Admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled primary schools 2023-24

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Admission numbers for community and voluntary controlled primary

schools

School

Determined

admission

number for

2023-24

Abram Bryn Gates Primary

Atherton Chowbent Primary

Beech Hill Community Primary, Wigan

Britannia Bridge Primary, Ince

Bryn St Peter's C E Primary

Garrett Hall Primary, Tyldesley

Gilded Hollins Community Primary, Leigh

Hindley J&I

Hindsford C E Primary

Leigh Central Primary

Lowton West Primary

Mab’s Cross Primary, Wigan

Marsh Green Primary, Wigan

Meadowbank Primary, Atherton

Millbrook Primary, Shevington

Newton Westpark Primary, Leigh

Nicol Mere Primary, Ashton-in-Makerfield

Orrell Newfold Community Primary

Parklee Community Primary, Atherton

R L Hughes Primary, Ashton-in-Makerfield

Shevington Vale Primary

St Mary's C E Primary

Westfield Community School

Winstanley Community Primary

Wood Fold Primary, Standish

Woodfield Primary, Wigan

Worsley Mesnes Primary School

Oversubscription criteria for community and voluntary controlled primary

schools 2023-24

Where a school receives more applications than places available, the following

oversubscription criteria will be applied once places have first been allocated to

pupils who have an education health and care plan which names the school:

1. Looked after children, previously looked after children and children who

appear to the Local Authority to have been in state care outside of England

and ceased to be in state care because they were adopted.

Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but

ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child

arrangements order or special guardianship order). Applications for

previously looked after children must be supported with appropriate evidence

i.e. a copy of the adoption order, child arrangements order or special

guardianship order.

A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England

if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or

any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society.

Applications must be supported with appropriate evidence that the child has

been adopted from state care.

2. Children whose older brothers or sisters attend the school and will still be

there at the time of admission

3. Children who live closest to the school.

Oversubscription criteria for St Mary’s CE Primary School

Where the school receives more applications than places available, the following

oversubscription criteria will be applied once places have first been allocated to

pupils who have an education health and care plan which names the school:

Looked after children, previously looked after children and children who

appear to the Local Authority to have been in state care outside of England

and ceased to be in state care because they were adopted.

Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but

ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child

arrangements order or special guardianship order). Applications for

previously looked after children must be supported with appropriate evidence

i.e. a copy of the adoption order, child arrangements order or special

guardianship order.

A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England

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any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society.

Applications must be supported with appropriate evidence that the child has

been adopted from state care.

2. Children whose older brothers or sisters attend the school and will still be

there at the time of admission.

3. Children who live in Spring View. (Map available)

4. Children who live closest to the school.

Map for criterion 3 for St Mary’s CE Primary School

Notes to the oversubscription criteria – these notes apply to the admission

arrangements for all community and voluntary controlled primary schools.

Tie-breaker

Where there are more children in one particular criterion than the number of places

available, places will be allocated to the children who live nearest to the school. The

distance will be measured in a straight line from the child’s home address to a

central point at the school using a Geographical Information System (GIS) which is

based on ordnance survey.

If we offer the last place available at a school to one of twins (or triplets, or so on),

our policy is to admit the other twin or triplets too.

Occasionally, the distance from home to school is the same for more than one child

(for example, if more than one child lives in the same block of flats). In these cases

we will use a system to randomly pick who will be offered a place. A copy of the

policy is available on request from the local authority.

Child’s home address

When considering your child’s application, we will use the permanent home address

we have for you at the closing date for applications.

If parents are separated and the child spends time at each parents’ address, the

address which will be used for admission to schools is the address where the child

sleeps the majority of the school nights (Sunday to Thursday) during the week in

term time. Where there is dispute or equal nights are slept, parent will be asked to

provide proof of the address registered with the child’s GP.

We may ask to see additional forms of evidence of your home address (photocopies

are acceptable). This may include:

• proof of where you are registered for council tax

• your television licence

• wage/ salary slip

• proof of your child tax credits

Any evidence you provide must show that the parent or main carer lives at this

address. We may seek evidence by other means if the parent/carer is unable to

provide sufficient proof of their residence.

Brothers and Sisters

We will include:

• Half-brothers and half-sisters;

• Stepbrothers and stepsisters; and

• Foster brothers and foster sisters;

who live at the same address as part of the same family unit.

Children with an education health and care plan

Children with an education health and care plan which names the school will be

offered a place without using the oversubscription criteria. This is a legal

requirement.

Late applications

Late applications (those received after the closing date) will only be considered after

those received by the closing date. The only exception to this is applications for

looked after children that are received by 15 February will be included with on time

applications.

Nursery Applications

If your child goes to a nursery attached to the school:

• They do not have an automatic right to a place in a reception class at the

school

• You must send in your application form or apply on-line by the closing date for

applications.

Deferred Entry

Where parents wish, they can defer the date their child is admitted to the school until

later in the school year or until the child reaches compulsory school age in that

school year. Where entry is deferred, the place will be held open and not offered to

another child. Parents cannot defer entry beyond the beginning of the term after the

child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the academic year for which the original application

was accepted.

Part-time Attendance

Where parents wish, their child can attend part-time until the child reaches

compulsory school age.

Waiting lists

Places may become available at a school after the offer date. We will:

• Put all children who we refuse a place at one of their preferences on the

waiting list for the school;

• Keep the list in priority order, decided by the oversubscription criteria for the

school only;

• Offer any place that become available to the next child on the waiting list; and

• Maintain the waiting list until 31

December 2023.

We must keep the waiting list in order of the oversubscription criteria for the school.

This is a legal requirement. We cannot take into account the date the application

was received or the length of time a child’s name has been on the waiting list. This

means that both on time and late applications are treated the same for waiting list

purposes. Your child's position on the waiting list may change if another applicant is

refused a place and their child is ranked higher in the school’s oversubscription

criteria.

Admission of children outside their normal age group

The parents of a summer born child (born between 1 April and 31 August) may

choose not to send their child to school until the September following their fifth

birthday and may request that they are admitted out of their normal age group – to

reception rather than year 1.

A decision is made on the basis of the circumstances of each case.

The process is as follows:

Stage 1 – request

Parents make a formal request to the Local Authority School Organisation Team in

writing with any supporting evidence they wish to be considered.

A request for delayed entry to reception class should be made at the same time as

applying for a place for normal entry (i.e. by the closing date of 15 January) in order

to give sufficient time for the case to be considered prior to the offer of school places

on 16 April.

We do not accept requests for early entry to reception class for children who will not

be of statutory school age.

Stage 2 – decision

Requests for voluntary-aided, foundation and academy schools will be referred to the

school to be considered.

Requests for community and voluntary controlled schools will be considered by the

local authority. We will look at the following factors but these are not exhaustive:

• Parent’s views

• The needs of the child and the possible impact on them of being educated out

of year group

• The child’s medical history and views of medical professionals if appropriate

• In the case of children born prematurely the fact that they may have naturally

fallen into the lower age group if they had been born on their expected date of

birth

• Whether delayed academic, social, emotional or physical development is

adversely affecting their readiness for school;

• Any other information which the parent requests the local authority to

consider.

Stage 3 – outcome

Parents are notified of the decision in writing by the School Organisation Team.

Request agreed:

If the request is agreed the application will be considered for the year group

requested and ranked alongside any other applications in accordance with the

oversubscription criteria for the school. There is no guarantee that a place will be

offered at the preferred school.

Parents have a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place at a school for

which they have applied. This right does not apply if they are offered a place at the

school but it is not in their preferred age group.

Request refused:

There is no statutory right of appeal against the refusal of a request for admission

outside the normal age group. However, if the parents are dissatisfied they have the

right to complain through the Council’s complaints procedure for decisions made by

the local authority or under the school’s complaints procedure where the decision

has been made by the school.