St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston

Postal address Rigby Street
Preston PR1 5XL
Telephone 01772 796112
Headteacher Mrs C Monaghan 
Number on roll January 2024 345
Admission number 2025/26 45

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.

  1. Baptised Catholic children in public care and adopted children who were previously looked after, including those adopted from overseas.
  2. Baptised Catholic children who live in the parish with a sibling in the school at the same time.
  3. Other Baptised Catholic children living in the geographical area, served by the former parish of St. Joseph’s Preston.
  4. Other Baptised Catholic children with a sibling in then school at the time of expected admission.
  5. Other Baptised Catholic children.
  6. Other children who are in public care and adopted children who were previously looked after, including those adopted from overseas.
  7. Other children with a sibling in the school at the expected time of admission.
  8. Children with a social or medical need whose application, naming the school is supported by a statement from an appropriate social worker or medical professional.
  9. Other children.

In the event of oversubscription in any of the above criteria places will be allocated according to the following tie breaker criterion:

Applicants living nearest to the school.

If in any category there are more applications than places available, priority will be given on the basis of distance from home to school. The distance measure is a straight line (radial) measure from the centre of the building that is the applicant’s home address to the centre of the school building. Distances are measured using the Council’s Geographic Information System. In the event of distances being the same for 2 or more applicants where this distance would be last place/s to be allocated, a random lottery will be carried out in a public place. 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