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a2 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Contents

Letter to parents and carers 2 Waiting lists 12

Applying for a nursery class place 3 Special educational needs 13 23 25 36 Academies and Voluntary Aided Schools - General information 14 16 Admission Arrangements 4 30 9 Private fostering 15-16 2 28 46 Applying online 5 38 13 Useful addresses and contacts 17 8 Completing the application 6 34 n Appendix 1 – Schools In Enfield 18-22 8 41 How applications are decided 7 5 n Appendix 2 – Keywords 23 26 Admissions criteria for schools 8 39 n Appendix 3 – Term dates 24 37 Your child’s address 9 19 6 1 Notification of decisions 10 n Appendix 4 – Priority zones 25 11 29 45 31 What happened last year 11 43 17 33 24 12

10 14 22 40 PLEASE NOTE: We would like to thank the following 27 schools for providing the photos used Please remember that staff in the Enfield Schools 20 Admission Service are dealing with the placement of throughout this booklet: 15 many children at the same time. We will respond to 21 Alma 4 you as quickly as we can. De Bohun

32 18 3 44 George Spicer 42 35 Hazelwood Houndsfield St. Matthew’s

The information in this leaflet relates to the Academic Year 2021/2022 and was correct at 1 September 2020. The Authority reserves the right to amend the information contained in this booklet to take account of any important changes that may occur after this date. Further information may be obtained from the Enfield Schools Admission Service.

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 1 Letter

THIS BOOKLET Enfield Schools Admission Service Civic Centre, Silver Street This booklet is for parents with a child born between Enfield, Middlesex EN1 3XA 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 (inclusive). Email: [email protected] It explains how you apply for a part time place in a Website: www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions nursery class attached to a in Enfield. If it is possible to offer your child a part time place at a Autumn 2020 nursery, they will start in September 2021. Some schools may offer up to 30 hours free entitlement. You will need to contact schools directly for further information. Dear Parents and Carers, Children who attend a nursery class attached to a Admission to Nursery Classes, 2021 school are not guaranteed a place in the reception classes of the same school. All parents have to This booklet gives parents and carers information about re-apply for admission for the following year. This is to how to apply for a school nursery place in Enfield. ensure that parents who do not to send their children COVID19 has meant that it will be difficult for to nursery will not be disadvantaged when applying prospective parents and children to visit our for a school place. primary schools in Enfield. We know that this will be disappointing for many parents but we hope you understand the challenges schools are facing to keep children and staff safe at this time.

Many schools will be adding additional information to their websites including short films and even virtual tours. It is important that you check school websites up to the closing date for nursery applications for further information.

As well as nursery classes attached to schools in Enfield, there are a number of other , day nurseries and playgroups in the area. Informed Families – Enfield’s Family Information Service has details of the provision available and you will find further information about this Service in this booklet.

We hope you will find this booklet helpful.

Yours faithfully,

Tony Theodoulou Executive Director People

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APPLYING FOR A PLACE IN A NURSERY The following schools have nursery classes and you CLASS AT A SCHOOL apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk: If you have a child born between 1 September 2017 Alma Hazelbury and 31 August 2018 you can apply for a nursery class for September 2021. This will be the September Bowes Hazelwood before their 4th birthday. Children who are offered a Brettenham Highfield place, either mornings or afternoons, usually attend Honilands the nursery class for a year before starting in a Brimsdown reception class at a primary school. The place will be Bush Hill Park Houndsfield part time. Cartherhatch Keys Meadow WHAT KIND OF SCHOOLS ARE THERE? Chase Side Lavender There are three different types of primary schools that Chesterfield Prince of Wales may have nursery classes. Churchfield Raglan „ Community schools. The admission arrangements De Bohun Raynham are the responsibility of the Local Authority. Delta Southbury „ Voluntary Aided schools. The Governors are the Eastfield Starks Field admission authority for these schools. Eldon Suffolks „ Academies and Free schools. The Governors are the admission authority for these schools. Fleecefield Tottenhall Galliard West Grove Garfield Wilbury Grange Park Worcesters

Further details are given on the next page and there is also a step by step guide on the website to help parents. All applications are treated in accordance with the published admissions arrangements. Applications are not dealt with on a first come first serve basis.

Pre-schools and Day Nurseries in the private and voluntary sector are registered by

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 3 Academies and Voluntary Aided Schools – Admission Arrangements

The following schools are responsible for admission Details of their admission criteria and admission to their own nursery classes. If you want to apply for a arrangements are available from the schools place in the nursery at any of these schools, you must directly and will also be available on their approach the schools directly for further information. websites. (Academy) Parents should check the closing date for applications with the school(s) directly. Forty Hill CE Primary School (Voluntary Aided) Kingfisher Hall Academy (Academy) Latymer All Saints CE Primary School (Voluntary Aided) (Academy) Robin Hall Nursey (combined nursery of Cuckoo Hall Academy & Woodpecker Hall Academy) St. Andrew’s CE Primary School, Enfield (Voluntary Aided) St. John & St. James CE Primary School (Voluntary Aided) St. John’s CE Primary School (Voluntary Aided) St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School (Voluntary Aided) St. Michael’s CE Primary School (Voluntary Aided) Wolfson Hillel Primary School (Academy)

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From 1 October 2020 until 15 February 2021 you will You must have an email address to make an online be able to apply online for the nursery classes on application. To help you, links are provided from the page 3. Online applications process is managed by eAdmissions website to enable you to register for a the Grid for Learning. You can access this at free email address. www.eadmissions.org.uk The closing date for applications is 15 February 2021 . Applying online: „ Is quick and easy to do „ You will get an email confirmation that your If you don’t have access to the internet at home, application has been received you can always visit your local library and get „ The system helps you check for errors access there. The first hour is free but demand can be heavy so to avoid disappointment we strongly „ The system has a series of security procedures recommend that you book a session in advance. which will prevent anyone seeing information they For further details telephone 020 8379 1000. are not entitled to „ You are able to submit the documents to confirm your child’s date of birth and address to your online application. If you are unable to do this hard copies can be sent to the Admission Service at the Civic Centre „ Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the closing date „ You will be able to find out the outcome of your application during the evening of 23 April 2021. „ You can accept or decline the offer online.

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Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 5 Completing the application

WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO WHAT IF I MAKE MORE THAN ONE SUBMIT WITH MY APPLICATION? COUNCIL APPLICATION FOR SCHOOLS IN You have to provide documentation to confirm ENFIELD? your child’s date of birth. This can be scanned or Parents should complete only one Council application. photographed and attached to your online application. You may nominate up to two schools as preferences. You can also include medical letters to confirm any If you submit more than one application, the Authority medical condition your child may have or information will take the application with the latest date as the valid to confirm that your child is looked after or previously application and will withdraw any earlier applications. looked after. If two or more applications are completed on the same The majority of applicants will not have to provide day, the Authority reserves the right to decide which documentary evidence of your address. Please include application to accept and which to disqualify. your council tax reference number in your application. HOW WILL YOUR APPLICATION BE We will then be able to cross reference your details with other internal council databases. DEALT WITH? If we are unable to verify your address, for example, if Your child will be considered for the schools requested. you are not registered for council tax, you will need If more applications are received than the number of to provide evidence of your child’s home address - for places available, places will be allocated according to example: the criteria (rules) listed on page 9. „ Recent Council Tax Bill When considering applications, admission authorities are under a legal duty to follow the arrangements „ Utility bill less than 3 months old described in the published information. Because of this, we can only consider information relevant to the „ Driving licence/insurance documents published criteria. These are listed in priority order. „ Benefit letter ie housing benefit You will receive an email during the evening of 23 April „ Tax credit documentation 2021 advising you of the outcome. You will be asked to accept or decline an offer made within 10 days. If you „ If you are not liable for Council Tax or Utility bills you do not reply by the date given, the place may be will need to provide official evidence that you are withdrawn and offered to another child a resident at the address (for example child benefit letter, tax credit documentation, child’s medical card) If it is not possible to offer your child a place, you will receive a information advising you of this from the You can attach the proofs to your online application Enfield Schools Admission Service. This will give you once it has been submitted. If you are unable to do details about any nurseries with vacancies and invite this, you can scan the proofs or take a photograph and you to consider whether you would like to apply for email them to [email protected]. Please make sure one of these vacancies. This is likely to be only a limited the documents sent are clearly marked ‘Nursery 2021 number of schools. Admissions’. When you submit an Enfield application, you are asked to confirm you have read and understood this booklet. You are also confirming the information you have given is accurate and complete and that you understand that if there is false information, the authority has the right to withhold or withdraw the offer of a place.

6 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield How applications are decided

HOW APPLICATIONS ARE DECIDED LATE APPLICATIONS We will always try to meet your request by offering a It is important to apply during the application period place to your child at the nursery class you named as as late applications will be considered only after places your highest preference. However, many nursery classes have been allocated to the children whose parents are likely to be oversubscribed. In these cases, places will applied before the closing date. Nursery class places are be given to children who meet the criteria in the order in demand and it is unusual to have vacancies once all shown. Please note nursery places are only part time. ‘on time’ applications have been processed. The process of allocating places will begin after 15 After the 15 February 2021 you will still be able to February 2021, once the completed applications have make a late online nursery application through www. been submitted. eadmissions.org.uk. Supporting documentation to confirm your child’s address and date of birth have to The Admissions Service will prioritise the applications be sent to the Admissions Service, it cannot be scanned received for each school in accordance with the and attached to the online application after the closing published admissions arrangements. This briefly date. includes: The Authority reserves the right to accept late „ Considering the medical applications that have applications, where it considers there are exceptional been made. reasons for the application not being received on time „ Verifying that children are siblings, living at the same until 28 February 2021. After this date all applications address and that the older child is expected to still be will be late. at the school nominated in September 2021. NURSERY CLASSES IN ANOTHER „ Measuring the distance from the home to the school. LOCAL AUTHORITY (LA) Once all the applications have been considered under Children living in Enfield can apply to go to nursery the relevant criterion, a proposed admission list is classes in another Local Authority (LA). Parents should drawn up for each of the schools. We will then begin contact the relevant LA for information about the to co-ordinate the offer of places. Your child will be arrangements for admissions to nursery classes in their offered a place at whichever nursery class is the highest area. preference for which they have qualified under the admissions criteria. Lower preferences are withdrawn at Children who live outside Enfield may apply to a nursery this stage. class within this borough by completing the online application. It is important that parents also apply for nursery classes in their own local authority.

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 7 Admissions criteria for schools

ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR NURSERY accuracy of each ADDRESS-BASE PREMIUM® is such that CLASSES AT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, each point will fall within the addressed building. In ALMA, BRETTENHAM, BOWES - BOWES the case of a multi-occupancy buildings such as flats where there may only be one address point, priority will ROAD, BRIMSDOWN, CHESTERFIELD, be given to the applicants whose door number is the CHURCHFIELD, DELTA, EASTFIELD, lowest numerically/or alphabetically. FLEECEFIELD, GALLIARD, GRANGE PARK, When it is not possible to admit all applicants to a HAZELBURY, KEYS MEADOW, LAVENDER, particular school within any criterion, priority for the RAYNHAM, WILBURY & WORCESTERS places available will be measured as the crow flies. The following criteria is used to decide which children The Local Authority defines siblings as a brother or should be offered places when there are more children sister living at the same address on the date when the wanting to go to the school than there are places applicant would be admitted. The term “sibling” means available. If there are fewer applications for a school a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, than there are places available everyone is offered a but not cousins. place. The criteria is in order of priority. Unfortunately, there have been some cases where a) Children in public care (looked after children) and parents have been tempted to supply false or children who were adopted (or subject to residence inappropriate information to try and get a place at a orders or special guardianship orders) immediately particular school, for example, by giving the address following having been looked after; of a relative instead of the home address. Information supplied by parents is checked. If it is found that false b) Children for whom a particular school is appropriate information has been provided and a place has been on exceptional medical grounds. Such applications obtained because of this, the place is likely to be will be considered under this criterion only if they are withdrawn. A place can also be withdrawn once a child supported by an attached written statement from has started. a doctor. This must demonstrate that there is a very specific connection between the child’s medical need and the school requested; c) Children with a brother or sister who will be Read the admissions attending the school or linked junior school at the time of proposed admission. The children concerned criteria (set of rules) must be living at the same address; d) Children whose parent is a member of staff who has for the school you are been employed at the school concerned for two or more years at the time of application and/or children interested in of a member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; e) Children genuinely resident within the school’s designated priority zone; f) Children living nearest to the school measured as the crow flies, that is, in a straight line from the child’s home to the main entrance of the school. (Travel by private car or public transport is not taken into account). All distances will be calculated by our admissions IT system using ADDRESS-BASE PREMIUM®. This provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference for each postal address in Great Britain. The grid reference is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metres (10 cm). The

8 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Your child’s address

ADDRESS If your child has been allocated a place and you move The child’s address used in the application must be the before your child’s admission, the application for a place child’s place of ordinary residence, that is, the address may be reconsidered. This may result in the offer of a where there is a settled intention by those with parental place being withdrawn if, for example, you move further responsibility to live for the foreseeable future. You must away from the school. not use a business address, childminders’ or relatives’ address or any other address other than the child’s place Please Note: of ordinary residence. You must provide proof to support Correspondence from the authority will be addresses your address and the information will be checked. to the parents at the address of the child. If parents are separated or divorced, the authority will assume that The Council do not accept short term accommodation any application for admission to a school is the result addresses which appear to have been obtained to of agreement between both parents. A parent making achieve proximity and therefore priority for admission an application is therefore requested to consult with to a school. In these cases, the Council may require and obtain the agreement of the other parent before supplementary evidence to support the child’s ordinary submitting the application for a school place. residence at that address. If a parent or adult with parental responsibility is found LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN AND to have knowingly given false information to improve PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN their chances of obtaining a place at a particular school, Children in public care (children looked after) and those any offer made on the basis of false information will be who ceased to be children looked after because they withdrawn. If a parent is found to have knowingly given were adopted or because they became subject to a false information to obtain a school place the actions residence order, child arrangements order or a special will be investigated with a view to civil or criminal guardianship order, receive priority for admission to a proceedings being taken against them under the Fraud school. If you are making an application for a child who Act 2006 or any other relevant enactment. would come under this criterion, it is important that you attach information from the relevant social Services CHANGE OF ADDRESS Department to confirm the legal status of the child. We can only accept changes of address once they have Important, please see the Key Words section at the end taken place. Notice for planned future arrangements of this booklet for clarification of which children can be will not accepted. Notice of an actual change of address considered under this criterion. should always be provided to the Enfield Schools Admission Team with the appropriate evidence. For a MEDICAL change of address to be taken into account for your In relation to nursery classes, a small number of children admission applications, it must have occurred before 1st are offered places under this criterion. Medical priority March 2021. is usually given to children who have an exceptional illness or disability, which means that one school is more Parents must also notify us of changes of address appropriate than another. that occur after this date and provide the relevant documentation to confirm the new address. The If you think that your child should be considered under information should be emailed to [email protected]. the medical criterion when making your application you must: If a place is offered on the basis of false information, „ Indicate which nursery class you are asking for your the place will be withdrawn. child to be considered for on medical grounds. SHARED CUSTODY „ Explain how the nursery class concerned can meet When parents live separately, the application must be your child’s needs better than any other nursery based on the address at which the child usually lives provision. and as given on the child benefit documentation. When „Ensure that a suitable professional, for example a parents live separately but the child lives equally with both  consultant, supports your request. This information parents at different addresses, the child’s home address must be provided with your application. Your request will be taken to be the address of the main parent/carer for community schools will be considered by a panel eligible to receive Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit. If of senior local authority staff. Further advice may be there are reasons why your child is not living with the sought at the discretion of the Assistant Director of main parent/carer, you and the other parent/carer must Children’s Services. For all other schools the decision declare this individually by letter and submit this with your will be taken by the relevant governing body. application form for consideration by a senior officer in the Admissions Service. If this address is accepted, it will be Further information is available on the website at used for applications to all schools. www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 9 Notification of decisions

PLEASE NOTE: If it is not possible to offer a place at the nursery of It is not usually possible to give a child priority on medical your preference you may contact the Enfield Schools grounds after the allocations have been completed if Admission Service to see which nursery classes have medical information was not submitted at the time of vacancies so that you can consider applying for any application. of these. Lots of children may have some medical or special needs If your child is offered a nursery class place it is on when they start school but the majority will not need to the understanding that they will attend for either five be given any additional priority of admission. It is still very morning or five afternoon sessions each week. If you important though that you tell the school of any medical or accept a place at an Enfield nursery class your child special needs your child may have before he or she starts will not be able to take up another part time place in school. For example, you should let the school know if your child has a nut allergy, is diabetic or has received support a voluntary, private or independent nursery/playgroup from the speech and language service. unless you meet the cost of this placement in full. MORNING/AFTERNOON SESSIONS NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS Individual schools are responsible for deciding whether If your child can be offered a nursery place and you the place allocated is a morning or afternoon session. applied online you will receive an email during the Nursery class places are not available for less than five evening of 23 April 2021 advising you of the outcome. half day sessions each week. School nursery classes are A letter will be sent to all parents/carers completing only open during the school term. a paper application on 23 April 2021 and you should receive this by 28 April 2021. Parents/carers will be asked to accept or decline the offer of a place within 10 days in order that unwanted nursery places can be reallocated. Children usually stay in a nursery class for the full year. Sometimes, though, a child leaves and it is possible to allocate that place to another child on the school’s waiting list. Please see page 14 for further information.

Applications are not dealt with on a first come first serve basis

10 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield What happened last year Nursery classes at community schools – 2020 allocations

Number Looked Furthest Total Staff Priority No of School of places After/ Siblings Distance Distance Applications Criterion Zone Refusals available Medical (Miles)

Grange 83 60 0 24 1 n/a 35 1.211 12 Park

Highfield 125 60 0 28 1 n/a 31 0.481 34

Raglan 141 90 1 49 2 n/a 38 0.519 36 Infant

„ It was possible to meet all the demand for places from on time applicants at all the other schools for which the local authority co-ordinates admissions.

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WAITING LISTS Children eligible for nursery education from September 2021 will usually start primary school in September Children who are not offered a place at a nursery 2022. The application procedure for admission to a class will be placed on a waiting list for their preferred reception class of a school will be from 1 October 2021 nursery. Waiting lists are prioritised in accordance with – 15 January 2022. the admissions criteria. A booklet providing information about this process Any places that are declined will be offered to other will be available for you to view or download from our children on the waiting list. website www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions from 1 October 2021. The arrangements may be different to those APPEALS currently in place. There is no right of appeal for a nursery place. ADMISSION TO PRIMARY SCHOOL If your application is SEPTEMBER 2022 You will need to apply for a place in the reception class late, you might not get of a primary/infant school regardless of whether your child is offered a place at a nursery class. a place even if you have There is no automatic right of transfer from the nursery class to reception class in the same school. other children at the school

12 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Special educational needs

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH Eligibility for a statutory assessment will be assessed SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND by Enfield Council’s Needs (SEN) DISABILITIES Service, in conjunction with professional colleagues. If eligible, the SEN Service will undertake the statutory Enfield Council is committed to ensuring that all assessment process. On completion of this process, the children with special educational needs and disabilities child may be issued with an Education, Health and Care (SEND) are provided with the opportunity to learn, play Plan (EHCP). This assessment may not always lead to and develop alongside their peers within their local additional resources. It may indicate ways in which the community of mainstream schools so they may have school, college or setting can meet the needs of the similar opportunities and life chances. child or young person without the need for any special educational provision being resourced. Enfield’s Local Offer provides information about services and support for families in Enfield with children/young An EHCP will describe all of a child’s special educational people aged 0 – 25 years with special educational needs needs and the additional resources the child requires and/or a disability. For more information, please visit over and above the school’s own resources. Unless a www.enfield.gov.uk/SEND child has a Proposed or Final EHCP, parents or carers with children who have SEND are required to apply for a All mainstream schools maintained by Enfield Council place in a nursery class at a community school in Enfield have the necessary resources allocated to them through the coordinated admissions process on the specifically to support children with SEND. All schools/ application form provided by the Admissions Service in settings have a special educational needs coordinator Enfield. (SENCO) who is responsible for supporting and monitoring children with SEND. Advice and support can An EHCP will describe all of a child’s special educational be obtained by the school from a range of professionals needs and the additional resources the child requires including educational psychologists, therapists or over and above the school’s own resources. Unless a specialist teachers, when required. child has a Proposed or Final EHCP, parents or carers with children who have SEND are required to apply for Every school is required to publish their own SEN a school place through the coordinated admissions Information Report on their website, which must: process on the common application form provided by „ make clear to parents how they meet the needs of the local authority where the child is living. children with SEN and disabilities „ provide more detailed information about how they identify, assess and make provision for children and young people with SEN and disabilities. This may include additional specialist teaching and support for children and young people with SEN and/or disabilities and how they change the curriculum to Enfield provides a range support your child’s learning needs Details of how each school supports children with of specialist facilities SEND can be provided by the school or viewed on their website. and support services There are a small number of children with SEND who may require additional support above what a for children who have mainstream school can offer. In these cases a statutory assessment of their special educational needs may special educational need to be undertaken in order to determine whether additional resources are required and what these resources should be. needs

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 13 General information

TAKING FAMILY HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME of Enfield will treat all its residents on an equal and fair basis. Family holidays should not be taken during term time. Guidance from the DfE (), states YOUR INFORMATION AND DATA that amendments to the Education (Pupil Registration) PROTECTION () Regulations 2006, which came into force on the The Admissions Service is the coordinator body for the 1st September 2013, has removed references to family application process for schools and academies and is often holiday, extended leave and Headteacher’s discretional the initial contact point for enquiries about school places. We 10 days threshold. Headteachers can only authorise need to collect and share information in order to deliver our a “leave of absence” in “exceptional circumstances”. If a services. Headteacher grants a leave of absence request, it will be for the Headteacher to determine the length of time that the This information includes: name of child, date of birth, child can be away from school. address, parent/carers full name and address, contact details, Council Tax number, current or previous education SPECIAL NOTICE TO PARENTS provision, supporting documentation, educational Parents should be mindful that taking a child of statutory background for in year applications, information specific to school-age on holiday without the school’s permissions, the admission criteria (eg sibling), country of origin if a new or staying longer than agreed, will result in the school arrival to the country. marking your child’s absence as unauthorised and that We collect this information through an application that is you will be breaking the law. This may result in the either submitted on line or a hard paper copy. Additional Education Welfare Service involvement, the issue of a information can be requested by letter, email, telephone or Penalty Notice fine, a criminal record if the case is proven face to face. in the magistrates Court and even loss of school place. As well as using your information to determine a school RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE application, we may also use your information for other There is no provision in community schools for the legitimate purposes and, where necessary, share this particular needs of any religious group. Parents who, with other Council departments and external bodies. because of their religious convictions, wish to withdraw their child from assembly or from Religious Education, Reasons for sharing information with the internal and need to discuss this with their Headteacher. The religious external bodies will be: processing school applications preferences of parents as they may affect the education including sharing information with other local authorities of their child, will not be taken into account when and schools, other teams within the Local Authority to considering applications for non-denominational schools. verify the information provided so that the admission process can be accurately administered, to fulfil the STATEMENT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Council’s safeguarding duty, Central government bodies The London Borough of Enfield believes in equality of in relation to mandatory data returns, admission opportunity for all its citizens regardless of class, age, appeal panels, the Schools Adjudicator and the Local colour, creed, religion, gender and sexual orientation. Government Ombudsman. Information may also be Multi-cultural education is just one of the many aspects in its shared with any organisation legitimately investigating implementation and accordingly the London Borough allegations of fraud or criminal offences. SCHOOL YEAR GROUPS *Key Stage 1 for the National Curriculum also includes those pupils in Reception classes who have reached compulsory school age. The new description does not cover nursery provision AGE OF THE MAJORITY OF PUPILS AT KEY STAGE: DESCRIPTION (YEAR): THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR: * Reception 5 1 Year 1 6 1 Year 2 7 2 Year 3 8 2 Year 4 9 2 Year 5 10 2 Year 6 11

14 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Are you looking after someone else’s child?

If you are caring for a child under the age of 16 (or 18 if WHAT THE LAW SAYS: disabled) for 28 days or more, and you are not a close „ relative, this is called a ‘private fostering’ arrangement. By law, all private fostering arrangements have to be A close relative is defined as either a grandparent, registered with the local authority where the private sibling, aunt or uncle (whether blood relative or by foster carer lives. marriage) or a stepparent. „ If you intend to look after someone else’s child for Some examples of private fostering: more than 28 days you must inform Enfield Children and Families Social Care at least 6 weeks before the „ Children sent from abroad to live with other families, child comes to live with you. or extended family members, in the UK. „ Where an emergency arrangement has been made „ Children whose parents have paid someone to care you must inform Enfield Children and Families Social for them whilst they are away working or studying. Care within 48 hours of the child’s arrival. „ Unaccompanied minors who are living with friends or „ It is an offence not to inform your local authority strangers. about a private fostering arrangement unless there is „ Teenagers living with the family of a boyfriend or a reasonable explanation. girlfriend. Private fostering is based on parental consent for the „ Children who are attending boarding schools and duration of the arrangements, and birth parents retain who live with a host family during the holidays. parental responsibility all of the time. Birth parents should inform Enfield Children and Families Social Care „ Children brought to the UK for adoption. of their intention to have someone else look after their „ Children and young people who have to live child. away from their own family as a result of parental Private foster carers become responsible for the separation, divorce or arguments at home. day-to-day care of the child they are looking after. All private fostering arrangements have to be registered They are responsible for carrying out any duties agreed with the local authority because local authorities have with the parents and must allow a social worker to a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all visit the child being looked after at the carer’s home. children in their borough, and to ensure that those in Birth parents should provide the carer with details of private fostering arrangements are safe and secure. their child’s school and health, information about their history, language, religion, interests, dietary needs, hobbies, likes and dislikes etc.

It is a good idea for parents to have a written agreement with the carer so that everyone is clear about how the child should be cared for. This should include consent to medical treatment, educational issues and financial arrangements. It is important that birth parents keep in regular contact with their children and with the carers. If they do not, the child may be considered to have been abandoned.

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 15 Are you looking after someone else’s child? continued

WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF WHO DO I TELL IF I AM INVOLVED IN, ENFIELD CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OR AWARE OF, A PRIVATE FOSTERING SOCIAL CARE? ARRANGEMENT? In order to fulfil their duty to safeguard and promote the If you know of a private fostering arrangement then you welfare of all children in their borough, Enfield Children must contact Enfield Children and Families Social Care. and Families Social Care will: They will be pleased to hear from you. It is not their intention to disrupt the arrangements you have made, „ Act on information given by parents, carers and they just need to know about them and check that the anyone else about private fostering arrangements child is safe and being properly cared for. and visit to assess the suitability of the arrangement. You can call or write using the details below: This includes making checks on the carer and their home. Enfield Children and Families Social Care Assessment Team „ Speak to the child alone and speak to the carer. Designated Person: Duty Manager Charles Babbage House „ Make regular visits in line with the law to ensure 1 Orton Grove the child remains safe and is well cared for. This is Melling Drive within 1 week of being told about a private fostering Enfield EN1 4TU arrangement and not more than every 6 weeks after Tel: 020 8379 2507 that for the first year. Email: [email protected] „ Offer advice and support to the birth parents or carers Or: [email protected] to try to keep the child at home. Remember – private fostering is everyone’s If the child is deemed to be at risk of suffering harm or responsibility whether you are a professional or a has suffered harm, the child may be removed from the member of the public. carer by Enfield Children and Families Social Care.

All private fostering arrangements have to be registered with the local authority where the private foster carer lives

16 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Are you looking after Useful addresses and someone else’s child? continued contacts

EVERY PARENT AND CHILD CORAM CHILDREN’S LEGAL CENTRE Every Parent & Child (formerly Enfield Parents & Coram Children’s Legal Centre provides free legal Children) is a registered charity working for the benefit information, advice and representation to children, of children, young people and families in the London young people, their families, carers and professionals, Borough of Enfield and surrounding areas. We offer as well as international consultancy on child law and services to children, young people and their families children’s rights. to support with advising on accessing educational Coram Children’s Legal Centre provision for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Coram Community Campus applying for school places, young people’s mental 48 Mecklengburgh Square health and wellbeing and skills and confidence building. London WC1N 2QA Their address is: Tel: 020 7713 0089 Community House Email: [email protected] 311 Fore Street London CHILD LAW ADVICE N9 0PZ Tel: (020) 8373 6243 Family or Child Law - www.epandc.org.uk 0300 330 5480 email: [email protected] Education Law - 0300 330 5485 OFSTED www.childlawadvice.org.uk

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION (DFE) Children’s Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and The Department for Education is responsible for services providing education and skills for learners of all children’s services and education. ages. Tel: 0370 000 2288 www.education.gov.uk Ofsted reports are published on the Ofsted website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES London Borough of Barnet Tel: (020) 8359 7651 Website: www.barnet.gov.uk/school-admissions email: [email protected]

London Borough of Haringey Tel: (020) 8489 1000 Website: www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions email: [email protected]

Hertfordshire County Council Tel: 03001234043 Website: www.hertsdirect.org/admissions email: [email protected]

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 17 Schools in Enfield List of primary schools with nursery classes Appendix 1

NO. OF PLACES AVAILABLE SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND STATUS AND ADDITIONAL HEADTEACHER (SUBJECT TO TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE RANGE INFORMATION CHANGE WHERE SCHOOLS OFFER 30 HOUR PROVISION)

ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL Alma Road, Enfield, EN3 4UQ Academy (020) 8804 3302 Helen Thomas – 60 www.almaprimaryschool.org.uk 2- 11 email: [email protected]

ARK JOHN KEATS ACADEMY Bell Lane, Enfield, EN3 5PA Academy Ms Amy Baird You need to apply (020) 8443 3113 - option 1 for Primary 50 Primary Headteacher directly to the school http://arkjohnkeats.org/ 3 - 18 email: [email protected]

BOWES PRIMARY SCHOOL Bowes Road, London, N11 2HL Academy Paul Barraclough (020) 8368 2552 Executive Head – 60 www.bowesprimaryschool.org 3 - 11 Teacher email: [email protected]

BRETTENHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Brettenham Road, London, N18 2ET Academy School has a priority (020) 8345 6055 Mr Stewart Humphreys 60 zone www.brettenhamprimaryschool.co.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

BRIMSDOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL Green Street, Enfield, EN3 7NA Academy Dani Lang (020) 8804 6797 – 50 Headteacher www.brimsdown.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

BUSH HILL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Main Avenue, Enfield, EN1 1DS Community (020) 8366 0521 Mrs Anna Theodosiou – 50 www.bushhillpark.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

CARTERHATCH INFANT SCHOOL Carterhatch Lane, Enfield, EN1 4JY Community Adrienne Barrell and (020) 8804 6886 Sarah Clements – 76 www.carterhatchinfants.com 3 - 7 Co-Headteachers email: [email protected]

CHASE SIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL Trinity Street, Enfield, EN2 6NS Community School has a priority (020) 8363 1120 Miss Melanie Scull 60 zone www.chaseside.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

CHESTERFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Chesterfield Road, Enfield, EN3 6BG Academy (01992) 760678 Zoe Hussain – 60 www.chesterfieldprimaryschool.co.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

18 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Schools in Enfield List of primary schools with nursery classes Appendix 1

NO. OF PLACES AVAILABLE SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND STATUS AND ADDITIONAL HEADTEACHER (SUBJECT TO TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE RANGE INFORMATION CHANGE WHERE SCHOOLS OFFER 30 HOUR PROVISION) CHURCHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Latymer Road, London, N9 9PL Academy (020) 8807 2458 Nicki Jaeggi – 60 www.churchfield.school 3 - 11 email: churchfield.office@churchfield. enfield.sch.uk Green Road, London, N14 4AD Community (020) 8441 7728 Mr Dominic Smart – 60 www.debohun.enfield.sch.uk 2 - 11 email: [email protected] DELTA PRIMARY SCHOOL 206A Nightingale Road, Edmonton, N9 Academy 8PT Androulla Georgiou – 30 (020) 83511784 3 - 11 www.deltaprimaryelt.org email: [email protected] EASTFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Eastfield Road, Enfield, EN3 5UX Academy (020) 8804 5013 Mr B Statham – 48 www.eastfieldprimary.com 3 - 11 email: [email protected] ELDON PRIMARY SCHOOL Eldon Road, London, N9 8LG Community (020) 8807 4763 Option 1-Jns Option Jane Flynn 2-Infants – 120 www.eldonprimary.co.uk 2-11 email: [email protected]

FLEECEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Brettenham Road, London N18 2ES Academy School has a priority (020) 8807 7899 Antoinette Goldwater 60 zone www.fleecefield.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] FORTY HILL CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Forty Hill, Enfield, EN2 9EY Voluntary Aided You need to apply (020) 8363 0760 Mr Josh Newham 24 (am only) directly to this school www.fortyhill.com 3 - 11 email: [email protected] GALLIARD PRIMARY SCHOOL Galliard Road, London, N9 7PE Academy (020) 8804 1818 Mrs Christine Dodd – 90 www.galliardprimaryschool.co.uk 2 - 11 email: [email protected] GARFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Upper Park Road, N11 1BH Community (020) 8368 4500 Ms Karen Khwaja – 26 www.garfield.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] GRANGE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Worlds End Lane, London, N21 1PP Academy (020) 8360 1001 Tijen Hassan 45 www.grangeparkprimaryelt.org 3 – 11 email: [email protected]

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 19 Schools in Enfield List of primary schools with nursery classes Appendix 1

NO. OF PLACES AVAILABLE SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND STATUS AND ADDITIONAL HEADTEACHER (SUBJECT TO TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE RANGE INFORMATION CHANGE WHERE SCHOOLS OFFER 30 HOUR PROVISION) HAZELBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Haselbury Road, London, N9 9TT Academy (020) 8807 3140 Laura Pearce – 120 www.hazelbury-primary-school.co.uk 2- 11 email: [email protected] HAZELWOOD INFANT SCHOOL Hazelwood Lane, London, N13 5HE Community (020) 8886 3216 Mrs Tracy Kilkenny - 90 www.hazelwoodschools.org.uk 3 -7 email: [email protected] HIGHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Highfield Road, London, N21 3HE Community (020) 8360 2149 Mr David Wilson – 60 www.highfieldprimary.co.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] HONILANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL Lovell Road, Enfield, EN1 4RE Community (01992) 701012 Mrs Nuala McNeely - 60 www.honilands.co.uk 2 - 11 email: [email protected] HOUNDSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Ripon Road, London, N9 7RE Academy (020) 8805 3406 Mrs Catherine Lane – 60 www.houndsfield.school 2 - 11 email: [email protected] KEYS MEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOL 84 Tysoe Avenue, Enfield, EN3 6FB Academy (020) 8350 8200 Mrs Mandy Lawrence – 60 www.keysmeadowprimaryschool.co.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

KINGFISHER HALL ACADEMY 40 The Ride, Enfield, EN3 7GB Academy You need to apply (020) 8344 9890 Mr Matthew Clifford 60 directly to this school email: [email protected] 3- 11 www.kingfisherhallacademy.org.uk

LATYMER ALL SAINTS CE SCHOOL 41 Hydethorpe Avenue, London, N9 9RS Voluntary Aided You need to apply (020) 8807 2679 Mrs Katy Brennan 90 directly to this school www.latymerallsaints.enfield.sch.uk 2 - 11 email: [email protected]

LAVENDER PRIMARY SCHOOL Lavender Road, Enfield, EN2 0SX Academy School has a priority (020) 8363 1058 Jodie Corbett 60 zone www.lavenderprimary.org 2 - 11 email: [email protected]

OASIS ACADEMY HADLEY 143 South Street, , Enfield, Academy EN3 4PX Zoe Thompson You need to apply 60 (020) 8804 6946 Principal directly to this school 2 - 18 www.oasisacademyhadley.org email: [email protected]

20 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Schools in Enfield List of primary schools with nursery classes Appendix 1

NO. OF PLACES AVAILABLE SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND STATUS AND ADDITIONAL HEADTEACHER (SUBJECT TO TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE RANGE INFORMATION CHANGE WHERE SCHOOLS OFFER 30 HOUR PROVISION) PRINCE OF WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL Salisbury Road, Enfield, EN3 6HG Community (01992) 762840 Mr Jan Bless – 60 www.princeofwales.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] RAGLAN INFANT SCHOOL Wellington Road, Enfield, EN1 2NS Community (020) 8360 5121 Mr Martin Kelsey - 90 www.raglanschools.org 3 - 7 email: [email protected] RAYNHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Raynham Avenue, London, N18 2JQ Academy School has a priority (020) 8807 4726 Mrs Anna Trott 60 zone www.raynhamprimaryschool.co.uk 2 - 11 email: [email protected] ROBIN HALL NURSERY Cuckoo Hall Lane, London, N9 8DR Robin Hall is the (020) 8804 4126 combined nursery of Academy Cuckoo Hall Academy http://www.cuckoohallacademy.org.uk 160 Part-time and Ms Nicky Ross and Woodpecker Hall email: [email protected] Full-time places 3 - 4 Academy. You need to apply directly to this school

ST. ANDREW’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL 116 Churchbury Lane, Enfield, EN1 3UL Voluntary Aided (020) 8363 5003 You need to apply Miss Cath Mann 60 www.st-andrewsenf.co.uk directly to this school 3 - 11 email: [email protected]. sch.uk

ST. JOHN & ST. JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Aided Grove Street, London, N18 2TL You need to apply Mrs Patricia Cuncarr 30 (020) 8807 2578 directly to this school 3 - 11 www.stjohnandjames.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]

ST. JOHN’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Theobalds Park Road, Enfield, EN2 9BD Voluntary Aided You need to apply (020) 8363 4709 Mrs Susan Notley 13 directly to this school www.stjohnsprimarysch.org.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Voluntary Aided Durants Road, Enfield, EN3 7DE You need to apply Miss M Creed 60 (020) 8804 2396 directly to this school 3 - 11 www.stmarysenfield.co.uk email: [email protected]

ST. MICHAEL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Brigadier Hill, Enfield, EN2 0NB Voluntary Aided You need to apply (020) 8363 2724 Miss Jan Matthews 30 directly to this school www.st-michaels.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 21 Schools in Enfield List of primary schools with nursery classes Appendix 1

NO. OF PLACES AVAILABLE SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS AND STATUS AND ADDITIONAL HEADTEACHER (SUBJECT TO TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE RANGE INFORMATION CHANGE WHERE SCHOOLS OFFER 30 HOUR PROVISION) SOUTHBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Swansea Road, Enfield, EN3 4JG Community (020) 8804 1710 David Bryant – 60 www.southbury.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] STARKS FIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL 167 Church Street, London, N9 9SJ Community Ms M Davies Oliveck (020) 8887 6060 – 16 www.starksfield.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] SUFFOLKS PRIMARY SCHOOL Brick Lane, Enfield, EN1 3PU Community (020) 8804 1534 Andrea Cassius – 30 www.suffolks.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] TOTTENHALL INFANT SCHOOL Tottenhall Road, London, N13 6HX Community (020) 8829 1100 Mrs Sian Mainwaring – 60 www.tottenhall.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 7 email: [email protected] WEST GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL 218a Chase Road, London, N14 4LR Community (020) 8351 9200 Miss Angela Campbell – 60 www.westgrove.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected] WILBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Wilbury Way, London, N18 1DE Academy (020) 8807 5335 Mrs L Wise – 90 www.wilburyprimaryschool.org.uk 2 - 11 email: [email protected] WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL 154 Chase Road, London, N14 4LG Academy (020) 8882 6487 You need to apply Alex Kingston 60 www.wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk directly to this school 3 - 11 email: [email protected]. sch.uk WORCESTERS PRIMARY SCHOOL Goat Lane, Enfield, EN1 4UF Academy (020) 8363 7860 Mrs F Ward – 50 www.worcesters.enfield.sch.uk 3 - 11 email: [email protected]

22 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Keywords Appendix 2

Academies – Publicly funded independent schools. „ Confirmation that the child is currently ‘looked after’ Admissions are the responsibility of the Governing Body. or was previously looked after in accordance with the definition provided in the first paragraph of this Admissions Authority – The admissions authority of a section. school determines the admissions policy of the school. The admissions authority for community primary „ If the child was previously ‘looked after’, then the schools in Enfield is the London Borough of Enfield and letter must also confirm the date at which the child the admissions authority of a voluntary aided school or ceased to be ‘looked after’ and the date of the academy is the Governing Body of the individual school. adoption order, residence order, child arrangement order or a special guardianship order which led to the Community School – This type of school is funded cessation of ‘looked after status’. entirely by the Local Authority. The admissions to the school are controlled by the Local Authority. If the Any court orders must be accompanied with a school is oversubscribed the Local Authority’s published letter from Social Services as described above to be criteria for admission will be used. considered for this admissions criterion. Please note the letter and court orders will be forwarded to your Criteria – The rules used to decide a child’s priority for preferred schools and/or the council in whose area the admission to a particular school. school is located. Curriculum – The total programme of planned work Mixed Ability Teaching Groups – Children of a wide and activities of a school to meet its pupils’ needs. range of ability taught together as a class: the work of – Free schools are non profit-making, such a group is largely based on individual and all ability, statefunded schools, either in primary or group assignments. secondary, set up by a wide range of proposers in Priority Zones – Priority zones are normally areas in response to local demand. which families who ask for admission live some distance Key Stage – A period of study relating to a particular away from the school concerned, but who cannot age group. Key Stage 1 covers school years reception reasonably be offered an alternative community primary and years 1-2, and Key Stage 2 covers school years 3-6. school. These zones may vary from year to year. Looked after children - Children in public care (looked Sibling – The Local Authority defines siblings as a after children or previously looked after children) and brother or sister living at the same address on the date those who ceased to be children looked after because when the applicant would be admitted. Sibling priority they were adopted, or because they became subject to will only be given where the older sibling will still be a residence order, child arrangements order or a special attending the school in the September that the younger guardianship order, receive priority for admission to child joins. The term ‘sibling’ means a full, step, half, school. adopted or fostered brother or sister, but not cousins. A child looked after is a child in the care of a local Proof of the relationship may be requested. authority or provided with accommodation by Voluntary Aided School – This is a school which that authority in accordance with Section 22 of the although mainly funded by the Local Authority has Children’s Act 1989. An adopted child is defined by admissions decided by the Governing Body. The section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Governors will apply the published admissions criteria. section 12 of the Adoption Act 1996. A residence order At Voluntary Aided schools the Governing Body is defined by section 8 of the Children’s Act 1989. A will employ the School’s staff and have primary child arrangement order is defined by section 8 of the responsibility for admission arrangements. The Children Act 1989 as amended by section 14 of the School’s land and buildings will normally be owned Children and Families Act 2014. A special guardianship by a charitable foundation. The Governing Body will order is defined by section 14A of the Children Act 1989. contribute towards the capital costs of running the If the conditions above apply to your child, you must school. give details in the application and provide and provide a letter from the relevant Local Authority Social Services. This letter must state the following:

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 23 Term dates Appendix 3

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

AUTUMN TERM 2021 SPRING TERM 2022 SUMMER TERM 2022 Wednesday 1 September – Tuesday 4 January – Friday 1 April Tuesday 19 April – Friday 22 July Friday 17 December Half Term – Half Term – Half Term – Monday 14 – Friday 18 February Monday 30 May – Friday 3 June Monday 25 – Friday 29 October

You will have to apply for a reception place for admission in September 2022

24 Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield Priority zones Appendix 4

WHAT IS A PRIORITY ZONE? Some primary schools have priority zones. The children living within these zones have priority of admission to a particular school. Priority zones are normally areas in which families who ask for admission live some distance away from the school concerned, but who cannot reasonably be offered an alternative community primary school.

These zones may vary from year to year.

The priority zones relating to admissions during the 2021/2022 academic year are as follows:

BRETTENHAM CHASE SIDE PRIMARY FLEECEFIELD LAVENDER PRIMARY RAYNHAM PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL Becket Road Aragon Close Brook Crescent Ash Ride Albany Road, N18 Cameron Close East Lodge Lane Brookfield Road Beech Avenue Culpepper Close Cavendish Close Enders Close Brookside Road Beggars Hollow Dysons Road Cavendish Road Farorna Walk Felixstowe Road Burnt Farm Ride Genista Road Cheshire House Hadley Road Fraser Road Cattlegate Road Kimberley Road Craig Park Road Harefield Close Grilse Close Clay Hill Nos. 180 up & Ladysmith Road, N18 Daniel Close High Oaks Parr Close Nos. 181 up Leopold Road Dodsley Place Hunters Way Cypress Avenue Willoughby Lane Nos Ellanby Crescent Lavender Hill (numbers Flash Lane 179 -209 Hereford House 200 up) Golf Ride Jeremy’s Green Mount View Rosewood Drive Leicester House Oak Avenue Rossendale Close Montagu Crescent Ridge Crest Strayfield Road Montagu Gardens Roundhedge Way Theobalds Park Road Montagu Road Spring Court Road Tingeys Top Lane (numbers 1-237 odd, The Ridgeway (odd Whitewebbs Road 2-226 even) numbers from 191 up, Wroxham Gardens Rays Avenue even numbers from Rays Road 82 up) Second Avenue, N18 William Covell Close Shropshire House Swaythling Close

Applying for a Nursery School in Enfield 25 Enfield Schools Admission Service Civic Centre Silver Street Enfield EN1 3XA www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions email: [email protected]

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