St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale

Postal address Higher Walton Road
Walton-le-Dale
Preston PR5 4HD   
Telephone 01772 555436
Headteacher Mrs E Hindley
Number on roll January 2023 181
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. Baptised Catholic looked children or children who were 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.
  2. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission and are resident in the parish of Our Lady & St Patrick.
  3. Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Our Lady and St Patrick.
  4. Other baptised Catholic children who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and are resident in another parish.
  5. Other baptised Catholic children who are resident in another parish.
  6. Other 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.                                                            
  7. Other children with a sibling attending school at the time of admission.
  8. Children of staff employed at St Patrick’s may be conferred priority where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time the application is made or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post where there is a demonstrable skills shortage.
  9. Children with an exceptional social, medical or educational need which can be best met, or only met at this school.
  • Other children with a sibling attending school at the time of admission.
  1. Other children

If it is not possible to offer places for all applications within any criterion above, priority will be given to those living closest to the school, using the method used by the Local Authority - The distance between the Ordinance Survey address points will be a straight line measure (radial) centre of building to centre of building

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