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Residency for school admissions : Applying to schools outside of Lancashire
- For parents living inside Lancashire who would like to access a school place within another Authority If you live in Lancashire, but would like to express a preference for a primary or secondary place within a neighbouring Authority, please apply online on the Lancashire County Council system. You
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Residency for school admissions : Overview
- This guide provides some detailed information about particular circumstances, if you need any further information, please contact your area education office.
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Residency for school admissions : Home address
- a place, we can withdraw the place that was offered to your child on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application. The address you give us must be your child's current home address. This applies even if you might move house at a later date during the admissions process
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Residency for school admissions : Moving house in the future
- to 16 April 2026 for primary applications. You may request to change your preferences if you are moving address. This request will be considered by the Admission Authority of individual schools. Requests due to changes of address that we receive for pupils who are applying for a secondary school place
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Residency for school admissions : Parents with shared responsibility
- for the person the child lives with. Please note that the address that the parent enters on the admissions application form will be used to assess home to school transport eligibility. The address of the other parent cannot be used for transport assessment purposes.
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Residency for school admissions : If you live outside of Lancashire
- For parents living outside of Lancashire who would like to access a school place in Lancashire If you live outside the borders of Lancashire within another Authority's boundary, for example Blackpool, Sefton or North Yorkshire, you must approach the Education Office in your home Authority and use
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Residency for school admissions : UK crown servants or UK military families
- Admission authorities and local authorities must process applications from UK crown servants or UK military families with evidence from their employers or commanding officers that they are returning to the area ahead of any move. They must accept any posting or quartering address as a ‘home
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In year admissions advice for UK service families
- How to apply for a school place after the school year has started.
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School admission criteria 2026
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Determined admission arrangements 2023-24
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Determined admission arrangements 2026-27
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Determined admission arrangements 2025-26
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Determined admission arrangements 2024-25
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Determined admission arrangements 2027-28
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Admissions advice for UK service families
- Find out about our school admission arrangements for service children.
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Determined admission arrangements 2020-21
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Medical, social and welfare criterion for school admissions
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Proposed 2027-28 admission policies for consultation
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Apply for a school place: children with special educational needs
- How to apply for a school place if your child has special educational needs.
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Secondary School Fair Access Protocol : Section 10 - Retrospective Admissions
- In cases where following the admission of a pupil, information is subsequently received from the previous school which had this information been available at the time of admission the pupil would have been considered under the Fair Access Protocol, the Fair Access Panel representative can request
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Wraparound childcare
All parents in England with primary school-aged children can access wraparound childcare. There are no eligibility criteria for accessing new wraparound childcare places.