form. You must return your application by 15 January The Local Authority will send you an acknowledgement letter (or , if you applied online) within 15 working days to confirm that your application has been received. Please keep this safe; it is proof that you returned your form. If you do not receive keep this an acknowledgment safe; it is proof that you LA returned has not your received form. your If you application do not receive and you an acknowledgment should contact Admissions LA has not Team received immediately. your application and you should contact Admissions Team immediately. The information that you put on application form is very The information that you put on application form is very important. It is what will be used during admissions important. It is what will be used during admissions process, and it is essential that it is accurate. The home process, and it is essential that it is accurate. The home address given should be address where your child address given should be address where your child spends most of ir time during week. Definitions of spends most of ir time during week. Definitions of home address, looked after and sibling are included on home address, looked after and sibling are included on 11 of this booklet. 11 of this booklet. The The information information that that you you put put on on form form will will be be checked checked by by Local Local Authority. Authority. Any Any place place offered offered may may be be withdrawn withdrawn if if your application is found to be fraudulent or intentionally your application is found to be fraudulent or intentionally misleading. We may ask you to provide proof of your misleading. We may ask you to provide proof of your address. address. If If two two parents parents cannot cannot agree agree on on which which school(s) school(s) to to put put on on application application form, form, y y should should seek seek legal legal advice advice and and if if necessary, necessary, an an appropriate appropriate court court order, order, before before submitting submitting an an application application form. form. The The order order of of preferences that you put for schools on on your your application application form form is very is very important. important. The The LA will LA will always always offer offer you you highest highest possible possible preference. preference. Telford Telford & & Wrekin operate an an equal equal preference system system for for entry entry to to infant/primary infant/primary school. school. This This means means that that we we will will consider consider your your preferences preferences along along with with all all ors ors for for each each particular particular school school and and n n offer offer a a place place at at highest highest possible possible one. one. Please note note that that once once you you have submitted your preferences you you will will not not be be able able to to change m after after closing date of of January 2015, 2014, unless you you have a a substantial change in in your your circumstances like like a a house move Key Key Stage 11 class sizes Government legislation states that that infant classes (5-7 (5-7 year old) old) must must not not contain more more than than pupils. Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 5

6 1.5 Online applications You 1.5 can Online apply applications online - visit: to find link to You can apply online - visit: application form. You must submit your online application by 15 January Up to that date to find you will link be able to to go back application to your form. online You form must and submit alter it your if you online wish application to. There is by more 15 January information about Up to applying that date online you at will be back able of to this go booklet. back to Please your online keep form details and of alter your it user if you ID wish and to. password. There is more information about applying online at back of this booklet. Please keep details of your user ID and password. 1.6 Closing dates You 1.6will Closing need to dates complete your child s yellow LA application form You or will online need application to complete form your and child's return yellow it to LA The application Admissions form or online Team application (address form on top and of return form) before it to The closing date, Admissions 15 January Team (address on top of form) before closing date, 15 January What happens if a school has fewer 1.7 than What applicants? happens if a school has fewer than applicants? If a school has more applicants than available it is said If a to school be oversubscribed. has more applicants If this than happens available Authority it is uses said oversubscription to be oversubscribed. criteria If to this decide happens how to Authority prioritise uses oversubscription applications. For criteria most to of decide Telford how & Wrekin to prioritise schools oversubscription applications. For criteria most of are: Telford & Wrekin schools oversubscription criteria are: Those Those children children who who are are looked looked after after by by Telford Telford & & Wrekin Wrekin or or any any or or local local authority; authority; and and n n Children Children who who live live in in school s school's defined defined attendance area. If attendance are unavailable area. for all se local children, n If will be are given unavailable first to: for all se local children, a) n those children will be who given have first exceptional to: health reasons a) where those re children is written who have medical exceptional evidence health that admission reasons where to re school is written is essential medical for ir evidence medical well-being; that admission and n to school is essential for ir medical well-being; and n b) those children who will have on day of admission b) a those bror(s), children sister(s), who will step have bror(s), on day step of sister(s), half admission bror(s) a bror(s), or half sister(s) sister(s), living step as bror(s), a family at step same sister(s), address half and bror(s) who attend or half sister(s) school; please living as note a family that if at a child same applying address for a and place who in primary attend school school; at please Hadley note Learning that if a Community child or Charlton applying Dothill for a place Learning Community primary school has a at bror or Hadley sister Learning who will be Community at secondary or Charlton school Dothill n this Learning will not Community count as a has sibling a bror connection; or and n sister who will be at secondary school n c) or this will children not count living as in a sibling school s connection; defined and n attendance area. c) or children living in school's defined 3. Any attendance which remain area. available will be allocated to applicants from outside school s defined attendance 3. area Any in priority which order remain a) to available c) as detailed will be above. allocated to applicants from outside school's defined attendance area in priority order a) to c) as detailed above. If re are not enough for all of children in any particular category, we will give on basis of straight If re line are distance not enough between a central for all of point children in school in any buildings particular and category, a central we point will in give child s on home. basis The of distances straight will line be distance measured between using a central Council s point in computerised school mapping buildings system and a which central is point a Geographical in child's Information home. The System. distances will be measured using Council s computerised mapping system which is a Geographical There Information are some System. schools where criteria are a little different. These schools are: There are some schools where criteria are a little different. Lilleshall These and Muxton schools are: Schools nst Peter s Lilleshall CE and Muxton School, Bratton Schools ndothill St Peter's CE School School, Bratton nhadley Dothill Learning Community School Some Teagues schools Bridge are Aided, Foundation, School Trust, or Academy Schools and as such ir Governing Bodies are responsible Some for ir schools admissions. are Aided, Many Foundation, of se operate Trust, or Academy same Schools oversubscription and as such criteria ir Governing as are listed Bodies above. are responsible for ir admissions. Many of se operate same There is more information on schools admission policies oversubscription criteria as are listed above. and oversubscription criteria in Section 4, s 13 to 17. There You is should more look information se on when schools applying admission for a school policies place. and oversubscription criteria in Section 4, s 13 to 17. You If you would like advice about applying for a school place should look at se when applying for a school place. you should contact eir The Admissions Team If you /903/904 would like advice or Family about Connect applying for a school place you should contact eir The Admissions Team /903/904 or Family Connect You can apply online at You can apply online at

7 1.8 How will my child get to and from school? Anor thing that you should consider before filling in your 1.8 How will my child get to and from school? application form is how your child will get to and from school. Anor thing that you should consider before filling in your application The Local Authority form is how only your provides child will transport get to between and from school. home and school in very particular circumstances. Usually, transport or help with it, is only provided for eligible children The who Local live beyond Authority only maximum provides statutory transport walking between distance home and (which school is 2 miles in very for particular primary circumstances. age pupils) from Usually, ir catchment transport area nearest or help school with it, or, is if only a place provided is not for available eligible children re, to who nearest live beyond school with maximum a place statutory available. walking distance (which is 2 miles for primary age pupils) from ir catchment area If you or express nearest a school preference or, if a for place a school is not which available is some re, to distance nearest away, school you with will normally a place available. be responsible for transport arrangements and costs. If you express a preference for a school which is some distance There are away, also provisions you will normally for help be with responsible transport for to and from transport school on arrangements faith grounds. and costs. There Please are see also Section provisions 8, on for help 30 with for furr transport information. to and from school on faith grounds. Please see Section 8, on 30 for furr information. 1.9 Late Applications and changes of preference The closing date for application is 15 January Late Applications and changes of preference Between 16 January and 28 February 2015 late The applications closing date and for changes application of is preference 15 January will only be Between accepted 16 where January re and is 28 a good February reason, 2014 such lateas a applications house move and or changes severe of illness preference of a single will only parent. be accepted Some proof where will re be required. is a good reason, such as a house If you have move no or exceptional severe reason illness for of a a late single application parent. n Some we will proof not be will able be to required. consider your request at initial If allocation you have stage. no exceptional reason for a late application n we All applications will not be able and to changes consider of your preference request received at initial after 28 allocation February 2015 stage. will not be considered until Review stage All and applications you will not and receive changes allocation of preference letter received in April after 28 February 2014 will not be considered until Review stage and you will not receive an allocation letter in April What should I do if I move house during admissions process? 1.10 What should I do if I move house during If you move house or are planning to move house between admissions process? September 2014 and 28 February 2015 please contact Admissions If you move Team house on or are planning /03/04 to move to house let us between know and September discuss 2013 implications. and 28 February If you 2014 can prove please your contact new address, Admissions for example, Team on by providing /03/04 exchange to of let contract us knowor a signed and discuss tenancy agreement, implications. by If 28 you February can prove 2015 your we new should be address, able to for use example, it at initial by providing allocation exchange stage. of contract or a signed tenancy agreement, by 28 February 2014 we If you move after 28 February 2015 please contact us to should be able to use it at initial allocation stage. discuss situation. If you move after 28 February 2014 please contact us to Please discuss note: Temporary situation. moves to live with relatives or friends, or short term tenancy agreements which are deemed to Please have been note: made Temporary to gain moves in-area to live status with for relatives a particular or school, friends, will or not short be term accepted. tenancy agreements which are deemed to have been made to gain in-area status for a particular school, will not be accepted When will I know which school my child has been 1.11 offered? When will I know which school my child has Allocation been letters offered? will be sent to parents on 16 April Online applicants will be able to see ir allocation after 6pm Allocation letters will be sent to parents on 16 April on evening of day letters are posted (before Online applicants will be able to see ir allocation after post arrives at ir home address). You will need your user 6pm on evening of day letters are posted (before ID and password. post arrives at ir home address). You will need your user ID and password. (See 35 where you can record se details) Preference Advice If you have any queries about admissions process you can 1.12 contact Preference Family Connect Advice (telephone (Choice Advice) or If you familyconnect@telford.gov.uk) have any queries about admissions who will be process able to you help you. can They contact will Family be able Connect to offer (telephone independent advice about or admissions familyconnect@telford.gov.uk) process and give some who information will be able about to help individual you. They schools. will be able to offer independent advice about admissions process and give some information about individual schools. Please see 35 for furr information about applying online Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 7 7

8 SECTION SECTION 2 What What happens happens after after school school have been have offered? been offered? What happens after school have been offered? 2.1 To accept school place offered If 2.1 you wish To accept to accept school place place which offered has been offered you will need to contact school. 2.1 If you To wish accept to accept school place which offered has been offered you If will you need wish to to contact accept school. place which has been offered you 2.2 will What need to happens contact if my school. child can t be offered ir 2.2 first What preference happens if school? my child can't be offered ir first If 2.2 we can t What preference offer happens your school? child if my a place child can't at your be first offered preference ir first school If we preference can't it will offer be because your school? child we a have place more at your applications first preference for that school school than it will re be because are we available have more and applications unfortunately, for your that child If we was can't than not offer re a your high child are enough a place available priority at your in and first unfortunately, oversubscription preference criteria school your child (see it will was s be because not 11-17). we have more applications that school than re are of a high enough available priority and unfortunately, in We your oversubscription will child n was try to not offer criteria a your high (see second enough s preference 11-17). priority in or, if necessary, oversubscription We will n your try third to criteria offer preference. your (see second s If we 11-17). preference can t offer or, a place if at any necessary, of schools your third you preference. have put down If we as can't preferences, offer a place or if We will n try to offer your second preference or, if at you any haven t of schools told us what you have your put alternative down as preferences preferences, are, or we necessary, your third preference. If we can't offer a place at if will you offer haven't your told child us a place what your at alternative catchment school, if any of schools you have put down as preferences, are, or if we are will available, offer your or child nearest a place suitable at catchment school to school, your home you haven't told us what your alternative preferences if are, we address are available, with a or place available. will offer your child a nearest place at suitable catchment school to school, your home if You are address can available, ask with us a or to place reconsider nearest available. suitable your application school to at your home review stage address You can (see with ask below) us a place to or reconsider appeal available. for your a place application at one or at more review of your stage original (see below) preference or appeal schools. You can ask us to reconsider for your a place application at one at or more review of stage your original (see below) preference or appeal schools. for a place at one or more of your original preference schools. 2.3 What happens if I don t want place my child has been offered? (The Review Stage) 2.3 What happens if I don't want place my If you are child not offered has been a place offered? at your (The first Review preference Stage) school 2.3 What happens if I don't want place my or are orwise unhappy about school you have been If you child are not has offered been a offered? place at your (The first Review preference Stage) offered you should write to or School Admissions school Team, If or you are by are orwise noon not on offered 6 unhappy May a place 2015, about at using your what first you tear preference have off slip been school offered provided or you are should orwise and ask write for unhappy to a or review about of School what decision. you Admissions have The been team Team, offered will you by n noon should look on at write 7 all May to April or requests 2014, y using School receive Admissions tear by 6 off May slipteam, and allocate by provided noon any on and 7 ask May that for April a become review 2014, available of using decision. using tear off The slip same team will oversubscription provided n look and at all ask criteria for requests a as review y original of receive allocations. decision. by 7 May The Late and team will applications n allocate look any at will all also be requests that considered become y receive available at review by using 7 May stage. and same If allocate oversubscription LA is still any not able criteria to that offer become as a place original available at allocations. school using you Late same want n oversubscription applications you can appeal. will also criteria be considered as original at allocations. review stage. Late If applications LA is still will not also able be to considered offer a place at at review school stage. you want If Once n you you submit can appeal. a review request your child s name LA is still not able to offer a place at school you want will be placed on waiting list for school. Your n Once you you can submit appeal. child s name will remain a review on request waiting your list child s wher name or not Once will you be submit you placed submit an on appeal a review waiting from. request list for your school. child s name Your will child s be placed name will on remain waiting on list waiting for list school. wher Your or If you not wish you submit to decline an appeal place from. your child has been child s name will remain on waiting list wher or offered, please write to Admissions Team - contact details not If you you on wish submit to 2 decline an - by appeal noon place from. on 6 May your child has been If offered, you wish please to decline write to place Admissions your child Team has - been contact Any details declined on 2 are - by reallocated noon at 7 May review April stage. You can offered, contact please Admissions write to Team, Admissions by telephoning Team - contact details Any /903/904, declined on 2 - are by to noon reallocated discuss on 7 your May at allocation. April review stage. Any You can declined contact Admissions are reallocated Team, at by review telephoning stage. You can /903/904, contact Admissions to discuss Team, your by allocation. telephoning 2.4 Appealing /903/904, for a school to discuss placeyour allocation. If School Admissions Team is not able to meet your 2.4 Appealing for a school place review request y will send you an Admission Appeal form to fill 2.4 If in and Appealing School return. Admissions The for a Admissions school Team place is Team not able will to be meet able your to offer advice If review with School request this, Admissions telephone y will send Team you is /903/904 not an Admission able to meet Appeal or your Family form Connect review to fill in request and return y The will Admissions send you an Team Admission will be Appeal able to form offer advice with this, telephone /903/904 or Family Appeals to fill in Connect to and Telford return & Wrekin The Admissions schools should Team be will made be able in to offer writing advice on with appeal this, telephone form. You should /903/904 put reasons or for Family your Connect Appeals appeal to on Telford form & Wrekin but it is schools also helpful should if you be made can attend in Appeals writing appeal on hearing. to Telford appeal You & Wrekin form. should You schools return should should put appeal be reasons made form by infor 14 May writing your appeal on Please on appeal see form information form. but You it is should in also Section helpful put 1.4. if you reasons can for your attend appeal appeal on hearing. form but You it is should also helpful return if you appeal can form Submitting by 15 May an appeal Please form does see information not alter your in Section childs place attend appeal hearing. You should return appeal 1.4. form on Submitting waiting an list appeal - see 2.6. by 15 May Please form see does information not alter in your Section childs 1.4. place Submitting on waiting an appeal list - see form 2.6. does not alter your childs place on waiting list - see You can apply online at at You can apply online at

9 2.5 Key Stage 1 appeals (Yrs R, 1 and 2) 2.5 Key Stage 1 appeals (Yrs R, 1 and 2) Government legislation states that infant classes (5-7 year olds) Government must not legislation contain more states than that 30 infant pupils. classes (5-7 year olds) must not contain more than 30 pupils. 2.6 The appeal hearing 2.6 The appeal hearing Appeals are heard by a panel of three people who are Appeals are heard by panel of three people who are independent of Local Authority. They will make a decision independent of Local Authority. They will make on each case at end of appeals for a particular school decision on each case at end of appeals for a and so you will usually know result of your appeal within particular school and so you will usually know result of 2 to 3 days of hearing. your appeal within 2 to 3 days of hearing. If If you you are are not not able able to to attend attend first first appeal appeal date date offered offered we we will will reschedule reschedule your your appeal appeal for for a later later date. date. However, However, this this will will not not delay delay results results for for or or applicants. applicants. Appeal hearings are usually held in Council Offices in Central Telford. If If your appeal for a place in a particular school is not you will not be allowed anor appeal for same school in same school year unless re has been been a significant a significant change change in your in personal your personal circumstances, circumstances, such as such a medical as a medical reason which reason has which arisen has after arisen your after original your original application application or a house or a move house to move within to within school's school s attendance area. Appeals will be heard in June Waiting Lists 2.7 Waiting Lists The LA keeps waiting lists for oversubscribed voluntary controlled/community The LA keeps waiting schools. lists for oversubscribed Voluntary Aided, voluntary Academy, Trust controlled/community and Foundation Schools schools. maintain Voluntary ir Aided, own Academy, waiting lists Trust and and will Foundation liaise with Schools LA. Any maintain ir which own become waiting available lists and will will be liaise allocated with to LA. children Any on which waiting become list by available Admissions will be allocated Team, according to children to on published waiting list by oversubscription Admissions criteria. Team, according to published oversubscription criteria. The waiting lists will normally be kept until end of academic The waiting year lists (July will 2016). normally After be that kept y until will be end disbanded. of academic year (July 2015). After that y will be disbanded. You can request that your child s name is kept on waiting list You for can longer request and should that your write child's to name Admissions kept on Team if you wish waiting this list to happen. for longer and should write to Admissions Team if you wish this to happen. If you return an appeal form your child s name is automatically If you return placed an appeal on form waiting your child s list. If name you are is n offered automatically a higher placed preference on we waiting shall remove list. If you your are child n from offered waiting a higher list preference of lower preferences we shall remove unless your you child tell from us orwise. waiting list of lower preferences unless you tell us orwise. If your child is in Key Stage 1, you do not have to go If your child is in Key Stage 1, you do not have to go through appeal process in order for his/her name through appeal process in order for his/her name to to be put on waiting list. However, you should inform be Admissions put on Team waiting in writing list. However, that you you wish should your child s inform name Admissions to be put Team on in writing waiting that list, you ideally wish by your noon child s on 6 name May to be put on waiting list, ideally by noon on 7 May Inclusion on a school s waiting list does not guarantee that a Inclusion on a school s waiting list does not guarantee that a place will eventually become available. place will eventually become available. A child s position on waiting list is not fixed and is A subject child s position to change on during waiting year list as is not or fixed children and is join subject or to leave change during list. year as or children join or leave list. It is kept in oversubscription priority order. Children placed by Fair Access Panel will take Children precedence placed over by or Fair children Access on Panel waiting will take list (see precedence 19 for more over information). or children on waiting list (see 19 for more information). Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 9

10 SECTION 3 Applying for a place in Yr 3 in September 2015 (Infant to Junior transfer) 3.1 How to apply for a place If your child is already attending an infant school you will be given an application form to complete. This will be given to your child by his/her current teacher in September/October of Year 2. If your child is attending a primary school but you wish to apply for a place in an alternative school in Year 3 in September 2015 and wish to be considered as part of infant/junior admissions round, you should contact Admissions Team by telephoning 380/904/03/01 to request an application form. The closing date for returning this form is 15 January Please refer to paragraph 1.9 for information about late applications and changes of preference. Any forms received after dates stated in 1.9 will be processed as part of in-year admissions protocol and will not be considered until after May half-term You can also apply online by visiting where you will find a link to an online application form. Furr information about online applications can be found at back of this booklet. All Infant to Junior applications must be made by 15 January What if a school has fewer than applicants? Priority is given to children who have attended linked infant school. If a junior school has more applications than available, will be allocated up to admission number in following priority order: 1 Those children who are looked after by Telford & Wrekin or any or local authority; and n 2 Those children who have attended linked infant school. If are unavailable for all of se children, will be given first to: a) those children who live within attendance area and have exceptional health reasons where re is written medical evidence that admission to school is essential for ir medical well being; and n b) those children who live within attendance area and will have on day of admission a bror(s), sister(s), stepbror(s), stepsister(s), half bror(s) or half sister(s) living as a family at same address and who attend school; and n c) or children who live in school s defined attendance area; and n d) children who live outside school s attendance area on health grounds where re is written medical evidence that admission to school is essential for medical well being of child; and n e) children who live outside school s defined attendance area and who will have on day of admission a bror(s), sister(s), stepbror(s), stepsister(s), half bror(s) or half sister(s) living as a family at same address and who attend school; and n f) or children who live outside school s defined attendance area. If re are insufficient for all children in any one category, will be allocated on basis of distance between home and school as measured by straight line distance with those children closest to school having priority. Distances are measured using Council s computerised mapping system. Any which remain available will n be allocated to children who have not been attending linked infant school in Year 2, in priority order as detailed above. 3.3 Linked Infant/Junior Schools Linked infant and junior schools in Telford & Wrekin where above rules apply are: Donnington Wood Infant Newport Infant Wrockwardine Wood Infant Donnington Wood Junior Newport Junior Wrockwardine Wood Junior Church Aston Infant School does not have a linked Junior School. Most Year 2 pupils transfer to Moorfield School. Moorfield has 20 additional in Year 3. Moorfield s admission policy is printed on Late Applications and changes of preference Please refer to Paragraph 1.9 on When will I know if my child has a place? Allocation letters will be posted to your home address on 16 April Online applicants will be able to see ir allocation after 6pm on evening of day letters are posted (before post arrives at ir home address). You will need your user ID and password. If your application is not you will have same options of review and appeal as described in paragraphs 2.2 to 2.6 on s 8 and 9. Please note following dates: Deadline for requesting a review - noon on 6 May 2015 Deadline for submitting an appeal form - 14 May 2015 Appeals - will be held in June You can apply online at

11 SECTION 4 Admission Policies and Oversubscription Criteria Criteria for Individual for Individual Schools Schools 4.1 Oversubscription criteria - Community and 4.1 Voluntary Oversubscription Controlled criteria Schools - Community and Telford & Voluntary Wrekin operates Controlled an equal Schools preference scheme within Telford primary & Wrekin phase. operates an equal preference scheme within primary phase. Applications will be considered and in case of Applications oversubscribed will be schools considered following and criteria case will of be applied: oversubscribed schools following criteria will be applied: 1. Those children who are looked after by Telford & Wrekin or any or local authority; and n 1. Those children who are looked after by Telford & Wrekin 2. or Children any or who local live authority; in school s and n defined attendance area. 2. Children who live in school's defined attendance area. If are unavailable for all of se local children, If n are unavailable will be given for first all of to: se local children, n a) those children will be who given have first exceptional to: health reasons a) where those re children is written who have medical exceptional evidence health that admission to reasons school where is essential re is for written ir medical evidence well being; and that n admission to school is essential for ir b) medical those children well being; who and will have n on day of admission b) a bror(s), those children sister(s), who step will have bror(s), on step day of sister(s), half bror(s) admission or half a bror(s), sister(s) living sister(s), as a step family bror(s), at same address step sister(s), and who half attend bror(s) school; or half please sister(s) note that if a living child as applying a family for at a place same in address primary and school who at attend Hadley Learning school; Community please note or that Charlton/Dothill if a child Learning applying Community for a place has in a bror primary or school sister at who will be Hadley at secondary Learning Community school n or this Charlton/Dothill will not count as a sibling Learning connection; Community and has na bror or c) or sister children who will living be at in secondary school s attendance school n area. this will not count as a sibling connection; 3. Any and n which remain available will n be allocated to applicants from outside school s defined c) or children living in school's attendance area in priority order a) to c) as detailed attendance area. above. 3. Any which remain available will n be allocated to applicants from outside school's defined If re attendance are insufficient area priority for all order children a) to in c) any one category, as detailed above. will be allocated on basis of straight line distance between a central point of home and a If re are insufficient for all children in any one category, will be allocated on basis of straight line distance between a central point of home and a central point of school buildings. Those children closest to central school point of will have school priority. buildings. Distances Those are children measured closest using to Council s school computerised will have priority. mapping Distances system. are measured using If re Council's are limited computerised and mapping we cannot system. distinguish between applicants If re are using limited criteria and (such we cannot as children distinguish who live in between same applicants block of flats using available criteria (such will as be children allocated who randomly live in by same block drawing of flats of lots. available will be allocated randomly by drawing of lots. The following definitions apply in case of Looked After (in The public following care) definitions and home apply address. in The case definitions of Looked also After apply (in public for all care) aided, and academy home address. and foundation The definitions schools also within apply borough for all aided, of Telford academy and Wrekin and foundation unless stated schools orwise within in ir borough individual of policies. Telford and Wrekin unless stated orwise in ir individual policies. Children who are Looked After (in public care) are those children Children who are Looked subject After of a (in court public order care) and are those local authority children who shares parental subject responsibility of a court with order and natural local parents, authority or shares ors parental who hold responsibility parental responsibility; with natural and children parents, who or ors are looked who hold after parental by local responsibility; authority and under a voluntary children who agreement are looked with after parent. by local This authority criterion includes under a children voluntary who agreement were previously with looked parent. after This but criteria ceased includes to be children so because who were y previously were adopted looked or after became but ceased subject to of be a residence so because order y or were special adopted guardianship or became order subject immediately of a following residence being order looked or special after. guardianship order immediately following being looked after. A child s home address will be normal residence of A child's parent(s) home or legal address guardian(s) will be who normal has care residence of child. of Where parent(s) a child or legal lives guardian(s) with parents who with has shared care of responsibility, child. each Where for a part child of lives with week, parents home with address shared responsibility, will be considered each for part to of be week, address of home parent address where will be child spends considered most to time be during address week. of In parent event where of shared child care, spends parents most must time during opt to use week. one address In event for all of preferences shared expressed. care, parents must opt to use one address for all preferences expressed. For children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs For children following with a Statement policy is applied: of Special Educational Needs following policy is applied: The admission of children with a statement of Special Educational The admission Needs of children is considered with a Statement outside of above Special criteria which Educational apply specifically Needs is considered to admission outside of nonstatemented above criteria pupils. which apply Such admissions specifically to will be admission subject of of nonstatemented LA pupils. and Such school, admissions taking into will account be parental subject of negotiation between preference negotiation and between ability LA of and school, to taking meet into account child s needs. parental The preference LA is required and to ability issue a of Statement school which to meet names child's school needs. where The LA child is required is to be to admitted. issue a Statement The named which school names is required school to where admit child child is and to be does admitted. not The named school is required to admit child and does not Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 11

12 school brochure 14-15:Layout 1 23/07/ :41 Page 12 have right to refuse admission (this also applies to those schools where governing body is admission authority). These admissions will be taken into account when applying school s admission number. These criteria are also used by Priorslee Academy. Lilleshall and Muxton Schools have had a shared attendance area since September If one of have right to refuse admission (this also applies to those se schools is oversubscribed from within shared area schools where governing body is admission will be allocated up to admission number in authority). These admissions will be taken into account when accordance with priority order 1 to 2c) on 11. applying school's admission number. Part of Hadley Learning Community School s These criteria are also used by Priorslee Academy. attendance area is shared with Teagues Bridge School. If one of se schools is oversubscribed with in-area Lilleshall applications and Muxton will Schools be allocated have up had to a admission shared attendance number in area accordance since September with priority order (1 to 2c) as described in paragraph 4.1 on 11. If one of se schools is oversubscribed from within Any shared parents area living in will shared be allocated area who up cannot to be admission offered a number place at in ir accordance preferred with school priority will n order be considered 1 to 2c) in area for 11. a place at or school in shared area, if that is Any ir parents second living or third in preference. shared area who cannot be offered Once a place all at applicants ir preferred from within school will shared n be area considered to both in schools area for have a place been at considered, or school any remaining shared area, at if that eir is ir school second will or be third allocated preference. to out of area applicants in accordance Once all applicants with from priority within on shared 11. Please area to see both Section 8 schools regarding have transport; been considered, distance any criterion remaining will be applied at to any eir request. school will be allocated to out of area applicants in accordance with priority on 11. Please see Section 8 regarding transport; distance criterion will be applied to any request. 12 At St Peter s CE School, Bratton slightly different rules apply, such that if re are more applications for than available, will be allocated up to admission number in following priority order: 1. Those children who are in public care looked after by Telford & Wrekin or any or local authority; n 2. Children who live in school s defined attendance At St Peter's CE School, Bratton slightly area. different rules apply, such that if re are more applications for If than are unavailable available, for all those will local be children, allocated n up to admission will be number given first in to: following priority order: a) Those children who have exceptional health reasons 1. Those children who are in public care looked after by where re is written medical evidence that admission Telford & Wrekin or any or local authority; n to school is essential for ir medical well being; 2. and Children n who live in school's defined attendance area. b) those children in attendance area who will have on If day are of unavailable admission a for bror/sister(s), all those local children, stepbror/ sister(s) n or halfbror/sister(s) will be given first to: living as a family at same a) Those address children and who attend have exceptional school; health and n c) those reasons children where who re live is in written rural medical part of evidence attendance that admission area outside to school Telford is essential boundary for i.e. ir part of medical civil parishes well being; of Wrockwardine and n and Eyton-upon-Weald-Moors b) those children (including attendance Allscott, Eyton-upon-- area who will Weald-Moors, have on Rushmoor, day of admission Walcott and a bror/sister(s), Wrockwardine); and n stepbror/sister(s) or halfbror/sister(s) living as a family at same address and who attend d) or children in attendance area school; and n e) c) Any those children which who remain live available in rural will part n of be allocated attendance to applicants area outside from outside Telford school s boundary i.e. defined part attendance of civil area parishes in priority of Wrockwardine order 2a), b), and c) as with or Eyton-upon--Weald-Moors Community or Voluntary (including Controlled Allscott, Schools. See Eyton-upon--Weald-Moors, 11. Rushmoor, Walcott and Wrockwardine); and n If re d) are or insufficient children in for attendance all children area in any one category, e) Any will be which allocated remain on available basis will of n straight be line distance allocated between to applicants a central point from of outside home school's and central point of defined school attendance buildings. Those area in children priority order closest 2a), to b), c) school will as have with priority. or Community Distances are or Voluntary measured using Council s computerised Controlled Schools. mapping See system. 11. Part If re of St are Peter s insufficient attendance area for all is now children shared in any with one Dothill category, School. will be allocated If one of se on schools basis of is straight oversubscribed line distance between from within a central shared point of area home and will be allocated central point up to of admission school buildings. number Those in accordance children closest with priority to order school 1) will to 2d) have above. priority. Distances are measured using Any parents Council's living computerised in shared mapping area who system. cannot be offered a Part place of at St ir Peter's preferred attendance school area will is n now be shared considered with for a place Dothill at or school School. in If one shared of se area; schools if requested is on oversubscribed preference form. from within shared area will Once be allocated applicants up to from admission within number shared area in accordance to both with schools priority have order been 1) considered, to 2d) above. any remaining at eir Any school parents will living be in allocated shared to out area of who area cannot applicants be offered inaccordance a place at ir with preferred priority school order will detailed n be in considered e) above. for a place at or school in shared area; if requested on You can apply preference online form. at Once all applicants from within shared area to both schools have been considered, any remaining at

13 4.2 Oversubscription criteria - Voluntary Aided, Trust, Foundation Schools and Academies Some Foundation, Voluntary Aided and Trust schools and Academies require additional information from parents to operate ir admissions criteria. Forms asking for this supplementary information will be sent out by individual schools and are also to be returned direct to school concerned. They can also be obtained from Local Authority (LA). If you would prefer your child to go to a Voluntary Aided (VA) Foundation or Trust School or Academy it is school s governors who decide wher or not a place can be offered. Full details of ir admission policies can be obtained directly from schools. You will need to include a preference for a VA, Foundation or Trust School or Academy on your Telford & Wrekin application form. All admissions are co-ordinated by LA Admissions Team. You must complete LA application form to be considered for a place at any school. At Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge CE (Aided) School when number of applications exceeds number of available, priority for admission will be given to: 1. Children who are in Public Care. 2. Those who live within boundaries of ecclesiastical parishes of Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale and Little Wenlock and that part of ecclesiastical parish of Benthall that lies within borough of Telford & Wrekin. 3. Those children having brors or sisters at school on day of admission. This criterion will apply not only to natural brors and sisters but also to stepbrors, stepsisters and children legally adopted. Applications for children of partners or children being fostered at same home address as a child already at school will be considered in special circumstances in order to maintain daily family life. 4. Those who are at heart of Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale or Little Wenlock Churches (regular members of congregation). 5. Those who are at heart of a Christian church elsewhere( regular members of congregation). Such a church should be a member of Telford Christian Council, Churches Toger in England or The Evangelical Alliance. 6. Those who live outside ecclesiastical parish boundaries but would like ir children to be educated at this faith-based school. Children will be admitted to school in order set out in list 1 to 6 above. In each category, first priority will be given to those having specific health reasons where re is written medical evidence that admission to this school is essential to medical well-being of child. If admission requests exceed available in any category, priority for admission will be given to requests that include subsequent categories. The shortest distance from school, in a straight line, as measured by council s Geographical Information System, will be final deciding factor. NB. Applications for Reception admission after Governors Admission Committee meet will normally be refused unless admission limit has not been reached. At Dawley CE School when re are too few following criteria will determine allocation of. 1st priority Children who are in public care looked after by Telford & Wrekin or any or local authority. 2nd priority Children who live in schools defined attendance area. If are unavailable for all those local children n will be given first to; 2a. Those children who have exceptional health reasons where re is written medical evidence that admission to school is essential for ir medical well being ; and n 2b. Children with older siblings already in school, i.e. children who will have on day of admission a bror(s), sister(s), step bror(s), step sister(s), half bror(s) or half sister(s) living as a family at same address and who attend school; and n 2c. Children whose parents are active members of a local Church by participating in regular Acts of Worship. (A member of local clergy will be asked to confirm this information for families in this group via Diocese Cof E supplementary information form and active membership is defined as one where worship is undertaken a minimum of twice monthly); and n 2d. All or children. Any which remain available will n be allocated to applicants from outside schools defined attendance area in same priority order a) to d) as above: Consideration may also be given to children with Special Education Needs, referred to school by Local Education Authority. Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 13

14 When re are more requests than available in any category straight line distance from a central point within home address to a central point within school will be taken into account, with those living nearest taking priority. The distances will be measured using Telford & Wrekin Council s computerised mapping system. Admission arrangements to Reception class at Moorfield School, Newport are prioritised as follows: 1. Children in public care. 2. Children living in defined attendance area who have a bror or sister already attending Moorfield. 3. Or children living in defined attendance area. 4. Children living out of defined attendance area who already have a bror or sister at school 5. Or children living outside defined area (allocated on basis of proximity to school as measured by straight line distance between home and school). 6. In exceptional circumstances, a medical condition may mean a child being given a higher priority after consultation with family doctor. NB. Moorfield School has 20 additional available in Year 3. At Priorslee Academy, Governing Body is Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions for admissions. The co-ordination of admissions arrangements is undertaken by Local Authority (LA). All preferences listed on LA preference form will be considered on an equal basis with following set of admissions criteria forming a priority order where re are more applications for admission than school has available: 1. Looked after children in public care that are in care of Local Authority, will be given priority. 2. Pupils who have a parent employed within Academy. 3. Pupils living in identified catchment area. 4. Pupils out of catchment with presence of a sibling at Priorslee Academy, at start date of admittance. 5. Pupils living nearest to Academy as measured by a straight line distance between a central point in home address and a central point to Academy. Admission arrangements to Year 3 cohort are prioritised as follows: 1. Children in public care. 2. Children living in defined attendance area who have previously attended Church Aston Infant School. 3. Or children in defined attendance area. 4. Brors or sisters of present pupils who have attended anor infant school. 5. Children living outside defined attendance area who have attended Church Aston Infant School. (allocated on basis of proximity to school measured by straight line distance between home and school). 6. Children living outside defined attendance area (allocated on basis of proximity to school measured by straight line distance between home and school). The definitions of bror and sister and detailed description of how distances between home and school are measured are same as those detailed by Telford & Wrekin Council. Definitions: Sibling may be a bror or sister, half-siblings, adopted child, child of parent/carer, or civil partnership child who lives at same address. Where a member of staff wishes ir child to be admitted to Priorslee Academy, y must have been employed at school for two or more years at time of application, or be a member of staff recruited to fill a vacant post for which re is a skill shortage. At St Luke s Catholic School, Governing Body is Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for admissions. The coordination of admissions arrangements is undertaken by Local Authority (LA). All preferences listed on LA preference form will be considered on an equal basis with following set of admissions criteria forming a priority order where re are more applications for admission than school has available: 1. Baptised Catholic children who are in care of a Local Authority (Looked After Children) 2. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 14 You can apply online at

15 3. Baptised Catholic children from parish of Our Lady of Rosary 4. Baptised Catholic children from or parishes 5. Non Catholic children who are in care of a Local Authority (Looked After Children) 6. Non Catholic children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 7. Or non Catholic children whose parents wish m to have a Catholic education All Catholic applicants will be required to produce baptismal certificates. If category (3) is oversubscribed, children who satisfy (2) and (3) will have priority over children who satisfy only (3). Subsequently if in this or any or category re are more applications than available, priority will be given on basis of distance from home to school. Distance will be measured in a straight line from a central point of home address to a central point of school using LA s computerised measuring system with those living nearer to school having priority. Sibling is defined as a bror or sister, half bror or sister, adopted bror or sister, step bror or sister, or child of parent/carer s partner where child for whom school place is sought is living in same family unit at same address as that sibling. A waiting list for children who have not been offered a place will be kept and will be ranked according to Admission Criteria. For In Year applications received outside normal admissions round and if are available n children qualifying under published criteria will be admitted. If re are available but more applicants than n published oversubscription criteria will be applied. In Year and late applications will be treated as per admissions arrangements published by LA. The Governing Body reserve right to withdraw offer of a school place where false evidence is received in relation to baptism, sibling connections or place of residence. At St Mary s Catholic School, Governing Body is Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for admissions. The coordination of admissions arrangements is undertaken by Local Authority (LA). All preferences listed on LA preference form will be considered on an equal basis with following set of admissions criteria forming a priority order where re are more applications for admissions than school has available. 1. Cared for children who are in care of Local Authority; Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children; baptised Catholic Looked After Children; non-catholic Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children 2. Baptised Roman Catholic children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 3. Or children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 4. Baptised Roman Catholic children resident in parishes of The Good Shepherd 5. Baptised Roman Catholic children resident in or parishes 6. Or children All applicants will be required to fill in a supplementary form provided by school. For a child to be considered as a Roman Catholic evidence of such Baptism will be required. If in any category re are more applications than available, priority will be given on basis of distance from home to school. Distance is measured in a straight line from a central point of family s home address to a central point of school using LA s computerised measuring system. If distance is same for two or more applicants where this would be last place/s to be allocated, a random lottery will be carried out in a public place. Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, child s permanent place of residence will be determined as address of parent who normally has responsibility for majority of school days in a week. Sibling is defined as a bror or sister, half bror or sister, adopted bror or sister, step bror or sister, or child of parent/carer s partner where child for whom school place is sought is living in same family unit at same address as that sibling. A waiting list for children who have not been offered a place will be kept and will be ranked according to Admission Criteria. In-year applications will be treated as per co-ordinated arrangements published by LA, as published in 2015/2016 Information booklet. The Governing Body reserve right to withdraw offer of a school place where false evidence is received in relation to baptism, sibling connections or place of residence. Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 15

16 At St Matw s CE (Aided) School when re are more applications for than available, will be allocated up to admission number in priority order detailed below: 1. Children in public care; 2. Children who live in school s defined attendance area. If are unavailable for all those local children, n will be given first to: 16 a) Those children who have exceptional health reasons where re is written medical evidence that admission to school is essential for ir medical well being; and n b) Those children who will have on day of admission a bror(s), sister(s), step bror(s), step sister(s), half bror(s) or half sister(s) living as a family at same address and who attend school; and n c) Those children whose families are regular worshippers at St Matw s Church or who, not being regular worshippers at St Matw s Church and having moved into ir current home within one month of application, were regular worshippers at anor church prior to that move. In eir case, term regular worshippers shall mean attending church services at least twice in each calendar month during preceding six calendar months. Such attendance shall be confirmed by written evidence of minister concerned; and n d) Or children living in school s attendance area. Any which remain available will n be allocated to applicants from outside school s defined attendance area in following priority order: e) Those children who have exceptional health reasons where re is written medical evidence that admission to school is essential for ir medical well being; and n f) Those children who will have on day of admission a bror(s), sister(s), step bror(s), step sister(s), half bror(s) or half sister(s) living as a family at same address and who attend school; and n g) Those children whose families are regular worshippers at St Matw s Church or who, not being regular worshippers at St Matw s Church and having moved into ir current home within one month of application, were regular worshippers at anor church prior to that move. In eir case, term regular worshippers shall mean attending church services at least twice in each calendar month during preceding six calendar months. Such attendance shall be confirmed by written evidence of minister concerned; and n h) All or children If re are insufficient for all children in any one category, will be allocated on basis of distance between home and a central point in school as measured by straight line distance with those closest having priority. Distances are measured using Telford and Wrekin Council s computerised mapping system. At St Patrick s Catholic School, admissions will be made by Governing Body. All preferences listed on Local Authority (LA) Preference Form will be considered on an equal basis with following set of admissions criteria forming a priority order where re are more applications for admissions than school has : 1. Children who are in care of a Local Authority (Looked After Children) 2. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 3. Baptised Catholic children resident in parish of St Patrick s Wellington 4. Baptised Catholic children from or parishes 5. Non Catholic children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 6. Or children whose parents wish m to have a Catholic education. All Catholic applicants will be required to produce baptismal certificates. If category 3) is oversubscribed, children who satisy 2) and 3) will have priority over children who satisfy only 3). If, in any category, re are more applications than available, priority will be given on basis of distance from home to school. Distance will be measured in a straight line from a central point of child s home address (including community entrance to flats) to a central point of school using LA s computerised measuring system with those living nearer to school having priority. In event of distances being same for 2 or more applicants, where this distance would be for last place/s to be allocated, a random lottery will be carried out in a public place. All names will be entered into a hat and required number of names will be drawn out. Sibling is defined as a bror or sister, half bror or sister, adopted bror or sister, step bror or sister, or child of parent/carer s partner where child for whom school place is sought is living in same family unit at same address as that sibling. A waiting list for children who have not been offered a place will be kept and will be ranked according to Admission Criteria. You can apply online at

17 For In Year applications received outside normal admissions round and if are available n children qualifying under published criteria will be admitted. If re are available but more applicants than n published oversubscription criteria will be applied. In Year and late applications will be treated and processed as per admissions arrangements published by LA. The Governing Body reserve right to withdraw offer of a school place where false evidence is received in relation to baptism, sibling connections or place of residence. At St Peter & St Paul Catholic School Governing Body is Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for admissions. The coordination of admission arrangements is undertaken by Local Authority (LA). All preferences listed on LA preference form will be considered on an equal basis with following set of admissions criteria forming a priority order where re are more applications for admissions than school has available. 1. Baptised Catholic Looked After Children who are in care of a Local Authority 2. Baptised Catholic Children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 3. Baptised Catholic children resident in Parish of SS Peter & Paul 4. Baptised Catholic children from or parishes 5. Non Catholic Looked After Children who are in care of a Local Authority 6. Or children who have a sibling in school at time of admission 7. Or children Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, child s permanent place of residence will be determined as address of parent who normally has responsibility for majority of school days in a week. Sibling is defined as a bror or sister, half-bror or halfsister, adopted bror or sister, step-bror or step-sister or child of parent/carer s partner where child for whom school place is sought is living in same family unit at same address as that sibling. A waiting list for children who have not been offered a place will be kept and will be ranked according to Admission Criteria. For In Year applications received outside normal admissions round and if are available n children qualifying under published criteria will be admitted. If re are available but more applicants than n published oversubscription criteria will be applied. In Year and late applications will be treated as per coordinated arrangements published by Local Authority. The Governing Body reserves right to withdraw offer of a school place where false evidence is received in relation to baptism, sibling connections or place of residence. All Catholic applicants will be required to produce baptismal certificates. If in any category re are more applications than available, priority will be given on basis of distance from home to school. Distance will be measured in a straight line from a central point of child s home address to a central point of school using council s computerised measuring system with those living nearer to school having priority. If distance is same for two or more applicants where this distance would be last place/s to be allocated, a random lottery will be carried out in a public place. Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 17

18 SECTION 5 Admission to Infant/Junior/ School - Reception Year (Year R) and Year Key Dates September/October 2014 Information booklets sent to schools, pre-schools and nurseries for reference by parents. Yellow LA application form available from Admissions Team. A yellow LA application form or online application must be completed for every child. Online application form available. 15 January 2015 Closing date for LA application forms and online applications. 28 February 2015 Last date on which late applications or change of preferences for an exceptional reason (e.g. change of address) can be accepted. 16 April 2015 All letters informing families of ir school allocation posted. Online allocation available after 6pm. By noon on 6 May 2015 Un applicants can ask LA to reconsider school y have been offered at review stage. Late applications will be considered at review stage. 9 May May 2015 Review stage: re-allocation of any which have been declined by families. Parents will be notified by post as soon as possible after review meeting. 14 May 2015 Deadline for families to return appeal forms. June 2015 Appeals heard by independent appeals panel. 18 You can apply online at

19 SECTION 6 Applications or than for start of Year R or Year 3 (in-year admissions) 6.1 Applying for a school place if you... Move into Telford & Wrekin from elsewhere. Move house within Telford & Wrekin and wish to change school. Want to transfer between Telford & Wrekin schools. You must apply for a school place by completing an in-year application form. The application form can be obtained from Family Connect or a school. This must be completed and sent to Admissions Team who will acknowledge receipt and co-ordinate allocation of in accordance with admission policy and oversubscription criteria, if necessary. Telford & Wrekin School Admissions Team co-ordinates all admissions into maintained schools in borough including voluntary aided, foundation, trust and academy schools. This applies to applications for at normal points of entry ( start of Reception year, Year 3 and Year 7) and also in respect of applications for required at or times (in-year). Parents of children living in Telford & Wrekin must complete a Telford & Wrekin in-year application form to apply for a school within Telford & Wrekin. The in-year application form for Telford & Wrekin residents can be obtained from any of following: Child s current Telford & Wrekin school Family Connect - telephone From Telford & Wrekin Council website Darby House Reception The application form allows parents to apply for up to 3 preferred schools in ranked order of preference. The Admissions Team will liaise with governing body of any school for which governing body is admissions authority. The Admissions Team will notify parents living in Telford & Wrekin of outcome of ir application within 15 school days of application being received wherever possible. Places will be offered to applicants in order of published oversubscription criteria for school for which y are applying. Where a place has been offered at a Telford & Wrekin school it is expected that child will take up place within 6 weeks orwise offer may be withdrawn. Where it is necessary to refuse a request for a Telford & Wrekin school place parents will be given information about admission appeals procedure. The Admissions Team will operate waiting lists for oversubscribed community or voluntary controlled schools. Voluntary Aided, Foundation, Trust and Academy schools are responsible for maintaining ir own waiting lists for in year admissions and will liaise with LA. Please see 35 for furr information about applying online 6.2 Waiting Lists The LA does keep waiting lists for in oversubscribed voluntary controlled and community schools and liaises with all or admission authorities. If you complete an appeal form your child is automatically placed on waiting list. If you wish to be added to list without going to appeal please contact admissions team to arrange this. (Telephone /903/904). Waiting lists are drawn up according to oversubscription criteria laid out on s and becoming available will be allocated according to se. Inclusion on a school s waiting list does not guarantee that a place will eventually become available. A child s position on list is not fixed and is subject to change during year as or children join or leave list. Your child s name will normally be kept on waiting list until end of academic year. The lists will n be disbanded. If you wish your child to remain on waiting list after this date you will need to contact admission team to arrange this. 6.3 Fair Access Protocol Telford & Wrekin LA operates, in co-operation with headteachers, a Fair Access Protocol within its primary schools. This is to ensure that access to education is found, on principle of inclusion, for pupils referred to panel. All maintained schools and Academies take part. Arrangements for admission through protocol will be outside normal operation of admissions policy and so a full year group at school will not be regarded as a reason not to admit a pupil unless it would incur infant class size prejudice. Parents will still have a right to appeal to an independent appeal panel for ir preferred school, but information will be given to that panel if a more appropriate school has already been identified for pupil. The fair access panel meets approximately every 3 weeks in term time and is made up of a number of Senior LA Officers and Headteachers. 19

20 SECTION 7 Location Maps and Directory of Schools in Telford & Wrekin Crudgington High Ercall Preston St Lawrence BRATTON, ST PETER S RURAL AREA BRATTON & DOTHILL SHARED AREA Donnington Wood Infant and CE Junior Bratton, St Peter s CE St Patrick s Catholic Dothill Wrekin View Apley Wood Short Wood Millbrook St Luke s Catholic HLC Wombridge St George s Meadows CE Wrockwardine Wood Infant and Junior Teagues Bridge St Matw s CE HLC/Teagues Bridge Shared Area Redhill Queenswood Priorslee Academy Please note: These catchment area maps are only a guide. For detailed information please contact Admissions Team. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with permission of Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings Borough of Telford & Wrekin Licence No Date You can apply online at