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Rothwell Lane
Little Hulton
M38 9XA
Telephone: 0161 560 8180
Email: whartonadmin@thelinkeducationtrust.co.uk
Headteacher: Miss H Fielding
School type: Academy
Total number of places for nursery: 30
Total number of places for reception: 60
Total applications received by offer day for reception: 48
Breakdown of reception offers at offer day (16 April 2026): All applicants offered
Total numbers of reception offers made (including alternative offers): 34
Total reception vacancies: 26
Where a school receives more applications than places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied once places have first been allocated to children who have a statement of special educational needs or education, health and care plan which names the school:
Looked after children and previously looked after children. This includes children who have ceased to be looked after because they were adopted or became subject to a special residency order or special guardianship order.
Children in need as defined by the Children Act (1989), ie those who are unlikely to achieve or maintain or to 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 by the local authority. Confirmation of the child's needs will be required from their social worker. Please see notes below.
Medical reasons - If claiming medical reasons, parents/carers must provide evidence from a medical professional that the child has a medical condition which means that admission to a particular school is essential (please see notes below).
Brother or sister in attendance at the school (reception to year 6 only) at the date when the pupil is to be admitted. This includes stepchildren 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 and part of the same family unit. The authority accepts that in some family units the children may not be natural brothers and/or sisters.
Children living nearest to the school. The distance will be measured in a straight line using Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) information to measure the distance between the address point of the child's home address and the centre of the school in miles. Those children whose home address is closest to the school will be those who get priority for places.
No child can automatically transfer from a nursery to a reception class. Where a school is oversubscribed, places in the reception class must be allocated according to the published admission criteria, with children who have attended the nursery being considered on the same basis as those who have not.
In Salford, children who would be eligible for this criterion are those who are at level three and have ongoing social worker involvement, and all at level four on the 'Thresholds of needs and response in Salford'. For children resident in other local authorities, contact will be made with the child's social worker to confirm that the child's level of need falls within these boundaries of the Salford thresholds. Salford Local Authority must have confirmation of an applicant's level of need from an appropriate professional before they will be considered under this criterion.
Applicants under this criterion will be required to submit a medical form completed by an appropriate medical professional. Forms are available from the school admissions team. These forms will be placed before the medical panel, consisting of a consultant paediatrician, school health lead nurse, educational psychologist and two headteachers. The medical panel will consider all applications under this criterion and whether attendance at the preferred school is essential based on the child's medical condition. Attendance will be deemed essential by the panel where, due to the child's medical needs, the location of the school, the school building, or the support it is able to offer the child is unique in meeting the child's needs and cannot be provided by another school. Parents will be informed of the panel's decision before places are allocated, so that where necessary they may change their preference schools.
Children considered as having a medical need to attend a school may include children with significant special educational needs, but without a statement or education, health and care plan, who require a carefully planned transition into school. These children will still be required to provide evidence to be considered by the medical panel as above.
Where there are more children in one particular criterion than the number of places available, places will be allocated to the children whose home address is nearest the school. The distance will be measured in a straight line using LLPG information to measure the distance between the address point of the child's home address and the centre of the school in miles. Those children whose home address is closest to the school will be those who get priority for places. In the event of a tie, where two or more pupils' home address is the same distance from the preferred school and only one place is available, random allocation will be used.
If there is a situation where only one place is available and the next children to be offered are siblings of a multiple birth, all the siblings will be offered places.
The child's home address is considered to be the child's parent/carer(s) place of residence, that is to say, where they are normally and regularly living. If parents are separated and the child spends time at each parents' address, the address which will be used for admission to schools is that of the main carer. The main carer is determined as the parent who is in receipt of child benefit. If a child is resident with friends or relatives for reasons other than guardianship, the friend or relative's address will not be considered.
The local authority may at its discretion consider as genuine a child's temporary address where, for example, the child is living with his/her parent/carer(s) in temporary accommodation due, for example, to their parent/carer(s) working commitments, whilst they are seeking a permanent address in the same area. If the parent/carer(s) main address has changed temporarily, for example where a parent/carer resides with extended family during a period of sickness or takes up temporary accommodation due to building or renovation work, then the parent/carer(s) address remains that at which the parent/carer(s) was resident before the temporary residence began.
Any permanent change in address must be notified in writing or by email to the school admissions team as soon as possible. Where a change of address occurs after the closing date and before the offer date, the local authority will consider a change of preferences to be on-time only where the change of address is over two miles from the previous address (measured from address point to address point in a straight line). Where the change of address is under two miles any changes of preference will be considered as a late application.
Children who are not offered a place at their preferred school will be placed on the school's waiting list. The waiting list will be maintained only for the statutory period, until 31 December. Should any places become available they will be allocated in accordance with Salford Local Authority's published admission criteria. After 31 December, if a parent wishes their child to remain on a waiting list for a school, they will need to reapply for a place using the procedure for in-year admissions.
Children who come under the fair access protocol will take precedence over those on the waiting list.
No places will be allocated in nursery classes to children who have not reached the age of three by 1 September in the admission year.
The nursery admission criteria will be applied to Salford children initially and then, if places are still available, to children resident in other local authority areas.
Should a school decide to allocate full and part-time places in the nursery class the decision on how those places are allocated is the responsibility of the governing body. A head teacher however, should be able to justify to a parent the reason for the decision, ie full time places are given to the older pupils first. Salford City Council's policy states that parent/carers should be disallowed from taking two part time places for their child, thus limiting the number of places available.
In addition to the above, the following information will also be included in the admissions information booklet:
Many schools use children's addresses when deciding who to offer places to. You must give the correct permanent home address. This is where the child and parent, or the person who has care of the child or parental responsibility, normally lives.
We carry out checks to confirm that addresses are genuine. If we are unable to verify an address, or any issues are raised concerning your address, we may carry out further checks. We may ask to see two forms of evidence of your home address (photocopies are acceptable). This may include:
proof of where you are registered for council tax
your television licence
your wage/salary slip
proof of your child tax credits
Any evidence you provide must show that the parent or main carer lives at this address. If your address changes temporarily (for example, if you go to live with a relative), you cannot use this temporary address.
If you give any false information to get a school place (for example, if you give the incorrect home address), we may withdraw the offer and your child may lose their place. If you suspect that someone has given false information to get a school place please contact the admissions team.
Please note that the local authority will take strong action and the place offered will be withdrawn, if any false or misleading information is given, including an address where the child is not actually living.
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This page was last updated on 28 August 2026