Admissions Consultation 

The governing body of St Nicholas of Tolentine are consulting on their proposed admission arrangements for the 2026-27 school year. Proposed changes from the existing arrangements include:

1. The introduction of new oversubscription criteria for:
   • Children who are a member of an Eastern Christian Church
     - Children of another Christian denomination
     - Children of another faith
     - Children of a member of School staff, within each category.
2. The introduction of a new Supplementary Information Form (to help process applications from those applying under the religious and/or staff categories).
3. A new In-Year application form (reflecting the above new criteria, for those applying for admission ‘In-year’ i.e. during the school year and not at the start of the Reception Year)
4. The use of a random number generator to help rank applicants, rather than drawing lots.
5. A revised definition of home address to include any address where the child spends any part of the school week.

Comments are not being sought on the rest of the arrangements.

You are invited to provide any comments you may wish for consideration on the proposed arrangements by 12.00pm Noon on 20 December 2024. Final arrangements will be determined by 28 February 2025 and will appear on the school/trust website by 15 March 2025.

Comments should be sent to Abbie Delves at st.nicholas.p@bristol-schools.uk and St Nicholas of Tolentine RC Primary School, Pennywell Road, Bristol, BS5 0TJ.

Admissions Arrangements:

The school admissions policy for 2024 - 2025 can be found below.

At St Nicholas of Tolentine Primary School we follow the admissions criteria and procedures set down by Bristol City Council regarding all our bulk admissions for Reception and follow the Bristol City Council Admissions Policy.

In Year Admissions Arrangements:

St Nicholas of Tolentine Primary is part of the Newman Catholic Academy Trust.

For all in year admissions, please apply directly to the school. 

Visits to our school are always welcome - please contact the school office on 01173772260 if you wish to arrange a visit and we are always happy to provide any additional information.

Reception September 2025:

If your child was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 you need to apply for a new reception school place to your home local authority. You need to apply by 15th January 2024.

You'll need to register for an account on our (Bristol City Council) Parent Portal admissions system.

Before you apply:

• check your local authority area Go to https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council (opens new window)
• if you live in Bristol and pay your council tax to Bristol City Council apply to us for a Bristol school reception place
• if you live in Bristol and pay your council tax to Bristol City Council and you want to apply to a school in another local authority area you also need to apply to us
• if your child  has an Education, Health and Care Plan don't apply to School Admissions, see Apply for a key stage transfer school place for a child with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan on our Local Offer site or email the Special Educational Needs Team at sen@bristol.gov.uk for how to apply
• check application timetable
• read information about Bristol Primary schools
• you must use your child's legal name on the application

Application Deadlines:

Apply by 15 January 2025 Offers of school places for on time applications will be sent on 17 April 2024. Applications after 15 January 2025 will be processed after the initial round of allocations is complete on 17 April 2024. The final date and time for making limited changes to an existing application for the first round of allocations is midnight on 20 January 2025. See change your reception place allocation. The second round of allocations will be in June 2025.

Year 7 Secondary Applications 2025:

How to apply for a new year 7 secondary school place.

If your child was born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 you need to apply for a new year 7 secondary place. You must apply by 31 October 2024.

Apply Online:

Apply online from 12th September 2024 for September 2025 admissions.

You'll need to register for an account on our (Bristol City Council) Parent Portal. admissions system.

Before you apply:

• Check application timetable
• check your local authority area Go to https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council (opens new window)
• if you live in Bristol and pay your council tax to Bristol City Council apply to us for a Bristol year 7 secondary place
• if you live in Bristol and pay your council tax to Bristol City Council and you want to apply to a school in another local authority area you also need to apply to us.
• if your child  has an Education, Health and Care Plan don't apply to School Admissions, see Apply for a key stage transfer school place for a child with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan on our Local Offer site or email the Special Educational Needs Team at sen@bristol.gov.uk for how to apply
• read our information about Bristol secondary schools
• you must use your child's legal name on the application

If you're applying for a school place whilst outside the country you can't apply online. You must fill in and return secondary application form.  You can either fill in the form online and email it to school.admissions@bristol.gov.uk by 31 October 2024 or print and return the form by post. The form will be available on Monday 11th September 2024.

Other ways to apply:

Fill in and return secondary application form. The form will be available Monday 11th September.

Application deadlines:

Apply by 31 October 2024.

Offers of school places for on time applications will be sent in March 2025.

Applications received after 31 October 2024 or changes to current applications after 4h November 2024 will be processed after the initial round of allocations has been completed in March 2025.

The second round of allocations will be in May 2025.

Admissions and Appeals:

The Local Authority (Bristol) will manage all admissions and appeal arrangements. For information on appeals, please see https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/school-admission-appeals