Primary School Admissions in East Lancashire 2021
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East · Hyndburn · Ribble Valley · Burnley · Pendle · Rossendale Primary School Admissions in East Lancashire 2021 /22 This information should be read along with the website or the main booklet “Primary School Admissions in Lancashire - Information for Parents 2021-22” APPLY ONLINE www.lancashire.gov.uk/schools The closing date for applications is Friday 15 January 2021 www.lancashire.gov.uk/schools This supplement provides details of Community, Voluntary Controlled, Voluntary Aided, Foundation and Academy Primary Schools in the Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale areas. The policy for admission to Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools can be found on page 4. For Voluntary Aided and Foundation Schools and Academies a summary of the admission policy is provided in this booklet under the entry for each school. Some of these schools may operate different admission arrangements and you are advised to contact individual schools direct for clarification and to obtain full details of their admission policies. These criteria will only be applied if the number of applicants exceeds the published admission number. A full version of the admission policy is available from the school and you should ensure you read the full policy before expressing a preference for the school. Where the school has a nursery class, the number of nursery pupils is in addition to the number on roll. POLICIES ARE ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF PRINTING AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. How do infant school to junior school transfers work? (Year 2 to Year 3) In Lancashire, there are 5 infant and 5 junior primary schools. These are separate establishments but are closely linked. These are:- Ribbleton Avenue Infants and Ribbleton Avenue Juniors (Preston) Leyland Methodist Infants and Leyland Methodist Juniors (South Ribble) Leyland St Andrew's CE Infants and Woodlea Juniors (South Ribble) Rosegrove Infants and Lowerhouse Juniors (Burnley) Whitefield Infants and Lomeshaye Juniors (Pendle) If the junior school is able to admit all Year 3 applicants, then this will be arranged locally and will automatically happen each September. If, however, there are more applicants for Year 3 than available places (and anybody may apply for a Year 3 place – including new to area families), then a formal admission round will take place using the determined admission criteria (please see above). For these pairs of schools, the sibling criterion will be applied across the full age range ie Reception to Year 5 for Reception and Year 3 admissions, and reception to Year 6 for in-year requests. Update on Faith Commitment and Church Attendance Which Has Been Affected by the Coronavirus - Church of England Schools and Academies Due to the closure of church buildings for public worship from 17th March 2020, Church of England Schools and Academies have been asked to make a variation to their previously Determined Admission Arrangements for 2021 if they include Church Attendance as part of their Over Subscription Criteria. Advice and guidance on how to do this has come from the Church of England Education Office in consultation with the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) and the Department for Education. A standard wording has been agreed with the OSA to clarify the application of the attendance requirement for schools and to request a variation to their admissions arrangements for this specific situation. The variation is in fact a clarification as to how church attendance is to be calculated in these unique circumstances. That agreed wording reads: “In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these [admissions] arrangements in relation to attendance will only apply to the period when the church or alternative premises have been available for public worship”. All Diocesan Schools and Academies have been asked to request a variation from the OSA (or RSC in case of academies) which adds this clarification into their Admission Arrangements 2021. This process is being administered by the Diocesan Boards of Education. It is expected that these variations will be approved by 1stSeptember 2020.” 2 Contents Page ADMISSION CRITERIA 4 For Community & Voluntary Controlled Schools INDEX OF SCHOOLS BY NAME 73 (with details of Parental Preferences for Sept 2020 intakes) DETAILS OF SCHOOLS IN YOUR AREA (listed by district) Hyndburn 5 Ribble Valley 21 Burnley 34 Pendle 44 Rossendale 58 Application Form 67 Supplementary Information Form - Church of England/Methodist Primary Schools 69 Supplementary Information Form - Roman Catholic Primary Schools 71 Does your child qualify for pupil premium? 75 DEFINITIONS for Voluntary Aided and Foundation Schools and Academies for Admission Purposes 79 TIMETABLE for admission to Lancashire Primary Schools 2020/2021 80 When will I hear the outcome of my application? 81 Each Lancashire Primary School and Academy has a published admission number which confirms its number of reception admissions each September. These will, on occasion, increase where strategic place planning issues allow and/or where decisions can be implemented in time for the effective co-ordination of the admission process. 3 Admission Criteria for Community & Voluntary Controlled Schools When a school is oversubscribed on parental preferences, then the following priorities apply in order: 1. Looked after children and those who have been previously looked after including those from overseas, 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 with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start. 4. Remaining places are allocated according to where a child lives. Those living nearest to the preferred school by a straight line (radial) measure will have priority. When a primary school with a GPA is oversubscribed the following priorities will be applied in order: 1. Looked after children and those who have been previously looked after, including those from overseas, 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 living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start. 4. Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then 5. 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 6. 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. 4 HYNDBURN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Number Admission Postal Address on Roll Number School Telephone Headteacher Jan 2020 2021/22 Accrington Huncoat Lynwood Road Mrs R Dickinson 198 30 Huncoat Accrington BB5 6LR 01254 233369 Accrington Hyndburn Park Road Ms W Tracey 433 75 Park Accrington BB5 1ST 01254 233171 Accrington Spring Hill Exchange Street Mr S Tonge 403 60 Accrington BB5 0JD 01254 399009 Accrington Woodnook Hudson Street Mrs N J Trayner 220 40 Accrington BB5 2HS 01254 233020 Oswaldtwistle Moor End* White Ash Lane Mr A Martin 186 30 Oswaldtwistle BB5 3JG 01254 233312 * This school has a SERF Unit for pupils with speech and language difficulties. Children in the SERF unit are in addition to the admission number of 30. Oswaldtwistle West End Aspen Lane Mr J McBride 204 30 Oswaldtwistle BB5 4QA 01254 234584 Clayton-le-Moors Mount Earl Street Mrs G Whittaker 388 60 Pleasant Clayton-le-Moors BB5 5NH 01254 232046 Great Harwood Primary Rushton Street Mrs J Ault 176 45 Great Harwood BB6 7JQ 01254 880810 HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED SCHOOLS Number Admission Postal Address on Roll Number School Telephone Headteacher Jan 2020 2021/22 Accrington St Peter's Cartmel Avenue Mrs E Moss 163 30 Church of England Accrington BB5 0NW 01254 233513 Oswaldtwistle Hippings Heron Way Mrs T J Westwell 206 30 Methodist Voluntary Oswaldtwistle BB5 3BT Controlled 01254 234089 Oswaldtwistle St Springfield Street Mrs C Wilkinson 308 45 Andrew's Church of Oswaldtwistle BB5 3LG England 01254 231279 Rishton Methodist George Street Mrs J Neale 169 30 Rishton BB1 4JF 01254 887223 * Admission numbers in this district may be subject to variation. 5 Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School Number Admission Postal Address on Roll Number School Telephone Headteacher Jan 2020 2021/22 Baxenden St John's Church Avenue Mrs J Green 205 30 Church of England Baxenden BB5 2RQ 01254 234074 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 at www.lancashire.gov.uk/schools and use the supplementary information form available from the school. 1. (a) Children in public care and previously looked after children. (b) Children with special medical or social circumstances affecting the child where these needs can only be met at this school. 2. Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a church in membership of 'Churches Together in England'. Priority will be given to the children of parent(s) who worship at Baxenden St John's Church. 3. Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and on the date of admission. 4. Other children. Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones.