St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington

Postal address Hartley Avenue
Accrington
BB5 0NN
Telephone 01254 234924
Headteacher Ms C Kippax
Number on roll January 2024 148
Admission number 2025/26 20

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. 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. Children with exceptional social, medical, educational or religious needs, which can be best met, or only met at this school.
  3. Baptised Catholic children who have a parent working on the staff of St. Oswald’s at the time of making the application.
  4. Baptised Catholic children who have a brother or a sister attending the school at the time of making the admission and are resident within the boundaries of the parish of St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Oswaldtwistle.
  5. Baptised Catholic children who are resident within the boundaries of the parish of St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Oswaldtwistle at the time of making the application.
  6. Other baptised Catholic children who have a brother or a sister attending the school at the time of admission.
  7. Other baptised Catholic children.
  8. Other children who have a parent working on the staff of St. Oswald’s at the time of making the application.
  9. Other children who have a brother or a sister attending the school at the time of admission.
  10. Other children attending St. Oswald’s R.C. Nursery School at the time of making the application who are eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium; the Pupil Premium or the Service Premium.
  11. Other children.

Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance provided by the Local Authority will determine which addresses receive the offer. This is a radial straight line measure.

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