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KEY 1. Alma 16. Edmonton County 31. Highfield 45. Raglan 60. Southbury 2. Ark John Keats 17. Eldon 32. Honilands 46. Raynham 61. Starks Field 3. Bowes 18. Enfield Heights Academy 33. Houndsfield 47. St. Andrew’s Enfield 62. Suffolks 4. Brettenham 19. Eversley 34. Keys Meadow 48. St. Andrew’s Southgate 63. Tottenhall 5. Brimsdown 20. Firs Farm 35. Kingfisher Hall Academy 49. St. Edmund’s 64. Walker 6. Bush Hill Park 21. Fleecefield 36. Latymer All Saints 50. St. George’s 65. West Grove 7. Capel Manor 22. Forty Hill 37. Lavender 51. St. James’ 66. Wilbury 8. Carterhatch 23. Freezywater St. George’s 38. Meridian Angel 52. St. John & St. James 67. Wolfson Hillel 9. Chase Side 24. Galliard 39. Merryhills 53. St. John’s 68. Woodpecker Hall 10. Chesterfield 25. Garfield 40. Oakthorpe 54. St. Mary’s 69. Worcesters 11. Churchfield 26. George Spicer 41. Oasis Academy Hadley 55. St. Matthew’s 12. Cuckoo Hall 27. Grange Park 42. One Degree Academy 56. St. Michael at Bowes 13. De Bohun 28. Hadley Wood (temporary location) 57. St. Michael’s 14. Delta 29. Hazelbury 43. Our Lady of Lourdes 58. St. Monica’s 15. Eastfield 30. Hazelwood 44. Prince of Wales 59. St. Paul’s k, eas uic y, q se c u r Contents APPL e
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Enfield Schools Admission Service______2 Appeals______23 7 34 32 53 23 Letter to parents and carers______3 Priority Zones______24
22 44 Primary Schools in the London Borough of 28 10 Fact or fiction - Answers to playground 69 2 Enfield______4 37 15 57 18 questions______25 8 Primary Education in Enfield______11 50 Admissions to schools at other times_____ 26 47 51 9 62 Applying for places______12 5 Special educational needs______27 26 35 How your application will be dealt with___ 16 39 60 54 27 Offer of Places______17 Other information______28 6 42 19 1 13 Facts and figures Are you looking after someone else’s 55 41 67 45 n Admission to Reception Classes 2019 child?______30 24 65 12 Allocations at Community Schools, 14 59 33 68 Academies* and Free Schools*______19 48 17 Useful addresses and contacts______32 16 11 17 n 49 Admission to Reception Classes 2020 31 61 Allocations at Community Schools, 64 Term dates______33 36 Academies* and Free Schools*______20 20 29 58 n Admission Arrangements in Enfield___ 21 Key words______34 30 21 4 40 43 46 25 3 56 66 63 52 38
We would like to thank the following schools for providing the photos used throughout our booklet: Alma De Bohun Firs Farm George Spicer Highfield St. Matthew’s Walker
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ENFIELD SCHOOL ADMISSIONS SERVICE NURSERY APPLICATIONS The Admissions Service is responsible for co-ordinating If your child was born between 1 September 2017 the allocation of reception places in Enfield to make and 31 August 2018 you can apply for a nursery class sure that as many children as possible get places at attached to a school. Information about this is included schools of their parents’ preference. We are part of the in the booklet ‘Applying for a Nursery Class in Enfield’. People Department. This booklet is available to view at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. Information about admissions and schools in Enfield is available on our website www.eadmissions.org.uk. You will also access the online portal at JUNIOR APPLICATIONS www.eadmissions.org.uk where you can make your In some cases families will need to make an application application for a reception place from September 2020. to transfer from an Infant to a Junior school, details are The closing date is 15 January 2021. given on page 85.
RECEPTION ADMISSIONS IN-YEAR ADMISSIONS If your child was born between 1 September 2016 and If your child does not currently have a school place or 31 August 2017, you will need to apply for a reception you wish to consider a transfer to a different school, place for September 2021. Even if you want your child you will need to submit an in-year application. Further to start school later you must still apply now within the information is given about this on page 85. timescales given in this booklet.
The information in this booklet relates to the Academic Year 2021/2022 and was correct at 1st September 2020. The Authority reserves the right to amend the information contained in this booklet to take account of any important changes that may occur after this date.
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Enfield Schools Admission Service Civic Centre Silver Street Enfield Middlesex EN1 3XA Email: [email protected] Website: www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions Autumn 2020
Dear Parents and Carers, Starting primary school is an exciting time for children and this booklet explains how to apply for a place in a reception class. We are committed to providing excellent learning opportunities and high quality education for all and are proud of all of our students and schools. Your child will have every opportunity to succeed at whichever school he or she attends in Enfield.
COVID19 has meant that it will be difficult for prospective parents and children to visit our primary schools in Enfield. We know that this will be disappointing for many parents but we hope you understand the challenges schools are facing to keep children and staff safe at this time.
Many schools will be adding additional information to their websites including short films and even virtual tours. It is important that you check school websites up to the closing date for primary school applications for further information.
It is important that you read the admissions criteria for all of our schools and this will give you an idea of whether or not your child has a good chance of getting a place at a school you prefer. I would encourage you to make sure you use all your 6 preferences and consider your local schools in your application.
Please remember that unless you are certain your child will get a place at a particular school, you should apply for more than one school and list them in your order of preference.
We hope that you will find the information in this booklet helpful and would like to wish your child every success at their primary school. If you need any further information or advice, please visit our website at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions.
Yours sincerely, Tony Theodoulou Executive Director People
Submit your application online at www.eadmissions.org.uk
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STATUS ADMISSION SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER RANGE 2021
ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Helen Thomas 308 2072 Nursery Class 60 Alma Road, Enfield, EN3 4UQ 2 – 11 (020) 8804 3302 www.almaprimaryschool.org.uk email: [email protected]
ARK JOHN KEATS ACADEMY Academy Amy Baird 308 4001 Nursery Class 90 Bell Lane, Enfield, EN3 5PA 3 – 18 Primary (020) 8443 3113 All Through Headteacher http://arkjohnkeats.org/ email: [email protected]
BOWES PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Paul Barraclough 308 2081 Nursery Class 60 Bowes Road, London, N11 2HL 3 – 11 Executive (020) 8368 2552 Head Teacher www.bowesprimaryschool.org email: [email protected]
BRETTENHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Stewart Humphreys 308 2086 Nursery Class 60 Brettenham Road, London, N18 2ET 3 – 11 School has a (020) 8345 6055 priority zone www.brettenhamprimaryschool.co.uk email: [email protected]
BRIMSDOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Dani Lang 308 3508 Nursery Class 90 Green Street, Enfield, EN3 7NA 3 – 11 Headteacher (020) 8804 6797 www.brimsdown.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
BUSH HILL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mrs Anna 308 2084 Nursery Class 90 Main Avenue, Enfield, EN1 1DS 3 – 11 Theodosiou (020) 8366 0521 www.bushhillpark.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
CAPEL MANOR PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mrs M Enchill- 308 2009 - 60 Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RL 4 – 11 Balogun (01992) 764087 www.capelmanor.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
CARTERHATCH INFANT SCHOOL Community Adrienne Barrell and 308 2011 Nursery Class 90 Carterhatch Lane, Enfield, EN1 4JY 3 – 7 Sarah Clements (020) 8804 6886 Co-Headteachers www.carterhatchinfants.com email: [email protected]
CARTERHATCH JUNIOR SCHOOL Academy Helen McGovern 308 2010 - 90 Carterhatch Lane, Enfield, EN1 4JY 8 – 11 (020) 8804 2101 www.carterhatchjunelt.org email: [email protected]
CHASE SIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Miss Melanie Scull 308 2012 Nursery Class 60 Trinity Street, Enfield, EN2 6NS 3 – 11 School has a (020) 8363 1120 priority zone www.chaseside.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
CHESTERFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Zoe Hussain 308 3507 Nursery Class 90 Chesterfield Road, Enfield, EN3 6BG 3 – 11 (01992) 760678 www.chesterfieldschool.co.uk email: [email protected]
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STATUS ADMISSION SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER RANGE 2021
CHURCHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Nicki Jaeggi 308 2079 Nursery Class 90 Latymer Road, London, N9 9PL 3 – 11 (020) 8807 2458 www.churchfield.school email: [email protected]. uk CUCKOO HALL ACADEMY Academy Ms Nicky Ross 308 2078 Nursery Class 120 Cuckoo Hall Lane, London, N9 8DR 3 – 11 (020) 8804 4126 www.cuckoohallacademy.org.uk email: [email protected]
DE BOHUN PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Dominic Smart 308 2082 Nursery Class 60 Green Road, London, N14 4AD 2 – 11 (020) 8441 7728 www.debohun.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
DELTA PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Androulla Georgiou 308 9901 Nursery Class 30 206a Nightingale Road, Edmonton, N9 8PT 3 – 11 (020) 8351 1784 www.deltaprimaryelt.org email: [email protected]
EASTFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mr B Statham 308 2077 Nursery Class 60 Eastfield Road, Enfield, EN3 5UX 3 – 11 (020) 8804 5013 www.eastfieldprimary.com email: [email protected]
EDMONTON COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs Erini Franciosa 308 4007 - 60 Bury Campus: Little Bury Street, Edmonton, N9 9JZ 4 – 18 (020) 8360 3158 ext. 2550 All Through www.edmontoncounty.co.uk email: [email protected]
ELDON PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Jane Flynn 308 2025 Nursery Class 150 Eldon Road, London, N9 8LG 2 – 11 (020) 8807 4763 Option 1-Jns Option 2-Infants www.eldonprimary.co.uk email: [email protected]
ENFIELD HEIGHTS ACADEMY Academy Jade-Simone Bacon 308 2016 - 30 Pitfield Way, Enfield, EN3 5BY 4 – 11 (020) 8805 9811 www.enfieldheightsacademy.org.uk email: [email protected]
EVERSLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Ms Samantha 308 2085 - 90 Chaseville Park Road, London, N21 1PD 4 – 11 Williams (020) 8360 5159 www.eversley.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
FIRS FARM PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mrs Nuala Husband 308 2028 - 90 Rayleigh Road, London, N13 5QP 4 – 11 (020) 8807 4292 www.firsfarm.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
FLEECEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Antoinette 308 2029 Nursery Class 60 Brettenham Road, London, N18 2ES 3 – 11 Goldwater School has a (020) 8807 7899 priority zone www.fleecefield.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
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STATUS ADMISSION SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER RANGE 2021
FORTY HILL CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Mr Josh Newham 308 3304 Nursery Class 30 Forty Hill, Enfield, EN2 9EY Aided A supplementary (020) 8363 0760 3 – 11 information form www.fortyhill.com will need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school FREEZYWATER ST. GEORGE’S CE VA Voluntary Mrs Michelle 308 3309 A supplementary 30 PRIMARY SCHOOL Aided Sheehan information form Hertford Road, Enfield, EN3 6NR 4 – 11 may need to be (01992) 764737 completed for www.freezywaterstgeorges.org.uk this school email: [email protected] GALLIARD PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs Christine Dodd 308 2030 Nursery Class 90 Galliard Road, London, N9 7PE 2 – 11 (020) 8804 1818 www.galliardprimaryschool.co.uk email: [email protected]
GARFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Ms Karen Khwaja 308 2032 Nursery Class 90 Upper Park Road, London, N11 1BH 3 – 11 (020) 8368 4500 www.garfield.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
GEORGE SPICER PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mr D Spong 308 2033 - 120 Southbury Road, Enfield EN1 1YF 4 – 11 (020) 8363 1406 www.georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
GRANGE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Tijen Hassan 308 2076 Nursery Class 120 Worlds End Lane, London, N21 1PP 3 – 11 (020) 8360 1001 www.grangeparkprimaryelt.org email: [email protected]
HADLEY WOOD SCHOOL Community Fran Worby 308 2036 - 30 Courtleigh Avenue, Hadley Wood, EN4 0HT 4 – 11 (020) 8440 4359 www.hadleywood.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
HAZELBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Laura Pearce 308 2038 Nursery Class 150 Haselbury Road, London, N9 9TT 2 – 11 (020) 8807 3140 www.hazelbury-primary-school.co.uk email: [email protected]
HAZELWOOD INFANT SCHOOL Community Mrs Tracy Kilkenny 308 2040 Nursery Class 90 Hazelwood Lane, London, N13 5HE 3 – 7 (020) 8886 3216 www.hazelwoodschools.org.uk email: [email protected]
HAZELWOOD JUNIOR SCHOOL Community Mrs Tracy Kilkenny 308 2039 - 90 Hazelwood Lane, London, N13 5HE 8 – 11 (020) 8886 3216 www.hazelwoodschools.org.uk email: [email protected]
HIGHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mr David Wilson 308 2092 Nursery Class 90 Highfield Road, London, N21 3HE 3 – 11 (020) 8360 2149 www.highfieldprimary.co.uk email: [email protected]
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STATUS ADMISSION SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER RANGE 2021
HONILANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mrs Nuala McNeely 308 2042 Nursery Class 90 Lovell Road, Enfield, EN1 4RE 2 – 11 (01992) 701012 www.honilands.co.uk email: [email protected]
HOUNDSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs Catherine Lane 308 2071 Nursery Class 90 Ripon Road, London, N9 7RE 2 – 11 (020) 8805 3406 www.houndsfield.school email: [email protected]
KEYS MEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs Mandy 308 2093 Nursery Class 60 84 Tysoe Avenue, Enfield, EN3 6FB 3 – 11 Lawrence (020) 8350 8200 www.keysmeadowprimaryschool.co.uk email: [email protected]
KINGFISHER HALL ACADEMY Academy Mr Matthew Clifford 308 2013 Nursery Class 60 40 The Ride, Enfield, EN3 7GB 3 – 11 (020) 8344 9890 www.kingfisherhallacademy.org.uk email: [email protected]
LATYMER ALL SAINTS PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Mrs Katy Brennan 308 3505 Nursery Class 90 41 Hydethorpe Avenue, London, N9 9RS 2 – 11 A supplementary (020) 8807 2679 information form www.latymerallsaints.enfield.sch.uk will need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school LAVENDER PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Jodie Corbett 308 2075 Nursery Class 60 Lavender Road, Enfield, EN2 0SX 2 – 11 School has a (020) 8363 1058 priority zone www.lavenderprimary.org email: [email protected]
MERIDIAN ANGEL PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs Sarah 308 2017 - 30 Albany Road, London, N18 2DX 4 – 11 Shaughnessy (020) 3773 3895 www.meridianangel.org.uk email: [email protected]
MERRYHILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mr Richard Hudson 308 2048 - 90 Bincote Road, Enfield, EN2 7RE 4 – 11 (020) 8363 1403 www.merryhills.net email: [email protected]
OAKTHORPE PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mrs Judith Garrad 308 2090 - 78 Tile Kiln Lane, London, N13 6BY (020) 8807 4689 4 – 11 www.oakthorpe.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
OASIS ACADEMY HADLEY Academy Zoe Thompson 308 6906 Nursery Class 60 143 South Street, Ponders End, Enfield, EN3 4PX 2 – 18 Principal (020) 8804 6946 All Through www.oasisacademyhadley.org email: [email protected]
ONE DEGREE ACADEMY Academy Aidan Sadgrove 308 4002 One Degree Academy 60 is currently located Queensway, Enfield EN3 4SA 4 – 18 in Ponders End. We 020 3150 1144 All Through will be moving to our www.onedegreeacademy.org permanent site at email: [email protected] Chase Farm hospital in September 2021.
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STATUS ADMISSION SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER RANGE 2021
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC PRIMARY Voluntary Mrs Gillian Hood 308 3504 A supplementary 60 SCHOOL Aided information form The Limes Avenue, London, N11 1RD 4 – 11 may need to be (020) 8361 0767 completed for www.ololschool.enfield.sch.uk this school email: [email protected] PRINCE OF WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Mr Jan Bless 308 2053 Nursery Class 90 Salisbury Road, Enfield, EN3 6HG 3 – 11 (01992) 762840 www.princeofwales.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
RAGLAN INFANT SCHOOL Community Mr Martin Kelsey 308 2056 Nursery Class 120 Wellington Road, Enfield, EN1 2NS 3 – 7 (020) 8360 5121 www.raglanschools.org email: [email protected]
RAGLAN JUNIOR SCHOOL Community Mr Martin Kelsey 308 2055 - 120 Wellington Road, Enfield, EN1 2NS 8 – 11 (020) 8360 5121 www.raglanschools.org email: [email protected]
RAYNHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs A Trott 308 2083 Nursery Class 90 Raynham Avenue, London, N18 2JQ 2 – 11 School has a (020) 8807 4726 priority zone www.raynhamprimaryschool.co.uk email: [email protected]
ST. ANDREW’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Miss C L Mann 308 3307 Nursery Class 60 116 Churchbury Lane, Enfield, EN1 3UL Aided A supplementary (020) 8363 5003 3 – 11 information form www.st-andrewsenf.co.uk may need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school ST. ANDREW’S SOUTHGATE PRIMARY Voluntary Mr Neil Mason 308 3308 A supplementary 30 SCHOOL (CE) Aided information form 297 Chase Road, Southgate, London, N14 6JA 4 – 11 may need to be (020) 8886 3379 completed for www.st-andrews-southgate.enfield.sch.uk this school email: [email protected] ST. EDMUND’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Mrs M Hanley 308 3501 A supplementary 60 Hertford Road, London, N9 7HJ Aided information form (020) 8807 2664 4 – 11 may need to be www.st-edmunds.enfield.sch.uk completed for email: [email protected] this school
ST. GEORGE’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Mr P O’Rourke 308 3502 A supplementary 90 Gordon Road, Enfield, EN2 0QA Aided information form (020) 8363 3729 4 – 11 may need to be www.st-georges.enfield.sch.uk completed for email: [email protected] this school
ST. JAMES’ CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Joanna Dimmock 308 3311 A supplementary 30 Frederick Crescent, Enfield, EN3 7HH Aided information form (020) 8804 1987 4 – 11 may need to be www.stjamesenfield.org.uk completed for email: [email protected] this school
ST. JOHN & ST. JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Mrs Patricia Cuncarr 308 3310 Nursery Class 60 Grove Street, London, N18 2TL Aided A supplementary (020) 8807 2578 3 – 11 information form www.stjohnandjames.enfield.sch.uk will need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school
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STATUS ADMISSION SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER RANGE 2021
ST. JOHN’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Mrs Susan Notley 308 3303 Nursery Class 15 Theobalds Park Road, Enfield, EN2 9BD Aided A supplementary (020) 8363 4709 3 – 11 information form www.stjohnsprimarysch.org.uk will need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Miss M Creed 308 3500 Nursery Class 60 Durants Road, Enfield, EN3 7DE Aided A supplementary (020) 8804 2396 3 – 11 information form www.stmarysenfield.co.uk will need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school ST. MATTHEW’S C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Louise Whitaker 308 5200 A supplementary 30 South Street, Enfield, EN3 4LA Aided Headteacher information form (020) 8804 1666 4 – 11 will need to be www.stmatthews-enfield.co.uk completed for email: [email protected] this school ST. MICHAEL AT BOWES CE JUNIOR SCHOOL Voluntary Mrs Maria Jay 308 3302 A supplementary 90 Tottenhall Road, London, N13 6JB Aided information form (020) 8888 6100 8 – 11 will need to be www.smab.enfield.sch.uk completed for email: [email protected] this school ST. MICHAEL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Miss Jan Matthews 308 3312 Nursery Class 60 Brigadier Hill, Enfield, EN2 0NB Aided A supplementary (020) 8363 2724 3 – 11 information form www.st-michaels.enfield.sch.uk will need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school ST. MONICA’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Mrs Kate Baptiste 308 3503 A supplementary 60 Cannon Road, London, N14 7HE Aided information form (020) 8886 4647 4 – 11 may need to be www.st-monicas.enfield.sch.uk completed for email: [email protected] this school
ST. PAUL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Suzanne Batsford 308 3313 A supplementary 60 Ringwood Way, London N21 2RA Aided BA (Hons) NPQH information form (020) 8360 3137 4 – 11 (Acting may need to be www.st-pauls.enfield.sch.uk Headteacher) completed for email: [email protected] this school
SOUTHBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Community David Bryant 308 2074 Nursery Class 60 Swansea Road, Enfield, EN3 4JG 3 – 11 (020) 8804 1710 www.southbury.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
STARKS FIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Ms M Davies Oliveck 308 2094 Nursery Class 30 167 Church Street, London, N9 9SJ 3 – 11 (020) 8887 6060 www.starksfield.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
SUFFOLKS PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Andrea Cassius 308 2061 Nursery Class 30 Brick Lane, Enfield, EN1 3PU 3 – 11 (020) 8804 1534 www.suffolks.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
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STATUS ADMISSION SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER RANGE 2021
TOTTENHALL INFANT SCHOOL Community Mrs Sian 308 2062 Nursery Class 90 Tottenhall Road, London, N13 6HX 3 – 7 Mainwaring (020) 8829 1100 www.tottenhall.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
WALKER PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Ms Frances 308 2063 - 60 Waterfall Road, London, N14 7EG 4 – 11 Warhurst (020) 8886 3904 www.walker.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
WEST GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL Community Miss Angela 308 2089 Nursery Class 60 218a Chase Road, London, N14 4LR 3 – 11 Campbell (020) 8351 9200 www.westgrove.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
WILBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs L Wise 308 2073 Nursery Class 120 Wilbury Way, London, N18 1DE 2 – 11 (020) 8807 5335 www.wilburyprimaryschool.org.uk email: [email protected]
WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Alex Kingston 308 3506 Nursery Class 60 154 Chase Road, London, N14 4LG 3 – 11 A supplementary (020) 8882 6487 information form www.wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk may need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school. Please check closing date for this form WOODPECKER HALL PRIMARY ACADEMY Academy Ms Sharon Parsons 308 2000 Nursery Class 60 51 Nightingale Road, London, N9 8BF 4 – 11 (020) 8443 0708 www.woodpeckerhallacademy.org.uk email: [email protected]
WORCESTERS PRIMARY SCHOOL Academy Mrs F Ward 308 2080 Nursery Class 90 Goat Lane, Enfield, EN1 4UF 3 – 11 (020) 8363 7860 www.worcesters.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
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WHEN CAN MY CHILD START SCHOOL? Children begin school during the academic year in which they become five. The academic year begins in September. The place may be part-time to start with or full time depending on the arrangements made by the individual school concerned.
Some parents ask if their children can either start in reception part time or later than other children. This is called deferring admissions. If you are thinking about this for your child, you will still need to make an application in the normal way. When you have received an offer of a place, you will need to make contact with the school to let them know that you are considering this for your child. It would be helpful to discuss this with them before you make your final decision. A child must be attending school on a full time basis when they reach statutory school age, that is, at the start of the school term after the child turns five.
In some cases, parents/carers of summer born children (children born between 1st April and 31 August) may request that their child’s admission be delayed until the beginning of the next academic year – a younger year group. If you are thinking about this for your child, APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL PLACE you will still need to make an application in the normal The table below lets you know when your child can start way. Further information is available on page 85 and on in either a reception class or nursery class: Enfield’s website.
CHILDREN BORN BETWEEN START NURSERY START RECEPTION
1 Sept 2016 and 31 Aug 2017 - September 2021
1 Sept 2017 and 31 Aug 2018 September 2021 September 2022
1 Sept 2018 and 31 Aug 2019 September 2022 September 2023
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HOW DO I DECIDE WHICH SCHOOL/S TO APPLY FOR?
Find out about schools Look at school websites as they contain lots of information. You can also find out more details about schools on the www.gov.uk website in the education and learning pages.
Check how many places are The PANs for all Enfield schools are listed on pages 4-10 available – this is called the school’s published admission number (PAN)
How likely is your child to be Read the admissions criteria for the schools you are interested in. Look at offered a place? what happened last year especially if distance to school is used to prioritise applications. Check your home to school distance.
Consider your child’s journey to the schools you are interested in
In most cases, no additional Check the admissions criteria. priority for admission is given to children who are attending the school’s nursery.
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COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION You have until 15 January 2021 to apply at ww.eadmissions.org.uk. IMPORTANT If your child already attends a nursery class you must still apply for a reception place in the same way as other applicants. There is not an automatic right of transfer from the nursery class to the reception class in the same school. Remember: n Apply for up to six schools on your application. This will maximise the possibility of your child being offered a school you would like them to go to. The schools can be in Enfield or elsewhere. 3. If you have twins or triplets you must make a n Make sure you list the schools in your true order of separate application for each child. preference. n Check if any of the schools you are applying for 4. Add the school you want to apply for in the order require a SIF (Supplementary Information Form) to you prefer. You can apply for up to six schools. be completed. The list of schools on pages 4 to 10 5. Make sure you have included the details of any shows which Enfield schools require a SIF. children (siblings) who are already attending a school. If you don’t tell us you may lose out on the HOW TO MAKE YOUR APPLICATION sibling connection. n You need an email address to make an application. 6. Each time you fill in the information on a page make If you don’t already have one links are provided from sure you select the ‘Save and continue’ button or the the eadmissions website for you to register for a free details will not be registered. email address. 7. Once you have completed your application select n If this is the first time you are using the eadmissions the submit button. website you have to register before making your 8. If you need to attach any information to support application. Do this before the deadline in case there your child application such as their birth certificate, are any problems. proof of address or medical information this can n Once you have registered you will be sent an email be scanned or photographed and attached to the to verify your email address. application. n You will set your own password – please make a 9. You will receive an email confirming the details of note of this. You will need it to see the outcome of your online application. This will include your child’s your application in April. application reference number which will be similar to this: 308-2021-09-E-012345. n The eadmissions system will take you through the application step by step but the application process 10. Check this email carefully to make sure the is summarised here: information is as you expect it to be. 1. Check your details are correct, particularly your 11. If you do not receive a confirmation email your address. application has not been submitted. Login and select the ‘submit application’ button again. You 2. Add the details of the child you are making the could also check your spam folder on your email. application for. n It is your responsibility to check that your application n Make sure your child’s name is their legal name is completed fully, all the details are correct for and spelt correctly. both you and your child and you have read and n Ensure your child’s date of birth is input correctly. understood this booklet.
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YOUR CHILD’S ADDRESS Note: changes of address can only be accepted once they have taken place. Notice of planned future The address used in the application must be the child’s arrangements is not acceptable. Where there has been a ordinary place of residence, that is, the address where change of address you will need to provide proof to the there is a settled intention by those with parental Admissions Service of the following: responsibility to live for the foreseeable future. You must not use a business address, child-minder’s or other Where you have sold one property and purchased relatives’ address or any address other than the child’s another we will need: ordinary place of residence. n Confirmation that your property has been sold The council does not accept short term accommodation n Confirmation of completion on the property addresses which appear to have been obtained to purchased achieve proximity and therefore priority for admission Plus one of the following: to a school. In these cases, the council may require supplementary evidence to support that child’s ordinary n Registration of council tax on the property purchased residence at the address stated. n A utility bill for the property purchased n If you are not liable for council tax or utilities you will The majority of applicants will not have to provide need to supply official evidence that you are resident documentary evidence of your address. Please include at that address, for example, driving licence or child’s your council tax reference number in your online medical card. application. We will then then be able to cross reference your details with other internal council databases. If we Where you are moving between properties that you are unable to verify your address , for example, if you own you will need to supply proof of council tax for are not registered to pay council tax, you will need to your residence and documentation detailing the use of provide two documents to confirm your address such the other property for consideration by the admissions as a utility bill which is less than three months old or a service. tenancy agreement. Where this information cannot be provided, the local For evidence of your address you should provide two of authority will be unable to accept the new address and, the following: for the purposes of your reception application and will continue to use the original address provided. Where n Recent Council Tax Bill there is a change of address, the change must have n Utility bill less than 3 months old taken place before the end of January 2020 and the n Driving licence/insurance documents appropriate proofs provided to the Admissions Service in n Benefit letter i.e. tax credits/housing benefit order for the change to be considered in relation to the n If you are not liable for Council Tax or Utility bills you initial allocations. will need to provide official evidence that you are resident at the address given. SHARED CARE If a parent or adult with parental responsibility is found When parents live separately the application must be to have knowingly given false information to improve based on the address at which the child usually lives their chances of obtaining a place at a particular school, and from which he or she attends nursery or pre-school. any offer made on this basis will be withdrawn. This When parents live separately but the child lives equally could happen even if a child has started at the school. with both parents at different addresses, the child’s home If a parent is found to have knowingly given false address will be taken to be the address of the main information to obtain a school place, the actions will be parent/carer eligible to receive child benefit and child investigated with a view to civil or criminal proceedings tax credit. If you are not eligible for these benefits please being taken against them under the Fraud Act 2006 or supply a legal document to confirm your arrangements. any other relevant enactment. In all relevant cases the allocation of a place at CHANGE OF ADDRESS an Enfield school will be based on the address at which a child is living at the time of allocation. If a If, after submitting your application, you move before family moves before the allocation and if the new September 2021 you must notify the Admissions Service address falls outside the furthest distance it has of your new address. We will require proof of change of been possible to offer a place, the place will be address from you. withdrawn. 14 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Applying for places continued
PLEASE NOTE WHAT IF I MAKE MORE THAN ONE Correspondence from the authority will be APPLICATION addressed to the parents at the address of the child. Parents must only submit one application. If two or more If parents are separated or divorced, the authority applications are submitted we will process the latest will assume that any application for admission dated application and any earlier ones will be disqualified. to a school is the result of agreement between both parents. A parent making an application is SIBLINGS therefore requested to consult with and obtain the agreement of the other parent before submitting If your child has a brother or sister already attending any the application for a school place. of the schools you must tell us this in your application and give the relevant details. In Enfield a sibling is defined as a full brother or sister, a step/half brother or LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN AND sister living at the same address, a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a court order or a child PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN who has been placed with foster carers as a result of Children in public care (children looked after) and those being looked after by a local authority. Priority under the who ceased to be children looked after because they sibling criterion will only be given to children who will were adopted or because they became subject to a have a sibling at the school at the time of admission. residence order, child arrangements order or a special guardianship order, receive priority for admission to a CAN MY CHILD GO TO A SCHOOL IN school. ANOTHER LOCAL AUTHORITY? If you are making an application for a child who would Children living in Enfield can apply for schools in other come under this criterion, it is important that you attach areas. You must include any schools you are interested information from the relevant social Services Department in on your Enfield application. Enfield will then submit to confirm the legal status of the child. an application to the relevant authority on your behalf. Important, please see the Key Words section at the end of this booklet for clarification of which children can be Children who live outside Enfield can apply for a school considered under this criterion. within this area through their home authority.
MEDICAL CHANGE OF PREFERENCE Very few children are offered places under this criterion. You can make changes to your application up until In Enfield, medical priority is usually given to children midnight on 15 January 2021. You access your who have an exceptional illness or disability, which application using your user name and password. Please means that one school is more appropriate than remember to resubmit your application once you have another for meeting the child’s exceptional medical made your changes. need. If you think that your child should be considered under the medical criterion you must at the time of Any changes of preference after the closing date of making your application: 15 January 2021 will not be considered until after the National Offer Day - 16 April 2021. The authority does, n Indicate which school you are asking your child to however reserve the right to accept a late change of be considered for on medical grounds. preference where it considers there are exceptional n Explain how the school concerned can meet your reasons for the change to be considered. child’s needs better than any other school. n Supply a letter of support from a doctor with your application. CLOSING DATE You must submit your application by the evening of 15 Further information is available on the website at www. January 2021. All applications submitted by this date are enfield.gov.uk/admissions. ‘on time’ application and will be considered together. For community schools your request for your child to be given priority on medical grounds will then be LATE APPLICATIONS considered by a panel of senior local authority staff. Further advice may be sought at the discretion of the It is important that you make an ‘on time application’. If Executive Director People or their representative. your application is late, consideration can only be given to this after ‘on time’ applicants have been allocated places. Please note it is not usually possible to give a child You can apply online as a late application up until the 16 priority on medical grounds after the allocations July 2021. After this date you will have to complete a paper have been completed if medical information was not application which will be available to download from the submitted at the time of application. borough website www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions.
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Applications will be processed from 16 January 2021. n Measuring the distance from the home to the school Each school you list is considered at exactly the same applied for. time, whether the school is in Enfield or another Borough. The full criteria for community schools are listed on Places also have to be offered at schools based on the page 24. schools own admissions criteria. It is not possible for any other factors to be taken into consideration by Governors or the local authority in the case of community schools. STEP 2 When all the applications have been considered, STEP 1 proposed admission lists are drawn up for all the schools. The Enfield Schools Admission Service will The Admissions Service will let other local authorities then begin to co-ordinate the offer of places. Your child know of any preferences you have made for schools will then be offered a place at whichever school is the in their areas. We will also let voluntary aided schools, highest ranked on your list for which they have qualified academies and free schools in Enfield have information under the admission criteria. Lower preference about your child if you have included any of these schools are withdrawn at this stage. schools in your list of preferences. It is important to remember that as well as including these schools on your application, you may also need STEP 3 to complete a supplementary information form If it is not possible to allocate a place at one of your to enable your child to be considered under the preferred schools, your child will be allocated a place correct criterion. at a school with a vacancy. You are strongly advised All of the schools you have asked for will then be to consider nominating a local school in your list of considered against the school’s oversubscription criteria preferences, because you could be allocated a school (rules used to decide how to offer places). For community some distance from your home if closer schools are schools in Enfield, for example this would involve: oversubscribed. n Considering medical applications that have been made n Checking that children are siblings living at the same address and that the older child is expected to still be at the school concerned in September 2021
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION PROCESS
Application received
Criteria applied to each preference
Places are offered up to the Admission Number at each school
Highest possible preference offered to each child
16 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Offer of Places
Online applicants will be able to find out the result of FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS their application after 7pm on the evening of 16 April. You will be asked to log onto your online account to It is really important that the admissions system is fair let us know whether you intend to accept or reject any for everybody. Nobody should be allowed to cheat by offer made by 30 April 2021. using a friend or relative’s address, a business address or by temporarily renting a property near to a popular Please note that you will only receive one offer of a school. Each year a small number of parents try to get a school place regardless of the number of schools you school place by providing false information, which could have asked your child to be considered for. If you do not result in them taking a place that should have gone to accept the place offered by 30 April 2021, the offer may another child. be withdrawn. The Admissions Service investigate all instances where a If we cannot offer your child a place at one of your parent is thought to have provided false or misleading preferred schools we will let you know. However if there information in order to gain admission to a school. are vacancies at other schools and you are an Enfield resident, we will offer a place to your child at one of The vast majority of parents adhere to the rules we these, even if the school was not named as one of your have in place, but if you have information about a preferences. family who you think are providing false information for the purpose of school admissions, you can let the If you are offered a school place, even if it is at a school Admissions Service know by letter, email or telephone. that you did not name as a preference, we would The information provided to the Admissions Service is recommend you accept to ensure that your child has always treated confidentially. a school place for September 2021. Accepting an offer does not affect your waiting list positions for any other Any school offer that is found to have been made on higher preference schools. the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application and so denying a place to a child with a If you have not been offered a place at a school of your stronger claim, will be withdrawn. preference, or you would prefer your child to attend an alternative school, you will be given information about WITHDRAWAL OF OFFERS waiting lists and appeals procedures. Places offered at oversubscribed schools may be WAITING LISTS APRIL 2021 – JULY 2021 withdrawn if: n Unless otherwise stated, from 16 April 2021 until 16 July the offer was made in error n 2021 your child’s name will automatically be included the offer was made on the basis of information that on the waiting list for any Enfield school that was ranked cannot be corroborated to the satisfaction of the as a higher preference than the school allocated. Your Admissions Service or later proves to be inaccurate. child’s position on the waiting list is determined by the Offers may be withdrawn even after the child has oversubscription criteria, not by the length of time spent started at a school n on the waiting list and consequently their position may the family has accepted more than one offer at the go down as well as up as other children are added. For same time. If your child’s place is withdrawn, you will example, the arrival of a new applicant in the area living have the right of appeal against this decision. closer to the school can cause a child’s name to move A sibling link will be withdrawn for any future siblings down the waiting list. You will receive information about of any child who has started at a school and it was waiting lists with the result of your application. subsequently found that they have gained a place on the basis of a fraudulent application. WAITING LISTS JULY 2021 – JULY 2022 If you wish your child’s name to be retained on the waiting list for an Enfield school after the end of the summer term in July 2021, you will need to complete a Continuing Interest Form. Information will be available at www.enfield.gov.uk from 16 July 2021.
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MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISCLAIMER All distances will be calculated by our admissions IT There are a number of websites that calculate distances system using ADDRESS-BASE PREMIUM®. This provides to and from different addresses. The measurements a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference for on these websites can only serve as a guide and will each postal address in Great Britain. The grid reference provide approximate distances which are not used for is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metre (10cm). The admission purposes. accuracy of each ADDRESS-BASE PREMIUM® is such that The London Borough of Enfield does not use these each point will fall within the addressed building. websites to calculate distances in relation to allocating In the case of a multi-occupancy building such as flats school places. where there may only be one address point, priority will be given to the applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically. Where the Authority provides home to school distances for own admission authority schools the same system will be used.
DATE INFORMATION
1 October to 15 January Please look at school websites for further information about the school 2021
1 September 2020 www.eadmissions.org.uk opens for applications
15 January 2021 Closing date for the submission of an application
Online applicants are able to access the outcome of their application during the 16 April 2021 evening
30 April 2021 Deadline for parents and carers to accept the school places offered
Waiting list positions available for community schools and many of the own 11 May 2021 admission authority schools
22 May 2021 Closing date for lodging appeals for community schools
16 July 2021 Closing date for late online applications
June 2021-July 2021 Community school appeals heard by independent panels
18 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Admission to Reception Classes – September 2019 Allocations at Community Schools, Academies and Free Schools as at 16 April 2019 TOTAL ON TIME TIME ON TOTAL APPLICATIONS ADMISSION NUMBER AFTER LOOKED MEDICAL SIBLINGS AT EMPLOYED SCHOOL THE ZONE PRIORITY DISTANCE FURTHEST (MILES) DISTANCE REFUSALS OF NO. TIME) (ON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL CARE AND HEALTH PLAN
Ark John Keats 302 90 0 1 N/A 46 2 N/A 41 0.297 75
Bowes – Bowes Road 236 60 0 0 0 18 2 N/A 40 0.418 32
Brettenham 190 60 0 1 0 26 0 10 23 0.211 17
Carterhatch 203 90 1 0 0 29 1 N/A 59 2.696 2
Chase Side 258 60 0 0 0 27 0 0 33 0.416 35
Enfield Heights 173 30 0 0 0 15 0 N/A 15 0.207 36
Eversley 477 90 1 0 0 37 0 N/A 52 0.408 79
Firs Farm 257 90 0 0 0 32 0 N/A 58 1.007 7
Galliard 227 90 1 2 0 32 1 N/A 54 0.953 10
George Spicer 331 120 0 1 0 42 0 N/A 77 0.589 37
Hadley Wood 152 30 0 0 0 7 0 N/A 23 1.266 27
Hazelwood 306 90 0 0 0 37 1 N/A 52 0.358 71
Highfield 422 90 2 0 0 38 1 N/A 49 0.423 90
Kingfisher Hall 168 60 1 1 N/A 26 1 N/A 31 0.548 26
Lavender 333 60 2 0 0 23 0 1 34 0.422 43
Merryhills 387 90 0 0 0 36 1 N/A 53 0.760 50
Oakthorpe 177 78 0 0 0 24 0 N/A 54 0.835 10
Raglan 306 120 3 1 0 49 1 N/A 66 0.642 26
Walker 367 60 3 1 2 21 1 N/A 32 0.368 70
Worcesters 209 90 0 0 0 36 2 N/A 52 0.855 18
It has been possible to meet the demand for places from on time applicants at the following schools: Alma, Bowes – Wilmer Way, Brimsdown, Bush Hill Park, Capel Manor, Chesterfield, Churchfield, Cuckoo Hall Academy, De Bohun, Delta, Eastfield, Edmonton County, Eldon, Fleecefield, Garfield, Grange Park, Hazelbury, Honilands, Houndsfield, Keys Meadow, Latymer all Saints, Meridian Angel, Oasis Academy Hadley, One Degree Academy, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic, Prince of Wales, Raynham, Southbury, St Edmund’s Catholic, St. James CE, St John and St. James CE, St John’s CE, St Mary’s Catholic, St Matthew’s CE, Starks Field, Suffolks, Tottenhall, West Grove, Wilbury and Woodpecker Hall Academy.
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SCHOOL TOTAL TOTAL APPLICATIONS ADMISSION NUMBER AFTER LOOKED MEDICAL SIBLINGS AT EMPLOYED SCHOOL THE ZONE PRIORITY DISTANCE FURTHEST (MILES) DISTANCE REFUSALS OF NO. EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CARE AND HEALTH PLAN
Ark John Keats 348 90 0 0 N/A 49 1 N/A 40 0.348 92
Bowes – Bowes Road 251 60 0 0 0 30 1 N/A 29 0.199 39
Brettenham 197 60 1 1 0 19 0 6 33 0.330 20
Chase Side 219 60 1 1 1 26 0 0 31 0.660 12
Enfield Heights 145 30 0 0 0 9 0 N/A 21 0.846 14
Eversley 502 90 2 0 0 34 2 N/A 52 0.400 89
Fleecefield 139 60 0 0 0 29 0 6 25 0.449 10
George Spicer 315 120 2 0 0 46 0 N/A 72 0.777 25
Hadley Wood 161 30 0 1 0 17 0 N/A 12 0.519 52
Hazelwood 299 90 2 0 0 28 1 N/A 59 0.369 52
Highfield 469 90 1 0 2 47 2 N/A 38 0.399 93
Kingfisher Hall 169 60 0 0 0 29 0 N/A 31 0.397 28
Lavender 313 60 0 1 1 28 2 1 27 0.317 41
Merryhills 378 90 0 1 0 35 0 N/A 54 0.849 44
Oakthorpe 174 78 0 0 0 31 0 N/A 47 1.057 3
One Degree Academy 95 30 0 0 0 14 0 N/A 16 2.808 13
Raglan 286 120 0 0 0 49 0 N/A 71 0.597 28
Walker 326 60 0 0 0 24 0 N/A 36 0.432 52
• It has been possible to meet the demand for places from on time applicants at the following schools: Alma, Bowes – Wilmer Way, Brimsdown, Bush Hill Park, Capel Manor, Carterhatch, Chesterfield, Churchfield, Cuckoo Hall Academy, De Bohun, Delta, Eastfield, Edmonton County, Eldon, Firs Farm, Galliard, Garfield, Grange Park, Hazelbury, Honilands, Houndsfield, Keys Meadow, Latymer all Saints, Meridian Angel, Oasis Academy Hadley, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic, Prince of Wales, Raynham, Southbury, St. James CE, St John and St. James CE, St John’s CE, St Mary’s Catholic, St Matthew’s CE, Starks Field, Suffolks, Tottenhall, West Grove, Wilbury, Woodpecker Hall Academy and Worcesters.
20 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Admission Arrangements in Enfield
ADMISSIONS CRITERIA ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR COMMUNITY Different types of schools have different admissions PRIMARY, INFANT AND JUNIOR criteria: SCHOOLS, ENFIELD LEARNING TRUST n Community schools in Enfield have the same SCHOOLS, EDMONTON COUNTY, IVY admissions criteria. The criteria is listed on this page; LEARNING TRUST, ATTIGO LEARNING TRUST AND CHILDREN FIRST ACADEMY n Voluntary aided schools have their own admissions criteria and priority is often given to church or TRUST faith members. In most cases parents/carers need If there are fewer applications for a school than there are to complete a supplementary form. If you are places available everyone is offered a place. applying for a voluntary aided school please look at the school’s full admission arrangements on their After the admission of pupils with an Education, Health website before completing your application; and Care Plan, the following criteria is used to decide which children should be offered places when there are n Academies and Free Schools are publicly funded more children wanting to go to a school than there are independent schools and have their own admissions places available. criteria. If you are applying for an academy or free school please make sure you look at the full a) Children in public care (looked after children) and admission arrangements for the school on their children who were adopted (or subject to residence website before completing your application. orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after. This does not n The admissions criteria for all infant, junior and include children who were adopted without having primary schools are published online in the leaflet been previously looked after. Please see page 18; ‘Primary Schools in Enfield - Admissions Criteria’ which can be found at b) Children for whom a particular school is appropriate www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. on exceptional medical grounds. Such applications will be considered under this criterion only if they are supported by an attached written statement from a doctor. This must demonstrate that there is a very specific connection between the child’s medical need and the school requested. Please see page 18; c) Children with a brother or sister who will be attending the school or linked junior school at the time of proposed admission. The children concerned must be living at the same address; d) Children whose parent is a member of staff who has been employed at the school concerned for two or more years at the time of application and/ or children of a member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; e) Children genuinely resident within the school’s designated priority zone (for schools with an identified priority zone); f) Children living nearest to the school measured as the crow flies, that is, in a straight line from the child’s home to the main entrance of the school. (Travel by private car or public transport is not taken into account).
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 21 PLEASE NOTE: All distances will be calculated by our admissions i) Children who have an Education, Health and IT system using ADDRESS-BASE PREMIUM®. This Care Plan will be offered a place at a school if it is provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique named in accordance with the Education Act 1996, reference for each postal address in Great Britain. Children and Families Act 2014 and the Special The grid reference is provided to a resolution of 0.1 Educational Needs Code of Practice. metres (10cm). The accuracy of each ADDRESS-BASE PREMIUM® is such that each point will fall within ii) In the case of infant to junior school transfer, priority the addressed building. In the case of a multi- is given to looked after children. Thereafter, priority occupancy building such as flats where there may is given to children who are registered pupils at only be one address point, priority will be given to the link infant school before any other children are the applicants whose door number is the lowest considered for admission in accordance with the numerically or alphabetically; published criteria. n When it is not possible to admit all applicants to a iii) Tottenhall Infant School, Tottenhall Road, N13 particular school within any criterion, priority will be is a community infant school and is the feeder given to those living near the school measured as school for St. Michael-at-Bowes C.E. Junior School, in ‘f’ in the admissions criteria; The Local Authority Tottenhall Road, N13. St. Michael-at-Bowes C.E. defines siblings as a brother or sister living at the Junior School is a voluntary aided school. There is same address on the date when the applicant no designated linked community junior school to would be admitted. The term “sibling” means a full, Tottenhall Infants School. St. Michael-at-Bowes C.E. step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, but Junior School has its own criteria for admission. not cousins. The sibling link will be withdrawn for A child attending Tottenhall Infants School is not any future siblings of any child who has started at guaranteed a place at St. Michael-at-Bowes Junior a school and it was subsequently found that they School. Therefore: had gained a place on the basis of a fraudulent a) if a child is not offered a place at St. Michael-at- application; Bowes Junior School; or n The Local Authority may exceptionally direct schools b) a place is not wanted at St. Michael-at-Bowes to admit children in excess of the admission number Junior School, a place will be offered to the child or above other children on a school’s waiting list, at the nearest school with a vacancy. in order to fulfil its statutory responsibilities or to comply with decisions taken by the LA’s Primary Fair Access Panel; PLEASE NOTE: n Some of our schools have Additional Resource Bases Bowes - Bowes Road and Bowes - Wilmer Way, Delta, (ARB) and specialist classes. These are allocated Carterhatch Junior, Chesterfield, Grange Park and by Enfield’s SEN Team. Applications made under Hazelbury are part of the Enfield Learning Trust. criterion b (medical) will not give children access to Brimsdown, Churchfield, Eastfield, Lavender and Walker this provision; are part of the Ivy Learning Trust. n Although childminding and childcare arrangements Alma, Keys Meadow and Worcesters are part of the are very important to a working parent, we cannot Attigo Learning Trust. take account of these arrangements when offering school places. Brettenham, Fleecefield, Galliard, Raynham and Wilbury are part of the Children First Academy Trust.
22 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Appeals
If you are not offered a school of your preference you APPEAL STATISTICS have the right to appeal to an independent appeals panel. Information and advice is available from the Enfield Schools Admission Service or the School Appeals NAME OF APPEALS APPEALS APPEALS Service. SCHOOL HEARD ALLOWED REFUSED It is important to remember: Chase Side 1 0 1 n If you decide to appeal you can still accept a place at an alternative school; n All available places at any school will have been Eversley 2 0 2 offered and accepted before the appeals are heard. George 2 0 2 APPEALS WHEN THE CLASS ALREADY Spicer HAS 30 PUPILS Hadley 2 0 2 The law states that there must not be more than 30 Wood pupils in an infant class. If your child has been refused a place in a reception, year 1 or year 2 class and there are already 30 children in the class an appeal can only be Hazelwood 7 0 7 successful in very limited circumstances. These are: n The admissions arrangements were not followed Highfield 3 0 3 correctly; n The decision not to offer a child a place was not one which a reasonable admissions authority would Raglan 4 0 4 make in the circumstance of the case. If your child has been refused a place in an infant class which does not already have 30 pupils or in any junior class, the appeals panel is not restricted to the circumstance set out previously.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 23 Priority Zones
WHAT IS A PRIORITY ZONE? Some primary schools have priority zones. The children living within these zones have priority of admission to a particular school. Priority zones are normally areas in which families who ask for admission live some distance from the school concerned but who cannot reasonably be offered an alternative community primary school. These zones may vary from year to year. The priority zones relating to admissions during the 2020/21 academic year are as follows:
BRETTENHAM CHASE SIDE FLEECEFIELD LAVENDER RAYNHAM
Becket Road Aragon Close Brook Crescent Ash Ride Albany Road, N18 Cameron Close East Lodge Lane Brookfield Road Beech Avenue Culpepper Close Cavendish Close Enders Close Brookside Road Beggars Hollow Dysons Road Cavendish Road Farorna Walk Felixstowe Road Burnt Farm Ride Genista Road Cheshire House Hadley Road Fraser Road Cattlegate Road Kimberley Road Craig Park Road Harefield Close Grilse Close Clay Hill Ladysmith Road, N18 Daniel Close High Oaks Parr Close (numbers 180 up & Leopold Road numbers 181 up) Dodsley Place Hunters Way Willoughby Lane Cypress Avenue Ellanby Crescent Lavender Hill (numbers 179-209) Flash Lane Hereford House (numbers 200 up) Golf Ride Jeremy’s Green Mount View Rosewood Drive Leicester House Oak Avenue Rossendale Close Montagu Crescent Ridge Crest Strayfield Road Montagu Gardens Roundhedge Way Theobalds Park Road Montagu Road Spring Court Road (numbers 1-237 odd, The Ridgeway Tingeys Top Lane 2-226 even) (odd numbers from 191 Whitewebbs Road Rays Avenue up, even numbers from Wroxham Garden 82 up) Rays Road William Covell Close Second Avenue, N18 Weller Mews Shropshire House Swaythling Close
24 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Fact or fiction - Answers to playground questions
Fiction – My child has a right to a place at one Fiction – If I apply to a school in another of my choices borough, their residents will have priority over my child Fact – The schools listed on your application are preferences. We will offer your child the highest Fact – An admissions authority cannot give priority preference possible but if your child does not qualify to its own residents. for a place at any of your preferred schools, we will Fiction – I have an older child already at the allocate a place at the nearest school that still has a school so my other child will automatically get vacancy. a place Fiction– It does not matter if my application is Fact – Everyone must apply for a school place even late if there is an older child at the school. Many schools Fact – Most applications submitted after 15 give priority to siblings, but this does not guarantee January will not be processed until after all those a place if there are other children who qualify under submitted on time. It is very unlikely that your child a higher criterion. will be offered one of your preferred schools. Fiction – Listing the same school six times will Fiction – Listing one school will give me a improve my chances of being offered a place better chance of getting that school. Fact – Your child can only be considered once for Fact – If you only list one school and your child does a school and any duplicate preferences will be not qualify for a place we will offer a place at the deleted. nearest school with a vacancy. Fiction – I live nearer to the school than the Fiction – I can only apply for Enfield Schools last child offered under the distance criterion last year, so my child is guaranteed a place Fact – You can apply for schools in Enfield and out of borough schools by listing them on your online Fact – Information is published to let you know the application. furthest distance that has been offered in the past, but the furthest distance changes every year. We Fiction – Children in my road go to the school cannot guarantee that any child will be offered a place at any school. so my child will too
Fact – The number of children offered a place under each criterion changes every year so just because you know children living near you go to a certain school, this does not mean that your child will be offered a place.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 25 Admissions to schools at other times
REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION TO PRIMARY TRANSFER FROM INFANT TO JUNIOR Delayed Admission of Summer Born Children to SCHOOLS Reception the following year Carterhatch, Hazelwood, Raglan and St Michael-at- Children will normally be admitted to the reception year Bowes CE in the September following their fourth birthday. The Children normally transfer to the junior school linked majority of children will be educated in their normal to the infant school they attend. Application forms are chronological age group but in the case of summer available from the junior school concerned. The form born children (those born between 1st April and will need to be completed and returned to the link 31st August) there are circumstances where parents/ junior school. carers feel it would be appropriate to delay their child’s admission until the following September (2022). Other children who do not attend the link infant school can obtain an application form from the relevant junior If you are considering this, we would recommend that school. Completed forms must be returned to the you discuss this with your preferred schools before school or your home local authority concerned by 15 making a request. This will give parents/carers an January 2021. opportunity to discuss how a school would meet the needs of their child and any impact there may be of In the case of oversubscription, priority will be given educating your child out of their chronological year first to looked after children and then to all children group. attending the linked primary school. Any remaining places will then be offered using the oversubscription The admission authority for each of the schools you are criteria detailed on page 24. interested in will be responsible for making the decision about delayed admission. The Local Authority is the Applying for Junior Schools outside of Enfield admission authority for all of the community schools in If you live in Enfield and your child attends an infant Enfield and will be responsible for making the decision. school outside of Enfield you will need to make an For academies, free schools, foundation and voluntary online application for a junior school place in the relevant aided schools, the decision is the responsibility of the borough. You can do this at www.eadmissions.org.uk. school itself. If you are considering schools outside the Your child’s current school will let you know when you London Borough of Enfield, you will need to check who need to make this application but the closing date is 15 is responsible for decisions about delayed admissions January 2021. and approach the appropriate body. In-Year Admissions If you wish to proceed with your request, we would If you have moved into the area and need a primary ask that you do this by completing and submitting place in Enfield for an older child, you will need to make the “Request for Delayed Admission” form available on an in year application. The in-year application form, Enfield‘s website in relation to community schools in together with further information about the application Enfield and approach the admission authorities directly process is available on Enfield’s website, www.enfield. for all other schools. gov.uk/admissions. If you are interested in schools You should still make an application for a school place outside Enfield, you will need to contact the relevant in your child’s actual year group by 15th January 2021, local authority for further information. the closing date for reception applications. If your If your child is already at a school in Enfield and you request is agreed, you can withdraw your application want to ask for your children to transfer to another and you will need to make an application the following school, you should talk to the Headteacher of the year. It is important to remember there is no guarantee current school before making an application. that there will be places available in the schools you are interested in as it will depend on the number of applications received for the school. Further information about delayed admission for summer born children is available on Enfield’s website.
26 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Special educational needs
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH disabilities and how they change the curriculum to SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND support your child’s learning needs. DISABILITIES Details of how each school supports children with SEND can be provided by the school or viewed on their Enfield Council is committed to ensuring that all website. children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are provided with the opportunity to learn, play There are a small number of children with SEND and develop alongside their peers within their local who may require additional support above what a community of mainstream schools so they may have mainstream school can offer. In these cases a statutory similar opportunities and life chances. assessment of their special educational needs may need to be undertaken in order to determine whether Enfield’s Local Offer provides information about services additional resources are required and what these and support for families in Enfield with children/young resources should be. people aged 0-25 years with special educational needs and/or a disability. For more information, please visit Eligibility for a statutory assessment will be assessed www.enfield.gov.uk/SEND by Enfield Council’s Special Education Needs (SEN) Service, in conjunction with professional colleagues. All mainstream schools maintained by Enfield Council have the necessary resources allocated to them If eligible, the SEN Service will undertake the statutory specifically to support children with SEND. All schools/ assessment process. On completion of this process, the settings have a special educational needs coordinator child may be issued with an Education, Health and Care (SENCO) who is responsible for supporting and Plan (EHCP). This assessment may not always lead to monitoring children with SEND. Advice and support can additional resources. It may indicate ways in which the be obtained by the school from a range of professionals school, college or setting can meet the needs of the including educational psychologists, therapists or child or young person without the need for any special specialist teachers, when required. educational provision being resourced. In some cases a child or young person will be placed by the SEN Service Every school is required to publish their own SEN in an appropriate educational setting. Information Report on their website, which must: An EHCP will describe all of a child’s special educational n make clear to parents how they meet the needs of needs and the additional resources the child requires children with SEN and disabilities over and above the school’s own resources. Unless a n provide more detailed information about how they child has a Proposed or Final EHCP, parents or carers identify, assess and make provision for children and with children who have SEND are required to apply for young people with SEN and disabilities. This may a school place through the coordinated admissions include additional specialist teaching and support process on the common application form provided by for children and young people with SEN and/or the local authority where the child is living.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 27 Other information
ENFIELD EARLY YEARS removed references to family holiday, extended leave • Informed Families - Enfield’s Family Information and Headteacher’s discretional 10 days threshold. Team Headteachers can only authorise a “leave of absence” • Childcare Team – Childcare in “exceptional circumstances”. If a Headteacher Informed Families Team (IF) grants a leave of absence request, it will be for the We are an impartial and confidential service promoting Headteacher to determine the length of time that the and supporting families and providers with all aspects of child can be away from school. quality childcare and Early Years Education. SPECIAL NOTICE TO PARENTS Priority is: Quality Childcare and Education • Terrific Twos – Funded Early Education and Childcare Parents should be mindful that taking a child of (if eligible) statutory school-age on holiday without the school’s • Free Entitlement – Funded Early Education and permission, or staying longer than agreed, will result in Childcare for 3&4 year olds the school marking your child’s absence as unauthorised • 30 Hours – for 3&4 year olds in working families (if and that you will be breaking the law. This may result eligible) in the Education Welfare Service involvement, the issue of a Penalty Notice fine, a criminal record if the case is Funded childcare starts the ‘term after’ a child reaches: proven in the Magistrates Court and even loss of school • 2 years old for the Terrific Twos place. • 3 years old for the Free Entitlement and 30 Hours RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE • Family Information Directory (FID) (to locate Ofsted There is no provision in community schools for the registered childcare providers) particular needs of any religious group. Parents who, Childcare Team because of their religious convictions, wish to withdraw In-depth support, training and guidance for Ofsted their child from assembly or from Religious Education, registered and proposed Early Years providers. need to discuss this with their Headteacher. The religious preferences of parents as they may affect the Contact details: education of their child will not be taken into account Email: [email protected] when considering applications for non-denominational Tel: 0800 694 1066 schools. www.enfield.gov.uk/if www.enfield.gov.uk/fid CHILD HEALTH InformedFamilies For your child to get the most out of their time at school it is important that they’re as healthy as possible. INSTRUMENTAL TUITION Within school, children play and work closely together and this helps germs pass quickly from one child to This can be requested at any school but, as it is not part another. There are some simple steps you can take to of the school curriculum, a charge is normally made. In protect your child; this includes encouraging them to certain circumstances this charge is reduced or removed eat healthy diet, being active, getting enough sleep and altogether. being up to date with their vaccinations. For more information on instrumental tuition, please contact Enfield Music Service (020) 8807 8881. IS YOUR CHILD FULLY PROTECTED? Vaccines are the best way to make sure that a range of TAKING FAMILY HOLIDAYS DURING TERM diseases are wiped out. Diseases such as measles still TIME occur in Enfield and can lead to serious illness, disability Family holidays should not be taken during term time. and unfortunately even death. Vaccines against such Guidance from the DfE (Department for Education), diseases are available free to all children. states that amendments to the Education (Pupil Before your child starts school, check their red book Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, which to make sure they are up-to-date with all their came into force on the 1st September 2013, has vaccinations, including their pre-school booster and
28 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield second MMR immunisation. Please note that vaccination YOUR INFORMATION AND DATA schedules are changed every few years to take account PROTECTION of the diseases occurring in this country, this may mean that different children in the family have had different The Admissions Service is the coordinator body for the numbers of vaccinations – different countries also have application process for schools and academies and different schedules. is often the initial contact point for enquiries about school places. We need to collect and share information If you are not sure whether your child has had all in order to deliver our services. The information you their vaccinations, please contact your GP as soon as provide will be used in line with the provisions of the possible to make an appointment. It is important that General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). you are registered with a GP so that you can access a range of health care services. However, if you have This information includes: name of child, date of birth, difficulty accessing a GP your health visitor or school address, parent/carers full name and address, contact nurse will be able to check if your child has missed any details, Council Tax number, current or previous vaccinations. education provision, supporting documentation, educational background for in year applications, STATEMENT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES information specific to the admission criteria (eg sibling), country of origin if a new arrival to the country. The London Borough of Enfield believes in equality of opportunity for all its citizens regardless of class, age, We collect this information through an application colour, creed, religion, gender and sexual orientation. that is either submitted on line or a hard paper copy. Multi-cultural education is just one of the many aspects Additional information can be requested by letter, email, in its implementation and accordingly the London telephone or face to face. Borough of Enfield will treat all its residents on an equal As well as using your information to determine a school and fair basis. application, we may also use your information for other legitimate purposes and, where necessary, share this with other Council departments and external bodies. Reasons for sharing information with the internal and external bodies will be: processing school applications including sharing information with other local authorities and schools, other teams within the Local Authority to verify the information provided so that the admission process can be accurately administered, to fulfil the Council’s safeguarding duty, Central government bodies in relation to mandatory data returns, admission appeal panels, the Schools Adjudicator and the Local Government Ombudsman. Information may also be shared with any organisation legitimately investigating allegations of fraud or criminal offences.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 29 Are you looking after someone else’s child?
If you are caring for a child under the age of 16 (or 18 if Private fostering is based on parental consent for the disabled) for 28 days or more, and you are not a close duration of the arrangements, and birth parents retain relative, this is called a ‘private fostering’ arrangement. A parental responsibility all of the time. close relative is defined as either a grandparent, sibling, Birth parents should inform Enfield Children and aunt or uncle (whether blood relative or by marriage) or Families Social Care of their intention to have someone a stepparent. else look after their child. Some examples of private fostering: Private foster carers become responsible for the day- n Children sent from abroad to live with other families, to-day care of the child they are looking after. They are or extended family members, in the UK; responsible for carrying out any duties agreed with the n Children whose parents have paid someone to care parents and must allow a social worker to visit the child for them whilst they are away working or studying; being looked after at the carer’s home. Birth parents n Unaccompanied minors who are living with friends should provide the carer with details of their child’s or strangers; school and health, information about their history, n Teenagers living with the family of a boyfriend or language, religion, interests, dietary needs, hobbies, likes girlfriend; and dislikes etc. n Children who are attending boarding schools and It is a good idea for parents to have a written agreement who live with a host family during the holidays; with the carer so that everyone is clear about how the n Children brought to the UK for adoption; child should be cared for. This should include consent n Children and young people who have to live to medical treatment, educational issues and financial away from their own family as a result of parental arrangements. It is important that birth parents keep in separation, divorce or arguments at home. regular contact with their children and with the carers. If All private fostering arrangements have to be registered they do not, the child may be considered to have been with the local authority because local authorities have abandoned. a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in their borough, and to ensure that those in What are the responsibilities of Enfield Children and private fostering arrangements are safe and secure. Families Social Care? In order to fulfil their duty to safeguard and promote the What the law says: welfare of all children in their borough, Enfield n By law, all private fostering arrangements have to be Children and Families Social Care will: registered with the local authority where the private foster carer lives; n Act on information given by parents, carers and n If you intend to look after someone else’s child for anyone else about private fostering arrangements more than 28 days you must inform Enfield Children and visit to assess the suitability of the arrangement. and Families Social Care at least 6 weeks before the This includes making checks on the carer and their child comes to live with you; home; n Where an emergency arrangement has been made n Speak to the child alone and speak to the carer; you must inform Enfield Children and Families Social n Make regular visits in line with the law to ensure Care within 48 hours of the child’s arrival; the child remains safe and is well cared for. This is n It is an offence not to inform your local authority within 1 week of being told about a private fostering about a private fostering arrangement unless there is arrangement and not more than every 6 weeks after a reasonable explanation. that for the first year;
All private fostering arrangements have to be registered with the local authority where the private foster carer lives
30 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield n Offer advice and support to the birth parents or carers to try to keep the child at home. n If the child is deemed to be at risk of suffering harm or has suffered harm, the child may be removed from the carer by Enfield Children and Families Social Care.
Who do I tell if I am involved in, or aware of, a private fostering arrangement? If you know of a private fostering arrangement then you must contact Enfield Children and Families Social Care. They will be pleased to hear from you. It is not their intention to disrupt the arrangements you have made, they just need to know about them and check that the child is safe and being properly cared for. You can call or write using the details below: Enfield Children and Families Social Care Assessment Team Designated Person: Duty Manager Charles Babbage House 1 Orton Grove Melling Drive Enfield EN1 4TU Tel: 020 8379 2507 Email: [email protected] Or: [email protected]
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 31 Useful addresses and contacts
EVERY PARENT AND CHILD OFSTED Every Parent & Child (formerly Enfield Parents & Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Children) is a registered charity working for the benefit Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services of children, young people and families in the London that care for children and young people, and services Borough of Enfield and surrounding areas. We offer providing education and skills for learners of all ages. services to children, young people and their families Ofsted reports are published on the Ofsted website: to support with advising on accessing educational www.ofsted.gov.uk provision for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, applying for school places, young people’s mental health and wellbeing and skills and confidence building. CHILD LAW ADVICE Their address is: Family or Child Law – 0300 330 5480 Education Law – 0300 330 5485 Community House www.childlawadvice.org.uk 311 Fore Street London DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION (DFE) N9 0PZ The Department for Education is responsible for Tel: 020 8373 6243 children’s services and education. www.epandc.org.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 0370 000 2288 www.education.gov.uk CORAM CHILDREN’S LEGAL CENTRE Coram Children’s Legal Centre provides free legal DETAILS OF OTHER LOCAL information, advice and representation to children, AUTHORITIES young people, their families, carers and professionals, as well as international consultancy on child law and London Borough of Barnet children’s rights. Tel: 020 8359 7651 Website: www.barnet.gov.uk/school-admissions Coram Children’s Legal Centre Email: [email protected] Coram Community Campus 48 Mecklengburgh Square London Borough of Haringey London Tel: 020 8489 1000 WC1N 2QA Website: www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7713 0089 www.childrenslegalcentre.com Hertfordshire County Council Email: [email protected] Tel: 0300 123 4043 Website: www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Email: [email protected]
32 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Term dates
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/22 AUTUMN TERM 2021 Wednesday 1 September – Friday 17 December Half Term – Monday 25 – Friday 29 October SPRING TERM 2022 Tuesday 4 January – Friday 1 April Half Term – Monday 14 – Friday 18 February SUMMER TERM 2022 Tuesday 19 April – Friday 22 July Half Term – Monday 30 May – Friday 3 June
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/23 AUTUMN TERM 2022 Thursday 1 September – Friday 16 December Half Term – Monday 24 – Friday 28 October SPRING TERM 2023 Tuesday 3 January – Friday 31 March Half Term – Monday 13 – Friday 17 February SUMMER TERM 2023 Monday 17 April – Friday 21 July Half Term – Monday 29 May – Friday 2 June
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 33 Key words
Academies section 12 of the Adoption Act 1996. A residence order Publicly funded independent schools. is defined by section 8 of the Children’s Act 1989. A child arrangement order is defined by section 8 of the Admissions Authority Children Act 1989 as amended by section 14 of the The admissions authority of a school determines the Children and Families Act 2014. A special guardianship admissions policy for the school. The admissions order is defined by section 14A of the Children Act authority for community primary schools in Enfield is 1989. the London Borough of Enfield and the admissions If the conditions above apply to your child, you must authority of a voluntary aided school, academy and give details in the application and provide a letter from free school is the Governing Body of the individual the relevant Local Authority Social Services. This letter school. must state the following: Community Schools • Confirmation that the child is currently ‘looked This type of school is funded entirely by the Local after’ or was previously looked after in accordance Authority. The admissions to the School are controlled with the definition provided in the first paragraph by the Local Authority. If the School is oversubscribed of this section. the Local Authority’s published criteria for admission • If the child was previously ‘looked after’, then the will be used. letter must also confirm the date at which the child ceased to be ‘looked after’ and the date of the Criteria adoption order, residence order, child arrangement The rules used to decide a child’s priority for admission order or a special guardianship order which led to to a particular school. the cessation of ‘looked after status’.
Curriculum Any court orders must be accompanied with a The total programme of planned work and activities of letter from Social Services as described above to be a school to meet its pupils’ needs. considered for this admissions criterion. Please note the letter and court orders will be forwarded to your Free School preferred schools and/or the council in whose area the Free schools are non profit-making, all ability, state- school is located. funded schools, either in primary or secondary, set up by a wide range of proposers in response to local National Curriculum demand. The core and foundation subjects as set out in the 1988 Education Act: English, Maths, Science, History, Key Stage Geography, Art and Design, Design and Technology, A period of study relating to a particular age group. Music, Physical Education and Information and Key Stage 1 covers school years reception and years Communication Technology (ICT). 1-2, and Key Stage 2 covers school years 3-6. Ofsted Looked After Children and previously Office for Standards in Education. Ofsted is responsible Looked After Children for the inspection of schools and local authorities. Children in public care (children looked after) and PAN (Published Admission Number) those who ceased to be children looked after because The number of places. they were adopted, or because they became subject to a residence order, child arrangements order or a special guardianship order, receive priority for Priority Zones admission to school. Priority zones are normally areas in which families who ask for admission live some distance away from A child looked after is a child in the care of a local the school concerned, but who cannot reasonably authority or provided with accommodation by be offered an alternative community primary school. that authority in accordance with Section 22 of the These zones may vary from year to year. Children’s Act 1989. An adopted child is defined by section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or
34 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Key words
Sibling A child’s brother or sister living at the same address on the date when the applicant would be admitted. The term sibling means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, but not cousins. Proof of the relationship may be requested.
Voluntary Aided School This is a school which although mainly funded by the Local Authority has admissions decided by the Governing Body. The Governors will apply the published admissions criteria. At Voluntary Aided schools the Governing Body will employ the School’s staff and have primary responsibility for admission arrangements. The School’s land and buildings will normally be owned by a charitable foundation. The Governing Body will contribute towards the capital costs of running the School.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 35 Notes
What you need to know All children in Reception, approximately £400 a year, Therefore, it is important to Year 1 and Year 2 are able if you take up the offer. register your child for free to receive a school meal school meals, so that your In addition to this schools at no cost to the parent child’s school can claim as can claim additional funding or carer. School meals in much funding as possible. from central government, Enfield are healthy, tasty, called the ‘Pupil Premium’ Registration forms are social and fun. Choosing for every child whose parent available from your child’s a school lunch for your receives certain benefits. school. child/children will help save
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36 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield www.myschoollunch.co.uk/enfield What you need to know All children in Reception, approximately £400 a year, Therefore, it is important to Year 1 and Year 2 are able if you take up the offer. register your child for free to receive a school meal school meals, so that your In addition to this schools at no cost to the parent child’s school can claim as can claim additional funding or carer. School meals in much funding as possible. from central government, Enfield are healthy, tasty, called the ‘Pupil Premium’ Registration forms are social and fun. Choosing for every child whose parent available from your child’s a school lunch for your receives certain benefits. school. child/children will help save
Enfield Catering Services Dedicated to food, health and education Enfield School Meals Enfield Catering www.myschoollunch.co.uk/enfield Enfield Schools Admission Service Civic Centre Silver Street Enfield EN1 3XA www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions email: [email protected]
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