Admission to the School

Please do NOT bring application forms or any other admissions paperwork into the school. Follow the instructions below and in communications we send you.

Applying for a Year 7 or Year 12 place in September 2024

OUR OPEN EVENINGS

These events are designed for parents and prospective pupils to attend. They will include an address from Mr Stubbings, Headmaster, and a tour of the school.

Year 7 (First Form) Open Evenings: Thursday 14^th September 2023 & Tuesday 19^th September 2023.

The Headmaster will speak at 4.30pm and 6.00pm.
Parents and prospective pupils may arrive to hear the Headmaster speak at 4:30pm and then undertake a tour, or, if more convenient, arrive at 5.00pm for a tour of the school and then hear the Headmaster speak afterwards.
Please note that the final tour, which will follow the Headmaster’s 6.00pm speech, will be only brief and may not include all departments.
There is no need to book for our Open Evenings.

For more information, read our Lower School prospectus here.

Sixth Form Open Evenings: Thursday 5th & Tuesday 10th October 2023.

The Headmaster will speak at 5.00pm.
The last tour will be held at 6.00pm.
There is no need to book for our Open Evenings.

For more information, read our Sixth Form prospectus here.

We look forward to welcoming you to Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School.

OUR ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

Our admission process, including the criteria we use when we are oversubscribed, is set out fully in the Admission Arrangements here.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) must contact their local authority for advice on school placements. You do not need to complete the school’s forms.
Read the Admission Arrangements 2024/2025
Complete our online Supplementary Information Form for Year 7 here (deadline is Friday 20th October 2023).
Complete your local authority’s e-admission form, available from your local authority (Year 7 only)
Complete our online Supplementary Information Form for Year 12 (Deadline Friday 2rd November - now closed).
We will acknowledge receipt of your online forms and request documents from you if applicable
We would prefer online applications. If you cannot apply online, download the Admission Arrangements and complete the relevant form (included at the end of the document). Paper forms should be returned by post to reach the school before the closing date.

KEY DATES

Year 7

The deadline for music aptitude applications is 5.00pm, Monday 25th September 2023.
Music aptitude tests will take place during the week which starts Monday 2nd October 2023.
The deadline for the local authority’s e-admissions form is 31st October 2023.
The deadline for our supplementary Information form is 5.00pm, Friday 20th October 2023.
Ability banding tests will take place on Monday 30th October 2023.
Offers will be made by the local authority on 1^st March 2024.
Admission appeals will be held in May 2024.

Year 12

The deadline for our supplementary information form is 5.00pm, Friday 3rd November 2023.
Course suitability discussions will take place in December 2023.
Conditional offers will be made by the end of February 2024.
Admission Appeals will be held in September 2024.

Applying for a place in-year this academic year 2023 2024

OUR ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

Our admission process, including the criteria we use when we are oversubscribed, is set out fully in the Admission Arrangements here. These arrangements were varied on 14 December 2022 to take account of changes required by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. The changes concerned the random allocation process and clarity about the number and availability of places in Year 12.

There are no vacancies at the moment. For further information, contact admissions@cvms.co.uk.

HOW TO APPLY

Read the Admission Arrangements 2023/2024
Download, complete and return the in-year supplementary information form
We will acknowledge receipt of your form and write to you with the outcome of your application within 15 school days

How to appeal against a decision not to admit

The appeals timetable, information booklet and appeal forms are accessible here

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