St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston

Postal address	St Mary's Road Great Eccleston Preston PR3 0ZJ
Telephone	01995 670364
Headteacher	Mrs J Birch
Number on roll January 2024	49
Admission number 2025/26	8

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 school welcomes applications from both Catholic and non-Catholic parents who would like their children to be educated within the aims and ethos of our school.

Should more than 8 applications be received for a place at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston then the criteria below will be followed in priority order.

Applications received for baptised Catholic children who are either “Looked after Children” or “previously looked after children”. This includes children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and have ceased to be in state care due to being adopted.
Baptised Catholic children whose families reside in the communities served by St Mary’s Parish Church, Great Eccleston namely: Little Eccleston, Great Eccleston, Elswick, St Michael’s on Wyre, Singleton, Thistleton and Inskip who have siblings attending St Mary’s School Great Eccleston at the expected time of admission.
Baptised Catholic children whose families reside in the communities which are served by St Mary’s Parish Church, Great Eccleston namely: Little Eccleston, Great Eccleston, Elswick, St Michael’s on Wyre, Singleton, Thistleton and Inskip with no siblings attending St Mary’s School Great Eccleston at the expected time of admission.
Baptised Catholic children of families residing beyond the communities served by the Parish of St Mary’s with siblings attending St Mary’s School Great Eccleston at the expected time of admission.
Baptised Catholic children of families residing beyond the communities served by the Parish of St Mary’s with no siblings attending St Mary’s School Great Eccleston at expected time of admission.
Applications received for “Looked after Children” or Children who were previously looked after not of the Catholic faith. This includes children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and have ceased to be in state care due to being adopted.
Children of other Christian denominations with siblings attending St Mary’s School Great Eccleston at the expected time of admission.
Children of other Christian denominations who have no siblings attending St Mary’s School Great Eccleston at the expected time of admission.
Children of a parent/carer with exceptional social or medical needs where the application is accompanied by a written statement from an appropriate professional eg consultant doctor, social worker, police officer, naming the school and demonstrating why the St Mary’s school as the preferred school is suitable.
All other children.

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

Applicants living nearest to St Mary's School Great Eccleston.

Proximity to the school will be: “The distance between an applicant’s home (in cases of shared parenting the address used for child benefit purposes is taken to be the address at which the child resides) and the school as measured in a straight line from the centre point of the home address to the centre point of the school. Distances are measured using LCC measuring system.

In the event of a tied distance measurement between the address points the Local Authority’s system of a random draw will determine the address(es) which will receive the offer(s).

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