Whitworth Community High School
Postal address | Hall Fold |
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Telephone | 01706 343218 |
Headteacher | Mr Andrew Oliver |
Number on roll January 2025 | 651 |
Admission number 2026/27 | 130 |
Information relating to autumn term 2025 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
1st | 195 |
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2nd | 78 |
3rd | 51 |
Total preferences received | 324 |
Initial allocation under each criterion:
Education Health & Care Plan | 4 |
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LAC and previously Looked After | 6 |
Social/Medical/Welfare | 0 |
Service Pupil Premium | 0 |
In GPA with Sibling | 33 |
In GPA no sibling | 57 |
Out GPA with sibling | 15 |
Out GPA no sibling | 20 |
LA Allocated | 0 |
Total | 135 |
Summary of policy
This is a community school. Please see the full admission details on our website - admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled secondary schools.
To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.
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
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
Children eligible for Services Premium, then
Children living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start.
Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then
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
Children living outside the school's geographical priority area.
The distance criterion will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria; it is a straight line (radial) measure.
If the Local Authority is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (eg. siblings, those living the same distance from home to school, or families residing in the same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.
The distance measure is a straight-line measurement (radial) between the applicant's home address and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data).
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.