Admissions - Prospective Parents
Admissions
Surrey County Council is the admission authority for this school. To find up to date information about the school’s admission arrangements and details on how to apply, either as part of the normal intake or during the school year, and information on how to appeal, please use this link below to the Surrey County Council website.
www.surreycc.gov.uk/admissions.
Open Day/Tours
We are delighted to welcome prospective parents to attend our Open Day on Tuesday 21st October at 9am. This is a great opportunity to see the school in action and provide parents with a great insight into St Mary's and all that we have to offer our future pupils. There will also be a talk from Mrs Chambers, our Head Teacher.
Open day: Tuesday 21st October: 9-10.30am
To book a place at our Open Day, please email the school office and provide your name, contact number and how many people are attending.
If you are unable to attend the Open Day, we have a series of school tours:
Tours:
Wednesday 22nd October - 1.30pm
Friday 7th November - 10am
Monday 17th November - 10am
To book a school tour, please email the school office to book a place and provide your name, contact number and how many people are attending. Please note, tours have limited spaces.
How to join Reception
At St Mary's the published admission number is 60 at age 4+. Parents who are considering sending their children to St Mary's Reception classes in September 2026, the closing date for on-time applications for primary, infant and junior school is 15 January 2026. Please do visit the school before applying to enable you to meet the staff, see the school in action, and ask questions. In the summer term before your child starts Reception, we offer an induction session during which he / she will meet and get to know the teacher and a parent information evening both of which will prepare him / her for school.
How to join Years 1-6 / Admissions
Surrey County Council is the admission authority for this school. To find up to date information about the school's admission arrangements and details on how to apply, either as part of the normal intake or during the school year, please use this link:
School admissions - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)
Determined admission arrangements - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)
If you prefer, you can call the Admissions Team on 0300 200 1004.
If you would like to visit the school, please contact the school office 01932 410300.
How to join the Nursery
Please refer to 'Nursery (3-5 year olds)' on the left-hand side of this page.
2024/2025: If our nursery is oversubscribed, applications for entry in 2024/2025 will be ranked according to the following criteria, which will be applied in the first instance to children wishing to take up the free early years provision:
a) Looked after and previously looked after children
b) Exceptional social/medical need
c) Children of a member of staff
d) Children who will have a sibling attending the nursery or the main school at the time of admission
e) Children who will turn 4 years old between 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025 (this is to give priority to older children who will be due to transfer to Reception in the next academic year and hence only have one year left to attend nursery)
f) Children who will be 3 years old between 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025 (these children will be able to stay on in nursery for another year in 2025/26 as they will not be due to start Reception until September 2025) Where any category is oversubscribed, children will be ranked according to the straight line distance that they live from the school or nursery, with priority being given to children who live closest.