Admissions

Admissions September 2025

For children due to start school in September 2025, the closing date for applications is 15th January 2025.

Applications received after the closing date are treated as late applications. This means there will be far less chance of your child being offered a place at the school you want.

Take the time to read Thurrock’s primary admissions brochure and then follow the instructions for applying.

Our school is currently over-subscribed, meaning that more people apply for a space than the number of spaces we can offer. Our admission number is 30 in each year group.

We believe the early stages of a child’s life to be most important in laying foundations for future learning. We have long recognised the disadvantage to Spring and Summer born pupils regarding the length of time spent in Key Stage 1.

All reception class pupils start school in September and are offered a full time place which they are gradually introduced to.

Increase in PAN in Years 3-5 with effect from week beginning 16.9.2024

Following a decision by the Trust Board, the PAN will be increased in years 3-5 to 32 for the academic year 2024-25 with immediate effect.  There is no change to the admissions procedure or policy in managing over subscriptions.  Criteria remains the same.

Admission Policy and Process

All parents who wish their children to attend our school must apply to Thurrock Council’s Admissions Department early in the year (a date is published) preceding the Academic Year that the child is due to be admitted into school. The Local Authority encourage applications to be made on the Thurrock Council Website:

https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/primary-school-admissions/applying-for-primary-school-placeAdmissions during an academic year are called In-year admissions. Applications forms and further details about in-year admission should be made directly to the local authority here: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/in-year-admissions/applying-in-year

Admissions to our school are in line with Thurrock Admission arrangements as set out in our admissions policy.

Appeals

We commission the local authority to run our appeals service. Please follow the link below for further information on the process.

https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/admissions-appeals/appeals-process

Admissions Policies

CSM Admissions Policy 2024-25

CSM Admissions Policy 2023-24

CSM Admissions Policy 2022-23

School admissions | Thurrock Council

We hold a variety of open days for new admissions throughout the year, and will publish further information here once dates are confirmed.