St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Catholic looked after and previously looked after children — Catholic looked after or previously looked after children including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (See Notes 1 and 2).
2. 2Catholic (see Note 2) children living in the parish(es) served by the school
3. 3Catholic (see Note 2) children living outside the parish(es) served by the school
4. 4Other looked after and previously looked after children — Other looked after or previously looked after children including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see Note 1).
5. 5Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church — Catechumens, Candidates and members of Eastern Christian Churches (see Notes 3, 4 and 5)
6. 6Children of other Christian denominations — Children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion (see note 6)
7. 7Children of other faiths — Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader (see note 7)
8. 8Any other children — Any other children not within categories 1-7. First priority within the individual criteria will be given to applications for children who will have siblings (see Note 8) attending the school in years R - 6 at the proposed time of admission.

Read 2026-09-12 from the trust's own website (SRS-CMAT-Primary-Admission-Policy-2027-28-v3-DETERMINED.pdf), marked determined. The trust is the admission authority for every academy in it and publishes one primary policy with a schedule of schools, admission numbers and the parishes each serves. CORRECTION 2026-09-13: this row was written on 12 September with the right admission number, notes and source but an empty rule list — every rule came out blank. The rules below were re-read from the same published document. The rules were re-read from the same policy this row already cites, anchored on the document's own "Oversubscription criteria" heading.

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.