Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children — A "Looked After Child" (LAC) 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 (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. A "Previously Looked After Child" (PLAC) is a child who was looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order immediately following having been looked after. An "Internationally Adopted Previously Looked After Child (IAPLAC) is a child who appears (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Siblings of pupils attending the school — Siblings of pupils attending the school at the time of admission. 'Sibling' means a natural brother or sister, a half brother or sister, a legally adopted brother or sister or half-brother or sister, a step brother or sister, or other child living in the same household who, in any of these cases, will be living with them at the same address at the date of their entry to the school.
3. 3Regular attendance at public worship in any Church of England church — Regular attendance at public worship in any Church of England church. Attendance will be established by information provided on the Supplementary Information Form completed by a member of the clergy or other designated church officer. For the purposes of these admission arrangements 'regular' means attendance at least eight times in the twelve months immediately prior to the date of application.
4. 4Attendance at public worship in any other Christian church — Attendance at public worship in any other Christian church. For the purposes of these admission arrangements 'other Christian church' means a church which is Designated under the Ecumenical Relations Measure 2018, nationally by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, or locally by the diocesan bishop, or which is a member of Churches Together in England, or affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance or a Partner Church of Affinity. A parent or parents wishing to apply against this criterion must complete a Supplementary Application Form. For the purposes of these admission arrangements 'regular' means attendance at least eight times in the twelve months immediately prior to the date of application.
5. 5Baptism at any Christian church — Baptism at any Christian church means a church which is Designated under the Ecumenical Relations Measure 2018, nationally by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, or locally by the diocesan bishop, or which is a member of Churches Together in England, or affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance or a Partner Church of Affinity. A parent or parents wishing to apply against this criterion must complete a Supplementary Application Form and provide evidence of Baptism ie original Baptism certificate or re-issued Baptism certificate at the time of application.
6. 6Children of staff — Children of all staff will be considered where the parent has a permanent contract of employment. Their normal base of work must be at Hereford Road, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, WN2 4DH and their employment contract must have been in place for two or more years at the time of the closing date for application for admission.
7. 7Distance from school — Proximity to the school with those living closest to the school having priority calculated by: Children living closest to the school measured by a straight-line distance from the home address to the main entrance using the Local Authority measuring system.

If two applications tie: Proximity to the school measured by straight line distance. In the event that two or more children live at the same distance from the school (as can happen with families living in blocks of flats), random allocation, where supervised drawing of lots by an independent responsible person of good standing will be used to decide which child(ren) will be allocated the remaining place(s).

Places are first allocated to pupils who have an education health and care plan which names the school, before oversubscription criteria are applied. Late applications received after the closing date will only be considered after on-time applications, except looked after children applications received by 15 February will be included with on-time applications.

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.