St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

CONSULTATION ON ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR 2024-25 ACADEMIC YEAR

Notice is hereby given in accordance with legislation that the governing body as the admission authority for St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is formally consulting on its proposed admission arrangements for the school year 2024-25.

As an admission authority, the school is required to consult the following:

1. Parents of children between the ages of two and eighteen;
2. Other persons in the ‘relevant area’ (set by the Local Authority) who in the opinion of the school have an interest in the proposed admissions (e.g. local priest, other deanery Catholic schools, etc);
3. All other admission authorities within the ‘relevant area’;
4. The Local Authority (LA);
5. The Education Service of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton;

The six-week (minimum) consultation will begin on 24/11/2022 with the closing date for submitting comments being 19/01/2023.

The proposed arrangements (admissions policy and supplementary information form (SIF) can be viewed below.

If you do not have access to a printer and you wish to request a printed copy of the admissions arrangements, please contact Miss Basson on 01424 427801 to arrange collection.

Comments on the proposed admission arrangements should be sent to office@st-mary-star.e-sussex.sch.uk inserting ‘Consultation re St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School’ in the subject box, by the closing date (latest midnight on 19/01/2023).

Note: The ‘relevant area’ is the area for a school (determined by its LA and then reviewed every two years) within which the admission authority for that school must consult all other prescribed schools on its admission arrangements.