The Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust is the admission authority for all the schools within the Trust and is responsible for determining the admissions policy. On behalf of the Trust, the admissions are coordinated by the relevant Local Authority. All decisions relating to admission applications will be taken by the school’s Local Governing Body.
National Offer Day for Secondary Schools
If you have made an application to The Becket School for September 2024 entry to Year 7 but you have not been offered a place and would like to submit an appeal request, please see below for the appeal form.
Please send your completed form, and any supporting evidence you wish the appeal panel to consider, to admissions@becketonline.co.uk
The deadline for submitting an appeal request is 29 March 2024.
How To Apply
Year 6 into Year 7 Admissions
In preparation for you applying for a secondary school place for 2023/24 for your child, below is some further clarification of what information we would need from you if you applied to The Becket School.
As we are a faith school, we do require some additional documentation from you.
All applications must be made on the Common Application Form provided by your home Local Authority. Applications must be made to your home Local Authority by the national closing date of 31 October.
Dependent on place of residence parents/carers should consult their relevant home Local Authority website for full details of the admissions process, including information on the admissions cycle. Details are below:
Nottinghamshire: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
Nottingham City: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
If you are applying on the basis of faith, once you have made your application on the Common Application Form with your home Local Authority, we need you to send us a completed Supplementary Information Form along with the required supporting evidence. For Catholic children this is normally a copy of your child’s baptism certificate. The Supplementary Information Form can be found at the bottom of this page. Please complete this form and return it directly to The Becket School along with a copy of the baptism certificate or other required supporting evidence as requested on the form. These documents can be posted to the school or emailed to admissions@becketonline.co.uk
Please be aware that if we do not receive the completed Supplementary Information Form and the required supporting evidence by 31 October it could result in your child being placed in a lower admissions category in the oversubscription criteria and may affect your child’s chance of being offered a place.
Parents whose children have not been offered a place at a school in the normal admissions round will be added to the school’s waiting list unless they have been offered a place at a higher preference school. The waiting list will remain open until the end of the academic application year. If a parent wishes their child to remain on the waiting list, they must re-apply each academic year. The Becket School manages the waiting list.
If you are unsure of what is required or if you need any further information please call the school on 0115 982 4280 and ask for Admissions.
Useful links:
Supplementary Information Form 2024 25
- OLoL CMAT Secondary Admissions Policy 2024 25
- Our Lady Of Lourdes CMAT Secondary Admissions Policy 2025/26
- Our Lady Of Lourdes Supplementary Information Form 2025 2026
- Admissions Privacy Notice July 2020
This information can also be found on our Trust’s website, the link is https://www.ololcatholicmat.co.uk/documents/admissions/
