Admissions

Visit Us

We warmly invite you to start your admissions application to Oakwood by visiting us. 

Our next Open Morning is on Thursday 16th May, the ideal chance to learn more about Oakwood, meet members of staff to learn more about the opportunities on offer for your child and see classes in action. Book your place here.

To arrange a personal visit, please contact our Head of Admissions, Helen McKell: admissions@oakwoodschool.org.uk

After your visit 

Our Head of Admissions will contact you to discuss the next steps for your child and of course you are very welcome to visit us again.

We look forward to meeting you!

Apply

To make a formal application,  click on the link below; payment of £75 must be made via the payment platform before your application will be processed.

Application Form

Application Fee Payment

References will be sought from the applicant’s current school where relevant.

All prospective parents are invited to an interview with the Headmistress to see the school in action and to discuss our ethos. This may take place before or after a formal application to join the school is made. A non-refundable fee of £75 is payable at the time of application.

Prospective pupils in Years 1-6 are assessed after the interview stage. The purpose of the assessment is not to select children on the basis of academic ability but to ensure that applicants are able to take full advantage of the education on offer. The assessment consists of various age-appropriate English and maths activities. Pupils already of Reception age are invited to spend a short time in the classroom.

Once the interview and the assessment have been completed, a place will be offered to all eligible candidates, subject to availability. If no places are currently available to eligible candidates, they will be placed on a waiting list. Parents of children who are not eligible will be informed as soon as possible.

Where classes are oversubscribed, offers of places will not be issued on a first come first served basis (ie. in rank order). Applications for the last available places will be considered over a reasonable period of time and they will be offered on the basis of a family’s long term commitment to the school and its ethos. To help this process (and in the case of oversubscription in the school) the criteria below will be used to allocate places. Please note these are only guidelines and judgements are made by considering the criteria as a whole:

• Commitment to Catholic ethos and Charter of Principles
• Siblings in the school
• Commitment to keeping children in the school until Year 6

Please also refer to the Admissions Policy (see Policies).

To accept the offer of a place, parents should return the signed contract together with a deposit of £500 as soon as possible. This constitutes a formal acceptance of their child’s place, and the deposit is non-refundable if the place is not taken up.

Thereafter a full term’s notice, in writing, must be given should they wish to withdraw their child from the school. The deposit will be returned during the pupil’s last term in the school, provided all outstanding fees and charges have been paid.