National Offer Day - Wednesday 16th April 2025

If your child has been offered a place at Shenfield St Mary’s for the EYFS cohort commencing in September 2025, you will receive a welcome email during the week beginning 22nd April, upon our return to school. We look forward to warmly welcoming you and your child to Shenfield St Mary’s. 

If your child has not been offered a place at Shenfield St Mary’s please refer to the guidance in your offer email and contact Essex County Council for further assistance. 

Foundation Admissions

Children start at Shenfield St Mary's C of E Primary School in the September after their fourth birthday. We currently admit 60 children per year.

Admissions for Foundation places are dealt with by the Local Authority. Essex County Council does not send letters to parents/carers about making an application. All of the application information is available on the website https://www.essex.gov.uk/apply-for-a-primary-school-place.

In order to meet the Church criterion in our admissions policy, please ensure that you register your Church attendance at St Mary's Church using their current system.  Please speak to a Church Warden or the Rector for advice. 

The Admissions Arrangements and Supplementary Information Form can be found below. 

Prospective Parent Tours for children starting school in September 2025

We very much welcome parents/carers to come and look around our school.

If your child is due to start school in September 2026 please email: admissions@shenfield-st-marys.essex.sch.uk giving your preferred date of tour, names (2 maximum) and contact telephone numbers of those wishing to book a place on one of our school tours.

Please note that all tours must be booked in advance as we have a safety limit to the number of parents for each tour.  Our numbers also ensure that prospective parents can fully experience what Shenfield St Mary's has to offer for their child.  Tours are for adults only.  We also kindly request that you do not use your mobile phone during the tour. Tours are booked on a first come, first serve basis and unfortunately, we do not have additional space on tours that you have not booked onto.

We very much look forward to welcoming you to Shenfield St Mary's.

Tour dates and times:

Thursday 18th September         11:05 am

Wednesday 24th September       1:30 pm 

Tuesday 30th September            1:30 pm 

Friday 10th October                   11:05 am 

Wednesday 22nd October          1:30 pm

Wednesday 5th November        11:05 am 

Tuesday 11th November             1:30 pm

Monday 17th November            11:05 am

Friday 28th November               11:05 am

Monday 1st December                1:30 pm

Thursday 8th January                11:05 am 

The tours should last for about an hour.

You will be asked to re-book your booked tour if you arrive with a child. Many thanks for your understanding 

Mid-Year Admissions

A mid-year admission application should be made if you are looking to change your child's school during the school year. 

If you are considering moving your son or daughter to Shenfield St Mary's, please take a look around the website to learn more about our school. You are also welcome to call or email the office to arrange a visit which should help you to decide if this is the right school for your child. 

Please be aware that your child is not guaranteed a place at your preferred school. You should not remove your child from their school before you have received another offer.

To apply to Shenfield St Mary's C of E Primary school, please complete this form, and return by email to admissions@shenfield-st-marys.essex.sch.uk

Waiting List

If you would like your child to join the school but have established that there are no spaces in the year group through the application process, you may wish to join the school’s waiting list.   

To do so, please email admissions@shenfield-st-marys.essex.sch.uk detailing your child's name, date of birth and your current address. 

We ask you to contact the school TERMLY to remain on the waiting list and to advise of any change in circumstances (such as a new address). Please use the email address above, or phone the school office on 01277 221249.

Upon a space becoming available, each child will be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria.  Priority will not be given to children based on the date their application was received or their name was added to the list. Looked after children, previously looked after children, and those allocated a place at the school in accordance with a Fair Access Protocol, will take precedence over those on the waiting list.  

Parents/carers should notify the school if they wish for their child to be on this list once per term in order to indicate a continued interest. 

We look forward to welcoming you to our school. 

Our admission arrangements are available below however, our admissions officer is happy to explain our admissions criteria further.  For pupils joining at any other time apart from when they are four years old, the mid-year admissions procedure should be followed. 

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