Welcome to our information page for pupils starting this September.  Make sure you have a look around the rest of our website and don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions.

We look forward to welcoming you to St Francis School.

Over the next few months we will begin to get in contact with parents and carers, to pass on important information regarding registration packs and transistion information. This will be done via email and post.

Application packs will be posted out the week beginning June 2 2025.

Transistion information will start to be communicated with your childs current setting, parents and carers when we return after the May Half Term Holiday.

Education Catering Special Diet Registration

School Transport 

Applications for SEND is open. 

The deadline for on-time applications for September 2025 is 30 June 2025.

Making arrangements for your child

It can take up to 10 working days for a decision to be made on a school transport application. This can take longer between the peak months for applications – March to August. Following an approval decision, it can take up to 15 working days to make the actual transport arrangements. Therefore you should be aware it can take up to 25 working days to start your child on transport.

The application will be reviewed by the School Transport Service who work closely with the Children's SEN Service. The process is:

1. Parent/carer submits an online application
2. School Transport receive and assess the application
3. If the application is eligible then an approval update is sent via the online portal
4. If the application is NOT eligible then a rejection reason will be sent via the online portal

Applications being considered as an exception to policy can take significantly longer to process. In these cases parents/carers are notified in due course.

Please use the link below to view criteria and apply:

Hampshire County Council SEN transport assistance