Admissions

The Admissions Policy can be found here:  Policies

Shropshire Church of England Academies Trust is the admission authority for Bomere Heath CE Primary school. The Trust has determined that admissions will be co-ordinated by Shropshire Local Authority.
Applications to school 
To apply for a school place, parents in England must apply to their home local authority (to whichever local authority they make council tax payments) even if they are applying for a school place in another part of England.  Parents make one application, naming schools in order of their preference. The application process is the same even if a school is its own admission authority (eg  foundation school, or an academy). Our school is an academy. Shropshire Church of England Academies Trust determine the admissions policy for the school but the School Admissions Team at Shropshire Local Authority manage the application process in accordance with our published over subscription criteria.
Parents of children in Shropshire wishing to apply for a school place, will be required, in the Autumn Term prior to the school year of admission, to complete an LA Application Form.   Parents are notified of places towards the end of the Spring Term for Reception places. Specific dates and information is given in the LA Information Pack available on the council’s website.

 

Also, please find the updated Parent’s Guide here: https://shropshire.gov.uk/school-admissions/parents-guide-to-education/

Please find a link to the Shropshire Council website for Applying for school places here: https://shropshire.gov.uk/school-admissions/apply-to-start-or-transfer-school/

The admissions criteria which will be used to determine the allocation of a school place will be as follows, in order of priority:
Shropshire Council’s Infant, primary and junior admissions criteria

Priority 1
Looked After Children and previously Look After Children.

Priority 2
Children living within the catchment area. Firstly to children who will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are due to start there and then to other children who live in the catchment area. You can find out what catchment area you live in by searching for your postcode on Shropshire’s mapping system and selecting “Primary Catchment” from the menu.

Priority 3
Children living outside the catchment area. Any places left will be offered firstly to children who will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are due to start there. Secondly, to other children who live outside the catchment area.
If in any of the above groups there are more applications than places available, priority will be based on distance. This will be measured as a straight line, from home to school on a computerised mapping system. The shortest distance being given priority.
Priority due to exceptional circumstances:
Very exceptionally where a child has a particular health reason requiring them to attend a specific school, that child may be given a place before any of the children who qualify under Priority 2 and 3. This will only be allowed if parents/carers can provide medical evidence that attending that particular school is essential to the medical well-being of their child. The council reserves the right to check the relevance of the medical condition.

Mid-Term Admissions

To change your child’s school to a Shropshire school you should complete the midterm/in year application form and send it to your preferred school.
There are guidance notes to help completing the form.
A detailed explanation of this is in the primary school section of the Parents’ Guide to Education in Shropshire.