Admissions
Online Admission Information
Parents have the facility to apply online through the website of Staffordshire local authority. Click through this link for places in year 7 and reception each year:
Secondary School applications for pupils starting September 2024 can be made online from 1 September 2023 until 31 October 2023. Please click here
Primary School applications for pupils starting September 2024 can be made online from 1 November 2023 until 15 January 2024. Please click here
Please note that any supporting information or additional evidence relating to admission applications i.e. baptism certificates or medical information MUST be emailed to admissions@staffordshire.gov.uk or posted to School Admissions and Transport Service, 2 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH prior to the closing date.
Please click here for our Criteria for Admission for 2023/2024
Please click here for our Criteria for Admission for 2024/2025.
Please click here for our Criteria for Admission for 2025/2026
The timetable for Admission Appeals 2024 can be found here.
Our Lady of Lourdes Hednesford Parish Boundary
In Year Admissions
An application can be made for a place for a child at any time outside the admission round and the child will be admitted where there are available places. An application should be made to the school by completing the local authority in-year admissions application form which is available below. A hard copy of the application form can be obtained by contacting the school office at office@st-josephs-hednesford.staffs.sch.uk or telephoning 01543 227225. As a Catholic School, parents will also need to complete a Supplementary Information Form in addition to the standard application form. Both forms can be downloaded below.
Completed application forms and supplementary information forms must be returned to the school office. If a Supplementary Information Form is not submitted, this may affect the priority given to the application and could affect the likelihood of your child being offered a place.
Where there are places available but more applications than places, the published oversubscription criteria, as set out in the admission arrangements for the current academic year, will be applied. The full admission arrangements can be accessed above or by contacting the school office to request a hard copy. Parents are advised to read the admission arrangements carefully before making their application.
If there are no places available, the child will be added to the waiting list and further information relating to this will be included in the letter sent from the school advising you of the outcome of your application. Please see the admission arrangements for more details.
You will be advised of the outcome of your application in writing as soon as possible. Applicants must be informed of the outcome of their application within 15 school days of its receipt, but the aim is to notify applicants of the outcome of their application within 10 school days of its receipt.
You have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel if your application is unsuccessful.
If you have any questions in relation to in-year admissions please contact the school office by telephoning 01543 227225.
Visits are encouraged, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.