Admissions
Consultation on admission arrangements for September 2027
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 17th October 2025 to 28th 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.
Admissions to Primary School 2026
School tour dates will commence mid September 2025 - please call our office for dates and availability
If your child's birthday is between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022 they will be due to start primary school in September 2026.
School applications open: Please see Medway Council website
School applications close:
National Offer Day of allocated places:
Deadline for lodging appeals by:
Appeal dates for St Thomas More: to be confirmed
Reallocation begins:
Reallocation ends:
HELPFUL NOTES:
If you are applying for your child to start school in September 2026 you should complete the following:
Apply on line to Medway Council (please see Council website for opening date), by logging onto Medway Council Website or clicking the link below. Please ensure you receive an email to confirm that the details have been accepted.
Download a St Thomas More Supplementary form (SIF),
Complete and return to the school
Include any evidence if you wish your child to be considered under ‘denominational’ status.
Ensure this form and evidence is submitted to school by
TBC
If you wish to be considered please ensure that you have completed this form and information – without it your child will not be placed in the correct criteria, and they may not get their place.
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APPEALS FOR SEPTEMBER 2026 INTAKE
Parents whose applications for places are unsuccessful may appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel set up in accordance with section 85(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Appeals must be made in writing and must set out the reasons on which the appeal is made. Appeals should be made to the Admissions Appeal Clerk at the school address. Parents/Carers have the right to make oral representations to the Appeal Panel. Infant classes are restricted by legislation to 30 children. Parents should be aware that an appeal against refusal of a place in an infant class may only succeed if it can be demonstrated that:
- The admission of additional children would not breach the infant class size limit; or
- The admission arrangements did not comply with admissions law or had not been correctly and impartially applied and the child would have been offered a place if the arrangements had complied or had been correctly and impartially applied; or
- The panel decided that the decision to refuse admission was not one which a reasonable admission authority would have made in the circumstances of the case.
