Apply Online
Our online admissions application system is available to all parents / carers whose children are:
1) Due to start lower school in the academic year 2010/2011
2) Due to transfer to middle school in September 2010
3) Due to transfer to upper school in September 2010
Only residents of Central Bedfordshire can make an online application.
If you are applying for a secondary school place in another Local Authority area you must not use the online system as the system is set up specifically for lower school admissions and middle and upper school transfers. You will therefore need to complete a Transfer to Secondary School application form. You must only use one method to apply for a school place. If you have already submitted your paper application form you must not apply online, similarly if you apply online you must not make a paper application. Please read the information booklets Starting School and School Transfer 2010 before you make your online application. The booklets contain important information about the admissions process and details of the admissions criteria for individual schools. If your child currently attends a middle or lower school in the local authority area you will receive the School Transfer 2010 booklet via your child's current school in the Autumn term 2009.
Catchment areas
You may find it useful to know the catchment school which serves you local area, before you make an online application. You can access catchment area information here.
You may wish to list your catchment area school as one of your preferences. This will usually mean that you still have priority for a place at the catchment area school if a place is not available for your child at your preferred school.
Supplementary information - Religious/Faith grounds
If you are applying for a place at the following schools on religious or faith grounds it is important to complete a supplementary form. Please download the appropriate form. Form 1 for 
application to Church of England schools (application/pdf; 280kB) or Form 2 for application to Catholic schools (application/pdf; 228kB).
Please ask your priest, minister or faith leader to complete and sign the form.
Form 1 (Church of England Schools) | Form 2 (Catholic Schools) |
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All Saints Lower School | St. Mary's (Caddington) Lower School |
Ashton St. Peters Lower School | St. Vincent's Primary School |
Christopher Reeves Lower School (Bedford Borough) | St. John Rigby Lower School |
Dunton Lower School | St. Josephs Lower School |
John Donne Lower School |
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Meppershall Lower School | St.Gregorys Middle School (Bedford Borough) |
Northill Lower School |
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Pulford Lower School | St. Thomas More Catholic Upper School (Bedford Borough) |
Ravensden Lower School (Bedford Borough) |
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Riseley Lower School (Bedford Borough) |
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Roxton Lower School (Bedford Borough) |
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St. Andrews Lower School |
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St. James' Lower School (Bedford Borough) |
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St. Lawrence Lower School (Bedford Borough) |
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St. Leonard's Lower School |
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St. Mary's (Clophill) Lower School |
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St. Mary's (Stotfold) Lower School |
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Sutton Lower School |
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Thomas Whitehead Lower School |
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Wilden Lower School (Bedford Borough) |
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Alban Middle School (Bedford Borough) |
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Ashton Middle School |
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Edward Peake Middle School |
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Holywell Middle School |
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Manshead Upper School |
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In addition, if you are applying for a place at the following Catholic schools, because your child has been baptised, you must provide a copy of their Baptismal Certificate:
- St. John Rigby Lower School (Bedford Borough)
- St. Joseph's Lower School (Bedford Borough)
- St Mary's (Caddington) Lower School
- St Vincent's Primary School
- St Gregory's Middle School (Bedford Borough)
- St Thomas More Catholic Upper School (Bedford Borough)
Apply online here
If you need help in understanding the transfer process please contact us on the School Admissions Service General Enquiries Line 01234 718120 or email admissions@bedford.gov.uk
Please note that we are not able to offer technical support.