Admissions
September 2025 Admissions
Year R applications are normally for children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 for starting school in September 2025.
To apply for a place at a Primary School for your child for September 2025 you will need to complete a special form called a Common Application Form (RCAF form for short) which you will find at Kent Online Admissions
Applications for primary admissions for September 2025 open on Tuesday 5th November 2024 and close at midnight on Wednesday 15th Jan 2025.
You will be notified by email on Wednesday 16th April 2025 after 4pm.
Please read through the Admission to Primary School Information Booklet carefully before filling in your RCAF. This booklet is available on the Admissions website via
www.kent.gov.uk/primaryadmissions.
1. You will need to be very clear about which school you want as your first preference.
2. You should complete only one Common Application Form per child.
3. You will need to fill in the forms online by Wednesday 15th January 2025.
4. Applications received after this date will be considered as late. (Please read Admissions to Primary School Information Booklet for further advice).
Online applications will receive an email after 4.00pm on Wednesday 16th April 2025.
You will receive an email offering you a place. At this point, you will need to come into the School with proof of the address of the only or main residence of your child and your offer form completed and signed. This will need to be in the form of the following documents:
A child tax and working tax credit letter (TC602), the child's medical card or a letter from a medical centre, hospital or GP to confirm the child's residence, a letter from the child's nursery or playgroup or a bank statement of a savings account in the child's name, your child's birth certificate.
AND a utility bill.
OR a bank or credit card statement.
These documents should not be more than three months old and preferably should show that the child was resident at the address at the time of the closing date. We will need to see all three of these documents for every child being admitted (even those who have siblings at the school already). If you are unable to provide the above documents, to prove your child's only or main residence, the local Authority has the right to take your child's place away.
If you have any queries about the Admissions process, please ring the School on 01580 762086. You can also contact the Kent Admissions Team on 03000 41 21 21 or visit their website
www.kent.gov.uk/primaryadmissions
