Whalley Church of England Primary School

Postal address Church Lane
Whalley
Clitheroe
BB7 9SY
Telephone 01254 823348
Headteacher Mr R Blackburn
Number on roll January 2024 314
Admission number 2025/2026 45

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. (a) Looked after children and previously looked after children. This criteria also includes looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
    (b) Children with special medical or social circumstances affecting the child where these needs can only be met at this school.
  2. Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and on the date of admission.
  3. Children whose parent/guardian live within the area served by the school. Details available from the school. i.e the ecclesiastical parish of Whalley, plus the area of the ecclesiastical parish of Langho located on the Whalley side of the Clitheroe to Blackburn railway line, plus Dale View, Sunnyside Avenue and 1-37 and 2-38 Longworth Road. Details of the area served by the School are available on request at the School Office in both written and map form.
  4. Other children

Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, 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 two addresses have the same distance, or  the cut-off point is for addresses within the same building, then the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) 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