Admissions
Applying for a Reception place for the Academic Year 2023-2024
Applications for September 2023 are now closed. Admissions for September 2024 will open in November 2023.
Admissions Timetable
The link below will give you guidance (provided by KCC) on applying for a school place:
Please click here to apply for a school place at Stone St. Mary's CEP.
Key Action | Date |
Application for Primary Intake opens online | Friday, 4th November 2022 |
National closing date for applications
Deadline date for the return of Supplementary Information Forms. | Monday, 16th January 2023 |
National Offer Day: emails sent after 4pm. | Wednesday, 19th April 2023 |
Deadline date for late applications and waiting lists to be included in Kent County Council’s reallocation stage.
Also, the date by which places should be accepted or declined to schools | By Monday, 1st May 2023 |
Deadline for lodging of appeals | Friday 12th May 2023 |
Admissions Documents
Appeals
If your child is due to start primary school in September 2022, you can appeal if you were refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Monday 17 April 2023).
You must submit your appeal before Tuesday 16 May 2023 for it to be considered by Tuesday 18 July 2023. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
Appeals Documents
In Year Admissions
If you are considering transferring your child to our school, please contact the school office via office@stone.kent.sch.uk or 01322 382 292 for information on availability and waiting lists, as well as to arrange a tour of the school.
If you are applying for a place outside of the September Admissions process you will need to complete an In-Year Application Form. This form will need to be completed and returned directly to the office, which can be downloaded below, with a copy of your child's full birth certificate which names both parents.
In-Year Application Documents
Applying for a Reception place for the Academic Year 2024-2025
Applications for September 2024 will open in September 2023.
Open Days will be published by the end of October 2023.