Admissions

Reception Admissions 2025/26

Hertfordshire County Council’s Admissions & Transport Team will be accepting all applications for children born between 01/04/2020 and 31/08/2021

Part One

Your child can start in Reception class in the September following their 4th birthday.

Parents can access all the information they need and can make an application for a primary school place at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions. Applying online is quick, safe and secure and parents will receive confirmation that the application has been received; the application can be viewed at any time online and applicants can check or change the application at any time before the deadline.

Application to Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) must be made before your application to St Albert the Great School can be considered by the Governors. If you live outside Hertfordshire at the time of application, you should apply through your home Local Authority.

Part Two

As St Albert the Great is a Voluntary-Aided School, the admission criteria are those of the Governing Body.

Completion of the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) is essential and must be sent directly to St Albert the Great along with the additional supporting documentation in order for the Governors to consider your application before the 15th January deadline.

Please note: home is the address where the child permanently resides.

2025-2026 Reception Admissions Policy 2025-2026 Admissions Privacy Notice 2025-2026 Reception SIF

Timetable for Reception applications 2025/2026:

1 November 2024	Online system opens for you to apply online- www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions
Nov 2024	Open events at school- Please book using the link above
15 January 2025	Deadline to apply for a school place.
3 February 2025	Last date to submit a written explanation giving reasons why your application was late, for your application to be agreed as ‘on time’. If you move house, this is the last date for you to provide evidence of your new address and for it to be considered ‘on time’ in the allocation process.
3 March 2025	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week commencing 16 June 2025.
16 April 2025	National allocation day Hertfordshire admissions will email you the school you’ve been allocated, if you applied online and confirmed your email address. The online allocation system will be updated with allocations and be available only after allocation emails have been sent.
16 – 23 April 2025	Continuing interest applications open. You can add new school preferences for some Hertfordshire schools for the first continuing interest run. Information will be available online on 16 April 2025.
17 April – 2 May 2025	Continuing interest lists are created. Applicants with unmet higher preferences will automatically go on the list for those schools. Parents or carers should confirm this with schools responsible for their own admissions.
2 May 2025	Last date for accepting the place offered. Online applicants must accept the place online. Paper applicants should return their response form to the Admissions and Transport team.
12 – 16 May 2025	First continuing interest run. We’ll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you’re successful at the first continuing interest run.
20 May 2025 (4pm)	Last date to register an appeal.
19 – 26 May 2025	Continuing interest applications open for the second run. You can add new preferences for any school for the second continuing interest run.
26 May 2025	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
16 – 20 June 2025	Second (and final) continuing interest run. We’ll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you’re successful at the second continuing interest run.
June – July 2025	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.
13 June – 22 July 2025	School admission appeals take place during this period.
20 June 2025	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for junior and middle schools close on 19 June 2025. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire junior or middle school, you will need to make an in year application from 20 June 2025.
24 July 2025	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for primary schools close on 23 July 2025. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire primary school, you’ll need to make an in year application from 24 July 2025.

In Year Admissions

2024-2025 In Year Admissions Policy

2024-2025 Admissions Privacy Notice

2024-2025 In Year SIF

In-Year Applications as of September 2024

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 school by completing the in-year admissions application (SIF) form and returning it to St Albert the Great Primary School, Acorn Road, HP3 8DW.

Where there are places available but more applications than places, the published oversubscription criteria, as set out in the admission arrangements for 2024-2025, will be applied.

Admissions criteria policy

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.

If you have any questions in relation to in-year admissions please contact Mrs Small at the school office-01442264835. You may also wish to discuss in-year applications with the local authority Hertfordshire.Gov

Secondary School Admissions

Important dates – secondary school admissions

2 September 2024	Online system opened for you to apply online.
Sept / Oct 2024	Open events at schools. Find individual school details in the schools directory.
31 October 2024	Deadline to apply for a school place.
2 December 2024	Last date to submit a written explanation giving reasons why your application was late, for your application to be agreed as ‘on time’. If you move house, this is the last date for you to provide evidence of your new address and for it to be considered ‘on time’ in the allocation process.
30 January 2025	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week of 28 April – 2 May 2025.
3 March 2025	National allocation day We will email you the school you’ve been allocated, if you applied online and confirmed your email address. The online allocation system will be updated with allocations and be made available only after allocation emails have been sent. If you applied on paper, we will send you a notification letter and response form by first class post. If you applied online, you can use online facilities including opting out, making a new application and submitting an appeal.
3 – 17 March 2025	Continuing interest lists are created. Applicants that didn’t get any higher preference schools will automatically go on the list for those schools. Parents or carers should confirm this with schools responsible for their own admissions.
3 – 10 March 2025	Continuing interest applications open. You can add new preferences for some Hertfordshire schools for the first continuing interest run. Information will be available online from 3 March 2025.
17 March 2025	Last date to accept the place offered. Online applicants should accept the place online. Paper applicants should return their response form to the Admissions and Transport Team.
24 – 28 March 2025	First continuing interest run. We’ll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you’re successful.
31 March 2025 (4pm)	Last date to register an appeal.
31 March – 11 April 2025	Continuing interest applications open again. You can add new preferences for all schools for the second run of continuing interest.
11 April 2025	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
28 April – 2 May 2025	Second (and final) continuing interest run. We’ll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you’re successful at the second continuing interest run.
2 May – 18 June 2025 (excluding 5 May and 26–30 May)	School admission appeals take place during this period.
May – July 2025	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.

St. Albert the Great Catholic Primary School