Admissions
Thank you for your interest in Bretherton Endowed CE Primary School. This page will outline our Admission policy for Reception places and in year admissions including appeals.
As a voluntary aided school, we determine our own admissions. Our arrangements can be found in the policy area for the current and next year.
If you are interested in applying for a school place 'in year' ( not Reception starting September), please contact the school office to enquire whether we have any places within the class/age group that you require. As we have 15 places per year group, we are often full, however in KS2 you may be able to secure a place through the appeal process through Lancashire County Council. Again, contact the school and we will talk you through the process. If you would like to apply, we will forward you an application form to complete.
At Bretherton Endowed, as a VA school, we manage our 'in year' admissions through our admissions committee and the Local Authority and can provide the application form for parents to complete (with a supplementary information form where necessary), and will notify you once the place has been allocated. Unfortunately we are unable to hold places for families. We can provide a hard copy of the information about in-year applications on request for those who do not have access to the internet.
Applying for place at our school during the school year (In-Year Admissions)
In-year admissions:
In-year admission is the process of applying for a school place during the school year. Any applications for the intake made after the start of the autumn term will be treated as an in-year application.
The in-year admission process is managed by the school. Parents are required to complete the in-year application form, which is available from the school website.
Where a place cannot be secured, parents will be offered a legal right of appeal to an independent appeal panel.
Lancashire County Council administers the appeals process on behalf of the school. Parents can complete the school’s appeal form on Lancashire County Council’s website
In Year Admissions are admissions to school which take place outside the normal admissions rounds.
If you are new to the area and require a school place or if you already reside in the area and you want to move your child from their current local school to our school, your application should be made directly to our school and we will advise if there are places available. Please see application attached at teh bottom of this website page.
To apply for a place, please complete our In-Year Admissions form and return to bursar@bretherton.lancs.sch.uk
If you have any questions in relation to in-year admissions, please contact the school office by email at bursar@bretherton.lancs.sch.uk or by telephone on 01772 600431.
If you wish to send faith evidence please email bursar@bretherton.lancs.sch.uk you may also wish to complete the Supplementary Information form - below
Your application will be acknowledged upon receipt, and we will advise you of the outcome within a maximum of 15 school days.
Where places are available but we have more applications than places, the published oversubscription criteria will be applied, to ensure the correct child/children are offered the places.
Further information on how to apply for a local school can be found on the Lancashire County Council website: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/children-education-families/schools/appeal-against-an-admission-decision/
If there are no places available, then you have the right of appeal. Please see below for appeal information
Appeals
The school’s admission appeals are supported by Lancashire County Council. If the Governing body cannot offer a school place, parents have the right to make an appeal.
This appeal should be submitted using the link below within twenty days of refusal of admission. The appeal provides you with an opportunity to explain why you wish to register your child at our school. The appeal forms and advice on how to complete them is available on the Lancashire County Council website:
Lancashire County Council will contact you in respect of your appeal application and inform you of the arrangements. The outcome of the appeal will be notified to you in writing.
The decision of the Independent Appeal Panel is binding to all parties, ie the family and the school.
Please note that this right of appeal against the Governors’ decision does not prevent you from making an appeal in respect of any other school.
Thank you for your interest in our school. Please feel free to call for a mutually convenient personal look around with the Head Teacher.