St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk

Postal address St Anne's Road
Ormskirk L39 4TA  
Telephone 01695 577320/570335
Headteacher Mr D Morgan
Number on roll January 2025 707
Admission number 2026/27 140

Information relating to autumn term 2025 year 7 admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st 168 
2nd 130
3rd 100
Total preferences received 398

 

LAC and previously Looked After 1
Baptised children resident in named parishes 128
Baptised children with siblings 5
Other Baptised Catholics 6
Education, Health & Care Plan 0
No places were allocated to5,6,7,8 or 9 0

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.

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children. This includes children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and have ceased to be in state as a result of being adopted
  2. Baptised Catholic children who are resident in the parishes of St Anne’s, Ormskirk; St Mary's, Aughton; St Elizabeth's Scarisbrick; Our Lady's, Parbold and St John's, Burscough.
  3. Other Catholic children.
  4. Children attending one of the following Catholic Partner Primary Schools in the parishes or former parishes named in criterion 2 above:
    • Our Lady & All Saints, Parbold St John’s, Burscough
    • St Anne’s, Ormskirk St Mary’s Scarisbrick
  5. Members of an Eastern Christian Church not in full communion with Rome.
  6. Children of other Christian Ecclesial Communities whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion.
  7. Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader.
  8. Any other children.

Tie Break

Priority will be given to children living closest to the school determined by the shortest distance. Distances will be calculated 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 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.

  • Where evidence is provided at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical or pastoralneed 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
  • 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) above

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 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).

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