Apply for a primary school place online
If you wish to apply for a nursery or reception place for your child you can now apply online using our interactive form.
Before you apply make sure you look at the following checklist:
- Do you have a working email address?
- Do you have parental responsibility for the child for which you are applying for a place?
- Is your child a Salford resident?
If you can answer "yes" to the above questions then you're ready to apply for a school place online.
Our interactive form will guide you through the process so that you only need to fill in the sections that apply to your application.
The step-by-step process of applying for a nursery/reception school place online is as follows:
- Before you can make your application you will need to register using a vaild, working email address.
- Once you have registered we will send you an email (straight away) containing your a password which you must then use to login to the application form.
- If you are applying for more than one child you will need to fill in a separate application for each child.
- If you change your mind after submitting your application you can login and change your preferences at any point up until the deadline of 9 January 2009.
Where can you find out more information on the application process?
In order to apply for a nursery/reception school place your child must be a Salford resident, even if you want to apply for a nursery/school outside of the Salford Local Authority (LA).
We aim to help parents get a place at the nursery/school they consider most appropriate for their child. However, as many schools receive more applications than they have places, we need a process to decide which children get a place and which have to go to other schools. As a result we ask for you to select a number of schools and rank them in preference order.
How are Nursery/Reception school places allocated?
Places in nursery and reception classes maintained by Salford LA are allocated using published admissions criteria (see Nursery-Reception admissions criteria). Voluntary Aided primary schools may have different admissions criteria to, view each individual school's criteria see the primary admission booklet.
The deadline for making your application is 9 January 2009.
Please remember that your child is not guaranteed a place at the school of your preference at this stage but consideration will be given to your request. An email followed by a letter will be sent to you on 10 April 2009 informing you of the place which has been allocated to your child.
Who to contact for more information
If you have any further queries or require additional information, please contact the Admissions and Exclusions Team on 0161-778 0415/0467 or email school.admissions@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 13 May 2009
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