New Intake Tours - September 2024
Applying for a Primary School Place (Reception September 2024)
If your child was born between 1st September 2019 and 31st August 2020 they will be due to start school next September.
Please go to: www.kent.gov.uk/primaryadmissions for further information or email: primaryadmissions@kent.gov.uk or call 03000 412121.
The online application process opens on 3rd November 2023 and closes at midnight on Monday 15th January 2024.
School Tour Dates and Booking Information
St Stephen's Infant School Virtual Tour
Starting School Handbook September 2023
Appeals Timetable
If your child is due to start Primary school in September 2023, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Monday, 17 April 2023).
You needed to submit your appeal before Tuesday 16 May 2023 for it to be considered by Thursday 18 July 2023. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education