St Bede's Catholic Primary School

Admissions

Admissions 2024/25

IF YOUR CHILD WAS BORN BETWEEN 1ST SEPTEMBER 2019 AND 31ST AUGUST 2020, YOU NEED TO APPLY NOW FOR A PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACE FOR SEPTEMBER 2024.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 15th January 2024.

Places will be allocated based on your residential address on 15th January 2024

We consider any application made after this closing date as a late application. If your application is late you will be far less likely to get in to your preferred school.

If you do not live in Rotherham you must contact your local Admissions Team for further advice.

Any reference to primary schools also includes community schools, aided schools, academies and trust schools

If you submitted your application online you can log into your account on 16th April 2024 to view your school place offer. You will need to know your login details – the email account and password you used when you made your application. If you need a password reset, please contact us.

NEED TO CONTACT US?

We are happy to talk through any queries you have. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us should you have anything you wish to ask or discuss; we are here to help. Please email admissions.enquiries@rotherham.gov.uk or telephone 01709 823777

FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS

Rotherham Authority takes very seriously any attempt to gain an advantage in the admissions process by giving false information. It is really important that the admissions system is fair for everybody. Nobody should be allowed to cheat by using a friend or relative’s address, a business address or by temporarily renting a property near to a popular school and then returning to their original home address.
Each year a number of parents try to get a school place by providing false information, which could result in them taking a place that should have gone to another child. The Admissions Team will investigate all instances where a parent is thought to have used a false address or other misleading information in order to gain a place at a school for their child. Your address will be checked by reference to various records and, if necessary, by a council officer visiting the application address or any previous/alternative address.
Once the Authority has made an offer of a school place it may be withdrawn if the offer was made on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application or information from a parent which effectively denied a place to a child with a stronger claim, even if the child has already started at the school.
In recent years a number of school places were withdrawn from children after it was proven that their parent(s)/carer(s) had supplied intentionally misleading or fraudulent information or had failed to notify the Admissions Team that they were no longer living at the address given on the application form.
Where a place or an offer has been withdrawn, the application will be re-considered and a right of independent appeal offered if the place is refused, the child’s name will also be placed on the waiting list if the preferred school is oversubscribed.

Link to Rotherham Council Admissions - https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/school-admissions