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Dear Parent/Guardian,
Please read the attached forms. If you are not a Catholic please take the form
to your faith leader and complete as much as possible.
Yours sincerely
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Admission to Catholic Maintained
Schools in the Tower Hamlets Deanery of the
Diocese of Westminster.
The sole responsibility for the admission of students to Catholic maintained schools
rests with the governing body of each school. The governors publish an admissions
policy each year, which is included in the school prospectus. Where there are more
applications than places available, the policy must state how the places are to be
allocated. Parents are advised to study the admissions policy carefully. It will almost
certainly vary from school to school.
The bishop expects all Catholic maintained schools to give first priority to Catholic
applicants. The schools must conduct themselves and provide religious education in
accordance with the rites, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church. Religious
education and all liturgies and acts of worship are specifically Catholic in character.
Some schools restrict the number of non-Catholic admissions even where the school
is not full, in order to preserve its Catholic character.
All parents requesting a place in a Catholic school are expected to recognise and
accept the Catholic aims and identity of the school. Some schools require parents to
sign a document confirming this. Signing such a document, however, would not
guarantee a place in the school.
Where the school is over-subscribed, even with Catholic applicants, it will usually
give priority to Catholics who practise their faith. Most schools will require evidence of
Catholic practice. The evidence that schools are likely to require is the priest’s
reference supplied with these notes (part B). Please note, however, that a supportive
reference from a priest does not guarantee a place in the school.
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FORM “A”
YOUR SELF-ASSESSMENT
FILL IN THIS FORM AND TAKE IT TO THE PRIEST WHERE YOU USUALLY GO TO MASS.
HE WILL THEN USE THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE GIVEN TO HELP HIM FILL IN FORM “B” WHICH IS
THE FORM YOU TAKE TO THE SCHOOL.
This Form “A” is confidential to you and the priest and will not be sent
to the school. It will be kept by the priest for his records.
Your Name(s)
Address
Telephone
Parish
Name of child
If you do not attend regularly, you may wish to give reasons below.
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FORM “B”
PRIEST’S REFERENCE
Please give this form to your Priest to support your application for a place at a
Catholic school. You will need to have filled in Form “A” and to have given it to
the Priest when you ask him to fill in this Form.
Name of Parent(s)___________________________________
*This is where the child normally lives. The address of another relative or a
temporary address is not acceptable. Any attempt to mislead the school may
result in the withdrawal of an offer of a place, particularly where nearness to
the school forms part of the governing body’s policy for admissions.
Address
Parish stamp.
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