Admissions

St Louis Catholic Academy caters for children from the ages of 3-11years and has 45 places in Reception each year

Admission to the school’s nursery, Acorns, is administered separately from admissions to full-time school and a place in Acorns does not guarantee a place in the Reception class.

We welcome visits from new families and warmly encourage parents to meet with the Headteacher and to tour the school during teaching hours. Please contact the school office on 01638 662719 if you would like to arrange a visit.

In Year Applications

An application can be made for a place for a child at any time outside the admission round and the child will be admitted where there are available places. St Louis is its own admissions authority and if you would like to apply for a school place from Year 1 to Year 6, for your child please contact the school. You will need to complete a Supplementary Information Form and an ADMI form and return them to antoinettejones@stlouisacademy.co.uk, together with a copy of your child's Baptism Certificate if applicable.

Where there are places available but more applications than places, the published over-subscription criteria, as set out in the admission arrangements for the current year, will be applied. Parents are advised to read the admission arrangements carefully before making their application.

If there are no places available, the child will be added to the waiting list. Please see the admission arrangements for more details.

You will be advised of the outcome of your application in writing as soon as possible. Applicants must be informed of the outcome of their application within 15 school days of receipt, but the aim is to notify applicants of the outcome of their application within 10 school days of receipt.

Normal year of Entry Applications

Applications for a Reception school place must be made through the local authority in which you live. The portal through which applications must be made opens on the 12th September each year and the deadline for applications is the 15th January for a September start.

Any applications made after the closing date may not be dealt with until after places have been offered to those who applied on time. This means that all available places at your preferred school may have been filled and it could be some time before the outcome of the application is known.

Where can parents find information about how to apply?

You will receive information from your Local Authority on when and how to apply for a Reception place for your child.

Pupils will not be allocated a school place automatically.

You must apply for a school place through the local council in which you live, even if your child is in Acorns; this is because a place in a nursery class does not guarantee your child a full-time place in the school.

If you live in Suffolk full information on the application process can be found here

If you live in Cambridgeshire full information on the application process can be found here

If you live in Norfolk full information on the application process can be found here

If you apply for a place at St Louis please ensure that you complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF), and when completing the online application please provide full information of any siblings already within St Louis and that you are applying on religious grounds, if this is the case. Failure to provide this information will affect your child's ranking according to our admissions criteria and may affect the offer of a school place.

Acorns Applications

If you would like to apply for a place in Acorns for your child, please contact the school. You will need to complete a Suplementary Information Form and a Nursery Application and return them to antoinettejones@stlouisacademy.co.uk, together with a copy of your child's Baptism Certificate if applicable.

Your child can start in Acorns (spaces allowing) in the term following their third birthday.

If you have any questions in relation to in-year admissions please contact the School Office on 01638 662719. You may also wish to discuss in-year applications with the Local Authority link above.