Admissions

If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.

Making an application

Parents must complete the Local Authority application form, stating three preferences. Parents who wish their application to this Church school to be considered against the faith criteria should also complete the appropriate questions on the common application form. If the school is oversubscribed, a failure to answer these questions may result in your application for a place in this school being considered against lower priority criteria as the Governing Body will have no information upon which to assess the worship attendance.

Statutory consultation on proposed admission arrangements for St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School for 2026-27.

Start of consultation: Monday 9^th December 2024

End of consultation:  Friday 31^st January 2025

Why are we consulting?

When changes are proposed to admission arrangements, all Admission Authorities must consult on their admission arrangements that will apply to admission applications for the following school year.

At least every 7 years, Admission Authorities must consult on their admission arrangements; even if there have been no changes during that period.

We would like your views on our proposed admission arrangements for St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School for 2026-27.

Admission Authorities must consult on proposed changes to its admission arrangements for a minimum of six weeks between 1 October (at the earliest) and 31 January (at the latest) in the determination year.

The consultation period for 2026-27 admission arrangements for St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School will run from Monday 9^th December 2024 to Friday 31^st January 2025.

What are we proposing to change and why?

We are not proposing to make any changes to our admission arrangements.

Who are we consulting with?

We are seeking views from:

1. Parents in our borough who have children between the ages of two and eighteen.
2. Other persons in our borough who in the opinion of the admission authority believes will have an interest in the proposed admissions;
3. All other admission authorities within the borough (except primary schools need not consult secondary schools);
4. Governing bodies in the borough (who are not admission authorities);
5. Our adjoining/neighbouring local authorities where the admission authority is the local authority;
6. The bodies representing the religions/religious denomination of the faith schools in our borough.

Consultation timetable

9th December 2024	Consultation opens.
31st January 2025	End of consultation period and deadline for submitting responses.
3rd February 2025	Analysis of consultation responses and preparation of information to be considered.
12th February 2025	Meeting of the decision panel to consider the responses and agree admission arrangements.
28th February 2025	Formal determination of admission arrangements.
15th March 2025	Publication of determined admission arrangements.

 

How to respond

This consultation will run from Monday 9th December 2024 to Friday 31^st January 2025 (a period of six term time weeks).

You are invited to submit responses about the proposal above to the Admission Authority by:

• • Email – julian.rogers@stmatthews.blackburn.sch.uk
  • Post – St Matthew’s C of E Primary School, Withers Street, Blackburn, BB1 1DF

An Admissions Consultation Response Form is available below.

Responses must be received no later than 5pm on Friday 31^st January 2025. Responses received after this time and date may not be considered.

For more information

If you would like to discuss the proposal or would like more information, please email Julian Rogers, Headteacher: julian.rogers@stmatthews.blackburn.sch.uk