Admissions
Consultation on St George’s CE Primary School Admission Arrangements for September 2025
Following the publication of the new School Admissions Code 2021 , the governing body of St George’s CE Primary School are currently consulting on the school admissions policy for September 2025. The admissions policy has been adapted to ensure we are fully compliant with the new School Admissions Code (2021). There have been changes to the school’s oversubscription criteria and the following has been removed at the request of the Derby Diocese Board of Education:
- Children whose parents/carers request a Church of England education for those residents out- side the normal catchment area ***. In this case children of whom at least one parent or carer has regularly worshipped at St. George's Church, or any other Anglican Church****, for a period of at least one year prior to the date of application.
- *** Parents seeking a place on religious grounds need to have a supplementary form (Appendix B) completed by a Minister or Priest who know the family and can confirm regular attendance at public worship (Regular worship is defined as attendance at public worship at least once a month).
- **** List of churches in the Diocese of Derby is available here: https://derby.anglican.org/en/churches.html#find . For churches outside the Diocese, please contact the school for clarification.
The consultation period commenced on 2nd October until 24th November 2023. During this time, individuals and organisations are invited to express their views and any concerns about the proposed admissions policy for St George’s CE Primary School.
In addition, the policy has also been updated and refers to the Admissions Appeal Code 2022 rather than the Admissions Appeal Code 2012, as per previous policies.
The proposed Admissions Policy for the 2025/26 academic year is available to download.
If you require a hard copy, please contact the school office on: 01663 743222.
In accordance with statutory DfE guidance, the consultation will run for at least six weeks and, as an interested party at St George’s CE Primary School, we are keen to hear your views; therefore, we invite you to participate in the consultation if you have any concerns regarding the matter.
All responses to the consultation should be made in writing and submitted before 12 noon on Friday 24th November 2023 to: Admissionsconsultation@ddat.org.uk.
If you wish to submit any correspondence by hand or by post to the school, please mark the correspondence:
FAO DDAT Consultation Team,
C/O St George’s CE Primary School,
Church Lane,
New Mills,
High Peak,
SK22 4NP.