Admissions for Kirkham & Wesham Primary School

At Kirkham and Wesham Primary School we have an admission number of 30 children per year group. 

Places are allocated by Lancashire Education Authority in line with their admission criteria. 

This is a community school and the following will be considered when an application is made.

To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.

  1. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, then
  2. Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned below, then
  3. Children eligible for Services Premium, then
  4. Children with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then
  5. Remaining places are allocated according to where a child lives. Those living nearest to the preferred school by a straight line (radial) measure will have priority, below.

The distance criterion will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria; it is a straight line (radial) measure.

If the Local Authority is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (eg. Siblings, those living the same distance from home to school, or families residing in the same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.

The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant’s home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data).

For more information on the admissions criteria, how to apply for a school in Lancashire or the appeals process please visit the Lancashire County Council website.

If you are considering KWPS for your child's first school starting in September 2025 or beyond, we warmly welcome you to come for a visit. Please contact the school office on 01772 682866 to arrange this.

We hope to see you soon.