St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School

Postal address Chapel Hill
Longridge
Preston PR3 2XA   
Telephone 01772 783074
Headteacher Mr H Hall
Number on roll January 2024  563
Admission number 2025/26  120

Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st 126 
2nd 116
3rd 73
Total preferences received  315

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.

Admissions will be in accordance with the following criteria:

  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
  2. Roman Catholic pupils with special medical circumstances where these needs, can only be met at this school.
  3. Roman Catholic pupils, living in a contributory Parish:
    Chipping - St. Mary’s
    Alston Lane - Our Lady and St. Michaels
    Longridge - St. Wilfrid’s
    Ribchester - St. Peter and St. Paul’s
  4. Roman Catholic pupils, attending an associated Catholic primary school:
    Chipping - St. Mary’s
    Alston Lane - Our Lady and St. Michael's
    Longridge - St. Wilfrid’s
  5. Roman Catholic pupils, who attend St Francis, Hill Chapel Primary School.
  6. Other Roman Catholic pupils, who have a brother or sister at the school.
  7. Other Roman Catholic pupils, in other Catholic primary schools.
  8. Other Roman Catholic pupils
  9. Non-Catholic pupils, who have a Catholic brother or sister in the school.
  10. Other Non-Catholic pupils with proven and exceptional medical and social needs where  admission to the school might best help satisfy those exceptional needs, providing that such application is submitted with appropriate evidence or reports.
  11. Non-Catholic pupils attending Catholic primary schools
  12. Other Christian Pupils
  13. All other children.

If category (1), (2), (3) or (4) is over-subscribed, places will be allocated by reference to subsequent categories in order; for example, if category (1) is over-subscribed children who satisfy both categories (1) and (2) will have priority over children who satisfy only category (1).

If any of the categories is over-subscribed, places will be allocated first to children living nearest to the school. Distance will be measured using a computerised measuring system from the address point of the school (centre of the building) to the address point of the child’s home (centre of the building).

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).

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