Admissions
For all of our schools, proposed admission arrangements MUST be sent to the diocesan education office before going out to wider consultation, as well as in the full consultation round.
The governing body of a Voluntary Aided (VA) school and the board of directors in a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) are the school's admission authority. This means they are responsible, within the terms of the Admissions Code, for drawing up the school's admission policy and criteria for admission, which includes any Supplementary Information Form (SIF).
The Diocese of Chichester offers advice for our VA schools and academies on admissions and appeals.
All enquiries should be emailed to: schools@chichester.anglican.org
Please see the links below for our guidance, further information and current Codes.
The Local Authority administers the admissions process for main round admissions, i.e. admissions to schools in September. Each Local Authority has different arrangements for in year admissions; please consult your Local Authority for their current arrangements. Links for each Local Authority are as follows:
School Admissions and Appeals Information for Schools 2025-26
Admissions Consultation Guidance
Admissions Timeline 2025-2026
Consultation Sharing Process
Admission Oversubscription Criteria Guidance
Suggested Format for Consultation Notification
School Admissions Code
School Admissions Appeals Code
If you have any further queries, please contact our team using the following e-mail: schools@chichester.anglican.org
BOUNDARY MAPS PROCESS:
- Go to https://www.achurchnearyou.com/
- On the front page there is search engine for postcode or place.
- Enter the parish name, which will bring up a map.
- Click on the box in the top right hand corner of the map to open it in a full screen.
- You can then enlarge it to see the boundary areas.
- To transfer the map into a word document:
- Hold the blue ‘Fn’ button and press print screen.
- Open up a new blank word document.
- Make the word document 'view' as landscape and the size A3.
- Then right click and paste.
- This will bring up your map which can then be printed and saved.