Pendle Primary Academy
| Postal address | Walter Street Brierfield BB9 5AW |
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| Telephone | 01282 615927 |
| Headteacher | Mr S Thompson |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 412 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 60 |
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.
- Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school. 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
- Priority will next be given to children on the basis of psychological, social or medical need. For whom the trust accepts where professional evidence indicates that there are particular psychological, medical or social needs of the applicant should explain why the school is the most suitable or the only school capable of meeting all of their needs and the difficulties that would arise were the child to have to attend a different school. This evidence must be substantiated by at least two relevant qualified professionals who are currently providing direct care/support/treatment to the child on an ongoing basis in their professional capacity, according to the stated medical, psychological or social need e.g. a child or educational psychologist, a child psychiatrist, a general practitioner, an orthopaedic consultant or social worker. Evidence from non-specialist teachers or professionals not qualified in the relevant area would not normally be deemed admissible without compelling supplementary documentation. Supporting evidence to substantiate that the child has an exceptional medical, psychological or social need must be less than six months old and be provided at the time of application in a written format.
- Priority will next be given to children of staff employed in the Pendle Education Trust, in either of the following circumstances: a)The member of staff has been employed at the Trust for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start.
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area
Tie-breaker
The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant’s home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data). A child’s home address will be considered to be where he/she is resident for the majority of nights in a normal school week. Where the distance between 2 children’s homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them. This process will be independently verified.
Geographical Priority Area:
Brierfield, Reedley, Nelson.