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Admissions

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. Whenever there are more applications than places available, priority will always be given to Catholic children in accordance with the oversubscription criteria listed below. The school is conducted by its Local Governing Committee as part of the Catholic Church in accordance with its trust deed and articles of association and seeks at all times to be a witness to Our Lord Jesus Christ.   

As a Catholic school, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education be fully supported by all families in the school. We therefore hope that all parents will give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the school. This does not affect the right of an applicant who is not Catholic to apply for and be admitted to a place at the school in accordance with the admissions arrangements.   

The Local Governing Committee is the admissions authority and has responsibility for the admissions to this school. The local authority undertakes the co-ordination of admission arrangements during the normal admission round. The Local Governing Committee has set its admission number at 60 pupils to the Reception year in the school year which begins in September 2025.    

The Local Governing Committee will, where logistically possible, admit twins and all siblings from multiple births where one of the children is the last child ranked within the school’s Published Admissions Number (PAN).   

Where there are more applications for places than the number of places available, places will be offered according to the following order of priority: 

Criteria for admission to St Peter's Catholic Primary School:

  1. Catholic looked after and previously looked after children
  2. Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice who are resident in the parishes of the Most Holy Redeemer, Billericay or the Parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wickford for whom St Peter’s Catholic Primary School is the nearest Catholic school.
  3. Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice who live outside the Billericay and Wickford parishes for whom St Peter’s Catholic Primary School is the nearest Catholic school.
  4. Catholic children from the parishes of the Most Holy Redeemer, Billericay or the Parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wickford.
  5. Catholic children from other parishes.
  6. Catholic Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church
  7. Other looked after and previously looked after children
  8. Remaining applications.

More information can be found in our Admissions Policy below. Printed copies of the policies can be requested from the school office free of charge.

Admissions Policy 2025 - 2026

SIF 2025 - 2026

Prospectus

Billericay Parish Boundary

Wickford Parish Boundary

Mid-Year Applications

An application can be made for a place for a child at any time outside the normal admission round and the child will be admitted where there are available places.

To make a mid-year application for a school place at St Peter’s, you must complete a mid-year application form and SIF and send them via email to the School Office on admin@st-peters-pri.essex.sch.uk.

Mid-Year Application process

Mid-Year Application form

Admissions Policy 2026 - 2027

The application process for 2026 – 2027 admissions opened on 10th November 2025 and closed on 15th January 2026. Offer Day is 6th April 2026.

STEP 1: All applicants must complete their Local Authority Common Application Form online at https://www.essex.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions/primary-school-places between 10th November 2025 and 15th January 2026.

STEP 2: Complete a Supplementary Information Form and submit this to the school office. If your child is baptised Catholic, please also provide a copy of your child's baptism certificate and certificate of Catholic practice if applicable.

Admissions Policy 2026 - 2027

SIF 2026 - 2027

DFE Information on School Admissions

Essex County Council Primary Admissions Website

Admissions Policy 2027 - 2028

Admissions Policy 2027 - 2028

SIF 2027 - 2028

Help with Admissions 

If you require help with admissions to our school, please contact Mrs Foster (Officer Manager) via email on admin@st-peters-pri.essex.sch.uk. Please ensure you give as much detail as possible in your email in order for us to help you as much as we can.

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