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25. St. James’ and St Michael’s CE 40. Wilberforce Arabic Craven Terrace, W2 3QD Beethoven Street, W10 4LB Telephone: 020 7641 6218 Telephone: 020 7641 5865 26. St. Joseph’s RC Secondary schools Lanark Road, W9 1DF Telephone: 020 7286 3518 1. The Grey Coat Hospital 27. St. Luke’s CE Primary Telephone: 020 7969 1998 Fernhead Road, W9 3EJ a) St Andrew’s Building, Telephone: 020 7641 5855 Greycoat Place, SW1P 2DY 28. St. Mary Magdalene CE b) St Michael’s Building, Rowington Close, W2 5TF 98 Regency Street, SW1P 4GH Telephone: 020 7641 4388/4395 2. King Solomon Academy Bengali Penfold Street, NW1 6RX 29. St. Mary of the Angels RC Shrewsbury Road, W2 5PR Telephone: 020 7563 6900 Telephone: 020 7641 4482 3. Paddington Academy Marylands Road, W9 2DR 30. St. Mary’s Bryanston Square CE Telephone: 020 7479 3900 Enford Street, W1H 1DL Telephone: 020 7641 4130 4. Pimlico Academy Lupus Street, SW1V 3AT 31. St. Matthew’s CE Telephone: 020 7828 0881 16–18 Old Pye Street, SW1P 2DG

Telephone: 020 7641 5110 5. Quintin Kynaston School Marlborough Hill, NW8 0NL 32. St. Peter’s CE (Chippenham Mews) Telephone: 020 7722 8141 Chippenham Mews, W9 2AN Oxford Road, NW6 5SN Telephone: 020 7641 4385 Telephone: 020 7328 3434 33. St. Peter’s Eaton Square CE 6. St. Augustine’s CE High School Lower Belgrave Street, SW1W 9AL Oxford Road, NW6 5SN Telephone: 020 7641 4230 Telephone: 020 7328 3434

34. St. Saviour’s CE 7. St. George’s (Maida Vale) RC School Shirland Road, W9 2JD Lanark Road, Maida Vale, W9 1RB Telephone: 020 7641 6414 Telephone: 020 7328 0904 35. St. Stephen’s CE 8. The St. Marylebone School Westbourne Park Road, W2 5QH 64 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5BA Telephone: 020 7641 4488 Telephone: 020 7935 4704 36. St. Vincent De Paul RC 9. Westminster Academy Morpeth Terrace, SW1P 1EP 255 Harrow Road, London W2 5EZ Telephone: 020 7641 5990 Telephone: 020 7121 0600 37. St. Vincent’s RC 10. Westminster City School APPLY ONLINE FOR YOUR St. Vincent’s Street, W1U 4DF 55 Palace Street, SW1E 5HJ CHILD’S PRIMARY Telephone: 020 7641 6110 SCHOOL PLACE Telephone: 020 7641 8760 www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 38. Soho Parish CE 23 Great Windmill Street, W1D 7LF Special schools Telephone: 020 7641 7311 1. College Park Westminster City Council Westminster City Hall 020 7641 6000 39. Westminster Cathedral RC Garway Road, W2 4PH. Telephone: 020 7641 4460 64 Victoria Street westminster.gov.uk Bessborough Place, SW1V 3SE 2. Queen Elizabeth II London SW1E 6QP Telephone: 020 7641 5915 Kennet Road, W9 3LG. Telephone: 020 7641 5825

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Contents

Welcome 4 How to apply 16 Message from Councillor Nickie Aiken, Common application form 16 Cabinet Member for Children, Young People Closing date for applications 16 and Community Protection 4 Supplementary application forms 17 Introduction to Westminster schools 6 Changes of preference 18 Contacting the School Admissions team 6 Children with a statement of special educational needs 18 Community schools, voluntary aided schools How your application and Academies – an explanation 6 will be considered 19 Academies in Westminster 6 Applications procedure 19 Building Schools for the Future 7 Notifying you on your application outcome 19 The National Curriculum 7 Proof of address and date of birth 20 Early years education and childcare 8 Waiting lists 20 Applying for a nursery place Applications received after the closing date at a maintained nursery or of 15th January 2012 21 primary school 9 Appealing against admission decisions 21 Maintained nurseries and nursery classes 9 Key dates 22 Nursery schools 9 Starting school 22 Nursery classes at Westminster primary schools 9 Commitment and support 22 How to apply 10 Full-time nursery places 10 Nursery and primary schools Nursery children transferring to reception class 10 in Westminster 24 Applying for a reception class Admission criteria 68 place at a primary school 12 Other information 98 When to apply for a reception class In-year admissions 98 place at primary school 12 Attendance Service 99 When your child should start at primary school 12 Special educational needs 99 Pan-London co-ordinated admissions system 12 Westminster Family Information Service 100 Which school? 14 Free school meals 100 Deciding your school preferences 14 Assistance with home-to-school travel 101 Schools outside Westminster 15 Westminster secondary schools 102 Private/independent (fee-paying) schools 15 Contact details for neighbouring boroughs 104 Map of Westminster’s educational establishments 106 4 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Welcome

Starting school is one of the most important and exciting times in your and your child’s life. We will support you and your child to ensure this is a positive experience.

This brochure is designed If you have any questions, or need further information to give you information about about the schools you are considering, please do contact all the primary and nursery the School Admissions team on 020 7641 1817/1816 or schools in Westminster and email [email protected]. is produced in partnership with them to provide the I wish your child every success at primary school. information you need to make an informed choice. It also explains the whole process of applying for your child’s place.

With the nationwide expansion of the Academies Councillor Nickie Aiken programme and the introduction of free schools, Cabinet Member for Children, Young parents have more choice than ever before about People and Community Protection where to educate their children.

One of our priorities as a council is to develop a school choice for parents and carers. This means helping you, as parents, to make an informed decision about the range of education providers now available – making sure you have all the information you need to make the best decision for your children.

Westminster primary schools perform above the national levels in the Key Stage tests and pupils make more progress than the national average. You can be confident that by attending a primary or early years class in Westminster, your child will receive an excellent education and also develop physical, emotional and social skills. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 5 Image: Pupil from Robinsfield Infant School 6 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Introduction to Westminster’s schools

This brochure is for parents of pupils aged between three and 11, but deals mainly with issues for parents whose children are due to start primary school in 2012. It gives information about how and when to apply for a place, explains how admission decisions are made and gives information about each school to help parents decide the best school for their children.

There are 40 maintained primary schools and Academies Community schools, voluntary and four maintained nursery schools in Westminster. The aided schools and Academies – education provided at each of these schools is free. All an explanation other schools in Westminster providing primary or nursery education are either independent (private) There are 40 maintained primary schools and schools or run by other organisations that may charge Academies and four maintained nursery schools in fees. The council’s Family Information Service provides Westminster. Twelve of these are community primary details of all provision in the area and can be contacted schools, 19 are Church of England voluntary aided by visiting www.westminster.gov.uk/fis, emailing primary schools, seven are Roman Catholic voluntary [email protected] or calling 020 7641 7929. aided primary schools and two are Academies.

Further information on independent schools is available Community schools are financed by public money and from the Independent Schools Council at www.isc.co.uk maintained by the council, which also sets their and the Independent Schools Directory and Resource at admission requirements. www.independentschools.co.uk Voluntary aided schools are set up by a religious or Many of the questions parents often raise are answered voluntary body but funded through the council. in this brochure, but if you need further information, the Governors have additional responsibilities for School Admissions team will be pleased to help. community schools, including setting admission requirements and deciding which children to admit. Contacting the School Admissions team Academies are independent schools funded directly by central government. Each Academy’s governing body The council’s School Admissions team is based at the sets its admission arrangements in agreement with the council offices on Lisson Grove, NW8. The team can be Secretary of State and the local authority. contacted in a number of ways: • write to Westminster City Council, School Academies in Westminster Admissions team, 1st floor, 215 Lisson Grove, Westminster currently has four recently built Academies London, NW8 8LF – Westminster Academy, Paddington Academy, Pimlico • visit www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions Academy (all of which are for pupils aged 11 to 18 years) • email [email protected] and King Solomon Academy (for pupils aged three to 18 years) – and one new Academy, ARK Atwood Primary • call 020 7641 1817/1816 Academy, which opens on a temporary site in Third Please note: at busy times, it may be necessary to Avenue in September 2011. make an appointment if you need to see a member of the School Admissions team. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 7

St. Marylebone School has recently opted to become an • redevelopment of Westminster’s special schools – Academy under the government’s new initiative and College Park and Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee, on their Quintin Kynaston School has also applied to gain existing sites Academy status from November 2011. • development of a Marlborough Hill campus, including brand new facilities for Quintin Kynaston Building Schools for the Future School, an Alternative Provision Centre and, using Primary Capital Programme funding, George Eliot Building Schools for the Future (BSF) was the previous Primary School. government’s national programme to transform education for all secondary school students. All of the developments incorporate some community facilities ranging from sport and art to academic and In Westminster, more than £152 million was granted for craft programmes. investment in new and refurbished buildings and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for seven secondary schools, two special schools and the The National Curriculum Alternative Provision Centre. Westminster primary schools follow the National Curriculum. When your child starts primary school in the Work is complete at Pimlico Academy, Westminster City reception class they will be taught at Foundation stage. School, St. Marylebone School, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee The remainder of your child’s time at primary and School and The Grey Coat Hospital. Work at St. George’s secondary school is divided into four stages known as RC School and St. Augustine’s CE High School will finish Key Stages. Each stage has its own programme of in September 2011. The rebuilding of College Park School study, targets and assessment arrangements. will be complete by the end of 2011. The rebuilding of Quintin Kynaston School is due to start in 2012, as soon The four stages are: as the new Alternative Provision Centre is completed. On completion, the programme will have achieved: Key Stage 1 Ages 5–7 (School years 1 and 2) • redevelopment of Pimlico Academy on its existing site Key Stage 2 Ages 7–11 (School years 3 to 6) with community library and adult education unit Key Stage 3 Ages 11–14 (School years 7 to 9) • expansion of St. Marylebone School through a new Key Stage 4 Ages 14–16 (School years 10 and 11) facility on the nearby Blandford Street site, which At primary school your child will be covering Key currently houses the school’s sixth form centre Stages 1 and 2. These are the subject areas: • expansion of St. Marylebone School through a new English Mathematics facility on the nearby Blandford Street site that houses the school’s sixth form centre Science History Geography Design Technology • a new extension and refurbishment of Westminster City School Music Physical Education Art Religious Education • expansion of St. George’s RC School and St. Augustine’s CE High School through new buildings Information and Communication Technology and the refurbishment of existing buildings • a new extension and refurbishment of The Grey Coat Hospital 8 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Early years education and childcare Parents of three and four-year-olds can access a funded part-time early education place for three hours The council is responsible for supporting the delivery of a day, 15 hours a week, up to 38 weeks per year. quality education and childcare across Westminster. Visit www.westminster.gov.uk/children, contact This is delivered through a range of early years and the Family Information Service on 020 7641 7929 or nursery settings, including 12 Children’s Centres, which email [email protected] for further information. provide family support, adult learning opportunities and access to employment advice.

Parents will need to apply directly to the school in the spring term to secure a nursery place for a September start. Nurseries in primary schools may have limited vacancies for in-year admissions.

Image: Pupils from Hallfield Primary School Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 9

Applying for a nursery place at a maintained nursery or primary school

Maintained nurseries and nursery classes There are four nursery schools and 32 nursery classes at primary schools maintained by the council, as well as a nursery class at King Solomon Academy.

Nursery schools

Dorothy Gardner Nursery Centre Portman Early Childhood Centre Mary Paterson Nursery School Tachbrook Nursery School

For more information on these schools, please see page 24.

Nursery classes at Westminster primary schools Nursery classes offer 15 hours of early learning a week. Full-time nursery places are allocated by schools to children who meet the agreed criteria. You are welcome to find out from each school whether it offers full-time places and how it allocates them. You will need to apply directly to the schools in the spring term to secure a nursery place for a September start. Some schools may allocate nursery places earlier so please contact your chosen school directly for more information. Please note that nurseries in primary schools may have limited vacancies for in-year admissions.

The following maintained schools in Westminster have a nursery class:

All Souls CE Primary School St. Augustine’s CE Primary School Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation St. Clement Danes CE Primary School CE Primary School Christ Church Bentinck CE Primary School St. Edward’s RC Primary School Churchill Gardens Primary School St. James’ and St. Michael’s CE Primary School Edward Wilson Primary School St. Joseph’s RC Primary School Essendine Primary School St. Mary Magdalene CE Primary School Gateway Primary School St. Mary of the Angels RC Primary School George Eliot Primary School St. Mary’s Bryanston Square CE Primary School Hallfield Primary School St. Matthew’s CE Primary School Hampden Gurney CE Primary School St. Peter’s Eaton Square CE Primary School King Solomon Academy St. Saviour’s CE Primary School Millbank Primary School St. Stephen’s CE Primary School Our Lady of Dolours RC Primary School St. Vincent de Paul RC Primary School Paddington Green Primary School St. Vincent’s RC Primary School Queen’s Park Primary School Soho Parish CE Primary School Robinsfield Infant School Wilberforce Primary School

For more information on these schools, please see pages 25–66. Please note attendance at a nursery listed above will not result in automatic entry to the school. All parents are advised to make applications to their preferred schools in accordance with the procedure set out overleaf. 10 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

How to apply Voluntary aided schools To apply for a nursery class place at a Westminster and Academies primary school or maintained nursery, you will need to Voluntary aided schools and Academies have their own apply directly to the school/nursery. You are welcome to criteria for deciding which children should have a place contact them to arrange a visit and make an application. in their nursery classes. Parents should contact each Contact details are given on pages 24–66. school directly for more information.

Community schools/nursery schools Full-time nursery places There may not be enough places in the nursery school A review is currently taking place to agree common criteria or nursery class to take all the children who would like to for allocating full-time nursery places across all those attend. For community schools and maintained nursery schools in Westminster that offer them. The new criteria schools, where there are more applications than places, will be published during the autumn and will be available schools will allocate places in the following order: to view at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

1. Looked After Children. Nursery children transferring 2. Children with an exceptional medical or social need to reception class for a place at the particular school concerned. Please note there is no automatic transfer from the 3. Children with a brother or sister already attending nursery class to the reception class at a school. the nursery school or class, or the main school of The infant or primary school where a child attends a which the nursery class is part, at the time of nursery class will not necessarily be able to offer a place admission. In the case of the nursery class at in reception. There is a separate application procedure Robinsfield Infant School, this priority would also for reception class places at schools. All schools have extend to applicants with a sibling attending Barrow admission criteria, which they use to allocate places Hill Junior School. This is in line with the linked when they are oversubscribed. sibling priority that already exists between these schools for admission from reception onwards. 4. Children for whom the school or nursery class is the nearest nursery provision in a community school. Priority within this group is given to those living nearest to the school as measured by the shortest walking distance. 5. Children who live nearest the school (as measured by the shortest walking distance). Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 11 Image: Pupil from Hallfield Primary School 12 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Applying for a reception class place at a primary school

When to apply for a reception term after your child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the class place at a primary school end of the school year. In practice, this means that you could defer entry until January if your child was If your child was born between 1st September 2007 born between 1st September and 31st December, and 31st August 2008, your child is due to start in the or until April if your child was born between 1st reception class at school in the 2012/13 school year. January and 31st August. You must make your application by 15th January 2012. You can apply from September 2011, but please note You must still apply at the normal time even that the length of time your child’s name is on the if you wish to defer entry. application list does not affect your priority for a place. If you apply after the closing date you may find your Parents can also request that their child attends preferred school is already full with children whose part-time until he/she reaches compulsory school parents applied at the correct time. age. Please contact the school for further details.

The council is co-ordinating the admission process Pan-London co-ordinated for 2012/13 as part of the pan-London co-ordinated admissions system admission system (PLCAS) for admission to primary schools. Any parents and guardians who have already Admissions are now co-ordinated on a London-wide made applications to a Westminster school before basis as part of the new pan-London co-ordinated September 2011 will need to re-apply and complete admissions system (PLCAS) for admission to primary the common application form of the local authority schools. Co-ordinated admission arrangements were where they live. See the how to apply section on introduced to make it easier for parents to apply to the page 16 for further details. primary schools of their choice and increase the number of children offered a reception place at a school of their When your child should preference in the initial offer round. start primary school Under the PLCAS, each applicant can express up to The first class your child will join when starting primary six preferences for primary schools and Academies in school is the reception class. Children are required by order of preference on the common application form. law to receive full-time education in the school term This form (either paper or online) is then returned to after they turn five but have the opportunity to start in the local authority for the area in which the child lives. the reception year in the September following their It is very important that applicants list their schools in fourth birthday. order of preference, as they will be offered only one school on the initial offer day – the highest-preference From September 2011, all children will normally for which their child is eligible. be admitted to school reception year in the September following their fourth birthday.

If you wish you can defer your child’s entry until later in the school year. If you decide to defer entry, the school will hold the place for that child and will not offer it to another child until the agreed admission date. However, you cannot defer entry beyond the beginning of the Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 13

The local authorities taking part in the PLCAS then use Where a child is eligible to be offered a place at more a computerised system to pass on application details than one school, the local authority will hold the offer for schools in other areas. They will also co-ordinate to for the highest preference on the parent/carer’s form ensure nobody gets offered more than one school and release all other lower-preference offers. These place. The decision on whether a place can be offered places can then be offered to other applicants. Potential will continue to be made by the admission authority for offers are exchanged between local authorities until they each school. For schools in Westminster, the governing are in a position to make the single best offer to parents bodies of voluntary aided schools and Academies will using all available places. All offers will be made on the order applicants in accordance with their admission same day: 18th April 2012. criteria, and the Westminster School Admissions team will do this for community schools.

Local authorities will not pass on details of where the school was ranked on the common application form. No school will be told about other schools a parent has applied for.

Image: David Wu, 11, Barrow Hill Junior School 14 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Which school?

Deciding your school preferences individual school does not guarantee a place. The information section for each school gives an indication Before you decide which schools to apply for and your of which criteria places were allocated in previous years. order of preference, we strongly advise you read the guidance in this brochure. Information about each Please remember not all schools give priority to children school is contained in the schools section on pages with siblings already attending the school and most 25–66. The brochure also contains information about schools do not give priority to children already attending the admission criteria for all community schools and the school’s nursery. Making an application for a school guidance about the admission arrangements for does not guarantee a place for your child. A breakdown voluntary aided schools. of last year’s admissions to each school is included in the schools section of this brochure. Further information Each school issues its own prospectus (available about previous years’ admissions (including maps directly from the school) for further information. indicating offers made under distance criteria for We also recommend that you visit each school in community schools) is available at www.westminster. which you are interested. gov.uk/admissions or by contacting the School Admissions team. Please note that the pattern of The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s admissions can vary from year to year and living within Services and Skills (Ofsted) inspects and regulates care the distance in which places were offered in a previous for children and young people. If you want to find out year does not guarantee a place will be offered in this about Ofsted reports for Westminster primary schools, or future years. you can visit www.ofsted.gov.uk. All voluntary aided schools in Westminster (except Soho You are strongly advised to name at least three schools Parish CE Primary School) and some Academies and on the Westminster common application form and to foundation schools outside Westminster have additional include all your local community schools in your supplementary forms to complete, which are available preferences. Failure to do so will restrict our ability to directly from the schools. The schools in Westminster offer you a place at a school if your other preferences that require you to complete supplementary forms are cannot be met. listed on page 17. If you are applying for a place at one of these schools, you must complete the school’s Please remember most schools will receive more supplementary form. applications than they have places, in which case places will be given first to children who have the highest priority under the school’s admission criteria. The admission criteria for community schools are listed on page 68.

Voluntary aided schools and Academies have their own admission criteria (see pages 70–97) and it is important to check them to see whether your child would be eligible for a place. If applying for a place on religious grounds, you will need to provide proof of your church attendance and/or religious commitment on the school’s supplementary form. If a school is heavily oversubscribed, meeting the admission criteria for an Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 15

Schools outside Westminster Private/independent You may also wish to consider schools outside (fee-paying) schools Westminster. Under the PLCAS, Westminster residents Further information on private or independent schools can apply for schools anywhere in London on Westminster is available from the Independent Schools Council City Council’s common application form. (www.isc.co.uk) and the Independent Schools Directory and Resource (www.independentschools.co.uk). Detailed information about schools outside Westminster You will usually be required to pay fees to attend these and their admission arrangements is available directly from schools. These schools do not form part of the PLCAS the schools and their local authority. Contact details for and you must apply to them directly. each of the boroughs neighbouring Westminster are given on page 104. Please remember to check the admission arrangements to assess whether you are likely to be offered a place. You may also be required to complete a supplementary form.

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How to apply

Common application form your preferred application. If it is not possible to contact you, the council will order your preferred schools by If you are a Westminster resident you must complete distance, with the closest school as your most Westminster City Council’s common application form preferred school. to apply for a primary school place. You can also apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions. Further information about applying online is given on Closing date for applications – the inside front cover of this brochure. 15th January 2012 Westminster residents should send the completed Paper forms are available directly from Westminster common application form to: primary schools and from the council’s School Admissions team. A copy of the form can also be Westminster City Council downloaded from www.westminster.gov.uk/ School Admissions team admissions. 1st Floor 215 Lisson Grove On this form, you can express a preference for up to London six primary schools and Academies, including schools NW8 8LF outside Westminster. You must list them in order of preference. This means you should write your first If you prefer, you may hand your completed form to choice (ie the school you most want your child to go your local primary school, which will pass it to the to) at the top of the list, your second choice below and School Admissions team. then continue with all your preferences. If you have any difficulties, please contact the council’s School Forms must be received by the School Admissions Admissions team. team by 5pm on 15th January 2012. Online applications will be accepted up to 11.59pm on this date. The council will co-ordinate the admissions process to An acknowledgement will be sent to confirm receipt. ensure no child receives more than one offer of a place at a maintained primary school or Academy (the highest Applicants living outside of Westminster who wish to preference for which they are eligible) on the common apply for a place at a Westminster school must apply offer day of 18th April 2012. on their local council’s common application form by 15th January 2012. See page 104 for contact details If you wish to apply for a primary school place in of neighbouring local authorities. Westminster but are not a Westminster resident, you must complete your own local council’s application form and follow its instructions for submission.

All voluntary aided schools in Westminster (except Soho Parish CE Primary School) have additional supplementary forms to complete. See page 17 for further information.

You should complete only one Westminster common application form. If you submit more, the School Admissions team will try to contact you to confirm Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 17

Supplementary application forms All Westminster voluntary aided schools (except Soho Parish CE Primary School) have additional supplementary forms to complete, which are available directly from the schools or at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions. These forms are necessary for the school governors to determine whether applicants meet their faith requirements or other criteria. If applying for a place on religious grounds, you will be required to provide proof of your church attendance and/or religious commitment on the school’s supplementary form.

If you are applying for a place at one of these schools you should also complete this form. Failure to do so will mean the school governors will not be able to fully consider your application against the school’s oversubscription criteria.

If you are also applying for schools outside Westminster, you should check with the individual school(s) concerned.

Westminster Schools for which an additional supplementary form needs to be completed:

Voluntary aided (church) schools All Souls CE Primary School, W1W 7JJ St. Luke’s CE Primary School, W9 3EJ Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CE St. Mary Magdalene CE Primary School, W2 5TF Primary School, SW1P 2QQ Christ Church Bentinck CE Primary School, NW1 5NS St. Mary of the Angels RC Primary School, W2 5PR Hampden Gurney CE Primary School, W1H 5HA St. Mary’s Bryanston Square CE Primary School, W1H 1DL Our Lady of Dolours RC Primary School, W2 5SR St. Matthew’s CE Primary School, SW1P 2DG St. Peter’s CE (Chippenham Mews) Primary School, St. Augustine’s CE Primary School, NW6 5XA W9 2AN St. Barnabas’ CE Primary School, SW1W 8PF St. Peter’s Eaton Square CE Primary School, SW1W 0NL St. Clement Danes CE Primary School, WC2B 5SU St. Saviour’s CE Primary School, W9 2JD St. Edward’s RC Primary School, NW1 6LH St. Stephen’s CE Primary School, W2 5QH St. Gabriel’s CE Primary School, SW1V 3AG St. Vincent de Paul RC Primary School, SW1P 1EP St. George’s Hanover Square CE Primary School, St. Vincent’s RC Primary School, W1U 4DF W1K 2XH St. James’ and St. Michael’s CE Primary School, W2 3QD Westminster Cathedral RC Primary School, SW1V 3SE St. Joseph’s RC Primary School, W9 1DF 18 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Schools for which no additional form is needed:

Westminster community schools Churchill Gardens Primary School, SW1V 3EU Millbank Primary School, SW1P 4HR Edward Wilson Primary School, W2 5TL Paddington Green Primary School, W2 1SP Essendine Primary School, W9 2LR Queen’s Park Primary School, W10 4DQ Gateway Primary School, NW8 8LN Robinsfield Infant School, NW8 6PX George Eliot Primary School, NW8 0NH Wilberforce Primary School, W10 4LB Hallfield Primary School, W2 6JJ Westminster voluntary aided (church) schools Soho Parish CE Primary School, W1D 7LF Academies ARK Atwood Primary Academy, W10 4RS King Solomon Academy, NW1 6RX

Changes of preference It is not normally possible to accept any changes after the closing date. If you do add preferences or change your order of preference after this date, the new or changed preference school will normally be considered only after all other applications have been considered.

Children with a statement of special educational needs If your child has a statement of special educational needs, different procedures apply and you should not complete the Westminster common application form. Please contact the council’s Special Educational Needs team on 020 7641 5348/5350/5352.

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How your application will be considered

Applications procedure • The PLR will then inform the School Admissions team of the highest potential offer for each resident Applications received by the closing date of 15th January applicant and eliminate multiple offers for applications 2012 will be dealt with in the following way: made for schools in other boroughs. Other local • Under the pan-London co-ordinated admissions authorities will do the same for their residents and system (PLCAS), the Westminster admissions schools. The local authority will inform the schools to database will send details of resident applications whom it will offer places, in accordance with the for schools outside Westminster to the central highest preference of the parent/guardian. computer hub. This is called the pan-London • Under co-ordinated admissions arrangements, only register (PLR). These details are then forwarded one place at a primary school will be offered on the by the PLR to the relevant local authority. initial offer date of 18th April 2012. This will be the The council’s School Admissions team will in highest-preference possible, so please make sure turn receive applications to Westminster primary you put your school preferences in the right order. schools from out-of-city applicants. • The council’s School Admissions team will write to • The council’s School Admissions team will give resident applicants on 18th April 2012 to advise a list of applicants to each voluntary aided school them of the outcome of their applications. and Academy in Westminster. None of the schools Notifications will be sent by first class mail on this will be given information on the preference order date. Online applicants will also be notified by email of any applicants. on the evening of 18th April 2012. Applicants • School governors will then rank applicants in residing in other boroughs will be notified by their accordance with their admission criteria and return own local authority. the list to the School Admissions team. The School • Academies and voluntary aided schools in Admissions team will rank applicants for each Westminster will write to successful applicants. community school in accordance with the published The council’s School Admissions team will do this admission criteria for Westminster. for community schools. Unsuccessful applicants will • When the offer lists are prepared, the council’s also be contacted to explain why their application School Admissions team will enter this information was unsuccessful and to give advice regarding on the Westminster admissions database. The waiting lists and appeal procedures. School Admissions team will then check all lists to see whether any child has been offered more Notifying you on your than one school place. In such a case the child application outcome will be offered only the highest preference of these If your application is received by the closing date of schools. All other potential lower-preference offers 15th January 2012, the council’s School Admissions will then be allocated to other applicants. This data team will write to you on 18th April 2012 to notify you is then transferred to the PLR. of the outcome. Notifications will be sent by first class mail on this date. Online applicants will also be notified by email on the evening of 18th April 2012. Applicants residing in other boroughs will be notified by their own local authority. 20 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Academies and voluntary aided schools in Westminster Proof of address and date of birth will write to successful applicants. The council’s School Admissions team will do this for community schools. You will be required to provide proof of address with Unsuccessful applicants will also be contacted to explain your application. When offering you a place, the school why their application was unsuccessful and to give may also request evidence of your home address and advice regarding waiting lists and appeal procedures. child’s date of birth. Please note, if you are not able to provide an acceptable form of proof of address, The school will ask you to confirm in writing, by 2nd May your application may become invalid and the offer will 2012, that you wish to accept the place offered. Failure be withdrawn. to do so may result in the place being withdrawn. Acceptable forms of proof of address are as follows: If your form is received after the closing date of 15th • council tax bill January 2012, it will only be considered after the initial offer date of 18th April 2012. • council/housing association tenancy agreement • child benefit book/notification. The evidence provided must be dated no more than six months before the offer letter.

Acceptable forms of proof of date of birth are as follows: • birth certificate • passport • immigration document • child benefit book/notification (where the child’s date of birth is shown) • baptismal certificate. Only original documents should be submitted. Photocopies are not acceptable.

Please note that giving any false or deliberately misleading information on the common application form, school supplementary form and/or supporting information may render your application invalid, or lead to the offer of a place being withdrawn.

Waiting lists Applicants’ names will be included on waiting lists for schools that have been cited as a higher preference than the one offered. For example, if a child has been offered their third-preference school, they will be included on the waiting list for their first and second Image: Pupil from Millbank Primary School Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 21

preference schools. The school or council’s School Appealing against Admissions team may contact you to confirm whether admission decisions you wish to remain on the waiting list for a particular school. Applicants who apply after the closing date will If it has not been possible to offer your child a place at be included on waiting lists for schools. your preferred school, you have the legal right to appeal to an independent appeal panel. Details of your right of All places on the waiting list are ordered in accordance appeal will be included in the letter from the school (or with the published admission criteria for each school and from the council for community schools). will be offered to children as vacancies arise. After the initial offer day of 18th April 2012, the School Admissions Since September 2001 (subject to certain very limited team will offer any places that arise at community exceptions) reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes have schools and Academies. The school governors will not been allowed by law to contain more than 30 pupils decide who is offered any subsequent vacancies at if the class has only one teacher. The power of appeal voluntary aided schools in line with the published panels to uphold appeals in these circumstances is very admission criteria and waiting-list ranking. You will be limited. Panels will only be able to uphold your appeal if notified of any subsequent offers by your local council. they consider that: the decision to refuse your child was unreasonable in legal terms; an error occurred in Please note: a child’s position on the waiting list can carrying out the school’s admission arrangements that go down as well as up. For example, if a new application prevented your child being offered a place; or the is received or if a child on the list moves nearer to the admission arrangements for the school were unlawful school, the waiting list may need to be revised. The offer and, had they been lawful, your child would have been of a place does not depend on the length of time your offered a place. child’s name has been on the waiting list. Please note there is no formal right of appeal If you request to be included on the waiting list for a concerning admission to nursery schools or classes. school that was a lower preference than the one offered or add new school preferences after the closing date, More detailed information about appeals is available at you will normally be ranked on the school waiting list www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions or from the below all other applicants for the school. School Admissions team.

If you have difficulty in obtaining a reception class Guidance will also be provided with your appeal form place for your child, contact the School Admissions should you decide to pursue this right. team for assistance.

Applications received after the closing date of 15th January 2012 If you apply for a reception class place after the published closing date, your application will be considered only after the offer date of 18th April 2012. Your child’s name will then be added to the waiting list together with unsuccessful applicants considered in the initial allocation round. See above for how waiting lists operate. 22 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Key dates

2011

Your choice for primary education brochure, common application form and guidance notes are available online, at libraries and schools, and by post. September 2011 Parents of children who were born between 1st September 2007 and 31st August 2008 should start applying for a reception place.

From 1st September 2011 Parents can apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions.

2012

15th January 2012 Closing date for applications.

Common offer day. The School Admissions team will write to you advising of 18th April 2012 the outcome of your application. Letters will be sent by first class mail. Online applicants will also be notified by email on the evening of 18th April 2012.

Any vacancies will be filled from school waiting lists. Appeal hearings 18th April 2012 onwards will be arranged for parents wishing to appeal.

2nd May 2012 Deadline for successful applicants to return acceptance slips to schools.

Starting school Once you have accepted a place, you will need to make all the necessary arrangements for your child to start school, such as signing parental agreements or attending parents’ sessions. The school will tell you what you need to do.

You should notify the school of any change of address during the application process so it can get in touch with you if it needs to.

If your child attends nursery school, let the nursery or school know which primary schools you have applied to and after you have found out the result of your applications, tell them which primary school you have decided on.

Commitment and support When your child starts primary or nursery school, the school will expect you to show commitment to your child’s education throughout their time there and to confirm your support for their values and beliefs. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 23 Image: Pupil from Hallfield Primary School 24 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Nursery and primary schools in Westminster

Nursery schools

Dorothy Gardner Nursery Centre Portman Early Childhood Centre

Head of centre Nikki Cary Headteacher Joanna White Address 293 Shirland Road, W9 3JY Address 12–18 Salisbury Street, Telephone 020 8969 5835 NW8 8DE Fax 020 8969 1952 Telephone 020 7641 5435 Nearest tube station Queen’s Park (Bakerloo line) Fax 020 7641 5427 Bus routes 6, 36, 187, 316, 328, 414 Nearest tube station Edgware Road (Bakerloo, District, Circle The centre is run in conjunction with Children’s Services and Hammersmith and and offers integrated care and education. City lines) Bus routes 2, 6, 16, 18, 27, 98, 139, 189, 205, 332, 414, 453 Mary Paterson Nursery School The centre, which is run in conjunction with Children’s Headteacher Sylvie Gambell Services and Church Street Sure Start, offers integrated care, education and family support services for children Address 13 Riverton Close, (off and their families. Ashmore Road), W9 3DS Telephone 020 7641 5804 Fax 020 7641 5649 Tachbrook Nursery School Email [email protected] Website www.marypaterson. Headteacher Tess Robson westminster.sch.uk Address Cockburn House, Nearest tube station Queen’s Park (Bakerloo line) Aylesford Street, SW1V 3RT Bus routes 6, 36, 187, 316, 328, 414 Telephone 020 7641 8725 Fax 020 7641 8726 Nearest tube station Pimlico (Victoria line) Bus routes 2, 24, 36, 87, 88,185, 360, 436, C10 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 25

Primary schools

Key to primaty school codes BS Beacon Status N Nursery class CE Church of England school I Infant school EYU Early Years Unit J Junior school FTE Full-time Equivalent RC Roman Catholic school

All Souls CE Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 36 Headteacher Alix Ascough Address Foley Street, W1W 7JJ Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 4707 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 4703 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated Email [email protected] admission arrangements, all applicants were offered a Website www.allsouls.westminster.sch.uk place at the school or offered a higher-preference Nearest tube Goodge Street (Northern line), school. Please note the pattern of admissions can vary station Warren Street (Northern and from year to year. Victoria lines) Bus routes 7, 8, 10, 14, 24, 25, 29, 73, 98, Admission appeals in previous years 134, 176, 390 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None 2008 None 2007 None Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Number of pupils (January 2011): 176 How to apply Number of pupils to be admitted For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants in reception intake (2012/13): 30 must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live Number of nursery places: 25 and complete the school’s supplementary form if applying on faith grounds. All Souls CE Primary School is a warm and friendly school that prides itself on its strong sense of community and caring ethos. The school has good links with the church but has always served all the children in the local area and truly reflects the cosmopolitan nature of central London. The school is committed to high achievement and all children are given the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 71. 26 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

every child achieves mastery of mathematics concepts. ARK Atwood Primary Academy I J The primary performing arts programme focuses on dance, drama, singing and music. Headteacher Daniel Upfield The Academy operates an extended school day, Address 17-23 Third Avenue, W10 4RS creating extra curriculum time for music, sports and the Temporary site from arts. The school day runs from 8.30am to 4pm, Monday September 2011 to to Friday. The school is committed to providing before- September 2014. It is and after-school care for any pupil who attends ARK proposed that the school will Atwood. Breakfast Club starts at 7.45am through to the move to a permanent site in start of school day at 8.30am. The after-school play Amberley Road W9 in centre starts at the end of the school day from 4pm to September 2014 6pm. Details of the school’s published admission criteria Telephone 020 3116 0800 are given on page 70. Email [email protected] Website www.arkatwoodprimary.org Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Nearest tube Queen’s Park and Number of places available: 60 station Westbourne Park Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Bus routes 18, 28, 228 closing date): 29

Type of school: Academy Analysis of offers made on initial Number of pupils (January 2011): Not applicable offer day (4th April 2011) – new school opened in September 2011 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated Number of pupils to be admitted in reception admission arrangements, all applicants were offered a intake (2012/13): 60 place at the school or offered a higher-preference school. Please note the pattern of admissions can vary Number of nursery places: Nursery proposed to from year to year. open in September 2014 Admission appeals in previous years ARK Atwood Primary Academy is a happy, well-run 2011 None school characterised by high ambitions, high achievement and exemplary behaviour. Its vision is As ARK Atwood Primary Academy is a new school, for every child to fulfil his or her potential. It does there is no appeal information before 2011. everything possible to ensure every child achieves year-level expectations and above and takes How to apply responsibility for nurturing and developing the For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants personal qualities of every child. must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live. The curriculum programme has a strong focus on core subjects, particularly literacy and mathematics, and the Academy specialises in mathematics and the performing arts. The Academy’s aim is to ensure Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 27

Ofsted inspections agree: “The school provides Barrow Hill Junior School outstanding care, guidance and support for pupils (community school) J and their families. Inspection evidence confirmed that pupils from many different backgrounds work and play Headteacher Michael Matthews together harmoniously and this is reflected in their Address Bridgeman Street, outstanding social, moral, spiritual and cultural NW8 7AL development. This, together with their excellent Telephone 020 7641 5005 behaviour, makes a significant contribution to their good achievement.” Fax 020 7641 5014 Email [email protected] The school has a real commitment to the arts and to Website www.bhjs.co.uk sport and is keen to ensure all children’s skills are Nearest tube station St. John’s Wood nurtured and developed. The curriculum and inclusion (Jubilee line) teams work together to ensure the learning needs of all Bus routes 13, 46, 82, 113, 187, 274 children are addressed, supported and challenged. The school offers a full range of after-school clubs Type of school: Community school ranging from arts to sports and also offers a choice of Number of pupils (January 2011): 239 nine musical instruments that can be learnt to music board examination levels. Number of pupils to be admitted in Year 3 intake (2012/13): 60 Further information can be accessed from the virtual prospectus at www.bhjs.co.uk. Barrow Hill is a global school, with children from over 53 countries, bringing a richness of diversity The admission criteria are those agreed by the council and experience that is harnessed and celebrated. for all its community schools, but priority is given first to The school’s ethos is focused on developing the whole children on the roll of Robinsfield Infant School and child and is equally concerned with care, guidance and sibling priority includes children with a brother or sister support as it is on academic achievement. at Robinsfield Infant School (see page 43).

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Those attending the school come from a variety of faith Burdett-Coutts and Townshend and non-faith backgrounds. They have significant Foundation CE Primary School numbers of Anglican, Roman Catholic, Orthodox (voluntary aided) N I J Christian and Muslim pupils. Staff work hard to offer a creative and stimulating curriculum maximising the use Headteacher The Revd John Hicks of central London. In December 2011 it will be opening Address Rochester Street, SW1P a brand new reception class accommodating 54 2QQ children, following a £300,000 development. Telephone 020 7641 5930 Full details of the school’s published admission criteria Fax 020 7641 6386 are given on page 72. Email [email protected] Website www.burdettcoutts.co.uk Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Nearest tube station St. James’s Park Number of places available: 54 (District and Circle lines), Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Victoria (Victoria, District closing date): 107 and Circle lines) Bus routes 3, 11, 24, 36, 88, 148, 159, Analysis of offers made on initial 185, 211, 436, 507, C10 offer day (4th April 2011) On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided admission arrangements, all applicants were offered Number of pupils (January 2011): 352 a place at the school or offered a higher-preference Number of pupils to be admitted school. Please note the pattern of admissions can vary in reception intake (2012/13): 54 from year to year. Number of nursery places: 15 full-time and 10 Admission appeals in previous years part-time morning and afternoon 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None 2008 None 2007 None Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts, who had a passion for learning and exploration, founded this Church of How to apply England school 162 years ago. It is a two-form entry For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants school with 360 pupils, housed in a Victorian building, must name the school as a preference on the common which has undergone extensive development over the application form of the local authority where they live past seven years. and complete the school’s supplementary form if Ofsted last inspected the school in December 2009 applying on faith grounds. and graded it ‘good’ with ‘outstanding’ features, which it believes to be a true reflection of the school. The school is situated in the heart of Westminster, close to Victoria, Westminster Cathedral and Parliament Square. The school seeks to serve both the local community and those who travel into the area. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 29

Christ Church Bentinck CE Primary Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 School (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 72 Headteacher Sandra Tyrrell Address Cosway Street, NW1 5NS Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 3351 4135 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 5442 Children with brothers or sisters at the school: 15 Email [email protected] Children of practising members of Website www.ccbprimary.co.uk other Christian churches: 1 Nearest tube station Marylebone (Bakerloo line), Other children: 14 Edgware Road (Bakerloo, (up to a walking distance of 2.08km) Hammersmith and City, Please note the pattern of admissions can vary Circle and District lines) from year to year. Bus routes 2, 6, 16, 18, 27, 98, 139, 189, 205, 332, 414, 453 Admission appeals in previous years 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided 2008 None 2007 None Number of pupils (January 2011): 292 How to apply Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 30 For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants must name the school as a preference on the common Number of nursery places: 40 part-time application form of the local authority where they live and complete the school’s supplementary form if Christ Church Bentinck CE Primary School is a thriving applying on faith grounds. multicultural, central London school serving the local community, with a supportive and inclusive Christian ethos and a highly committed and friendly staff. The school is close to Marylebone and Edgware Road stations and is within the parish of St. Paul’s Church, Rossmore Road. Full details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 73. 30 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Churchill Gardens Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 (community school) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 97 Headteacher Mrs Jane Thomas Address Ranelagh Road, SW1V Analysis of offers made on initial 3EU offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 5935 Children with an exceptional social or medical Fax 020 7641 6388 need to attend the school: 1 Email [email protected] Children with siblings at the school at the time Website www.churchillgardensprimary. of admission: 10 co.uk Children for whom the school is the nearest 18 Nearest tube station Pimlico (Victoria line) community school: Bus routes 24, 360, C10 Children for whom the school is not the nearest community school: 1 (up to a walking distance of Type of school: Community school 0.65km) Number of pupils (January 2011): 285 Please note the pattern of admissions can vary from year to year. Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 30 Admission appeals in previous years Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None see page 10 2008 None 2007 None

Churchill Gardens Primary School is in Pimlico, close How to apply to Churchill Gardens Estate and Pimlico Academy. For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants The school has an after-school play centre. Work is in must name the school as a preference on the common progress to improve the facilities for pupils in reception application form of the local authority where they live. and nursery, who will have new classrooms and unrestricted access to a fantastic outside learning space. The new building also houses considerable additional space for their Children’s Centre, which has strong and productive links with many of their families.

The pupils study a broad and rich curriculum, which links subjects together and makes learning fun. They provide a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, attended by 167 of the school’s pupils. This includes a group of parents and children who will be taking GCSE Arabic together in the summer.

The admission criteria are those agreed by the council for all its community schools (see page 68). Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 31

Edward Wilson Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 56 (community school) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 135 Headteacher Debra Okitikpi Address Senior Street, W2 5TL Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 4303 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 4317 Children with a statement of special Email [email protected] educational needs: 2 Website www.edwardwilson. Children with siblings at the school at the westminster.sch.uk time of admission: 25 Nearest tube station Royal Oak (Hammersmith Children for whom the school is the nearest 25 and City line) community school: Bus routes 6, 18, 36, 46, 187, 414 Children for whom the school is not the nearest community school: 4 (up to a walking distance Type of school: Community school of 1.09km) Number of pupils (January 2011): 452 Please note the pattern of admissions can vary from year to year. Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 56 Admission appeals in previous years Number of nursery places: 40 full-time, 20 part-time 2011 None 2010 Two heard – none upheld Edward Wilson Primary School is a special place to 2009 None learn with dedicated staff offering children the very 2008 None best education, in a well-maintained, spacious building 2007 None with access to many community facilities. The school is situated just off Harrow Road and the Westway, How to apply close to Maida Vale Library and Little Venice. It has For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants an after-school play centre and facilities for visually must name the school as a preference on the common impaired children. The admission criteria are those application form of the local authority where they live. agreed by the council for all its community schools (see page 68). 32 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

The school is also very proud to have achieved the Essendine Primary School School Achievement Award; ActiveMark Gold; ArtsMark (community school) N I J Gold; Healthy Schools Award; Active Sports Mark and the Silver Eco Schools Award. These are all national Headteacher Ken Battye awards and to have achieved so many is a credit to the aspirations and work of the governors and staff of the Address Essendine Road, W9 2LR school. The admission criteria are those agreed by the Telephone 020 7641 4382 council for all its community schools (see page 68). Fax 020 7641 4316 Email [email protected] Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Website www.essendine. Number of places available: 60 westminster.sch.uk Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Nearest tube station Maida Vale (Bakerloo line) closing date): 169 Bus routes 6, 31, 36, 187, 328, 414 Analysis of offers made on initial Type of school: Community school offer day (4th April 2011) Number of pupils (January 2011): 484 Children with an exceptional social or medical need to attend the school: 3 Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 60 Children with siblings at the school at the time of admission: 31 Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – Children for whom the school is the nearest see page 10 community school: 26 (up to a walking distance of 0.94km) Essendine Primary School is set in the heart of Maida Please note the pattern of admissions can vary Vale, London and is a large community school with from year to year. 480 pupils, fully equipped with the latest technology to satisfy all the varied children’s educational needs. Admission appeals in previous years The school prides itself on its positive attitude 2011 None towards the welfare of the children, its high standards 2010 Three heard – none upheld of achievement, its caring relationship with pupils and 2009 One heard – none upheld their families and multinational cultural integration. 2008 Three heard – none upheld 2007 Three heard – none upheld All children are equally valued at Essendine, irrespective of their background. Teaching and learning programmes How to apply are designed to get the best potential for each and For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants every child. The school’s Ofsted inspection reports from must name the school as a preference on the common May 2007 and May 2008 can be found on the school application form of the local authority where they live. website and are seen as a compliment to the hard work put in by the staff of the school to ensure the children of Essendine Primary School receive a high-quality education, and the inspection reports recognise they are working hard to continually improve the school. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 33

environment and extended opportunities for after-school Gateway Primary School sports clubs. Currently, the school offers a wide range (community school) N I J of after-school clubs that cover the creative and academic curriculum. Gateway Goes Green is the Headteacher Louise Lochner official name for its sustainability mission. This green Address Capland Street, NW8 8LN movement is supported by Gateway’s sustainable Telephone 020 7641 4160 schools policy and there are a number of exciting projects planned for the coming year. The admission Fax 020 7641 5466 criteria are those agreed by the council for all its Email [email protected] community schools (see page 68). Website www.gatewayprimary.co.uk Nearest tube station Marylebone (Bakerloo line), Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Edgware Road (Bakerloo, Number of places available: 90 Circle, District and Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Hammersmith and City closing date): 253 lines) Bus routes 6, 16, 98, 139, 189, 332, Analysis of offers made on initial 414 offer day (4th April 2011) Type of school: Community school Children with statements of special educational needs: 3 Number of pupils (January 2011): 692 Children with siblings at the school at the Number of pupils to be admitted time of admission: 40 in reception intake (2012/13): 90 Children for whom the school is the nearest community school: 41 Number of nursery places: 40 full-time, 40 part-time Children for whom the school is not the nearest community school: 6 (up to a walking distance of 1.01km) Gateway Primary School serves the children and families of the Lisson Grove and Church Street areas of Please note the pattern of admissions can vary from year to year. Westminster. The high quality of teaching and learning, along with close co-operation with parents, remain the Admission appeals in previous years outstanding features of school life. Children work hard, behave well and have a positive attitude to school life. 2011 Two heard – none upheld Staff work hard to ensure the best for the children in 2010 None their care. They regard the relationship with parents as 2009 None central to what they do and pride themselves on being 2008 Two heard – none upheld open and approachable. By the time children leave 2007 Two heard – none upheld school at the end of Year 6, standards are above national average for English, maths and science. How to apply Games and PE have continued to thrive across the For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants school and the sports teams have been particularly must name the school as a preference on the common successful. To engage pupils in an additional PE/sport application form of the local authority where they live. the school has made improvements to the outdoor 34 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

George Eliot Primary School The school also offers a range of clubs – both breakfast (community school) N I J and after-school (including football, basketball and sewing), along with a well-attended homework club. The admission criteria are those agreed by the council Headteacher Beatrix Simpson for all its community schools (see page 68). Address Marlborough Hill, NW8 0NH Telephone 020 7722 6870 Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Fax 020 7483 0239 Number of places available: 60 Email [email protected] Applications received (by 15th January closing Web www.georgeeliotschool.co.uk date): 134 Nearest tube station Swiss Cottage, St. John’s Analysis of offers made on initial Wood (both Jubilee line) offer day (4th April 2011) Bus routes 13, 31, 46, 82, 87, 113, Children with an exceptional social or medical 139, 189, C11 need to attend the school: 3 Type of school: Community school Children with siblings at the school at the time of admission: 29 Number of pupils (January 2011): 459 Children for whom the school is the nearest Number of pupils to be admitted community school: 28 (up to a walking distance in reception intake (2012/13): 60 of 0.99km) Number of nursery places: 50 part-time Admission appeals in previous years George Eliot Primary School is fortunate to be situated 2011 None in leafy grounds on the border of both St. John’s Wood 2010 None and Swiss Cottage. In May 2011, George Eliot was 2009 One heard – none upheld one of only two London schools praised by Ofsted 2008 None (Excellence in English) for inspiring pupils to make 2007 None outstanding progress in English. The report concluded high-quality teaching combined with an innovative How to apply curriculum helps pupils to excel in the subject. For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants must name the school as a preference on the common The 2011-12 year also marks the development of our application form of the local authority where they live. exciting new Forest Schools programme in the early years, where children learn from participating in engaging, motivating and achievable tasks and activities in a woodland environment. Each child has an opportunity to develop intrinsic motivation and sound emotional and social skills. These, through self-awareness, can be developed to reach personal potential. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 35

The main school building was designed in 1954 in the Hallfield Primary School shape of a flower, by the famous architect Sir Denys (community school) N I J Lasdun. The original building is a Grade 2 listed building. The school grounds are extensively Headteacher Judith Grigg landscaped and provide a stimulating environment for Address Hallfield Estate, W2 6JJ the children, including a large environmental garden. Telephone 020 7087 4960 In addition to the varied before- and after-school clubs, Fax 020 7087 4961 the school is host to the Westminster Play Service. The Email [email protected] school aims high and they learn and grow together. The Website www.hallfieldschool.org.uk admission criteria are those agreed by the council for all Nearest tube station Bayswater (District and its community schools (see page 68). Circle lines), Queensway (Central line), Royal Oak Admissions to reception class 2011/12 (Hammersmith and City line) Number of places available: 90 Bus routes 7, 15, 23, 27, 36, 46, Applications received (by 15th January 2011 70, 332 closing date): 130 Type of school: Community school Analysis of offers made on initial Number of pupils (January 2011): 706 offer day (4th April 2011) Number of pupils to be admitted On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants in reception intake (2012/13): 90 were offered a place at the school or offered a Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – higher-preference school. Please note the pattern see page 10 of admissions can vary from year to year.

Hallfield Primary School, located in the heart of Admission appeals in previous years Westminster, serves the children and families of the 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None Hallfield Estate, Bayswater and the wider community. 2008 None 2007 None It is a large, successful and very happy school where children, staff, parents and governors work extremely How to apply hard to ensure every child is successful. They celebrate For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants and embrace their rich cultural diversity and at the end must name the school as a preference on the common of Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and 2 reflect upon application form of the local authority where they live. their hard work and commitment. Hallfield Primary’s curriculum is creative and stimulating, which allows all children to flourish and learn.

Hallfield Primary School opened in September 2010, following an amalgamation of Hallfield Infant and Hallfield Junior. The school admits 90 pupils in each year group and has 49 full-time and 58 part-time places in the nursery. 36 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

The school aims to provide: Hampden Gurney CE Primary School (voluntary aided) N I J BS • a foundation of Christian teaching and values • the highest possible achievements by each pupil in Headteacher Evelyn Chua our multi-cultural society Address Nutford Place, W1H 5HA • a positive partnership with the parents and Telephone 020 7641 4195 wider community Fax 020 7641 5468 • a happy, safe and stimulating environment Email office@hampdengurney. • a broad, balanced, relevant and co.uk differentiated curriculum. Website www. hampdengurneyschool. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are org.uk given on page 74. Nearest tube station Marble Arch (Central line), Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Edgware Road (Bakerloo, Number of places available: 30 Circle, District and Hammersmith and City lines) Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 187 Bus routes 6, 7, 15, 16, 23, 27, 36, 98, 205, 414, 436 Analysis of offers made on initial Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided offer day (4th April 2011) Number of pupils (January 2011): 233 Children from Church of England families outside the parish who attend the parish church: 8 Number of pupils to be admitted Children from Church of England families outside in reception intake (2012/13): 30 the parish who attend another Christian church: 22 Number of nursery places: 30 Admission appeals in previous years Hampden Gurney is an outstanding Church of England 2011 Four heard – none upheld school where committed managers and staff aim for the 2010 Five heard – none upheld highest standards of achievement and discipline for all 2009 Three heard – none upheld pupils. It is located off Edgware Road on the corner of 2008 Three heard – none upheld Forset Street and Nutford Place. 2007 Three heard – none upheld How to apply For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live and complete the school’s application and supplementary form. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 37

activities. School trips and performances also enrich King Solomon Academy school life. The curriculum weeks are a huge success (Academy) N I J – during science week, the children took part in daily science investigations; in maths week, the Puzzle Headteacher Venessa Willms People visited and authors, illustrators and storytellers Address Penfold Street, NW1 6RX visited during literacy week. Telephone 020 7563 6900 The school has a fabulous new building, completed in Email office@kingsolomon 2009, with excellent facilities where pupils can learn, play academy.org and explore. The Academy is rated outstanding by Ofsted. Website www.kingsolomon academy.org Academy open days Nearest tube station Edgware Road (Bakerloo, The Academy invites parents of prospective pupils to visit on the following dates: Circle, District and 18th October 2011, 4.30pm Hammersmith and City lines) 29th November 2011, 4.30pm Bus routes 6, 16, 18, 27, 36, 98, 139, 10th January 2012, 4.30pm 189, 205, and 414 Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Type of school: Academy Number of places available: 60 Number of pupils (January 2011): 360 Applications received (by 15th January 2011 (240 primary, 120 secondary) closing date): 270 Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2011/12): 60 Analysis of offers made on initial offer day (4th April 2011) Number of nursery places: 60 part-time Children with special educational needs: 1 Looked after Children: 1 King Solomon Academy admits two reception classes each year, so there are 60 children in each year group. Children with siblings at the school at the Primary school pupils are entitled to transfer to King time of admission: 32 Solomon Academy secondary school if they wish. Children living closest to the school: 26 (up to a straight-line distance of 0.49km from the school) King Solomon Academy supports every pupil so each child achieves his or her full potential. The curriculum is Admission appeals in previous years designed to nurture each pupil’s academic and personal 2011 Three heard – none upheld development. The primary school has a strong focus on 2010 None core subjects, particularly literacy and maths, and the 2009 None Academy has specialist status in maths and music. 2008 None Pupils achieve highly in all tested subjects, exceeding 2007 None national expectations. The school day runs from 8.30am to 4pm, Monday to How to apply Friday, with clubs running to 5pm daily. The extended For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants school day provides extra time for music, sports, art must name the school as a preference on the common and a wide choice of stimulating extra-curricular application form of the local authority where they live. 38 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Millbank Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 60 (community school) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 182 Headteacher Alyson Russen Address Erasmus Street, SW1P 4HR Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 5945 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 5946 Children with siblings at the school at the Email [email protected] time of admission: 34 Website www.millbank.westminster. Children for whom the school is the nearest sch.uk community school: 26 (up to a walking distance of 0.47km) Nearest tube station Pimlico (Victoria line) Please note the pattern of admissions can vary from Bus routes 2, 36, 88, 185, 436, year to year. 507, C10

Type of school: Community school Admission appeals in previous years 2011 None Number of pupils (January 2011): 439 2010 One heard – one upheld Number of pupils to be admitted 2009 None in reception intake (2012/13): 60 2008 None Number of nursery places: 15 full-time, 20 part-time 2007 None

Millbank Primary School is situated on the Millbank How to apply Estate, behind Tate Britain Gallery. The school is near For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants to Vauxhall Bridge Road and Pimlico Academy. Millbank must name the school as a preference on the common has a breakfast club open from 8am and offers after- application form of the local authority where they live. school play until 6pm, as well as a range of after-school clubs and homework rooms before and after school.

The school is equipped throughout with a sound field system for the hearing-impaired and the main building is fitted with a stair lift to access all floors and all rooms. The school has The Windmill classroom, a specialist class for 10 pupils with autism, who also spend time with mainstream classes. Every building has ramped access and toilets designed for people with disabilities. In the school year 2011/2012, Millbank has specialist teachers for art, dance, sport, ICT and guitar.

The admission criteria are those agreed by the council for all its community schools (see page 68). Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 39

Sports Activemark in recognition of its commitment to Our Lady Of Dolours RC Primary quality curriculum and after-school PE. It became a School (voluntary aided) N I J BS Voices Foundation Beacon school in 2010 in recognition of its commitment to teaching singing. Acting Headteacher Sarah Alley Address 19 Cirencester Street, Spanish is taught from Year 2 upwards and specialist W2 5SR sports coaches teach across the school. The school offers a wide range of after-school clubs and currently Telephone 020 7641 4326 offers music tuition for the recorder, violin, cello, guitar, Fax 020 7641 4389 oboe and bassoon. Email [email protected] Website www.ourladydolours.co.uk Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Nearest tube station Royal Oak (Hammersmith Number of places available: 45 and City line) Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Bus routes 6, 18, 36, 46, 187, 414 closing date): 90 Type of school: Roman Catholic voluntary aided Analysis of offers made on initial Number of pupils (January 2011): 324 offer day (4th April 2011) Number of pupils to be admitted On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants were offered a in reception intake (2012/13): 45 place at the school or a higher-preference school. Please Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – note the pattern of admissions can vary from year to year. see page 10 Admission appeals in previous years Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary School is 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None committed to developing each child to their full 2008 None 2007 None potential by offering a broad and balanced curriculum based on Gospel values and the beliefs of the Catholic How to apply Church. The school is situated off the Harrow Road and For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants gives priority to baptised, practising Catholic children must name the school as a preference on the common who are resident in the parishes of Our Lady of application form of the local authority where they live Sorrows, W2, and Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Vincent and complete the school’s supplementary form if de Paul, W9. Priority is then given to baptised, applying on faith grounds. practising Catholic children resident in other parishes. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 75.

The school has two reception classes for an intake of 45 pupils, each of which is taught by a teacher and a qualified nursery nurse. The school offers access to wraparound care for children aged five and up and was awarded Enhanced Healthy Schools status in June 2011. In 2008, the school was awarded the School 40 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Classes regularly visit the local library, and they also Paddington Green Primary School arrange frequent visits to places of interest linked to the (community school) N I J curriculum, including The Wallace Collection, Hampton Court Palace and The Science Museum. Headteacher Jane Sowerby Address Park Place Villas, W2 1SP The admission criteria are those agreed by the council for all its community schools (see page 68). Telephone 020 7641 4122 Fax 020 7641 4181 Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Email [email protected] Number of places available: 60 Nearest tube station Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo Applications received (by 15th January 2011 line), Edgware Road closing date): 115 (Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith and City lines) Analysis of offers made on initial Bus routes 6, 15, 16, 18, 46, 98, offer day (4th April 2011) 332, 414 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s Type of school: Community school co-ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants were offered a place at the school or offered a Number of pupils (January 2011): 465 higher-preference school. Please note the pattern Number of pupils to be admitted of admissions can vary from year to year. in reception intake (2012/13): 60 Number of nursery places: 70 part-time Admission appeals in previous years 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None Paddington Green Primary School is near the junction 2008 None 2007 None of Harrow Road and Edgware Road, and Paddington Station is nearby. It is a child-centred school and How to apply focuses on enabling each and every pupil to exceed For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants their individual expectations. This is achieved through must name the school as a preference on the common regular assessment, high-quality teaching and carefully application form of the local authority where they live. planned lessons, which make learning stimulating and interactive. Teachers provide a rich and varied range of activities aimed at appealing to all children and there is a combination of whole-class teaching and group and independent learning. They praise good work in classrooms and assemblies, and award certificates for excellent achievement. The school has an ICT suite, a well-stocked library, music lessons led by a specialist music teacher and extensive grounds where the children grow flowers, fruit and vegetables. There is a breakfast club at the school from 8am and a walking bus, which takes children to a nearby after-school play centre. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 41

The school’s Gold Artsmark award recognises the Queen’s Park Primary School determination to raise achievement through an emphasis (community school) N I J on the expressive arts – encouraging young learners to develop language skills to express themselves articulately. Headteacher Barbara Mayne Its mission statement underpins the importance of Address Droop Street, W10 4DQ providing a happy, healthy and safe environment in which Telephone 020 7641 5860 every child is able to reach his or her unique potential and take their place in society as independent, confident, Fax 020 7641 5826 responsible and successful adults. Email office@queensparkschool. co.uk The admission criteria for this school are those agreed by Website www. the council for all its community schools (see page 68). queensparkprimaryschool. co.uk Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Nearest tube station Queen’s Park (Bakerloo line) Number of places available: 42 Bus routes 6, 18, 28, 36, 52, 187, Applications received (by 15th January 2011 316, 452 closing date): 102 Type of school: Community school Analysis of offers made on initial Number of pupils (January 2011): 321 offer day (4th April 2011) Number of pupils to be admitted Children with a statement of special educational needs: 2 in reception intake (2012/13): 42 Children with siblings at the school at the Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – time of admission: 11 see page 10 Children for whom the school is the nearest community school: 14 Queen’s Park Primary School is a one-and-a-half form entry school of approximately 330 children (including 50 Children for whom the school is not the nearest part-time currently in the nursery), in a listed Victorian community school: 15 (up to a walking distance of 1.73km) building in north Westminster. The local community is culturally and ethnically diverse and the school is proud Admission appeals in previous years that the intake reflects the breadth of the wider community. 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None More than 85% of the children speak English as an 2008 None 2007 None additional language. Although backgrounds are diverse, the school population shares a common aim: the desire How to apply to learn. This can be seen in every classroom, where For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants pupils display their friendliness, willingness to participate, must name the school as a preference on the common enthusiasm for learning and celebrate their diversity. application form of the local authority where they live. 42 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions Image: Pupil from St. Luke’s CE Primary School Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 43

Robinsfield Infant School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 60 (community school) N I Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 201 Headteacher Naomi Leaver Address Ordnance Hill, NW8 6PX Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 5019 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 5035 Looked After Children: 1 Email [email protected] Children with siblings at the school at the Website www.robinsfield. time of admission: 21 westminster.sch.uk Children for whom the school is the nearest Nearest tube station St. John’s Wood community school: 35 (Jubilee line) Children for whom the school is not the nearest Bus routes 13, 46, 82, 113, 187, 274 community school: 3 (up to a walking distance of 0.72km) Type of school: Community school Please note the pattern of admissions can vary Number of pupils (January 2011): 249 from year to year. Number of pupils to be admitted Admission appeals in previous years in reception intake (2012/13): 60 2011 One heard – none upheld Number of nursery places: 62 part-time 2010 None 2009 Three heard – none upheld Robinsfield is a two-form entry infant school situated in 2008 One heard – none upheld St. John’s Wood. It is a culturally diverse community 2007 None school with pupils from over 40 different heritage countries. The school is highly respected in the How to apply community and Westminster for its long-term For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants commitment to supporting children’s emotional and must name the school as a preference on the common social wellbeing, achieving inclusion and high standards application form of the local authority where they live. across the curriculum.

The school environment and ethos is aimed at creating an atmosphere in which children feel safe and confident to be creative, think laterally and strive to reach their full potential. The school aims to enable children to become independent, autonomous learners.

The admission criteria are those agreed by the council for all its community schools (see page 68) but priority is also given to children with a brother or sister at Barrow Hill Junior School. 44 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

The school works in close partnership with the Maida St. Augustine’s CE Primary School Vale Children’s Centre and St. Augustine’s C.E. High (voluntary aided) N I J School, to which the majority of Year 6 pupils transfer each year. It has an after-school play centre on-site and Headteacher Suzanne Parry offers a wide range of after-school clubs. Throughout Address Kilburn Park Road, their time at St. Augustine’s, children will enjoy a very NW6 5XA wide variety of trips and visits, including a residential Telephone 020 7328 0221 visit to Sayers Croft in Year 5. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 76. Fax 020 7372 0251 Email [email protected] Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Website www.st-augustines-pri. Number of places available: 30 westminster.sch.uk Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Nearest tube station Kilburn Park (Bakerloo line) closing date): 113 Bus routes 6, 16, 32, 98, 206, 316, 328, 332 Analysis of offers made on initial

Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided offer day (4th April 2011) Children with statements of special Number of pupils (January 2011): 258 educational needs: 1 Number of pupils to be admitted Children whose parents or guardians worship in reception intake (2012/13): 30 regularly at St. Augustine’s or another Anglican church: 1 Number of nursery places: 50 part-time Children whose parents or guardians worship regularly at another Christian church or chapel: 6 St. Augustine’s Church of England Primary School was established to serve the local community and Children with siblings at the school at the welcomes children not only from Christian families, time of admission: 14 but also from other backgrounds and faiths. Children of other faiths whose parents or Consequently, the school’s population is wonderfully guardians who live in the local community and diverse and is comprised of pupils from a wide range regularly attend their place of worship: 8 of nations, ethnicities and cultures who speak many different languages. Admission appeals in previous years 2010 None 2009 None 2008 None The school is keen to promote mutual understanding and 2007 None 2006 None respect between all members of the school community and to focus on the fact they are each members of St. How to apply Augustine’s as well as Londoners and fellow citizens. At For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants the core of their vision is a determination to foster, in all must name the school as a preference on the common children, a love of learning that will endure long after they application form of the local authority where they live leave, enabling them to adapt easily to whatever future and complete the school’s supplementary form if challenges they may meet throughout their lives. applying on faith grounds. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 45

Details of the school’s published admission criteria are St. Barnabas’ CE Primary School given on page 77. (voluntary aided) I J Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Headteacher Ann Townshend Number of places available: 23 Address St. Barnabas Street, Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Pimlico, SW1W 8PF closing date): 56 Telephone 020 7641 4232 Fax 020 7641 4229 Analysis of offers made on initial Email office@stbarnabasprimary. offer day (4th April 2011) org.uk On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co- Website www.st-barnabasprimary. ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants org.uk were offered a place at the school or offered a higher-preference school. Please note the pattern Nearest tube station Sloane Square (District and of admissions can vary from year to year. Circle lines), Victoria (Victoria, District and Circle lines) Bus routes 11, 44, 137, 170, 211, Admission appeals in previous years 360, 452, C1, C10 2010 None 2009 None 2008 None 2007 None 2006 None Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Number of pupils (January 2011): 156 How to apply Number of pupils to be admitted For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants in reception intake (2012/13): 23 must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live St. Barnabas’ is a Church of England voluntary aided and complete the school’s supplementary form if school situated on a safe and secure site on Pimlico applying on faith grounds. Road (entrance in St. Barnabas Street), near Victoria and Sloane Square stations. The school offers children a high-quality education through small class sizes, a balanced curriculum and creative use of on- and off-site facilities. It enjoys close links with St. Barnabas’ Church, a number of community organisations and other agencies. The inclusive school ethos is one where honesty, respect and trust are valued.

The majority of our pupils live in the local area and families at St. Barnabas’ enjoy being part of a caring, inclusive community. The school offers a daily breakfast club from 7.45am and a variety of lunchtime and after-school clubs. The school is equipped throughout with a sound field system for the hearing impaired. 46 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Priority is given in the first instance to Looked After St. Clement Danes CE Primary Children. Details of the school’s published admission School (voluntary aided) N I J criteria are given on page 78.

Headteacher Angela Abrahams The children benefit from the extensive use of the Address Drury Lane, WC2B 5SU school’s magical setting and the provision of a creative curriculum. The school has a number of exciting Telephone 020 7641 6586 after-school clubs and an after-school play centre. Fax 020 7641 6556 Email [email protected] Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Website www.st-clementdanes. Number of places available: 30 westminster.sch.uk Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Nearest tube station Holborn (Central and closing date): 69 Piccadilly lines), Charing Cross (Bakerloo and Analysis of offers made on initial Northern lines), Covent offer day (4th April 2011) Garden (Piccadilly line), Children with siblings at the school at the Temple (Circle and time of admission: 8 District lines) Children who live within the school’s Bus routes 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, catchment area: 6 26, 59, 68, 76, 87, 91, 139, Children of families who are regular worshippers 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, at a Christian church and live outside the school’s 243, 341, 521, RV1, X68 catchment area: 9

Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Other children living closest to the school: 7 (up to a walking distance of 1.63km) Number of pupils (January 2011): 197 Number of pupils to be admitted Admission appeals in previous years in reception intake (2012/13): 30 2011 Four heard – none upheld 2010 None Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – 2009 None see page 10 2008 None St. Clement Danes Primary School is a Church of 2007 None England voluntary aided primary school situated in the heart of Covent Garden, WC2. How to apply For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants The school has strong links with St. Paul’s Church and must name the school as a preference on the common St. Clement Danes, as well as the parish church of St. application form of the local authority where they live Mary-le-Strand. Although Christian in character, the and complete the school’s supplementary form if school welcomes children of all faiths and celebrates applying on faith grounds. the diversity in its school community. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 47

St. Edward’s RC Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 60 (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 126 Headteacher Maureen Donnelly Address Lisson Grove, NW1 6LD Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7723 5911 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7723 5250 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated Email office@stedwards admission arrangements, all applicants were offered primary.co.uk a place at the school or offered a higher-preference Nearest tube station Marylebone (Bakerloo line), school. Please note the pattern of admissions can vary Baker Street (Bakerloo, from year to year. Jubilee, Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City Admission appeals in previous years lines), Edgware Road 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None (Bakerloo, Circle, District, 2008 None 2007 None Hammersmith and City lines) Bus routes 2, 6, 13, 16, 82, 98, 113, How to apply 139, 189, 205, 274, 332, For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants 414, 453 must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live Type of school: Roman Catholic voluntary aided and complete the school’s supplementary form if Number of pupils (January 2011): 436 applying on faith grounds. Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 60 Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – see page 10

St. Edward’s RC Primary School is a Roman Catholic school situated on Lisson Grove, NW1, close to Marylebone Station. Priority is given to Catholic families but any remaining places are then offered to Christians of other denominations, children of other faiths and any other applicants. Full details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 78. 48 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. Gabriel’s CE Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 (voluntary aided) I J BS Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 105 Headteacher Sue McMahon Address Churchill Gardens, Analysis of offers made on initial SW1V 3AG offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 6300 Children with Statements of Special Fax 020 7641 6334 Educational Needs: 1 Email office@stgabrielsprimary. Children whose parents worship at St. Gabriel’s: 2 co.uk Children whose parents worship at least monthly Website www.webfronter.com/ in Anglican churches: 3 westminster/stg Children whose parents worship at other Nearest tube station Pimlico (Victoria line) Christian Churches: 6 Bus routes 24, 360, C10 Other baptised children: 2

Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Children with siblings at the school at the time of admission: 9 Number of pupils (January 2011): 208 Children whose parents live in the parishes Number of pupils to be admitted of St. Gabriel’s, St. Saviour’s and St. James in reception intake (2012/13): 30 the Less: 7

St. Gabriel’s is a Church of England voluntary aided Admission appeals in previous years school in Churchill Gardens, SW1. As a church school, 2011 None it seeks to establish a community founded on Christian 2010 None values, promoting moral and social respect for other 2009 One heard – none upheld faiths and cultures. At all times, the school aims to 2008 None create a happy, calm atmosphere where children take 2007 None great pride in their school and develop a love of learning. Details of the school’s published admission How to apply criteria are given on page 80. For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live and complete the school’s supplementary form if applying on faith grounds. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 49

St. George’s Hanover Square CE Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 Primary School (voluntary aided) I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 90 Headteacher Malcolm Lothian Address South Street, W1K 2XH Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7629 1196 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 4920 Children whose parents are committed Christians Email [email protected] and worship at least monthly at St. George’s Church, Hanover Square or the Grosvenor Chapel: 4 Nearest tube station Marble Arch (Central line), Hyde Park Corner Children who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission: 15 (Piccadilly line), Bond Street (Central and Jubilee Children whose parents worship at least monthly lines), Green Park (Jubilee, at a neighbouring Anglican church: 8 Piccadilly and Victoria lines) Children who live within the parish of St. George’s and whose parents worship at least monthly at a Bus routes 2, 8, 10, 16, 36, 73, 74, neighbouring Christian church: 3 82, 137, 148, 414, 436

Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Admission appeals in previous years Number of pupils (January 2011): 205 2011 None 2010 None Number of pupils to be admitted 2009 One heard – none upheld in reception intake (2012/13): 30 2008 None 2007 None St. George’s School dedicates itself to providing all pupils with the opportunity to achieve their maximum How to apply academic and physical potential at all times. The school endeavours to offer the most effective quality teaching For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants and learning opportunities in a happy and safe must name the school as a preference on the common environment, in order to facilitate the future economic application form of the local authority where they live well-being of all the children and to value the contribution and complete the school’s supplementary form if that each makes. Full details of the school’s published applying on faith grounds. admission criteria are given on page 81. The school is usually oversubscribed and parents are recommended to make applications to other schools as well. 50 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

the nursery to the reception class, there is no automatic St. James’ and St. Michael’s CE right to do so – therefore parents will need to make a Primary School (voluntary aided) separate application for reception. Once a place has been EYU I J offered in reception, if appropriate, there are arrangements for take-up of the place to be delayed until the child is five. Headteacher Valerie De Angelis Address Craven Terrace, W2 3QD Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Telephone 020 7641 6218 Number of places available: 25

Fax 020 7641 6220 Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Email [email protected] closing date): 73 Nearest tube station Lancaster Gate (Central line), Paddington (District, Circle, Analysis of offers made on initial Bakerloo and Hammersmith offer day (4th April 2011) and City lines) Unavailable at time of going to press, 2010/11 Bus routes 46, 94, 148, 390, 7, 15, analysis as follows: 23, 27, 36, 205, 332, 436 Children from families who worship frequently at St. James’s Church, Sussex Gardens and Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided St. John’s Church, Hyde Park: 2 Number of pupils (January 2011): 188 Children who have a sibling already present Number of pupils to be admitted in the school at the time of attendance: 7 in reception intake (2012/13): 25 Children from families of other Christian denominations recognised by Churches Together Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – in Britain, who live in the above parishes: 13 see page 10 Children of families practising other world faiths who wish their child to attend a Christian school: 3 The school’s admission criteria give preference to children attending the churches of St. James’, Sussex Gardens Admission appeals in previous years and St. John’s, Hyde Park and to other Christian children, with some priority then being given to siblings of current 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None students. Full details of the school’s admission criteria are 2008 None 2007 None given on page 82. How to apply In practice, the school takes children from many faiths For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants and is proud to be a community school. The school has must name the school as a preference on the common an after-school play centre. St. James’ and St. Michael’s application form of the local authority where they live CE Primary School has an early years unit comprising a and complete the school’s supplementary form if nursery class and a reception class. Children are admitted applying on faith grounds. into the nursery at age three and into the reception in the academic year that they turn five.

Each class is staffed with a teacher, a nursery nurse and a classroom assistant. Although most children move from Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 51

support each other in the classroom and playground. St. Joseph’s RC Primary School It all adds up to a nurturing environment that enables (voluntary aided) N I J BS children to grow into fulfilled and rounded adults.

Headteacher Catherine McKeever Full details of the school’s admissions criteria are given Address Lanark Road, W9 1DF on page 82. Telephone 020 7286 3518 Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Fax 020 7286 2303 Number of places available: 42 (44 offered) Email office@stjosephsschool. Applications received (by 15th January 2011 org.uk closing date): 180 Website www.stjosephsschool.org.uk Nearest tube station Maida Vale (Bakerloo line) Analysis of offers made on initial Bus routes 6, 16, 46, 98, 187, 332, offer day (4th April 2011) 414, 139, 189 Catholic children who live in the parish of St. John’s Wood or within the agreed Type of school: Roman Catholic voluntary aided boundaries of W9: 39 Number of pupils (January 2011): 329 Other Catholic children from practising Catholic families: 5 Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 42 Admission appeals in previous years Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – 2011 Three heard – none upheld see page 10 2010 Two heard – none upheld 2009 Six heard – none upheld St. Joseph’s RC Primary School is a Roman Catholic 2008 Three heard – none upheld voluntary aided school situated in Lanark Road, Maida 2007 Two heard – none upheld Vale. The school is a vibrant part of the neighbourhood of Maida Vale and St. John’s Wood in north-west How to apply London. Founded in 1959 to serve the parish of Our For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants Lady’s, the school works to give their children the best must name the school as a preference on the common possible education in the fullest sense of the word – application form of the local authority where they live academically, spiritually and emotionally. At the heart of and complete the school’s supplementary form if the school, running through every aspect of its daily life, applying on faith grounds. are gospel principles of loving your neighbour, of compassion and of justice. The school believes these make for a challenging, warm and outward-looking community of pupils, teachers, support staff and parents.

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St. Luke’s CE Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 (voluntary aided) I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 67 Headteacher Barbara Dunn Address Fernhead Road, W9 3EJ Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 5855 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 5827 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co- Email [email protected] ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants were Website www.stlukesprimary.org.uk offered a place at the school or offered a higher- Nearest tube station Queen’s Park (Bakerloo line) preference school. Please note the pattern of admissions can vary from year to year. Bus routes 6, 31, 36, 187, 316, 31, 328, 206 Admission appeals in previous years Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None Number of pupils (January 2011): 188 2008 None 2007 None Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 30 How to apply For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants The school serves the parish of St. Luke’s, West Kilburn, must name the school as a preference on the common and the admission criteria are based on children living in application form of the local authority where they live the immediate local area. Full details of the school’s and complete the school’s supplementary form if admission criteria are given on page 84. applying on faith grounds.

This is a Christian school founded on the love of God expressed in Jesus Christ. It seeks to provide education in a caring Christian environment and is committed to enabling each child to develop his or her potential, intellectually, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

The school values, celebrates and enjoys the cultural diversity its children bring to school and promotes mutual respect. Supported by St. Luke’s Church, it provides a context of Christian worship with the participation of the local Christian community.

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St. Mary Magdalene CE Primary Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 School (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 60 Headteacher Tonnie Simpson Address Rowington Close, Analysis of offers made on initial Warwick Estate, W2 5TF offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 4388/4395 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co- Fax 020 7641 4327 ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants were offered a place at the school or offered a higher- Email [email protected] preference school. Please note the pattern of Website www.st-marymagdalene. admissions can vary from year to year. westminster.sch.uk Nearest tube station Royal Oak (Hammersmith Admission appeals in previous years and City line), Warwick 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None Avenue (Bakerloo line) 2008 None 2007 None Bus routes 6, 18, 36, 46, 187, 414 How to apply Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants Number of pupils (January 2011): 231 must name the school as a preference on the common Number of pupils to be admitted application form of the local authority where they live in reception intake (2012/13): 30 and complete the school’s supplementary form if applying on faith grounds. Number of nursery places: 26

St. Mary Magdalene CE Primary School is a Church of England voluntary aided school situated within the ecclesiastical parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington. It has breakfast club from 7.50 to 8.30am. It also has several after-school clubs from Year 1 to Year 6.

Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 85. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 55

St. Mary of the Angels RC Primary Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 45 School (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 118 Headteacher Helen Connolly Address Shrewsbury Road, W2 5PR Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 4482 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 4484 Catholic children who live within the boundaries of Email [email protected] the parishes of St. Mary of the Angels, Our Lady Queen of Heaven or Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Website www.st-maryangels. Vincent De Paul who are practising members of a westminster.sch.uk Catholic worshipping community: 30 Nearest tube station Westbourne Park Catholic families who live outside the boundaries (Hammersmith and City line) of the above parishes who are practising members Bus routes 7, 23, 27, 28, 31, 70, 328 of a Catholic worshipping community: 11 Other Catholic children who live within the Type of school: Roman Catholic voluntary aided boundaries of the parishes of St. Mary of the Number of pupils (January 2011): 343 Angels, Our Lady Queen of Heaven or Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Vincent De Paul: 1 Number of pupils to be admitted Other applicants: 3 in reception intake (2012/13): 45 Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – Admission appeals in previous years see page 10 2011 None 2010 None St. Mary of the Angels is situated south of the Westway, 2009 None off Westbourne Park Road, and close to the 2008 None underground and railway stations. It is set in attractive 2007 Three heard – none upheld and modern surroundings serving the parishes of St. Mary of the Angels and Our Lady Queen of Heaven. How to apply Full details of the school’s published admission criteria For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants are given on page 86. must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live and complete the school’s supplementary form if applying on faith grounds. 56 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. Mary’s Bryanston Square CE Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 Primary School (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 99 Headteacher Peter Hadfield Address Enford Street, W1H 1DL Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 4130 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 5438 Children from practising Christian families Email [email protected] resident in the parish of St. Mary’s Bryanston Square and St. Mark’s, Old Marylebone Road: 1 Website www.bryanston.net Other children resident in the parish: 16 Nearest tube station Marylebone (Bakerloo line) Children from practising Christian families Bus routes 2, 18, 27, 205, 453, 13, 30, resident in local area: 3 74, 82, 113, 139, 189, 274 Other children resident in local area: 10 Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Number of pupils (January 2011): 239 Admission appeals in previous years 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None Number of pupils to be admitted 2008 None 2007 None in reception intake (2012/13): 30 Number of nursery places: 12 full-time, 28 part-time How to apply For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants St. Mary’s Bryanston Square is situated in the parish must name the school as a preference on the common of St. Mary’s Bryanston Square and St. Mark’s Old application form of the local authority where they live Marylebone Road. Priority is given to practising and complete the school’s supplementary form if Christians and others living in the parish and then applying on faith grounds. practising Christians in the local area. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 88.

Applicants are also encouraged to attend the school’s open morning on Friday 18th November 2011 between 10am and midday, when the school will:

• put your name and address on its mailing list • give you a copy of the school brochure, which includes the admissions policy • answer any questions about how to apply. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 57

St. Matthew’s CE Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 76 Headteacher Emily Norman Address 16-18 Old Pye Street, Analysis of offers made on initial SW1P 2DG offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 5110 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co- Fax 020 7641 5116 ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants were Email [email protected] offered a place at the school or offered a higher- Website www.stmwschool.org.uk preference school. Please note the pattern of Nearest tube station St. James’s Park (District admissions can vary from year to year. and Circle lines) Admission appeals in previous years Bus routes 11, 24, 88, 148, 211, 507, C10 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None 2008 None 2007 None Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Number of pupils (January 2011): 175 How to apply For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants Number of pupils to be admitted must name the school as a preference on the common in reception intake (2012/13): 30 application form of the local authority where they live Number of nursery places: 16 full-time, 20 part-time and complete the school’s supplementary form if applying on faith grounds. St. Matthew’s CE Primary School is a Church of England voluntary aided school in Old Pye Street, Victoria. After Looked After Children, priority is given to children whose parents are regular Christian worshippers. In particular, the governors give priority to children whose parents are regular worshippers in the parish church of St. Matthew’s, Westminster. The school has an after-school club for children from reception to Year 6. Full details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 89. 58 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

development. Parents and governors are very St. Peter’s CE (Chippenham supportive and the school is highly regarded in the Mews) Primary School community and by the local authority. (voluntary aided) I J The school offers 18 foundation places to families who Headteacher Samanda Adcock provide evidence of commitment to a Christian church and 12 open places to families in the local community. Address Chippenham Mews, Details of the school’s published admission criteria are W9 2AN given on page 90. Telephone 020 7641 4385 Fax 020 7641 4318 Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Email [email protected] Number of places available: 30 Website www.stpeterscm.co.uk Applications received (by 15th January 2011 Nearest tube station Westbourne Park closing date: 155 (Hammersmith and City line) Bus routes 6, 18, 28, 31, 36, 187, Analysis of offers made on initial 228, 328, 414 offer day (4th April 2011) Children with statement of special education Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided needs: 1 Number of pupils (January 2011): 210 Foundation places: Number of pupils to be admitted Children whose parents worship at St. Peter’s in reception intake (2012/13): 30 Church and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission: 2 St. Peter’s is a small, oversubscribed multicultural Other children whose parents worship at school of 210 pupils, situated on Chippenham Mews St. Peter’s Church: 2 just off Chippenham Road and Harrow Road in the Other children whose parents worship at Maida Hill, W9 area. Thirty-nine different languages are another Christian church: 13 spoken at the school. The school finds that it is a joy to Open places: work with so many children from different backgrounds Children with a sibling at the school at the who are self-motivated, enjoy others company and a time of admission: 11 delight to teach. Children from the local community: 1 St. Peter’s is dedicated to the whole child with a strong focus on the spiritual and creative, alongside the Admission appeals in previous years academic wellbeing of its pupils. The school has a 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None strong staff with specialists in music, Spanish and PE. 2008 None 2007 None Breakfast club is run before school, as well as a selection of activities after school. Good connections How to apply are made with nurseries and local secondary schools to For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants ensure smooth transition for pupils. must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live Workshops are regularly held for parents and carers to and complete the school’s supplementary form if give them a greater insight into their child’s learning and applying on faith grounds. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 59

St. Peter’s Eaton Square CE Primary Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 40 School (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 156 Headteacher Nicola Cottier Address Lower Belgrave Street, Analysis of offers made on initial SW1W 0NL offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 4230 Baptised children whose parents or Fax 020 7641 4235 guardians regularly worship at St. Peter’s Eaton Square Church: 23 Email [email protected] Website www.stpeaton.org.uk Children who had a sibling at the school at the date of entry: 9 Nearest tube station Victoria (Victoria, Circle and District lines) Baptised children whose parents or guardians regularly worship at another Church of England Bus routes 2, 8, 11, 16, 24, 38, 44, church: 7 52, 73, 82, 148, 185, 211, Baptised children whose parents or guardians 239, 436, 507, C1, C10 regularly worship at another Christian church: 1 Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided Admission appeals in previous years Number of pupils (January 2011): 294 2011 One heard – none upheld Number of pupils to be admitted 2010 None in reception intake (2012/13): 40 2009 None Number of nursery places: 10 full-time, 30 part-time 2008 None 2007 None St. Peter’s Eaton Square is situated right in the heart of Westminster, very near Victoria Station. The school How to apply is teeming with positive, productive and passionate For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants individuals. Children love to learn and achieve must name the school as a preference on the common tremendously well. application form of the local authority where they live and complete the school’s supplementary form if Staff and governors are dedicated and committed to applying on faith grounds. providing the best opportunities for the children and to helping them thrive. The school community is wonderfully supportive, embracing the Christian ethos of the school and working in partnership to ensure the best outcomes for their children.

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St. Saviour’s CE Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 185 Headteacher Lindsey Woodford Address Shirland Road, W9 2JD Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 6414 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 6416 Children whose parents attend St. Saviour’s Church Email [email protected] or St. Mary-on-Paddington Green Church: 27 Website www.stsaviourssch.com Children whose parents attend other Anglican or Christian churches: 3 Nearest tube station Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo line) Admission appeals in previous years Bus routes 6, 46, 187, 414 2011 Three heard – one upheld Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided 2010 Four heard – none upheld 2009 Two heard – none upheld Number of pupils (January 2011): 236 2008 One heard – none upheld Number of pupils to be admitted 2007 Two heard – none upheld in reception intake (2012/13): 30 Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – How to apply see page 10 For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants St. Saviour’s CE Primary School is a Church of England must name the school as a preference on the common school located on the corner of Shirland Road and application form of the local authority where they live Formosa Street in Maida Vale. After Looked After and complete the school’s supplementary form if Children who are baptised and are practising within the applying on faith grounds. Church of England, priority is given to families attending St. Saviour’s or St. Mary on Paddington Green. There are eight points to the school’s admission criteria, within which brothers or sisters already at the school are listed seventh in order of priority. Full details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 92. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 61

St. Stephen’s CE Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 54 Headteacher Lucy Cohen Address 91 Westbourne Park Road, Analysis of offers made on initial W2 5QH offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 4488 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated Fax 020 7641 4487 admission arrangements, all applicants were offered Email office@st-stephensprimary. a place at the school or offered a higher-preference co.uk school. Please note the pattern of admissions can vary Website www.st-stephens. from year to year. westminster.sch.uk Nearest tube station Westbourne Park Admission appeals in previous years (Hammersmith and City line) 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None Bus routes 7, 23, 27, 28, 31, 70, 328 2008 None 2007 None

Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided How to apply Number of pupils (January 2011): 231 For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants Number of pupils to be admitted must name the school as a preference on the common in reception intake (2012/13): 30 application form of the local authority where they live and complete the school’s supplementary form if Number of nursery places: 17 full-time, applying on faith grounds. 16 part-time

St. Stephen’s CE Primary School is located in Westbourne Park, which is bounded by Bayswater, Paddington and Notting Hill. The current pupils at St. Stephen’s come from a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

St. Stephen’s builds confidently on its Christian roots and foundations, whilst celebrating the place of all beliefs, to create a caring school family where everyone feels safe, happy and special. St. Stephen’s offers a wide curriculum, including Spanish and specialist music tuition. It has a free breakfast club every day from 8 to 8.30am, which is open to its pupils from reception upwards.

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St. Vincent de Paul RC Primary Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 School (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 133 Headteacher Jack O’Neill Address Morpeth Terrace, SW1P 1EP Analysis of offers made on initial Telephone 020 7641 5990 offer day (4th April 2011) Fax 020 7641 5901 Baptised Catholic children from practising Email [email protected] Catholic families with siblings at the school at the time of admission: 17 Website www.svpschool-primary. org.uk Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families currently attending the school’s Nearest tube station Victoria (Victoria, Circle and nursery: 13 (up to a walking distance of 1.16km) District lines) Bus routes 2, 8, 11, 24, 36, 38, 44, Admission appeals in previous years 52, 73, 82, 148, 185, 211, 2011 None 239, 436, 507, C1, C10 2010 None Type of school: Roman Catholic voluntary aided 2009 One heard – none upheld 2008 None Number of pupils (January 2011): 248 2007 None Number of pupils to be admitted in reception intake (2012/13): 30 How to apply Number of nursery places: 18 full-time, 24 part-time For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants must name the school as a preference on the common St. Vincent de Paul RC Primary is a small, one-form application form of the local authority where they live entry Catholic voluntary aided primary school situated a and complete the school’s supplementary form if few minutes’ walk from Victoria Station. As the parish applying on faith grounds. school of Westminster Cathedral, we have a strong religious character and a positive Catholic ethos that is reflected in the children’s behaviour and their attitude to learning.

The school has a variety of after-school clubs together with a daily breakfast club. The last Ofsted report states St. Vincent de Paul RC Primary School is a good school that makes a real difference to the community it serves. Not only does it greatly benefit the pupils who attend but also their families.

Full details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 94. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 63

St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 School (voluntary aided) N I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 107 Headteacher Marina Coleman Address St. Vincent Street, Analysis of offers made on initial Marylebone, W1U 4DF offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 6110 Baptised Catholic children from practising families Fax 020 7641 6116 with siblings who will be in attendance at the time of admissions: 11 Email office@stvincentsprimary. org.uk Baptised Catholic children from practising families who had attended the St. Vincent’s Nursery: 12 Website www.stvincentsprimary. org.uk Other baptised Catholics according to distance from the school: 7 (up to a walking distance of 1.85km) Nearest tube station Bond Street (Central and Jubilee lines), Baker Street Admission appeals in previous years (Bakerloo, Jubilee, Circle, Metropolitan and 2011 None Hammersmith and City lines) 2010 None 2009 Two heard – none upheld Bus routes 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 23, 2008 One heard – none upheld 27, 30, 73, 74, 82, 94, 98, 2007 One heard – none upheld 113, 137, 139, 159, 189, 205, 274, 390, 453 How to apply Type of school: Roman Catholic voluntary aided For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants Number of pupils (January 2011): 227 must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live Number of pupils to be admitted and complete the school’s supplementary form if in reception intake (2012/13): 30 applying on faith grounds. Number of nursery places: 16 full-time, 10 part-time morning

St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary School is a one-form entry Catholic voluntary aided school situated on St. Vincent Street, Marylebone. Priority is given to baptised Catholics with a letter of reference from their parish priest. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 94. In October 2010 the school was judged by Ofsted to be ‘Outstanding’. As well as strong academic achievement, the school excels in the fields of music and sports. There is a very creative curriculum and the school runs a wide range of exciting extra-curricular activities. 64 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Soho Parish CE Primary School Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 23 (voluntary aided) EYU I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 77 Headteacher Rachel Earnshaw Address 23 Great Windmill Street, Analysis of offers made on initial W1D 7LF offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 7311 Children with a sibling at the school at Fax 020 7641 7334 the time of admission: 14 Email [email protected] Other children living closest to the school: 9 Website www.sohoparish.co.uk (up to a walking distance of 0.88km from the school) Nearest tube station Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo Admission appeals in previous years and Piccadilly lines) 2011 None Bus routes 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 2010 None 22, 23, 38, 88, 94, 139, 2009 None 159, 453 2008 One heard – one upheld Type of school: Church of England voluntary aided 2007 None 145 Number of pupils (January 2011): How to apply Number of pupils to be admitted For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants in reception intake (2012/13): 24 must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live. Soho Parish’s primary catchment area is Soho, bounded by Charing Cross Road, Regent Street, Oxford Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Chinatown and Leicester Square. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 96. The school has a breakfast club and an after-school play centre.

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Westminster Cathedral RC Primary Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Number of places available: 30 School (voluntary aided) I J Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 110 Headteacher Linda Vassallo Address Bessborough Place, Analysis of offers made on initial SW1V 3SE offer day (4th April 2011) Telephone 020 7641 5915 All 30 places were allocated to baptised, practising Fax 020 7641 6384 Roman Catholics. Email [email protected] Admission appeals in previous years Website www.westminster cathedralprimary.org.uk 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None 2008 None 2007 None Nearest tube station Pimlico (Victoria line) Bus routes 2, 24, 36, 87, 88, 185, How to apply 436, C10 For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants Type of school: Roman Catholic voluntary aided must name the school as a preference on the common application form of the local authority where they live Number of pupils (January 2011): 208 and complete the school’s supplementary form if Number of pupils to be admitted applying on faith grounds. in reception intake (2012/13): 30

Westminster Cathedral RC Primary School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided school situated in Bessborough Place, Pimlico. Details of the school’s published admission criteria are given on page 96.

The school has a strong Catholic identity with committed Catholic leadership. The staff work well and support each other. The school provides a safe, secure, happy environment where pupils are encouraged to do their best.

Children of all abilities are catered for, not only within the classroom but also by working in small groups or one-to-one with staff appointed for specific purposes.

The school offers many sporting and musical opportunities. Instruments include flute, clarinet, guitar and ukulele. A wide variety of after-school clubs ensure all children have the opportunity to further their talents, be it in art, sport, drama, dance, languages or music. 66 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Reception classes also have a separate play area Wilberforce Primary School (outside classroom). At the time of its last inspection, (community school) N I J the inspector in a letter to children, said: “All in all, you get a really good deal at Wilberforce …If I lived nearer, Interim Headteacher Michael Larkin I would send my children to your school. They would Address Beethoven Street, W10 4LB love it!” Telephone 020 7641 5865 The admission criteria are those agreed by the council Fax 020 7641 5828 for all of its community schools (see page 68). Email office@wilberforceprimary. co.uk Admissions to reception class 2011/12 Nearest tube station Queen’s Park (Bakerloo line) Number of places available: 60 Bus routes 6, 28, 52, 36, 187, 316, 452 Applications received (by 15th January 2011 closing date): 81 Type of school: Community school Number of pupils (January 2011): 445 Analysis of offers made on initial Number of pupils to be admitted offer day (4th April 2011) in reception intake (2012/13): 60 On the initial offer day, under Westminster’s co-ordinated admission arrangements, all applicants were offered a Number of nursery places: to be confirmed – place at the school or offered a higher-preference see page 10 school. Please note the pattern of admissions can vary Wilberforce Primary School is located just off Kilburn from year to year. Lane, close to Queen’s Park underground station. The school has a breakfast club and after-school play Admission appeals in previous years centre. Other lunchtime and after-school activities 2011 None 2010 None 2009 None include homework, reading, gardening and sports 2008 None 2007 None clubs. All children learn Spanish and music and there are opportunities for instrumental tuition. Children How to apply regularly visit museums and galleries and take part For a reception class place for 2012/13, applicants in musical activities in London’s concert venues. must name the school as a preference on the common The school works closely with local arts and sport application form of the local authority where they live. organisations. Children learn to swim in Years 2, 3 and 4.

The school’s nursery is housed in its own building. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are housed in a single- storey building and Years 3, 4 and 5 are in a separate building. Each of the three buildings has its own large playground with grass, trees and shrubs, as well as traditional playground equipment. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 67 Image: Year 1 pupils from St. Peter’s Chippenham Mews 68 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Admission criteria

Community schools Within categories four and five, priority will be given to those children who live nearest to the school. • Barrow Hill Junior School Distances are measured by the shortest walking route, • Churchill Gardens Primary School using roads and lit pathways, from the centre of the • Edward Wilson Primary School child’s home address to the nearest school entrance • Essendine Primary School for pupils, as measured by the local authority’s • Gateway Primary School computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary • George Eliot Primary School to differentiate between applicants living in flats using • Hallfield Primary School the same street entrance, priority will be given to the • Millbank Primary School applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then • Paddington Green Primary School by ascending flat number order. • Queen’s Park Primary School • Robinsfield Infant School Applications made under category 2 will only be • Wilberforce Primary School considered if supporting evidence from an appropriate professional (eg doctor or social worker) is attached to Places will be first allocated to children with statements the local authority’s application form. This supporting of special educational needs who name the school evidence must set out the particular reasons why the with the agreement of Westminster City Council. school in question is the most suitable and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to In the event of oversubscription, places will then attend another school. be allocated as follows: 1. Looked After Children. Within category three, in the case of the reception classes at Robinsfield Infant School, sibling priority 2. Children with exceptional medical, social, or other would also extend to applicants with a sibling needs that can only be met by providing a place at attending Barrow Hill Junior School, and vice versa. the particular school concerned rather than any other school (to be decided in consultation with the Children from multiple births (eg twins/triplets) Director for Schools and Learning in each case). Where the admission of children from multiple births 3. Children with a sibling at the school at the time of would lead to exceeding the published admissions admission. A sibling is defined as a brother or number, priority will be given to the eldest of the siblings. sister, half-brother or sister, or step-brother or sister whose main residence is at the same Split residence address. Please note sibling priority only applies to Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, children with sibling(s) at the school from reception each for part of a week, the address where the child lives to Year 6 at the time of admission (not nursery). is determined using a joint declaration from the parents stating the pattern of residence. If a child’s residence is 4. Children for whom it is the nearest community split equally between both parents, parents will be asked primary school. to determine which is the residential address for the 5. Children for whom it is not the nearest community purpose of admission to school. If the residence is not primary school. spilt equally between both parents the address used will be where the child spends the majority of the school week. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 69

Method of application Casual/in-year admissions Parents/carers must apply using the common application For in-year admissions, parents/carers must apply to form of the local authority where they live. This can be the school directly. Applications will be considered in completed online via www.westminster.gov.uk/ accordance with the over-subscription criteria. In the admissions or on a paper form available from schools event that it is not possible to offer a place, the waiting or their local council’s School Admissions team. list and appeals procedures will apply.

Closing date and initial notification date Year 3 admissions Under Westminster’s co-ordinated admission In the case of Year 3 admission to Barrow Hill Junior arrangements the closing date for reception class School, priority of admission is given to pupils applications will be 15th January 2012. Notification transferring from Robinsfield Infant School. letters will be sent out on 18th April 2012. Children attending nursery class at a school Late applications Parents of children attending the nursery class at a Applications received after the set closing date will be school must re-apply for a reception class place. accepted, but will not normally be considered for a There is no automatic transfer from the nursery class school place until after the initial offer date. to the reception class at a school. The infant or primary school where a child attends a nursery class will not Waiting list necessarily be able to offer a reception place. Unsuccessful applicants (including any applications received after the closing date) will be included on the Date of admission school’s waiting list ranked in order of priority under the Children will normally be admitted to the reception published oversubscription criteria, without regard to year of community primary schools in the September the date that the application was received. Please note following their fourth birthday. a child’s position on the waiting list can go down as well as up. For example, if a new application is Deferred entry received or if a child on the list moves nearer to the In line with the admissions code, parents can defer their school, the waiting list may need to be revised. The child’s entry to the reception year until later in the school offer of a place does not depend on the length of time year, where they have been offered a place at a school your child’s name has been on the waiting list. to start before they are of compulsory school age. Where entry is deferred, the school will hold the place Appeals for that child and not offer it to another child. However, Unsuccessful applicants have a right of appeal to an entry cannot be deferred beyond the beginning of the independent appeal panel. Further details will be term after the child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the end included in the notification letter. of the reception year. In practice, this means that parents could defer entry until January for children born between 1st September and 31st December, or until April for children born between 1st January and 31st August. Parents can also request that their child attend part-time until he/she reaches compulsory school age. 70 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Academies King Solomon Academy If the school is oversubscribed, priority will be given to Full admissions policies for the Academies below are students with a statement of special educational available directly from the schools or online at www. needs. The remaining places will then be offered in the westminster.gov.uk/admissions. following order of priority: ARK Atwood Primary Academy 1. Looked After Children. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, 2. Children who have a sibling who already attends applications will be considered against the criteria set the school and who will continue to do so on the out below. After the admission of pupils with date of admission. For this purpose sibling means statements of special educational needs where ARK a whole, half- or step-brother or sister residing at Atwood Primary Academy is named on the statement, the same address. the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are 3. Children who live closest to the school using a set out below: straight line distance from the main entrance of the Academy to the main entrance of the child’s home. 1. Looked After Children. 2. Children whose siblings currently attend the The school keeps a waiting list, which is used to fill school and who will continue to do so on the date casual vacancies occurring as a result of students of admission; (for this purpose sibling means a leaving during the academic year or withdrawing whole, half- or step-brother or step-sister resident from a place that has been offered. at the same address, including adopted and fostered children). 3. Children living closest to the school using straight line measurement from the main entrance of the Academy to the main entrance of the child’s home. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 71

Voluntary aided schools Within each of the above categories, priority will be given to those children living closest to the school. Full admissions policies for all schools listed below are available directly from the schools or online at Distances are determined by the shortest walking www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions. route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address to the main entrance of the All Souls CE Primary School school, as measured by the local authority’s When there are fewer vacancies than applicants, computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary our admissions policy will be applied in order of the to differentiate between applicants living in flats using following priority: the same street entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then 1. Looked After Children who are regular members by ascending flat number order. of the Church of England. 2. Children of parents/carers who are committed Applicants applying under category one, two or four members of and regular worshippers at a local will need to provide a letter from their priest or minister Christian church, for whom we are the nearest confirming church attendance at least twice a month primary school. for the past year.

3. Other Looked After Children. Sibling refers to brother or sister, half-brother or sister, 4. Children of parents/carers who are committed adopted brother or sister, step-brother or sister, or the members of and regular worshippers at All Souls child of the parent’s/carer’s partner where the child for Church or Clubhouse. whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at the address as that sibling. 5. Children who will have a sibling at the school at the time of admission. 6. Children who already have a place in our nursery. 7. Children whose parents/carers satisfy the governors there is an exceptional need for education at this school for medical or social reasons. This would need to be supported by professional evidence (eg a letter from a doctor or social worker) specifying why All Souls CE Primary School is the most suitable school and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend another school. 8. Any other applicants. 72 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Any unsuccessful applications for foundation places Foundation CE Primary School will be automatically included among applications for When there are fewer vacancies than applicants, open places. Any unfilled foundation places will be our admissions policy will be applied in order of the added to the open places available. following priority: In all categories where oversubscription occurs, 1. Looked After Children distance from the school is the deciding factor. 2. Children whose brother or sister is currently Proximity to the school is measured from the child’s at the school and will still be a pupil when the normal residential address, measured by the shortest applicant joins. walking distance on the road network to the school’s main entrance, using the council’s computerised 3. Fifty percent of the remaining places are foundation measuring system. places, available in the first instance to children whose families worship regularly at St. Stephen’s The priority for siblings only applies where other with St. John, Westminster. Thereafter, foundation siblings are normally resident at the same address, places are available to children whose families and includes step-brothers and step-sisters. worship regularly at other churches. Information on Church of England churches in 4. The remaining places are open places, available St. Margaret’s Deanery can be found on its website: on the basis of proximity of the child’s home to www.westminsterstmargaret.org. the school. Regular worship is understood to mean at least twice a month for two years or more. A clergy reference will be required. Other churches need to be affiliated to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance.

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Christ Church Bentinck CE Primary School In the event of any of the above categories being In the event of oversubscription, the governing oversubscribed, governors will give priority to those body admits children to the school in the following children living nearest to the school. Distances are order of priority: measured by the shortest walking route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address 1. Looked After Children (in care of a local authority) to the nearest school entrance for pupils, as measured as defined in the Children Act 1989. by the local authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between 2. Children with exceptional social or medical needs applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, who would benefit from attending the school. priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to A statement in support of the application must be the ground floor and then by ascending flat number returned by the GP, social worker or other order. If two applicants live the same distance from the appropriate professional. This should set out the school, a decision will be made by random allocation. particular reasons why the school in question is the most suitable school, and the difficulties that would Parents who wish their application to be considered be caused if the child had to attend another school. under criteria 3, 4, 6 and 7 should ensure that the form 3. Children of practising members of the Church provided by the school is completed by the clergy or of England, who attend St. Paul’s Church and faith leader and must be returned to the school. St. Cyprians Church Clarence Gate, who have a brother or sister in the school at the time Practicising members refers to parents who have of attendance. attended church at least once a month for at least one year (this should be confirmed by the parish priest). 4. Children of practising members of the Church of England living within the Parish of St. Paul’s and Brothers and sisters (siblings) refers to brother or sister, St. Cyprians Clarence Gate churches. half-brother of sister, adopted brother or sister, step- 5. Brothers and sisters of pupils, not in the above brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s categories, who are currently in the school and will partner where the child for whom the school place is be at the time of attendance. sought is living in the same family unit at the same address as that sibling. 6. Other children of practising members of the Church of England. 7. Children of practising members of a church belonging to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and the Evangelical Alliance. 8. Children of other world religions, or none, whose parents wish them to be educated within a Church of England school, who are living nearest the school.

Children with statements of special educational needs who name the school will automatically be admitted to the school. 74 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Hampden Gurney CE Primary School For children to be admitted on the basis of criteria 1 Where there are more applicants than places, school to 6 and 8, it must be shown that, in addition to a governors will allocate places in accordance with the baptismal certificate, the family has been involved in following criteria, in this order of priority: the work and worship of the Christian church. To support this, the relevant section of the school’s 1. Looked After Children of Church of England families. supplementary information form must be completed by 2. Children of Church of England families resident the vicar/priest/minister/religious leader of the place of within the parish of the Annunciation, who attend worship. Governors request that parents obtain a letter the Church of the Annunciation. of support from their priest, pastor or minister to indicate their degree of involvement and frequency of 3. Children of Church of England families resident attendance at church (eg twice a month for at least outside the parish who attend the Church of two years), entry on the electoral roll, communicant the Annunciation. member of the church, acting as a server or reader, or 4. Children of Church of England families resident participating in the choir. within the parish of the Annunciation who attend another Church of England church. As a further tie-break, where there are more applicants than places available in any of the criteria set out 5. Children of Church of England families resident above, the governors will allocate places to that child outside the parish who attend another Church or those children living nearest to the school. Proof of of England church. residence will be requested in support of the 6. Baptised members of the Church of England. application. Distances are measured by the shortest 7. Other Looked After Children. walking route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address to the nearest school 8. Baptised members of other Christian communions entrance for pupils, as measured by the local as recognised by Churches Together in Britain and authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it Ireland for whom Hampden Gurney is their nearest is necessary to differentiate between applicants living church school. in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be 9. Siblings of pupils, defined as a brother or sister, given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground half-brother or sister or step-brother or sister floor and then by ascending flat number order. whose main residence is at the same address and is/are on the school roll at the time of admission. The governors wish to make it clear that sibling links do not override the preceding criteria. 10. All other children. Within this category, priority will be given to those applicants whom the governors are satisfied have an exceptional social and/or medical reason to attend the school. Such applications must be supported by documented social and/or medical reasons from an appropriate professional (eg a doctor or social worker), specifying why Hampden Gurney is the most suitable school and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend another school. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 75

Our Lady of Dolours RC Primary School authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it Where there are more applicants than the number of is necessary to differentiate between applicants living places available, places will be offered according to the in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be following order of priority: given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat number order. 1. Catholic Looked After Children. Notes 2. Baptised practising Catholic children who are resident in the parish of Our Lady of Sorrows, • Looked After Child has the same meaning as in Cirencester Street, W2, or the parish of Our Lady Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and means of Lourdes, Harrow Road, W9. any child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by them (eg children with 3. Baptised practising Catholic children resident in foster parents). other parishes. • Catholic means a member of a church in full 4. Baptised Catholic children. communion with the See of Rome. Catholic means 5. Other Looked After Children. both the Western (Latin) Rite and the Eastern Rite. This will normally be evidenced by a certificate 6. Catechumens and members of an Eastern of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate Christian church. of reception into the full communion of the 7. Children of other Christian denominations whose Catholic Church. parents wish them to have a Catholic education. • Practising Catholic means a Catholic child from a 8. Children of other faiths whose parents wish them practising Catholic family where this practice is to have a Catholic education. verified by a reference from a Catholic priest in the standard format laid down by the diocese. 9. Any other applicants. • Catechumen means a member of the Within each criterion, the governing body will give top Catechumenate of a Catholic church. This will priority to an application where the child has normally be evidenced by a certificate of reception documented social, medical or pastoral reasons from into the order of Catechumens. an appropriate professional (eg a doctor, social worker • Christian means a member of a church or priest) specifying why Our Lady of Dolours is the which belongs to Churches Together in Britain most suitable school and the difficulties that would be and Ireland. caused if the child had to attend another school. The • Membership of an Eastern Orthodox Church is attendance of a sibling at the school at the time of normally evidenced by a certificate of baptism or enrolment will increase the priority of an application reception from the authorities of that church. within each criterion. Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed above • Home address means the place where the child would still lead to oversubscription, the places up to lives for more than 50% of the school week. the admission number will be offered to those living • To demonstrate an exceptional social, medical nearest to the school. Distances are measured by the or pastoral need which can be most appropriately shortest walking route, using the road network, from met at this school, the governing body will require the centre of the child’s home address to the nearest written evidence from an appropriate professional school entrance for pupils, as measured by the local such as a social worker, doctor or priest. 76 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

• Sibling is defined as a brother or sister, half-brother 8. Children whose home address is closest to or sister or step-brother or sister whose main the school. residence is at the same address. Regular attendance is taken to be at least twice per • Parent is defined as the person or persons who month over a period of at least the past year. have legal responsibility for the child. Occasional attendance is taken to be less than twice St. Augustine’s CE Primary School per month over a period of at least the past year. The school will seek confirmation of attendance at a place Where there are more applications than places of worship from the priest, minister or church leader or available, the governors will admit children according other faith leader. Where a family has not lived in the to the following oversubscription criteria: area long enough to meet this criterion, confirmation of 1. Children who are in public care (Looked After Children). regular attendance at their previous place of worship 2. Children whose parents or guardians worship will be accepted. regularly at St. Augustine’s Church, Kilburn Park Road The local community is taken to be the area defined as or another Anglican (Church of England) church. follows: Kilburn High Road from Willesden Lane to 3. Children whose parents or guardians worship Quex Road; Quex Road from Kilburn High Road to regularly at another Christian church or chapel Abbey Road; Abbey Road from Quex Road to that is a member of, or is in association with, Abercorn Place; Abercorn Place from Abbey Road to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or Maida Vale; Elgin Avenue from Maida Vale to Shirland the Evangelical Alliance. Road; Shirland Road from Elgin Avenue to Fernhead 4. Children whose parents or guardians live in the Road; Fernhead Road from Shirland Road to Carlton local community and attend St. Augustine’s Vale; Salusbury Road from Carlton Vale to Winchester Church, Kilburn Park Road or another Anglican Avenue; Winchester Avenue from Salusbury Road to (Church of England) church occasionally. Willesden Lane; Willesden Lane from Winchester Avenue to Kilburn High Road. (See the school’s full 5. Children whose parents or guardians live in the policy for area map). local community and occasionally attend another Christian church or chapel that is a member of, or Distances are determined by the shortest walking route is in association with, Churches Together in Britain from the main street entrance to the child’s home and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance. address to the school gate as measured by the Up My Street website. Where it is necessary to differentiate 6. Children who will have a brother or sister (including between applicants living in flats using the same street step- and half-brothers or sisters) living at the entrance, priority will be given to the applicants living same address, attending St. Augustine’s Primary closest to the ground floor and then by ascending School (that is in reception or Years 1 to 6, but not order of flat number. in the nursery) at the time they start attending reception class. Each criterion will be applied in the order given above. 7. Children of other faiths whose parents or guardians Where there are more applications in any category live in the local community and worship regularly in than places available, the next criterion will be taken other places of worship and who would value the into account. education and ethos of a church school. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 77

St. Barnabas’ CE Primary School Active means attendance at least twice a month In the event that there are more applications than during the last year, confirmed in writing by an places, the following criteria, in this order of priority, appropriate person. are used to decide which children are to be admitted: Sibling means brother or sister, half-brother or sister, 1. Looked After Children. or step-brother or sister whose main residence is at 2. Baptised children from families active in St. the same address. Barnabas’ Church or other Anglican church in Distances are determined by the shortest walking Westminster (St. Margaret’s Deanery). route, using the road network, from the centre of the 3. Children with siblings in the school at the child’s home address to the main entrance of the intended date of entry. school, as measured by the local authority’s 4. Children who live in the parish. computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using 5. Children from families active in Christian the same street entrance, priority will be given to the denominations as recognised by Churches applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then Together in Britain and Ireland. by ascending flat number order. 6. Children of other faiths as recognised by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland whose parents wish them to attend a church school. 7. Children who live closest to the main school entrance as measured by the shortest walking route.

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St. Clement Danes CE Primary School each of the streets around the edge of the map, and is If there are more applications than places, the governors the area as follows: from Victoria Embankment along will use the following criteria when deciding on the Middle Temple Lane, into Fleet Street, along Chancery allocation of places to the school and the nursery. Lane, into High Holborn to New Oxford Street, along Criteria are listed in order of priority: Charing Cross Road, through St. Martins Place, across the Strand to Northumberland Avenue. The catchment 1. Looked After Children. area then follows the River Thames east along the 2. Children who live within the catchment area who Victoria Embankment. are regular worshippers at the parish church St. Mary le Strand. Regular worshippers means those who worship at least monthly over a period of at least one year, supported by 3. Siblings of a child/children attending the school a letter from the regular priest or minister at the time of and who will be on the school roll when the child application. Applications will not be considered until the attends the school. supporting documents are received. 4. Children who attend the St. Clement Danes Nursery at the time of application. Sibling means brothers and sisters and step-brothers and step-sisters (being the children of a step-father/ 5. Children who live with a parent/parents within the step-mother by a previous marriage) who reside at the catchment area and who live closest to the school. same address. 6. Children who live outside the catchment area who are regular worshippers at another Christian St. Edward’s RC Primary School church, that is, other than the parish church of St. Whenever there are more applications than places Mary le Strand. available, places will be offered in the following order 7. All other children. of priority. 1. Catholic Looked After Children. If there are more candidates fulfilling any one criterion than the number of available places, priority will be given 2. Baptised Catholic children from practising to those candidates living closest to the school. Catholic families who are resident in the Parishes Distances are measured by the shortest walking route, of Our Lady, St. John’s Wood. using the road network, from the centre of the child’s 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising home address to the nearest school entrance for pupils, Catholic families who are resident in the Parish as measured by the local authority’s computerised of The Rosary, Marylebone Road. measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street 4. Other baptised Catholic children. entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living 5. Other Looked after Children. closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat 6. Christians of other denominations whose number order. parents wish them to have a Catholic education A map of the catchment area is included with the and whose application is supported by a minister full admissions policy available direct from the school of religion. or at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions. 7. Christians of other denominations whose parents The boundary for the area will run down the middle of wish them to have a Catholic education. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 79

8. Children of other faiths whose parents wish them • Practising Catholic means a Catholic child from to have a Catholic education. practising Catholic families where practice is verified by a Catholic priest in the standard format 9. Any other applications. laid down by the diocese. Family may be taken to Within each category, the governing body will give top mean the child and one Catholic parent. priority to an application where professional compelling • Parent is defined as the person or persons who evidence is provided at the time of application of an have legal responsibility for the child. exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the child • A child is deemed to be resident at a particular which can only be met by attendance at this school. address when he or she resides there for 50% or The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the more of the school week. time of enrolment will increase the priority of an • Christian is defined as a member of a church application within each category. which belongs to Churches Together in Britain Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of and Ireland. the sub-categories listed above would still lead to • Brother or sister is defined as including adopted oversubscription, the places up to the admission number brothers or sisters, half-brothers or sisters or will be offered to those living nearest to the school as step-brothers and sisters. A sibling relationship measured by the shortest walking distance. This will be does not apply when the older child(ren) will leave determined using Westminster City Council software. the school before the younger one starts. See full policy for further details.

The governing body does not give priority under its admissions criteria for twins, triplets or other multiple applications from one family for the same year group. If there are insufficient places available, the governing body will draw lots in the presence of an independent witness. However, it will endeavour wherever possible not to separate children while still operating within the infant class size legislation.

Notes • Looked After Child has the same meaning as in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and means any child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by them (eg children with foster parents). • Catholic means a member of the church in communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will normally be evidenced by a certificate of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate of reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church. 80 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

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St. Gabriel’s CE Primary School 8. Children whose parents live in the parishes of St. Where there are fewer vacancies than applicants for Gabriel’s, St. Saviour’s and St. James the Less. places, our policy for admission to the school will be 9. Children of other faiths who practise their faith at applied, in order of priority as follows: least monthly and have done so for at least a year 1. Looked After Children. (a supporting statement from a religious leader is required). 2. Children whose parents worship at St. Gabriel’s at least monthly and have done so for at least a year. 10. Children who do not meet any of the previous criteria. 3. Children whose parents worship at least monthly and have done so for at least a year in other In each of the criteria 2 to 6, parents should provide a Anglican churches. supporting statement from their priest or minister.

4. Children whose parents worship at least monthly Each criterion will be applied in order. Should there be and have done so for at least a year in other more applications in any category than places available, Christian churches (as defined by Churches preference will be given to the child who lives nearest Together in Britain and Ireland). to the school; as measured by the shortest walking 5. Children who are baptised Anglicans (baptismal distance, using the road network, from the centre of the form will be required). child’s home address to the nearest school entrance for pupils, as measured by the local authority’s 6. Children who are baptised by other Christian rites computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary (baptismal form will be required). to differentiate between applicants living in flats using 7. Children who have siblings already in the school, at the same street entrance, priority will be given to the date of entry to reception class. A sibling is defined applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then as a brother or sister, half brother or sister or step by ascending flat number order. brother or sister whose main residence is at the same address. Other faiths are defined as: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 81

St. George’s Hanover Square CE All applicants must provide proof of date of birth (this Primary School can be a medical certificate), and proof of residence. If In the event of oversubscription, the governors will any category is oversubscribed, priority will be given to apply the following criteria in order of priority: those living nearest to the school. Distances are measured by the shortest walking route, using the road 1. Church of England Looked After Children. network, from the centre of the child’s home address to 2. Children whose parents are committed Christians and the nearest school entrance for pupils, as measured by who have worshipped at least once a month during the the local authority’s computerised measuring system. previous year at St. George’s Hanover Square or the Where it is necessary to differentiate between Grosvenor Chapel. applicants living in flats using the same street 3. Other Looked After Children. entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat 4. Children who have a brother or sister attending the number order. school at date of entry into reception class. 5. Children whose parents have worshipped at least Applications for criteria 1 to 2 and 5 to 7 require a once a month during the previous year at a baptism certificate and a letter from your vicar neighbouring Anglican church. confirming church attendance once a month over a period of at least a year. 6. Children living within the parish of St. George’s but of other Christian denominations, as defined by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, whose For the purpose of admissions, a sibling is defined as a parents have worshipped at least once a month brother or sister, half-brother or sister, or step-brother during the previous year at their place of worship. or sister whose main address is at the same address.

7. Children living outside the parish of St. George’s If any category is oversubscribed, priority will be given who are of other Christian denominations that are to those living nearest to the school. Distances are members of Churches Together in Britain and measured by the shortest walking route, using the road Ireland and whose parents have worshipped at network, from the centre of the child’s home address to least once a month during the previous year at the nearest school entrance for pupils, as measured by their place of worship. the local authority’s computerised measuring system. 8. Children of other faiths who live within the parish and Where it is necessary to differentiate between whose parents desire them to attend this school applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, because of its religious tradition and who have priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest worshipped at least once a month during the previous to the ground floor and then by ascending flat year at their place of worship. number order. 9. Children of other faiths who live outside the parish A map showing the parish boundaries is included in the and whose parents desire them to attend this full admissions policy available direct from the school or school because of its religious tradition and who at . have worshipped at least once a month during the www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions previous year at their place of worship. 82 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. James’ and St. Michael’s CE differentiate between applicants living in flats using the Primary School same street entrance, priority will be given to the Where there are more applications than places applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then available, the governors will apply the following criteria: by ascending flat number order.

1. Looked After Children who are of the Church of St. Joseph’s RC Primary School England Christian faith. Priority will always be given to applicants from 2. Children from families who worship frequently at practising Catholic families in accordance with the St. James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, and St. oversubscription criteria listed below. In the event of John’s Church, Hyde Park. there being more applicants than places, the criteria 3. Children from families who attend another Anglican used to decide which children are to be admitted are church frequently and who live in the parishes of as follows, and are placed in order of priority: St. James’s, Sussex Gardens, and St. John’s, 1. Catholic Looked After Children. Hyde Park. 2. Catholic children from practising Catholic families 4. Other Looked After Children. who live in the parish of St. John’s Wood, NW8 or 5. Children who will have a sibling present in the within the agreed boundaries of W9. A map school at the time of admission. showing the parish boundaries and the agreed area in W9 is available with the full policy from 6. Children from families of other Christian the school or at www.westminster.gov.uk/ denominations recognised by Churches Together admissions. in Britain and Ireland, who live in the parishes of St. James’s, Sussex Gardens, and St. John’s, 3. Other Catholic children from practising Hyde Park. Catholic families. 4. Other Catholic children. 7. Children of families practising other world faiths who wish their child to attend a Christian school. 5. Other Looked After Children. 8. Children who live nearest to the school, measured 6. Children of other faiths whose parents wish them to by the shortest walking route. have a Catholic education and whose application is supported in writing by their religious leader. Frequent worship is defined as weekly attendance at 7. All other children. church for the past year. The governing body will give top priority to an application A sibling is defined as a brother or sister, half-brother within a category where professional evidence is provided or sister, or step-brother or sister whose main at the time of application of an exceptional social, residence is at the same address. medical or pastoral need of the child which can only be met at this school. See full policy for further details. Distances are determined by the shortest walking Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any route, using the road network, from the centre of the category listed above would lead to oversubscription, the child’s home address to the entrance of the school, as attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the time measured by the local authority’s computerised of enrolment will increase the priority of an application measuring system. Where it is necessary to within each category. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 83

In the event of a tie-break, proximity of the home child in the care of a local authority or provided address to the school (ie shortest walking distance) will with accommodation by them (eg children with be the deciding factor. foster parents).

Where only one place is available and there is more than Siblings include step-brothers and sisters, half-brothers one child eligible within the same family ie twins, the and sisters or adopted/foster brothers and sisters. offer of a place will be decided by random allocation. Home address means where the child resides for more Catholic means a member of a church in full than 50% of the school week. communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic churches. This will normally be The school uses Westminster City Council’s model (ie evidenced by a certificate of baptism, within one year of distances are measured by the shortest walking route, birth, in a Catholic church or a certificate of reception using the road network, from the centre of the child’s into the full communion with the Catholic church. If home address to the nearest school entrance for pupils, baptism was delayed, please submit a written as measured by the local authority’s computerised explanation with your application. measuring system). Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street Practising Catholic means Catholic families who entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living habitually attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat of Obligation. This practice is verified by a reference number order. from a Catholic priest in the standard format laid down by the diocese.

Looked After Children has the same meaning as in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 and means any

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St. Luke’s CE Primary School Within each category, priority will be given to children In the event of oversubscription, priority is given to of families living in the local area of the school. For a admissions in this order: definition of the local area, please refer to the map available from the school. 1. Looked After Children. 2. Children living in the local area, whose parents are Regular worship is defined as at least once a month for committed members of, and regularly worship in the past year. St. Luke’s Church, West Kilburn. A sibling is defined as a brother or sister, half-brother 3. Children living in the local area, whose parents are or sister, or step-brother or sister whose main committed members of, and regularly worship in, residence is at the same address. other Anglican churches, or churches and chapels of other Christian denominations. Distance is measured in a straight line from the centre of the home property to the school gate. 4. Children who will have a sibling already in the school, at the time they start attending the reception class. 5. Children who do not meet any of the previous criteria and who live closest to the school. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 85

St. Mary Magdalene CE Primary School Christian is defined as being a member of a Christian Where there are more applications than places church that is recognised as a full member of available the following criteria will be used: Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance. 1. Looked after Children. 2. Children from Christian families who regularly Regular worship is defined as attendance at Sunday attend worship at the parish church of St. Mary worship at least once a month during the last year, Magdalene, Paddington. confirmed in writing by the parish priest/vicar on the supplementary information form. 3. Children from Christian families who regularly attend worship at other churches. Other faiths include Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism 4. Children from families active in other faiths. and Buddhism. Active means attendance at their place of worship at least once a month during the last year 5. Any other children. confirmed by a priest, an elder or equivalent on the supplementary information form. The attendance of a sibling at the school at the time of admission will increase the priority of an application in Please see full policy for definitions of Looked After each category. Child and sibling.

For categories 2 and 3 above, evidence of a family’s attendance at church worship on Sundays will be provided by the supplementary information form. For category 4 above, evidence of a family’s attendance at the appropriate place of worship will be provided by the supplementary information form.

Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed above would still lead to oversubscription, the places up to the admission number will be offered to those living nearest to the school. Distances are measured by the shortest walking route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address to the nearest school entrance for pupils, as measured by the local authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat number order. 86 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. Mary of the Angels RC Primary School school, where the application sets out the relevant circumstances and shows the difficulties that would be If there are more applications than places, priority will caused if the child had to attend another school and always be given, within a category, to applicants from which is supported by an appropriate professional (ie practising Catholic families in accordance with the priest, doctor or social worker). oversubscription criteria listed below. Further priority will be given, within a category, to siblings of children currently Notes at the school who will still be on roll in September 2012. • Looked After Children (as in Section 22 of the 1. Catholic Looked After Children. Children Act 1989) means those in the care of a 2. Catholic children who live within the boundaries of local authority, or foster children. the parishes of St. Mary of the Angels, Our Lady • Baptised children living with parent(s) who are Queen of Heaven or Our Lady of Lourdes and St. resident in the combined parish of St. Mary’s Vincent de Paul. Bryanston Square and St. Mark’s, Old Marylebone 3. Catholic children who live outside the boundaries Road, and whose parents are practising members of the parishes of St. Mary of the Angels, Our Lady of one of those churches. Queen of Heaven or Our Lady of Lourdes and St. • Children living with parent(s) who are resident in the Vincent de Paul. combined parish of St. Mary’s Bryanston Square and 4. Other Looked After Children. St. Mark’s, Old Marylebone Road, and whose parents are practising members of a Christian church. 5. Catechumens and members of Eastern Christian churches. • Other children living in the combined parish of St. Mary’s Bryanston Square and St. Mark’s, Old 6. Non-Catholic children whose parents wish them Marylebone Road. to have a Catholic education, who live within the boundaries of the parishes of St. Mary of the • Children living with parents who are resident in, Angels, Our Lady Queen of Heaven or Our Lady and practising members of a Christian church of Lourdes and St. Vincent de Paul. within the local area. 7. Any other applicants. • Other children living with parent(s) in the local area, with preference being given to siblings of pupils who If any category is still oversubscribed, places will are already in the school (who will still be in the be offered to those who live nearest to the school school on the younger sibling’s starting date) who measured by the shortest walking route. Distances are have not been offered a place under criteria 2 to 5. determined using the road network, from the centre • A sibling is a brother or sister, half-brother or sister, of the child’s home address to the main entrance of step-brother or sister, or adopted brother or sister the school, as measured by the local authority’s whose main residence is at the same address. In computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary all cases siblings must still be attending the school to differentiate between applicants living in flats using when the applicant is enrolled. the same street entrance, priority will be given to those • Children from multiple births (eg twins/triplets): applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then where the admission of children from multiple births by ascending flat number order. The governors will would lead to exceeding the published admissions give top priority within any particular category to a number, places will be decided by random allocation child who has a documented pastoral, social or in the presence of an independent witness. medical need that can be met particularly by this Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 87 Image: Pupils from Hallfield Primary School 88 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. Mary’s Bryanston Square CE their needs and how they would suffer detriment if they Primary School went to another school. Should there be more applications than places, places In the event of equal qualification, the place will be will be offered in the following order of priority: offered to the child who lives nearest to the school as 1. Looked After Children. measured by the shortest walking distance from the 2. Baptised children living with parent(s) who are main school entrance. resident in the combined parish of St. Mary’s Confirmation of residence and/or baptism (if Bryanston Square and St. Mark’s, Old Marylebone appropriate) is required. Road, and whose parents are practising members of one of those churches. For the purposes of admission, the governors deem 3. Children living with parent(s) who are resident in practising to mean, on average, at least twice monthly the combined parish of St. Mary’s Bryanston attendance at church for at least a full year. Square and St. Mark’s, Old Marylebone Road, and whose parents are practising members of a For the purposes of admission, the governors deem Christian church. Christian to mean membership of churches recognised by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the 4. Other children living in the combined parish of St. Evangelical Alliance. Mary’s Bryanston Square and St. Mark’s, Old Marylebone Road. The local area is defined as: 5. Children living with parents who are resident in, The eastern boundary consists of a line running through and practising members of a Christian church Hollies Street, western side of Cavendish Square, within the local area. Harley Street and Brunswick Place south/south-west 6. Other children living with parent(s) in the local area, of The Outer Circle/ Cornwall Terrace, Hanover Gate, with preference being given to siblings of pupils part of Park Road and Wellington Road to the junction who are already in the school (who will still be in with Circus Road. the school on the younger sibling’s starting date) who have not been offered a place under criteria The northern boundary consists of a line running 2 to 5. through Circus Road (west of Wellington Road), Hall Road and Sutherland Avenue. 7. If there are places remaining, these will be offered to children living outside the local area and The western boundary consists of a line running decided on distance from the school (as through Warrington Crescent, Warwick Avenue, measured by the shortest walking distance crossing the Harrow Road to part of North Wharf Road, from the main school entrance). beside Paddington Station (London Street), Sussex In exceptional circumstances a child may be admitted Place, along Stanhope Terrace and Brook Street. by the governors following consultation and where there are exceptional medical or social reasons and The southern boundary consists of a line running provided that they are satisfied that there is a medical/ through Bayswater Road (east of the junction with social need for that child’s admission. Letters from Brook Street), Marble Arch and Oxford Street to its appropriate professionals would be needed to support junction with Hollies Street. such an application detailing how the school can meet Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 89

St. Matthew’s CE Primary School When deciding between applicants who have equal When there are more applications than there are places entitlement under the criteria above, the governors will available, the governors will admit pupils according to have regard to the proximity of the applicant’s home to the following criteria, which are listed in order of priority: the school. Priority will be given to applicants who live closest to the school’s main entrance. Distances are 1. Looked After Children. determined by the shortest walking route, using the road 2. Children whose parents/carers have attended the network, from the centre of the child’s home address to parish church of St. Matthew’s, Westminster at least the main entrance of the school, as measured by the once a month for the past year. Please enclose a letter local authority’s computerised measuring system. Where from your parish priest with your child’s application. it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be given 3. Children who already have siblings attending the to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and school at the date of entry, whose parents/carers then by ascending flat number order. have attended a Christian church at least once a month for the past year. Please enclose a Applications on religious grounds 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 above, letter from your priest/minister with your must be supported by an attached letter completed by a child’s application. priest or religious leader stating how frequently the 4. Children whose parents/carers have worshipped parents/carers attend worship. Governors make all at another Anglican church at least once a month decisions without regard to the sex, ability, or cultural or for the past year. Please enclose a letter from ethnic background of the child concerned. your parish priest with your child’s application. By Christian church we mean one that is a member or in 5 Children whose parents/carers have worshipped association with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland at another Christian church at least once a month or the Evangelical Alliance. for the past year. Please enclose a letter from your priest/minister with your child’s application. A sibling is defined as a brother or sister, half-brother or 6. Children who already have siblings attending the sister, or step-brother or sister whose main residence is school at the date of entry but do not meet the at the same address. previous criteria. 7. Children whose parents/carers have worshipped another world faith at least once a month for the past year who want them to attend this school because of its religious tradition (please enclose a letter from your religious faith leader). 8. Children whose parents/carers do not meet the previous criteria but want their child to attend because of the school’s religious tradition and because the child currently attends St. Matthew’s nursery. 9. Children whose parents/carers do not meet the previous criteria but want their child to attend because of the school’s religious tradition. 90 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. Peter’s CE (Chippenham Mews) Open places Primary School 1. Children who will have a sibling attending St. The governors will offer up to 18 foundation places and Peter’s Primary School at the time they start up to 12 open places. If there are more applications than attending reception class. places available, places will be allocated as follows. 2. Children from the local community. Each criterion Overall priority will be given to children in public care will be applied in the order given above. Should (Looked After Children). If any of the places are taken by there be more applications in any category than children with statements of special educational needs or places available, priority will be given to children by Looked After Children, the remaining places will be whose home address is closest to the school. allocated in the ratio of 60% foundation places and 40% open places according to the following criteria: If the governors are not able to offer a foundation place to anyone applying for a foundation place, the Foundation places application will be considered for an open place 1. Children whose parents or guardians have according to the criteria for open places. If there are worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, Elgin Avenue, or insufficient applications to fill the foundation places, the St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Warwick Estate at remaining places will be offered to applications for least once a month throughout the year preceding open places according to the criteria for open places. the date of application and who will have a sibling Those seeking a place under the criteria of church attending St. Peter’s Primary School at the time membership should note that the school will seek they start attending reception class. confirmation of this from the priest, minister or church 2. Children whose parents or guardians have leader. Christian churches are defined as those which worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, Elgin Avenue, or are full-member churches of Churches Together in St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Warwick Estate at Britain and Ireland or of the Evangelical Alliance. For least once a month throughout the year preceding families recently moved into the area, attendance at the date of application but who will not have a their previous church will also be taken into account. sibling attending St. Peter’s Primary School at the time they start attending reception class. Siblings means brothers or sisters, including half- brothers, half-sisters, step-brothers or step-sisters, 3. Children whose parents or guardians have living at the same address. worshipped at another Christian church at least once a month throughout the year preceding the Distances are determined by the shortest walking route date of application and who will have a sibling from the main street entrance of the child’s home attending St. Peter’s Primary School at the time address to the Chippenham Mews entrance of the they start attending reception class. school, as measured using the route-planning 4. Children whose parents or guardians have application on the RAC website. worshipped at another Christian church at least once a month throughout the year preceding the date of application but who will not have a sibling attending St. Peter’s Primary School at the time they start attending reception class. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 91

St. Peter’s Eaton Square CE All applicants who have complied with the admission Primary School procedures will be considered under the admissions If there are more applications than places, as is usual, criteria before those who have not (see full policy). the governors will admit children to the reception class Regular worship means at least twice a month over a places according to the admissions criteria listed below: period of at least a year, prior to the completion of the 1. Children ‘Looked After’ by a local authority. Written clergy form. Confirmation of this from the priest, confirmation from the local authority will be required. minister or church leader must be provided on the form 2. Baptised children whose parents or guardians supplied. Other Christian churches are those as regularly worship at St. Peter’s Eaton defined by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Square Church. and Christian shall be construed accordingly.

3. Brothers and sisters of children already in Baptised means baptised before the application for a the school at the date of entry. place is made by an authorised Anglican rite or an 4. Baptised children whose parents or guardians authorised rite of another Christian church. Children regularly worship at a Church of England church who have not been baptised because of their parents’ in the Deanery of Westminster (St Margaret’s), allegiance to a particular Christian tradition or which has no Anglican school of its own. denomination but who have been the subject of an authorised and public rite of dedication or thanksgiving 5. Baptised children whose parents or guardians will, for the purposes of these criteria only, be treated in regularly worship at a Church of England church. the same way as baptised children. Children baptised 6. Baptised children whose parents or guardians by an authorised Anglican rite take precedence over regularly worship at another Christian church. those baptised by the rites of other Christian churches.

7. Unbaptised children whose parents or guardians For the purposes of admission, a sibling is defined as a regularly worship at a Christian church. brother or sister, half-brother or sister, or step-brother 8. Others. or sister whose main residence is at the same address.

If it is necessary to decide between applicants who have equal claims to a place under each category, priority will be given to those who live nearest the school, measured by the shortest walking route. Distances are measured by the shortest walking route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address to the nearest school entrance for pupils, as measured by the local authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat number order. 92 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. Saviour’s CE Primary School 8. Children who are regular worshippers with their If there are more applications than places, as is usual, parent(s) or guardian(s) within the other major the governors will admit children to the reception class world faiths. places according to the admissions criteria listed below: 9. Children living closest to the school (Shirland Road 1. Looked After Children who are baptised and entrance) as measured by the shortest walking practising within the Church of England. distance by the local education authority.

2. Baptised children who are regular frequent In the event of oversubscription, priority for a place in worshippers with their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) the reception class will be given to children already in at either of the churches in the Parish of Little our nursery class, provided all the worship criteria Venice (St. Saviour Warwick Avenue and St. have been fulfilled. The majority of children in the Mary-on-Paddington Green). Parents are required nursery class are within categories 1 to 5 and are to sign one of the registers available at each regular churchgoers. Sunday service to demonstrate regular attendance. For both nursery and reception, the 30 children Please note that regular, frequent worship signifies at who have attended Sunday worship most least three Sundays in every month for at least two frequently with their parents or legal guardian(s) in years before application to reception. the Anglican Parishes of Little Venice will be given the places. In the event of oversubscription and if it As a further tie-break where there are more applicants is necessary to decide between applicants who of equal merit than places available in the reception have equal claim for a place in the reception class, the governors will allocate places to those living class, priority will be given to children already in nearest the school. the nursery. Distances are measured by the shortest walking route, 3. Baptised children who are regular frequent using the road network, from the centre of the child’s worshippers, with their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), home address to the nearest school entrance for pupils, in other Anglican parishes which: (a) do not as measured by the local authority’s computerised have an attached school and (b) do have an measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate attached school. between applicants living in flats using the same street 4. Other Looked After Children. entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat 5. Children who are regular frequent worshippers, number order. with their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) at other Christian denominations as recognised by It should be noted that the local authority can direct the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and school to admit a child (or children) who have a the Evangelical Alliance. statement of educational needs; if and when this occurs 6. Children who currently attend St. Saviour’s it affects the number of children who can be admitted School nursery. by the school’s admission criteria. 7. Children with siblings in the school at the time of admission (ie who have at least one parent in common or who are legally adopted). Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 93

St. Stephen’s CE Primary School between applicants living in flats using the same street The governing body has responsibility for admissions entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living to the school and places are allocated according to closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat our admission criteria, which are listed below in order number order. of priority: Each criterion will be applied in the order given above. 1. Looked After Children. Should there be more applications in any category than 2. Children whose families have worshipped at places available, the next criterion will be taken into St. Stephen’s Church, Westbourne Park, W2, account. Distance from home to school (measured as at least monthly for at least a year. set out above) will be used as a tie-break.

3. Children from families who live in the local area While operating within the constraints of our building, and worship at a Christian church and children we do everything reasonable to accommodate the from families who worship at a Christian church needs of all pupils. in the local area. Worshipping at a church means having worshipped 4. Children with a brother or sister (including step- there at least monthly for at least a year. We will brother, step-sister, half-brother or half-sister) or require confirmation from the priest or minister. other child under the responsibility of the same Christian churches are those recognised by Churches parent or carer and living at the same address Together in Britain and Ireland and members of the who will be in the school at the time the child Evangelical Alliance. starts reception. 5. Children already attending the nursery class at In the case of a family who has moved to the United St. Stephen’s. Kingdom from abroad in the 12 months prior to submitting the application, worshipping at a Christian 6. Children who have documented social and/or church means having worshipped at a Christian church medical reasons from an appropriate professional (as defined above) at least monthly since arriving in the (eg a doctor or social worker) specifying why St. United Kingdom and having attended a Christian place Stephen’s is the most suitable school and the of worship at least monthly in the country from which difficulties that would be caused if the child had to they have come to the UK for at least a year. We will attend another school. require confirmation from a priest or minister in 7. Children from families practising other world faiths each place. who have attended a place of worship at least monthly for at least a year and live within the local The boundaries of the local area are Bayswater Rd, area defined. Westbourne St, Westbourne Terrace, Harrow Rd, Great 8. If there are remaining places, these will be offered Western Rd, Tavistock Crescent and Portobello Rd. to children living closest to the school. Both sides of these roads are included. A map is available from the school, showing this area. Distances are determined by the shortest walking route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address to the main pupil entrance of the school, as measured by the local authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate 94 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

St. Vincent de Paul RC Primary School Looked After Children in public care has the same Places will be offered according to the following meaning as in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, order of priority: and means a child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by them, eg children 1. Catholic Looked After Children. with a foster parent. 2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families with a brother or sister at the school at the Practising means regular family attendance at Sunday time of enrolment (or step-sibling resident at the or Saturday evening Mass more often than not (as far same address). as can be judged by observation in the supporting priest’s reference). 3. Children from practising Catholic families attending St. Vincent de Paul RC School Nursery. Catholic family/families denotes the Catholic or 4. All other baptised Catholic children from practising Catholics who have legal responsibility for the child. Catholic families. St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary School 5. Other baptised Catholic children with a brother The governors welcome applications from families or sister at the school at the time of enrolment whose child is baptised a Catholic and whose application (or step-sibling or half-sibling resident at the is supported by a completed form from their parish priest same address). stating they are practising Catholics. Practising Catholic 6. Baptised Catholic children. means regular family attendance at Sunday Mass, which is confirmed by the diocesan priest’s reference (‘family’ 7. Other Looked After Children. normally includes the Catholic or Catholics who have 8. Other Christian applicants. legal responsibility for the child). 9. All other applicants. In the event of having more applicants than places Where the offer of places to all applicants in any of the available, offers of places will be made in the following categories listed above would lead to oversubscription, order of priority: places up to the published admissions number of 30 1. Catholic Looked After Children. will be offered to those living nearest the school (this 2. Baptised Catholic children from a practising family will be determined using Westminster City Council who have a sibling at the school in the year of the software). Where distance is used as a tie-breaker, and admission (a sibling is defined as a brother or where it is necessary to differentiate between sister, half-brother or sister or step-brother or sister applicants living in the same block of flats and eligible whose main residence is the same address). for the remaining place(s), priority will be given to applicants by ascending flat numerical order. 3. Baptised Catholic children from a practising family who attended St. Vincent’s Nursery Class. Where the admission of children from multiple births 4. Other baptised Catholic children from a would exceed the published admissions number of 30, practising family. priority will be decided by lottery. 5. Other baptised Catholic children. Catholic, in this instance, means a member of any 6. Other Looked After Children. Catholic church that is in full communion with the See of Rome. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 95

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7. Catechumens and members of an Eastern computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary church whose application is supported by a to differentiate between applicants living in flats using minister of religion. the same street entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by 8. Christians whose parents wish them to have a ascending flat number order. These arrangements also Catholic education and whose application is apply equally to other ages than reception. supported by a minister of religion. 9. Children of other faiths whose parents wish them Catholic means a member of a church in full communion to have a Catholic education and whose with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic application is supported by a religious leader. Churches. This will normally be evidenced for a child by a certificate of baptism in a Catholic church or a 10. Any other applicants. certificate of reception into the full communion of the Exceptional compassionate circumstances will be taken Catholic Church. into account to give higher priority to a child within an Catechumen acceptance into the Catechumenate is admissions category. Evidence from an appropriate demonstrated by a certified copy of the entry in the professional must be presented at time of application register of Catchumens. demonstrating that the needs of the child can only be met at St Vincent’s. Evidence supplied after the Looked After Child means a child in the care of the local governors have processed the applications will not authority or provided with accommodation by them eg be considered. children with foster parents (see Section 22 of the Children Act 1989). Where the order of priority is otherwise equal, preference will be given to a child who lives the shortest walking Parent is the person or persons who have legal distance from the school. Home address is defined as responsibility for the child. the address at which the child resides for 50% or more of the school week. Distances are measured by the shortest walking route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address to the nearest school entrance for the pupils, as measured by the local authority’s

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Soho Parish CE Primary School Westminster Cathedral RC Primary School If there are more applications than places, places will Where there are more applications than the number of be allocated in order of priority as follows: places available, places will be offered to the following, in order of priority: 1. Looked After Children. 1. Catholic Looked After Children. 2. Siblings of children who will be attending the school when the applicant starts. A sibling is 2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic defined as a brother or sister, half-brother or sister, families with a brother or sister at school at the or step-brother or sister whose main residence is time of enrolment (or step-sibling resident at the at the same address. same address). 3. Other children. 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families who are resident in the parishes of the Should we need to decide priority between applicants Holy Apostles and Westminster Cathedral. within a category, distance from the school (measured 4. Other baptised Catholic children from practising by the shortest walking route) will be the deciding Catholic families who live outside the parishes of factor. Distances are determined by the shortest the Holy Apostles and Westminster Cathedral. walking route, using the road network, from the centre of the child’s home address to the main entrance of 5. Other baptised Catholic children. the school, as measured by the local authority’s 6. Other Looked After Children. computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using 7. Christians of other denominations whose parents the same street entrance, priority will be given to the wish them to have a Catholic education, whose applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then application is supported by a minister of religion. by ascending flat number order. The same criteria 8. Children of other faiths whose parents wish them will be applied to applicants seeking places in other to have a Catholic education at the school, whose year groups. application is supported by a religious leader. 9. Any other applications.

Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed above would lead to oversubscription, the following provisions will be applied: • The attendance of a sibling including brothers and sisters, step-brothers and sisters, half-brothers and sisters or adopted brothers and sisters at the school at the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an application within each category. • Within a category, the governing body will give top priority to an application where the child has documented social and/or medical reasons from an appropriate professional (eg a doctor, social Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 97

worker or priest) specifying why Westminster Cathedral is the most suitable school and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend another school. Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the sub-categories listed above would still lead to oversubscription, the places up to the admission number will be offered to those living nearest the school. This will be determined using Westminster City Council software. Where distance is used as a tie-breaker, and where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in the same block of flats and eligible for the remaining place(s), priority will be given to applicants by ascending flat numerical order. Where the admission of children from multiple births would lead to exceeding the published admissions number of 30, priority will be given to the eldest of the siblings.

Looked After Child has the same meaning as in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and means any child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by them (eg children with foster parents).

Catholic means a member of a church in full communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will normally be evidenced by a certification of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate of reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church.

Practising Catholic means a Catholic child from a practising Catholic family where this practice is verified by a reference from a Catholic priest in the standard format laid down by the diocese.

To demonstrate an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the child which can be most appropriately met at this school, the governing body will require compelling written evidence from an appropriate professional, such as a social worker, doctor or priest.

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Other information

In-year admissions away because the year group is full, it will normally place your child on a waiting list. If you would like your child to go to a primary school or Academy in Westminster at any age other than School waiting lists are ordered in accordance with the the reception year intake (for instance if you have school’s published admissions criteria. If a place just moved into the area), you will need to apply on becomes available because another child has left, this your local council’s common application form for place will be offered to the applicant who is next on the in-year admissions. list. Please note the length of time your child is on the waiting list does not affect your position on the waiting Since September 2010, local authorities have list. Your child’s name can go up or down the list as co-ordinated in-year admissions into their schools other people join or leave it. Waiting list arrangements and also for residents wishing to attend schools can vary and each school or Academy will be able to elsewhere. As with reception admissions, if you are a advise you of its exact arrangements. Westminster resident you must complete Westminster City Council’s common application form for in-year If a school is unable to offer you a place, you have right admissions to apply for a primary school place. You can of appeal to an independent panel against the school’s also apply for schools outside Westminster on this form. decision. Contact the school directly for further The Westminster form is widely available through information. The council’s School Admissions team schools, libraries, and directly from the Westminster can also give you advice about the appeals process. School Admissions team. If applying for a voluntary aided (faith) school you will also need to complete the If you experience difficulty obtaining a primary school school’s supplementary information form. place or require further assistance or guidance, please visit www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions or If you wish to apply for a primary school place in contact the council’s School Admissions team on Westminster but are not a Westminster resident, you [email protected] or must complete your own local council’s application form 020 7641 1381/1386. and follow its instructions for submission.

Once your application is received, your local council’s Fair access protocol School Admissions team will then forward it to the Every school is committed to taking its share of voluntary aided school(s) or Academy(ies) for a decision vulnerable children who are hard to place, in as to whether they can offer a place. The School accordance with locally agreed protocols. Outside the Admissions team will do this on behalf of any community normal round of admissions, the school governing schools. If the school is in a different borough, this will bodies are empowered to give absolute priority to a be done via the School Admissions team for the child whose admission is requested under borough in which the school is located (the maintaining Westminster’s fair access protocol, that carries the local authority). Your local council will then write to you agreement of both the governing body and local to advise you of which school can be offered. As with authority for the current admission year. School reception admissions, you will normally receive the offer governing bodies have this power even for cases when of only one school. admitting such a child would cause the school to exceed the normal admission number. If the school or Academy for which you have applied has vacancies in your child’s year group, it should offer a place. If the school cannot accept your child straight Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 99

Attendance service While the attendance service helps families to overcome some of the problems they encounter in www.westminster.gov.uk/schoolattendance ensuring their children attend school regularly, the Telephone: 020 7641 7580 service also has a statutory duty to employ legal The attendance service (formerly education welfare sanctions where there is no justifiable reason for pupil service), works in partnership with schools and families absence. This may be done through issuing penalty with the objective of achieving high levels of school notices and/or prosecution. attendance. Its main responsibilities are carried out through education welfare officers who are based in Special educational needs three geographical areas of the city. www.westminster.gov.uk/sen In accordance with the cross-borough protocol, the Telephone: 020 7641 5348/5350/5352 council’s attendance service works with, and may Westminster City Council must ensure that enforce attendance for, all pupils in Westminster schools arrangements are in place in Westminster mainstream regardless of their borough of residence. schools for identifying, assessing and making provision for children with special educational needs. The majority The reasons for school absence are varied and its of these children will have their needs met by their effects could impact on attainment and life chances. mainstream school, which has resources to support By failing to regularly attend school, children and young them. However, some children have severe and/or people may also become involved in anti-social complex special educational needs and may need behaviour or become susceptible to crime or abuse. more than the mainstream school can provide. By law, all children between the ages of five and 16 For these children it may be necessary for the council to must have appropriate full-time education. Parents undertake a detailed statutory assessment to establish have a legal duty to make sure this happens by: the extent of need and whether a statement for special • registering their child at a school educational needs is required. The statement is a document that describes the provision or placement • ensuring their child regularly attends school on needed to ensure that the child receives appropriate time and ready to learn support. This could be additional support in their • ensuring they support school initiatives that will mainstream school or a special school placement – assist their child’s progress whichever is considered the most appropriate in consultation with parents/carers. • ensuring the school is informed of any changes that may affect attendance and/or behaviour If you think your child may have special educational • making other arrangements to provide their child needs, in the first instance you should contact the with an education suited to their age, ability and special educational needs co-ordinator at your child’s aptitude, and to any special educational needs, for school or setting. If your child does not have a school instance educating the child at home. or nursery place, then contact the council’s special educational needs statementing team. 100 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Westminster Family Westminster services for Information Service (FIS) children with disabilities www.westminster.gov.uk/fis You can find a directory of services for children with [email protected] disabilities and their families in Westminster, as well as Telephone: 020 7641 7929 a map showing the locations of key services in your The FIS provides a statutory information service to area at www.westminster.gov.uk/cwd. prospective parents, parents, carers, guardians, The directory includes information about special schools children and young people up to their 20th birthday. in Westminster, as well as mainstream schools that The service offers accurate, impartial information and have disability specialisms. guidance on childcare, activities for children and young people, and other children’s and young people’s services in Westminster. Free school meals

The FIS holds information on Ofsted-registered www.westminster.gov.uk/fsm childcare, as well as holiday provision and services [email protected] for young people and general information including Telephone: 020 7641 3412 help with childcare costs, healthy eating and Children whose parents receive any one of the following parenting support. are entitled to free school meals: • Income Support Other available information includes: • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance • out-of-school childcare and play – details of clubs providing childcare and play activities for five- to • income-related Employment and Support Allowance 12-year-olds in your area • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and • schools – lists of primary and secondary Asylum Act 1999 (parents who are supported by schools, information on home education and the National Asylum Support Service or their home independent schools local authority’s central asylum team). • leisure – swimming classes, soft play, dance, • Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to music, sport, library story-time, martial arts and Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as other information on activities for children and assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) young people that does not exceed £16,190 (as of 6th April 2011). • special needs – support groups and services for • Working Tax Credit during the four-week period children and young people aged up to 21 immediately after their employment ceases, or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week. • support groups for parents and carers – contact details for local support groups such • The guarantee element of State Pension Credit. as children’s centres. Application forms are available from all Westminster For more information visit www.westminster.gov.uk/ schools or Pupil Benefits at www.westminster.gov.uk/ fis or email [email protected]. fsm, [email protected] or 020 7641 3412. If your child attends a Westminster school, you should For information about young people’s activities visit apply on a Westminster form regardless of where you live. www.westminster.gov.uk/wow. Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 101

Entitlements are reviewed yearly and parents are In addition to these points, children with statements responsible for ensuring applications are renewed every of special educational needs and those who attend year and the Pupil Benefits team is notified of any change specialist provision may be entitled to home-to-school in circumstances or school. travel assistance.

Assistance with home-to-school travel There is a right of appeal against the refusal of a travel pass. Further details are available from the council’s www.westminster.gov.uk/schooltravel School Admissions team. Telephone: 020 7641 1816 Notes All children living in London under the age of 11 are able to travel for free on London’s buses and trams or 1. A ‘qualifying school’ is defined as: a community, by tube if they hold the relevant photocard. Photocard foundation or voluntary school; an Academy, City forms are available in main Post Offices. Technology College; community or foundation special school; non-maintained special school; The council will only issue free travel passes (including Pupil Referral Unit or maintained nursery school. rail and underground) to children of compulsory school 2. Children from low-income families are defined as age living in Westminster if: those who are entitled to free school meals or those • for children aged under eight years old: the qualifying whose families are in receipt of the maximum level school is the nearest available, the journey between of Working Tax Credit. home and school is more than two miles by the 3. The shortest journey time is that ascertained and shortest available walking route and it would be published by Transport for London on its journey unreasonable to expect the child to make the planner website. journey by bus, tram or tube as it would take more than 45 minutes each way • for children aged eight years old or over: the qualifying school is the nearest available, the journey between home and school is more than three miles by the shortest available walking route and it would be unreasonable to expect the child to make the journey by bus, tram or tube as it would take more than 45 minutes each way • for children aged eight to 10 years old from low- income families: the qualifying school is the nearest available, the journey between home and school is more than two miles by the shortest available walking route and it would be unreasonable to expect the child to make the journey by bus, tram or tube as it would take over 45 minutes each way • the circumstances are so exceptional that the Director for Schools and Learning agrees to issue a travel pass. 102 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Westminster secondary schools

The Grey Coat Hospital Quintin Kynaston School

Headteacher Siân Maddrell Headteacher Jo Shuter Address Greycoat Place, London, Address Marlborough Hill, London, SW1P 2DY NW8 0NL Telephone 020 7969 1998 Telephone 020 7328 3434 Girls, ages 11–19, Church of England Mixed, ages 11–19

King Solomon Academy St. Augustine’s CE High School

Headteacher Max Haimendorf Headteacher Eugene Moriarty Address Penfold Street, London, Address Oxford Road, London, NW1 6RX NW6 5SN Telephone 020 7563 6900 Telephone 020 7328 3434 Mixed, ages 3–18 Mixed, ages 11–19, Church of England

Paddington Academy St. George’s RC School

Principal Oli Tomlinson Headteacher Martin Tissot Address Marylands Road, London, Address Lanark Road, Maida Vale, W9 2DR London, W9 1RB Telephone 020 7479 3900 Telephone 020 7328 0904 Mixed, ages 11–19 Mixed, ages 11–16, Roman Catholic

Pimlico Academy The St. Marylebone School

Principal Jerry Collins Headteacher Elizabeth Phillips Address Lupus Street, London, Address Marylebone High Street, SW1V 3AT London, W1U 5BA Telephone 020 7828 0881 Telephone 020 7935 4704 Mixed, ages 11–19 Girls, ages 11–19, Church of England Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 103

Westminster Academy

Headteacher Smita Bora Address 255 Harrow Road, London, W2 5EZ Telephone 020 7121 0600 Mixed, ages 11–19

Westminster City School

Headteacher David Maloney Address Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HJ Telephone 020 7641 8760 Boys, ages 11–19 Christian, non-denominational

When the time comes for your child to move from primary to secondary school, you will be provided with information about the transfer procedure by your child’s primary school. The council provides a secondary school admissions brochure with details of admission requirements, opening days and the transfer timetable. You can also apply to secondary schools in other boroughs. For information about these please contact the local authority for the area in which they are situated (see page 104 for contact details).

Parents whose children are accepted at a voluntary aided (church) primary school should note that attending such a school does not always give priority at the age of 11 for transfer to a secondary school of the same religious denomination.

Copies of the Westminster secondary school admissions brochure are available from www.westminster.gov.uk/ admissions, or by contacting the council’s School Admissions team.

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Contact details for neighbouring boroughs

Detailed information about schools outside Westminster Kensington & Chelsea and their admission arrangements are available directly from schools or the local authority in which they are Website: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions situated. Please remember to check the admission Email: [email protected] arrangements for your preferred schools to assess Telephone: 020 7361 2210 whether you are likely to be offered a place. You may also be required to complete a supplementary form. Lambeth If you live outside Westminster, but wish to apply for a school in Westminster, you will need to apply on the Website: www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions common application form of the local authority where Telephone: 020 7926 9503 you live, which can be obtained from your home council. Southwark Brent Website: www.southwark.gov.uk/schooladmissions Website: www.brent.gov.uk/admissions Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] or Telephone: 020 7525 5337 [email protected] Telephone: 020 8937 3110/3100 Wandsworth Camden Website: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions Email: [email protected] Website: www.camden.gov.uk/admissions Telephone: 020 8871 7316 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7974 1625 Contact details for diocesan authorities Hammersmith & Fulham The Diocese of Westminster Education Service and Website: www.lbhf.gov.uk London Diocesan Board for Schools provide additional Email: [email protected] information about education in Catholic and Church of Telephone: 020 8753 2627/3628/3664 England schools respectively.

Diocese of Westminster Education Service Islington (Catholic) Website: www.islington.gov.uk/education/admissions Website: www.rcdow.org.uk/education Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7798 9005 Telephone: 020 7527 5515 London Diocesan Board for Schools (Church of England) Website: www.london.anglican.org/schools Telephone: 020 7932 1100 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions 105 Image: Pupils from St. Clement Danes CE Primary School 106 Westminster: Your choice for primary education Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions

Map of Westminster’s educational establishments

Nursery schools 10. George Eliot Primary Marlborough Hill, NW8 0NH 1. Dorothy Gardner Telephone: 020 7722 6870 293 Shirland Road, W9 3JY 11. Hallfield Primary Telephone: 020 7969 5835 Hallfield Estate, W2 6JJ 2. Mary Paterson Telephone: 020 7087 4960 3 Riverton Close, off Ashmore Road, W9 3DS 12. Hampden Gurney CE Telephone: 020 7641 5804 Nutford Place, W1H 5HA 3. Portman Early Childhood Centre Telephone: 020 7641 4195 12–18 Salisbury Street, NW8 8DE 13. King Solomon Academy Telephone: 020 7641 5435 / 020 7641 5436 Penfold Street, NW1 6RX 4. Tachbrook Telephone: 020 7563 6900 Cockburn House, Aylesford Street, SW1V 3RT 14. Millbank Telephone: 020 7641 8725 Erasmus Street, SW1P 4HR Primary schools Telephone: 020 7641 5945 15. Our Lady Of Dolours RC 1. All Souls CE 19 Cirencester Street, W2 5SR Foley Street, W1W 8JJ Telephone: 020 7641 4326 Telephone: 020 7641 4707 16. Paddington Green 2. ARK Atwood Primary Academy Park Place Villas, W2 1SP a) 17-23 Third Avenue, W10 4RS Telephone: 020 7641 4122 (temporary site until September 2014) b) Amberley Road, W9 17. Queen’s Park (proposed permanent site from September 2014) Droop Street, W10 4DQ Telephone: 020 3116 0800 Telephone: 020 7641 5860 3. Barrow Hill Junior 18. Robinsfield Infant Bridgeman Street, NW8 7AL Ordnance Hill, NW8 6PX Telephone: 020 7641 5005 Telephone: 020 7641 5019 4. Burdett–Coutts and Townshend Foundation CE 19. St. Augustine’s CE Rochester Street, SW1P 2QQ Kilburn Park Road, NW6 5XA Telephone: 020 7641 5930 Telephone: 020 7328 0221 5. Christ Church Bentinck CE 20. St. Barnabas’ CE Cosway Street, NW1 5NS St Barnabas Street, SW1W 8PF Telephone: 020 3351 4135 Telephone: 020 7641 4232 6. Churchill Gardens 21. St. Clement Danes CE Ranelagh Road, SW1V 3EU Drury Lane, WC2B 5SU Telephone: 020 7641 5935 Telephone: 020 7641 6586 7. Edward Wilson 22. St. Edward’s RC Senior Street, W2 5TL Lisson Grove, NW1 6LD Telephone: 020 7641 4303 Telephone: 020 7723 5911 8. Essendine 23. St. Gabriel’s CE Essendine Road, W9 2LR Churchill Gardens, SW1V 3AG Telephone: 020 7641 4382 Telephone: 020 7641 6300 9. Gateway 24. St. George’s Hanover Square CE Capland Street, NW8 8LN South Street, W1K 2XH Telephone: 020 7641 4160 Telephone: 020 7629 1196 Westminster

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34. St.34. St. Saviour’s Saviour’s CE CE 7. 7. St. St.George’s George’s (Maida (Maida Vale) Vale) RC RCSchool School ShirlandShirland Road, Road, W9 W92JD 2JD LanarkLanark Road, Road, Maida Maida Vale, Vale, W9 W91RB 1RB Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 6414 6414 Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7328 7328 0904 0904 35. St.35. St. Stephen’s Stephen’s CE CE 8. 8. The The St. St.Marylebone Marylebone School School WestbourneWestbourne Park Park Road, Road, W2 W25QH 5QH 64 Marylebone64 Marylebone High High Street, Street, W1U W1U 5BA 5BA Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 4488 4488 Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7935 7935 4704 4704 36. St.36. St. Vincent Vincent De DePaul Paul RC RC 9. 9. Westminster Westminster Academy Academy MorpethMorpeth Terrace, Terrace, SW1P SW1P 1EP 1EP 255255 Harrow Harrow Road, Road, London London W2 W25EZ 5EZ Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 5990 5990 Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7121 7121 0600 0600 37. St.37. St. Vincent’s Vincent’s RC RC 10. Westminster10. Westminster City City School School APPLYAPPLY ONLINE ONLINE FOR FOR YOUR YOUR St. Vincent’sSt. Vincent’s Street, Street, W1U W1U 4DF 4DF 55 Palace55 Palace Street, Street, SW1E SW1E 5HJ 5HJ CHILD’SCHILD’S PRIMARY PRIMARY Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 6110 6110 SCHOOLSCHOOL PLACE PLACE Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 8760 8760 www.wwwestminsterw.westminster.gov.gov.uk/admissions.uk/admissions 38. Soho38. Soho Parish Parish CE CE 23 Great23 Great Windmill Windmill Street, Street, W1D W1D 7LF 7LF SpecialSpecial schools schools Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 7311 7311 1. 1. College College Park Park WestminsterWestminster City CityCouncil Council WestminsterWestminster City HallCity Hall 020 7641020 7641 6000 6000 39. Westminster39. Westminster Cathedral Cathedral RC RC GarwayGarway Road, Road, W2 W24PH. 4PH. Telephone: Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 4460 4460 64 Victoria64 Victoria Street Street westminster.gov.ukwestminster.gov.uk BessboroughBessborough Place, Place, SW1V SW1V 3SE 3SE 2. 2. Queen Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth II II LondonLondon SW1E SW1E 6QP 6QP Telephone:Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 5915 5915 KennetKennet Road, Road, W9 W93LG. 3LG. Telephone: Telephone: 020 020 7641 7641 5825 5825

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