Our Lady's Catholic College, Lancaster
| Postal address | Morecambe Road Lancaster LA1 2RX |
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| Telephone | 01524 66689 |
| Headteacher | Mrs H Seddon |
| Number on roll January 2024 | 1024 |
| Admission number 2025/26 | 190 |
Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 137 |
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| 2nd | 165 |
| 3rd | 219 |
| Total preferences received | 521 |
Summary of policy
This is a voluntary aided school – please contact the school 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.
The school has an over-subscription form which is used to provide evidence to the school of various admissions criteria that the school require when ranking the applications. If the form is not completed it may be that your child is placed in the incorrect criteria and is not allocated a place in the event of the school being oversubscribed. This form is available to complete online on the school’s website or as an appendix to their admissions policy.
In the event that there are more applicants than places, after admitting all children with a statement of educational need or EHC plan naming the school, the governing body will allocate places using the criteria below, which are listed in order of priority.
- Baptised Catholic looked after children or children who were 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.
- Baptised Catholic pupils.
- Non Catholic looked after children or children who were 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.
- Non Catholic brothers and sisters of children in attendance at the school at the time of transfer in Years 7 - 11.
- Children of current staff members.
- Non Catholic children who attend associated Catholic primary schools.
- Non Catholic children of other Christian denominations that have been baptised.
- Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader.
- Other non-Catholic children.
If there are more children in any of the individual categories than there are places remaining, then those pupils who live nearest to the school by a straight line (radial) measure will have priority. The distance is measured using a geographical information system and the measurement is taken from the centre point of the property to the centre point of the school. 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 offers(s).
Addendum
Associated Catholic Primary Schools;
Saint Mary’s Primary, Morecambe
Saint Joseph’s Primary, Lancaster
Cathedral Primary, Lancaster
Saint Patrick’s Primary, Heysham
Saint Bernadette’s Primary, Lancaster
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary, Carnforth
Saint Mary and Saint Michael's Primary School, Garstang.
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.
Definitions
Definitions of the following terms are available and apply except where individual arrangements spell out a different definition.
- Distance
- Parents / family members
- Medical/social/welfare
- Looked after children and previously looked after children