Admissions

Admissions to Apply for a Reception Place for the Academic Year 2025-2026

All applications must be made online at Kent Primary School Admissions.

Please note: Rosherville Church of England Academy is currently in the process of relocating to the Cable Wharf Development. Exciting updates to follow. These details will be available on our open days.

Admissions Timetable

Key ActionDate
Application for Primary Intake opens onlineTuesday 5 November 2024
Open Days
National closing date for applications

Deadline date for the return of Supplementary Information Forms.
Wednesday 15 January 2025
National Offer Day: emails sent after 4pm.Wednesday 16 April 2025 (by 4pm)
Deadline date for late applications and waiting lists to be included in Kent County Council’s reallocation stage.

Also, the date by which places should be accepted or declined to schools
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Deadline for lodging appealsTuesday 20 May 2025

Admissions Documents (2025-2026)

Admissions Policy
PDF
Advice for Summer Born Children
PDF

Appeals

If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code Appeals, the admission authority and appeal panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.If you wish to appeal, please use the links below to complete your appeal online.Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. If your appeal is for years Reception, year 1 or year 2, you are strongly advised to read the section on Key Stage 1 appeals on page 18.

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the grounds of your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school.

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months.  If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs using a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.

If you wish to contact the clerk – email:  clerk@educationappeals.com

Information about Primary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2025.

Last day for lodging appeal forms20 School days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place.
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal PanelAt least 10 school days before the hearing. This MAY be emailed.

All in year appeal will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.
Closing date for any additional supporting evidenceFIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email to clerk@educationappeals.com

Please note that slightly different rules will apply for any primary transfer appeals into Reception.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panelDue to the high number of appeals, an e mail is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the panel. This is followed up around 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panels reasons.

Appeals Documents

Key Stage 1 (Years R, 1 and 2) Application
DOCX
Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) Application
DOCX
Information Booklet
DOCX

In-Year Admissions

If you are considering transferring your child to our school, please contact the school office via office@rosherville.kent.sch.uk or  01474 365266 for information on availability and waiting lists, as well as to arrange a tour of the school.

If you are applying for a place outside of the September Admissions process you will need to complete an In-Year Application Form. This form will need to be completed and returned directly to the office, which can be downloaded below.

Late applications/Waiting lists/Multiple births: Procedures and arrangements for administering these issues will be in accordance with those detailed in the KCC’s booklet ‘Admission to Primary Schools in Kent’.

Contact Information

Rosherville Church of England Primary Academy

Lynne-Marie King and Shirley Beal, Office Managers
Tel: 01474 365 266
Email: office@rosherville.kent.sch.uk  

Kent County Council Admissions Information and Contacts

Website
Tel: 03000 416 111
Email: primaryadmissions@kent.gov.uk

For information regarding our oversubscription criteria, please refer to the Admissions Policy.

Take a look at the virtual flyover of the brand new Rosherville C of E Academy that will be located in Cable Wharf, Northfleet as of September 2025.