Moss Side Primary School

Postal address Paradise Lane
Leyland
Preston
PR26 7ST   
Telephone 01772 432048 
Headteacher Mr A Wright 
Number on roll January 2023 259
Admission number 2024/25 37 

Information relating to autumn term 2023 reception admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st 29
2nd 34
3rd 21
Total preferences received 84 

Summary of policy

This is a community school. Please see the full admission details on our website - admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled primary schools.

To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.

Geographical priority area

The area bounded by Southport Road (A581), Moor Road (B5249), the Preston to Ormskirk railway line, Dunkirk Lane, Longmeanygate, Schleswig Way (B5253) and Leyland Lane

When a primary school with a GPA is oversubscribed the following priorities will be applied in order:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Children living within the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then. 
  4. Children living within the school’s geographical priority area, then
  5. 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
  6. 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).