St John' s Church School VA

Applying for Reception 2025

If you have a child who was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021, you must apply for a school place for September 2025.

You can apply anytime from 12 September 2024. To receive an offer of a school place on the National Offer Day, 16 April 2025, you must submit a completed application before midnight on 15 January 2025, the National Closing Date

From the week commencing 5th May admissions will process applications received between 16th January and 30th April in the second round allocations

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In Year Admissions

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Should your child already be of school age and attending another Peterborough school you will need to request an In Year Transfer form from your child's current school. Once completed this must be forwarded to Admissions at Peterborough City Council. You may also apply online at www.peterborough.gov.uk/residents/schools-and-education/school-admissions/moving-schools-in-year-transfer Your child will then be placed on our relevant year group waiting list. Offers are made approximately every 14 days by Admissions and you will be contacted by them should your child be offered a school place.

 

If your child is transferring from a school outside of Peterborough, please ring 01733 864007 or email admissions@peterborough.gov.uk for advice. Applications made to our school will be ranked according to the following criteria: The governing body will give priority to children with a statement of special educational needs or an education health and care plan which names the school. This will be in addition to any specific arrangements to specialist provision. In the event of the school being oversubscribed the following order of priority will apply:

 

1. Looked after children and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).

2. Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and cease to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

3. Children from families who are worshipping members of Christ Church in Orton Goldhay.

4. Children from families who are worshipping members of other Christian churches.

5. Brothers and sisters of those attending St John's at the time of admission.

6. Children from within the school's designated catchment area.

7. Any other child.

 

 

Notes:

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1. A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society.

2. A ‘worshipping member’ is defined in this policy as someone who attends public worship at least monthly for a period of one year prior to the national admissions deadline.

3. For this Admissions policy, the definition of ‘other Christian church’ means a church which is designated as such, nationally by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York or locally by the Diocesan Bishop, or which is a member of Churches Together in England, or affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance, or a Partner Church of Affinity.

4. Admission under Categories 2 and 3 will require a Supplementary Information Form, verified from the relevant church minister. Forms are available from the school office and should be returned to the school office.

5. ‘Brothers and sisters’ include: Full or half brothers or sisters living together in the same household Adopted brothers and sisters living together in the same household Stepbrothers and sisters where the parents are married and living together in the same household

6. Admission under Category 1, children who appear to the Admission Authority to have been in state care (i.e. in the care of or accommodated by a public authority, religious organisation or any other provider whose sole/main purpose is to benefit society) outside of England but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted only.

7. A full list of catchment areas is available on the Peterborough City Council website. In the event of over-subscription in any category, distance from the school will be used to determine places with the closest gaining higher priority. Distance is measured from the centre of the child’s home address to the school, using the National Ordnance Survey seed points on the local authority’s computerised measuring system.
   
   Waiting Lists
   
    

• If the school has more applications than places available parents may elect to place their child’s name on a waiting list.

• Pupils will be placed on the waiting list in strict order according to the over-subscription criteria on the admissions policy. If a place becomes available at the school, places will be allocated according to these criteria. ​

• The waiting list will be held from the allocation of places date, for at least one term in the year of admission. ​

• Parents must contact the school and request that their child’s name is placed on the waiting list. This can be done by telephone or email. ​ Parents must contact the school within seven days of the allocation of school places. Parents must contact the school again at the beginning of September if they wish their child to remain on the waiting list – within ten school days. Any places which become available at the beginning of September will be allocated after ten school days. ​
   

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Transferring into Year 7

If your child was born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 and lives in Peterborough, you need to apply for a Year 7 place at secondary school.

You can apply for a secondary school place from 12 September 2024

The closing date for applications is 31 October 2024.

If you apply before the closing date - you will receive your child's school place offer on 3 March 2025.
If your application is late, your child is less likely to get into their preferred school