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Please see the document below - Applying for a primary school place and also the Admission policies below.
Reception intake - primary and infant schools
In Northamptonshire, all children are offered a full year in reception.
Primary schools run from reception to year 6 and take new children into reception.
If your child turns 4 between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025, you should apply for their reception place by 15 January 2025. Please see the website listed below.
www.northnorthants.gov.uk/primary-school-places
After this date, you will need to make a late application.
In year applications
Admission to any year group during the school year are known as in-year applications.
If you are interested in joining our school and would like to arrange a visit please contact office@stmarys.pdet.org.uk.
For the school year September 2024 – August 2025, to apply for an in-year school place at our school, please complete the application form linked below. All applications are managed by our Trust (rather than the Local Authority).
https://forms.office.com/e/bPmJRTAa59
You will be contacted within 15 school days to let you know if a place can be offered. If you make your application during the school holidays, it may take longer than normal to process.
If you have applied and been refused a place at our school (in any year group), you are entitled to appeal against that decision.
Appeals for PDET academies are administered by The Diocese of Peterborough Education team. For more information on the process please see: www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/church-schools/admission-and-appeals/
If you wish to appeal please contact the Appeals Administrator by emailing education@peterborough-diocese.org.uk and ask for an appeals pack.
The pack includes some explanatory notes about the process of Admission Appeals and a Notice of Appeal form that, should you decide to proceed with an appeal, will need to be completed and returned by email if possible, but if not, to the Diocesan Office instead.
Timetable for appeals – September 2024 applications
| 16th April 2024 | National Offer Day. |
| 20th May 2024 (9:00 am) | Deadline for lodging on-time appeals. |
| Week commencing 17th June 2024 | Notification of the hearing date and time and Statement of Case to be sent to appellants. |
| 24th June 2024 | Deadline for additional evidence. |
| Week commencing 8th July 2024 | Appeal dates. Appeals will be heard on Zoom. Decision letters will be sent within 5 working days of the appeal hearing, subject to any unforeseen circumstances. |
APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES: (AT OTHER SCHOOLS)
If your child turns 11 between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024, you should apply for their secondary place by 31 October 2023. Please see the website listed below.
www.northnorthants.gov.uk/secondary-school-places
After this date, you will need to make a late application.
