The Corbet 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 — Looked after children or children who were previously ‘looked after’ but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order1 including those who appear [to the admission authority (The Corbet School)] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2In attendance area with sibling at school — Children living within the attendance area, (as defined by Shropshire Council Local Authority), with a sibling at The Corbet School. A sibling connection is defined as a brother or sister, step-brother or step-sister, half-brother or half-sister, living at the same address as part of the same family unit and of compulsory school age (i.e. 5 – 16 years). Fostered and adopted siblings are also included. Older siblings must be attending the school on the date the younger sibling is due to start there. However, cousins or other relatives who take up residence in home in order to establish an “in attendance area” address will not be given priority under the sibling criterion.
3. 3Other children living inside the attendance area — Other children living inside the attendance area.
4. 4Outside attendance area with sibling connection — Children living outside the attendance area with a sibling connection, (see Priority 2 above).
5. 5Outside area, attended feeder primary in attendance area — Children outside the attendance area without a sibling connection, (see Priority 2 above), at The Corbet School, but who have attended a maintained primary school that lies within The Corbet School’s attendance area for more than a whole academic year immediately prior to transfer.
6. 6Children of staff — Children of staff at the school. a. 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 b. The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
7. 7Children living outside the attendance area — Children living outside the attendance area.

If two applications tie: Where the admission number is reached and a decision has to be made to differentiate between children who fall into the same criteria groupings of Priorities 1 - 6 above, priority will be given to those children who live nearest to the school, measured as straight line distance on a computerised mapping system between the home address and the nearest entrance gate of the relevant school. 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 by random allocation overseen by an independent party. In the case of twins or triplets from the same address the school will endeavour to admit both or all siblings.

Children with an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) which names The Corbet School will be allocated places before oversubscription criteria are applied. A separate exceptional-circumstances medical criterion may elevate a child above Priorities 2-6 in very exceptional circumstances, subject to medical evidence. Out-of-cohort admission requests are considered per the described process. CATCHMENT: Children living within the attendance area, (as defined by Shropshire Council Local Authority) 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.

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.