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- September 23, 2021
Dear Parent
Welcome to Fred Longworth High School. I hope that you have an enjoyable evening and that you have the chance to chat to some of our students about what life is like at our school.
Many of you will be anxious about the choice that you make over the next few weeks. Fortunately, there are several good schools within our local area and, whilst we believe that we are the best, the final decision will be about the choosing the school that best suits your child.
Past experience suggests that many of your questions tonight will be about admissions. There are always parents who are worried about whether their child will or will not be successful in gaining a place here and that, if they choose Fred Longworth as first choice and are not successful in their application because we are over-subscribed, they will damage their chances of being accepted at their second choice school.
I must stress that this is absolutely not the case. Admissions are strictly controlled by the Local Authority and success depends entirely on how far a child meets the over-subscription criteria for each school. A school must not consider whether the parent has placed it as first, second or third choice if a child meets its over-subscription criteria. My advice is that if you want your child to come to Fred Longworth, you should indicate that we are your first choice, as the Local Authority try to place children in their first choice school if possible. If your application is unsuccessful, you will not be disadvantaged at your second and third choice schools. For reference, the admissions criteria is attached.
Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any further questions. In the meantime, enjoy the evening and I hope that this is the start of a long and successful partnership between you and Fred Longworth High School.
Yours sincerely
Mr P Davies
Headteacher
Admissions
- Children in Public Care.
- Children with brothers or sisters who will be attending the school at the time of admission.
- 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. A map detailing the boundaries is available on the school website under Admissions.
- 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; Parklee.
- Children living in the remainder of Tyldesley and the remainder of Atherton.
- Other children living nearest to the school.