Admissions
Admission Arrangements
Worsthorne Primary School’s admission number is 30 which is jointly agreed between the LA and the Governing Board and this determines the maximum number of pupils that the school will admit in September each year.
Parents are asked to express their preferences for a primary school of their choice. The parent also orders preferences. If Worsthorne Primary School is oversubscribed the following criteria will be applied in priority order:
- Children in public care at the time when preferences are expressed and who still are at the time of the offer of a school place, and those that have bene previously looked after.
- Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned
- Children with older siblings attending the school when the younger child starts
- The remaining places are allocated according to where the child lives. Those living nearest to the preferred school by a straight line measure will have priority.
Applying for School Places
Lancashire’s online admission application system is the main route for all applications for new Reception (Primary) and Year 7 (Secondary) places.
Click the link below to access the website
If you would like to appeal a child place then please click on the link below
Information for Reception Parents
After the application process closes (in January) and you receive your child’s place (in April) we then begin the preparations for your child starting with us in September.
As part of welcoming you to our school family, we invite you to confirm your acceptance of the school place via email. Once we have received your email we can start our correspondence with you and arrange transition visits.
Appeals
If you are not happy with an initial offer, the appeals period starts from your receipt of the offer. Appeal information will be issued later as this allows some time for waiting lists to operate.
Appeals which we receive after the deadline will be slotted into the schedule where possible. We cannot guarantee this however, and late appeals may have to be heard after the agreed date at a second round of hearings. The schedule is subject to change depending upon the availability of appeal panel members, clerks, venue, etc.
In-Year Transfers
Where a parent wishes their child to be admitted to school during the academic year, they will need to contact Pupil Access at Lancashire County Council, who maintain a list of numbers on roll at all schools.
The headteacher will need to contact the head of the child’s current school. Headteachers usually agree to allow children to move from one school to another on the first day of a new term. (ie. after the summer, after Christmas or after Easter.) If the change of school is due to moving house, or there are other exceptional circumstances, mid-term admissions can be considered.