Belvidere School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after children and previously looked after children — 'Looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Exceptional medical/social need for this specific school — Very exceptionally, priority may be given to a child who has a particular health reason requiring them to attend a specific school. This will only be allowed if parents/carers can provide written evidence from a medical professional that in the view of the Admissions Authority confirms that attending that particular school is essential to the medical well-being of the child. The Admissions Authority reserves the right to contact medical professionals to ascertain the relevance of the medical condition.
3. 3In catchment with sibling of compulsory school age at the school — Children living inside the catchment area who will have a sibling of compulsory school age (11 –16) at the school on the day they are due to start there.
4. 4Children of long-serving staff members — Children of staff members who have been continuously employed at Belvidere School, on a permanent contract, for at least two years at the time of application.
5. 5In Shrewsbury catchment where this is nearest Shrewsbury secondary school — After that, priority is given to children living within Shrewsbury catchment area for whom Belvidere School is their nearest Shrewsbury Secondary School, and this is checked through the "Nearest School" test. For the avoidance of doubt, we measure this as a straight line on a computerised mapping system between home and nearest appropriate official pedestrian entrance gate to the school site as compared with the same measurement from other applicants’ homes to their nearest appropriate school gate.
6. 6All other applicants within Shrewsbury catchment area, by proximity — All other applicants living within the Shrewsbury catchment area determined on a proximity basis between home and the nearest appropriate pedestrian entrance gate of the school, the nearest being given priority.
7. 7Children outside catchment area (with sub-priority for older sibling) — After that, any places that are left will be offered to children who live outside the overall catchment area for Shrewsbury. If there are not enough places for all of them, we will look at the following two criteria: Firstly, priority will be given to children outside the catchment area who will have an older sibling of compulsory school age (11-16) at the school on the day they are due to start there. After that, all other children who live outside the catchment area.

If two applications tie: If, in any of the above categories, there are more applications than there are places available, priority will be given on the basis of distance measured as a straight line on a computerised mapping system between the home address and the nearest appropriate entrance gate of the school by pinpointing their eastings and northings. The shortest distance will be given priority. Where two addresses are within the same block of flats, the lowest number of flat or nearest the ground floor will we deemed to be the nearest in distance. In the event that two individual applications are exactly the same after all other criteria have been taken into account a tie breaker will be used. This will be by random allocation and overseen by an independent party not connect with the admissions process.

Children who have an Education Health and Care Plan naming the school which the child should attend because their needs can be met best by that particular school, will be offered places before other children (statutory duty, sits above oversubscription criteria). Sibling defined as brother or sister, stepbrother or stepsister, half-brother or half-sister living at the same address as part of the same family unit and of compulsory school age (5-16), including adopted and foster siblings. Twins/triplets: school will endeavour to admit both or all. Deferred entry to a later cohort may be requested in writing to the local authority by the closing date. CATCHMENT: Children living inside the catchment area... / All other applicants living within the Shrewsbury catchment area... / Catchment area maps can be viewed on the General Map viewer available from 'Maps' at the foot of the website www.shropshire.gov.uk Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Shropshire Council. Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted first; that is a statutory duty, not an oversubscription criterion. | Previously recorded here: How places were allocated: council publication (Telford distances in metres; Shropshire none).

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.