Admissions

Joining Our School

  • Joining at the start of Reception & Years 1 to 6

    Parents wishing to apply for a place for their child in one of our Reception classes or in a class in Years One to Six, please visit the Peterborough Local Authority’s School Admissions website.


    This includes a new school catchment search facility so that you can find out if you are living in our school’s catchment area (although you do not need to be in catchment to apply).


    You can also apply for a place online.


  • Joining the School During the School Year

    Reception and Years One to Six


    If you wish to join the school at a time other than the start of the school year, please visit this section of the Peterborough Local Authority website.


Choosing a Primary School for Foundation Stage (Reception) Intake - The school has open sessions for parents and where you can meet some of the staff and children and see what we have to offer you and your child.


We are holding our September 2026 open sessions on Thursday 2nd October 2025 at 9.30am, Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 9.30am and Monday 24th November 2025 at 1.30pm. If you would like to join us for one of our sessions, please CLICK HERE to register.  If you would like to arrange a visit outside of these scheduled sessions, please contact the school office to arrange a convenient time: (Tel: 231313 or Email informus@st-botolphs.peterborough.sch.uk


We hope you find this booklet contains all the information you need to know about the values, priorities and day-today routines at St Botolph's.


School Information Booklet


St Botolph’s is designated as a Church of England Primary School within the Diocese of Ely Multi-Academy Trust (DEMAT) and educates children from the age of 4+ to the age of eleven. Children usually start school in the September of the academic year in which they reach five years old. In order to give the children the best possible start to their school life, they are initially admitted on a part-time basis. This allows the children time to settle into school happily and to make the transition from home and pre-school to school, a pleasure for both child and parents.


St Botolph's and DEMAT will comply with all relevant provisions of the Department for Education's schools admission code of practice 2012 (the admissions code), the school Admission Appeals code of practice 2012 (the appeals code) and law on admissions. Reference in the code to admissions authority shall be deemed to be references to the board of DEMAT, the powers and functions or which may be delegated to the local governing body of the school.


All schools in DEMAT will participate in coordinated admission arrangements by the local authority in the relevant geographical location and in respect of other arrangement specified in the admissions code. 


The Admissions arrangements for Peterborough Local Authority can be found here:



Admissions Arrangements