If you would like your child to attend Brookside School, please see full details of our admission arrangements below preceded by the link to Lancashire County Council's website which contains full admission information for Lancashire Schools. The Pupil Access Team at Lancashire County Council deal with all admissions. Please note that applications are to be made online and the statutory closing date is Thursday 15 January 2026 for primary school applications for September 2025. You can contact the Pupil Access Team on 01254220747 or email at Pupil.AccessEast@lancashire.gov.uk
For details of how to apply in all cases please follow the link below
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/children-education-families/schools/apply-for-a-school-place/
If you live in Lancashire you must follow Lancashire County Council's application process, even if any of your preferred schools are outside Lancashire. You must apply for a place at a primary school, even if it’s linked to your child’s nursery, or your child's brother or sister is already at the school. Please see the Lancashire County Council website for information on how to apply.
Your right to appeal:
Your appeal should be submitted using the link below within twenty days of refusal of admission. The appeal provides you with an opportunity to explain why you wish to register your child at our school. The appeal forms and advice on how to complete them is available on the Lancashire County Council website:
Lancashire County Council also provide a parents booklet so that you can be fully informed of your options before making your final choice.
Every day is an Open Day at Brookside. Prospective parents and children can come for a tour of school and have the opportunity to talk to staff and pupils. If you have any questions about admission arrangements please contact Miss Roberts, Senior Admin Officer, on 01200 425564.
In order to make the starting of school as easy as possible, once you have accepted a place at Brookside, we will arrange an evening meeting in early May for parents and invite you to attend. This will be an opportunity to meet other parents of our new starters, the EYFS staff who will be teaching your child, the Headteacher, Chair of Governors, The Out of School Care Club & Nursery Manager, Pupils from our School Council, Kitchen and Office Staff. Samples of our School Uniform will be on display along with information from the School Nursing Team.
At this meeting you will be given a list of Pre-School Visit Sessions for your child to attend. You are welcome to attend the first few of those sessions with your child, staff will discuss your child's development with you at those sessions. We ask that you leave your child in class for the final sessions and collect at the end. As part of getting to know your child our EYFS teacher, Mrs Birch, will also visit your child in their current nursery setting.
In September, Reception children will start school on the first day of term, but start times will be staggered to ease the children gently into the day.
In Year Admissions
If your child is already of school age and you are interested in a place at our school you are welcome to telephone the school office on 01200 425564 to arrange a viewing however, from 01/11/2021 The Pupil Access Team at Lancashire County Council will deal with the admission of your child. Please follow the link https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/children-education-families/schools/apply-for-a-school-place/changing-schools-during-the-school-year/community-and-voluntary-controlled-schools/