Admissions

Applications for Entry into Year 7 - September 2021 

Should you have any questions with regard to admissions, please contact the Admissions Officer, Mrs C Hopkins via email: admissions@stmarys.net 

Click on this link to view our "New Prospectus"

School Open Evening Information Booklet 

Admissions Criteria 2021-2022

St Mary's Catholic School Site Map

School Transport Information please click on the following link: School Transport 

Due to school closure during the  half term break, please be assured that if you have applied to your local authority before the deadline of 31^st October 2020 we will consider your application and SIF as on time and will be sending  receipts once your child’s SIF has been processed. 

The deadline for on time applications has now passed.  You can still apply online for a school place to start in September 2021 please note your application will be treated as late

Admissions Appeals

If you have applied for a place as part of the secondary transfer process, or by completing an in-year admission form and it has not been possible to offer you a place, you do have the right of appeal. You can lodge an appeal as follows:

Hertfordshire residents

Hertfordshire parents can access the online appeals system via their admissions account. 

Out of county residents

Parents who live out of county or who applied on paper can use Hertfordshire County Council’s online appeals system to lodge an appeal. Parents will need to contact Hertfordshire County Council’s Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 to obtain their registration details to gain access to the online system.

In Year Applications 

An “In Year Admission” is when an admission falls outside the main intake to the school in the Autumn Term. There are times during the academic year, when a student might leave the school because the family moves away. If this student’s year group is not already oversubscribed at the time a place could be freed up by the move. If the year group is already oversubscribed then the place would be offered to the next person on the waiting list.

Important Information - Continuing interest lists  for Secondary transfer and Under 11s 2020/2021 are now closed.

In Year SIF

Admissions Criteria 2020 / 2021 

In-Year Appeals 

An appeal can be lodged using the Hertfordshire Local Authority appeals online system accessed via www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/schoolappeals, once an in-year application form has been received by the school and the school has advised the Local Authority of the application.

 
Appeals resulting from in-year admission applications will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

Please find the Hertfordshire Local Authority School Appeals page by clicking here 

St Mary’s Catholic School uses the Hertfordshire Local Authority Appeals Service to hear its appeals. The team carries out the necessary administration, sets up the independent appeal panels and arranges clerking on our behalf. All correspondence relating to an appeal hearing should be sent to the Appeals Team.

Appeals resulting from secondary transfer applications for admission in September 2021 will be heard according to the following timetable: 

Additional supporting information

If you wish to provide any supporting evidence after lodging an appeal, you will need to get that to the Appeals Team at least 7 working days before your hearing, (not counting the day of postage or the hearing date). Please remember that any confidential medical/social evidence submitted to the Admission Authority (AA) in support of the application will not be provided to an appeal panel. If you wish to rely on this in support of your appeal you will need to submit this documentation to the Appeals Team. If the appellant has a short document (like a doctor’s letter which was not previously available), this will be accepted up to 4 working days before the hearing. Any additional evidence or information received after this deadline will not be circulated and may not be considered at the hearing.

For a full timetable regarding timings for admissions please visit  www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/school-admissions/secondary-and-upper-schools/important-dates-secondary-school-admissions.aspx 

Sixth Form Admissions 2021 - 2022 

Please see our Sixth Form Prospectus  

Application form for current Y11 St Mary’s students can be found here: Application Form

Application forms for external students can be found here: External Candidate Application Form A, External Candidate Application Form B 

The Curriculum Brochure for 2021 entry can be found here to help support your subject choice:  St Mary's Catholic School Sixth Form Curriculum Brochure 

Please complete this form in full and submit via email to Miss McHugh, Head of Sixth Form, Deputy Headteacher: admissions@stmarys.net no later than: Friday 11^th December 2020.

For further information please go to the Sixth Form part of our website or click on the link: Sixth Form

Criteria Boundaries

Instructions to aid in finding if your address is within the Parish Boundaries

Go to the required location map below

Open the Parish you believe you live in.

Type your Postcode in the Search Box and click on the Search Button

Using the Minus Button in the bottom right corner of the screen Zoom Out

You will then see your Address Button in relation to the boundary information

If you fall outside the boundary, consider if you may live within a different boundary. i.e. Cheshunt could by Waltham Cross

If you are still in doubt please contact the school: Admissions, 01279 654901

• Bishops Stortford
• Buntingford
• Cheshunt
• Hertford
• Hoddesdon
• Old Hall Green & Puckeridge
• Ware
• Waltham Cross

Please see the Annual Information:

St Mary’s Catholic School Outstanding Ofsted School Report  Inspection Date October 23-10-2012

St Mary’s Catholic School Diocese of Westminster Outstanding Diocese School Report  Inspection Date 6-7 December 2017

Destination Data 

To access Years 11 and 13 "Leavers Destinations" please click on the following link which can also be found in the Curriculum/Careers section of our website, scrolling down the page to Destination Data: 

 Year 11 & 13 Leavers Destination Data