Academy @ Worden
| Postal address | Westfield Drive Leyland Preston PR25 1QX |
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| Telephone | 01772 421021 |
| Headteacher | Mr A Hammersley |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 547 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 180 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 126 |
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| 2nd | 150 |
| 3rd | 116 |
| Total preferences received | 392 |
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.
The criteria which are to be used to allocate places when the Academy is oversubscribed are:
- 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
- Children for whom the Governors accept that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
- Children of staff at the school.
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area.
The distance criterion which will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria is a straight line (radial) measure. If Governors are unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (eg twins or same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.
The distance measure is a straight line (radial) measure centre of building to centre of building.
Geographical priority area
Parish of Ulnes Walton and Leyland area (part*) plus part of South East Farington (part**)
* From the boundary between Euxton and Leyland follow the centre of Worden Lane, St Andrews Road, Towngate, King Street and Leyland Way to the boundaries with Clayton-le-Woods and Cuerden.
** Follow the centre of Wheelton Lane north then east along the centre of Centurion Way then briefly north along Preston Road (B5254) to meet Stanifield Lane up to Claytons Farm.
Transport
Please see the main school admissions section.
Parents in any doubt over the distance between home and school for the provision of transport are asked to check with their local area education office. This may be particularly relevant if you live close to a county border.