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Admissions

Applying for a Reception place for the Academic Year 2024-2025

All applications must be made online at: Kent Primary School Admissions.  

In addition to the online application, to apply for a place here at Saint George’s Primary Phase, you must complete a Supplementary Information Form, which includes details of our admission arrangements and oversubscription criteria. This form must be completed and returned to the Primary Phase office or by email to primary@saintgeorgescofe.kent.sch.uk by Monday, 15th January 2024. 

Open Days

Admissions Timetable

Key Action Date

Admissions for Primary Transfer Opens

Tuesday 5 November 2024

Open Days

Wednesday 6 November 2024 (09:15 & 10:30) 

Wednesday 13 November 2024 (09:15 & 10:30) 

National Closing Date for Application Forms

Wednesday 15 January 2025

National Offer Day

Wednesday 16 April 2025 (by 16:00)

Deadline for Late Applications (Also the date by which places should be accepted or declined by schools)

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Deadline for Lodging Appeals

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Please refer to the Admissions Policy below for information regarding our oversubscription criteria.

All in year appeal will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.

Admissions Documentation

Appeals

If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code, the admission authority and appeal panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.

If you wish to appeal, please use the links below to complete your appeal online:

Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals, which you should read before you complete the appeal form. If your appeal is for years Reception, year 1 or year 2, you should read the Key Stage 1 appeals section on page 18.

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form, and you MUST state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge it. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you provide the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal to more than one school.

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated the last THREE months.  If you cannot access a scanner, please take two photographs using a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.

If you wish to contact the clerk – email: clerk@educationappeals.com

Information about Primary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2025.

The timetable for 'in-year' appeals

Last day for lodging appeal forms

20 School days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place.

An invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel

At least 10 school days before the hearing.  This MAY be emailed.

 

All-in-year appeals will be heard within 30 school days of lodging the appeal form.

Closing date for any additional supporting evidence

FIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be considered. Please email clerk@educationappeals.com 

 

Please note that slightly different rules will apply for any primary transfer appeals into Reception.

Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel

Due to the high number of appeals, an email with the panel's decision is sent a few working days after your hearing. This is followed up around 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panel's reasons.

In-year Admissions

If you are considering transferring your child to our school, please get in touch with Primary Admissions for information on availability and waiting lists using the contact details below.

To apply for a place outside the September Admissions process, you must complete an In-year Application Form and a Supplementary Information Form. Both forms are available to download below and will need to be completed and returned directly to the Primary Phase office. 

Please note: If your child is offered a place at Saint George’s, you must provide your child’s birth certificate and proof of address (two for you and one for your child).

In-year Admissions Documentation

 

Primary Admissions Contact Information

Saint George’s Church of England Primary Phase

Contact: Natasha Bianchet, Primary Phase Office Manager

Tel: 01474 533 082 (Option 1)

Email: bianchetn@saintgeorgescofe.kent.sch.uk

Kent County Council Admission Information and Contacts

www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/primary-school-places

Tel: 03000 416 111

Email: primaryadmissions@kent.gov.uk