PLEASE RING THE SCHOOL OFFICE IF YOU HAVE AN ADMISSIONS QUERY AS THE SCHOOL MAY HAVE IN-YEAR SPACES. 

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School is a Catholic school in the trusteeship of the Diocese of Westminster. We are an academy and part of the All Saints' Trust alongside Our Lady of Grace Junior School, Our Lady of Grace Infant School, St Gregory's High School, St Bernadette's Primary School and St Margaret Clitherow Primary School.   

The Governing Body is the Admission Authority and as such is fully responsible for all admissions to the school. 

The Governors consider that the greatest pastoral benefit from going to a Catholic school is obtained by children who come from homes where the Catholic Faith is practised. Children who attend Mass regularly with their parents and who participate in the activities of the parish will derive the fullest benefit from the complementary influences of home, school and parish.

Further information regarding applying for a primary school place in Brent, please visit the following page:  https://www.brent.gov.uk/education-schools-and-learning/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-or-junior-school-place#plan

If you are looking to apply or move to our school during the school year then please click on the following link for further information on how to make an 'In year' application: https://www.brent.gov.uk/education-schools-and-learning/school-admissions/apply-to-start-or-move-schools-during-the-school-year

In Year Admissions

Applications for In-Year admissions are made directly to the school. Where there is no waiting list, the local authority will be notified and the child will be admitted.

If more applications are received than there are places available then applications will be ranked by the governing body in accordance with the oversubscription criteria, with the following modifications:

Catholic children without an offer of a school place elsewhere are given priority immediately after Catholic ‘looked after’ children; similarly, other children without an offer of a school place are given priority immediately after other ‘looked after’ children.

If a place cannot be offered at this time then you may ask us for the reasons and you will be informed of your right of appeal. You will be offered the opportunity of being placed on a waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained by the governing body in the order of the oversubscription criteria as modified above and not in the order in which the applications are received.

Names are removed from the list at the end of each academic year. When a place becomes available the governing body will re-rank the list so that an offer can be made.

Information in regards to admissions for the academic year 2026-2027 will be available from January 2025 following the current period of consultation.