Portway , Stratford Road, , E13 0JW T 020 8472 7142 www.portway.leadinglearningtrust.org

Portway Primary School - Admissions information - updated March 2021, to include Determined Admission Arrangements for entry in September 2022

Selwyn and Portway Primary Schools are both Outstanding schools, and are part of an - Leading Learning Trust. We are a public body, funded directly by the , and we exist to advance education for the public benefit. We use our allocated funds to provide our students with rich learning opportunities and the right care, guidance and support to help every child reach their fullest potential. Due to the recent opening of our new Early Years facility at Selwyn in September, we are delighted to be able to offer our community a state of the art facility. At Portway, our provision was expanded a few years ago, enabling us to offer all year groups newly designed and refurbished facilities.

We currently have places available at both our schools, across all year groups. At Selwyn, we also have 32 resourced places for hearing impaired and deaf children in the Borough. We welcome all parents considering applying for a place for their child at one of our schools to arrange a visit by contacting the school office - details are available at the bottom of this webpage.

Determined admissions arrangements - for September 2022 entry

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The Leading Learning Trust acts as the admissions authority for both Portway and Selwyn. Further to a recent Board review of Newham’s determined admissions arrangements (which comply with the Equality Act 2010), the Trust will, as previously, adopt these in full for all in year admissions in the academic year 2020/2021, and for entry into Reception in September 2021. This remains the case for admissions arrangements for the academic year 2021/22, and for entry into Reception in September 2022. Please note that any changes to our admissions arrangements will only be made further to a full, detailed consultation with all stakeholders. The measures that have been taken by Newham, which the Trust has adopted, to ensure legal compliance can be found here. A copy of the detailed arrangements for September 2022 entry is available here.

Every year, all 33 London Boroughs work together to deliver a coordinated admissions process for primary and pupils. Details of the 2020/21 scheme are available here.

Portway Primary School is part of the Leading Learning Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in and Wales with company number 10028278.The registered office of the trust is Selwyn Road, London, E13 0ES. As of September 2019, we are delighted to be able parents of children in nursery and Reception a place in our brand new Early Years Centre (completed August 2019). Selwyn currently has the capacity to take 524 pupils from Nursery to Year 6 and is a fully inclusive school. There are different arrangements for children starting in our nursery, in our reception class and for starting during an academic year - all of which are detailed below. All links to the relevant web pages are provided in blue text below.

Nursery admissions - for September 2021 entry

From September 2017, the 15 hours free early education and childcare offering from the government has been extended, subject to certain conditions, to an offering of 30 hours. Please see the Borough's Free Early Education and Childcare page for details. In order to apply for a Nursery place, you will need to register on the government's eAdmissions website.

We accept children’s names for the Nursery waiting list from their second birthday. We cannot guarantee you a place but we do try to offer all children at least three terms in the Nursery before entry into school. Where a place is offered, it will be a half day morning or afternoon session totalling 15 hours a week. Our main admission to the nursery will be in September after a child’s 3rd birthday or, in the term after a child’s 3rd birthday if there are spaces available.

In the summer term before the children’s planned start in September, we will offer places using the Borough's criteria as outlined in the Admissions Arrangements document available to download on this page.

We are also delighted to be able to offer a small number of 30 hour free childcare places under the government scheme. Details of how to apply in Newham are available on the Newham website. Please contact the school office for further details. Finally, please note that there will be a small charge for this service to cover any lunch and snacks provided.

Should our nursery provision be over-subscribed, we offer children places using the same criteria agreed by our Trust Board to determine the allocation of school places.

Starting school for the first time – Reception class - for September 2021 entry

For all children born from 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017 inclusive, their parents/carers will need to apply for a reception class place in an infant or primary school for September 2021 entry.

National closing date for on time reception applications 15 January 2021

National offer date for on time reception applicants 16 April 2021 All reception 2021 applications must be made through the family’s home local authority.​ For children living in Newham families must apply via .

For children living outside Newham, whose family wants them to attend this school their application must be made through their home borough naming tis school as a preference on their application.

Remember, parents/carers must apply for a reception place in this school, even if the child:

● attends our nursery

AND/OR

● has a brother or sister attending this school.

Before submitting a reception application, we strongly recommend all families read the autumn 2020 edition of the local authorities ‘Starting Primary School’ guide and find out information about the school you are interested in. This document is available to download on in the bar on the left of this page.

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Information about the reception process for September 2021 entry – guidance from Newham

London Borough of Newham’s Determined Arrangements for the 2021/2022 (entry from September 2021)

Link to Pan London eAdmissions portal – opens 1 September 2020 for September 2021 reception applications. For guidance on how to set up an eAdmissions account and how to apply, please download the document to the in the bar on the left of this page. Further information about the scheme is also available to download.

Please use this link to the Newham School Finder tool to find out more about schools in Newham, including information on home to school distances.

In year admissions in primary school

If a family arrives in Newham during the school year 2020/2021 and their child needs a school place they must complete an In Year form naming their preferred schools.

● You may not be allocated your first preference if no places are available. ● You will usually be allocated a place within 10 working days.

Further information about schools in Newham is provided in the paragraph above. Infant to Junior School Transition in Newham

As is the case for all junior schools in Newham, we have a number of places for children transferring from Infant school - ie. starting year 3 in September 2021.

Please use the links in the ‘downloads’ section to find out more, and the eAdmissions link to make an application.

Year 6 transition - moving from primary to secondary school - for September 2021 transfer

As always, we will be sad to lose our year 6 children at the end of the summer - but share their excitement at the prospect of a new adventure, with new opportunities. We hope they will stay in touch!

At the beginning of year 6, a meeting is held for parents to offer guidance on the Secondary School application process. Parents can name up to 6 secondary schools from anywhere in England. Allocation of places is described in the Admissions Arrangements document available to download on this page.

A listing of all secondary schools in Newham, of all types, is available on this page of the Borough's website. Parents can also make use of the Borough's Secondary Schools Factfinder - available here. The Borough’s Admission to Secondary School page provides details of how to manage your child's transition to secondary school. Further guidance is also provided to parents of year 6 children at Selwyn.

For all children born from 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010 inclusive, their parents/carers will need to apply for year 7 secondary school place for September 2020, unless the child is on roll at an All Through school (, or School 21) as they will automatically move into year 7 unless they would prefer

All reception 2021 applications must be made through the family’s home local authority.​

National closing date for on time year 7 applications 31st October 2020

National offer date for on time reception applicants 1st March 2021

For children living in Newham families must apply via London Borough of Newham.

For children living outside Newham, whose family wants them to attend this school their application must be made through their home borough naming tis school as a preference on their application.

Before submitting a year 7 application, we strongly recommend all families read the autumn 2020 edition of the local authority's ‘Starting Secondary School’ guide (available to download in the the bar on the left hand side of this page) and find out information about the school you are interested in. If possible, look out for their virtual tours.

Remember, families must apply for a place, even if their child:

● Has a brother or sister attending the school. ● Lives in the school’s priority area (for only). ● Attends a link school (for Academy only).

Further information about the year 7 application process is available here.

Determined Arrangements for September 2021 entry to secondary school are available here.

Link to Pan London eAdmissions portal – opens 1 September 2020 for September 2021 year 7 applications

This download was updated in November 2020.