Attending our school
Admission Arrangements
Admissions Policy for the September Intake
Our standard admission number is 30 children.
Where the school receives more applications than places available, the following admission criteria will be applied once places have first been allocated to pupils who have a statement of special educational needs or education health and care plan which names the school:
Looked after children and previously looked after children and children who appear to the Admissions Authority of the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.*
Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned.
Children with older brothers and/or sisters** who will still be attending Farington Primary School when the younger child starts.
The remaining places are allocated according to where children live. Those living nearest to the school (measured by a straight line) will have priority.* Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). Applications for previously looked after children must be supported with appropriate evidence i.e. a copy of the adoption order, residence order or special guardianship order.
** Note: A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is the benefit society. Applications must be supported with appropriate evidence that the child has been adopted from state care.
If you wish to apply for a place or require further information on the application process, please follow this link, or call us on 01772 42197
Following allocation of places by the Local Authority, you are entitled to appeal against the decision if your child has not been allocated a place at our school. Further details on this process can be found here. https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/children-education-families/schools/apply-for-a-school-place/starting-primary-school/?page=16
In Year Admissions
In-year admission is the process of applying for a school place during the school year. Any applications for the intake made after the start of the autumn term will be treated as an in year application. Where you are requesting a place for your child mid-year for any year group, admissions will be administered by the school.
If you are new to the area or want to request a transfer to Farington Primary School for your child, you can contact us directly to find out if a place is available. If we do not have any places available, we can place you on a waiting list if this is desired. If places become available and there is more than one child on the waiting list, our above admissions code will be applied.
Where a place cannot be secured, parents will be offered a legal right of appeal to an independent appeal panel.
Lancashire County Council administers the appeals process on behalf of the school. Parents can complete the school’s appeal form on Lancashire County Council’s website.
Our School Day
Fast (Farington Breakfast & After School Club)
Morning: 7:45am – 8:45am
Afternoon: 3:20pm – 6pm
Timings of our school Day:
Reception to Year 6 – school day is 8:50am – 3:20pm (6 hours and 30 minutes per day and 32.5 hours per week)
Doors open at 8:40am with registers being taken at 8:50am each morning.
Gates will be open from 8:30am each morning.
Reception and KS1 (Years 1 & 2) children will enter with parents through the KS1 gate. Teachers will come to the doors at 8:40am and be available to parents for 5 minutes as the children enter the classrooms and begin their morning tasks.
KS2 (Years 3-6) children will enter independently through the KS2 gate, and the doors will open at 8:40am. Mr Williams (Headteacher) will be on duty each morning on the KS2 entrance. Morning tasks begin at 8:40am.
The gates will be locked promptly (By the site manager Mr M Booth) at 9am, as the first lesson will have begun.
If you arrive after 8.50am, you will need to bring your child through the main office entrance doors, where you will be greeted by our office team (Mrs A Hampson and Mrs R Worthington) and the Headteacher (Mr A Williams) who will discuss the reasons for your lateness with you. You will also be required to sign your child into school stating the reason for their late arrival on our electronic system.
Arrival at or after 8:50am will be LATE and children will receive an ‘L’ in the register.
Arrival at or after 9:20am will be LATE (AFTER REGISTER CLOSES) and children will receive a ‘U’ in their register.
End of the school day:
Both pedestrian gates will be unlocked at 3:10pm and parents can make their way on to the playgrounds where children will be released at 3:20pm and matched up with awaiting adults. Parents will be able to move freely between playgrounds and gates.
As always, Year 5 and 6 children will be allowed to walk home alone, as long as we have had this confirmed by parents.
Request copies
If a parent/carer wishes to request a paper copy of the information on our school’s website, please contact the main school office. This will be provided free of charge.