Colne Primet Academy
| Postal address | Dent Street Colne BB8 8JF |
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| Telephone | 01282 863970 |
| Headteacher | Mrs J Pilkington |
| Number on roll January 2025 | 863 |
| Admission number 2026/27 | 210 |
Information relating to autumn term 2025 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 101 |
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| 2nd | 202 |
| 3rd | 270 |
| Total preferences received | 573 |
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.
This area includes Barley, Blacko, Higherford, Barrowford, North Nelson and south/central Colne.
The criteria which are to be used to allocate places when the Academy is oversubscribed are:
- Looked after children and those who have been previously looked after. 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 car as a result of being adopted.
- Children for whom the Trust accept that there are exceptional medical, social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
- Priority will next be given to children of staff employed by the school, in either of the following circumstances: a)The staff member of staff has been employed by the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
The above criteria applies to both teaching and support staff.
- Priority will be given to children who attend Pendle Education Trust Primary schools.
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start or will have younger siblings attending Primary school within the trust, then
- Children living within the school’s geographical priority area, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start, then
- Children living outside the school’s geographical priority area.
Tie Break
In the case of 2 or more applicants that cannot be separated by the over subscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the school and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant's home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data). A child's home address will be considered to be where he/she is resident for the majority of nights in a normal school week.
Where the distance between two children's homes and the school are the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them. This process will be independently verified.
Geographical priority area
The north-west perimeter of the priority area follows the border with Ribble Valley from Barley Lane up to the A682, Gisburn Road.
The perimeter follows the centre of Gisburn Road south to Blacko and then heads east above the post office and Burnt House Farm to the east side of Barnoldswick Road. It then heads south to join Red Lane at the junction with Hiers House Lane and follows that centre of Hiers House Lane cutting straight across the B6247, Barrowford Road to the A6068, Vivary Way. The perimeter follows the north side of Vivary Way east onto North Valley Way and Windsor Street and heads south briefly following the east side of the A56, Skipton Road.
The perimeter then turns briefly east along the south side of the B6250, Keighley Road and continues south down Carry Lane until Colne Water. It then heads west along the underside of Colne Water as far as Lenches Road, follows the east side of Lenches Road and then Southfield Lane to Hill End and cuts across west/north west to the intersection of Briercliff Avenue with the railway line. It continues under the railway line down to Bott House Lane and follows the centre of the lane to the A56, Leeds Road and follows the centre of this road south west to the junction with the A682, Scotland Road. It turns north-west up Scotland Road across Junction 13 of the M65 and follows the motorway in a south west direction before turning north west across Colne Water up the centre of Carr Hall Road.
At the junction with Wheatley Lane Road the perimeter crosses to Sandyhall Lane and follows the centre of the Lane, Ridge Lane, Barley New Road and Barley Lane until the border with Ribble Valley.
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.