Parents are required to complete an online application form provided by their home local authority. (A paper version is also available from the local authority). This form must be completed and submitted by the date specified on the Admissions Year 7 page, you can change your preferences up until this date. Please note that Thomas Telford UTC must be named as one of the five preferences if you wish to be considered for a place. The schools must be listed in order of preference.
No. Parents must apply through their local authority and list school places in order of preference.
Please read the Admissions Policy 2027 (.pdf) or visit the Admissions Year 7 page for admission arrangements.
No. It is not a pass or fail test. If there are more than 150 applicants into Year 7 they will be tested using a NFER (National Foundation of Education Research) Non-Verbal Reasoning Test and placed into five ability bands with the same number of places in each band. Bands will be ordered 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest. All children will be placed in one of the bands and an equal number of children will be taken from each. No child can fail this test and therefore any requests to re-sit the assessment will be refused.
No. After the 31st October Application deadline the local authority will notify Thomas Telford UTC of those applicants that listed the UTC as one of their five preferences. Thomas Telford UTC will write to parents directly inviting their child in for the Non-Verbal reasoning test. The test will take place on the dates specified on the Admissions Year 7 page.
For Thomas Telford School based in Telford, yes. You will need to apply directly if you wish to apply.
There will be 150 places available in Year 7.
Your home local authority will write to parents on the date specified on the Admissions Year 7 page with your child’s allocated school.