Admission to Reception Class September 2025

If you child has a date of birth between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021 they are due to start school in September 2025. 

We invite you to attend one of our Opens days where you will be able to meet our Headteacher, Mrs. Underhill, our EYFS Lead Miss Goldsmith and the Senior Leadership Team.

You will also be given a tour of our EYFS classroom and recently enhanced outdoor learning area. This gives you the perfect opportunity to see our school in action and ask any questions you may have regarding your little ones educational journey. 

Open day dates and times

Thursday 7th November - 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Friday 8th November - 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Thursday 14th November - 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Friday 15th November - 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Please click here to book your Open day session - Thank you

We look forward to meeting you and sharing our wonderful school!

Application to Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Entrance September 2025- if your child was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021

Applications for places will open with KCC in November 2024. The closing date for online application will be January 2025. Further detail can be found by following the link below:

http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/primary-school-places

You can apply for up to 3 schools, putting them in order of preference. It's in your best interests to list 3 schools. Naming only one school does not guarantee your child a place at that school or give your child priority for a place over another child, neither does naming a school more than once.

Holy Family Catholic Primary School requires a supplementary form (SIF) in addition to the KCC online application. This is available to download from the school website (key information section) or can be collected from the school office during school hours.

https://www.holyfamily.kent.sch.uk/admissions/

Once completed, the supplementary form must be returned to the school office no later than the closing date in January 2025, with any relevant Baptism Certificates.

A supplementary form is required for all applications for a place in school, irrespective of religious belief, to ensure the correcting ranking position is applied, should the school be oversubscribed.

Applications are processed by KCC between January 2025 and March 2025.

An email will be sent from KCC in April 2025, after 4pm, confirming places for the September 2025 intake.  You can log into your online application after 5pm to view your offer.

Kent Primary admissions can be contacted on kentonlineadmission@kent.gov.uk  or 03000 412121

Appeals

The Timetable for appeals:

• Includes a deadline for lodging appeals. The deadline will allow appellants at least 20 school days from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful to prepare and lodge their written appeal (during coronavirus, this is now at least 28 calendar days’ written notice)
• Gives appellants at least 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing (during coronavirus, this is now at least 14 calendar days’ written notice - please see the first section above)
• Includes reasonable deadlines for appellants to submit additional evidence, for admission authorities to submit their evidence, and for the clerk to send appeal papers to the panel and parties
• Ensures that decision letters are sent within 5 school days of the hearing, wherever possible (during coronavirus, letters are now to be sent within 7 calendar days of the hearing or panel decision - please see the first section above)

Here are the deadlines for hearing different types of appeals: 

In Year Application procedure

To apply for a school place at Holy Family please complete the ICAF and Supplimentary form.  Both forms should then be returned directly to the school with any relevent baptism certificates.  This can be by hand, post or email to : office@holy-family-maidstone.kcsp.org.uk 

The school aims to reply to all applications within 10 working days of application.

Appeals of an admission decision should be addressed by email or in writing for the attention of Mrs Seal, Academy Principal to the school office.  This detail will then be passed to KCC Admission Appeals who are contracted by the school to manage all admissions appeals.