Admissions Info

Admissions Info

Admission Arrangements for 2026-27 Dear Parent/Carer(s), After a public consultation, the governing board of The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust has determined admission arrangements for the 2026-27 school year and published them on the Trust’s website https://www.thedcet.com/key-information/policies/ Thank you for taking the trouble to take part in the consultation.

dcet_admissions_dio_final_approved_120225.pdf

The governing body of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (as part of the Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust) are consulting on their proposed admission arrangements for the 2026-27 school year. Proposed changes from the existing arrangements include: a) 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. b) The introduction of a new Supplementary Information Form (to help process applications from those applying under the religious and/or categories). c) 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) d) The use of a random number generator to help rank applicants, rather than drawing lots. e) 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 Sarah Pinfied at The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust spinfied@thedcet.com c/o St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Park Avenue, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA6 7EE

DCET Admissions Policy 2026-27 Draft for consultation updated.pdf

Time to start school?

If you have a child born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021, then now is the time to apply for a place at our school for admission from September 2025 onwards.

If your child is Catholic, you must also provide a copy of the baptism certificate to the school by this date.

A child can start school in September after they turn 4.

Please follow the link below to apply for a school place for your child.

The online form for starting school applications will open on 30 September 2024

The closing date for starting school applications is 15 January 2025.

How you find out which school you’ve been offered

If you applied online by 15 January 2025, you will receive an email with the outcome of your application on 16 April 2025. If you applied using a paper application form your outcome will be sent out by second class post on 16 April 2025.

From 16 April 2025 you can also view the outcome of your application by logging into the online application system.