St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe

Postal address Coniston Road
Morecambe
LA4 5PS 
Telephone 01524 413032
Headteacher Mr P Harrison
Number on roll January 2023 175
Admission number 2024/25 30

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.

  1. Looked after Roman Catholic children in public care and previously Looked After children, including those adopted from outside England.
  2. Baptised Roman Catholic Children who will have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
  3. Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Blessed John Henry Newman (Morecambe).
  4. Other baptised Roman Catholic children.
  5. Other looked after children in public care and previously Looked After children, including those adopted from outside England.
  6. Other children who will have a sibling in school at the time of admission.
  7. Other children with a specific educational, medical, social or emotional need which is relevant to the school and whose application is supported in writing by an appropriate authority (e.g. doctor or social worker).
  8. Other children.

In the event of oversubscription in any of the above criteria places will be allocated to applicants living nearest to the school. The distance between an applicant's home and school is measured as a straight line from the Ordnance Survey address point of the home address to the Ordnance Survey address point of the school.  The Ordnance Survey address point is a point within the boundary of the property and is usually located at its centre. Distances are measured using the Council's Geographic Information System. In the event of a tied distance measurement between address points the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address receives the offer.

Please check with the school regarding Baptised Catholic criteria.

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