Marsden Heights Community College
| Postal address | Edge End Lane Nelson BB9 0PR |
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| Telephone | 01282 683060 |
| Headteacher | Miss A Littlewood |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 1044 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 210 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 212 |
|---|---|
| 2nd | 154 |
| 3rd | 113 |
| Total preferences received | 479 |
Initial allocation under each criterion:
| Education Health & Care Plan | 2 |
|---|---|
| LAC and previously Looked After | 0 |
| Social/Medical/Welfare | 0 |
| In GPA with Sibling | 77 |
| In GPA no sibling | 131 |
| Out GPA with sibling | 0 |
| Out GPA no sibling | 0 |
| LA Allocated | 0 |
| Total | 210 |
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.
- Children who are “Looked after” by a Local Authority, or a child who was previously looked after but immediately following being looked after were subject to an adoption or residency order, including those from outside of England.
- Children for whom the Governors accepts that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned.
- Children living within the college's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start.
- Children living within the college's geographical priority area.
- Children living outside the college's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start.
- Children living outside the college's geographical priority area.
Tie-breaker:
Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the college 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 offer(s).
Geographical priority area
This area includes Brierfield, South Nelson and Southfield.
The southern perimeter of the priority area is the border with Burnley. The perimeter follows the M65 north/north west until Junction 13 then crosses to the Brierfield side of the motorway at Scotland Road, and then turns up the A56, Leeds Road. It then turns east to follow the length of the centre of Barkerhouse Road, crosses Southfield Lane and follows the centre of Delves Lane to Float Bridge. All residential addresses under Barkerhouse Road and Delves Lane and within the defined area are included in this priority area. The perimeter line then heads south down the centre of Back Lane until it meets the border with Burnley.
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.