• Westholme is ambitious, inclusive and future focused and aims to help pupils thrive academically while taking full advantage of wider opportunity.

• Will suit families wanting a broad, aspirational all-through school with continuity, visible energy and more than enough to do.

Admissions at Westholme should appeal to families wanting a substantial Lancashire all-through school that is big enough to offer breadth but not so large that it loses its sense of identity. It should suit parents who want continuity from the early years into sixth form together with visible ambition around the future.

Scholarships and bursaries are clearly part of the admissions picture, but for many families the greater attraction will be continuity, breadth and the sense of a school that wants pupils to do a great deal beyond the classroom.

The current picture is expansive and forward looking, with the school emphasising an all-through journey, an energetic co-curricular life and a distinctive sixth-form identity. Parents should still visit because the key question is whether the school's size and style feel suitably stretching and cohesive for their child.