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Admissions
Applications for a place at Linton Lane Primary School are made via Salford City Council.
Applying for a place in Nursery and Reception:
If your child is due to join nursery or move into reception, applications must be received by 15th January and you will be notified of a place on 16th April of the year of admission.
All applications from Salford residents should be sent to the School Admissions Team by the above dates, even if you are applying to out of area or independent schools.
Parents can find all admissions information and also apply online at: Salford School Admission
Applying for a place in other Year Groups:
Children can be admitted to Grosvenor Road Primary at any point in the academic year and we are always pleased to meet new parents in person to show them around. Please contact the school to make arrangements. It is important to note that all school admissions are coordinated through the Local Authority.
Who do I contact for more information?
If you have any further queries or require additional information, please contact the Admissions and Exclusions Team on 0161 909 6508.
Admissions and Exclusions Team
Children’s Services
2nd Floor
Unity House
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5AW
Email: admission@salford.gov.uk
As far as possible, Salford’s Admissions and Exclusions Team will try to meet parental preferences for schools but it is not always possible to do so. Places in schools are limited by the physical space in the school. Each school has an admission number which is based on the size of the school.
https://www.salford.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-admissions/
If school is oversubscribed, places will be allocated according to the following admission criteria:
Admissions Criteria
Cared for children and previously Care for children
This includes children who have ceased to be looked after because they have been adopted or become subject to a special residency order or special guardianship order.
Children in need
As defined by the Children Act (1989), ie those who are unlikely to achieve or maintain or have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining a reasonable standard of health or development or a child/children whose health or development would be further impaired without the provision of services of the local authority. Applications under this criterion would need to be supported by an appropriate professional stating that attendance at a particular school is essential. Please see below for further information.
Medical reasons
If claiming medical reasons, parents/carers must provide evidence from the doctor that the child has a medical condition which means that admission to a particular school is essential. Please see below for further information.
Older brother or sister in attendance at the school at the date when the pupil is to be admitted. This includes step-children and foster children living with the same family at the same address. Other children may be considered under the sibling criterion provided proof is available to demonstrate that the children are permanently resident at the same address as part of the same family unit. The authority accepts that in some family units children may not be natural brother or sister.
Children living nearest to the school – The distance will be measured in a straight line using Local Land and Property Gazetteer information (LLPG) to measure the distance from the address point of the child’s home address and centre of the school in miles. Those children whose home address is closest to the school will be those who get priority for places.
Oversubscription
Where there are more children in one particular criterion than the number of places available, places will be allocated to the children whose home address is nearest the school. The distance will be measured in a straight line using LLPG information to measure the distance between the address point of the child’s home address and the centre of the school in miles. Those children whose home address is closest to the school will be those who get priority for places.
No child can automatically transfer from nursery to a reception class. Where a school has more applications than places available in the reception class, they must be allocated using the published admission criteria. Children who have attended the nursery will be considered on the same basis as those who have not.
Appeals
If you are not offered a reception place at the school(s) of your choice you will have the right to appeal against the decision. Appeals Process
However the law on infant class sizes states that from 1 September 2000 no five, six or seven year olds should be in a class of more than 30 pupils, therefore the circumstances where an appeal committee can uphold an appeal for these year groups are limited.
Class Arrangements: How Children Are Admitted
Nursery
Up to 26 full time places are available. Children can be admitted to the nursery when they are 3 years old provided they reach this age before 31 August in the year they are admitted.
Children usually transfer into the reception classes at the end of the nursery year when they are 4 years old although a place in the school nursery does not guarantee a place in Reception. An application has to be made to the Local Authority (see above).
Main School
Applications for a place in the school are made directly to the Local Authority. The school office will be able to help. There are up to 30 places in each year group from Reception to Y6. When children are 4 years old (by 31 August in the year of admission) they can be admitted or transferred to the reception classes. At age 11, children transition to high school.
