Rivington and Blackrod High School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children in Public Care and previously Looked After Children — Children in Public Care and previously Looked After Children. All schools must have oversubscription criteria for each ‘relevant age group’ and the highest priority must be given, unless otherwise provided in this Code, to looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). All references to previously looked after children mean such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Discovering dreams • Achieving ambitions • Transforming lives Oversubscription criteria must then be applied to all other applicants in the order set out in the arrangements below:
2. 2Children for whom there is a child protection plan or has been within a 12 month period — Children for whom there is a child protection plan or has been within a 12 month period. A Child Protection Plan is one which is made under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989.
3. 3Children who will have older siblings in Years 7 to 11 of the preferred school at the date of application and date of ad — Children who will have older siblings in Years 7 to 11 of the preferred school at the date of application and date of admission. Siblings are defined as full, step, half, foster and adopted brothers and sisters living at the same address as the older sibling.
4. 4Pupils who reside at an address which are located within the Blackrod or Horwich Town Councils area — Pupils who reside at an address which are located within the Blackrod or Horwich Town Councils area. This is defined as a residing in a property that is on the electoral register for Blackrod or Horwich Town Council and list of eligible postcodes can be found at www.rbhs.co.uk/admissions.
5. 5Children of staff employed at Rivington & Blackrod High School — Children of staff employed at Rivington & Blackrod High School, in either of the following circumstances: a. The member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; or b. The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6. 6Children attending Lostock Primary School — Children attending Lostock Primary School, who are in Year 6 at the time of application. Lostock Primary School is a feeder primary school, working closely and collaboratively with RBHS as part of Leverhulme Academy Trust
7. 7Children who suffer from a medical condition or disability which makes it better for them to attend the school rather th — Children who suffer from a medical condition or disability which makes it better for them to attend the school rather than another. Places will only be offered under this criterion if the child has a certified medical condition with strong professional supporting evidence confirming that existing exceptional problems with the child’s health would be seriously exacerbated if a place were not made at the preferred school. Parents applying under the criteria must provide a letter from the child’s GP/Consultant setting out the reasons why the school is the most suitable school and details of the child’s medical condition. Medical evidence must be submitted by 31 October 2026. Evidence received after this date will not be taken into consideration.
8. 8Any remaining places not distributed under priorities 1 to 7 the school will admit 20% on the basis of commitment to the — Any remaining places not distributed under priorities 1 to 7 the school will admit 20% on the basis of commitment to the Christian faith. Parents must complete the schools supplementary form as evidence that the family and the child are active worshipping members at a Christian church. Active worshipping members will be those persons who worship at least once a month sustained over a period of the year prior to the closing date for applications. In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these arrangements in relation to attendance will only apply to the period when the Discovering dreams • Achieving ambitions • Transforming lives church or alternative premises have been available for public worship. The supplementary form can be downloaded from: www.rbhs.co.uk/admissions
9. 9Proximity – The remaining places will be offered to children who live nearest to the school — Proximity – The remaining places will be offered to children who live nearest to the school. Distances are calculated on the basis of a straight-line measurement between the front door of the child’s home address as registered on the admissions form (including the community entrance to flats) and the main gate of Rivington & Blackrod High School’s Upper School site, using the local authority’s computerised measuring system with those living nearer to the school having priority. The home address point location are as defined in the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG). The address used on the school’s admission form must be the current one at the time of application, i.e. the family’s main residence. If the address changes subsequently, the parents should notify the school. Where the parents live at different addresses, and there is shared parenting, the address used will normally be the one where the child wakes up for the majority of Monday to Friday mornings. If there is any doubt about this, then the address of the Child Benefit recipient will be used. Parents may be asked to show evidence

"Admissions Policy 27-28", published by the school on its own website (https://www.rbhs.co.uk/docs/Policies/Admissions/RBHS_ADMISSIONS_POLICY_2027-28.pdf).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.