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All Saints' Roman Catholic High School

Postal address

Haslingden Road
Rawtenstall
BB4 6SJ  

Telephone

01706 213693

Headteacher

Mrs F Lord

Number on roll January 2026

506

Admission number 2027/28

100

Information relating to autumn term 2026 year 7 admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st

108

2nd

184

3rd

163

Total preferences received

455

Initial allocation under each criterion:

Baptised looked after child

0

Baptised child with sibling

9

Baptised child from partner primary

27

Other baptised child

0

Non Catholic looked after child

2

Non Catholic with sibling

19

Children of staff

0

Non Catholic from partner primary

22

Children with parent who worships in qualifying church

4

Non Catholic attending catholic primary

1

Any other pupils

16

This is a Voluntary Academy, part of the Romero Catholic Academy Trust. Please contact the school for full admission details.

Summary of policy

  1. A baptised Catholic ‘looked after child' or a baptised Catholic child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special  guardianship order, including those who appear to this admission authority to have been in state care  outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

  2. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of application and admission.

  3. Baptised Catholic children from the Primary Schools shown below.

  4. Other baptised Catholic children

  5. A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order, including those who appear to this admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

  6. Non-Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of application and admission.

  7. Children with a parent or carer who has been employed at the school for a minimum of two years prior to the closing date for applications.

  8. Non-Catholic children from the Primary Schools shown below.

  9. Children with a parent/carer who regularly worships in a church which is in full membership of Churches Together in England or the Evangelical Alliance. Confirmation in writing from an appropriate Minister of Religion is required as evidence.

  10. Non Catholic children attending any other Catholic school.

  11. Any Other Pupils.

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 Governors are unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (e.g.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).

  • St Mary's RC Primary School, Haslingden

  • St Veronica's RC Primary School, Helmshore

  • St James-the-Less RC Primary School, Rawtenstall

  • St Peter's RC Primary School, Newchurch

  • St Joseph's RC Primary School, Stacksteads

  • St Mary's RC Primary School, Bacup

  • Our Lady and St.Anselm's RC Primary School, Whitworth

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.