St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Preston

Postal address	Downing Street Preston PR1 4RH
Telephone	01772 797397
Headteacher	Mr J Kay
Number on roll January 2024	201
Admission number 2025/26	30

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. Looked After Children, previously Looked After Children, and internationally adopted Children.
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 John XXiii.
4. Other baptised Catholic children.
5. Other children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
6. All remaining applicants.

If it is not possible to offer places for all applications within any criterion above, priority will be given to those living closest to the school measured by the straight-line distance from the centre of the school building to the centre of the applicant's home address. In the event of distances being the same for 2 or more applicants, places will be allocated by means of a fair random draw.

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