Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
| Postal address | Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6PB |
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| Telephone | 01772 339813 |
| Headteacher | Mrs N Oddie |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 743 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 160 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 172 |
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| 2nd | 109 |
| 3rd | 83 |
| Total preferences received | 364 |
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.
- 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.
- Catholic children from the following Catholic feeder primary schools: St. Mary’s & St. Benedict's, Bamber Bridge; Our Lady & St. Gerard’s, Lostock Hall; St. Patrick’s, Walton le Dale; St. Joseph’s, Brindle; St. Bede’s, Clayton Green.
- Baptised Catholic children living in the designated parishes named below: Brownedge St. Mary’s, Bamber Bridge; Our Lady & St. Gerard’s, Lostock Hall; Our Lady & St. Patrick’s Walton le Dale; St. Joseph’s, Brindle; St. Bede’s, Clayton Green; and St. Mary’s, & St John Southworth Samlesbury.
- Catholic children who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
- Other Catholic
- Non catholic children living in the designated parishes and attending a Catholic feeder primary school.
- Children who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
- Children of staff (a)who have been employed by the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made(b) recruited to fill a skill demonstrable skill shortage.
- Children from other Christian denominations.
- Children of other faiths.
- 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 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 address(es) receive the offers(s).
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.
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