Haslingden High School and Sixth Form

Postal address Broadway
Haslingden
BB4 4EY   
Telephone 01706 215726
Headteacher Mr R Clarke
Number on roll January 2024 1536
Admission number 2025/26 270

Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st 277 
2nd 223
3rd 145
Total preferences received 645

Initial allocation under each criterion:

Education Health & Care Plan 2
LAC and previously Looked After 4
Social/Medical/Welfare
In GPA with Sibling 53
In GPA no sibling 148 
Out GPA with sibling 27
Out GPA no sibling 36
LA Allocated
Total 270

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.

To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.

  1. 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 
  2. 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
  3. Children eligible for Services Premium, then
  4. Children living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start.
  5. Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then
  6. 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
  7. 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

This school mainly services the area of HASLINGDEN - Haslingden, Helmshore, Rising Bridge, Edenfield, Stubbins, Turn, Chatterton and Strongstry.

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.