Church schools' admissions criteria

Church of England and Roman Catholic primary schools in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Parents wishing to apply to a Church of England or Roman Catholic school must contact the school direct to obtain a prospectus which has full details of the admissions criteria. The following schools have listed, in order of priority, their criteria for admission to their school. (Please note that the policies listed here are summarised versions only and you should contact the school(s) concerned to obtain full details.)

Church of England

Archdeacon Cambridge’s CE Primary

  1. Children in public care
  2. Siblings
  3. Anglicans attending certain churches 70%; other 30%

Note: All categories – distance will be used to determine offers if there are more applications than places

Bishop Perrin CE Primary

  1. Children in public care
  2. Eighteen foundation places for Anglicans and other Christians
  3. Siblings
  4. Other faiths
  5. Distance

Holy Trinity CE Primary

  1. Children in public care
  2. Siblings
  3. Children whose parents are regularly practising Christians
  4. Attendance at Holy Trinity Nursery
  5. Distance

The Queen’s CE Primary

  1. Looked-after children
  2. Children with exceptional social or medical need
  3. Siblings
  4. Living in Kew Anglican parish areas where one or both parents are members of one of the three Anglican churches in those areas
  5. Living in Kew Anglican parish areas where one or both parents are members of other Christian churches
  6. Distance

Note: All categories – children in public care will receive priority

St John the Baptist CE Junior (Year 3 onwards)

  1. Looked-after children
  2. Attending Hampton Wick Infant School
  3. Siblings
  4. Anglicans living or worshipping in the parishes of St Mark’s, Teddington, or St John the Baptist, Hampton Wick
  5. Other Christians
  6. Other faiths
  7. Other children

Note: All categories – distance will be used to determine offers if there are more applications than places.

St Mary’s CE Primary

  1. Children in public care
  2. Siblings
  3. Children for whom St Mary’s is the nearest school and who have an exceptional medical need
  4. Sixteen foundation places for children living within local parishes with one or both parents regularly worshipping at St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham or another Christian church
  5. Distance to Amyand Park Road site

Note: Category 3 – parishes of All Hallows, Holy Trinity,St Mary the Virgin, St Stephen’s

St Mary’s and St Peter’s CE Primary

  1. Children in public care
  2. Children with exceptional medical need
  3. Siblings
  4. Parents worshipping in particular parishes
  5. Distance

St Richard’s with St Andrew’s CE Primary

  1. Children in public care
  2. Children with exceptional social or medical need
  3. Siblings
  4. Regular attendance at St Richard’s, St Andrew’s or St Peter’s churches, or another place of worship
  5. Children who attend St Richard’s with St Andrew’s nursery
  6. Distance

Note: Categories 1-5 – distance will be used to determine offers if there are more applications than places and children in public care will receive priority

St Stephen’s CE Junior (Year 3 onwards)

  1. Children in public care
  2. Siblings
  3. Attendance at Orleans Infant School
  4. Regular attendance at St Stephen’s church
  5. Distance

Roman Catholic

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary

  1. Catholic children in public care
  2. Baptised children of practising Catholic families
  3. Other baptised children of Catholic families
  4. Other children in public care
  5. Children of Catechumens and other Christians
  6. Children of other faiths
  7. Others

Note: All categories – having a sibling in attendance at the time of admission will increase priority

St Edmund’s Catholic Primary

  1. Catholic children in public care
  2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families
  3. Other baptised Catholic children
  4. Other children in public care
  5. Children from Catechumen families
  6. Children from families with affiliation to Eastern Christian churches
  7. Others

Note: All categories – having a sibling in attendance at the time of application will increase priority unless there is good reason to believe that the sibling will no longer be in attendance at the time of admission. Distance from home to school will be used as a ‘tie-breaker’ if any of the criteria are oversubscribed

St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary

  1. Baptised and practising in particular Catholic parish(es)
  2. Baptised and practising in other Catholic parishes
  3. Other baptised Catholic children
  4. Baptised and practising children from other denominations
  5. Others seeking a place in a Catholic school

Note: All categories – if over-subscribed: i) Children in public care ii) Siblings iii) Attendance at school’s nursery iv) Proximity

St James’s Catholic Primary

  1. Baptised looked-after children from Catholic families
  2. Baptised Catholic Siblings
  3. Baptised practising Catholic children living in the parishes of St Theodore or St Margaret
  4. Baptised practising Catholic children living in the parishes of St James, St Francis de Sales, St Margaret or St Theodore
  5. Baptised practising Catholic children living outside these four parishes
  6. Baptised catholic children whose application is not supported by a priest
  7. Other looked-after children
  8. Children of other Christian denominations
  9. Children of other faiths
  10. Any other children

Note: All categories – added priority will be given in the following order: i) Special medical, social or educational needs ii) Proximity to the school

St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary

  1. Catholic children in public care
  2. Baptised Catholic children with siblings in attendance at the time of admission where one or both parents are practising Catholics in the parish of St Mary Magdalen
  3. Baptised Catholic children with siblings in attendance at the time of admission where one or both parents are practising Catholics in other parishes
  4. Baptised Catholic children where one or both parents are practising Catholics in the parish of
  5. St Mary Magdalen Baptised Catholic children where one or both parents are practising Catholics in other parishes
  6. Baptised Catholic children with siblings in attendance at time of admission
  7. Other children in public care
  8. Baptised Catholic children
  9. Baptised Christian children where one or both parents are practising members of a local Christian church with a sibling in the school at the time of admission
  10. Baptised Christian children where one or both parents are practising members of a Christian church
  11. Any other child with a sibling in attendance at the time of admission
  12. Any other applicants

Note: All categories – added priority will be given in the following order:

  • i) Special educational, medical or social circumstances
  • ii) Proximity to the school

St Osmund’s Catholic Primary

  1. Baptised Catholic children, including members of churches in communion with the Holy See
  2. Children of other Christian denominations
  3. Children from other faiths
  4. Others

Note: All categories – added priority is given to children in public care, those with exceptional social, medical or pastoral needs, to families living within the parish of

St Osmund’s, and to children with siblings at the time of admission