The Telford Park 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. 1Children in care and previously in care — Children and young people in care are children who are: (a) in the care of the local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of the social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time the application is made to school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order) immediately following having been looked after and 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.
2. 2Acute medical or social needs of child or family — In exceptional circumstances, there is discretion to admit children on the grounds of their own or their family's acute medical or social needs for Telford Park School and who would not otherwise qualify for admission. The application must be supported by a letter from a hospital consultant, the special support service, social worker or similar professional, setting out the reasons why the school is the only one to meet the child's needs, and therefore whether there are specific medical or social circumstances that can be met only by the child's attendance at Telford Park School.
3. 3Siblings currently attending the school — For admission purposes, a sibling is a child who resides permanently at the same address as the child for whom a place is being requested, and is one of the following: brother/sister, half brother/sister (i.e. share one common parent), stepbrother/sister (i.e. related by a parent's marriage), any other child for whom it can be demonstrated that s/he is residing permanently at the same address (e.g. under the terms of a residence order). The sibling connection only applies where the child concerned has a sibling attending the school at the time of the application as well as at the time of admission (i.e. for normal year of entry applications siblings are expected to be attending the same school in September 2025). A sibling connection will not be accepted if the original place was obtained by using fraudulent or false information.
4. 4Children of staff members — Each school may at its discretion admit children of members of staff in what the school considers to be appropriate circumstances, where: (a) 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. This criterion is intended to cover all staff within the school with the exception of staff on casual/temporary contracts.
5. 5Proximity to the school — How close the child lives to the school requested, with those living closest to the school getting the highest priority. The distance from the applicant's home and school is taken in a straight line between the school and the child's home address. The distance is measured using Telford and Wrekin Council's software. If there are a limited number of spaces available and we cannot distinguish between applicants using the above criteria, children who live in the same block of flats will be offered the available spaces randomly selected by drawing lots.

If two applications tie: If there is an insufficient number of places to accommodate all the children of a particular criterion, the next criterion will be used to assess the applications concerned in order to prioritise applications.

A child with an EHCP naming the school will be admitted before oversubscription criteria are applied. Document also lists PANs for other year groups: Year 8: 150, Year 9: 120, Year 10: 150, Year 11: 150, but this entry covers Year 7 normal entry. Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Telford & Wrekin Council determined admission arrangements. 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.