Stafford Manor High School

When there are more applications than places for 2025-26 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children in care and previously in care — Children in care and children who ceased to be in care because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order), including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (Paragraph 1.7 of the Code).
2. 2Siblings attending the school — Students who have an elder sibling in attendance at the school and who will still be attending the school at the proposed admission date; (for admission purposes, a sibling is a child who lives at the same address and who is the brother/sister, half-brother/sister (children who share one common parent), step brother/step sister where two children are related by marriage. This definition also includes adopted or fostered children living at the same address).
3. 3Students resident within catchment area — Students resident within the catchment area of the school. Copies of school catchment area maps are available from the local authority or individual schools. www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Education/Admissions-primary/Catchment-areas.aspx
4. 4Children of Stafford Manor staff — Children of Stafford Manor employees in either or both of the following circumstances: a) where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which he 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.
5. 5Medical or exceptional circumstances — Students with a medical reason for attending Stafford Manor High School (this must be supported by a Doctor’s Certificate) Students who satisfy both of the following tests: TEST 1: they are distinguished from the great majority of applicants either on medical grounds or by other exceptional circumstances. Medical grounds must be supported by a medical report, (obtained by the parents). It must clearly justify, for health reasons only, why it is better for the child to attend the preferred school rather than any other school. Exceptional circumstances must relate to the choice of school, ie the circumstances of the child, not the economic or social circumstances of the parent. They should be supported by a professional report, eg social worker, justifying why it is better for the child to attend the preferred school rather than any other school. TEST 2: They would suffer hardship if they were unable to attend the school. Hardship means severe suffering of any kind, not merely difficulty or inconvenience, which is likely to be experienced as a result of the child attending a different school. Parents must provide detailed information about both the type and severity of any likely hardship.
6. 6Distance from home to school — Other students arranged in order of priority according to how near their home addresses are to the school using straight line distance measurements. Distances are measured from the main school gate to the home address using the Local Authority’s Geographical Information System.

If two applications tie: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use random allocation as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. This process will be independently verified.

All children whose statement of special educational needs (SEN) or education, health and care (EHC) plan names the school will be admitted before any other places are allocated. Document was supplied by Telford & Wrekin Council but school and catchment references are to Staffordshire (Stafford Manor High School). CATCHMENT: Students resident within the catchment area of the school. Copies of school catchment area maps are available from the local authority or individual schools. Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Staffordshire County 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.

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.