Telford Junior School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 3), 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 and all previously looked after children, 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.
2. 2Children receiving Pupil Premium or Service Premium — Children who receive the Pupil Premium, or Service Premium, through their current school, at the time the application is made.
3. 3Children currently at Telford Infant School remaining there until transfer — Children who currently attend the Telford Infant School and who intend to remain at that school until the end of the academic year prior to joining Telford Junior School
4. 4Priority Area children with sibling at linked schools — Children living in the Priority Area for the Telford Junior School, who will have a sibling attending Telford Infant School or Telford Junior School at the time of admission.
5. 5Other children living in the Priority Area — Other children living in the Priority Area for Telford Junior School.
6. 6Children outside Priority Area with sibling at linked schools — Children living outside the Priority Area for Telford Junior School, who will have a sibling attending Telford Infant School or Telford Junior School at the time of admission.
7. 7Other children outside Priority Area, closest first — Other children living outside the Priority Area for the school with those living closest to Telford Junior School being given priority.

If two applications tie: Where applicants are allocated the same criterion, priority is given in order of distance between the child's home and the school applied for (shortest distance = highest priority). Where two or more children receive equal admission priority given the above criteria, random allocation will be used as a tie-break in any criterion to decide who has highest priority for admission.

Distance calculated by straight line measurement from address point to school centroid (Ordnance Survey/Warwickshire County Council data). Waiting list maintained for first academic term of admission year. CATCHMENT: Children living in the Priority Area for the Telford Junior School... The catchment area for Telford Junior School is set out at: Priority area maps for schools – Warwickshire County Council Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Warwickshire County Council school admissions directory. 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.