Alston Lane Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Postal address Preston Road
Longridge
Preston PR3 3BJ   
Telephone 01772 783661
Headteacher Mr M FitzGibbon
Number on roll January 2025 243
Admission number 2026/27 30

Summary of policy

This is an Academy  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.

Oversubscription Criteria

Where there are more applications for places than the number of places available, place will be offered according to the following order of priority.

  1. Catholic looked after and previously looked after children.
  2. Catholic children who are resident in the parish of Our Lady and St Michael’s
  3. Catholic children who are resident in the parish of Our Lady and St Michael’s for whom Alston Lane Catholic Primary is the nearest Catholic school.
  4. Other Catholic children. 
  5. Other looked after and previously looked after children.
  6. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church.
  7. Children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion.
  8. Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader.
  9. Any other children.

Tie Break

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