Castlefields Primary School

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

1. 1Looked after / 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. 2Medical need — 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. 3Catchment area sibling (primary: age 5-11 / secondary: age 11-16) — Children living inside the catchment area who will have a sibling of compulsory school age (5-11 for primary; 11-16 for secondary) at the school on the day they are due to start there.
4. 4Children of staff members — Children of staff members who have been continuously employed at the school, on a permanent contract, for at least two years at the time of application.
5. 5All other catchment area applicants (primary) / Belvidere School nearest school test / Meole Brace nearest school test (secondary) — Primary: All other applicants living within the catchment area. Secondary (Belvidere School only): Catchment children for whom Belvidere School is the nearest Shrewsbury secondary school, checked through the 'Nearest Schools Test'. Secondary (Meole Brace School only): Catchment children for whom Meole Brace School is the nearest Shrewsbury secondary school, checked through the 'Nearest Schools Test'.
6. 6Out-of-catchment sibling / Meole Brace second-nearest test / all other catchment applicants (secondary) — Primary Priority 6: Any places that are left will be offered to children who live outside the catchment area — first priority to out-of-catchment siblings (5-11), then all other children outside catchment. Secondary Priority 6 (Meole Brace only): Children living within the Shrewsbury catchment area for whom The Priory School is their nearest Shrewsbury secondary school and Meole Brace School is the second nearest school. Secondary Priority 8 (all secondary): All other applicants living within the catchment area.
7. 7Out-of-catchment sibling (secondary) — Children living outside 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.
8. 8Out-of-catchment feeder primary school (Church Stretton, Mary Webb, Oldbury Wells only) — Children living outside the catchment area, who have attended a state-funded primary school that lies within the secondary school's catchment area, for more than a whole academic year immediately prior to transfer.
9. 9All other out-of-catchment children — All other children who live outside the catchment area.

If two applications tie: 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 connected with the admissions process. Within any category, priority is 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 be deemed to be the nearest in distance.

This is a multi-school trust policy covering nine academies: Alveley Primary School (PAN 15), Belvidere School (PAN 168), Castlefields Primary School (PAN 30), Church Stretton School (PAN 96), Mary Webb School (PAN 120), Meole Brace School (PAN 270), Oldbury Wells School (PAN 168), St Leonards C.E Primary School (PAN 48), Stokesay Primary School (PAN 30). Separate oversubscription criteria sets exist for primary schools and secondary schools, with some priorities applying only to specific named secondary schools (Belvidere, Meole Brace, Church Stretton, Mary Webb, Oldbury Wells). EHCP children naming the school are admitted before all oversubscription criteria apply. Multi-birth policy: where the last child admitted is a multi-birth, the school will not separate the children and will admit multi-births together.

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.