Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School

Postal address Larch Grove
Bamber Bridge
Preston
PR5 6GX   
Telephone 01772 337321 
Headteacher Mrs L Finch 
Number on roll January 2024 116
Admission number 2025/26 24

Information relating to autumn term 2024 reception admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st
2nd
3rd 18
Total preferences received 33 

Summary of policy

This is a voluntary controlled school. Please see the full admission details on our website - admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled primary schools.

To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.

  1. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, then
  2. Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned below, then
  3. Children eligible for Services Premium, then
  4. Children with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then
  5. Remaining places are allocated according to where a child lives. Those living nearest to the preferred school by a straight line (radial) measure will have priority, below.

The distance criterion will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria; it is a straight line (radial) measure.