Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall
| Postal address | Lourdes Avenue Lostock Hall Preston PR5 5TB |
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| Telephone | 01772 335025 |
| Headteacher | Miss K A Harvey |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 360 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 50 |
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.
Where the number of applicants exceeds the number of places available the Governing Body will apply the following over-subscription criteria:
- Baptised Catholic looked children or children who were 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.
- Baptised Catholic children living in the parish of Our Lady and St. Gerard’s.
- Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling at the school at the time of likely admission.
- Baptised Catholic children living in other Catholic parishes.
- Other 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.
- Children who are other than Catholic who have a brother or a sister at the school at the time of likely admission.
- Children from other Christian denominations. Proof of Baptism in form of Baptismal Certificate of confirmation in writing that the applicant is a member of their Faith community from an appropriate Minister of Religion is required.
- Children of other faiths. An appropriate Faith Leader would need to confirm in writing that the applicant is a member of their faith group.
- Children whose parents express a preference for a place at the school.
If in any category there are more applications than places available, priority will be given on the basis of proximity to the school. In the event of a tied distance measurement between address points the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s). 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 the cut off point is for addresses within the same building, then the single measure between address points will apply and 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