School admissions

Admissions, Appeals, Education for students aged 13 to 19, Coordinated school admissions arrangements, In-Year applications 2022/23, Local authority report to the schools adjudicator, School published admission numbers, School admissions policies and summer born children.

Admissions

Parents/carers can apply for admission to schools within Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council or neighbouring local authority schools by completing the online application form on the Blackburn with Darwen Council Families Information Service Online.

Coordinated school admissions arrangements

The purpose of co-ordinated admission schemes is to establish mechanisms for ensuring, so far as reasonably practicable, that every parent/carer of a child living in the LA area who has applied for a school place in the ‘normal admission round’ receives an offer of a school place on the national offer day.

In-Year applications 2022/23

The In Year Admissions process is used for your child to move schools if you are moving into Blackburn with Darwen and need a school place for your child, or if your child is already attending a Blackburn with Darwen school and you want to change schools.

Summer born children

The School Admissions Code requires school admission authorities to provide for the admission of all children in the September following their fourth birthday, even though children do not reach compulsory school age until after their fifth birthday.

School appeals

If your child is not offered a place at your preferred school, you have the right to appeal against that decision to an independent appeal panel.