The Community College is an open access community school for children aged between 11 and 16. The admissions policy is determined by Shropshire Council, which is the Admissions Authority for all Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in Shropshire.
If your son/daughter is in Year 6 pupil, intend to transition to The Community College and live in Shropshire, applications are made via Shropshire Council’s website: www.shropshire.gov.uk/school-admissions
All enquiries regarding admissions should be addressed to:
Admissions Team, Learning and Skills, Shirehall, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND.
Tel: 01743 254459
Email: school-admissions@shropshire.gov.uk
If your son/daughter is in Year 6 pupil, intend to transition to The Community College and you live in surrounding counties or across the border in Wales, you will need to first apply to Shropshire Council using the link above and then inform your local council, who will then communicate with Shropshire Council regarding your application. Applications from outside of the immediate catchment area are very common and openly welcomed.
After Admissions Notification
Following determination of arrangements, any objections to admission arrangements for entry in September 2026, must be made to the Schools Adjudicator by 10 April 2026.
Contact details for Office of the Schools Adjudicator are:
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/objection-to-school-admission-arrangements
Email: osa.team@schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk
Post: OSA, Bishopsgate House, Feethams, Darlington, DL1 5QE
The admission arrangements 2024/25 for community and voluntary controlled schools in the Shropshire local authority area were determined by Shropshire Council Cabinet on 1 March 2024.
A copy of the arrangements have been published on the Local authority website at:
In-Year Admissions
From 1 September 2024. Shropshire Council will be coordinating and allocating all requests for places at our school.
We welcome prospective parents to visit our school. If you wish to apply for a place at our school, please complete the online application form via this link (Synergy – Homepage (shropshire.gov.uk)
Your application will be processed by the School Admissions Team at Shropshire Council in accordance with our school’s oversubscription criteria. You will then be notified via letter of the outcome of your application.
If there is a space in the relevant year group a place will be offered. A formal letter from Shropshire Council’s Admissions Team will be sent to the parent advising them of the offer and the need to contact school directly to arrange a start date.
If there are no vacancies in the year group, Shropshire Council’s Admission Team will speak to the Headteacher to consider whether additional places can be offered. A decision must be notified to parents within 15 school days of making the application.
If a place cannot be offered, parents will receive a formal letter and information on how to appeal against the decision from Shropshire Council’s School Admissions Team.
Shropshire Council will maintain a waiting list for unsuccessful applicants. If any vacancies arise, places will be offered to applicants included on the waiting list in strict accordance with normal published oversubscription criteria. If a place can be offered the applicant will be expected to take up the place within 6 school weeks or by the start of the next half term, whichever is the earliest date, with the exception of Reception children who have deferred entry until later in the same academic year. If an offer of a place is refused, the name will be removed from the waiting list.