Admission Arrangements

The planned admission number (‘PAN’) for both September 2024 and September 2025 is 30. You can read our full admissions policy here, on our policies page, for both the current year (2024-2025) and for 2025-2026. You can also find our Parish boundary map and SIF (Supplementary Information Form) at the bottom of this page.

Also available is the school’s admissions and consent forms, to be completed when a nursery place has been agreed or when your child has been allocated a place by the CYC Admissions team, and returned to the school

Entry to our Nursery

We offer very flexible options to work around your and your child’s needs.  Your child can stay from 09:00am until 3:00pm or take advantage of our ‘wrap around’ provision opening from 07:30am until 5:30pm.  Perhaps you only need mornings? Do you only need one day a week? We are happy to work around you! Do you only need one day a week? We are happy to work around you! You can come and see us in the school office to enrol your little one in our very special and magical nursery.

Entry to Reception in September 2025

All children can start school in the September before their 5th birthday, and you should apply for your child to start primary or infant school by the 15th January in the school year your child turns 4.

For entry in the September 2025 school year, children will have been born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021. Later start dates are possible and can be discussed with the headteacher.  Applications for a place in Reception starting in September 2024 opened on the 12th September 2024 and the national deadline for applications is the 15th January 2025.

Please note that applying early does not give any priority, although to have the best chance of your application being successful you should complete and submit your application by the deadline. If you apply online, your application result will be available online from 10.00am on National Offer Day in April 2025. You’ll require your username and password.

How and When to apply

Applications must be made via the Local Authority where the family live. Parents/Carers should also complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) available here or below to download in PDF format which you can download below as this is used to determine whether you are applying under a specific category.

Since September 2022, St George’s RC Primary School has been part of the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust who now become the admissions authority for the school.

Applications via the City of York Council admissions team for entry into reception can be made by using the online form to apply for a school place.  If you can’t apply online you can request a paper Primary Application Form by calling 01904 551 554.

Please read the Guide for Parents when applying for a school place, as it contains key information on school admissions.  Please see the City of York Council website for further information regarding school admissions and applications, together with details about the appeals process. We also advise you to keep checking on the CYC site to keep updated with key dates throughout the year.

Key Dates

In-Year Admissions

St George’s Roman Catholic Primary School participates in the Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Admission Scheme for in-year admissions. If parents/carers wish to apply for a school place, applications can be made at https://www.york.gov.uk/SchoolAdmissions via the ParentPortal. The Local Authority will confirm the outcome of the application in writing within 15 school days.  If the application is refused, the Local Authority will advise on the statutory appeal procedure.  Details of the Co-ordinated Admission Scheme and how in-year applications are managed are available at https://www.york.gov.uk/SchoolAdmissions

Useful Documents and Forms

When you are applying for a school place in Reception:

• The school’s “SIF” form should be completed as well as applying through the CYC Admissions team
• This is very important if you are applying for a place on the basis of Catholic faith.
• Please complete and return this form to the school as well as completing and submitting your application to CYC

Once you have been allocated a place at St George’s RC Primary, please complete:

• an Admission Form for School and Nursery – this is the school’s admissions form, to be completed when a nursery place has been agreed or when your child has been allocated a place by the CYC Admissions team, and returned to the school
• a Parent Carer Consent Form – this includes GDPR, Home School Agreement, photographic consents, computing acceptable use, local trip and medical permissions

Admission Consultations

Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust Admissions Consultation 2024-2025

Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust consulted on Admissions Policy for the academic year 2024/25 and the consultation ran until 31st January 2023.

Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust is a family of 37 schools residing within the local authorities of City of York, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. The schools and the main changes to the admissions policies are listed here on the Trust website; the proposed admissions policies for each school for 2024/25 can be accessed by clicking on the links. If you wish to make a representation about the changes, the information about how to do so can be found at the bottom of that page.

City of York Council School Admissions Consultation 2026-2027

In line with the School Admissions Code 2021, City of York Council holds a coordinated admission consultation on behalf of schools within York and the School Admission Authorities. The consultation is open from Monday 7 October to Monday 18 November 2024.

The draft admissions policies, published admission numbers and related documents for schools in the City of York area advise how admissions applications and decisions will be made for the 2026 to 2027 school year. All documents can be found, in their draft form, at https://www.york.gov.uk/SchoolAdmissions2026To2027.

Some draft documents will apply to more than one school where the policy applies to Community and Voluntary Controlled schools and schools within a Multi Academy Trust. The schools to which the policy applies are listed in the policy.

Feedback provided, through the admission consultation survey, regarding schools where City of York Council are the Admission Authority will be considered by City of York Council. Feedback provided, through the admission consultation survey, regarding schools which are part of a Multi Academy Trust, where the Trust is the Admission Authority, will be passed to the Trust to be considered.