Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School

Postal address Preston Road
Whittle-le-Woods
Chorley
PR6 7PS  
Telephone 01257 262732
Headteacher Mrs D Metcalfe
Number on roll January 2023 243 
Admission number 2024/25 35 

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. (a) Children in public care and previously looked after children This criteria also includes looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
(b) Children with special medical or social circumstances affecting the child where these needs can only be met at this school.
2. Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and on the date of admission.
3. Children whose parents live within the ecclesiastical parish of St John the Evangelist, Whittle-le-Woods and who worship in a church in full membership of Churches Together in England or the Evangelical Alliance
4. Children who are registered in and attend ‘Little Whittle’, the Pre-School Unit of Whittle-le-Woods CE Primary School, at the time of application.
5. Other Children

Children with a parent who lives within the ecclesiastical parish of St. John the Evangelist, Whittle-le-Woods and with parents who worships in a church in full membership of Churches Together in England or the Evangelical Alliance, with parents having a minimum of twice monthly attendance at public worship for at least the two year period leading up to the 1st September 2022. A map of the parish boundary is available in the school office or through the a church near you website.

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.  This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre. Where two addresses have the same distance, or  the cut-off point is for addresses within the same building, then the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s).

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