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Northumberland Street
Salford
M7 4RP
Telephone: 0161 553 0457
Email: enquiries@brentnallacademy.org.uk
Executive head: Mr P Graham
Head of school: Ms C Woolley
School type: Academy
Total number of places for nursery: 26
Total number of places for reception: 30
Total applications received by offer day for reception: 20
Breakdown of reception offers at offer day (16 April 2026): All applicants offered
Total numbers of reception offers made: 16
Total reception vacancies: 14
The Local Governing Body at Brentnall Academy is responsible for determining the Academy’s Admission Policy.
In undertaking this responsibility, the academy will be guided by the requirements of the law and will conform fully to the Admissions’ code and the School Admission Appeals’ code.
The admissions oversubscription criteria have been created to ensure fairness, transparency and ease of operation to minimise appeals.
The planned admissions number for Reception will be 30. The planned admissions number for Nursery will be 26.
The Academy will admit children with an Education Health and Care Plan which names Brentnall Academy. We will then allocate the remaining places in accordance with this policy.
Where more applications are received than there are places available, applications will be considered in accordance with the Academy’s published oversubscription criteria following the order stated below:
Where the number of applications for the Academy received during the normal admissions round exceeds the admission number of the school, or an admission limit set higher than the admission number, then admission will be determined in accordance with the following priority of admission criteria:
1. Looked after children - (as defined by section 22 of the Children Act 1989), previously looked after children and internationally adopted previously looked after children. This includes children who have ceased to be looked after because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements’ order or special guardianship order.
2. Children in Need - as defined by the Children Act (1989) i.e. those who are unlikely to achieve or maintain or have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining a reasonable standard of health or development or a child / children whose health or development would be further impaired without the provision of services of the Local Authority. Applications under this criterion would need to be supported by an appropriate professional stating that attendance at Brentnall Academy is essential.
3. Medical reasons - If claiming medical reasons, primary guardians must provide evidence from the doctor that the child has a medical condition which means that admission to Brentnall Academy is essential.
4. Older brother or sister in attendance at Brentnall Academy at the date when the pupil is to be admitted. This includes step-children and foster children living with the same family at the same address. Other children may be considered under the sibling criterion provided proof is available to demonstrate that the children are permanently resident at the same address as part of the same family unit. United Learning accepts that in some family units children may not be natural siblings.
5. Distance from the Academy. This will be measured in a straight line (as the crow flies) in miles from the child's permanent home address to the front entrance of the Academy. The child’s ordinary place of residence will be deemed to be a residential property at which the person or persons with parental responsibility for the child resides at the closing date for receiving applications for admission to the Academy. Where parental responsibility is held by more than one person and those persons reside in separate properties, the child’s ordinary place of residence will be deemed to be that property at which the child resides for the greater part of the week including weekends. If the Academy cannot differentiate between the applications within criteria 2-5 a random allocation tie-breaker will be applied. This may be required for example, where applicants reside in the same block of flats or are children of a multiple birth living at the same address.
The Academy will operate a waiting list for each year group. This will be maintained by the Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Where places become vacant, they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.
At Brentnall Academy, we try to accommodate all children who want to come here, although places will be offered in line with the above admissions criteria. We can accept up to 26 children in the Nursery class and 30 into the Reception class each year.
Brentnall Academy is in Salford Local Authority. When applying for a place you complete the Salford City Council application form for entry.
Children can be admitted to the Nursery when they are 3 years old or if they will reach this age before 31 August in the year they are admitted.
Admission applications should be made through the Salford Admissions Team for the September intake. Information and application packs will be available from late October in the year before the September intake.
The deadline for applications is usually the middle of January. Places are announced via letter or email usually during the middle of April. You will normally be given at least 10 working days to let the Local Authority know whether you want to accept this offer. If you do not respond within this timescale the place may be offered to another child.
Late applications will only be dealt with once all other applications have been allocated and accepted.
A place in the Nursery class does not guarantee a place in Reception. All parents must re apply for a Reception Class place.
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This page was last updated on 6 August 2026