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Admissions

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Our Lady and St Patrick's is an Academy School within Plymouth CAST; a Multi Academy Trust of 36 Catholic Schools in the South West. The Trust is the admissions authority and has responsibility for admission policy and decisions about admissions applications.

We welcome applications from parents of children of all denominations and faiths and those of no particular faith background. However our Planned Admission Numbers in Key Stage 1 classes is limited to 30 in each class, due to Infant Class Size Legislation.

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If you are interested in your child joining the school, please contact us to discuss what we have to offer and to arrange a visit, by either calling us on 10626 773905, or emailing office@olsp.uk.

 

Once you decide you would like a place you must make a formal application.

 

How to apply 

Most children join our school at the normal round, the main intake into school from the start of September in Reception. As a parent, you can apply for a place to the Local Authority.  There are different options for parents of children starting school in Reception. This includes part-time education and deferring or delaying admission until later in the Reception year or, for children with birthdays in the summer term, to the following September. Come and talk to us if you are considering this.  Do come and talk with us if you are interested in a place in a different year group for any reason.  

 

For questions about your child joining the school or the admissions process in general, please do not hesitate to contact the school direct or contact Plymouth CAST by email to Rose Colpus-Fricker (Chief Operating Officer) admin@plymouthcast.org.uk

 

If you are interested in your child joining the school in-year (once the academic year has started), you can apply for a place through the relevant Local Authority. 

 

There is a right of appeal and to a place on a waiting list for places where an application is refused.  

 

Admission Arrangements 

 

Plymouth CAST is the admissions authority for our school. It has responsibility for the admissions policies and decisions on applications for admission. We have an admissions policy for each academic year, and they will be published on this page when they are proposed for consultation and after they have been determined annually. They are written to comply with the School Admissions Code 2021 and School Admissions Appeals Code 2022.  

Our Admissions Policies 

You can find our admissions policies below - we review the school policy annually and may make changes if we feel this would be in the best interests of the school and our community. Each academic year has its own policy document, with details about how to apply for a place in school.

 

 

School admissions policy 2024-25 

See our determined policy below.  If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk

 

The Admissions Appeals Timetable 2024 

Appeals at the normal round of admissions will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals on 31 May 2024. Where the application was not made in time for a decision to be made on 16 April 2024, they will be heard within that 40-day period or, if that is not possible, within 30 days of the appeal being lodged. In-year admission appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged. 

 

Appeals at the normal round of admissions will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals on 31 March 2024. Where the application was not made in time for a decision to be made on 1 March 2023, they will be heard within that 40-day period or, if that is not possible, within 30 days of the appeal being lodged. In-year admission appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.  

School admissions policy 2025-26 

See our determined policy below.  If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk