Address:
Longshaw Drive
Little Hulton
M28 0GP
Website: Star Salford Academy website
Email: admissions@starsalford.org
Headteacher: Ms T Rollings
School type: Academy
Total number of places for year 7: 150
Star Salford Academy is a new non-selective, all ability 11-16 years school. The academy will open in September 2023 with an initial intake of 150 year 7 pupils.
In the first year of opening only, applications must be made directly to admissions@starsalford.org by 31 October 2022. You will be advised of the outcome by 1 March 2023. Salford City Council and Star Academies will share information to ensure no parent accepts an offer of a place at more than one school.
Download the application form from the Star Salford Academy website.
The academy will be part of a successful family of schools run by Star Academies.
Star Salford Academy aims to offer pupils a transformative educational experience that prepares them for success personally, academically and socially. Pupils will benefit from an engaging curriculum designed to deliver educational excellence and outstanding leadership experiences.
By creating a culture that rewards excellence, values achievement and inspires pupils to become a force for good in their local communities, we aim to develop confident, well rounded young leaders who are effective contributors to society and ambassadors for our STAR values of Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect.
Get further details on the Star Salford Academy website.
Star Salford Academy is part of Star Academies and is a progressive and inclusive 11 to 16 school. It is our mission to deliver the very best education to young people in our schools. The Trust will consider all applications equally in accordance with this policy.
The school has an admission number of 150 for entry in Year 7.
The school will accordingly admit this number of pupils if there are sufficient applications. Where fewer applicants than the published admission number(s) for the relevant year group are received, the Academy Trust (the Trust) will offer places at the school to all those who have applied.
The Trust will process applications outside the normal local authority process for co-ordinating school offers. This means you will need to complete your LA common application form for your other choices of school in addition to a separate application for this school.
Applications for this school should be sent to The Admissions and Exclusions Team at the following address admissions@starsalford.org or Admissions Service, Star Academies, Shadsworth Road, Blackburn BB1 2HT.
The closing date for applications is 31 October 2022.
Offers will be made on 1 March 2023. If we have not entered into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State opening the school by that date, they will be conditional offers and will be confirmed once we have a signed funding agreement.
The application form can be obtained from the Star Salford Academy website or from The Admissions and Exclusions Team at the following address admissions@starsalford.org, 0330 313 9137 or Admissions Service, Star Academies, Shadsworth Road, Blackburn BB1 2HT.
When the school is oversubscribed, after the admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care plan naming the school, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in priority order:
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 the address where the child sleeps the majority of the school nights (Sunday to Thursday) during the week in term time. Where there is dispute or equal nights are slept, the parent will be asked to provide proof of the address registered with the child’s GP.
If a child is resident with friends or relatives for reasons other than guardianship, the friend or relative’s address will not be considered.
We may ask to see two to four forms of evidence of your home address (photocopies are acceptable). This may include, for example:
Any evidence you provide must show that the parent or main carer lives at this address. We may seek evidence by other means if the parent/carer is unable to provide sufficient proof of their residence.
If your address changes temporarily (for example, if you go to live with a relative or there is another reason for temporary vacation of the permanent residence) you cannot use this temporary address for the purpose of your application.
If a tie-break is necessary to determine which child is admitted, the child living closest to the school will be given priority for admission. The distance will be measured in a straight line using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) information to measure the distance between the address point (including flats) of the child’s home address and the centre of the school address in miles.
Random allocation undertaken by the local authority will be used as a tie-break in categories where there are more applications that there are places available in any criterion above to decide who has highest priority for admission if the distance between a child’s home and the academy is equidistant in any two or more cases.
Random allocation will not be applied to multiple birth siblings (twins and triplets etc.) from the same family tied for the final place. We will admit them all and exceed our PAN.
Parents may request that their child is admitted outside their normal age group. To do so parents should include a request with their application, specifying why admission out of normal year group is being requested and the year group in which they wish their child to be allocated a place.
When such a request is made, the Trust will make a decision on the basis of the circumstances of the case and in the best interests of the child concerned, taking into account the views of the headteacher and any supporting evidence provided by the parent.
The school will operate a waiting list. Where the school receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until the end of the first term after the beginning of the school year. This will be maintained by the school. All those who are refused admission will automatically be included on the waiting list.
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. The waiting list will be reordered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria whenever anyone is added to or leaves the waiting list.
All applicants refused a place have a right of appeal to an independent appeal panel constituted and operated in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code. The appeals process is managed by Salford City Council. Appellants should contact the School Appeals Team. Information on the timetable for the appeals process is on the Star Salford Academy website.