St John's Stonefold Church of England Primary School
| Postal address | Rising Bridge Road Accrington BB5 2SW |
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| Telephone | 01706 216706 |
| Headteacher | Mr P Burns |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 122 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 20 |
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.
- Children in public care and previously looked after children. This includes any "looked after child", “previously looked after children” and any child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. ‘Looked after’ means that the child was
(a) in the care of a local authority, or
(b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services function. This criteria also includes looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. - Children with special medical or social circumstances affecting the child where these needs can only be met at this school. Professional supporting evidence from a professional, e.g. a doctor, psychologist, social worker, is essential if admission is to be made under the criterion for special medical or social circumstances, and such evidence must set out the particular reasons why the school is question is the most suitable school and the difficulties which would be caused if the child had to attend another school.
- Children who have a sibling attending school on the date of application and the date of admission. Siblings include step, half, foster, adopted brothers and sisters living at the same address.
- Children who live within the ecclesiastical parish of Haslingden St. James with Grane St. Stephens and St. John’s Stonefold. A map showing the boundaries is available from the school.
- 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 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).