Up Holland High School

Postal address Sandbrook Road
Orrell
Wigan WN5 7AL  
Telephone 01695 625191
Headteacher Mr P Scarborough
Number on roll January 2024  862
Admission number 2025/26  180

Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st 176 
2nd 129
3rd 144
Total preferences received 449

Initial allocation under each criterion:

Education, Health & Care Plan 0
LAC and previously Looked After 6
Social/Medical/Welfare  0
In GPA with Sibling  11
In GPA no sibling  26
Out GPA with sibling  47
Out GPA no sibling  94
LA Allocated  0
Total 180

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.

To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.

When a secondary school is oversubscribed the following priorities apply in order:

  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, then 
  2. Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
  3. Children eligible for Services Premium, then
  4. Children living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start.
  5. Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then
  6. Children living outside the school's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start, then
  7. Children living outside the school's geographical priority area.

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 (e.g. twins or same block of flats), places will be offered via a random draw.

The distance measure is a straight line (radial) measure centre of building to centre of building.

 

Geographical priority area

Parishes of Dalton, Up Holland and Wrightington

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