Please call the school office (01303 238888) to book a tour of the school, if your child is due to start in September 2023.

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 2023

If you wish to apply for a place for your child to join our Reception Class in September 2023 you can apply between November 2022 and  January 2023.  Please follow the links below for more details/to apply online:

www.kent.gov.uk/primaryschoolleaflet  

www.kent.gov.uk/ola

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.