The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham

Postal address	Victoria Road Kirkham Preston PR4 2BT
Telephone	01772 684371
Headteacher	Mrs S Barnett
Number on roll January 2024	209
Admission number 2025/26	30

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.

Baptised Catholic looked after children or children who were 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.
Baptised Roman Catholic children resident in The Parish of St. John the Evangelist (The Willows) as it existed prior to the amalgamation with the Parish of St. Joseph’s Wesham to become The Parish of The Holy Cross (on 21st July 2013).
Baptised Roman Catholic children who are siblings of existing pupils in the school at the time of admission.
Baptised Roman Catholic children from the remaining part of The Parish of The Holy Cross.
Baptised Roman Catholic children resident in other parishes.
Non-Roman Catholic Looked After Children or a non-Roman Catholic 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.
Children with a specific educational, medical, social or emotional need which is relevant to the school and whose application is supported in writing by an appropriate authority (eg. doctor or social worker).
Non-Roman Catholic children who are siblings of existing pupils at the time of admission.
Children of a staff member with two or more years of service at the date the admission for school is made or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Children who are baptised within other Christian denominations (baptismal certificate should be made available) whose parents wish their children to have a Roman Catholic education.
Children from other world faith denominations (proof of faith should be made available) whose parents wish their children to have a Roman Catholic education.
Children without a faith denomination whose parents wish them to have a Roman Catholic education.

Distance is measured using the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home, measured in a straight line, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre. Where the cut-off point is for addresses within the same building, then the single measure between address points will apply and the Local Authority’s system of a random draw will determine which addresses 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