How To Apply

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Reception and Year 7

Holy Trinity School will be part of the Local Authority’s co-ordinated arrangements which require all parents/carers who wish to enter the school in Reception or Year 7 to complete a common application form (CAF) provided by the Local Authority online here. Full details of the application process will be available in the local authority brochure: Information for Parents booklet as per the previous link. In completing the common application form Holy Trinity School must be listed as one of the preferences. Inaccurate or false information on the form could result in the place being withdrawn. Applications must be made by:

31st October 2024 - Year 7
15th January 2025 - Reception

All Other Admissions

Pupils who wish to enter year groups other than those for which there are Published Admissions Numbers will need to apply directly to School Admissions, who, on behalf of the school and the Local Authority will co-ordinate these applications

The application will subsequently be managed according to the school admissions criteria and admission granted depending upon availability (in line with published admission numbers). In accordance with the School Admissions Code priority will not be given to children based on the date of application or the date of being added to the list, but rather on the basis of how the application meets the admissions criteria. Where a year group is over-subscribed applications will be handled in the way outlined in the section headed ‘Oversubscription procedures’.
The Co-ordinated Scheme can be viewed here.

Sixth Form Admissions for September 2025

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Sixth form application deadline: 30th November 2024 for September 2025 entry
Applications will be accepted after this date

Our overall admission grades are superseded by subject specific requirements If you require information about your specific subject choices, then please do not hesitate to ask us for further clarification.

Appeals

If any parent is dissatisfied with an admission decision they have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel, establishing contact through the Admissions Authority. Holy Trinity School will run its own independent appeals. The arrangements for the appeals will be conducted in line with the Code on Schools Admissions Appeals. Appeals should be made in writing to the Chair of Governors of Holy Trinity School within 20 school days from the date of notification that the application was unsuccessful. He/she will then arrange for the appeal to be heard by an independent appeals panel. Once the date of the appeals process has been set, a notice period of 10 days will be given to the applicants. The decision of the panel will be made in accordance with the Appeals Code and will be final.

Please see the Admissions appeals timetable.

DATE FOR ACTION	PROCEDURE	ACTION BY:
31^st October 2024 (Year 7)	Closing date for the Common Application Form (CAF) to be with the LA, by post or online.	Parents/Guardians
3rd March 2025 (Year 7)	LA offers a school place to all who have returned the CAF, where possible at one of their stated preferred schools.	LA
15^th January 2025 (Reception)	Closing date for the Common Application Form (CAF) to be with the LA, by post or online.	Parents/Guardians
Spring Term 2025	Applications processed and information shared between schools and neighbouring Local Authorities for both Reception and Year 7 Intake
16^th April 2025 (Reception)	LA offers a school place to all who have returned the CAF, where possible at one of their stated preferred schools.	LA
Mid-March to 1^st April	Parents may ask for a reconsideration of the allocated place and the LA informs them if they have been successful.	Parents/Guardians and LA
From 1^st April onwards	Parents may ask their preferred school for an appeal application form to be returned to the school, not the LA.	Parents/Guardians
15th May 2025	Deadline for returning the Appeal Application form to Holy Trinity School School. Forms received after this date may have to wait much longer for an appeal hearing.	Parents/Guardians
Summer Term 2025	The school will arrange an appeal hearing within 20 school days of the deadline for returning the application for appeal form. Parents/Guardians will be informed of the date of their appeal at least 10 school days in advance but parents may waive their right to this notice if an earlier date is offered.	The Admissions Authority (ie. the school’s Board of Governors) usually delegates this role to an independent Clerk.
	If your appeal is a late application for the normal September intake, appeals will be heard with the others if possible. Otherwise a later date will be arranged.	Independent Clerk
Late applications	Late applications will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged with the school.	Independent Clerk
In-year appeals - from September onwards	Admission Appeal hearings will take place, on a date to be notified by the Clerk, within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged with the school.	Independent Clerk