Hello everyone, it is my pleasure to be Head of School at this fantastic Primary. I am delighted that you are considering joining St Anthony’s based on Orchard Park in Danepark Road.

Our mission statement can be summed up in three simple words: Live, Learn, Serve. We are a vibrant school who believe that every child will ‘sparkle’ as we support them to unlock their full potential and flourish. We are committed to ensuring our pupils get the best possible start to their school career. Our Foundation Stage curriculum is stimulating, challenging, creative and enriched with opportunities and experiences to allow our pupils to develop into independent resilient learners who can achieve great things.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know what St Anthony’s is all about. We are very excited to meet lots of new faces joining our school. #STAsparkle 

Nursery Provision

The school has a 26-place nursery provision. This means that we can provide 15 hours a week of free childcare to children from the term after their 3rd birthday. We also offer an additional 15 hours of free childcare to eligible families (visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk for more information).

Admissions Criteria

Where there are insufficient places available to meet all parental preferences, priority will be given to applications in the following order:

(First priority in each category will be given to siblings: children who will have older brothers or sisters currently attending St Anthony’s)

• Roman Catholic ‘children looked after’ (in public care) and Roman Catholic children previously ‘looked after’ but ceased to be so because they became adopted or became subject to a residence or special guardianship order immediately following having been looked after.
• Roman Catholic children whose home address is within the parishes of St Anthony’s church.
• Roman Catholic children of members of academy staff who have been employed at the academy or its predecessor school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the academy is made.
• Other Roman Catholic children.
• Other ‘children looked after’ (in public care) and other children previously ‘looked after’ but ceased to be so because they became adopted or became subject to a residence or special guardianship order immediately following having been looked after.
• Children who are baptised or dedicated members of other Christian Churches as recognised by Churches Together
• Other children of members of academy staff who have been employed at the academy or its predecessor school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the academy is made.
• Other children.