Cardinal Allen Catholic High School
| Postal address | Melbourne Avenue Fleetwood FY7 8AY |
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| Telephone | 01253 872659 |
| Headteacher | Mr A Cafferkey |
| Number on roll January 2025 | 786 |
| Admission number 2026/27 | 166 |
Information relating to autumn term 2025 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 134 |
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| 2nd | 168 |
| 3rd | 63 |
| Total preferences received | 365 |
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.
Places will be offered in accordance with the following order of priority:
- Catholic looked after and previously looked after children
- Other Catholic children
- Other looked after and previously looked after children
- Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian church
- Children of other Christian denominations
- Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion or other religious leader
- Children who are not associated with a faith community but who currently attend one of our partner catholic primary schools, namely, St Wulstans and St Edmunds, Fleetwood; St Marys, Fleetwood; St Teresas, Cleveleys; Sacred Heart, Thornton; St Johns, Poulton; St Bernadettes, Bispham; St Mary, Gt Eccleston; St Williams, Pilling
- Children of staff
- Any other children
Within each of the categories listed above, the following provisions will be applied in the following order.
- Where evidence is provided at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the child which can be most appropriately met at this school, the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made.
- The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an application within each category so that the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made after children in (i)
Tie Break
Priority will be given to children living closest to the school determined by the shortest distance. Distances are calculated by the local authority using a straight line (radial) measure from the centre of school to centre of home. In the event of distances being the same for two or more children where this would determine the last place to be allocated, random allocation will be carried out and supervised by a person independent of the school. All the names will be entered into a hat and the required number of names will be drawn out.
A "previously looked after child" is a child who was looked after but ceased to be so because he or she was adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order. Included in this definition are those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and who ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
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.
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