Holy Cross Catholic High School
| Postal address | Myles Standish Way Chorley PR7 3LS |
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| Telephone | 01257 262093 |
| Headteacher | Mr G Lindley |
| Number on roll January 2025 | 980 |
| Admission number 2026/27 | 195 |
Information relating to autumn term 2025 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 220 |
|---|---|
| 2nd | 189 |
| 3rd | 182 |
| Total preferences received | 591 |
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.
Within each of the categories listed below, the following provisions will be applied in the following order.
(i) Where evidence is provided at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the child which can most appropriately be met at this school, the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made.
(ii) 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) above
- Looked after children and previously looked after children.
- Baptised Catholic children who are resident in the current parishes of St Chad, St Gregory, St Mary, St Oswald, Sacred Heart, St Joseph (all of which in Chorley) and St Joseph (Withnell) and St Joseph (Anderton
- Other baptised Catholic children.
- Children attending one of the following Catholic Partner Primary Schools in the parishes or former parishes named above:
Sacred Heart St Joseph’s, Chorley
St Chad’s St Joseph’s, Withnell
St Gregory’s St Mary’s, Chorley
St Joseph’s, Anderton St Oswald’s, Coppull
- Members of an Eastern Christian Church not in full communion with Rome.
- Children of other Christian Ecclesial Communities whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion.
- Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader.
- Any other children.
Tie Break
Priority will be given to children living closest to the school determined by the shortest distance. The distance criterion will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria; it is a straight line (radial) measure.
If the Governing Body is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (eg siblings, those living the same distance from home to school, or families residing in the same block of flats) places will be offered via a random draw.
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).
Where the cut-off point is for addresses within the same building, then the single measure between address points will apply and the Local Authority’s system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s). 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. This should then be formally minuted by the Admissions Committee for future reference.
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