Primary School Tours
Primary Tours for September 2025 have now resumed. They take place on Friday mornings at 9:30am. To reserve a space on one of the tours, please access our Eventbrite booking system via this link HERE.
You must apply directly to the council that you are living in at the time of application, regardless of the borough which the school is in. The deadline for applying for primary school is Thursday 15th January 2026. Applications received after this date are late and will not be considered until after national offer day.
Our last Primary School tour will take place on 9th January 2026.
Primary School Morning Tours – Click HERE
Should you require any information, please contact primary@srrcc.org.uk.
Admissions arrangements for 2026/27
St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School is a co-educational primary school within the Ascension Catholic Academy Trust. The Ascension Catholic Academy Trust is the admissions authority and has delegated responsibility for admissions to the local governing body of the school. The school provides 210 places for pupils between the ages of 4 and 11. The closing date for applications is 15th January 2026 for places in Reception at St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School for children born between 1st September 2021 and August 31st 2022 for entry in September 2026. Outcomes will be advised on 16th April 2026.
20 places are allocated with priority given to baptised Catholic children if that category is oversubscribed. The remaining 10 places in the primary school are allocated on the basis of distance from the school and not on the religion of the child.
To apply for a place for Reception entry in September 2026 at St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School you must:
- Apply online using eAdmissions via your local council’s website
- Read the Primary School Entry Notes 2026-27 below
- Read the Primary School Admissions Policy 2026-27 below
- Complete the online Primary School Supplementary Form below, once you have supporting documents ready to send to us (if applicable)
- Submit to ‘Admissions’ at SRRCC a copy of your child’s Baptismal certificate (if applicable)
- Submit to ‘Admissions’ at SRRCC a Certificate of Catholic Practice signed and stamped by your Parish Priest (if applicable)
- Applications from other Christian denominations or faiths must submit a letter of support from their Minister of religion or faith leader
Certificates/letter of support may be submitted via email to: admissions@srrcc.org.uk or in person during school hours or by post to ‘Admissions’, St Richard Reynolds Catholic College, Twickenham TW1 4LT.
An email receipt to confirm your application will be sent from admissions@srrcc.org.uk once we have received your online Supplementary Information Form and supporting documents.
If you do not provide the information required in the Supplementary Form, or submit supporting documentation to the College, by the closing date, your child may not be placed in the appropriate faith category which is likely to affect your child’s chance of being offered a place.
Download the Diocesan Guidance for clergy about the Certificate of Catholic Practice HERE
Download blank Certificate of Catholic Practice from the Westminster Diocese website HERE
NB You must apply online to your home local authority online or, by post or in person via e-Admissions.
Should you require a paper version of our Supplementary Information Form, please contact admissions@srrcc.org.uk.
In Year Admissions
You may apply for a place in any year at the Primary School outside of the usual application process You should apply directly to the school using the application form below, having first applied to Richmond Borough here: Richmond Primary schools in-year application 2025/26. Places, if available, will be allocated using the published admissions policy (see above). If you require any advice, please contact admissions@srrcc.org.uk.
Waiting list for Reception Class September 2025
Offers of places for September 2025 were made on 16th April 2025 by local authorities on behalf of the College. If you were unsuccessful in gaining a place you have the right to appeal to an independent appeals panel. If you were offered a place at a school you ranked lower than St Richard Reynolds in your preferences, you will be automatically added to our waiting list. If you were offered a place at a school ranked higher, you may still join the waiting list. Please do so by email to waitinglist@srrcc.org.uk with the following details:
1) Child’s Name
2) Child’s DOB
3) Child’s Address
4) Contact number
5) Confirmation if you have originally applied.
Should places become available, they will be allocated and offered according to the published over-subscription criteria.
Please note: The College Office staff does not have visibility of the waiting list and are unable to give personal information regarding positions on the waiting list.
Reception Place Offers on National Offer Day (30 places)
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Number of applications | 162 | 180 | 163 |
| Places allocated to: | |||
| Foundation places as follows: | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Baptised Catholic siblings | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Baptised Catholic non-siblings | 14 | 17 | 14 |
| Open places as follows: | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Siblings | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Distance | 4.825km | 4.385km | 4.799km |
| Number of appeals heard | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Number of successful appeals | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| There is a waiting list | Yes | Yes | Yes |