St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bacup

Postal address Tong Lane
Bacup
OL13 9LJ
Telephone 01706 873123
Headteacher Mrs C Mills
Number on roll January 2024 153
Admission number 2025/26 30

Summary of policy

This is a voluntary aided academy – 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. A baptised Catholic ‘looked after child' or a baptised Catholic child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order, including those who appear to this admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
  2. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
  3. Baptised Catholic children resident in the former parish of St. Mary’s Bacup
  4. Other Baptised Catholic Children.
  5. A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order, including those who appear to this admission authority 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. Children with a parent or carer who has been employed at the school for a minimum of two years prior to the closing date for applications.
  8. Children with a parent/carer who regularly worship in a church which is in full membership of Churches Together in England or the Evangelical Alliance. Confirmation in writing from an appropriate Minister of Religion will be requires as evidence.
  9. All remaining applicants.

 

Tie- Breaker

The distance criterion will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria; it is a straight line (radial) measure. 

If Governors are unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (eg. Siblings, those living the same distance from home to school, or families residing in the same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.

The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant’s home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data).