Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School
| Postal address | Barnfield Street Accrington BB5 2AQ |
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| Telephone | 01254 232130 |
| Headteacher | Mrs J Nicol |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 150 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 23 |
Summary of policy
This is a voluntary aided school – please contact the school for full admission details. To apply for a place at this school, please apply online and use the supplementary information form available from the school.
- (a) Children in public care and previously looked after children. This criteria also includes looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
(b) Children with special medical or social circumstances affecting the child where these needs can only be met at this school. - Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a church in full membership of Churches Together in England, a member of the Evangelical Alliance or the North West Partnership to a maximum of 15. Priority will be given to the children of parent(s) worshipping at Accrington St Paul's Church.
- Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and on the date of admission (1 September 2025).
- Children of staff who have been employed in School for the whole of the two years prior to the closing date for applications, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrative skill shortage. This applies to all staff, full and part time, who are employed by the Governing Body.
- Other children.
Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre. Where two addresses have the same distance, or the cut-off point is for addresses within the same building, then the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s).
Definitions
Definitions of the following terms are available and apply except where individual arrangements spell out a different definition.
- Distance
- Parents / family members
- Medical/social/welfare
- Looked after children and previously looked after children