Information about proposed changes to school admissions policy.
Information about proposed changes to school admissions policy.
Information about proposed changes to school admissions policy.
Introduction to proposed changes from the Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer,
The School Admissions Code 2021 (the Code), states that admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements if they:
- Are proposing a decrease in the admission number for 2027/28
- Are proposing a change to their oversubscription criteria for 2027/28
- Have not consulted on their admission arrangements in the last 7 years.
The Trust Board of Fred Longworth High School last consulted in 2018/19 and we are therefore carrying out this consultation process for our draft 2027 Admissions arrangements, a copy of which can be found on the school website under the ‘Parents – Admission Arrangements’ heading. Additional copies are available from school if required.
Trustees have decided to make a slight change and include an additional criterion to protect against the impact of a national teacher recruitment crisis.
The consultation begins at 5:00pm today, Wednesday 3rd December 2025 and will run for six weeks, ending at 5:00pm on Wednesday 14th January 2026.
Anyone wishing to comment on the school’s proposed Admissions arrangements for 2027 should contact the Secretary to the Trust Board via email at marlandd@flhs.wigan.sch.uk or by letter.
The consultation has been communicated by the school as follows:
- Notification to Wigan Council
- Notification to all parents and carers of Fred Longworth High School
- Publication on the school website
- Notification to Primary schools in Tyldesley and Atherton
All recipients of the consultation are welcome to respond, and we look forward to hearing your views on the proposal.
Yours sincerely,
Mr P Davies
Headteacher
Introduction to proposed changes from the Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer,
The School Admissions Code 2021 (the Code), states that admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements if they:
- Are proposing a decrease in the admission number for 2027/28
- Are proposing a change to their oversubscription criteria for 2027/28
- Have not consulted on their admission arrangements in the last 7 years.
The Trust Board of Fred Longworth High School last consulted in 2018/19 and we are therefore carrying out this consultation process for our draft 2027 Admissions arrangements, a copy of which can be found on the school website under the ‘Parents – Admission Arrangements’ heading. Additional copies are available from school if required.
Trustees have decided to make a slight change and include an additional criterion to protect against the impact of a national teacher recruitment crisis.
The consultation begins at 5:00pm today, Wednesday 3rd December 2025 and will run for six weeks, ending at 5:00pm on Wednesday 14th January 2026.
Anyone wishing to comment on the school’s proposed Admissions arrangements for 2027 should contact the Secretary to the Trust Board via email at marlandd@flhs.wigan.sch.uk or by letter.
The consultation has been communicated by the school as follows:
- Notification to Wigan Council
- Notification to all parents and carers of Fred Longworth High School
- Publication on the school website
- Notification to Primary schools in Tyldesley and Atherton
All recipients of the consultation are welcome to respond, and we look forward to hearing your views on the proposal.
Yours sincerely,
Mr P Davies
Headteacher
Proposed criteria for September 2027
Where the school receives more applications than places available, the following admission criteria will be applied once places have been allocated to pupils who have a statement of special educational needs which names the school:
1. Looked after children and previously looked after children.
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.
2. Children with brothers or sisters who will be attending the school at the time of admission.
3. Children of staff at the school – Priority will be given to children of staff employed by the school in either or both of the following circumstances:
- where a member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or;
- the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage
4. Children living in Mosley Common and Tyldesley, situated to the north of Manchester Road (Astley) and Chaddock Lane, to its junction with the East Lancashire Road, and thereafter the East Lancashire Road, with the exception of children who live nearer to Bedford High School than Fred Longworth High School, and children living in that part of Hindsford bounded to the east by the former Borough and Urban District Boundary and bounded to the north by the northerly access road to the Chanters Industrial Estate and Tyldesley Old Road to its junction with Millers Lane and bounded to the west by Millers Lane to its junction with Langley Platt Lane and the former Borough and Urban District Boundary. View this map for assistance in determining whether you are within the boundary (marked in black).
5. Children who live in Atherton and Tyldesley who attend one of the following associated primary schools:
- Tyldesley Primary School; Garrett Hall; St John’s Mosley Common; St George’s Central Tyldesley; St Stephen’s Astley; Chowbent; Hindsford CE; St Phillip’s Atherton and Parklee
6. Children living in the remainder of Tyldesley and the remainder of Atherton.
7. Other children living nearest to the school.
Tie-breaker
Where there are more children in one particular criterion than the number of places available, places will be allocated to the children who live nearest to the school. The distance will be measured in a straight line from the front entrance to the child’s home address to the Squire’s Lane entrance gate at the rear of the school using a Geographical Information System (GIS) which is based on ordnance survey.
If we offer the last place available at the school to one of twins (or triplets, and so on), our policy is to admit the other twin or triplets too.
Occasionally, the distance from home to school is the same for more than one child (for example, if more than one child lives in the same block of flats). In these cases, we will use a system randomly to pick who will be offered a place.
When considering your child’s application, we will use the permanent home address we have for you at the closing date for applications. If parents are separated and the child spends time at each parent’s address, the address we use for admission to school is that of the main carer. We use the address of the parent who receives the Child Benefit for this.
Brother and Sisters
We will include half-brothers and half-sisters; stepbrothers and stepsisters; and foster brothers and foster sisters who live at the same address as part of the same family unit.