Rawtenstall Crawshawbooth Primary
| Postal address | Burnley Road Crawshawbooth BB4 8AN |
|---|---|
| Telephone | 01706 228664 |
| Headteacher | Ms D Bonney |
| Number on roll January 2023 | 305 |
| Admission number 2024/25 | 45 |
Information relating to autumn term 2023 reception admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 42 |
|---|---|
| 2nd | 16 |
| 3rd | 15 |
| Total preferences received | 73 |
Summary of policy
This is a community school. Please see the full admission details on our website - admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled primary schools.
To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.
Geographical priority area
From the north end of the Clowbridge reservoir heading south and taking in the Dunnockshaw, Loveclough, Goodshaw Fold, Goodshaw Chapel and Goodshaw areas (and surrounding farm houses). The cut off points at the south end of the area will be Lord Street and its houses and Forest Bank Road (both off the A682).The line will run East down the middle of Forest Bank Road and across the top of Short Clough reservoir. For confirmation, this GPA includes Higher Nutshaw Farm, Dunnockshaw. For confirmation, this GPA includes Higher Nutshaw Farm, Dunnockshaw.
When a primary school with a GPA is oversubscribed the following priorities will be applied in order:
- 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 living within the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start, then.
- 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.
Tie breaker
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 points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data).