Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
| Postal address | Glen Road Waterfoot Rossendale BB4 7BJ |
|---|---|
| Telephone | 01706 234500 |
| Headteacher | Mr A Porteous |
| Number on roll January 2023 | 1246 |
| Admission number 2024/25 | 180 |
Information relating to autumn term 2023 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 184 |
|---|---|
| 2nd | 71 |
| 3rd | 373 |
| Total preferences received | 328 |
Summary of policy
This is an academy – please contact the academy 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.
Our published admission number (PAN) is 180. As a designated Grammar School we are able to select our entire intake on the basis of high academic ability. As such, we do not have to fill all of our places if applicants have not reached the required standard within our selection procedure.
The selection procedure is the entrance examination, held on site at the school. Passing the entrance examination is not a guarantee of a place due to the application of our over subscription criteria. Any pupil in their last year of primary school, is eligible to sit. Where a child does not meet these age criteria but there is a request for admission out of the normal age group parents should contact school directly to discuss the particular circumstances (School Admissions Code 2021, section 2.18).
The admissions authority determines that Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is established primarily for the education of children attending Rossendale schools. Our admissions policy prioritises children from Rossendale primary schools (Area 1 and 2 schools below).
List of Schools in Area 1
Balladen Primary, Rawtenstall
Britannia Community Primary, Bacup
Constable Lee St. Paul’s CE Primary, Rawtenstall
Crawshawbooth Primary, Crawshawbooth
Holy Trinity CE Primary, Stacksteads
Newchurch CE Primary, Newchurch
Northern Primary, Bacup
Sharneyford Primary, Bacup
St. Anne’s Edgeside CE, Waterfoot
St. James the Less RC Primary, Rawtenstall
St. Joseph’s RC Primary, Stacksteads
St. Mary’s CE Primary, Rawtenstall
St. Mary’s RC Primary, Bacup
St. Peter’s RC Primary, Newchurch
St. Saviour’s Community Primary, Bacup
Thorn Primary, Bacup
Water Primary, Water
Waterfoot Primary, Waterfoot
List of Schools in Area 2
Broadway Primary, Haslingden
Edenfield CE, Edenfield
Haslingden Primary, Haslingden
Helmshore Primary, Helmshore
Our Lady and St Anselm’s RC Primary, Whitworth
St. Batholomew’s CE Primary, Whitworth
St. James CE Primary, Haslingden
St. John’s Stonefold CE Primary, Accrington
St. John with St. Michael CE Primary, Shawforth
St. Mary’s RC Primary, Haslingden
St. Veronica’s RC Primary, Helmshore
Stubbins Primary, Stubbins
Tonacliffe Primary, Whitworth
Allocation of places
We will allocate places to candidates who have met the required standard in the following way should more than 180 applicants meet the required standard (our oversubscription criteria)
Children will be admitted in accordance with the oversubscription criteria in the order listed below, once all children who meet the required standard with an education, health and care plan naming the school are admitted.
- 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 and then to:
- pupils attending Area 1 primary schools (ranked in order of overall entrance examination mark)
- Pupils attending Area 2 primary schools (ranked in order of overall entrance examination mark)
- Pupils not attending Area 1 or 2 primary schools (ranked in order of overall entrance examination mark).
For the purposes of this policy, attendance at an Area 1 or 2 primary school is defined as being for the duration of year 6, as a minimum. Attention is drawn to sections 2.13 and 2.14 of the School Admissions Code (2021) relating to the withdrawal of places following fraudulent or misleading applications.
Tie-Breaker
Where two (or more) pupils have the same ranking and consideration of the above area priorities had already been applied, then the proximity of their home address to the school is considered, those living nearest to school being given priority. This distance is measured using the postal address of the school, in a direct line to the actual address for the child’s home. The child’s address must be the current one at the time of application – this will normally be the one where the child wakes up for the majority of Monday to Friday mornings. Should this be spilt equally between parents it will be based on the average distance of the two addresses.
If the distance between home and school is the same, which includes the same geographical property reference (such as a block of flats), random allocation is used as a tie-breaker. Lancashire County Council's School Admissions Team will undertake the random allocation process in the presence of a school representative at the Council Offices.
Transport (Years 7-11)
Please see the main school admissions section.
Parents in any doubt over the distance between home and school for the provision of transport are asked to check with their local area education office. This may be particularly relevant if you live close to a county border.