Colne Park High School
| Postal address | Venables Avenue Colne BB8 7DP |
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| Telephone | 01282 865200 |
| Headteacher | Mrs C Eulert |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 1061 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 215 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 210 |
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| 2nd | 134 |
| 3rd | 166 |
| Total preferences received | 510 |
Initial allocation under each criterion:
| SEN (considered separately) | 0 |
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| LAC and previously Looked After | 5 |
| Social/Medical/Welfare | 0 |
| In GPA with Sibling | 47 |
| Attended Y5 at PENNiNE Trust Primary | 62 |
| Children of current employees | 0 |
| In GPA no sibling | 78 |
| Out GPA with sibling | 10 |
| Out GPA no sibling | 13 |
| LA Allocated |
Summary of policy
This is an Academy. Please contact the school (details on the school website) for full admission details.
Colne Park High School is a school serving its local community. Children will be admitted to the school in the following priority order:
- A 'looked after child' 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 this admission authority 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 Board of Trustees accepts that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
- Children living in the school's geographical priority area who will have a sibling in attendance at the school at the time of transfer, then
- Children who have attended for the whole of Year 5 in a primary school that is part of The PENNiNE Trust before the closing date for application, then
- Children of current employees of the school who have had a permanent contract for at least two years prior to the admissions deadline or with immediate effect if the member of staff is recruited to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage, then
- Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then
- Children living outside of the school's geographical priority area who will have a sibling in attendance at the school at the time of transfer, then
- Children living outside of the school's geographical priority area.
Tie-breaker:
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 Board of Trustees 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 (home) to centre of building (school).
This area includes Foulridge, North Colne, Laneshaw Bridge and Trawden.
Geographical priority area
The south and east perimeter of the priority area is the border with Burnley, Calderdale, Bradford and North Yorkshire.
The perimeter runs up the centre of Back Lane and continues up the centre of Southfields Lane and Lenches Road as far as Colne Water. It follows the underside of Colne Water to Coal Pitt Lane and crosses Colne Water heading north up the centre of Carry Lane to the B6250, Keighley Road. It continues briefly west down the centre of the road and then turns north up the centre of the A56, Skipton Road. At the junction with Windsor Street it heads west along the centre of Windsor Street, North Valley Road and Vivary Way until adjacent to Hiers House Lane.
The perimeter then heads north-west up the centre of the lane and continues across Red Lane to Barnoldswick Road.
It follows the east side of the road and continues north east under Standing Stone Lane before heading north over the reservoir on the west side of High Lane. It then turns east under White House Farm and heads north on the west side of the lane leading to Mill Hill Bridge. It goes over the top of the lane and crosses the Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Mill Hill Bridge and Hatters Bridge and continues eastwards to the A56, Colne Road over Great Hague. The perimeter then heads briefly south and then east towards Kelbrook Wood before turning south briefly again and then going north east over the lanes leading to the North Yorkshire border. This area includes the parish of Foulridge.
Parents should note that the school does have pupils on roll who live outside of the Geographical Priority Area. Details are available from the school.
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.