The Pedmore High School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — First priority for admission shall be given to relevant looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order;
2. 2Serious and ongoing medical condition — Second priority for admission shall be given to children with a "serious and ongoing medical condition" where Pedmore High School is the most appropriate school to meet the condition; Parents must provide supportive information from their child's Hospital Consultant at the time of application in order to be considered under this criteria. This supportive information should include information about the needs of the child and should detail the difficulties the student would experience if they had to attend another school. Parents should also indicate why the preferred school is the most appropriate to meet their child's medical condition rather than any other school. The trust will not seek to obtain medical evidence on behalf of parents.
3. 3Sibling attending the school — Third priority for admission shall be given to children who have a sibling who will still be attending Pedmore High School in September 2027;
4. 4Children of staff — Fourth priority for admission shall be given to children of any member of staff in either or both of the following circumstances: i. where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; and/or ii. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. This priority will be applied to all members of staff of Pedmore High School, employed by Invictus Education Trust on a permanent contract of employment.
5. 5Proximity to school — Any places that remain available once the above applicants have been admitted will be filled according to those children who live closest to the school, determined by a straight-line measurement in metres, from the home address to the main entrance of Pedmore High School.

EHCP: children with an Education, Health and Care Plan naming the school are admitted before oversubscription criteria are applied (statutory duty, not a ranked criterion). Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Dudley MBC admission arrangements directory. Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted first; that is a statutory duty, not an oversubscription criterion.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.