St Patrick's RC 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. 1Baptised RC Looked-After/previously Looked-After Children — Baptised Roman Catholic Looked-After Children and previously Looked-After Children including internationally adopted previously looked after children (IAPLAC).
2. 2Baptised RC, attend & live in feeder catchment — Baptised Roman Catholic children who attend and live in the identified catchment areas of one of the feeder primary schools.
3. 3Baptised RC, attend feeder school — Baptised Roman Catholic children who attend one of the feeder primary schools.
4. 4Baptised RC, live in feeder catchment + sibling — Baptised Roman Catholic children who live in the identified catchment area of one of the feeder primary schools and have a brother or sister who will be attending St. Patrick's R.C. High School at the time of admission.
5. 5Baptised RC, live in feeder catchment — Baptised Roman Catholic children who live in the identified catchment area of one the feeder primary schools.
6. 6Baptised RC with sibling at school — Baptised Roman Catholic children who have a brother or sister who will be attending St Patrick's RC High School at the time of admission.
7. 7Baptised RC, parent/carer employed by school — Baptised Roman Catholic children with a parent/carer employed by the school (see note g).
8. 8Other baptised RC children — Other Baptised Roman Catholic children.
9. 9Non-Catholic Looked-After/previously Looked-After Children — Non-Catholic Looked-After Children and previously Looked-After Children including internationally adopted previously looked after children (IAPLAC).
10. 10Non-Catholic, feeder school registered + sibling — Non-Catholic children who are registered children in one of the feeder primary schools and have a brother or sister who will be attending St Patrick's RC High School at the time of admission.
11. 11Non-Catholic, registered in feeder school — Non-Catholic children who are registered in one of the feeder primary schools.
12. 12Non-Catholic with sibling at school — Non-Catholic children with a brother or sister who will be attending St Patrick's RC High School at the time of admission.
13. 13Non-Catholic, parent/carer employed by school — Non-Catholic children with a parent/carer employed by the school (see note g).
14. 14Other non-Catholic children — Other Non-Catholic Children.

If two applications tie: If in any category there are more applications than places available, priority will be given based on proximity to the school (shortest straight-line distance from home to school). In the event of a tie break places will be offered by random allocation. This is with the exception of category 9, where priority will first be given to applicants with brothers and sisters in the school at the time of admission and then based on proximity.

Places first allocated to children with an EHCP naming the school before oversubscription criteria applied (not numbered as a criterion). Non-Catholic applicants without RC baptism are admitted under criteria 9-14 based on catchment/feeder/sibling/staff status rather than baptism.

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.