Reception Admissions 2025
Applying for a reception class place for September 2025
If your child was born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021, they will start reception class at the start of the new school year in September 2025.
National Offer Day
In line with the School Admissions Code, offers are made on Wednesday 16th April 2025.
If you have applied online, on 16th April 2025 you will receive an email from 9am and you will be able to view your result on the School Admissions Portal. If you have applied using a paper application form, you will be notified of the result by letter.
Visit the online School Admission Portal
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If you have applied online and your email shows that you have not got a place at one of your preferred schools, you will receive a letter with details of which criterion your application fell under. Information on how places were allocated can be found further down this page. We will also provide information on how to appeal and waiting lists.
Please wait for your letter to arrive. If your letter has not arrived by 24th April 2025, please contact The School Organisation Team on 01942 489013.
How places were allocated
The documents below give details of how places were allocated at each oversubscribed Wigan primary school. If you have been refused a place at any of these schools, you will be sent a letter with the reason your child was refused a place. For more detailed information please click HERE.
Appeals and waiting lists
If you have been refused a place at a Wigan primary school you have the right to appeal that decision. Children refused a place at a Wigan primary school will be added to the school's waiting list which will be kept until 31st December 2025.
Before submitting your appeal please click HERE.
If you have any queries please contact School Admissions Contact Centre on 01942 489013