Burnley High School
| Postal address | Byron Street Burnley BB12 6NX |
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| Telephone | 01282 681950 |
| Headteacher | Mr P Walmsley |
| Number on roll January 2023 | 580 |
| Admission number 2024/25 | 120 |
Information relating to autumn term 2023 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 129 |
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| 2nd | 242 |
| 3rd | 231 |
| Total preferences received | 602 |
Initial allocation under each criterion:
| Looked After Children | 1 |
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| Parent Group List | 0 |
| Siblings | 38 |
| Children of Staff | 0 |
| Straight Line Distance | 89 |
| EHCP | 1 |
Summary of policy
This is a free 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.
Burnley High School is a new state-funded secondary school, which opened in September 2014. The school specialises in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and has a Christian ethos, welcoming families of all faiths and none.
Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, applications will be considered using oversubscription criteria, a summary of which is as follows:
After the admission of students with a Statement of Special Educational Needs/EHC Plan where Burnley High School is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:
- 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 on the Parent Group list. As Burnley High School was created through the Free School process, dispensation has been granted from the Secretary of State to prioritise the admission of children whose parents made a significant contribution to the application, set up and running of the school, as set out in Charity Law.
- Applications for siblings.
- Children of staff employed at Burnley High School for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission(s) is made and/or the member of staff has been recruited to fill a post where there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
- Straight line distance (radial) between the child’s home address and BHS.
Please note children with a statement of special educational needs naming Burnley High School in particular will be admitted before all other applicants. Admission numbers will be adjusted to take this into account before the remaining places are offered to other applicants.
Where there are more applicants for the available places within categories 1 – 4, then the straight line distance as described in 5 will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. If oversubscription occurs in category 5, and home to school distance is equal, rank order will be determined by BHS using a random number generator.
Transport
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.