Admission to Primary School 2011-2012 Booklet - Wigan Council

Admissions to primary school in 2011 to 2012
St Thomas CE Primary School DFE No: 3350
Hodnet Drive Tel No: 01942 201107
Ashton in Makerfield Age Range: 4-11
Wigan
WN4 8PQ
Website: www.ashtonsaintthomas.wigan.sch.uk
Headteacher: Mrs Jones
Number of pupils on roll May 2010: 243
Admission Number:30
Admission criteria:
In the event that more applications are received than there are places
available, priority will be given to:-
1. Children in Public Care
2. Children who attend St. Thomas’s or St. Lukes Church or Sunday School at
least twice a month and who have done so for the last 2 years.
3. Children who attend a Christian Church* or Sunday School other than St.
Thomas’s or St. Lukes at least twice a month and who have done so for the
last 2 years.
4. Children who have a brother or sister attending the school in the 2011 -
2012 school year**.
5. Children who attend a Christian Church* at least once a month and have
done so for the past year.
6. Other children living nearest the school. Distance will be measured as the
crow flies from the centre point of the school.
Parents of children who attend churches other than St. Thomas’s and St.
Lukes will need to provide evidence of this.
* Christian Church is defined as a church that is a member of the Churches
Together in Britain and Ireland.
** We will include:
Full bothers and sisters;
Half-brothers and half-sisters;
Stepbrothers and stepsisters; and
Foster brothers and sisters;
Who live at the same address as part of the same family unit.