Applying for a place at Church Lawton School

Parents

We offer education to young people aged 4 to 19 with a diagnosis of autism, who have been referred by their Local Authority.

Our admissions chart is a step-by-step guide to help you through the process of a Local Authority consultation.

Whether you have already named our school as parental preference at Annual Review, or whether you are concerned that your current school is not meeting your child’s needs and are considering other options, we hope you find this chart useful.

We also encourage you to attend one of our open evenings to find out more about what makes Church Lawton School unique. 

Download our admissions flowchart at the bottom of this page.

Oversubscription criteria

The school will work collaboratively with all neighbouring Local Authorities to manage consultations. If our school can meet a pupil's needs, we may offer a placement to the Local Authority.  

If we have no available places we will notify the Local Authority that although we feel Church Lawton School can meet the pupil's needs, we will need to review this once a place has become available.

Where there are more applicants than spaces available, places will be prioritised according to the admissions criteria which also act as the oversubscription criteria. 

Local Authority Commissioners

If you are working with a child for whom Church Lawton School might be a suitable school, we recommend that you contact us for an initial conversation about the child’s needs and the services we offer.

We would also be delighted to welcome you to visit us.

Open Evenings

For academic year 2025/2026 we will be holding open evenings on the following dates:

• Thursday 6th November 2025
• Thursday 26th February 2026

If you would like to attend an open evening please complete the booking form here..

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visits outside of these times.

Find out more

To find out more about the consultation process, please call us on 01270 877 601. You can also ask us for more information by contacting us via email.   

Our Admissions Policy can be found on our Policies and Procedures page.  Further Admissions details can be found on the Liberty Academy Trust website.