Longridge Church of England Primary School

Postal address	Berry Lane Longridge Preston PR3 3JA
Telephone	01772 782378
Headteacher	Mrs C Parkin
Number on roll January 2024	195
Admission number 2025/26	30

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.

1. (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 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.
2. Children who have a sibling attending the school at the time of application and admission.
3. Children whose parents live within the ecclesiastical parish of St Lawrence with St Paul, Longridge and the civil parish of Longridge. In the event of oversubscription in this criterion, places will be offered in the following order of priority:-
   (a) children with a parent/guardian/carer worshipping in a church in full membership of Churches Together in England.
   (b) children with a parent/guardian/carer worshipping in a non-Christian faith which is in membership of the UK Interfaith Network
   (c) other children
4. Children whose parents live outside the ecclesiastical parish of St Lawrence with St Paul, Longridge and the civil parish of Longridge
   (a) children with a parent/guardian/ carer worshipping in a church in full membership of Churches Together in England
   (b) children with a parent/guardian/carer worshipping in a non-Christian Faith which is in membership of the UK Interfaith Network
5. 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