Voluntary Aided Faith schools have a religious basis and serve their local community. Anyone can apply for a place at a faith school but be aware that priority for admission is given to children of their faith.
The admission rules for faith schools are different to those for community schools. Each school has its own admission policy. You are therefore advised to carefully read the admission rules before you apply.
Admissions to faith schools are the responsibility of the school governing body. The local authority coordinates the admissions process and will forward the applications on to the school governing body. If there are more applications than places available, the governors will apply their admission rules and allocate places accordingly up to the specified admission number.
The governors of faith schools decide the policy for allocation of places at their own school. Details of these admission arrangements are given in the schools web pages.
You can search for Voluntary Aided schools in our school finder
Apply for places using the Admissions online form. You can apply for both faith schools and community schools on the same application.
If you are applying for faith reasons, the school may ask you to provide evidence of faith. This can be a certificate of baptism, letter of support from a minister or faith leader, letter from a mosque or suitable equivalent.
Schools will contact you directly for this information. It is therefore very important that the information on your application form (such as address and telephone number) is correct and up to date. Please ensure that you submit this information in the timescale requested by the school.