Year 7 Applications

Lancashire parents must complete their Year 7 application online.

Apply for a School Place

Admissions Criteria

If the school receives more applications than places available, places are allocated using the following priority order.

1
Looked After Children
Children in public care and previously looked after children, including IAPLAC.
2
Catholic Priority
Baptised Catholic pupils and other pupils attending partner Catholic schools.
3
Church & Oswaldtwistle Cluster
Pupils attending designated cluster primary schools.
4
Christian Faith Schools
Pupils attending a Christian faith primary school.
5
Sibling Priority
A sibling currently on roll at Mount Carmel.
6
Other Applicants
All remaining applications.

Supporting Information

A. Baptised Catholic Pupils

Please send a copy of the pupil's baptism certificate to:

Mount Carmel RC High School
Wordsworth Road
Accrington
BB5 0LU

Alternatively, hand it in at the school office in an envelope marked “Pupil Admissions”.

B. Partner Catholic Schools
  • St Anne's & St Joseph's, Accrington
  • St Mary's, Clayton-le-Moors
  • St Mary's, Oswaldtwistle
  • St Oswald's, Accrington
  • Sacred Heart, Accrington
C. Church & Oswaldtwistle Cluster Schools
  • St Andrew's CE Primary
  • Green Haworth CE Primary
  • Hippings Methodist Primary
  • Knuzden St Oswald's CE Primary
  • Moor End
  • St Nicholas CE Primary
  • St Paul's CE Primary
  • St Peter's CE Primary
  • West End
D. Christian Faith Primary Schools
  • All Saints CE Primary
  • Altham St James CE Primary
  • Baxenden St John's CE Primary
  • Benjamin Hargreaves CE Primary
  • St John's with St Augustine's CE Primary
  • St Mary Magdalen's CE Primary
  • Other Christian faith schools

Tie Break Arrangement

Where applications exceed available places within a category, priority will be given to pupils living closest to the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address points. If applicants live within the same building and distances are identical, the Local Authority will use a random draw to determine allocation.

Key Information

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Admission Number
01254
233458
2022
Policy Determined

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