Admissions
Admissions 2026
You must apply for a place if your child has a 4th birthday between 1 September 2026 and 31 August 2027. You must apply even if an older brother or sister is already at the school. If you’re a non-Lancashire resident apply through your own local authority. Please find below lots of information about how to apply to our school through Lancashire County Council.
The deadline is 15th January 2027
Lancashire County Council is our Admissions Authority and deal with all admissions. Our over subscribed criteria is:
When a school is oversubscribed on parental preferences, then the following priorities apply in order:
1.) Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, then
2.) Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned (see note (i) below), then
3.) Children eligible for Services Premium, then
4.) Children with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, (see note (ii) below), then
5.) Remaining places are allocated according to where a child lives. Those living nearest to the preferred school by a straight line (radial) measure will have priority.
(i) The medical, social and welfare criterion will consider issues relevant to the child and/or the family. This category may include children without an EHC Plan/Statement who have special needs. Parents are responsible for providing the professional supporting evidence with the application by the closing date from a consultant, doctor, psychologist, social worker or from another relevant independent professional.
(ii) Brothers and sisters includes full brothers and sisters, step children, half brothers and sisters, fostered and adopted children living with the same family at the same address; and full brothers and sisters living at different addresses.
We will be planning an Open Day in November with two sessions. One starting at 9.30am and one at 1.45pm. Please ring the office to book a place to come and have a look around our school once we know this, talk to our children and meet the staff.
How we allocate the children in a double form entry school
Our EYFS staff visit the Nurseries to learn about your amazing children. They are grouped thinking about relationships from Nursery, SEND needs, gender, age so that we have as far as possible 2 balanced classes. If we have twins we do split them into different classes, this allows them to become individual children. In EYFS though they do mix a lot in the afternoons.
Sometimes we do find that over the years, the classes become unbalanced and we do need to move children across them. In the past we have rearranged classes during their Reception Year or at the end of Year 2.
In Year Admission Information
In year admission applications
Appeals throughout the year
Please click on the line below to access LCC e-form for appeals throughout the year