Please call the school office (01303 238888) to book a tour of the school, if your child is due to start in September 2024.

If you would like to speak to our Senior Leadership Team by telephone, please email the school office - office@st-martins-folkestone.kent.sch.uk and they will get back to you.

ADMISSION CRITERIA

The published admissions number for St Martin’s Church of England Primary school is 30.  This means that we are only able to admit 30 pupils into each Year Group.

1.  Children in Local Authority Care, Adopted Children or Children with an Educational Health Care Plan.
2.  Current Sibling Link:  a sibling should be on roll at the school at the time of admission. The sibling link is broken    when the family moves more than 2 miles away from the school since the sibling on roll joined the school.
3.   Health and Special Access reasons
4.   Children of members of the UK Armed Forces or Crown Servants : a place can be held open for a maximum            of 3  months (see section below)

     5.  Nearness to the school

ADMISSION TO YEAR R IN SEPTEMBER 2024

f your child is due to start school in September 2024 (i.e. if he/she was born between 1st September 2019 and the 31st August 2020) then you should complete the Common Application Form (CAF)

You can apply online using the web address of www.kent.gov.uk/primaryadmissions. KCC will inform you about the school place offered for your child.

www.kent.gov.uk/primaryschoolleaflet  

www.kent.gov.uk/ola

Appeals

f your child is due to start Primary school in September 2024, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Tuesday, 16 April 2024). You needed to submit your appeal before Tuesday 14 May 2024 for it to be considered by Tuesday 16^th July 2024. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education

CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE UK ARMED FORCES OR CROWN SERVANTS

If you are a member of the UK Armed Forces or a Crown Servant, with a confirmed posting to Kent, you can apply for an in year admission  by completing an In Year Casual Admission Form (IYCAF) and sending it direct to our school. You must include an official letter that declares a relocation date and a Unit postal address or quartering area address with your application.

Where we are  able to offer a place, we will honour that place for 3 months. This can mean that a place can be kept open for the next academic year providing your child/children will start within the 3 month period. If the place has not been taken up at the end of the 3 months, we may offer it to another child. If this happens, we will inform you that the place is no longer available and you will need to make a new application for a school place. We may  add your child's name to our waiting list if you so wish.

IN YEAR CASUAL ADMISSIONS

If you wish your child to transfer to St Martin’s Church of England Primary School from another school whether this is in Kent or in another Local Authority, you should submit an In Year Casual Admission Form (IYCAF) to the school.  You need to complete a separate form for each child. Please download the IYCAF below or collect a paper copy from the school office.