St Mary's Catholic Primary School

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. 1Baptised Catholic looked after/previously looked after children — Baptised Catholic ‘looked after’ children and previously ‘looked after’ children, who have been adopted or made subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders.
2. 2Baptised Catholic children with exceptional need — Baptised Catholic children where compelling evidence is provided at the time of application, from an appropriate professional such as a doctor, priest or social worker, of an exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need of the children, which can only be met at this school.
3. 3Baptised Catholic child of teacher (2+ years, CCP) — Baptised Catholic children of a teacher, with a Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP), who has been employed at the school for at least two years at the time of application
4. 4Baptised Catholic with CCP and sibling at school — Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP) who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
5. 5Baptised Catholic with CCP, resident in parish — Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP) who are resident in the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Michael.
6. 6Baptised Catholic with CCP, not resident in parish — Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP) who are not resident in the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Michael.
7. 7Other baptised Catholic children without CCP — Other baptised Catholic children without a Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP).
8. 8Other looked after/previously looked after children — Other ‘looked after’ children and previously ‘looked after’ children who have been adopted or made subject to children arrangements orders or special guardianship orders.
9. 9Catechumens and Eastern Christian Church members — Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church (see notes).
10. 10Other children with exceptional need — Other children where compelling evidence is provided at the time of application, from an appropriate professional such as a doctor, priest or social worker, of an exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need of the children, which can only be met at this school.
11. 11Other children of teacher (2+ years) — Other children of a teacher who has been employed at the school for at least two years at the time of application.
12. 12Other children with sibling at school — Other children who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
13. 13Christians of other denominations — Christians of other denominations with a certificate of baptism or a letter from a minister of religion confirming membership of the faith community.
14. 14Children of other faiths — Children of other faiths whose application is supported by a letter from a religious leader confirming membership of the faith community.
15. 15Other applicants — Other applicants.

If two applications tie: Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the sub-categories listed above would still lead to oversubscription, the places up to the admission number will be offered to those living nearest to the school as measured in a straight line from the school grounds to the applicants home or moorings address (including flats). If two or more applications are received from the same block of flats, the applicant with the lower door number will be classed as nearest and offered a place because they are likely to be closer to the ground floor and, therefore, the school. In the event of distances being the same for two or more children where this would determine the last place to be allocated, random allocation will be carried out by the local authority’s computerised allocation system.

The document title states '2027-2028 ADMISSIONS POLICY' and application/offer/appeal dates (Jan 2027, April 2027, May 2027) correspond to September 2027 entry, though the PAN paragraph text refers to 'September, 2026' which appears to be a residual/incorrect reference from a prior year's policy. Multiple births/twins provision: where one of the children is last ranked within PAN, the admission authority will where logistically possible admit all. Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP) required for criteria 3-6, submitted by closing date.

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.