Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
| Postal address | Chatburn Road Clitheroe BB7 2BA |
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| Telephone | 01200 423379 |
| Headteacher | Mr J M Keulemans |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 1129 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 180 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 232 |
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| 2nd | 96 |
| 3rd | 122 |
| Total preferences received | 450 |
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.
Admission Criteria and Oversubscription
Once the tests have been marked parents/carers will be informed whether their child has reached the required standard. Pupils will need to show that they have the ability to benefit from the education provision of the school by reaching the required standard, although this will not guarantee a place if the number of pupils achieving this score exceeds the number of places available.
The school will not distinguish between candidates on grounds of sex, race, nationality, national origin, ethnic origin, disability, faith or denominational background.
Candidates reaching the required standard who have a current Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) naming Clitheroe Royal Grammar School on the EHCP will be offered a place.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School has a planned admission number for each year of 180. If the number of applicants reaching the required standard is less than 180, then all of these applicants will be deemed ‘eligible’.
If the number reaching the required standard is greater than 180 and the school is therefore over-subscribed, then the school will rank the applicants who have reached the required standard according to the following admissions priority criteria:
- 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 a 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.
- Candidates whose permanent residence is within the immediate catchment area and who qualify for Pupil Premium* funding at the time of registering to take the Entrance Examination
- Candidates whose permanent residence is within the immediate catchment area
- Candidates whose permanent residence is within the wider catchment area and who qualify for Pupil Premium* funding at the time of registering to take the Entrance Examination.
- Candidates whose permanent residence is within the wider catchment area.
- Candidates whose permanent residence is outside the catchment area and who qualify for Pupil Premium* funding at the time of registering to take the Entrance Examination.
- Candidates whose permanent residence is outside the catchment area.
Candidates within over-subscription categories 2 - 7 will be ranked according to ability as demonstrated in the testing process.
In the event of equal scores within the over-subscription categories 2 - 7, the final determining factor will be the proximity of the child to the school, i.e.
Nearest will be defined in terms of straight line distance between the candidate’s home front door and the front entrance of the school; the Chatburn Road site in the case of applicants to years 7 to 11. In the event of a tied distance measurement between address points, the Local Authority’s system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s).
It is important that parents understand that the system of allocation of school places by the Local Authority (LA) will mean that if, after applying the admissions criteria, a child appears on the eligible list of their first preference school, then this is the place that will be offered. A candidate with Clitheroe Royal Grammar School as a second or third preference, even if they have reached the required standard, cannot be offered a place if they are eligible for a school for which a higher preference has been indicated on the LA Common Application Form.
Full details are available from the school website.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School’s immediate Catchment Area
The catchment area consists of the following Civil Parishes of the Borough of Ribble Valley:
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley; Balderstone; Bashall Eaves; Billington and Langho; Bolton by Bowland; Bowland Forest High; Bowland Forest Low; Bowland with Leagram; Chatburn; Clayton-le-Dale; Clitheroe; Dinckley; Downham; Easington; Gisburn; Gisburn Forest; Great Mitton; Grindleton; Horton; Little Mitton; Mearley; Mellor; Middop; Newsholme; Newton; Osbaldeston; Paythorne; Pendleton; Ramsgreave; Read; Rimington; Sabden; Salesbury; Sawley; Simonstone; Slaidburn; Twiston; Waddington; West Bradford; Whalley; Wilpshire; Wiswell and Barrow; Worston.
A map of the catchment area is available in the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Admissions Policy on the website or from the school.
Please note that if your address includes the name of a Civil Parish, it does not necessarily mean that you reside in the catchment area. Parents should check this very carefully and contact the school if they are unsure.
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.