St Nicholas Catholic Primary School

Admission Policy and Arrangements

St Nicholas Catholic Academy Catholic Primary School within St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust working in partnership with the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The Multi Academy Trust is the Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for admissions. The co-ordination of admissions arrangements is undertaken by the Local Authority. For the school year commencing September, the Governing Board has set its admissions number at 30 (thirty).

Our principle role as a Catholic school is to participate in the mission of the Catholic Church by providing a framework which will help children to grow in their understanding of the Good News and in the practice of their faith. The school will help the children develop fully as human beings and prepare them to undertake their responsibilities as Catholics in society. The school asks all parents applying for a place here to respect this ethos and its importance to the school community. This does not affect the rights of parents who are not of the faith of this school to apply for and be considered for a place here.

If you wish to have your application to be considered against that school’s faith/denomination criteria then you should also complete the Supplementary Form which is available from the school. All preferences listed will be considered on an equal basis and, where there are more applications than the number of places available, the following set of OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA will be applied:

• Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children.
• Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
• Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.
• Other baptised Catholic children.
• Other children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
• Children from other Christian denominations. Proof of Baptism in the form of a Baptismal Certificate or confirmation in writing that the applicant is a member of their Faith community from an appropriate Minister of Religion is required.
• Children of other faiths. An appropriate Faith Leader would need to confirm in writing that the applicant is a member of their faith group.
• Other children.

If it is not possible to offer places for all applications within any criteria above then places will be allocated to the children who live nearest to the school. The distance will be measured by straight line distance between the child’s permanent home address and the school using the local authority’s computerised measuring system. Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Education Health Care Plan that names a school will be offered place without using the admission criteria and will count as part of the school’s published admission number.