Admissions & Appeals
How to apply
Parents should complete the online application via Thurrock Admission Department click here
We are a Catholic School and our own Admission Authority, you will need to provide a 'Certificate of Catholic Practice' from your Parish Priest if you are a practising Catholic, alternatively you should complete a Supplementary Information Form, for any other denomination, to support your application for a primary school place. These should be sent directly to the school along with a copy of your child's Baptismal Certificate.
Please refer to the Admission Criteria for all applications.
Over-subscription Criteria, please refer to the Admission Policy
Waiting lists for school places are facilitated by Thurrock Admission Department.
If your application for a school place is unsuccessful, you may wish to appeal, see further information below.
Starting School - Reception September 2025
Applications are made to Thurrock Admission Department. The application process is open from 1st November 2024 to 15th January 2025.
Certificates of Catholic Practice/Supplementary Information Forms must be sent directly to the school.
Mid-Year School Application
To make an application for a school place, you should complete an on-line application to Thurrock Council at https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/applying-for-primary-school-place.
Admission Appeals Information - see documents listed below
Please submit your completed appeal proforma directly to the school.
Timetable for Admission Appeals 2025
Offer Letters sent out by Thurrock Council Admission Dept.: 16/04/2025
Refusal letters sent out by Thurrock Admission Dept.: 16/04/2025
Deadline for lodging appeals with the school: 20/05/2025
Appeal Hearing: 10/07/2025
Decision letters to parents: 17/07/2025
The Appeal Code states:
2.1 Admission authorities must set a timetable for organising and hearing appeals that:
- includes a deadline for lodging appeals which allows appellants at least 20 school days from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful to prepare and lodge their written appeal;
- ensures that appellants receive at least 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing;
- includes reasonable deadlines for appellants to submit additional evidence, for admission authorities to submit their evidence, and for the clerk to send appeal papers to the panel and parties;
- ensures that decision letters are sent within five school days of the hearing wherever possible;
2.2 Admission authorities must publish their appeals timetable on their website by 28th February each year.
2.3 Admission authorities must ensure that appeals lodged by the appropriate deadlines are heard within the following timescales:
- for applications made in the normal admissions round, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals;
- for late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged;
- for application to Sixth Form Colleges
- d) for applications for in-year admissions, appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.