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Contents
Leer from the Director of Children’s Services 4
Important dates in the admissions process 6
How do I apply? 6
Parents of children resident outside of Worcestershire 6
Contact details 7
Worcestershire School Admissions 7
Contact details for Neighbouring Authories 8
Applying on-line 9
The benets of applying on-line are: 9
Important things to remember 10
SEND Informaon, Advice and Support Service 11
Worcestershire Libraries 12
Special Educaonal Needs 13
School Preference Guidelines for Children with an Educaon Health Care Plan 13
Factors you should take account of when you tell us your preferred school 13
Factors the Local Authority takes account of when considering your preference 14
Specialist Placements 14
List of
Special Schools 15
List of Schools with a
Mainstream Ausm Base 15
Charges and allowances 16
Educaon 16
Voluntary Contribuons 16
Music Tuion 16
Oponal extras 17
Residenal Trips 17
Free School Meals 17
Worcestershire schools 18
How does the school system vary within the county? 18
Types of School 18
Worcestershire School Organisaon 19
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SECTION 1 20
Admissions to Middle Schools 20
SECTION 2 27
Applicaons on behalf of children arriving from overseas 27
SECTION 3 29
Glossary 29
SECTION 4 32
Living in a school catchment area or moving property 32
SECTION 5 34
Informaon about Worcestershire Middle Schools 34
SECTION 6 39
Area Pyramids indicang feeder schools 39
Useful links 56
Early Help 56
School Transport 56
School Term and Holiday dates 56
Find a School 56
Free School Meals 56
Admission Policies 2023-24 - Middle Schools 56
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Leer from the Director of Children’s Services
Dear Parent/Carer
Informaon for Parents and Carers
Worcestershire Children First have “good educaon for all” as one of its priority values and the informaon in this
booklet is intended to help you to access the full range of educaonal provision available for your child .
our vision
...........................
Worcestershire to be
a wonderful place for
all children and young
people to grow up.
our mission
..........................
Supporting children
and young people to
be happy, healthy
and safe.
our values
children at
our heart
...........................
We will keep
children and young
people at the heart
of everything
we do.
value family
life
...........................
We will support
and empower
parents to care
for their own
children.
good education
for all
...........................
We will value
education as the
best start in life
for all children and
young people.
protection
from harm
...........................
We will act in a
professional and
timely way to
protect children
from harm.
embrace
diversity
...........................
A progressive
culture of
championing
equality, diversity
and inclusion.
Deciding which school you would like to name as your preferred school for your son or daughter is an excing
opportunity, but it can also be somewhat daunng . There is a great range and diversity of schools oen within
the same immediate locality .
The simplest and most direct way to form a view on what best suits your child is usually to contact the
Headteacher of your local school to arrange a visit . Your local Headteacher will be delighted to welcome you to
the school, to show you the school’s facilies and to discuss the school’s achievements and strengths in relaon
to your child’s needs .
Worcestershire has a range of maintained, academy and free schools with parcular specialisms where pupils can
have both a broad and general curriculum and develop signicant experse in Technology, Languages, the Arts,
Sports,
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Science, Maths & Compung, Business & Enterprise . Many Worcestershire schools have achieved naonally
recognised awards and standards including Eco School Status, Basic Skills Quality Mark and Internaonal School
Award .
Many tens of thousands of pupils and students have enjoyed their educaon in Worcestershire and have moved
on to fullling careers. We want you to be equally delighted with the educaonal opportunies available to your
child.
Yours sincerely
Tina Russell,
Director of Children’s Services
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Important dates in the admissions process
If you live in Worcestershire and your child is due to start school in Recepon 2023, then you must apply for
his/her school place – the opening and closing dates for applicaons are as above.
Date Descripon
1 September 2022 Applicaons Open
15 January 2023 Closing Date
Spring Term 2023
Applicaons processed and informaon shared
between schools and neighbouring Local Authories
17 April 2023 School Oer Nocaon Date
Summer Term 2023 Admission appeals held by independent appeal panel.
If you live in Worcestershire and your child is due to start Middle School in 2023, then you must apply for his/her
school place – the opening and closing dates for applicaons are as above.
How do I apply?
• Apply online at School Admissions
• If you do not have access to the internet, you can get online at any one of the 21 Worcestershire libraries. To
nd your nearest library, visit Find my library.
• Library sta can support Worcestershire Library members who need assistance using computers. For further
informaon on becoming a member at Worcestershire Libraries
• Or telephone School Admissions on 01905 822700 if you need assistance.
Aer the closing date, you will need to telephone School Admissions on 01905 822700 to request a late
applicaon form.
Parents of children resident outside of Worcestershire
If you wish to apply for a place at any Worcestershire school, you must complete an applicaon provided by your
“home” LA. (The “home LA” is dened as the Local Authority relevant to the child’s home address). The “home”
LA will ensure that applicaon details are passed to Worcestershire LA for consideraon in the allocaon of school
places.
If you are not resident in Worcestershire, you should obtain admission details from your home LA, even if your
preferences include schools within Worcestershire (the contact details for all the neighbouring LA’s can be found
on the following page.
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Contact details
Worcestershire School Admissions
Address:
School Admissions
Worcestershire Children First
County Hall
Spetchley Lane
Worcester
WR5 2YA
Website:
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/SchoolAdmissions
Email:
schooladmissions@worcschildrenrst.org.uk
Telephone:
01905 822700
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Contact details for Neighbouring Authories
Parents who wish to consider schools maintained by other authories are strongly advised to contact the local
authority concerned to obtain informaon about those schools . Please note there may be dierent admission
policies in operaon .
Under the naonal, Co-ordinated Admission Arrangements, parents have to apply for School places to their home
LA . If you have any queries with regards to your home LA, details can be found at Find Your Local Council.
Birmingham LA (DfE No. 330)
Schools Admissions and Fair Access Service
Directorate for Educaon and Skills
PO Box 16513
Birmingham B2 2FF
Tel: 0121 303 1888
Email: [email protected]v.uk
Dudley LA (DfE No. 332)
Children’s Services Directorate
School Admissions Service
The Council House Priory Road Dudley DY1 1HF
Tel: 0300 555 2345
Email: admissions.cs@dudley.gov.uk
Gloucestershire LA (DfE No. 916)
Co-ordinated Admissions Commissioning for Learning
Gloucestershire County Council Shire Hall
Westgate Street Gloucester GL1 2TP
Tel: 01452 425407
Email: school.admissions@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Herefordshire LA (DfE No. 884)
School Admissions
Plough Lane Oces, Plough Lane Hereford HR4 0LE
Tel: 01432 260925/6
Email: schooladmissions@herefordshire.gov.uk
Web: www.herefordshire.gov.uk
Shropshire LA (DfE No. 893)
School Admissions Team Correspondence Address
Shropshire Council
Shire Hall Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 6ND
Tel: 03456 789008
Email: school-admissions@shropshire.gov.uk
Solihull LA (DfE No. 334)
School Admissions Team Council House
Manor Square Solihull B91 3QB
Tel: 0121 704 6693
Email: [email protected]v.uk
Staordshire LA (DfE No. 860)
School Admissions and Transport Service 2
Staordshire Place
Staord ST16 2DH
Tel: 0300 111 8007
Email: admissions@staordshire.gov.uk
Warwickshire LA (DfE No. 937)
School Admissions Service, hildren, Young People and
Families Directorate Salsford Oce Park
Ansell Way Warwick CV34 4UL
Tel: 01926 414143
Email: admissions@warwickshire.gov.uk
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Applying on-line
It’s quick, it’s easy and it’s safe.
As a Worcestershire resident you can make your applicaon on-line between 1 September 2022 and 15 January
2023 using Worcestershire’s on-line applicaon service.
Cizen Portal - Sign in (worcestershire.gov.uk)
The benets of applying on-line are:
“It’s easier
doing it
online than
it is lling
out a form
by hand”
“Very smooth
and easy
process”
•
The service is available
24
hours a day, 7 days a week
up to the closing date of
15 January 2023.
•
You will get an email to
conrm your applicaon
has been submied.
•
We will email your oer
on the
17 April 2023
- so
there is no need to wait
for a leer.
•
Alternavely, you can
log into the online service
to view your oer.
•
It's
quick and easy
to do.
•
The
sytem is secure
and
your informaon is
protected
.
If you aren’t a Worcestershire resident, use the online service for the Local Authority where you live.
99%
of applicaons for
2022 admissions
were made
online
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Important things to remember
• You must apply before 15 January 2023
• You must make an applicaon, even if you have an elder child already aending your
preferred school.
• You can name up to three schools on your applicaon. You are strongly advised to use all
three preferences to increase your chance of geng a preferred school.
• Understand the admission arrangements for each of your preferences. This will enable you
to assess what order of priority will be given for each preference.
• Be realisc about the schools you apply for. It’s recommended that you include your
catchment school as one of your three preferences. However please note that you are not
guaranteed a place at your catchment school. Check out which is your catchment school
using this link. Worcestershire County Council School Catchment search
• Don’t put schools as a preference if you would be unhappy with the oer of a place at that
school. It would be a waste of a preference if you were oered a place at a school that you
would not be happy with your child aending.
• All on-me applicaons to a school are considered at the same me. Priority is not given to
those who put the school rst.
• The order in which you list the schools is only used if you could be oered a place at more
than one school. In this case, you would be oered whichever of those schools was highest
on your applicaon form.
• Having gained admission for one child at a school does not guarantee a younger child will be
admied. Should the school be oversubscribed at the me of applicaon of a younger sibling,
catchment area may have a higher priority on the oversubscripon criteria.
• Having gained admission to a school of your preference, does not mean your child will have
highest priority for transfer to the high school. If the related high school is oversubscribed at
the me of transfer, your child might then have to move in a dierent direcon from other
children currently aending the same school.
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SEND Informaon, Advice and Support Service
The SEND Information, Advice and Support Service
provides Free, Confidential and Impartial support to
Children, Young People and their Parents with Special
Educational Needs and or Disabilities on matters
concerning Education, Health and Social Care.
We also provide guidance on Non-Curriculum
Issuessuch as Admissions, Exclusions, Attendance as
wellas information on Elective Home Education.
Contact our Advisers on:
Telephone Helpline: 01905 768153
E-mail: SENDIASS@worcestershire.gov.uk
Website: www.hwsendiass.co.uk
Facebook: HWSENDIASS
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Worcestershire Libraries
Join Worcestershire Libraries
and discover the many benets of
FREE library membership!
A library card is your passport to a wealth of library services at 21 libraries
across Worcestershire and online through the Digital Library Hub.
Follow Us:
@WorcestershireLibraries
@WorcsLibraries
Worcestershire Libraries
Find out
what your
local library
can do
for you!
Libraries are free and accessible for everyone!
Visit: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/libraries or call 01905 822722
Libraries support the educaon and
aspiraons of young people: diverse
reading material, online reference
sources, study tools, e-books, e-audio
and e-magazines and reading challenges.
Libraries support digital
inclusion: free access to
public computers, internet
and Wi-Fi, digital champion
support and coding clubs.
Libraries improve skill levels and
help people into work: volunteering
and work experience opportunies,
online study assistance for sixth
formers, adult learning courses,
employability webinars and job
clubs.
Libraries enrich lives and promote
creavity: Bounce and Rhyme
sessions, cra groups, author
talks, live-streamed cultural
events and an opportunity to
become Worcestershire’s next
Young Poet Laureate.
Libraries improve health and
wellbeing through opportunies
to engage and connect: social
connecng groups, self-help
‘Reading Well’ book collecons,
Study Happy sessions at The Hive.
Libraries are a gateway
for budding entrepreneurs
to get business advice,
informaon, signposng
and support from BIPC
Worcestershire.
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Special Educaonal Needs
School Preference Guidelines for Children with an Educaon Health Care Plan
Please apply online through School Admissions and ck the box which indicates whether your child has an
Educaon Health Care Plan . If your child aends a mainstream seng and you are requesng a place in a special
school or specialist provision (including a place at a Mainstream Ausm Base), then you must also indicate a
mainstream choice as well.
If your child/young person has an Educaon Health Care Plan, and they are moving from Middle to High/
Secondary School, or Primary to High/Secondary School in September 2023, your applicaon will need to be
made by the naonal closing date 31st October 2022.
If your preference is for a place in the Mainstream Ausm Base at one of the schools which oers this
provision (please see list below), please select this as appropriate and make this clear on your applicaon.
If your child currently aends Fort Royal Special School, you will need to apply online through School
Admissions and they will pass your applicaon on to SEND Services who will process your request.
NB If your child has an Educaon Health Care Plan and is due to move from First to Middle School, you will
also need to apply by 31st October 2022 for your request to be dealt with (even though the closing date for
Middle School applicaons is dierent).
School Admissions will pass your applicaon over to SEND Services who will then process your request. An
amended Educaon, Health Care Plan will be sent to you in January 2023 followed by the nal Plan in February
2023 which will name your child’s school for September 2023.
Factors you should take account of when you tell us your preferred school
• Most children/young people with special needs go to their local mainstream seng, school or college.
• Special schools are for the children/young people with the most severe and complex special educaonal
needs. There are very few unoccupied places in special schools, and it is important that these are available for
the children/young people with the greatest needs.
• Our home to school transport policy recognises that not all children/young people are able to walk to their
educaonal establishment . Children under 8 are expected to walk up to 2 miles, and children 8 and over are
expected to walk up to 3 miles. These are called the “statutory walking distances”. Parents are expected to
accompany their children within the statutory walking distance.
• If you select a school/seng for your child/young person that is not the nearest school/seng of its’ kind to
where you live, then your child/young person would not receive home to school transport, even if they qualify
on the basis of their special needs. This is because there is a closer school/seng to where you live . It will be
a parental responsibility to provide appropriate transport to convey their child/young person to and from this
seng. The Local Authority will not, at any me, be nancially or otherwise responsible for providing transport
provision.
• Some children/young people are eligible for free home to school transport if they are unable to walk for
reasons of severe mobility dicules or other severe needs that mean a child/young person could not walk
the distance, even with parental supervision.
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Factors the Local Authority takes account of when considering your preference
The law gives high priority to the school/instuon preferred by a parent . If you would like your child/young
person, however severe his or her special educaonal needs, to go to a mainstream seng, school or college we
will almost always comply with the EHCP .
The main factors we consider in making the decision, about which seng your child/young person can aend,
are:
• Whether the school/instuon you have named is able to make the provision.
• Whether the needs of your child/young person are compable with the provision of ecient educaon for
other children/young people.
• Whether there is an available place – in specialist provision, we plan ahead by funding places for the year
in advance . Special school places and specialist bases in mainstream schools are funded for the pupils with
higher level needs who need focused and specialist provision.
• Costs – if you have asked us to name a school or instuon where the costs of that place are greater than
another provision that is also suitable, then we may not be able to comply with your preference.
The Law says if you suggest the name of a maintained school or other instuon, we must name that school or
instuon in part I of the EHCP unless:
a. the school is unsuitable for a child’s/young person’s age, ability or aptude or for his/her special educaonal
needs; or
b. the aendance of a child/young person at the school would be incompable with the provision of ecient
educaon for the children/young people with whom he/she would be educated, or the ecient use of
resources.
If we do not name your preferred school in the EHCP, we will explain why.
If we name an Educaonal Establishment and you decide to make your own arrangements to place your
child/young person in an independent school, or to home educate him/her, we will need to be sure that the
arrangements you have made are suitable. If you do this, we will write to you to explain what this means in more
detail.
If you choose an Educaonal Establishment that is not the nearest suitable Educaonal Establishment your child/
young person will probably not be entled to free home to school transport, so we will want to be sure that you
can arrange for your child/young person to aend your preferred Educaonal Establishment. It will be a parental
responsibility to provide appropriate transport to convey their child/young person to and from school. The Local
Authority will not, at any me, be nancially or otherwise responsible for providing transport provision.
Specialist Placements
Most children/young people with special needs go to their local mainstream seng, school or college. Special
schools are for the children/young people with the most severe and complex special educaonal needs. There are
very few unoccupied places in special schools, and it is important that these are available for the children/young
people with the greatest needs.
If your preference is for your child/young person to be considered for a Special School, then you will need to also
apply online through School Admissions and they will pass your applicaon on to SEND Services who will then
process your request.
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List of
Special Schools
Chadsgrove School
Ages: 2 to 19 years old
Address: Meadow Road, Bromsgrove, B61 0JL
Fort Royal School
Ages: 3 to 11 years.
Address: Wylds Lane, Worcester, WR5 1DR
Pitcheroak School
Ages: 4 to 19 years.
Address: Willow Way, Redditch, B97 6PQ
Regency High School
Ages: 11 to 19 years
Address: Windermere Road, Worcester, WR4 9JL
Rigby Hall School
Ages: 3 to 18 years
Address: Rigby Lane, Bromsgrove, B60 2EP
Riversides School
Ages: 7 to 16 years (with Social, Emoonal and
Mental Health Dicules)
Address: Thorneloe Road, Barbourne, Worcester,
WR1 3HZ
The Kingsher School
Ages: 7 to 16 years (with Social, Emoonal and
Mental Health Dicules)
Address: Clion Close, Matchborough, Redditch, B98
0HF
The Vale of Evesham School
Ages: 2 to 19 years
Address: Four Pools Lane, Evesham, WR11 1BN
Wyre Forest School
Ages: 3 to 19 years
Address: Habberley Road, Kidderminster, DY11 6FA
List of Schools with a
Mainstream Ausm Base
Abbey Park Middle School
Pershore
Beaconside Primary School
Rubery
Chaddesley Corbe Primary School
Kidderminster
Dyson Perrins High School
Malvern
King Charles 1 High School
Kidderminster
Meadows Primary School
Bromsgrove
Parkside Middle School
Bromsgrove
North Bromsgrove High School
Bromsgrove
Oldbury Park Primary School
Worcester
Pershore High School
Pershore
Tudor Grange Academy
Redditch
Walkwood Middle School
Redditch
Waseley Hills High School
Rubery
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Charges and allowances
Secons 449-462 of the Educaon Act 1996 sets out the law on charging for school acvies in schools
maintained by local authories in England. Academies (including free schools, studio schools and university
technical colleges) are required through their funding agreements to comply with the law on charging for school
acvies. The Board of Governors/Academy Trust of each school are required to publish their determined
Charging and Remissions policy within the school prospectus. Parents and carers are advised to contact the
preferred school for a copy.
Guidance on charging for school acvies from the Department for Educaon is as below:
Educaon
School governing bodies and local authories, cannot charge for:
• an admission applicaon to any state funded school - paragraph 1.9 (n) of the ‘School Admissions Code 2021’
rules out requests for nancial contribuons as any part of the admissions process;
• educaon provided during school hours (including the supply of any materials, books, instruments or other
equipment);
• educaon provided outside school hours if it is part of the naonal curriculum, or part of a syllabus for a
prescribed public examinaon that the pupil is being prepared for at the school, or part of religious educaon;
• instrumental or vocal tuion, for pupils learning individually or in groups, unless the tuion is provided at the
request of the pupil’s parent;
• entry for a prescribed public examinaon, if the pupil has been prepared for it at the school; and
• examinaon re-sit(s) if the pupil is being prepared for the re-sit(s) at the school.
In general, no charge can be made for adming pupils to maintained schools. Where educaon is provided
wholly or mainly during school hours, it should be free. It is therefore not possible to levy a compulsory charge for
transport, admission costs for swimming lessons or visits to museums, etc. during school hours.
The Local Authority or Board of Governors/Academy Trust may not charge for anything unless they have drawn
up a statement of general policy on charging. The Board of Governors/Academy Trust policy may be more or less
generous than the LA’s, as long as it meets the requirements of the law.
Voluntary Contribuons
Headteachers or Board of Governors/Academy Trust may ask parents for a voluntary contribuon towards the cost of:
• any acvity that takes place during school hours
• school equipment
• school funds generally
The contribuon must be genuinely voluntary, though, and the pupils of parents who are unable or unwilling to
contribute may not be discriminated against. Where there are not enough voluntary contribuons to make the
acvity possible, and there is no way to make up the shorall, then it must be cancelled.
Music Tuion
Although the law states that, in general, all educaon provided during school hours must be free, instrumental
and vocal music tuion is an excepon to that rule.
The Charges for Music Tuion (England) Regulaons 2007 set out the circumstances in which charges can be
made for tuion in playing a musical instrument, including vocal tuion. They allow charging for tuion in larger
groups than was previously the case .
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Charges may now be made for vocal or instrumental tuion provided either individually, or to groups of any size,
provided that the tuion is provided at the request of the pupil’s parent. Charges may not exceed the cost of the
provision, including the cost of the sta who provide the tuion.
Oponal extras
Charges may be made for some acvies that are known as ‘oponal extras’ . Where an oponal extra is being
provided, a charge can be made for providing materials, books, instruments, or equipment . For a full copy of the
DfE guidance visit Charging for school acvies .
Residenal Trips
Schools are permied to charge for the cost of board and lodging during residenal school trips . This cost must
not exceed the actual cost of the provision . Parents must be informed about a forthcoming visit, it must be made
clear that parents who can prove they are in receipt of any of the following benets will be exempt from paying
the cost of board and lodging:
• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under Part VI of the Immigraon and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of
no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks aer you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit - if you apply on or aer 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a
year (aer tax and not including any benets you get)
(The criteria that entle families to an exempon from paying for the cost of board & lodging has been aligned
with free school meals criteria.)
Where the trip takes place wholly or mainly during school hours, children whose parents are in receipt of a free
school meal entlement will also be entled to the remission of these charges.
A similar entlement applies where the trip takes place outside school hours but is necessary as part of the
Naonal Curriculum, or forms part of the syllabus for a prescribed examinaon that the school is preparing the
pupil to sit, or the syllabus for religious educaon.
For a full copy of the DfE guidance visit Charging for school acvies.
(Informaon above correct at me of going to print but eligibility thresholds are reviewed regularly by central
government)
Free School Meals
Please visit Free School Meals for charges and allowances informaon.
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Worcestershire schools
How does the school system vary within the county?
All schools in the County are co-educaonal, and all high schools are comprehensive . However, there are
dierent types of school and there are also dierences across the County in the age groups that the schools
provide for, as explained below .
Types of School
Academies (A)
Academies are publicly funded independent schools . The governing body/academy trust have responsibility for
managing the academy and have responsibility for deciding the arrangements for adming pupils including their
own admissions criteria . Academies don’t have to follow the naonal curriculum and can set their own term mes
. They sll have to follow the same rules on admissions, special educaonal needs and exclusions as other state
schools . Academies get money direct from the government, not the local council . They’re run by an academy
trust which employs the sta . Some academies have sponsors such as businesses, universies, other schools,
faith groups or voluntary groups . Sponsors are responsible for improving the performance of their schools .
Free Schools (FR)
Free schools are funded by the government but aren’t run by the local council. Free Schools are non-prot
making, independent, state-funded schools . They’re ‘all-ability’ schools, so can’t use academic selecon processes
like a grammar school . Free schools can set their own pay and condions for sta, change the length of school
terms and the school day and don’t have to follow the naonal curriculum . Free schools can be set up by
charies, universies, independent schools, community and faith groups, teachers, parents and businesses .
The governing body have responsibility for managing the Free School and have responsibility for deciding the
arrangements for adming pupils including their own admissions criteria .
Community (C) and Voluntary Controlled (VC) Schools
Worcestershire Local Authority (LA) is the admission authority i .e . it has responsibility for deciding the
arrangements for adming pupils to Community (C) and Voluntary Controlled (VC) schools including the
admissions criteria.
Community schools are controlled by the local council and not inuenced by business or religious groups.
Foundaon (FD) and Voluntary Aided (VA) Schools
The governing body is the admissions authority i.e. it has responsibility for deciding the arrangements for
adming pupils including their own admissions criteria. Voluntary Aided schools have to follow the naonal
curriculum, but they can choose what they teach in religious studies. Foundaon schools and Voluntary Aided
schools may have dierent admissions criteria and stang policies, although anyone can apply for a place.
The individual school governing body is responsible for determining admission and appeal arrangements for
Academies (A), Foundaon (FD), Free (FR) and Voluntary Aided (VA) Schools. You will nd details of the various
admissions policies using this link: hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/policiesandappeals. For more detailed
informaon on types of school visit: hps://www.gov.uk/types-of-school.
Elecve Home Educaon (EHE)
Under Secon 7 of the Educaon Act 1996 parents have a legal responsibility to provide their child with an
educaon either by regular school aendance or Otherwise . Under this duty parents can decide to take personal,
including nancial, responsibility for their child’s educaon and this is known as Elecve Home Educaon (EHE).
Informaon on Elecve Home Educaon is made available through the SEND Informaon, Advice and Support
Service by telephoning: 01905 768153 or at: hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/homeeducaon.
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Worcestershire School Organisaon
In the County there are two systems: Please refer to area informaon for details.
Three-Tier System
The three-er system consists of rst schools for pupils from 4 to 8, 9 or 10 years, middle schools for pupils from
8, 9 or 10 years to 12 or 13 years, and high schools which provide for pupils of 12 or 13 years to 18 years.
Two-Tier System
In some other areas of Worcestershire, there is a two-er system of primary schools for pupils up to the age of
11, with high schools for pupils over the age of 11.
There are also some dierences in the way high schools are organised . Some schools have Sixth Forms and some
do not.
How to nd out about schools?
We have included key informaon about all Worcestershire schools (except independent schools) in this book .
If you have access to the internet you can nd further informaon about schools, including each schools latest
OFSTED report, at: hps://www.get-informaon-schools.service.gov.uk.
Each school publishes its own prospectus and will have a website you can visit to nd out more informaon.
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SECTION 1
Admissions to Middle Schools
Admission authories can review their arrangements annually. The informaon given in this secon of the
book applies only to admissions into Year 4, Year 5 or Year 6 in the school year 2023 - 2024 and may change in
future years.
Please be aware:
• It is a parent/carers responsibility to ensure that their applicaon is submied on me .
• Living in catchment, or having a sibling already at the school gives no guarantee that your child will gain a
place at the catchment school or school where the sibling is aending.
• If you are in the process of moving at the me of your applicaon you MUST provide School Admissions with
some rm independent evidence of when you will actually begin to live there . This evidence must be provided
before the relevant closing date for applicaons. This is also applicable if you are moving property and wish to
have your applicaon considered from your new property, or wish to make changes to on me preferences aer
the closing date. See Secon 1.7 regarding late applicaons and further details on moving property.
1.1 Parental Responsibility
The law allows any parent/carer that has parental responsibility for a child to express a preference as to which
school they would like the child to aend . Should more than one parent have parental responsibility for a child,
both parents should be in agreement over the preferences expressed prior to the applicaon being submied.
Where more than one parent submits an applicaon for a child, or where there is a parent not in agreement
with the preferences, the Local Authority and any admission authority applied for, legally has to comply with
the preferences expressed . If this is not the same, then parents will have to seek resoluon and if necessary
legal resoluon . It may be necessary for the courts to determine which parent can make the nal decision
on schooling. Failure to ensure agreement prior to submission, may result in a delay in any applicaon being
processed.
When subming your applicaon, as part of the terms and condions, you will be required to conrm that
parents are in agreement with the preferences expressed, this will also apply if you wish to transfer in year. If it is
subsequently determined that agreement was not made prior to the applicaon being submied, it could result in
the withdrawal of the oer of a place, if it is determined that the informaon supplied was intenonally misleading
or fraudulent.
1.2 What is considered to be the Home Address for your child?
Each admission authority will have a way of determining home address . You must check with the relevant school
to nd out how this is dened. In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled schools, home is dened as
the only or main permanent residenal address, at the closing date for applicaons, where the child usually resides
and which is the usual address of the parent/carer with main responsibility for the child . Where parents/carers
have shared responsibility, the child’s home address will usually be considered to be that of the parent/carer with
whom the child lives for the majority of the school week (eg three or more days out of ve Monday to Friday
during term-me).
Where care is split equally, parent/carers must provide independent supporng documentary evidence to prove
that care is equally split . In such cases the address used will be determined by random selecon (loery) . Legal
and Democrac Services who are totally independent of School Admissions will supervise this process .
Documentary evidence of home address may be required, including evidence that the child and his or her main
parent/carer will be resident at the address at the date of admission . An oer of a place may not be made, or may
be withdrawn, if acceptable proof of residence is not provided when requested.
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1.3 Which school can your child aend?
The law says that the Local Authority (LA) must give parents the chance to state their preference for the school
they wish their child to aend. The law does not give parents/carers an absolute right to “choose” the school
for their child. It is important to nd out the name of the catchment area school for the home address of your
child and you can do this by either vising School Admissions and following the link to Find a School or by
telephoning: 01905 822700.
You may apply for other schools (other than the catchment area school), including Academy, Foundaon, Free
or Voluntary Aided Schools. Details of the co-ordinated admissions arrangements can be found at Determined
Admission Policies 2023-2024.
Under Secon 7 of the Educaon Act 1996 parents have a legal responsibility to provide their child with an
educaon either by regular school aendance or Otherwise. Under this duty parents can decide to take personal,
including nancial, responsibility for their child’s educaon and this is known as Elecve Home Educaon (EHE).
Informaon on Elecve Home Educaon is made available through the SEND Informaon, Advice and Support
Service or by telephoning: 01905 768153.
Important Consideraons for you to note:
If your child is admied to a middle school school of your preference, your child may not have the highest
priority for transfer to the related high school.
If the related high school is oversubscribed at the me of transfer, your child might then have to move in a
dierent direcon from other children aending the middle school.
Having gained admission to a middle school of your preference does not mean that younger siblings will
automacally gain admission to the same school . Should the school be oversubscribed at the me of applicaon
of a younger sibling, catchment area children may have a higher priority on the oversubscripon criteria .
Applicaons where a preference is expressed for a parcular school, on me, will take precedence in relaon
to the school over where, a preference is expressed for a parcular school, aer the closing date. In both
of these instances, they will have precedence over those where no preference, for a parcular school, is
expressed, even if that is your catchment school.
You should give careful consideraon to the means by which your child will travel to school. Informaon about
School Transport is available at School Transport
1.4 How do you apply for a place at a Middle School
The parents of ALL pupils resident in Worcestershire, including parents whose preference is for the catchment
area school for the child’s home address, seeking a place at any middle School, including any Academy,
Foundaon, Free or Voluntary Aided School, and any School outside Worcestershire, must complete a
Worcestershire on-line applicaon by the closing date – 15th January 2023. If you are unable to apply on-line
contact School Admissions on 01905 822700 for assistance.
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Worcestershire parents are invited to state three preferences. All preferences are treated as equal inially, and
the oversubscripon criteria applied to each preference. If it is possible to make a potenal oer at more than one
school, then the nal oer will be the school ranked highest on the applicaon. (See paragraph 1.10 below).
Please be aware that dierent LAs and Academies, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary Aided Schools may have
dierent admissions criteria, and therefore it is strongly advised that you ensure that you have understood
the informaon that is available from each LA/School, before stang a preference on an applicaon. The
Admissions Criteria for Worcestershire Academy, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary Aided Schools can be found
at School Admissions & Appeals 2023-2024.
Please make contact with the School Admissions Teams of any of the relevant LAs, if further informaon is
required. (The contact details for all the neighbouring LAs can be found in Part A)
Parents seeking a place at an Academy, Foundaon, Free or Voluntary Aided School or schools outside
Worcestershire must:
• obtain from the school a prospectus which will explain if you need to provide/complete supplementary
informaon/forms;
• complete a Worcestershire on-line applicaon naming your school preferences.
The parents of pupils resident outside Worcestershire, but who wish to apply for a place at any Worcestershire
school, must complete an applicaon provided by the “home” LA. (The “home” LA is dened as the Local Authority
relevant to the child’s home address). The “home” LA will ensure that the applicaon details are passed onto
Worcestershire LA for consideraon in the allocaon of school places . If you are not resident in Worcestershire,
then you should obtain admission details from your home LA, even if your preferences include schools within
Worcestershire. You can nd the contact details for other Local Authories on page 6.
It is very important that applicaons are received no later than the date indicated in paragraph 1.9.
Late applicaons are always considered, though it may not be possible to allocate a place in the school you
prefer, if it is oversubscribed, even if the school is the catchment area school for your child’s home address – (See
paragraph 1.11 about late applicaons) .
You should inform the Headteacher of the allocated school, and School Admissions if you are withdrawing your
applicaon for any reason. School Admissions and the Headteacher must be noed immediately of any change
in the child’s home address. Independent documentary evidence will be required . Please note the deadlines
for receiving this informaon are in line with the policy on late applicaons, including late changes to on me
applicaons –(see paragraph 1.7).
1.5 When should you apply?
Places in recepon classes are allocated on the basis of applicaons received on or before the closing date of:
15th January 2023 for admissions in the school year September 2023 to August 2024.
Parents who do not wish their children to start unl they have reached compulsory school age must discuss their
intenons with the school, and must also apply for a school place by, 15th January 2023, so that their applicaon
can be considered. (See also paragraph 1.3 to 1.5 above) .
From 1st September 2022 unl the closing date 15th January 2023 applicaons can be made by at School
Admissions. If you do not have access to the internet please contact School Admissions on 01905 822700.
Details/preferences on an on-line applicaon can be amended and re-submied right up unl the closing date,
15th January 2023. (Remember to resubmit any changes you make and keep a copy of the email you receive to
conrm the submission)
Any requests to amend details/preferences aer the closing date, must be made in wring or sent via email to
School Admissions. Any such requests will only be accepted where:
a. where a family have just moved address, (Secon 4- living in a catchment area);
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b. where it is agreed by School Admissions, that individual circumstances apply and the delay was reasonable
given the circumstances of the case;
In all circumstances, independent supporng documentary informaon will need to be provided.
For applicaons aer the closing date, including late changes to on me preferences, please refer to paragraph
1.7 below.
If you are not resident in Worcestershire, then you must apply through your ‘home’ Local Authority, even if
your preferences include schools within Worcestershire.
PROOF OF APPLICATION – It is the parent/carers responsibility to ensure a receipt is obtained when
making an applicaon.
PLEASE RETAIN ANY RECEIPT AS PROOF OF APPLICATION
Applicaons made on-line will receive a return receipt via email once the applicaon has been submied.
(PLEASE RETAIN AS PROOF OF SUBMISSION)
Paper applicaon forms have a detachable receipt – see form for details.
(PLEASE RETAIN AS PROOF OF SUBMISSION)
The Local Authority will not accept that an applicaon form has been submied unless you can provide
either of the above as proof. This will mean that your applicaon will be classed as Late.
1.6 How are places allocated?
School Admissions will send details to its Academy, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary Aided Schools, of all
applicaons received for that school, irrespecve of ranking, for inial consideraon, and also to neighbouring
LAs, who will then apply their own oversubscripon criteria.
School Admissions will then receive the outcome of these inial consideraons, and will compare against lists
of potenal oers at other schools nominated on the applicaon, to idenfy any pupils, who may potenally
be oered more than one place . If this is the case, then the single oer will be the higher ranked school on the
applicaon.
If no place is available at your second or third preference schools as well, or if you have not expressed a
second/ third preference, the Home Local Authority will name an alternave school with places available.
This will normally be the nearest school to where you live that sll has available places. It is therefore very
important to use your three preferences to try and ensure you do not receive an oer at a school you do not
wish your child to aend.
1.7 What if you are applying or want to change your applicaon aer the closing date – Late
Applicaons?
To make an applicaon aer the closing date of 15th January 2023, you will need to make a late applicaon
on-line or you can contact us via email at schooladmissions@worcschildrenrst.org.uk or by contacng 01905
822700 if you need assistance.
Between 16th January 2023 and 28th February 2023, it is likely that a number of late applicaons (this includes all
requests to amend applicaons previously submied) will be received . The Council has agreed in its’ co-ordinated scheme
to accept late applicaons, or changes to on me applicaons, for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools within
Worcestershire, within this me-frame, and treat them as being on me, only in the following circumstances;
a. where a family have just moved address, (Secon 4 - living in a catchment area);
b. where it is agreed by School Admissions, that individual circumstances apply and the delay was reasonable
given the circumstances of the case;
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In each case independent supporng documentary evidence will need to be submied with the applicaon. In
all other circumstances, or if the applicaon is not received unl aer 28th February 2023, late applicaons
(including late changes to on me applicaons), will receive a lower priority, and will only be considered aer
the applicaons received (or deemed to be) on me.
NB. If the late applicaon is for an Academy, Foundaon, Free or Voluntary Aided School, or a school outside
Worcestershire, it will be necessary to refer to the late applicaon policy of the school or the LA, in whose area
the school is located.
All applicaons received aer 28th February 2023 for the intake year, must be submied to School Admissions,
and will be processed as soon as possible. An oer, or refusal of a school place, will be given by School
Admissions, on behalf of the relevant admission authority.
If making an applicaon aer the start of the Autumn Term (1st September 2023) please refer to In-Year Transfer
Booklet.
1.8 Who has responsibility for the allocaon of places?
For Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools, decisions are made by School Admissions. The Headteacher of
the school involved is not in a posion to oer your child a place. For Academy, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary
Aided Schools decisions are made by the governing body/trust of the individual schools . For explanaon of
school types – see Secon 8A Glossary.
1.9 When are decisions made?
Oers will be issued on 17th April 2023. They will be issued direct to parents, by School Admissions, even if it
is on behalf of the governing body of an Academy, Foundaon, Free or Voluntary Aided School, or a school in a
neighbouring LA.
In the few cases, where it may not be possible to oer a place at any of the preferences nominated on the
applicaon, a place will normally be oered at the nearest school with places sll available.
The acceptance or decline of the oer must be made by the date specied.
For pupils not resident in Worcestershire, the oer or refusal will be sent direct to parents by the home LA, even if
it is for a school in Worcestershire.
1.10 Waing Lists
If your applicaon for your preferred school is unsuccessful, you will have the opportunity to go onto a waing list.
You should be aware that a school waing list is an acve document. As parents request for their children to be
included on the list the posion of an individual child already on the list can change. A waing list does not give
priority based simply on the date an applicaon was added to the list, priority is based on the oversubscripon
policy of the school.
Waing lists for Academy, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary Aided Schools, are maintained by the individual
schools and parents will need to contact the school directly, to establish the waing list procedure in place at
those schools .
Waing lists for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools, are maintained by School Admissions, and
parents need to apply, in order to be included . These waing lists will be maintained unl the 31st July 2024.
Only on receipt of an acknowledgement leer from School Admissions will that child be on the list.
Important Informaon:
• All parents will be given a date by which they must respond to their oer of a school place, this gives every
parent the opportunity to request to go onto waing lists. Once that specied date has gone past, the waing
lists will be collated and priorised in line with the published admission arrangements. This is likely to take a
number of weeks, depending on the number of requests.
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• Once the waing lists are collated and priorised, School Admissions will begin the process of reallocang any
vacancies for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools. School Admissions will also be noed by any
Academy, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary Aided Schools of any vacancies and new allocaons from waing
lists, to be made on behalf of their Governors/Trusts.
• School Admissions will contact you directly if they are able to oer a place to your child from any waing list .
• You will only be contacted with regards to an oer and would ask that you allow School Admissions sucient
me to deal with all requests and new oers . This is likely to be 4 weeks aer the deadline date for
responses.
• Aer that stage you will be able to nd out your child’s posion on any waing list, but not before.
1.11 Can I appeal against the refusal of a place at my preferred school?
Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools (including Sixth Forms)
If the parental preference cannot be met, you may, if you wish, appeal against the decision . Appeals by parents,
seng out the grounds upon which the appeal is made, should be submied in wring to School Admissions, by
the deadline published on the Worcestershire County Council website at Appealing an Admissions Decision.
Appeals are heard by an independent appeal panel and whether your appeal is successful is likely to depend on
the merits of your case.
1.12 Second Appeal
The Code of Pracce on School Admission Appeals, Secon 5 (page 23) covers the issue of second appeals for
the same school in the same school year . “Appellants do not have the right to a second appeal for the same
school for the same academic year unless, in exceponal circumstances, the admission authority accepts a second
applicaon because of a signicant and material change in circumstances.”
Academy, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary Aided Schools
Separate appeals procedures and arrangements exist to consider decisions by Academy, Foundaon, Free and
Voluntary Aided Schools . The arrangements are published by the Governors/Trust of the schools and should
be obtained from the school directly . All admission appeals must be heard by an independent panel, with no
connecon to the school.
1.13 What happens if you are moving into a new area?
Where families with children of school age are moving into a new area, parents should at the earliest opportunity
either enquire at schools in the area or contact the Local Authority School Admissions Secon in the area . You
will be required to provide independent documentary evidence as proof of move to support any applicaon you
may make .
If your move falls outside of the normal admissions round then please refer to the In-Year Admissions Booklet.
Please be aware that in the case of In-Year Admissions, we are unable to reserve places in the event that
further applicaons may be received, this means we will not be able to process your applicaon more than 6
weeks in advance of the date you require the place.
Please be aware that some schools may well already be full at the me of your applicaon.
1.14 How many children may be admied to each school?
The County Council has a duty to ensure the provision of ecient educaon and the ecient use of resources.
Schools cannot be permied to become over-crowded . The number of pupils that may be admied to a school in
the relevant year group (Recepon intake in the case of First/Primary Schools) is known as the Published Admission
Number (PAN). NB Please be aware that this number is not necessarily for other year groups in the school.
Details are given in Secon 5 of this book for the Recepon intake in 2023 . (As at me of compleon July 2022)
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1.15 Children of UK service personnel (UK Armed Forces)
The School Admissions Code species that, for families of service personnel with a conrmed posng to their
area, or crown servants returning from overseas to live in that area, admission authories must:
a. allocate a place in advance of the family arriving in the area (as long as one is available), provided the
applicaon is accompanied by an ocial leer that declares a relocaon date. Admission authories must not
refuse to process an applicaon and must not refuse a place solely because the family do not yet have an
intended address, or do not yet live in the area.
b. use the address at which the child will live when applying their oversubscripon criteria, as long as the parents
provide some evidence of their intended address. Admission authories must use a Unit or quartering address
as the child’s home address when considering the applicaon against their oversubscripon criteria, where a
parent requests this.
c. n ot reserve blocks of places for these children.
d. ensure that arrangements in their area support the Government’s commitment to removing disadvantage
for service children. Arrangements must be appropriate for the area and be described in the local authority’s
composite prospectus.
In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools, the admission arrangements ensure that the
applicaon is accepted in advance and the address is accepted as if the child were resident at that address
immediately. Should any vacancy exist then that place can be allocated in advance This is in line with the
mandatory requirements of the Code. However, where no vacancy exists the approved admissions policy does
not admit these children above the PAN. The arrangements in place are considered appropriate for Community
and Voluntary Controlled Schools in Worcestershire, where very few applicaons under these circumstances are
received . In the case of an Academy, Foundaon, Free and Voluntary Aided Schools you will need to contact the
schools directly to nd out how they deal with this type of applicaon.
1.16 Admission of Children outside of their normal age group
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal age group, for example, if the child is gied and talented or
has experienced problems such as ill health, eecvely in the year group below or above their chronological age group.
In the case of a Community or Voluntary Controlled School the Local Authority must make the decision based on the
circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned. In the case of a Community or Voluntary
Controlled School the Local Authority will request the head teacher of the school to take account of the parent’s views;
informaon about the child’s academic, social and emoonal development; where relevant, their medical history and the
views of a medical professional; whether they have previously been educated out of their normal age group; and whether
they may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not for being born prematurely.
in order to reach a decision as to whether or not it is appropriate for the individual child to delay or accelerate their entry
into school and be taught permanently behind or ahead of their chronological age group . The reasons for the decision
must be clearly set out .
In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled schools, the Local Authority is the Admission Authority and any decision
made for this type of school will apply to all Community and Voluntary Controlled schools within the same educaonal
seng. Academy, Voluntary Aided, Foundaon and Free schools are own Admission Authority schools and can, if required
make their own decision . There is no guarantee that the decision will be honoured by all other admission authories.
This process must be completed in advance of the closing date of 15th January 2023, in the event that the delayed
or accelerated entry is not approved, parents will need to make an applicaon in me for the 2023 intake. Should the
delayed or accelerated entry be approved you will receive details of how to proceed with an applicaon.
Please be aware that even if delayed or accelerated entry is agreed, the normal admission arrangements apply and there is
no guarantee of a place. You should therefore give careful consideraon to requesng delayed or accelerated entry.
If this is something you wish to discuss further then please contact 01905 822700. Further informaon can be
found in our Policy on Delayed and Accelerated Transfer
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SECTION 2
Applicaons on behalf of children arriving from overseas
In most cases, foreign naonal children in the UK have the right to aend schools in England. School admission
authories must not refuse to admit a child on the basis of their naonality or immigraon status nor remove
them from roll on this basis. It is the responsibility of parents to check that their children have a right, under their
visa entry condions, to study at a school.
Children aged under 18 can enter the UK, as a dependant of a foreign naonal who has seled status in the UK,
as a dependant of their parent(s) who are in the UK on a work visa or Student visa, or who are part of a family
entering or residing in the UK under the immigraon route for Brish Naonal (Overseas) cizens and their
dependants.
These dependant children are entled to enter the country and can study at a state-funded or independent
school once in the UK. Dependant children of a person on the BN(O) route must make an applicaon, under the
BN(O) immigraon route, at the same me as their parent(s). Dependant children who do not arrive in the UK at
the same me as their parents, would need to apply for a visa separately as a dependant child.
Processing applicaons from parents moving to England
Parents who are not UK or Irish naonals should check they, and their children, have a right to reside in the UK
before applying for a school place in England. It is not the responsibility of the admission authority or co-ordinated
local authority to check.
A school admission authority cannot refuse to admit a child unl the school to which the parents have applied
is full (it has reached its published admission number). Parents who are moving or returning to the UK and who
apply for a place in England must therefore have their applicaons for state-funded schools considered. Where a
place is refused, admission authories must oer an appeal to an independent appeals panel.
If an applicaon is made from another country, local authories should consider the applicaon as adequate proof
of an intenon to move or return to the area and include it within the local authority co-ordinated process.
A local authority should not refuse an applicaon made from overseas (or from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,
the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands), on the grounds that the applicant does not currently live in its area.
Establishing ‘home’ address
Each admission authority will have a way of determining home address. You must check with the relevant school
to nd out how this is dened. In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled schools, home is dened as
the only or main residenal address, at the closing date for applicaons, where the child usually resides and which
is the usual address of the parent/carer with main responsibility for the child.
If you are in the process of moving to live in the relevant catchment area at the me of your applicaon you need
to provide School Admissions with some rm independent evidence of when you will actually begin to live there .
This evidence must be provided before the relevant closing date for applicaons . This is also applicable if you are
moving property and wish to have your applicaon considered from your new property .
• If your move involves the purchase of a property you will need to provide appropriate wrien independent
evidence (in the form of a leer from your solicitors) that contracts for the purchase have been exchanged
and of the actual or expected compleon date.
• If your move involves the renng of a property you will need to provide appropriate wrien independent
evidence (eg from an estate agent or solicitor) of the tenancy agreement or lease including the start date.
• If your move involves your returning to live in a property you already own you will need to provide
appropriate wrien independent evidence of the date when you will resume living in the property and that
you intend to remain living there for the present.
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• If your move involves any other circumstances you will need to provide appropriate wrien independent
evidence of the date when you begin to live there, the arrangements you will have for living there and the
length of me for which you envisage staying there.
Admission authories must consider all applicaons and should not refuse an applicaon simply because a parent
or child currently lives in another country.
Withdrawing oers of places
When an applicaon is made from an address in another country, the local authority and/or school may ask for
evidence before the school year to conrm that the child now lives in the area. If the child does not aend school
on the rst day of term, the admission authority could remove the oer and allocate the place to a child on the
waing list.
Before taking this acon, the admission authority will contact the parent(s) to give them an opportunity to explain
why there has been a delay in taking up the place and nd out when the child might begin aending.
Paragraph 2.12 of the School Admissions Code states that: ‘An admission authority must not withdraw an
oer unless it has been oered in error, a parent has not responded within a reasonable period of me, or it is
established that the oer was obtained through a fraudulent or intenonally misleading applicaon. Where the
parent has not responded to the oer, the admission authority must give the parent a further opportunity to
respond and explain that the oer may be withdrawn if they do not.’
If the school does not receive a response even then, the Pupil Registraon Regulaons 2006 (as amended) allow it
to remove the child from the roll aer 20 school days. The local authority or admission authority can then allocate
the vacant place to a child on the waing list.
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SECTION 3
Glossary
Academy (A)
Academies are publicly funded independent schools . The governing body/academy trust have responsibility for
managing the academy and have responsibility for deciding the arrangements for adming pupils including their
own admissions criteria . Academies don’t have to follow the naonal curriculum and can set their own term
mes. They sll have to follow the same rules on admissions, special educaonal needs and exclusions as other
state schools.
Academies get money direct from the government, not the local council. They’re run by an academy trust which
employs the sta. Some academies have sponsors such as businesses, universies, other schools, faith groups or
voluntary groups. Sponsors are responsible for improving the performance of their schools.
Catchment Area School
It is the school allocated to take children for the geographical area within which your address falls. It is likely to be
the school nearest to your home address but this will not always be the case.
Community School (C)
Schools which are wholly owned and maintained by the Local Authority. The Local Authority is the admission
authority, it has responsibility for deciding arrangements for adming pupils. Community schools are controlled
by the local council and not inuenced by business or religious groups.
Comprehensive School
A school catering for pupils of all aptudes and abilies.
Compulsory School Age
A child reaches compulsory school age on the prescribed day following his/her h birthday (or on his/her h
birthday if it falls on a prescribed day). The prescribed days are 31 December, 31 March and 31 August.
Curriculum
The curriculum consists of all of the learning opportunies provided by the school, many of which take place in
the classroom under the direct control of the teacher, supplemented by a range of acvies outside the classroom
including educaonal visits and eld studies.
Deferred Entry
There is exibility for parents who do not feel their child is ready to start school before compulsory school age.
They may defer the date their child is admied to school unl later in the school year following their fourth
birthday, providing they do not defer beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age, or beyond the
start of the nal term of that school year.
Delayed Entry
Children born in the summer term, are not required to start school unl a full year aer the point at which they
could rst have been admied – the point at which other children in their age range are beginning year 1. Should
the parent wish their child to be admied to recepon, rather than year one, they may request that they are
admied out of their normal age group. In any circumstance where a parent requests their child is admied out
of their normal age group, the admission authority must make a decision on the basis of the circumstances of the
case and in the best interests of the child concerned.
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Designated school
Every address in Worcestershire is within a school catchment area and that school is then normally the designated
school for that area, for school transport purposes . Please note, that even though school catchment areas may
change, the designated school is determined by the Local Authority for transport purposes and this remains
unchanged.
Distance Measurement
Each admission authority will have their own way of determining distance to school . You must check with the
relevant school to nd out how this will be done. In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled schools this
is a straight line measurement using the GeoCode Points for each property and the GeoCode point for the School.
The Local Authority use a soware package called Arcview GIS to determine distance . Ordnance Survey supply
the co- ordinates that are used to plot an address within this system.
Feeder Schools
Within each area a pyramid of schools exists. Feeder schools are schools which share the catchment area
to the next phase of school within the same pyramid and may be named feeder schools in some admission
arrangements. Details of each pyramid showing all the appropriate feeder schools are displayed in Secon 5 of
this book. Please note not all schools use the Feeder School connecon in their admission arrangements. Please
ensure that you check the admission policy for any Academy, Foundaon, Free or Voluntary Aided School to
ensure you are aware of any feeder school links named in the policies.
Foundaon School (FD)
Schools which are maintained by the Local Authority. The Governing Body is the employer and the admissions
authority. The schools land and buildings are either owned by the Governing Body or by a charitable foundaon.
Free Schools (FR)
Free schools are funded by the government but aren’t run by the local council. Free Schools are non-prot
making, independent, state-funded schools. They’re ‘all-ability’ schools, so can’t use academic selecon processes
like a grammar school. Free schools can set their own pay and condions for sta, change the length of school
terms and the school day and don’t have to follow the naonal curriculum . Free schools can be set up by
charies, universies, independent schools, community and faith groups, teachers, parents and businesses .
The governing body have responsibility for managing the Free School and have responsibility for deciding the
arrangements for adming pupils including their own admissions criteria.
Home Address
Each admission authority will have a way of determining home address . You must check with the relevant school
to nd out how this is dened. In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled schools, home is dened as
the only or main residenal address, at the closing date for applicaons, where the child usually resides and which
is the usual address of the parent/carer with main responsibility for the child . Where parents/carers have shared
responsibility, the child’s home address will usually be considered to be that of the parent/carer with whom the
child lives for the majority of the school week (eg three or more days out of ve Monday to Friday during term-
me). Further informaon can be found in Secon 4 on page 35.
Independent School
Independent schools charge fees to aend instead of being funded by the government . Pupils don’t have to
follow the naonal curriculum . All private schools must be registered with the government and are inspected
regularly.
Local Authority (LA)
The local government body responsible for the organisaon and maintenance of the educaon service in its area .
In Worcestershire this responsibility is either undertaken by or commissioned by the County Council.
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Maintained Special School
A school oen referred to as a Special School . Special Schools are provided by the Local Authority for those
pupils with Special Educaonal Needs (SEN), whose needs cannot be met by mainstream schools.
Oversubscribed
When parental requests for places in a year group in a school exceeds the number of places available.
Parental Responsibility
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilies as a parent - known as ‘parental responsibility’.
A mother automacally has parental responsibility for her child from birth. A father usually has parental
responsibility if he is married to the child’s mother or listed on the birth cercate.
Published Admission Number (PAN)
The number of pupils to be admied to the rst year group of a school.
Reasonable Distance
The LA follows the DfE guidance on best pracce which states “the maximum each way length of journey for a
child of primary school age might be considered to be 45 minutes: whilst a child of secondary school age might
be expected to travel up to 75 minutes each way. Similarly, a child’s special educaonal needs and/or disability
might be such that it implies a shorter maximum journey me.
Sibling
Each admission authority will have their own denion of sibling. You must check with the relevant school
what this is. In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled schools the denion of a sibling, as well as
brother and sister will include half-siblings, adopted children, step-siblings or a child of the parent/carers partner.
They must also be living at the same home address . Children who are brought together as a family by a civil
partnership and who are living at the same address, are also considered to be siblings. In order to qualify for the
sibling the older sibling must already be in aendance at the me of applicaon and sll on roll at the me of
admission of the younger sibling.
Voluntary Aided School (VA)
Schools which are maintained by the Local Authority, with a foundaon (generally religious) which appoints
most of the Governing Body . The Governing body is the admissions authority. These schools have to follow the
naonal curriculum, but they can choose what they teach in religious studies. They may have dierent admissions
criteria and stang policies, although anyone can apply for a place.
Voluntary Controlled School (VC)
Schools which are maintained by the Local Authority, with a foundaon (generally religious) which appoints some
– but not most – of the Governing Body. The Local Authority is the admissions authority.
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SECTION 4
Living in a school catchment area or moving property
Home Address
Each admission authority will have a way of determining home address . You must check with the relevant school
to nd out how this is dened. In the case of Community and Voluntary Controlled schools, home is dened as
the only or main residenal address, at the closing date for applicaons, where the child usually resides and which
is the usual address of the parent/carer with main responsibility for the child . Where parents/carers have shared
responsibility, the child’s home address will usually be considered to be that of the parent/carer with whom the
child lives for the majority of the school week (eg three or more days out of ve Monday to Friday during term-
me).
Where care is split equally, parent/carers must provide supporng documentary evidence to prove that care
is equally split . In such cases the address used will be determined by random selecon (loery) . Legal and
Democrac Services who are totally independent of School Admissions will supervise this process . Documentary
evidence of home address may be required, including evidence that the child and his or her main parent/carer will
be resident at the address at the date of admission . An oer of a place may not be made, or may be withdrawn, if
acceptable proof of residence is not provided when requested .
1. In order to qualify as living within the catchment area of a given school, School Admissions will need to be
sased that you actually do live within that area or property at the relevant closing date and at the me of
admission .
2. If you are in the process of moving to live in the relevant catchment area at the me of your applicaon you
need to provide School Admissions with some rm independent evidence of when you will actually begin
to live there . This evidence must be provided before the relevant closing date for applicaons . This is also
applicable if you are moving property and wish to have your applicaon considered from your new property .
See Secon 1.7 regarding late applicaons and late changes to on me applicaons .
• If your move into the catchment area or moving property involves the purchase of a property you will
need to provide appropriate wrien independent evidence (in the form of a leer from your solicitors) that
contracts for the purchase have been exchanged and of the actual or expected compleon date .
• If your move into the catchment area or moving property involves the renng of a property you will need
to provide appropriate wrien independent evidence (eg from an estate agent or solicitor) of the tenancy
agreement or lease including the start date .
• If your move into the catchment area or moving property involves your returning to live in a property you
already own you will need to provide appropriate wrien independent evidence of the date when you will
resume living
• in the property and that you intend to remain living there for the present .
• If your move into the catchment area or moving property involves any other circumstances you will
need to provide appropriate wrien independent evidence of the date when you begin to live there, the
arrangements you will have for living there and the length of me for which you envisage staying there .
3. Please note that unless the wrien evidence which you provide proves, to the sasfacon of School
Admissions, that you will actually have commenced living in the catchment area or the new property by the
relevant admission date for your child at the school to which you have applied, your applicaon cannot be
considered as a catchment priority within the criteria of the admissions policy or considered based on the new
property .
4. Please also note conrmaon of living within the catchment area or new property does not guarantee a place
for your child at the relevant school.
5. It is vital that you inform School Admissions of any change of your address throughout the admission process.
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Independent evidence will always be required.
Where informaon provided by the parents in support of their preference is found to be fraudulent or
intenonally misleading this could lead to the withdrawal of any place that has been allocated . If you knowingly
give false informaon in order to obtain a parcular school place you could be guilty of an oence under the
Perjury Act 1911. Due to problems in previous years it may be necessary for School Admissions to carry out
checks to conrm that informaon given in relaon to children’s home addresses is genuine. Parents may be
asked to produce documentary evidence of the address.
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SECTION 5
Informaon about Worcestershire Middle Schools
Key to Columns
Type: Categorisaon of school - Secon 3 for further descripon.
A = Academy
C = Community
FR = Free
FD = Foundaon
VA = Voluntary Aided
VC = Voluntary Controlled
N.B. *At me of publicaon a number of schools are applying to become Academies and the school status
maybe subject to change.
DfE No: Department for Educaon (DfE) school number. All school numbers in Worcestershire have the prex
of 885, which is the Authority number allocated by the DfE.
PAN: Published Admission Number
The number of children which can be admied to a school in the relevant year group (Year 5 intake or
Year 6 intake in the case of Middle Schools). The PAN is agreed by the governing body of the school.
The gures set for the admissions year 2023/2024 are shown.
NOR: Total number of pupils on roll at the school in January 2022.
BROMSGROVE AREA - SECONDARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Age Range 9-13 (Years 5-8)
Type &
DfE No.
School Name & Address
Telephone & Email Address
PAN NOR
Jan 2022
A
4575
Alvechurch C.E. Middle School
Birmingham Road, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7TA
Tel: 0121 445 1033 oce@alvechurch.worcs.sch.uk
110 432
C
4401
Aston Fields Middle School
Drummond Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60 2ET
Tel: 01527 876026 oce@astonelds.worcs.sch.uk
150 598
C
4402
Catshill Middle School
Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B61 OJW
Tel: 01527 872431 oce@catshill-middle.worcs.sch.uk
120 369
C
4403
Parkside Middle School
Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B61 OAH
Tel: 01527 873660 oce@parkside.worcs.sch.uk
150 609
A
5404
St John’s C.E. Middle School Academy
Wa Close, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B61 7DH
Tel: 01527 832376 school@st-johns-bromsgrove.worcs.sch.uk
150 659
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DROITWICH AREA - MIDDLE DEEMED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Age Range 9-12 (Years 5-7)
Type &
DfE No.
School Name & Address
Telephone & Email Address
PAN NOR
Jan 2022
C
2916
Westacre Middle School
Ombersley Way, Droitwich, Worcs. WR9 0AA
Tel; 01905 772795 oce@westacre.worcs.sch.uk
150 449
A
2042
Wion Middle School
29-31 Old Coach Road, Droitwich, Worcs. WR9 8BD
Tel: 01905 773362 oce@wion.worcs.sch.uk
180 422
EVESHAM AREA - SECONDARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Age Range 10-13 (Years 6-8)
Type &
DfE No.
School Name & Address
Telephone & Email Address
PAN NOR
Jan 2022
C
4408
Blackminster Middle School
Staon Road, South Lileton, Evesham, Worcs. WR11 8TG
Tel: 01386 830311 oce@blackminster.worcs.sch.uk
130 223
A
4400
Bredon Hill Academy
Elmley Road, Ashton under Hill, Evesham, Worcs. WR11 7SW
Tel: 01386 881426 [email protected]orcs.sch.uk
162 479
VC
4576
St. Egwin’s C.E. Middle School
Worcester Road, Evesham, Worcs. WR11 4JU
Tel: 01386 446924 oce@st-egwins.worcs.sch.uk
150 450
A
4018
The De Monfort School
Four Pools Road, Evesham, Worcs. WR11 1DQ
Tel: 01386 442060 oce@tdms.worcs.sch.uk
150 894
PERSHORE AREA - MIDDLE DEEMED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Age Range 9-12 (Years 5-7)
Type &
DfE No.
School Name & Address
Telephone & Email Address
PAN NOR
Jan 2022
C
2906
Abbey Park Middle School
Abbey Road, Pershore, Worcs. WR10 1DF
Tel: 01386 552667 oce@abbeyparkmiddle.worcs.sch.uk
84 117
A
3208
*St. Barnabas C.E. First & Middle School
Stonebow Road, Drakes Broughton, Pershore, Worcs. WR10 2AW
Tel: 01905 840366 oce@st-barnabasrstmiddle.worcs.sch.uk
51 208
A
3205
St. Nicholas C.E. Middle School
Main Street, Pinvin, Pershore, Worcs. WR10 2ER
Tel: 01386 554196 oce@pinvinfed.co.uk
112 224
* St Barnabas CE First & Middle School - external candidates only
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REDDITCH AREA - SECONDARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Age Range 9-13 (Years 5-8)
Type &
DfE No.
School Name & Address
Telephone & Email Address
PAN NOR
Jan 2022
A
4418
Birchensale Middle School
Bridley Moor Road, Batchley, Redditch, Worcs. B97 6HT
Tel: 01527 68430 [email protected]orcs.sch.uk
150 604
A
4427
Church Hill Middle School
Wood Piece Lane, Church Hill, Redditch, Worcs. B98 9LR
Tel: 01527 585580 oce@churchill.worcs.sch.uk
90 377
A
4009
Ipsley CE Middle
Winyates Way, Winyates, Redditch, Worcs. B98 0UB
Tel: 01527 525725 oce@ipsleyacademy.co.uk
150 643
A
5401
St. Bede’s Catholic Middle School (Academy)
Holloway Lane, Redditch, Worcs. B98 7HA
Tel: 01527 525916 oce@st-bedes.worcs.sch.uk
160 660
A
4579
Walkwood Church of England Middle School
Feckenham Road, Headless Cross, Redditch, Worcs. B97 5AQ
Tel: 01527 543361 oce@walkwoodms.worcs.sch.uk
168 641
A
4436
Woodeld Academy
Studley Road, Redditch, Worcs. B98 7HH
Tel: 01527 527081 admin@woodeld.worcs.sch.uk
150 561
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Dates of Open Events at Worcestershire Middle Schools
The table below tells you what date each school will hold its open event. It is in alphabecal order within district.
Full details of each open event including dates of any visits during the day can be found on the individual schools
website.
Town School Name and Website Address Date and Time of Open Event
Bromsgrove
Alvechurch CE Middle School
www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk
Thursday 3 & Thursday 10 November 2022
Open Mornings
Aston Fields Middle School
www.astonelds.worcs.sch.uk
No Open Event being held
Catshill Middle School
www.catshill-middle.worcs.sch.uk
No Open Event being held
Parkside Middle School
www.parkside.worcs.sch.uk
No Open Event being held
St John's CE Academy Middle School
www.st-johns-bromsgrove.worcs.sch.uk
No Open Event being held
Droitwich
Westacre Middle School
www.westacre-middle-school.co.uk
Thursday 29 September 2022
Open Evening
Wion Middle School
www.wion.worcs.sch.uk
Thursday 22 September 2022
Open Day
Evesham
Blackminster Middle School
www.blackminster.worcs.sch.uk
Thursday 6 October 2022
Open Evening
Bredon Hill Academy
www.bredon.worcs.sch.uk
Tuesday 18 October 2022
Open Evening
The De Monort School
www.tdms.worcs.sch.uk
Thursday 29 September 2022
Open Evening
St Egwin's CE Middle School
www.st-egwins.worcs.sch.uk
Wednesday 19 October 2022
Open Evening
Pershore
Abbey Park Middle School
www.abbeyparkmiddle.worcs.sch.uk
Wednesday 5 October 2022
6:00 to 7:30pm
Friday 7 October 2022
9:00 to 11:30 am
St. Barnabas CE First & Middle School
www.st-barnabasrstmiddle.worcs.sch.uk
Wednesday 9 November 2022
1:30 to 3:00pm
5:00 to 7:30pm
St. Nicholas' CE Middle School
www.st-nicholas.worcs.sch.uk
Wednesday 28 September 2022
6:00 to 7:30 pm
Thursday 13 October 2022
4:30 to 5:30pm
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Town School Name and Website Address Date and Time of Open Event
Birchensale Middle School
www.birchensale.worcs.sch.uk
Thursday 6 October 2022
Open Evening
Church Hill Middle School
www.churchill.worcs.sch.uk
Wednesday 19 October 2022
Open Evening
Ipsley CE RSA Academy
www.ipsleyacademy.co.uk
Thursday 20 October 2022
Open Evening
St. Bede’s Catholic Middle School (Academy)
www.st-bedes.worcs.sch.uk
Thursday 20 October 2022
Open Evening
Walkwood Church of England Middle School
www.walkwoodms.worcs.sch.uk
Thursday 13 October 2022
6:45 to 8:15pm
Woodeld Academy
www.woodeld.worcs.sch.uk
Monday 3 October 2022
6:00pm to 8:00pm
These dates are correct at the me of compleon (July 2022).
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SECTION 6
Area Pyramids indicang feeder schools
Bewdley Pyramid
The Bewdley Area comprises the Town of Bewdley together with the civil parishes of:
Bayton, Bewdley, Kidderminster Foreign, Mamble, Ribbesford, Rock, Upper Arley
High Schools The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre
Named Feeder Schools
Bayton CE Primary
Bewdley Primary
Far Forest Lea Memorial CE Primary
St Anne’s CE Primary
Upper Arley CE Primary
Notes
There are two catchment area High schools for children living within the Bayton and Mamble civil parishes. The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre and Lacon
Childe High School which is in Shropshire.
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Bromsgrove Pyramid
The Bromsgrove Area comprises the Town of Bromsgrove together with the civil parishes of:
Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Belbroughton (Part) - Dordale and Faireld, Beoley, Bourneheath, Catshill, Coon Hacke (Part) - Kendall End Road to Coon Church Lane,
Dodderhill (Part), Dodford and Graon, Finstall, Hanbury, Lickey (Part), Stoke Prior, Wythall (Part)
High Schools North Bromsgrove High South Bromsgrove High
North Bromsgrove High and
South Bromsgrove High
Named Feeder Schools
Catshill Middle
Parkside Middle
Aston Fields Middle
St Johns CE Middle School Academy
Alvechurch CE Middle
Middle Schools
Alvechurch
CE Middle
Aston Fields
Middle
Catshill
Middle
Parkside
Middle
St Johns CE
Middle School Academy
Named Feeder Schools
Beoley First
Blackwell First
Crown Meadow First
St Andrew's CE First
Charford First
Finstall First
Hanbury CE First
Stoke Prior First
Catshill First and
Nursery
Faireld First
Lickey End First
Dodford First
Meadows First
The Orchards School
No named feeder schools
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to middle schools in Bromsgrove
Millelds First
St Peter’s Catholic First*
* St Peter's Catholic First - Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools.
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Droitwich Pyramid
The Droitwich Area comprises Droitwich Spa together with the civil parishes of:
Dodderhill (Part), Doverdale, Elmbridge, Elmley Love, Hadzor (Part), Hampton Love, HindlipHuddington (Part), Marn Hussingtree, North Claines (Part), Oddingley
(Part), Ombersley, Rushock, Salwarpe, Tibberton, Upton Warren, Westwood
High Schools Droitwich Spa High
Named Feeder Schools
Westacre Middle
Wion Middle
Middle Schools Westacre Middle Wion Middle
Named Feeder Schools
Chawson Community First
Cutnall Green CofE Primary
Ombersley Endowed First
St Peter’s Droitwich CofE Academy
Sytchampton Endowed Primary
Tibberton CE First
Westlands First
Wychbold First & Nursery
Chawson Community First
Hindlip CE First
St Peter’s Droitwich CofE Academy
Westlands First
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to middle schools
St Joseph's Catholic Primary*
* St Joseph's Catholic Primary - Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
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Evesham Pyramid
The Evesham Area comprises the Town of Evesham together with the civil parishes of:
Abbots Morton, Aldington, Ashton under Hill, Aston Somerville, Badsey, Beckford, Bickmarsh, Birlingham (see note i below), Bredon, Bredon’s Norton, Breorten, Bricklehampton,
Broadway, Charlton, Childswickham, Church Lench, Cleeve Prior, Conderton, Cropthorne, Eckington, Elmley Castle, Harvington, Hinton on the Green, Honeybourne, Kemerton,
Netherton, Norton and Lenchwick, North and Middle Lileton, Oenham, Overbury, Pebworth, Rous Lench, Sedgeberrow, South Lileton, Wickhamford
High Schools Prince Henry’s High The De Monort School
Named Feeder Schools
Bredon Hill Academy
St Egwin’s CE Middle
Bengeworth Academy
Blackminster Middle
St Andrew’s CE First**
St Richard’s CE First
Middle Schools Bredon Hill Academy St Egwin’s CE Middle Blackminster Middle
Named Feeder Schools
Ashton under Hill First
Bredon Hancock’s Endowed CE First
Broadway First
Cropthorne with Charlton CE First
Eckington CE First*
Elmley Castle CE First
Overbury CE First
St Mary’s Catholic Primary Broadway
Sedgeberrow CE First
Church Lench CE First
Harvington CE First
St Andrew’s CE First**
Swan Lane First
Badsey First
Breorton Village School
Cleeve Prior CE First
Oenham CE First
Pebworth First
The Liletons School
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to middle or high schools
Honeybourne Primary
St Mary's Catholic Primary***
* Eckington CE First has part of its catchment area feeding into Drakes Broughton St. Barnabas in the Pershore pyramid
** St. Andrew’s CE First has part of its catchment area feeding into St Egwin’s Middle and part feeding into The De Monort School
*** St Mary's Catholic Primary - Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
i) Children resident in Birlingham are part of a shared catchment area with Eckington C.E. First in the Evesham area and Deord-cum-Besford C.E. First in the
Pershore area. This shared catchment area also applies to the Middle and High schools of Bredon Hill Academy and Prince Henry’s High in the Evesham area and St
Barnabas C.E. First and Middle, Drakes Broughton and Pershore High School.
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Hagley Pyramid
The Hagley Area comprises the civil parishes of:
Belbroughton (Part) - (excluding Dordale and Faireld), Broome , Churchill and Blakedown, Clent, Hagley, Romsley
High Schools Haybridge High School and Sixth Form
Named Feeder Schools
Belbroughton CE Primary & Nursery
Blakedown CE Primary
Clent Parochial Primary
Hagley Primary
St Kenelm’s CE Primary
Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools, including Hagley Catholic High School.
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Kidderminster Pyramid
The Kidderminster Area comprises the Town of Kidderminster together with the civil parishes of:
Chaddesley Corbe, Stone, Wolverley, Cookley
High Schools
Baxter Business and
Enterprise College
Holy Trinity
School
King Charles I
Wolverley CE
Secondary
Named Feeder Schools
Birchen Coppice Primary
Foley Park Primary
Franche Community Primary
St John’s CE Primary
Suon Park Primary
No named feeder schools
Chaddesley Corbe Endowed
Primary
Comberton Primary
Cutnall Green CE
Primary School
Heronswood Primary
Omore Primary
St George’s CE Primary
Cookley Sebright Primary
St Catherine’s CE Primary
St Mary’s CE Primary
St Oswald’s CE Primary
Wolverley Sebright Primary
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to high schools in Kidderminster
St Ambrose Catholic Primary*
NB Holy Trinity School is a Free School in Kidderminster that does not have any feeder school links.
* St Ambrose Catholic Primary - Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
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Malvern Pyramid
High Schools Dyson Perrins CE High The Chase
Callow End CE Primary
Great Malvern Primary
Grove Primary
Leigh & Bransford Primary
Madreseld CE Primary
Malvern Parish CE Primary
Malvern Vale Primary
Malvern Wells CE Primary
Northleigh CE Primary
Powick CE Primary
Rushwick CE Primary
St James’ CE Primary
St Joseph's Catholic Primary
St Mahias CE Primary
Somers Park Primary
Suckley Primary
Wyche CE Primary
NB The High Schools in Malvern do not have feeder school as part of their admission arrangements.
Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
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Martley Pyramid
The Martley area comprises of the following civil parishes:
Droitwich Abberley, Astley and Dunley, Broadheath, Broadwas, Clion on Teme, Cotheridge, Doddenham, Great Witley, Grimley, Hallow, Hillhampton, Holt, Kenswick,
Knightwick, Lile Witley, Lower Sapey, Lulsley, Martley, Pensax, Shelsley Beauchamp, Shelsley Kings, Shelsley Walsh, Shrawley, Stanford with Orleton, Stockton on
Teme, Wichenford, plus the Menith Wood locality in the civil parish of Lindridge, plus the Crown East locality in the civil parish of Rushwick.
High Schools The Chantry School
Named Feeder Schools
Abberley Parochial Primary
Astley CE Primary
Broadheath CE Primary
Broadwas CE Primary
Clion upon Teme Primary
Great Witley CE Primary
Grimley & Holt CE Primary
Hallow CE Primary
Martley CE Primary
Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
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Pershore Pyramid
The Pershore Area comprises the Town of Pershore together with the civil parishes of:
Abberton, Besford, Birlingham (see note i below), Bishampton, Bredicot, Broughton Hacke, Churchill, Cookhill (Part), Crowle, Deord, Dormston, Drakes Broughton
and Wadborough, Fladbury, Flyford Flavell, Graon Flyford, Great Comberton, Hadzor (Part), Hill and Moor, Himbleton, Huddington (Part), Inkberrow, Kington, Lile
Comberton, Naunton Beauchamp, North Piddle, Norton Juxta Kempsey, Oddington (Part), Peopleton, Pinvin, Pirton, Spetchley, Stock and Bradley (Part), Stoulton,
Strensham, Throckmorton, Upton Snodsbury, White Ladies Aston, Wick, Wyre Piddle
High Schools Pershore High
Named Feeder Schools
Abbey Park Middle
Flyford Flavell Primary School
Inkberrow Primary
Norton Juxta Kempsey Primary
Orchard Primary
St Barnabas CE First & Middle
St Nicholas’ CE Middle
Middle Schools Abbey Park Middle St Barnabas CE First & Middle St Nicholas’ CE Middle
Named Feeder Schools
Abbey Park First and Nursery
Orchard Primary
Deord cum Besford CE First
Eckington CE First *
Norton Juxta Kempsey CE Primary
Crowle CE First
Fladbury CE First
Flyford Flavell Primary
Himbleton CE Primary
Inkberrow Primary
Pinvin CE First
Upton Snodsbury CE First
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to middle or high schools in Pershore
Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary*
Notes on Admissions
Children resident in Birlingham are part of a shared catchment area with Eckington C.E.First in the Evesham area and Deord-cum-Besford C.E.First in the Pershore
area. This shared catchment area also applies to the Middle and High schools of Bredon Hill Academy and Prince Henry’s High in the Evesham area and St Barnabas
C.E.First and Middle, Drakes Broughton and Pershore High School.
* Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary - Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
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Redditch Pyramid
The Redditch Area comprises the Town of Redditch together with the civil parishes of:
Bentley Pauncefoot, Cookhill (Part), Feckenham, Stock and Bradley, Tutnall and Cobley
High Schools
Ridgeway
Secondary
RSA Academy
Arrowvale
Trinity High School
and Sixth Form Centre
Tudor Grange Academy
Redditch
Named Feeder Schools
Astwood Bank Primary
Feckenham CE Primary
The Crabbs Cross Academy
Church Hill Middle
Ipsley CE Middle
Birchensale Middle
Walkwood Church of
England Middle
Woodeld Academy
No named feeders
Middle Schools Birchensale Middle Church Hill Middle Ipsley RSA Academy Walkwood Middle Woodeld Academy
Named Feeder Schools
Batchley First
Holyoakes Field First
St Luke’s CE First
St Stephen’s CE First
Tardebigge CE First
Abbeywood First
Moon’s Moat First
Matchborough First
Academy
Arrow Valley First
Tenacres First
No named feeders
Oak Hill First
St George’s CE First
Woodrow First
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to middle or high schools
The Vaynor First
* Woodrow First - the catchment area for Woodrow First school is within the designated catchment area for Tudor Grange Academy Redditch at high school
age. Parents should be aware there is no catchment area priority to Trinity High School from within the Woodrow First catchment area.
** Webheath Academy Primary – the catchment area for Webheath Academy Primary School is within the designated shared catchment area for Trinity High and
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch.
*** Walkwood Church of England Middle School does not have feeder school as part of its admission arrangements.
Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools including St Bede's Catholic Middle School.
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Rubery Pyramid
The Rubery Area comprises Rubery (that part falling within the administrave county of Worcester) together with the civil parishes of:
Coon Hacke (Part), Frankley (Part), Lickey (Part)
High Schools
Waseley Hills High School
& Sixth Form Centre
Named Feeder Schools
Beaconside Primary and Nursery
Holywell Primary and Nursery
Lickey Hills Primary
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Stourport Pyramid
The Stourport Area comprises the Town of Stourport together with the civil parish of:
Hartlebury
High Schools The Stourport High School & Sixth Form Centre
Named Feeder Schools
No named feeders
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to middle or high schools
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary**
* Pupils at Sytchampton Endowed Primary School can choose to transfer to a Middle school for year 5 in Droitwich or remain at the school, transfering to a High
school for year 7 in Stourport or elsewhere.
** St Wulstan's Catholic Primary - Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
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Tenbury Pyramid
The Tenbury Area comprises of the Parish of Tenbury together with the civil parishes of:
Bockleton, Eastham, Hanley, Knighton on Teme, Kyre, Lindridge*, Rochford, Stoke Bliss
High Schools
Tenbury High
Ormiston Academy
Named Feeder Schools
Lindridge, St Lawrence’s CE Primary
Tenbury CE Academy
*Pupils in the Menith Wood locality in the civil parish of Lindridge aend schools in the Martley area
Sixth Form Educaon for Tenbury pupils is provided in Ludlow, Shropshire
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Upton Pyramid
The Upton upon Severn area comprises of the Town of Upton upon Severn together with the civil parishes of:-
Berrow, Birtsmorton, Bushley, Castlemorton, Croome D’Abitot, Earl’s Croome, Elderseld, Hanley Castle, Hill Croome, Holdfast, Kempsey, Longdon, Pendock, Pendock
(Det.), Queenhill, Ripple, Severn Stoke, Welland
High Schools Hanley Castle High
Named Feeder Schools
Castlemorton CE Primary
Elderseld Lawn CE Primary
Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CE Primary
Kempsey Primary
Pendock CE Primary
Twyning Primary
Upton upon Severn CE Primary
Welland Primary
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Worcester Pyramid
The Worcester City Area comprises the City of Worcester together with the civil parishes of:
North Claines as it extends beyond the city boundary, except that in part of the parish to the east of the railway line and north of the A449 road; the excepted part is
contributory to the Droitwich area. Whington is also included within the Worcester City area.
High Schools
Bishop Perowne
CE College*
Christopher Whitehead
Language College
Nunnery Wood High
Tudor Grange Academy
Worcester
Named Feeder Schools
No named feeder schools
Hallow CE Primary
Honeywell Primary
Oldbury Park Primary
Pitmaston Primary
Rushwick Primary
St Clement’s CE Primary
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Catholic Primary
Cherry Orchard Primary
Lyppard Grange Primary
Nunnery Wood Primary
Perry Wood Primary & Nursery
Red Hill CE Primary
Stanley Road Primary
Whington CE Primary
Tudor Grange Academy
Primary Perdiswell
The following schools do not have any feeder school links to high schools
Carnforth Primary
Claines CE Primary
Cranham Primary
Hollymount School
Northwick Manor Primary
North Worcester Primary Academy
Oasis Academy Warndon
St Barnabas CE Primary
St George's CE Primary
St George's Catholic*
St Joseph's Catholic*
* St George's Catholic Primary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary - Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools.
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Wythall Pyramid
The Wythall Area comprises the civil parish of Wythall.
High Schools Woodrush High School
Named Feeder Schools
Meadow Green Primary
Hollywood Primary
The Coppice Primary
Tidbury Green Primary
Notes on Admissions
i) Tidbury Green Primaryand Hollywood Primary, although feeder schools for Woodrush Community High, are located in the Birmingham LA area.
Please refer to end of Secon for pyramid arrangements relang to Catholic Schools
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Catholic Arrangements
High Schools
Blessed Edward Oldcorne
Catholic College*
Hagley Catholic High**
Redditch St Augusne’s
Catholic High
Named Feeder Schools
Broadway St Mary’s Catholic Primary
Droitwich St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
Evesham St Mary’s Catholic Primary
Malvern St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
Pershore Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary
Worcester Our Lady Queen of Peace
Catholic
Worcester St George’s Catholic Primary
Worcester St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
Kidderminster St Ambrose Catholic
Primary
Stourport St Wulstan’s Catholic Primary
Redditch, St. Bede’s Catholic Middle
Walkwood Church of England Middle
School
Middle Schools Redditch, St. Bede’s Catholic Middle
Named Feeder Schools
Bromsgrove St Peter’s Catholic First
Redditch Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First
Redditch St Thomas More Catholic First
NB The admission criteria of feeder school arrangements does not apply to the schools covered by catholic arrangements as these schools determine their own
admissions policy.
St. Peter’s Catholic First School is situated in the South Bromsgrove area. The school is ocially part of the Redditch Catholic pyramid but it does admit sizeable
numbers of non-Catholic children who subsequently move on to the schools in the South Bromsgrove Pyramid.
* Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College also name a number of Church of England Schools as feeder schools.
** Hagley Catholic High also has feeder schools which are outside of the county of Worcestershire.
Please see the full admission arrangements for further details.
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Useful links
Early Help
hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/earlyhelpfamilysupport
School Transport
hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schooltransport
School Term and Holiday dates
hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/termdates
Find a School
hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schoolsearch
Free School Meals
hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals
Admission Policies 2023-24 - Middle Schools
hps://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/policies2023to2024
