--- title: "Applications for a Year 7 place" url: "https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/admissions/applications-for-a-year-7-place" school: "Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School" --- # Applications for a Year 7 place Lancashire parents application process for year 7 places needs to be done on-line. **To complete your online application please visit; ** ### Admission Policy #### ADMISSIONS CRITERIA When the school receives more applications than there are places available, the governing body will offer places using the following priority order: 1. **Children in public care and previously looked after children, including IAPLAC (children adopted from state care outside of England)** 2. **a) Baptised Catholic pupils *(refer to box a)*** **b) other pupils who attend a partner Catholic school *(refer to box b)*** 3. **pupils attending one of the ‘Church & Oswaldtwistle Cluster’ schools *(refer to box c)*** 4. **pupils who attend a Christian faith primary school *(refer to box d)*** 5. **a pupil who has a sibling who would be concurrently on roll at the school** 6. **any other pupil** | #### a | **BAPTISED CATHOLIC PUPILS** Send a copy of the pupil’s baptismal certificate to Mount Carmel R.C. High School, Wordsworth Road, Accrington BB5 0LU in an envelope marked ‘pupil admissions’, or hand in to the school office | |---|---| | #### 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** Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre. Where the cut-off point is for addresses within the same building, then the single measure between address points will apply and the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s). #### This is a voluntary Aided school – please contact the school if you require further information Tel: **01254 233458,** Admission number: **162** **Policy Determined by the Governing Body: December 2022** ### Policies - Parent & Pupils - Admissions Admissions policy 2027-28 Updated on 04/11/2026 126 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/files/documents/Full_Admission_Policy_2027-2028(1).pdf) Summarised Admission Policy 2027-2028 Updated on 04/11/2026 88 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/files/documents/Summarised_Admission_Policy_2027-2028(1).pdf) Form for admissions during the academic year - Word Updated on 14/10/2026 105 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/files/documents/M.C.-In-year-school-admission-application-form_v3_(New).docx) Form for admissions during the academic year - pdf Updated on 14/10/2026 326 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/files/documents/M.C.-In-year-school-admission-application-form_v3_(New).pdf) Admissions Policy 2026-2027 Updated on 06/10/2025 125 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/files/documents/Full_Admission_Policy_2026-2027.pdf) Summarised Admission Policy 2026-2027 Updated on 06/10/2025 89 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/files/documents/Summarised_Admission_Policy_2026-2027.pdf) ### Information - [Achievement](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/achievement) - [Admissions](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/admissions/applications-for-a-year-7-place) - [Applications for a Year 7 place](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/admissions/applications-for-a-year-7-place) - [Appeals](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/admissions/appeals) - [Applications for In Year admissions](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/admissions/applications-for-in-year-admissions) - [Open Evening](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/admissions/open-evening) - [Assessment Information](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/assessment-information) - [British Values](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/british-values) - [GDPR](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/gdpr) - [Diocese inspections](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/diocese-inspection-reports) - [Ofsted Inspections](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/inspection-reports) - [Policies](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/policies) - [Pupil Premium](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/pupil-premium) - [Safeguarding](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/safeguarding) - [SEND](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/send) - [Statutory Information](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/statutory-information) - [Vacancies & Recruitment](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/job-vacancies) - [Wellbeing](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/wellbeing) ![Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/images/logo/Mount-carmel-LOGO_(3).png) #### Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School Wordsworth Rd Accrington Lancashire BB5 0LU 01254 233458 #### Useful Links - [6 to 7 transition](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/parent-pupils/6-to-7-transition) - [Admissions](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/admissions) - [Contact us](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/contact) - Department pages - [Diocese Inspections](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/diocese-inspection-reports) - [Exam Information](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/parent-pupils/exam-information) - [Facility lettings](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/school-life/lettings) #### Useful links - [Letters home](https://mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/news/tag/letters-home) - [Ofsted Inspections](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/inspection-reports) - [Safeguarding](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information/safeguarding) - [Staff](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/about-us/staff) - [Statutory Information](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/information) - [Term Dates](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/termdates) - [Vacancies](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/job-vacancies) #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/MountCarmelHigh/) - [X](https://twitter.com/mountcarmelhigh?lang=en) © Copyright 2018–2026 Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/) [![](https://files.schudio.com/mountcarmelhigh/images/splash/CURRENT_VACANCIES(3).jpg)](https://www.mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/job-vacancies)