School Admission

Irlam Endowed Primary School has adopted the Salford School Admissions Policy and procedures. More information is available below about how to apply for a place at our school. 

Salford Education Authority's Admissions Policy

Admissions are organised by the Salford Admissions Team. They will try to meet parental preferences for schools but it is not always possible to do so.

For more information about Salford's Admissions please visit their webpage: Salford Admissions. 

Applying for a place

To apply for a school place online, this must completed through the Salford Family Portal. For more information, please visit Salford's website: Apply Online. 

Oversubscription 

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 an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names Irlam Endowed Primary School: 

• Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Childen:                                                                                                                                                                                         This includes children who have been adopted or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order (SGO). 

• Children in need:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Children in need as defined by the Children Act (1989).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 whose health or development would be impaired without the provision of services by the local authority. Applications under this criterion would need to be supported by an appropriate professional stating that attendance at a particular school is essential. This includes children in public care.  

• Brother or sister:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Children in attendance at the school (Reception to Year 5 only - Year 6 are considered for in year applications 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.  

• Children living nearest to the school:                                                                                                                                                                                                 The distance will be measured in a straight line using LLPG (Local Land and Property Gazetteer) information to measure the disstance between the address point (including flats) of the child's home address and the centre of the school in miles.

For more information, please visit Salford's webpage: Oversubscription Criteria.