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In-Year Admissions - Applications for Current Secondary Year Groups
If your child is already at a secondary school and you want to move them to a different school in Kent, you will need to submit an In Year Admissions Form.
As there is no guarantee that our school will have a space available for your child, you should not remove them from their current school before you are sure they have somewhere else to go.
If you want to move your child into a school in Kent, you must complete the In Year Admissions Form and send it directly to our Schools Admission Team:
Admissions@st-edmunds.com or by post to: St Edmund's Catholic School, Old Charlton Road, Dover, Kent CT16 2QB.
You need to fill in a separate form for each child and for each school you want to apply to.
secondary-admissions-policy-2025-26.
The Supplementary Information Form must also be completed in full when applying for a place at St Edmund's Catholic school.
For In-Year Applications parents/carers will be notified of the outcome of their application in writing within 10 school days.
Kent Admissions Guidance
For further guidance on accepting the offered school or to be put on a school waiting list, please click on the Admissions link below.
In Year Application Form (IYAF)
Admissions 2025/2026 - Applications For Year 7 Intake Starting September 2025
Please read the Admissions Policy and Procedure which can be found below.
Please also ensure that you have read the school’s Privacy Notice, which can be found on the school’s website hereGDPR and Privacy Notices
Please return this Supplementary Information Form to the Admissions Officer at the school (not Kent County Council). For Year 7 entry in September 2025 please return this form to the school no later than 31st October 2024 in order that we may rank your application.
If applicable you must send a copy of your child’s baptismal certificate and/or Other Faith Reference, to the Admissions Officer at the school along with this completed form.
Please note failure to submit a completed Supplementary Information form when applying for a Catholic school place may result in your application not being placed in the correct category and could result in you not receiving an offer of a place.
Please note that if you are not offered a place and submit an appeal, a copy of this form will be submitted to the Appeal Panel.
In Year or Casual Applications
Applications made too late for the Kent co-ordinated system, In-year applications for year 7 and applications for entry to years 8-11 must be made on the IYCAF (In -Year and Casual application Form) available on school websites. The same policy and procedure (apart from the timetable) applies to these applications. This form must be sent to the school’s Admissions Officer with this supplementary information form.
Key Action Dates
| Application for Secondary Transfer opens | Monday 2 September 2024 |
| Test date for pupils in Kent Primary schools | Thursday 12 September 2024 |
| Test date for pupils not in Kent Primary schools | Weekend of 14/15 September 2024 |
| National closing date for application forms | Thursday 31 October 2024 |
| National Offer Day: e-mails sent from Kent Admissions after 4pm | Monday 3 March 2025 |
| St Edmund's will send out welcome letters no earlier than |
Wednesday 5 March 2025 |
| Deadline for school places should be accepted or declined no later than | Monday 17 March 2025 |
| Deadline for lodging appeals | Monday 31 March 2025 |
| Kent County Council to reallocate places that have become available from the school's waiting lists. After this point, schools will take back ownership of their waiting lists. | Thursday 24 April 2025 |
| Appeals Hearing | June 2025 |
Secondary Admissions Policy 2025/2026
Supplementary Information Form (SIF) 2025
In Year and Casual Admission Application Form (IYCAF)
Admissions 2026/2027 - Applications for Year 7 Intake Starting September 2026
Secondary Admissions
Please read the Admissions Policy and Procedure which can be found on the link below.
Please also ensure that you have read the school’s Privacy Notice, which can be found on the school’s website here
Please return this Supplementary Information Form to the Admissions Officer at the school (not Kent County Council). For Year 7 entry in September 2026 please return this form to the school no later than 31st October 2025 in order that we may rank your application.
Please note failure to submit a completed Supplementary Information form when applying for a Catholic school place may result in your application not being placed in the correct category and could result in you not receiving an offer of a place.
Please note that if you are not offered a place and submit an appeal, a copy of this form will be submitted to the Appeal Panel.
In Year or Casual Applications
Applications made too late for the Kent co-ordinated system, In-year applications for year 7 and applications for entry to years 8-11 must be made on the IYCAF (In -Year and Casual application Form) available on school websites. The same policy and procedure (apart from the timetable) applies to these applications. This form must be sent to the school’s Admissions Officer with this supplementary information form.
| Application for Secondary Transfer opens | Monday 1 September 2025 |
| Test date for pupils in Kent Primary schools | Thursday 11 September 2025 |
| Test date for pupils not in Kent Primary schools | Weekend of 13/14 September 2025 |
| National closing date for application forms | Friday 31 October 2025 |
| National Offer Day: e-mails sent from Kent Admissions after 4pm | Monday 2 March 2026 |
| St Edmund's will send out Welcome letters no earlier than | Wednesday 4th March 2026 |
| Deadline for school places should be accepted or declined no later than | Monday 16 March 2026 |
| Deadline for lodging appeals | Monday 30 March 2026 |
| Kent County Council to reallocate places that have become available from the school's waiting lists. After this point, schools will take back ownership of their waiting lists. | Thursday 23 April 2026 |
| Appeals Hearing | TBC |
Admissions for Year 7 Entry in September 2026
Secondary Admissions Policy 2026-27
Information on Appeals
If your child is due to start secondary school in September 2026, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Monday 2nd March 2026). You need to submit your appeal before Monday, 30th March 2026 for it to be considered by Wednesday, 17 June 2026. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
Submit by email to: admissions@st-edmunds.com
For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education
A copy of our Admission Appeal Defence Statement is shown in the Appeals section. This is submitted by the school to the appeal board along with the Appeal Form and supporting documents from the appellant.
For appeals related to in year applications, appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.
FAQ regarding how appeals will be conducted this year can be viewed in the Appeals section
Appeals 2026/2027 (Year 7 Intake Starting September 2026)
FAQs Main Round Appeals - 2026
Admission Queries
To contact our Admissions Team please email us by completing the contact form below or by calling our school on Tel: 01304 201551