Notice is hereby given in accordance with legislation that the Xavier Catholic Education Trust as the admission authority for ST. CUTHBERT MAYNE CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL is formally consulting on its proposed admission arrangements for the school year 2027-28.

As an admission authority, the Trust is required to consult the following:

1. Parents of children between the ages of two and eighteen;
2. Other persons in the ‘relevant area’ (set by the Local Authority) who in the opinion of the school have an interest in the proposed admissions (e.g. local priests, other deanery Catholic schools, etc);
3. All other admission authorities within the ‘relevant area’;
4. The Local Authority (LA);
5. The Education Service of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton;  

In summary the proposed changes being made to admission arrangements are to accommodate new policies that align with the national Catholic Education Service models and wording, including:

• Making criteria clearer and reducing unnecessary criteria
• Ensuring notes are more succinct
• Removing the reference to parishes
• Removing the need for the SIF to be countersigned

The six-week (minimum) consultation will begin on 19/ 12 / 2025 with the closing date for submitting comments being 30/ 01/ 2025.

The proposed arrangements (admissions policy and supplementary information form (SIF) can be viewed on the school website: www.stcuthbertmayne.co.uk.

Alternatively, if you do not have access to the Internet and you wish to request a printed copy of the admissions arrangements and a response form, please contact Pauline Morrison at St. Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School.

Comments on the proposed admission arrangements should be sent to St. Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School by the closing date (latest midnight on 30/ 01 / 2025).