St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

Notice is hereby given in accordance with legislation that the governing body as the admission authority for St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School is formally consulting on its proposed admission arrangements for the school year 2027-28.

As an admission authority, the school is required to consult the following:

1. Parents of children between the ages of two and eighteen;
2. Other persons in the ‘relevant area’ (set by the Local Authority) who in the opinion of the school have an interest in the proposed admissions (e.g. local priests, other deanery Catholic schools, etc);
3. All other admission authorities within the ‘relevant area’;
4. The Local Authority (LA);
5. The Education Service of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton;  

In summary the proposed changes being made to admission arrangements are to accommodate new policies that align with the national Catholic Education Service models and wording, including:

• Making criteria clearer and reducing unnecessary criteria
• Ensuring notes are more succinct
• Adding children of staff
• Removing the reference to parishes

The six-week (minimum) consultation will begin on 15/12/2025 with the closing date for submitting comments being 26/01/2026.

The proposed arrangements (admissions policy and supplementary information form (SIF) can be viewed on the school website: www.stberns.com/brighton-hove/primary/stberns

Alternatively, if you do not have access to the Internet and you wish to request a printed copy of the admissions arrangements and a response form, please contact the school office at St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School via phone 01273553813 or email mail@stberns.brighton-hove.sch.uk.

Comments on the proposed admission arrangements should be sent to St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School by the closing date (latest midnight on 26/01/2026).

1) Fill your application in online www.brighton-hove.gov.uk or call the admissions team, at Brighton and Hove council, to request paper form (01273) 293653.

2) Bring to the school your supplementary information, baptismal form and any other supporting information.