Admissions for  Year 7 for September 2025 (Secondary Transfer)

Oaklands is an 11-18 Catholic Comprehensive School now part of the Edith Stein Catholic Academy Trust in Portsmouth under the Trusteeship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. The ethos of this school is founded on the principles of the Catholic tradition. We ask all parents applying for a place here to respect this ethos and its importance to the school community. This does not affect the right of parents who are not of the faith of this school to apply for and be considered for a place here, in accordance with the policy.

The Board of Governors is responsible for the policy of admission of students to the school. Students are admitted at 11+ without reference to ability or aptitude. The proposed published admission number for Oaklands Catholic School is 232.

Procedure for Making an Application Secondary Transfer

All applications to Oaklands Catholic School must be made on the Local Authority Common Application Form, (CAF) available to complete online via the Local Authority Website

LOCAL AUTHORITY APPLICATION HAMPSHIRE

LOCAL AUTHORITY APPLICATION PORTSMOUTH

Paper forms will be available, from either the student’s current school or the Admission Team but only on request.

In addition to the Common Application Form, we request that parents complete a separate Supplementary Information Form (SIF).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FORM 2025-2026

The additional information on this form assists Governors in placing applications in the correct oversubscription category. If no SIF is submitted Governors can only rank the application on the basis of the information contained in the Common Application Form. Without a SIF, in the event of oversubscription, the Governors would be unable to apply the correct tiebreak criteria and, as a result, the applicants may be ranked lower than others.

The Supplementary Information Form (SIF) is also obtainable from Catholic Primary Schools, the Admission Secretary at Oaklands Catholic School, Via this page (Above), or the Local Authority. The SIF should be returned separately to the Admissions Secretary at Oaklands.

Relationship to Primary Schools

The Governors Admissions Committee will not be bound by the decisions of the Admissions Authority of any primary school, and will view each application on its own merits, against the criteria laid down in the Oaklands Governors’ Admissions Policy.

LOCAL AUTHORITY APPLICATION HAMPSHIRE

LOCAL AUTHORITY APPLICATION PORTSMOUTH