Ashton Community Science College
| Postal address | Aldwych Drive Ashton Preston PR2 1SL |
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| Telephone | 01772 513002 |
| Headteacher | Ms S Asquith |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 859 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 160 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 173 |
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| 2nd | 101 |
| 3rd | 93 |
| Total preferences received | 367 |
Initial allocation under each criterion:
| Education, Health & Care Plan | 1 |
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| LAC and previously Looked After | 3 |
| Social/Medical/Welfare | 0 |
| In GPA with Sibling | 49 |
| In GPA no sibling | 107 |
| Out GPA with sibling | 0 |
| Out GPA no sibling | 0 |
| LA Allocated | 0 |
| Total | 163 |
Summary of policy
This is a community school. Please see the full admission details on our website - admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled secondary schools.
Ashton Community Science College has SERF provision for deaf pupils. It also has a small unit for Speech, Communication and Language Needs (SLCN). A SERF is a Special Educational Resource Facility attached to the school. It provides extra resources for certain pupils who have additional needs. Pupils who use this resource will have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP) Pupils are allocated places in the SERF by the Area Inclusion and Disability Team. These places are in addition to the school's published admission number.
To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.
When a secondary school is oversubscribed the following priorities apply in order:
- 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, then
- Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
- Children eligible for Services Premium, then
- Children living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start.
- 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 the Local Authority is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (e.g. 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
Parishes of Ingol and Tanterton, Lea and Preston*
*The Broadgate area bounded by the Preston dock branch railway line, the West Coast Main Line (railway Line), the Penwortham Parish boundary (River Ribble) and Guild Way is not included.
*The area bounded by Lea Lane, Sidgreaves Lane, Hoyles Lane and the Woodplumpton parish boundary. This area is shared with Broughton HS Geographical Priority Area.
**The area bounded by the Woodplumpton parish boundary, the West Coast Main Line (railway line), and the B6241 (Lightfoot Lane/Tom Benson Way) in a westerly direction back to the Woodplumpton parish boundary. This area is shared with Broughton HS Geographical Priority Area.
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.