Admission to Reception Class 2026

Primary school applications open: Tuesday 7 November 2025

For children starting school in September 2026 applications for reception will open on 7 November 2025 and close on 15 January 2026.

• You can apply for up to 3 schools.

• Put the schools in order of preference.

• It’s in your best interest to list 3 schools.

• Naming only one school does not guarantee your child a place at that school or give your child priority for a place over another child.

• You are not able to name the same school more than once.

Applications are processed between 16 January and 16 April 2026.

Prospective Parent Tours - Reception September 2026

Monday 27^th October

10am & 1:30pm

Tuesday 28^th October

10am and 1:30pm

Friday 31^st October

10am and 1:30pm

Monday 3^rd November

10am ONLY

Thursday 6^th November

10am and 1:30pm

Please contact the school office on 01795 423479 to book a tour.

Prospective Parents' Evening Wednesday 19th November 6pm 

This event will include a presentation and a tour of the school, giving you a wonderful opportunity to see what makes our school special.

We look forward to meeting you!

For further information concerning Admissions, please visit Kent County Council.

Primary Admissions: 03000 41 21 21 

Please click on the link below to access Kent Admission for guidance on how to apply for a primary school place.

https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/primary-school-places

Please read the Admissions Policy and Procedure which can be found on the school’s website.  Please click here.

Please also ensure that you have read the school’s Privacy Notice, which can be found on the school’s website.  Please click here.

Please return this Supplementary Information Form to the Admissions Officer at the school (not Kent County Council). For Year R entry in September 2026 please return this form to the school no later than 15 January 2026 in order that we may rank your application.

If applicable you must send a copy of your child’s baptismal certificate and/or Other Faith Reference, to the Admissions Officer at the school along with this completed form.

Please note failure to submit a completed Supplementary Information form when applying for a Catholic school place may result in your application not being placed in the correct category and could result in you not receiving an offer of a place.

Every year schools and academies are required to review their admission arrangements. The aim is to ensure that the arrangements continue to be appropriate, and that they comply with all the relevant requirements, particularly the national code of guidance and the policy of the Archdiocese. The Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership is consulting on proposed changes to the admissions policy for this school to take effect for school admissions for September 2027. The proposed changes will affect new applications for entry into any of our schools from 1 September 2027 onwards. In this case the consultation period will run from 17^th October 2025 to 28^th November 2025 . You can find further information about the proposed changes at the following link Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership - Admissions: Public Consultation or by asking for a copy of the information at the school office.

Summer born children

Children born between 1 April and 31 August are sometimes referred to as summer born children. They have the same right to defer entry as any other child. This means they must start school at the beginning of the April term if they wish to keep their offer. Where parents wish for their summer born child to defer entry until the start of Year 1, they must refuse their offered place, which may be offered to a different child, and then reapply through the In Year process during the last month of reception year.

For your child to start reception year in the following September, a full year after they were first entitled to start, you will need agreement from the admissions authority of the school. This is because a new application for a later admissions round would be needed for your child to be considered for a place to be taught outside of their age group and with a younger group of children.  The admissions authority will make its decision taking into account the school admissions code and the advice of the headteacher.

To request admission to reception year outside of the normal age group, you should contact the Headteacher of each preferred school as early as possible during the application period for that child's date of birth. This will allow the school and admissions authority enough time to make a decision before the closing date.

You are not expected to provide evidence to support your request to defer your application, but where provided, it must be specific to the child in question. This might include medical or Educational Psychologist reports. There is no legal requirement for this medical or educational evidence to be secured from an appropriate professional, but failure to provide it may impede a school's ability to agree to defer admission.

You are required to complete an application for the normal point of entry at the same time, in case your request is declined. This application can be cancelled if the school agrees to accept your request for deferred entry into reception year the following year.

Deferred applications will be processed in the same way as all applications in the following admissions round, and offers will be made in accordance with each school's over subscription criteria.

For further advice please click here to access the DfE Summer Born Children - Starting School: Advice for Parents

In Year or Casual Applications

Applications made too late for the Kent co-ordinated system, In-year applications for year R and applications for entry to years 1-6 must be made on the IYCAF (In -Year and Casual application Form) available on school websites. The same policy and procedure (apart from the timetable) applies to these applications. This form must be sent to the school’s Admissions Officer with this supplementary information form.

For further information regarding in year admissions please visit:

https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/move-to-a-different-school

You will also need to complete and forward to the school office the Supplementary Information Form which is available below.

Upon receiving a completed IYAF and Supplementary Information Form, we will endeavour to notify you of the outcome of your application within 15 school days.

Appeals
 

For applications made in the normal admission round, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals.  For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 schools days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 schools days of the appeals being lodged.