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St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Stacksteads, Bacup

Postal address

Huttock End Lane
Stacksteads
Bacup
OL13 8LD

Telephone

01706 873177

Headteacher

Mrs J Cawtherley

Number on roll January 2026

125

Admission number 2027/28

20

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. Catholic looked after and previously looked after children.

  2. Catholic children who are resident in the parish of Holy Apostles, Rossendale, and living in the catchment area of the former parish of St Joseph and St Peter.

  3. Other Catholic children.

  4. Other looked after and previously looked after children.

  5. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church.

  6. Children of other Christian denominations 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.

Within each other categories listed above, the following provisions will be applied in the following order:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

If it is not possible to offer places for all applications within any criterion above, priority will be given to those living closest to the school measured by the method used by the local authority. In the event of distances being the same for two or more applicants, places will be allocated by the method used by the local authority.

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