Crawshawbooth Primary School
Admissions
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Admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled primary schools 2025 to 26
Crawshawbooth Primary School Admission Criteria
Summary of Policy
This is a community school.
To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.
Geographical priority area
From the north end of the Clowbridge reservoir heading south and taking in the Dunnockshaw, Loveclough, Goodshaw Fold, Goodshaw Chapel and Goodshaw areas (and surrounding farm houses). The cut off points at the south end of the area will be Lord Street and its houses and Forest Bank Road (both off the A682).The line will run East down the middle of Forest Bank Road and across the top of Short Clough reservoir. For confirmation, this GPA includes Higher Nutshaw Farm, Dunnockshaw. For confirmation, this GPA includes Higher Nutshaw Farm, Dunnockshaw.
When a primary school with a GPA is oversubscribed the following priorities will be applied in order:
- 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
- Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
- Children eligible for Services Premium, then,
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children living outside the school’s Geographical Priority Area.
Tie Breaker
The distance criterion will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria; it is a straight line (radial) measure.
If the Local Authority is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (eg. Siblings, those living the same distance from home to school, or families residing in the same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.
The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant’s home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data).
Important Dates for Primary School Applications
The arrangements for the admission of pupils to primary schools in September 2025 will, as far as possible, conform to the following timetable.
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Important dates for Primary & Secondary School Applications 2026
PRIMARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS
The arrangements for the admission of pupils to primary schools in September 2026 will, as far as possible, conform to the following timetable.
Monday 1 September 2025 - Apply from this date
School places are not allocated on a first come, first served basis. All applications received up to the closing date are given equal priority, but if you miss the deadline, a late application may reduce your chance of getting your preference of school.
Thursday 15 January 2026 - National closing date for primary applications (statutory).
During this period all applications are processed and all preferences are considered against the published admissions policy. Where there are more applications than places available, decisions are made as to which children should be offered the available places. We will liaise and exchange information with all other admission authorities including neighbouring local authorities. The allocation and offer of a primary school place is finalised.
Thursday 16 April 2026 - Offers issued to parents
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.
Important Dates for Secondary School Applications
SECONDARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS
The arrangements for the transfer of pupils to secondary schools in September 2026 will, as far as possible, conform to the following timetable.
Monday 1 September 2025 - Apply from this date
School places are not allocated on a first come, first served basis. All applications received up to the closing date are given equal priority, but if you miss the deadline, a late application may reduce your chance of getting your preference of school.
Friday 31 October 2025 - National closing date for secondary applications (statutory).
During this period all applications are processed, and all preferences are considered against the published admissions policy. Where there are more applications than places available, decisions are made as to which children should be offered the available places. We will liaise and exchange information with all other admission authorities including neighbouring local authorities. The allocation and offer of a secondary school place is finalised.
Monday 2 March 2026 - Offers issued to parents
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.
Lancashire County Council Determined admission arrangements 2025-26