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Lancashire County Council is the Local Education Authority for West Lancashire.
Tel: 0845 053 0000
Address: Lancashire County Council, PO Box 78, County Hall, Fishergate, Preston PR1 8XJ
Email: enquiries@css.lancscc.gov.uk
Web: Lancashire County Council Education and Cultural Services (external link)

Lancashire County Council links
As the Local Education Authority, Lancashire County Council's schools website (external link) provides information about:

• School admissions: info about how to apply for nursery, primary or secondary schools
• School holiday dates
• School governors
• Curriculum
• Lancashire Schools Forum

And links to:

• Schools' websites (external link)
• Lancashire Early Years (external link)
• Education of Looked After Children (external link)

Choosing a school
Use the Choosing a School (external link) section on the DirectGov website to:

• Get a guide to choosing a school (external link): An at-a-glance guide to choosing and applying for a school
• Find out about schools in your area (external link): Sources of information available to help you when looking for a school
• Apply for a school place (external link): How to find schools in your area and apply for a place
• Appeal against a school place decision (external link): What to do if you don't get the school of your choice
• Find out about types of schools (external link): The range of schools including state, specialist and independent schools
• Find out about educating your child at home (external link): Your responsibilities if you choose to educate your child at home
• The Parent Centre offers support, information and advice about your child's learning and the English education system.

Find a school near you
DirectGov's School Finder (external link) can be used to:

• find a new school
• find more information about schools, such as contact details, Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) reports, maps and achievement tables
• find childcare options, such as childminders, creches, nurseries, toddler groups
• find out of school care, holiday schemes and pre-school care

School links

• Special educational needs
• School life: extra information
• Chapel Gallery: school tours and community workshops
• Rangers: environmental education

Related information

• Education of looked after children (external link): county council service
• Lancashire school admissions (external link)
• Ofsted (external link): inspection and regulation of schools
• Becoming a parent