Barnacre Road Primary School provides primary education, serving a number of communities and wards across Longridge and the surrounding area. Located in Longridge, just off Inglewhite Rd, we are delighted to admit 30 children each year to join our school family.

Visits to our lovely school are warmly welcomed - simply contact the school office to book an appointment.

Our school has a dedicated Nursery which caters for children from the age of 2 years old. For more information, please visit our Nursery Section on the website, where you can book a visit directly with school staff.

From Reception to Year 6, we are a single-form entry school organised into seven single-aged classes of 30 pupils, organised as follows

Foundation Stage/ Key Stage 1:

Reception, Year 1, Year 2

Key Stage 2:

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6

 

When should I apply for a school place?

The age your child will start school depends when their birthday is. Children can start school from the September after their fourth birthday.  You may also choose to defer a school place. Information about how to do this can be found by clicking here.
 
These are the dates that children would usually start school and when to apply for a school place:

Child born between	Starts primary school	Apply between
1 Sept 2021 – 31 Aug 2022	Sept 2026	Sept 2025 – Jan 2026
1 Sept 2022 – 31 Aug 2023	Sept 2027	Sept 2026 – Jan 2027
1 Sept 2023 – 31 Aug 2024	Sept 2028	Sept 2027 – Jan 2028
1 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2025	Sept 2029	Sept 2028 - Jan 2029

How to apply for a school place

If you are applying for a school place for your child who is due to start in Reception you are required to apply online using the Lancashire County Council website.

The deadline for applications for a primary school place in September 2027 is 15th January 2027.

In-Year Admissions

The school’s in year admissions will be administered by the governing board of the school.

If you are new to the area, or want to request a transfer to Barnacre Rd, please contact us directly to find out if a place is available for your child. If we do not have any places available, you can request that your child is put on the waiting list. 

The start date for children moving during the school year will be agreed with parents. Children will continue to attend their existing school until that date. The application form at the bottom of the page should be used for all in year admissions.

Once an in-year application has been made, the school will seek to provide parents with a response within 5 working days. 

Appeals 

The school’s admission appeals are supported by Lancashire County Council. If the Governing body cannot offer a school place, parents have the right to make an appeal. This appeal should be submitted using the link below within twenty days of refusal of admission. The appeal provides you with an opportunity to explain why you wish to register your child at our school. The appeal forms and advice on how to complete them is available on the Lancashire County Council website:

School appeals - Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council will contact you in respect of your appeal application and inform you of the arrangements. The outcome of the appeal will be notified to you in writing within five school days where possible. The decision of the Independent Appeal Panel is binding to all parties, ie the family and the school. Please note that this right of appeal against the Governors’ decision does not prevent you from making an appeal in respect of any other school.

Admissions to Nursery

You are welcome to apply for a place in our Nursery once your child has reached his/her first birthday. Currently we are accepting pupils who are age 2 or older. You may take up your place in several ways - through receipt of government funding for some 2 year olds (if you have an entitlement) or by paying for your 2 year old child to attend.

All 3 and 4 year old children are entitled to 15 hours universal entitlement per week from the term after their third birthday. This entitlement may be taken flexibly over 5 mornings, 5 afternoons or by using the entitlement over 2.5 full days. The 15 hour universal entitlement typically can only be used for core learning sessions and not for breakfast, lunch or afterschool sessions. 

Parents also have an option of paying for extra sessions over the 15 hours if they wish to do so. This is dependent on availability.

In addition, parents can now also apply for a 30 hour funded place made up of 15 hrs universal and 15 hrs extended. The extended hours can be used for any of the sessions and not just the core learning  sessions.  Please note that if you book a school  lunch for your child, this is charged and billed separately and does not form part of your funded hours. More information can be found:

Childcare Choices | 30 Hours Childcare, Tax-Free Childcare and More | Help with Costs | GOV.UK

Also please refer to Barnacre Road's EYFS policies available on this website. 

We have a minimum booking requirement of 3 core sessions per week for all children.

Admissions outside of the normal age group

Parent(s)/carer(s) may seek a place for their child outside of the normal age group, for example, if a child is gifted and talented or has experienced problems such as ill health. In addition, the parent/carer of a summer born child (i.e. a child born between 1 April and 31 August) may choose not to send that child to school until the September following their fifth birthday and may request that they are admitted outside of their normal age group – to reception rather than year 1. In-year applications (i.e. children who are already of school age)

Parent(s)/carer(s) must submit their written request for admission out of the normal age group to the Governing Board. If their request is agreed and a place is available in the requested year group, the child will be admitted.

Children seeking admission to reception in the September after their fifth birthday Parent(s)/carer(s) will need to submit a normal Common Application Form (CAF) to the Local Authority for admission into the normal age group at the same time as they submit a written request to the Governing Board for their child to be admitted out of the normal age group.