Admissions

To apply for a place at Kingsway Park High School please use the link below:

School Admissions - Apply for a year 7 secondary school place (Rochdale.gov.uk)

Kingsway Park High School Admissions Policy - 2026-27 (for September 2026 entry)

Kingsway Park High School Admissions Policy - 2027-28 (for September 2027 entry)

Students with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) 

Where students have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) that names a specific school, the Local Authority has a statutory duty to admit those students. This means that students with such a EHCP will be allocated a place before any other places are allocated.

Criteria for the allocation of places

The policy of Kingsway Park High School is to admit students, on demand, up to a school’s Published Admission Number.

Where there are more applications for our school than there are places available, places will be allocated giving priority to students in the following order:

1. Looked After and Previously Looked After Children 

This applies to children who are in public care (‘children looked after’ as defined by section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989), or who were previously looked after, but became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order.

2. Children with exceptional medical needs or exceptional welfare considerations which are directly relevant to Kingsway Park High School

Exceptional medical needs must be supported at the same time of application by a letter from a GP, hospital Consultant or other medical professional indicating how a student’s medical condition relates to the preference for Kingsway Park High School. Exceptional Welfare consideration (such as children at risk) must be supported at the time of the application by a letter from a supporting agency (e.g., Social Worker, Family Support Worker) indicating how the circumstances relate to Kingsway Park High School.

3. Children with an older sibling at Kingsway Park High School at the time of admission

Parents/carers may only claim this priority if their child has an older sibling who will attend the Academy in the September they are due to start. A sibling is defined as a brother or sister, or step-brother or step-sister or foster brother or sister living at the same address as the child for whom the application is being made and who are in attendance at the Academy at the start of the academic year for which admission is being sought. Sibling priority will not be given where the brother/sister or step-brother or step-sister lives at a different address to the child for whom the application is being made. No sibling priority is given to cousins, regardless of their address.

 4. Children eligible for the Service Pupil Premium

Children eligible for admission under this priority are those where:

• one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces.
• they have been registered as a ‘service child’ in the school census at any point since 2011
• one of their parents died while serving in the armed forces and the student receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme.
• students with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service.​ 

5. Children of staff at the Academy

It is anticipated that this will account for a very small number of places offered and will be reviewed annually by the Governing Body. The member of staff must have been employed at the Academy for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made, and/or the member of staff is required to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

6. Children of staff at the Academy

Priority will be given to children who live nearest to the Academy as measured by the Local Authority’s GIS system. Distances are measured in a straight line ‘as the crow flies’ from the Easting and Northing co-ordinates of the child’s home address as taken from the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG), to the identified Academy gate used for admissions at the Academy.

Timetable for applying for a secondary school place

Applications for places at KPHS are processed by Rochdale Council. For more information please see  Step 2 – before you apply | Apply for a year 7 secondary school place | Rochdale Borough Council

Secondary School admission appeals (rochdale.gov.uk)

Within Year Appeals