School Admissions

Please click the link below to access our School Admissions Policy for 2025-2026 and for 2026-2027:

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 2025-26

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 2026-2027

Admission to School – September 2025

Allocation of school places will be notified by Tameside Council Admissions department by email and letter by April 2025.

Tameside MBC Admissions Link

Closing date for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council online applications is 15th January 2025.  Any late applications must be placed by contacting Tameside MBC School Admissions on 0161 342 4004.

Supplementary information as per the School Admission Policy should be forwarded to the school office no later than 15th January 2025. If preferred the evidence can be e-mailed: admin@st-peters.tameside.sch.uk 

Open Days for School Places School visits are carried out by the Headteacher in small groups during the school day.  Please contact school to book onto one of the following dates.

2nd October – 9:30am

15th November – 9:30am

18th November – 11.30am

9th January – 9:30am

Information about appealing for a school place is detailed in our School Admission Policy above.

 SCHOOL APPEALS 2025

Below are the dates for appealing a decision for September 2025 entry:

School type Offer date Appeals to be lodged by Appeals to be heard by
Secondary 3rd March 2025 28th March 2025 Within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals
Primary 16th April 2025 16th May 2025 Within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals

For late applications, appeals will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

For applications for in-year admissions, appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

Please also consult guidance on appeals from Tameside MBC at the following link: Appealing for a School Place – Guidance For Parents (tameside.gov.uk)

The following link gives further information about applying for a school place in Tameside.

Moving on Year 7 – Starting out Year Reception

Registering your child for a Nursery and School place

If you wish to register your child at our Nursery / School, please contact the school office where the registration process will be explained.  A copy of your child’s birth certificate and two proofs of residency will be requested. For more information regarding the admissions criteria click on the School Admission Policy above.

School telephone number: 0161 338 3303

Uniform lists are included in your welcome packs when your child has been offered a school place.  See also our link on the Parents’ Information section of this website > Uniform  – where the current uniform supplier information is displayed along with the latest uniform list.

If you require any further information please speak to a member of the office staff.

Parish Boundaries

Parish boundary map from September 2020 onwards – St Peter’s Catholic Primary School

In-Year Applications

An application can be made for a place for a child to attend St. Peter’s at any time outside the usual admission round. The child will be admitted where there are available places. Applications should be made to Tameside Local Authority by clicking the following link: School Admissions  (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council)

Please read the information on this web page thoroughly. In-Year applications are co-ordinated by the Local Authority.

Where there are places available but more applications than places, the published oversubscription criteria, as set out in our admissions policy  above, will be applied.

If there are no places available, the child will be added to the waiting list by the Local Authority.

The Local Authority will advise you of the outcome of your application in writing. Should your application be declined, then you have the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel.