Lostock High School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked After Children and all previously Looked After Children. A looked-after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority, in the exercise of their social services functions (as defined in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). Previously Looked After Children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). This includes children who have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. 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 to benefit society.
2. 2Catchment area with a sibling — Children who live in the catchment area of the school who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of the applicant’s proposed admission (this includes half/step/adopted/foster brothers or sisters, and any other children, who are living at the same address as part of the same family unit).
3. 3Catchment area — Children who live in the catchment area of the school.
4. 4Sibling outside the catchment area — Children who live outside the catchment area who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of the applicant’s proposed admission (this includes half/step/adopted/foster brothers or sisters, and any other children, who are living at the same address as part of the same family unit).
5. 5Nearest to the school (straight line) — Children who live nearest to the school, calculated in a direct straight line from the child’s permanent place of residence to the school. The co-ordinates that will be used for Lostock High School are 378147,395323. For the home address, the distance will be calculated using property co-ordinates provided from Trafford’s Local Land and Property Gazetteer (BS7666) (Royal Mail postal address information may be used in some instances). In the case of a child living in a block of flats, coordinates will be obtained in the same way.

Trafford Council is the Admission Authority for Lostock High School. Catchment area: the catchment area for Lostock High School – all M32 postcodes. All children whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan names the school must be admitted. If the number of other applications exceeds the number of places available, the following criteria will apply. If there are more applicants than can be accommodated at a school, in criteria 1 to 4, places will be offered to those children in each criterion whose place of residence is nearest to the school as defined in criterion 5. Final tie-break: random draw conducted and scrutinised by persons independent from the school, and from the Children, Families and Wellbeing Directorate. Determined 24 February 2026.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.