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Admission and appeals

Admissions to Learning Community Trust academies are in partnership with the local authority.

Secondary

Applications to mainstream primary and secondary academies

If you wish to apply for a place for your child at one of the trust’s mainstream primary and secondary academies, please visit the Telford and Wrekin Council school’s admissions portal where you can follow the process to apply.

If you have any difficulty with apply for an academy place on the Telford and Wrekin Council website, please contact the support team by emailing admissions@telford.gov.uk for further guidance. Please note, that to complete and admissions application you will be to ensure you have or create a ‘My Telford’ account.

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Admission appeals for mainstream academies

When a year group is full, and the academy is not able to offer a place, parents can either request to be put on the waiting list, or they have the right to appeal.

The waiting list uses our oversubscription criteria, which can be found in the academy’s admissions policy and in the determined admissions document – click here.

If you wish to appeal for a place in one of our academies, you will need to complete our appeals form. The administrator in charge of admissions and appeals will work with the admissions team at the local authority and keep you informed of the progress and timescales for appeals. Appeals are head within 30 working days of submission of the appeals form.

Secondary School Admissions

On Monday 2nd March 2026, year 6 pupils across the
country will find out which secondary school has offered them a place for
September 2026.

The vast majority of pupils will be offered a place at one
of their preferred schools – most will be offered their top preference.

The timetable for allocation will be as follows:

2nd March 2026	National Offer Day. NB Offer made by home Local Authority regardless of the Local Authority in which the place is going to be offered.
30th March 2026	20-school day deadline (from offer day) for parents to lodge appeal. Paperwork for appeals received after the deadline will be heard after September 2026.
Week commencing 30th March 2026	Second round offers made by Local Authority (21 days after National Offer Day).
5^th May 2026	Appeals lodged by the 20-school day deadline to be heard at Darby House, Telford.

Frequently Asked Questions

I have been offered a place at Ercall Wood Academy and
would like to accept it.

Congratulations, your place will automatically be accepted. A
link will be sent to parental email addresses requesting that the admissions
form is completed. Links will be sent within 2-4 weeks of your child being
allocated a place. During the summer term, you will receive further information
from Ercall Wood regarding transition days and tutor group allocations.

Ercall Wood Academy was my first preference, but I have
not been offered a place there.

Ercall Wood Academy is committed to ensuring all students
can thrive at our wonderful school therefore we encourage all parents/carers
who wish to discuss school placement further to contact the academy directly
for further details. We can support with additional tours, conversations with
leaders or addressing specific areas of interest or queries.

If a parent or carer wants to appeal the Local Authority decision
not to offer a place at Ercall Wood Academy, they can also
complete the appeal form and send it
to admin@ercallwood.co.uk

We appreciate how this can be a stressful time for families,
so we want to reassure you we are here to help, and we are committed to
supporting all students through a key aspect of their young lives.

I have accepted a place at Ercall Wood Academy.
What happens next?

We want to make sure that the transition to secondary school
is as straightforward and stress-free as possible for students and their
families.

Ercall Wood Academy offers a robust transition program for
new starters, and this commences in May/June when our Transition Team
visits our feeder primary schools to work collaboratively to gather information
about your child to ensure we have a
supportive transition into secondary school. On-going conversations with
key members of staff across the transition team which includes supporting
students with SEND will be had with all stakeholders including you as parents.

We also have our induction days to look forward to in July.

Induction Dates 2026:
Monday 6^th July
Tuesday 7^th July

Over the coming months, you will receive further
information via email which will build towards your son/daughter learning more
about Ercall Wood Academy and feeling excited about being part of Team Ercall
Wood.