Admissions | St Mary's Catholic Primary School

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School provides a Catholic education for children between the ages of 4 and 11 years.

To apply for a place at St. Mary’s, you must apply online via Warwickshire Admissions. This is the same for Rising Five and In Year Applications.

Primary round of admissions
Closing date for rising 5 applications	15th January 2023
Date of allocation of places	17th April 2023 Letters will be sent second class or email sent out
Deadline for lodging appeals and providing evidence to support the appeal (if appropriate)	TBC 2023
Appeals will be heard by	June/July 2023
Notice of appeal hearing	At least ten schooldays notice
Deadline for governing body to submit evidence for the appeal	June/July 2023 (if posting allow time to arrive by this date)
Deadline for sending appeal papers to all parties	No later than 10 school days before the appeal hearing
Deadline for applicant to submit additional evidence	Five school days before the appeal hearing. Information or evidence not submitted by the deadline might not be considered at the appeal
Late applications for appeals will be heard by	At the same time as previously scheduled appeals or within 30 school days of appeal being lodged
Decision letters sent to applicant	Normally with five days. Details of our Admission Policies are at the top of this page.

SCHOOL ADMISSION APPEAL TIMETABLE 2022

Appeals for normal round of admissions
Date of allocation of places	17/04/2023
Deadline for lodging appeals and providing evidence to support the appeal (if appropriate)	TBC May 2023
Appeals will be heard by	TBC June/July 2023
Notice of appeal hearing	At least 14 school days notice of the appeal hearing.
Deadline for governing body to submit evidence for the appeal	At least 10 school days before the appeal hearing.
Deadline for sending appeal papers to all parties	No later than 10 school days before the appeal hearing.
Deadline for appellant to submit additional evidence	15 school days before the appeal hearing. Information or evidence not submitted by the deadline might not be considered at the appeal.
Late applications for appeals will be heard by	At the same time as previously scheduled appeals or within 30 school days of appeal being lodged
Decision letters sent to appellant	Normally within five school days

Appeals for in-year admissions
Deadline for lodging appeals and providing evidence to support the appeal (if appropriate)	28 school days from the date of notification that the application was unsuccessful.
Appeals will be heard	Within 30 school days of deadline for appeals
Notice of appeal hearing	At least 14 school days notice
Deadline for governing body to submit evidence for the appeal	10 school days before the appeal hearing.
Deadline for sending appeal papers to all parties	No later than 10 school days before the appeal hearing
Deadline for appellant to submit additional evidence	10 school days before the appeal hearing. Information or evidence not submitted by the deadline might not be considered at the appeal
Late applications for appeals will be heard	At the same time as previously scheduled appeals or within 30 school days of appeal being lodged
Decision letters sent to appellant	Normally within five school days

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION

1. Baptised Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority (looked-after children) or provided with accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster parents) (Section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989) and children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).

2. Baptised Catholic children living within the Parish of Our Lady & St Benedict Church,

Alcester Road, Wootton Wawen, who have a brother or sister in the school at the time of admission.

3. Baptised Catholic children living within the Parish of Our Lady & St Benedict Church, Wootton Wawen.

4. Other Baptised Catholic children who have a brother or sister in the school at the time of admission.

5. Other Baptised Catholic children.

6. Non Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority (looked after children) or provided with accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).

7. Non Catholic children who have a brother or sister in the school at the

time of admission.

8. Non Catholic children.