Admissions

Admissions Consultation

Admission Arrangements 2028/29 Consultation

Christ Church CEP Academy is a Single Academy Trust. As our own admissions authority, we are required under the School Admissions Code 2021 to review our admissions policy annually and to consult on our arrangements from time to time. The code requires consultation in the following circumstances:

When changes are proposed to admission arrangements, all admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements (including supplementary information form) that will apply for admission applications the following school year.

Where the admission arrangements have not changed from the previous year there is no requirement to consult, subject to the requirement that admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements at least once every 7 years, even if there have been no changes during that period.

It has been at least 7 years since our arrangements were last consulted upon. In line with our duties to consult please find attached our admissions arrangements for the academic year 2028/29. There are no proposed changes to these arrangements.

The Governing Board will meet soon after the closure of the admissions consultation to consider any comments. If no comments are received the arrangements will be considered for determination at the next full Governing Board meeting.

This consultation opens on 7^th October 2026 and closes on 18^th November 2026

If you would like to comment on these proposed arrangements, you can:

Email us at: admissions@christ-church-folkestone.kent.sch.uk

Write to us at: Admission Consultation

Christ Church CEP Academy

Brockman Road

Folkestone

CT20 1DJ

Admissions Arrangements

As an academy, Christ Church manages its own admissions but does so in line with the Kent Common Application System.

Extracts of the KCC guidance are outlined below.

When your child is three or four years old, you will need to start thinking about which primary school you would like your child to go to
By law, children have to start school by the beginning of the school term after their fifth birthday (this is when they reach compulsory school age). However, you may want your child to start earlier than that. All Kent schools will take children from four years old.
A school year runs from September in one calendar year to August in the next, so children who will reach compulsory school age during the school year 2026/27 are those born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.

Please click on the link below to access Kent Online Admission Application https://ola.kent.gov.uk/kccadmissions/prefs.php

Applying for In Year Admissions

The term in year admissions describes the process when a child moves from one school to another at the start of any year other than reception or moves school in mid year.

If you wish to apply for an in year admission please contact the school office as we manage this process ourselves.

You can also apply direct to KCC via this link: https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/move-to-a-different-school

Admissions Appeals

If your child is due to start primary school in September 2026, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Thursday 16 April 2026).

You must submit your appeal before Monday 18 May 2026 for it to be considered by Monday 20 July 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.

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.

Remember if you have any questions at all about our academy or its admissions procedure please contact us.