Admissions

The Governing Body determined Admissions Policies for  2026-27 & 2027-28 are available to view / download (along with admissions policies for subsequent years) in the documents section below. 

For Reception Class admissions (September annual intake) - please refer to the 'New Parents' page.

Admissions Appeals 

Appeals for school places are heard by a panel of independent, admissions trained individuals assembled by Gloucestershire County Council

For further information regarding the appeals process, and to request appeals paperwork, please contact the school office via  admin@st-marys-churchdown.gloucs.sch.uk or telephone 01452 714053.

Timeline for school admission appeals

Appeals lodged by the appropriate deadlines are heard within the following timescales: 

a) for applications made in the normal admissions round⁷, appeals will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals;

b) for late applications⁸, appeals will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged;

c) for applications for in-year admissions⁹, appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

⁷   Under the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements ) (England)  Regulations  2012  an application is  made  in the  ‘normal  admissions  round’  if  it  is  not  a ‘late application’ or an ‘in-year application’:

see footnotes ⁸ and ⁹.

⁸ An application is a ‘late’ application if it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group; it is submitted before the first day of the school term of the admission year; and a determination relating to the application is not made by an authority on or before the offer date. The ‘relevant age group’ is the age group at which pupils are or will normally be admitted to the school e.g. reception class ( Section 142 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998).

⁹ An application is an ‘in-year’ application if it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group and it is submitted on or after the first day of the first school term of the admission year, or it is for the admission of a child to an age group other than a relevant age group.