St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

Postal address Aldrens Lane
Lancaster
LA1 2DU  
Telephone 01524 65576
Headteacher Ms R Griffiths
Number on roll January 2024 166
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.

  1. Catholic looked after and previously looked after children. 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 with a Certificate of Catholic Practice who are resident in the parish of St. Joseph's.
  3. Other Catholic children who are resident in the parish of St. Joseph's.
  4. Other Catholic children.
  5. Other looked after and previously looked after children. 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.
  6. Other children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
  7. Any other children.

Within each of the categories listed above, the following provisions will be applied in the following order.

  1. Where evidence is provided at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the child which can most appropriately be met at this school, the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made.
  2. The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an application within each category.  

Tie Break

Priority will be given to children living closest to the school determined by the shortest distance. Distances are calculated using the local authority’s computerised system and will be to the nearest entrance on the school site. The route will be the shortest walking route by road as identified by GIS at that time. In the event of distances being the same for two or more children where this would determine the last place to be allocated, random allocation will be carried out and supervised by a person independent of the school. All the names will be entered into a hat and the required number of names will be drawn out.

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