The Trust Board 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:

1. 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.
2. The introduction of a new Supplementary Information Form (to help process applications from those applying under the religious and/or staff categories).
3. 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)
4. The use of a random number generator to help rank applicants, rather than drawing lots.
5. 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 6th January 2025. 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

Applying 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.

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 25 September 2024

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

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

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 your citizen portal.

Open sessions

We invite prospective parents to come and view the school with their child. 

Our open sessions are:

Wednesday 25th September -10:45am

Wednesday 2nd October - 1:30pm

Wednesday 13th November - 10:45am

Thursday 21st November - 1:30pm

Please contact the school on 01934 621919 or email office@cc.thedcet.com to book your space.

We look forward to welcoming you and your families to Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School.

Applying to join the school in Years 1 - 6

If you would like your child to join us in Years 1 - 6, then you need to apply by either using our in-year admission form or through the council directly. Once you have completed an application form our board of Governors will review the application according to our Admissions Policy and inform you of the outcome in writing.

Simply click on this link below for further information: