Admission Arrangements

Children in Sandwell are admitted to school at the beginning of the Academic year in which they are 5, provided a school is available. The admission priorities for the allocation of places is given below:

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING ADMISSION PRIORITIES
FOR PLACES IN OVERSUBSCRIBED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

1. Children undergoing assessment under Sections 321 and 323 of.the Education Act 1996;
2. 1. For admissions to Primary and Secondary Schools (Year 7) having a brother or sister at the school at the same time regardless of distance from home to school;
   2. For admissions to Infant Schools having a brother or sister at the school or at a Junior School on the same site or nearby at the same time regardless of distance from home to school;
   3. For admissions to Junior Schools having a brother or sister at the school or at an Infant School on the same site or nearby at the same time regardless of distance from 'home to school;
3. Denominational grounds, supported by the Church, regardless of distance from home to school;
4. To meet the child's medical needs (recommended and supported by a doctor's certificate) regardless of distance from home to school; "
5. Distance measured in a straight line from a child's home to the nearest available entrance to the school.