Hodgson Academy
| Postal address | Moorland Road Poulton-le-Fylde FY6 7EU |
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| Telephone | 01253 882815 |
| Headteacher | Mr I Siddall |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 1116 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 230 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 272 |
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| 2nd | 283 |
| 3rd | 211 |
| Total preferences received | 766 |
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.
When Hodgson Academy 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 Governors accept that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
- Children with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children whose Parents are employed by the school, where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two years or more at the time when the application for admission is made or where he / she has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area (GPA), then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area (GPA).
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 (eg twins or same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw. The distance measure is a straight line (radial) measure between the applicant's home address points and the address point of the school. (co-ordinates supplied by ordnance survey data)
Geographical priority area
Parishes of Thornton Cleveleys (part*) Poulton-le-Fylde, Staining, Singleton, Eccleston with Larbeck, Great Eccleston, Elswick and Hambleton (shared with Millfield and Fleetwood).
*The cut off point being Amounderness Way from the Singleton Parish boundary to the border with Blackpool.
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.