THE NUMBERS OF INTENDED ADMISSIONS AT FIRST YEAR IS 129 BOYS,
SUBJECT TO THEIR PASSING THE COLLEGE’S ENTRANCE EXAMINATION,
WHICH WILL CONSIST OF A STANDARDISED VERBAL REASONING TEST;
AN ENGLISH EXAM; A MATHEMATICS EXAM.
If the number of applicants achieving the required standard for entry exceeds the number of available places,
then the following over-subscription criteria will apply in the following order to decide which pupils to admit.
OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA
1. Baptised Roman Catholic boys who are designated ‘looked after children’;
2. Baptised Roman Catholic boys who have a brother attending the school;
3. Baptised Roman Catholic boys resident in the St Ambrose Deanery of the Shrewsbury
Diocese or the Our Lady’s Deanery of the Salford Diocese;
4. Other Baptised Roman Catholic boys;
5. Other Boys who are designated ‘looked after children’;
6. Baptised Christian boys who have a brother attending the school;
7. Other Baptised Christian boys whose application is supported by a letter from a minister
of Christian religion;
8. Other boys whose application is supported by a minister of religion;
9. Other boys.
In the event of over-subscription within any one of the categories for First Year, priority will
be given to those boys who achieved the highest marks in the entrance examination.
In the event of over-subscription within any one of the categories for Lower Sixth, priority
will be given to those boys who live closest to the school measured according to the system
used by Trafford Borough Council.
The nominated deaneries are the St Ambrose Deanery of the Shrewsbury Diocese and the Our Lady’s Deanery
of the Salford Diocese. The parishes making up those deaneries are:
ST AMBROSE DEANERY
St Vincent’s, Altrincham
All Saints & St Margaret Ward, Ashton On Mersey
Holy Angels, Hale Barns
Our Lady Of Lourdes, Partington
St Joseph’s, Sale
Holy Family, Sale Moor
St Hugh And St John, Timperley
OUR LADY’S DEANERY
English Martyrs, Whalley Range
English Martyrs, Urmston
Our Lady And St John, Chorlton
Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour, Moss Side
Our Lady Of The Rosary, Davyhulme
St Alphonsus, Old Trafford
St Ann, Stretford
St Antony Of Padua, Trafford Park
St Hugh Of Lincoln, Stretford
St Monica, Flixton
St Teresa, Firswood
St Wilfrid’s, Hulme
The definition of a Roman Catholic boy is a boy who has received the Roman Catholic sacraments of Baptism,
Confession (Reconciliation) and Holy Communion. All applicants claiming to be Roman Catholics will be
required to produce documentary evidence of reception of baptism when they complete the registration form
to sit the entrance examination.