The Martin Wilson School & Early Years Centre School - Where Learning Comes First
Admissions
We welcome students of all backgrounds and abilities to apply to The Martin Wilson School & Early Years Centre School. We encourage prospective families to visit our campus, meet our staff, and learn more about our programmes.
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.
Community Involvement
We believe that education is a collaborative effort between students, families, and educators. At The Martin Wilson School & Early Years Centre School, we are committed to fostering strong relationships with our students' families and the broader community. We offer a variety of ways for families and community members to get involved and support our school.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about The Martin Wilson School & Early Years Centre School, please contact us. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are happy to assist you in any way we can.
Supporting good attendance
To help ensure we support all pupils in attending school and that we know why pupils may be away from school, we are now using the following procedure in all cases of absence:
- Please call/text/email the school every day your child is absent to supply a reason and subsequent updates.
- If no reason is received, the office will call you, if no answer then this will be followed by a text.
- If after two days no reason for absence has been given the Educational Welfare Officer will be alerted.
- If after 4 days we still have not received any reason for an absence the Family Support Worker and Educational Welfare Officer will be alerted and on Day 5 a home visit scheduled to carry out a safe and well check.
Consistent unauthorised absences can be a trigger for further external agency involvement. Please avoid this by letting us know each day if your child is absent and why.
Please be aware that we cannot authorise absence for family holidays in term time. The governing body will be allowed to consider leave for pupils from school in very exceptional circumstances. This will not, however, include economic reasons or leave from work of parents.
The national average for attendance is 94%, over 5 years this would mean a quarter of a years education was lost, if it was averaged at 90% then its half a year of learning and at 80% over 5 years a child would have lost a whole years’ worth of school. So please think carefully before keeping your child at home.
