HOW TO APPLY

All applications must be made to the appropriate Local Authority online. This is the legal application form. You should also complete a Supplementary Form for each Catholic school named in your preferences. The information on the Supplementary Form will enable governors to place applications in the correct category. Supplementary Forms are normally available from primary schools or from the relevant secondary schools. All forms should be returned by the stated closing date. Late applications can only be accepted in extreme circumstances.

If you are expressing a preference for a place for your child at a Catholic school in Nottingham Diocese:

You should complete the Supplementary Form for EVERY Catholic school to which you are applying. If you do not complete this form the governors will not be able to place your application in the correct category.​​​

• The ‘Supplementary Information Form’ is available for download here

Please also read the St Thomas Aquinas CMAT Admissions Policies for your preferred school(s) and your Local Authority Booklet before completing the form. These will explain where and when to return this form.

The Leicester City Education and Learning Website has information regarding Application to Secondary Schools. You must also complete the Common Application with your local authority – Leicester / Leicestershire.​

APPEALS

If a child is not offered a place, parents/carers have a statutory right to appeal. This should be done by writing to the school setting out your grounds for appeal no later than twenty school days after the decision letter has been received. The appeal will be arranged on behalf of the governors by the Catholic Schools Appeals Service and will be heard by an independent panel. The decision of the panel will be binding on the school.

Information regarding the Schools Application Appeals Process is available here.

IN YEAR ADMISSIONS

An application can be made for a place for a child at any time outside the admission round and the child will be admitted where there are available places. An application should be made to the relevant Local Authority by completing the LA Common Application Form and following instructions on the LA website.

Leicester City – School admissions (leicester.gov.uk)

If applying for a place on faith grounds you will also need to complete a Supplementary Information Form(opens in new tab) and return this to the school.

Where there are places available but more applications than places, the published oversubscription criteria, as set out in the admission arrangements will be applied.

Parents are advised to read the admission arrangements carefully before making their application.

If there are no places available, the child will be added to the waiting list. Please see the admission arrangements for more details.

You will be advised of the outcome of your application in writing as soon as possible.

Applicants must be informed of the outcome of their application within 15 school days of receipt, but the aim is to notify applicants of the outcome of their application within 10 school days of receipt.

You have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel if your application is unsuccessful.

Should you wish to speak to someone at the school prior to making an Application please contact the school.

You may also wish to discuss in-year applications with your local authority.

For Leicester City click here.