Admissions
For advice on Admissions, please call the admissions office on 01306 887 337 option 5. You can also email us on admissions@priorycofe.com.
To arrange a school tour please go to our Open Events page.
More information regarding how to apply and Surrey’s online application form, as well as key dates, can be found on Surrey County Council’s website here.
There are six steps in the application process:
Step 1: Research and choose schools to apply for
You research and choose the schools that you want to apply for. You can apply for up to six schools. You should also check if your child will be eligible for free home to school transport to your chosen schools. If your child is not eligible for free home to school transport it will be your responsibility as a parent to get your child to and from school.
You should try to do this as early as possible.
Step 2: Complete the application form
You complete the application form and return it to the local authority where you live. You submit supporting documents with your application form if you are applying under exceptional social or medical criteria.
Step 3: Applications are assessed
Applications are ranked according to each school’s criteria. Surrey CC then determine the best offer that can be made based on the order of preferences on your application form.
Step 4: Surrey CC offer you a place
Surrey CC will tell you the outcome of your application.
Step 5: You accept or decline the place
You must accept or decline the place by the deadline set by Surrey CC.
Step 6: If you don’t get a place at your preferred school
If you are unhappy with the school place that has been offered, you can appeal. For Surrey schools you must do this by the dates shown in the appeals timetable or the dates set out against each school in Surrey’s directory of Surrey schools.
You can also add your child’s name to the waiting list for your preferred school.
School admission appeals timetable
Please note that some of these deadlines and the process for hearing appeals may change depending on the national situation as a result of COVID-19. You will be informed on a case by case basis.
Appeals for September 2021 resulting from year of entry or transfer applications – this relates to community and voluntary controlled schools only. Other schools may follow this timetable but you will need to check.
Offer
16 April 2021
Appeals lodged by
29 March 2021
Appleals to be heard by
16 June 2021 – 40 school days
NB: Appeals will not start being heard until after the relevant closing date has passed. Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged, whichever is the later date.
Appellants will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 clear school days in advance of the hearing. Appellants will be sent a copy of the school’s case 7 clear working days in advance of the hearing.
Appellants must ensure that any further evidence not included with their initial appeal, is received by 5pm on the day preceding three clear working days prior to the appeal hearing date. Any additional evidence or information received after this date might not be considered at the appeal hearing.