St. Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School, Sunderland was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. Whenever there are more applications than places available, priority will be given to Catholic children in accordance with the oversubscription criteria listed below. The school is conducted by its governing body as part of the Catholic Church in accordance with its trust deed and instrument of government, and seeks at all times to be a witness to Our Lord Jesus Christ.
As a Catholic school, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education be fully supported by all families in the school. We therefore hope that all parents will give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the school. This does not affect the right of an applicant who is not Catholic to apply for and be admitted to a place at the school in accordance with the admission arrangements.
The admission policy criteria will be dealt with on an equal preference basis.
The governing body is the admissions authority and has responsibility for admissions to this school. The local authority undertakes the coordination of admission arrangements during the normal admission round for reception year admission in September.
Admission Policies
You can view our latest Admission Policy in the School Policies section of our website.
Co-ordinated Admissions Timetable PRIMARY Schools
September 2026 Admission
| Week beginning Monday 22 September 2025 | Information Packs to nurseries/schools |
| Friday 26 September 2025 | Information packs handed out to parents |
| Monday 29 September 2025 | Online system available up until closing date |
Thursday 15 January 2026National Closing Date |
Closing date for Primary applications. |
| Monday 2 February 2026 | Exchange preference data with other LAs |
| Friday 6 February 2026 | Details of applications sent to primary schools that are their own admission authority |
| Friday 6 March 2026 | Schools that are their own admission authority provide the Authority with list of offers/refusals |
| Friday 13 March 2026 | Authority exchanges offers/refusals with other LAs |
| Monday 30 March 2026 | Schools will be notified which pupils have been allocated places at their schools |
Thursday 16 April 2026National Offer Day |
Primary ‘Offer Day’ notification sent to parents |
| Wednesday 6 May 2026 | Deadline for parents to accept places |
| Monday 11 May 2026 | Authority will begin to allocate any places that have become available for oversubscribed schools |
| Wednesday 13 May 2026 | Appeal forms to be returned to Governance Services |
| June 2026 | Appeals to be heard |
| July 2026 | Appeals to be heard |
| Thursday 31 December 2025 | No waiting list available after this date |
Appeal dates to be confirmed
