Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham

Postal address Norfolk Road
Lytham St Annes
FY8 4JG  
Telephone 01253 734658
Headteacher Mrs C Gili-Ross
Number on roll January 2024 206
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.

The Governors will admit up to 30 children. If the number of applications for admission exceeds the places available, children will be admitted subject to the following criteria which will be assessed in order of occurrence and used to form a priority order.

  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.
  2. Catholic children, a baptismal certificate or evidence of reception into the Catholic Church must accompany the supplementary form. 
  3. Other children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
  4. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox Churches.  Evidence of Baptism will be required.
  5. Children of families who are members of other Christian denominations. Evidence of Baptism (or dedication) provided by a priest or minister of a designated place of worship will be required.
  6. Children who are members of other faiths. Evidence of membership of the faith provided by a priest, minister or religious leader of a designated place of worship will be required. 
  7. Children without a faith denomination whose parent(s) wish them to have a Catholic education is evidenced through the supplementary information form.
  8. Other children.

The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within category 2 exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications.

  1. Catholic Children of families who regularly (a) attend Mass and who have a sibling on the school roll at the time of admission.
  2. Catholic Children of families who regularly attend Mass and live in the Parishes of St Peter’s Lytham, and St Joseph’s Ansdell.
  3. Catholic Children who live in the Parishes of St Peter’s, Lytham and St Jospeh’s, Ansdell, and have a sibling on roll at the time of admission.
  4. Catholic children who live in the Parishes of St Peter’s, Lytham and St Joseph’s, Ansdell.
  5. Other Catholic children who regularly attend Mass.
  6. Other Catholic children.

    The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within category 2 exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications.

    1. Catholic Children of families who regularly (a) attend Mass and who have a sibling on the school roll at the time of admission.
    2. Catholic Children of families who regularly attend Mass and live in the Parishes of St Peter’s Lytham, and St Joseph’s Ansdell.
    3. Catholic Children who live in the Parishes of St Peter’s, Lytham and St Jospeh’s, Ansdell, and have a sibling on roll at the time of admission.
    4. Catholic children who live in the Parishes of St Peter’s, Lytham and St Joseph’s, Ansdell.
    5. Other Catholic children who regularly attend Mass.
    6. Other Catholic children.

Tie Break

Where there are more applicants for the available places within a criteria as detailed above, then the distance between the Ordinance Survey address for St Peters Catholic Primary 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 in 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).

Parents who wish their application to this Catholic School to be considered against the priority faith criteria should also complete the supplementary information form available from the school.