Newchurch-in-Pendle Saint Mary's Church of England Primary School

Postal address Spenbrook Road
Newchurch-in-Pendle
BB12 9JP   
Telephone 01282 612191 
Headteacher Mrs P Nightingale 
Number on roll January 2024 55
Admission number 2025/26 8

Summary of policy

This is an academy – please contact the academy 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) ) Looked after children and previously looked after children. This includes children who appear 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.
  2. Children whose parents live within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Newchurch in Pendle.
    (a)  Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and on the date of admission.
    (b) Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a church in membership of Churches Together in England.
    (c)  Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a non-Christian faith which is in membership of the UK Interfaith Network.
    The major world faiths are those in membership of the UK Interfaith Network; in addition to Christians, it includes Buddhists, Baha’is, Hindus, Jains, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Zorastrians.
  3. Children whose parents live outside the Ecclesiastical Parish of Newchurch.
    (a)  Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and on the date of admission.
    (b) Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a church in membership of Churches Together in England.
    (c)  Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a non-Christian faith which is in membership of the UK Interfaith Network.
  4.  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