St Elizabeth'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. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after Catholic children and all previously looked after Catholic children who have been adopted or who have become the subject of a child arrangement order or special guardianship order. Catholic children who appear (to the admissions authority) to have been in state care outside of England and cease to be in state care outside of England as a result of being adopted.
2. 2Faith / foundation places — Baptised Catholic children, in possession of a certificate of Catholic practice.
3. 3Faith / foundation places — Baptised Catholic children. A baptismal certificate or evidence of reception into the Catholic Church must be provided
4. 4Looked after and previously looked after children — Other looked after children and previously looked after children (including children adopted from state care outside of England).
5. 5Faith / foundation places — Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox churches. Evidence of Baptism will be required.
6. 6Siblings — Children with a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
7. 7Faith / foundation places — Children who are members of other faiths. Evidence of membership of the faith provided by a priest, minister or religious leader of a designated place of worship will be required.
8. 8Any other children — Any other children.

Summary of the school's oversubscription criteria for 2027/28 entry as printed by Achieving for Children in Richmond's schools brochure 2027 (the governing body/trust is responsible for the wording; read the full determined policy on the school's website). The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. I. A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission. A brother or sister includes step siblings, foster siblings and adopted siblings living at the same address as the child on roll. Evidence of the relationship may be required. II. Living in the parishes of St Elizabeth of Portugal (Richmond), St Thomas Aquinas (Ham), St Winefride’s (Kew), and Our Lady Queen of Peace (East Sheen). Where this category is oversubscribed, places will be offered to pupils in each of the four parishes mentioned, in proportion to Mass attendance in each parish, as shown in the most recently published Southwark Catholic Directory (this Directory is available in all parishes and Catholic schools of the diocese). III. Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided, at the time of application, by an appropriate professional authority (such as a qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest) IV. A child of a member of St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School staff who has been employed at the school for two or more consecutive years at the time of application. V. Proximity to the school of the candidate’s home address, the distance measured in a straight line from the school entrance by the local authority using a geographical computerised information system. Evidence of residence may be required. Where the last remaining place is to be allocated and two or more children are deemed to live at the same distance from the school, the place will be decided by drawing lots. Catholics include members of the Ordinariate and the Latin and Oriental Rite churches that are in union with the Bishop of Rome. Where the allocation of places according to Mass attendance in each parish results in a decimal number for example, 3.6 places, the figure will be rounded to the next full number, in this example to four, indicating an allocation of four places. If the total for proportions of places to the four parishes take the number fractionally over the PAN the number of places will be reduced by one for the parish gaining the most places and if necessary by one for the parish with the second highest number of allocated places. In addition to the application to the local authority, the supplementary information form (available from the school's website or upon request from the school), should be completed by the parent and the Parish Priest who will return the form to the school no later than the closing date published by the local authority.

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.