Lathom High School
| Postal address | Glenburn Road Skelmersdale WN8 6JW |
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| Telephone | 01695 725653 |
| Headteacher | Ms J Galbraith |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 761 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 160 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 255 |
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| 2nd | 122 |
| 3rd | 56 |
| Total preferences received | 433 |
Summary of policy
This is a foundation school – please contact the school for full admission details. To apply for a place at this school, please apply online and use the supplementary information form available from the school..
When a secondary school is oversubscribed the following priorities apply in order:
- Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in states care as a result of being adopted, then
- Children for whom the Governing Body accepts that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start,
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area.
The distance criterion which will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria is a straight line (radial) measure. If the Governing Body is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (eg twins or same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.
The distance measure is a straight line (radial) measure centre of building to centre of building.
Geographical priority area
Parishes of Lathom South (part of*) and Skelmersdale
*The part of the parish to the north of Spa Lane and Vale Lane.
Transport
Please see the main school admissions section.
Parents in any doubt over the distance between home and school for the provision of transport are asked to check with their local area education office. This may be particularly relevant if you live close to a county border.