Proposed school admission arrangements 2025-26
The schools below are consulting on changing their admission arrangements for 2025 - 26.
Avanti House secondary school
The consultation for Avanti House will run from Monday 6 November 2023 to Monday 18 December 2023.
The proposed changes are as follows:
- Oversubscription Criteria 6 - up to 15 Hindu children with a practising Hindu parent who do not meet the requirements in criteria 5. To be included in this category, a completed SIF certified by a representative of the parent’s temple must be submitted to the School by the closing date for applications (with the exception for in-year applications for which there is no closing date), in addition to the CAF submitted to the Local Authority. Children for whom a SIF is not received by the closing date for applications, and children falling into this category who do not achieve a place, will be included in the category below.
- For clarity – there is no closing date for in-year admissions applications.
- Waiting lists are held for the duration of the school year after which time parents and carers will need to reapply for their child.
The admissions authority invites comments on the proposed clarification for in-year admissions, the amendment to oversubscription criteria 6 and the clarification on the process for waiting lists for Avanti House Secondary School.
View the consultation policy.
To submit a comment:
The closing date to submit a comment is 18 December 2023.
Hujjat primary school
The consultation for Hujjat primary school will run from 9 November until 22 December 2023.
The proposed changes can be viewed in the following documents:
To comment on the proposed arrangement please email admissions@hujjatprimary.org
The closing date to submit a comment is Friday 22 December 2023.
The Sacred Heart Language college
The Sacred Heart Language college consultation will run from Tuesday 19 December 2023 to Tuesday 30 January 2024.
They propose to remove the requirement for a certificate of Catholic Practice to be completed. Catholic faith will be evidenced by a certificate of baptism.
The changes are outlined in the admissions consultation letter and proposed admission policy 2025-26.
To comment on the proposals please email enquiries@tshlc.harrow.sch.uk
The email must be marked 'Admissions' for the attention of the Clerk to the Governing Body.
The closing date to submit a comment is Tuesday 30 January 2024.
Salvatorian college
The Salvatorian College Academy Trust consultation will run from Thursday 7 December 2023 and will end on Wednesday 31 January 2024.
The proposed changes are outlined in the admissions consultation letter. For further information you can also view the admission policy 2025 and SIF form.
To comment on the proposed arrangements please email admissions@salvatorian.harrow.sch.uk
The closing date to submit a comment is Wednesday 31 January 2024.
St Bernadette's primary school
The consultation for St Bernadette's primary school will run from 20 November 2023 to 7 January 2024.
The school is proposing to make the following changes:
Admissions Policy
- Addition of category eight regarding Catechumens and members of Eastern Christian Churches under the oversubscription criteria (page 2)
- Addition of category ten regarding children of other faiths whose application is supported by their religious leader under the oversubscription criteria (page 2)
- Addition of the terms previously looked after, Catechumens, The admission authority and Eastern Christian Church under the Interpretation of Terms used in the Admissions Policy and Oversubscription Criteria (page 4)
- Removal of the wording "The Governors” and replacing with “The Admission Authority”
SIF
Removal of the question “sibling name”.
- Removal of the question “does your child have exceptional medical, pastoral or social needs”
- Addition of our compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and all processes that are linked to it
For further information about the proposed changes view the consultation letter, admissions criteria and Supplementary Information Form 2025-26.
To comment on the proposed arrangements please email office@stbernadette.harrow.sch.uk
The closing date to submit a comment is Sunday 7 January 2024.
St John Fisher Catholic primary school
The consultation for St John Fisher Catholic primary school will run from Friday 15 December 2023 to 31 January 2024.
The school is proposing to make the following changes:
Admissions and Oversubscription Criteria
- Removal of 'Catholic looked after children' and 'Catholic children who have been adopted, or made subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders, immediately after having been looked after'.
- Replaced with' Catholic looked after' and 'previously looked after children'.
- Removal of 'other looked after children' and 'other children who have been adopted or made subject to child arrangements orders, immediately after having been looked after'.
- Added 'other looked after' and 'previously looked after children'.
- Removal of 'Exceptional Need', The LGB will give top priority, within a criterion, to an application where compelling professional written evidence, from a medical consultant or senior social worker, is produced at the time of application of a social or medical need of the child or family which can only be met at this school.
Non-Catholic Siblings
Parents of children within criteria 8 must be aware that younger siblings will not qualify under criteria 2, as priority will be given to Catholic children. Non-Catholic sibling applicants will be placed in criterion 8.
Replaced with 'within each of the categories listed above, the following provisions will be applied in the following order'.
- Where evidence is provided at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the child which can most appropriately be met at this school, the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made.
- The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an application within each category so that the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made after children in (i) above.
Reception Class Application 2025/2026
- Removal of 'it is very unlikely that your child will be offered a place'.
- Replaced with 'this may affect your child’s chance of being offered a place'.
Interpretation of Terms used in the Admission Policy and Oversubscription Criteria
- Removal of 'Looked after child' has the same meaning as in S.22 of the Children’s Act 1989, and means any child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster parents at the time of making an application to the school). Included in this definition are those children who appear (to the LGB) to have been in state care outside of England and who ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Adopted means a child who has been adopted from care and whose parents can give proof of this status.
- Replaced with a 'looked after child' has the same meaning as in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989, and means any child who is (a) in the care of a local authority or (b) being provided with accommodation by them in the exercise of their social services functions (e.g. children with foster parents) at the time of making an application to the school.
- A 'previously looked after child' is a child who was looked after, but ceased to be so because he or she was adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order. Included in this definition are those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and who ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
To comment on the proposed arrangements please email office@st-johnfisher.harrow.sch.uk
The closing date to submit a comment is Wednesday 31 January 2024.
St Joseph's Catholic primary school
The consultation for St Joseph's Catholic primary school will run from Monday 27 November 2023 to Sunday 7 January 2024.
The school proposes to make the following changes:
- Parents/Carers are not required to submit a Certificate of Catholic Practice from September 2025.
- The Governors have made a change to our Oversubscription Criteria: 'Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church whose application is supported by a baptism certificate/letter of entry into the order of catechumens' (now criterion 4) has now been placed above 'Non-Catholic children who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission' (now criterion 5).
For further information about the proposed changes view:
To comment on the proposed arrangements please email office@stjosephs.harrow.sch.uk
The closing date to submit a comment is Sunday 7 January 2024.
St Teresa's Catholic primary school
The consultation for St Teresa's Catholic Primary School will run from Friday 8 December to Friday 19 January 2024.
The school is proposing to make the following changes:
Key changes for 25/26 admissions policy:
- Removal of the requirement to provide Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP) – Amendment to point 2 - 5 in the over subscription criteria (page 1)
- Removal of criteria 6: other baptised children as no longer applicable following the above change regarding CCP
- Including 'previously looked after children' along with 'looked after children' under criteria 1 and 6
- 'Governing board' replaced with 'Admissions Authority'
- 'Multiple applications' changed to 'Twins and Multiple births' and reworded
- Notes amended – removal of CCP as no longer applicable. Amended definition of 'sibling' and added definition of 'home address'
Key changes for 25/26 SIF:
- Added Gender of child
- Expanded Religion of child to include Members of an Eastern Christian Church, Catechumens and None
- Removed name and position of priest providing CCP or religious leader supplying letter confirming membership of faith community where applicable
- Removed link to CCP form as no longer applicable
- Expanded checklist to include Evidence confirming membership of Catechumens, Eastern Christian Church, Christian denominations and other and clearly defined criteria for all documentation required
For further information about the proposed changes view the consultation letter, admission policy and supplementary information form 2025-26.
To comment on the proposed changes please email schooloffice@st-teresas.harrow.sch.uk
The closing date to submit a comment is Friday 19 January 2024.