Have your say on school catchment area changes
People can have their say on plans to change the catchment areas for a number of schools.
Children in Newport are set to be given priority to schools in the town, with pupils from Muxton set to instead be given preference at the Telford Priory School. Catchment areas in Telford have not changed since 2008.
Now Telford & Wrekin Council has decided that they need to be reviewed because of the many homes being built in the borough.
For primary schools, the proposals will only affect Lilleshall residents, who would have priority for Lilleshall Primary School and Muxton residents who would have priority for Muxton Primary School.
Priority for schools in Newport would be given to residents of Newport and the villages of Cherrington, Church Aston, Edgmond, Howle, Lilleshall, Sambrook and Tibberton.
Lilleshall residents would remain in the catchment for Burton Borough School but the catchment area for Telford Priory School would be extended to include Muxton residents who would no longer be in the catchment for Burton Borough School.
Currently it provides four buses at a cost of £40,000 each from Muxton to Newport, so the change would mean a substantial saving for the council.
The authority expects to have to find nearly £50m more in savings by 2020.
Also proposed is Lawley having a shared catchment area with Ercall Wood Technology College and Telford Langley School
Under the proposals, parents, just as they can now, will still be able to apply for places at any school in the borough. However, when considering school places, priority will be given to pupils from within a school's catchment areas.
Councillor Gilly Reynolds, cabinet member for education, employment and regeneration, said: "I hope that people will give us their views on these proposals and how it would affect them to help councillors take a decision early next year.
"The council must review school catchment areas and this is particularly needed to take account of the changes made to many of our schools, following the £200m Building Schools for the Future programme in the borough, which has rebuilt or remodelled every secondary school."
Any changes to catchment areas are proposed from September 2018.
The consultation runs until January 27 and people can have their say www.telford.gov.uk/schoolcatchmentareas.
