At Our Lady’s, we seek at all times to be a witness to Jesus Christ. We
remember this when putting our policies into practice.
Our Lady’s RC Primary School creates a Christian environment in which
young people are encouraged to grow in faith and moral responsibility.
Therefore enabling them to develop as whole persons who will reach their
full potential through hard work, academic standards and service to
others in response to the values of the Gospel.
Our Lady’s is a Roman Catholic Primary School provided by the Diocese
of Salford and maintained by Manchester Local Education Authority as a
voluntary aided school. The school’s governing body is the admissions
authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for
admissions. For the school year commencing 2015, the governing body
has set a planned admissions number at 30.
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The governing body in accordance with the stated parental preferences
it receives will make admission to the school. Subject to the following set
of criteria which will be used to form a priority order if there are more
applications for admission than the school has places available.
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Baptised Roman Catholic children who are in public care or
baptised Roman Catholic children previously in care. (Children
previously in care are children who were looked after, but
ceased to be so because they were adopted or became
subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).
Baptised Roman Catholic children who have a brother or a sister
attending the school at the time of admission resident in the
parish of Our Lady and St Alphonsus/English Martyrs.
Baptised Roman Catholic children resident in the parish of Our
Lady and St Alphonsus/English Martyrs.
Baptised Roman Catholic children who have a brother or a sister
attending the school at the time of admission and are resident in
another parish.
Other baptised Roman Catholic children who are resident in
another parish.
Other children who are in public care or children previously in
care. (Children previously in care are children who were looked
after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or
became subject to a residence order or special guardianship
order).
Other children who have a brother or a sister attending the
school at the time of admission.
Other children
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The governing body is the admissions authority.
In the autumn term all parents who have expressed an interest in
a school place will be sent a copy of the local authority primary
admission booklet. This gives details of the local authority cocoordinated admissions arrangements. These are available from
local authority office, public libraries and primary schools.
Parents must complete a common application form and express
their preferences for school admission. All applicants will be
considered by the governors at the same time in a fair way
according to the published criteria,
A supplementary faith request form must only have information
relating to baptism. Further information parents may supply to
the school using the form below.
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An offer of a place does not guarantee a place for brothers and
sisters for subsequent years.
Each Roman Catholic applicant will be required to supply a
baptism certificate.
All applicants will be required to provide proof of address by
supplying an original up to date utility bill or family credit book.
It is the duty of the governors to comply with class size limits at
KS1. This means that the school cannot operate classes in KS1 of
more than 30 children.
Special Needs – If a child has a statement of special needs
naming a specific school there is a duty for the school to admit
the child.
If in any category, there are more applications than places
available; priority will be given on the basis of proximity to the
school. This will be determined by the nearest, safest walking
routes from the front door of the house to the main entrance
door of the school. This will be digitally measured using the LA
system.
Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each
part of the week, the ‘home’ address will be determined where
the child resides for the majority of the school week.
The term ‘brothers and sisters’ will be taken to include step
brothers and sisters or foster children and children of partners
living in the same household. The governing body reserves the
right to give special consideration to twins or triplets etc to
prevent breaking the sibling link. However the governing body
must comply with the maximum class size of 30 children.
If the school is oversubscribed, a waiting list will be maintained.
This will be ordered according to the admission over-subscription
criteria.
Late applicants will be considered in accordance with the
published admission criteria. If the school is over subscribed, late
applications will be placed on a reserved list in priority order
according to the published admissions criteria. Parents will be
notified if a vacancy subsequently arises. Parents will be
expected to provide a reason for the late application. If this is
not exceptional the application will be dealt with after all others
have been dealt with.
Parents are asked to read and confirm receipt of the governors
published admissions policy. Any changes to the policy will be
circulated to all applicants on files for subsequent years.
If an application for admission has been turned down by the
governing body, parents can appeal to an independent
appeals panel. This appeal must be sent in writing to the clerk to
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the governors at the school within 14 days of notification of
refusal. The date of notification will be two working days, after
posting by first class post. The parents must give their reasons for
appealing in writing. The decision of the appeals panel is
binding on the governors. The outcome is binding on the
parents and the governing body.
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