Admission to Primary School 2011-2012 Booklet - Wigan Council

Admissions to primary school in 2011 to 2012
Residents of other local authorities
If you do not live in Wigan you can still apply for a place in a Wigan primary school,
but you must apply on your home local authority in-year application form. The home
local authority will send details to the School Places Team in Wigan.
Voluntary-aided school supplementary information forms for Wigan schools should
be sent to the individual school.
We will let your home local authority know when we receive your application and let
them know the result. Your home local authority will then write to you. You can
appeal if you are refused a place at a school. For more information on appeals, see
page
Applications for children moving into Wigan
If you want to apply for a Wigan school because you are moving to Wigan soon, you
can use the Wigan Council in-year application form and return it to the School Places
Team in Wigan. You must send proof of the address you will be moving to and
the date you will be moving with your application.
Offers of school places
You need to accept the offered place within two weeks of the offer date.
Once we have allocated your child a place at a school, they must start school within
four school weeks. If they don’t the place will be withdrawn. If you still want your
child to transfer you will need to reapply. Please remember this if you are moving
house.
Fair access protocol
We sometimes get requests for places from Wigan residents but are not able to offer
a place at a school within a reasonable distance of where the child lives. In these
situations, the Director of Children and Young People's Services will use our ‘fair
access protocol’ to allocate a place at a community, voluntary-controlled, foundation
or voluntary-aided (church) school, even if the year group is full.
Children who qualify for a place using our fair access protocol must be given
priority over children on a waiting list who attend a school.