{"id":5328,"date":"2020-10-01T10:34:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T10:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/?page_id=5328"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:25:59","slug":"september-2021-new-intake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/?page_id=5328","title":{"rendered":"Admissions: Applications, Waiting List and Appeals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here, prospective parent\/carers can find useful information about our school to include; pupil admissions policy, Ofsted reports, school uniform guide and much more.\u00a0 We recommend you navigate through our website where you will find an abundance of information relating to our school.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0For September intake for children living within our catchment, tours are set during the Autumn term (fixed dates) Please <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=yeallSVANEeDpSA7Vjgy1SKNiIbhhRpOvQ1qGNhA9GZUMUhZWEtPSDZXWVBNTDI2UExaWFpBVFdTNS4u\">BOOK A TOUR:<\/a>\u00a0 Those looking to apply for a Year 7 place can also use the same booking form and do not require to be in catchment.\u00a0 No individual tours will be offered for September intake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For in-year applications, we ask you to email <a href=\"mailto:admissions@alvechurch.worcs.sch.uk\">admissions@alvechurch.worcs.sch.uk<\/a> to book a tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main intake Year 5:<\/strong> Please consider when applying for year 5, we annually receive more than 180 applications for our published admission number (PAN) of 120. Please ensure you add three schools to your application.\u00a0 Prior to applying, we ask you to check that we are your child&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestershire.gov.uk\/schoolsearch\">catchment school<\/a> by using the Worcestershire school <a href=\"https:\/\/capublic.worcestershire.gov.uk\/FindASchoolPublic\/?_gl=1*18nmm9s*_ga*MjA1NDExMjQ0Ny4xNzg4MzU0MjM4*_ga_RSBCTX039R*czE3ODk3MjgwNDIkbzkkZzEkdDE3ODk3Mjg4NDEkajYwJGwwJGgw\">search<\/a> tool as attending a feeder school does not mean you are in catchment.\u00a0 If you are not in catchment, we strongly advise you have alternative schools in mind, this will not impact on your application to us as all applications are ranked in order of our published admissions criteria. The closing date for Middle school applications is mid January with allocation of school offers sent to parents in April.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>All applications: <\/strong>Are processed via Worcestershire County Council website. \u00a0 \u00a0For exact dates and to complete application, please visit;\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestershire.gov.uk\/council-services\/schools-education-and-learning\/apply-school-place#:~:text=Apply%20for%20a%20school%20place.%20How%20to%20apply%20for%20a\">Apply for a school place | Worcestershire County Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should you require assistance with regards to applications, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestershire.gov.uk\/contact?schools-education-and-learning-contact\/apply-school-place-0\">Contact | Worcestershire County Council<\/a> who can support you effectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waiting lists:\u00a0 <\/strong>Please register your request via <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/wfzetQsjgj\">WAITING LIST REQUEST<\/a> . Your child will remain on our lists through to the end of year 8 or, until a time you request they are removed or they are offered a with us. Please be advised we will not be sharing ranking positions.\u00a0 You will hear from us when a place is available.<\/p>\n<p>Please find below links to various points of information that we feel you will find useful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whole school virtual tour created by our very own pupils ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/alvechurchworcsschuk-my.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/g\/personal\/amsdisplay_alvechurch_worcs_sch_uk\/EZGHMyM5iOJLtL_KzQHV-kcBXBbQQqDCEdnzNabqwmwR0Q?nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJPbmVEcml2ZUZvckJ1c2luZXNzIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXciLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJNeUZpbGVzTGlua0NvcHkifX0&amp;e=S13LfC\">Virtual Tour<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alvechurch-CofE-Middle-School-Admission-Policy-2027-28.pdf\">Alvechurch CofE Middle School Admission Policy 2027-28<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Uniform-Stationery-Checklist.pdf\">Uniform &amp; Stationery Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/?page_id=496\">School Lunch Menu ~ Example<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/?page_id=1881\">STEPs Before &amp; After School Provision \u2013 Alvechurch Middle School<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Link to Musical Instrument Lesson providers ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicacademymidlands.com\/\">Music Academy Midlands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>School Transport ~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worcestershire.gov.uk\/schooltransport\">School and college travel assistance | Worcestershire County Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>School Appeals Process*\u00a0 ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestershire.gov.uk\/policiesandappeals\">Worcestershire Appeals\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>APPEALS<\/strong>: Please send directly\u00a0to: <a href=\"mailto:admissions@alvechurch.worcs.sch.uk\">admissions@alvechurch.worcs.sch.uk\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0Appeals for September intake are heard early July and within 40 school days of the deadline for submission, this is 31st May.\u00a0 Please include your reasons for appealing the admissions process that led to your child not being offered a place and that your wishes for them to be admitted outweighs the school\u2019s admissions policy.<\/p>\n<p>Should you consider the appeals process, please ensure you have an alternative school place secured for September.\u00a0 Having an alternative school confirmed <strong>will not<\/strong> affect your appeal in any way.\u00a0 Schools are responsibly for the financial cost of each appeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you require any additional information regarding admissions, please do not hesitate to email our friendly support team, led by Miss Rees who are only too happy to assist. Our email address is: <a href=\"mailto:admissions@alvechurch.worcs.sch.uk\">admissions@alvechurch.worcs.sch.uk\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We thank you for your interest in our school.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, prospective parent\/carers can find useful information about our school to include; pupil admissions policy, Ofsted reports, school uniform guide and much more.\u00a0 We recommend you navigate through our website where you will find an abundance of information relating to our school. \u00a0For September intake for children living within our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5204,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5328"}],"version-history":[{"count":106,"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9527,"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5328\/revisions\/9527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alvechurchmiddle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}