Our Lady's Catholic High School

Postal address St Anthony's Drive
Fulwood
Preston PR2 3SQ  
Telephone 01772 326900
Headteacher Mr R Charnock
Number on roll January 2024 898
Admission number 2025/26 180

Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st 186
2nd 231
3rd 272 
Total preferences received 689

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.

  1. Looked after Children and previously looked after Children. This includes Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in states care as a result of being adopted.
  2. Catholic children living in a nominated parish and attending an associated primary school
  3. Catholic children living in a nominated parish and attending other Catholic primary schools
  4. Catholic children attending an associated primary school
  5. Catholic children living in a nominated parish
  6. Catholic children having a brother or sister already in attendance at the school in the September of the year of admission
  7. Catholic children who attend other Catholic primary schools
  8. Non-Catholic children having a brother or sister already in attendance at the school in the September of the year of admission
  9. Non-Catholic children who attend an associated primary school
  10. Other Catholic children
  11. Children of members of staff who have been employed at the school for at least 2 years or employed due to a skills shortage.
  12. Children of other faiths who show written evidence of commitment to that faith
  13. All other children

If the acceptance of all the children in a given criterion were to take the number of places offered to above the admission number, then places will be offered first to those pupils living nearest to the school by a straight line (radial) measure.  The distance will be measured using the Lancashire County Council's geographical information system, the measurement being taken from the central point of the property to the central point of the school until the admission number is reached.  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 offer(s).

Parishes and Primary Schools

Our Lady's serves, in the first instance, the Catholic community living in the nominated parishes (set out below) or attending their associated primary schools:

  • Hill Chapel - Goosnargh                                       

    Holy Family – Ingol and St Anthony’s - Fulwood      St Mary’s, Newhouse – Barton

    Our Lady and St Edwards - Fulwood

    St John Paul II – Ashton                                     Saint Mary and St Michael's - Garstang

    St Andrew’s – Cottam and St Mary’s - Lea Town     Saint Robert's - Catforth

    Saint Mary's - Fernyhalgh                                      Saint Thomas' - Claughton

                                                                               

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