St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School

Postal address	Station Lane Barton Preston PR3 5DY
Telephone	01772 862335
Headteacher	Mrs S Roach
Number on roll January 2024	125
Admission number 2025/26	18

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.

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
Catholic children who are resident in the parishes of St Mary’s Newhouse or St Andrew’s Cottam.
Catholic children who are resident in the parishes of St Robert’s Catforth and St Mary’s Fernyhalgh, for whom St Mary & St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School is the nearest Catholic school.
Other Catholic children.
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
Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church.
Children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion.
Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader.
Any other children.

Tie Break

Priority will be given:

to children with a sibling in school at the time of the expected admission
to children living closest to either of the Parish Churches determined by the shortest distance. Distances are calculated on the basis of a measurement between the post code of the child’s home address and the post code of the nearest church of either St Mary’s Newhouse or St Andrew’s Cottam using Google Maps. 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