Consultation
Consultation with stakeholders and interested parties
Harper Green School is a Secondary School (part of Leverhulme Church of England and Community Trust) for students aged 11-16 with a maximum roll of 1200 students.
The Governors and Headteacher wish to consult with all stakeholders and interested parties on the following proposal:-
That Harper Green School amends its Admission Policy oversubscription criteria for 2026/27 to include the following criteria inserted at the specified criteria levels below:
3) Children of staff employed at Harper Green School, in either of the following circumstances:
- The member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; or
- The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
There are no additional proposed amendments to the school admission criteria.
A full copy of the proposed Admissions Policy can be viewed by clicking the link below:
Proposed Admission Policy 2026/27
The Governors and Headteacher are requesting comments and feedback on these proposals from all stakeholders and interested parties. The consultation period will begin on Wednesday 11th December 2024 and will end at midnight on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.
Who are we consulting?
We will include: Students, staff, parents, governors and trustees, local residents, local councillors, local MP’s, the Local Authority and neighbouring Authorities: all other Bolton Secondary Schools, all other Bolton Primary Schools, the Bolton Pupil Referral Service, all other schools not Secondary or Primary in Bolton, Bolton College and Bolton 6th Form College, Bolton Trades Unions and Bolton University.
Consultation process.
Your views on the above are most welcome and we encourage everyone to respond.
If you are a student, you can email your views to consultation@harpergreen.net
If you are a parent, you can email your views to consultation@harpergreen.net
If you are a Governor, you can email head@harpergreen.net, or consultation@harpergreen.net
If you are any other stakeholder you can email your views to consultation@harpergreen.net
Please note that the consultation will end at Midnight on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.
All responses received by the end of the consultation period will be carefully considered by the Governors and Headteacher and will be used to decide the admission arrangements for the school year 2026/2027. Once the arrangements have been determined, they will be published by 15 March 2025.