A Brief Guide to Starting Primary School in Lambeth 2021/22 for Children Born Between 01/09/16 and 31/08/17

A brief guide to starting primary school in Lambeth 2021/22 For children born between 01/09/16 and 31/08/17. Full information for parents/carers of children starting primary school in September 2021 can be found via lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions

Apply online and apply on time Deadline: Friday 15 January 2021 lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions If you apply after this date the likelihood of gaining a place at your preferred school may be significantly reduced.

Introduction

This small booklet provides a General information Primary transfer meetings for brief guide for parents/carers The Education Act 2002 and the parents/carers and their children through the School Admissions Code 2014 Meetings for parents/carers have admission process for primary provide a framework to ensure been organised on the following school for September 2021 that on National Offer Day as many dates to explain the primary transfer entry. It accompanies the main children as possible (whose parents/ co-ordinated admission process ‘Starting Primary School in carers have submitted an ‘on time’ and give you the opportunity to ask Lambeth 2021/22’ booklet application for a school place) receive questions about the procedure. which is available online via an offer (if an offer can be made) at lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions. a school that they have expressed Tuesday 3 November 2020 a preference for. 4-5pm Please read these booklets Kings Avenue Primary School carefully as it is important you Basics of the procedure Kings Avenue use them to make the best • The aim is that every child SW2 8BQ choices for your child. If you are will receive the single highest unsure about any aspect of the preference offer possible. Thursday 5 November 2020 transfer process please contact • To make it easy to apply and fair 4.30-5.30pm Lambeth School Admissions for parents/carers. Julian’s Primary School Team on 020 7926 9503 and/ 16 Wolfington Road, West or attend one of the primary • Well organised with good Norwood transfer meetings organised to communication between schools SE27 0JF provide information and support. and boroughs. These meetings are open to all Do not complete a Common What the procedure cannot do parents/carers of children starting Application Form (CAF) if your • It cannot guarantee every child primary school in 2021, even if child has an Education, Health and a school place. This is because they do not attend the above Care Plan. Please contact your some schools receive many more schools. Please ensure that if you home borough’s SEND Team applications than places available, bring any children to the above for details about applications and this may be the case for all meetings they remain with you at for primary school. schools applied for. In this all times. Lambeth Council and If you are a Lambeth resident instance, allocations of offers for school staff cannot be held liable further information is available schools not applied for will be for unaccompanied children in the from: made where possible. building, nor can they take any Special Education Needs and • It cannot guarantee your child will responsibility for children brought Disabilities (SEND) Team get a place at your first preference to meetings PO Box 734 school. Winchester • It cannot limit some multiple offers SO23 5DG being made after 16 April 2021, Telephone: 020 7926 9460 (but Lambeth School Admissions Email: Team will be aware of them and will [email protected] ensure that parents/carers reject Website: lambeth.gov.uk one of these offers quickly).

SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 3 Starting Primary school and the Pan-London co-ordinated admissions procedure

How to apply applied for as they have to consider, determine the order (rank) in which – essential information but not have to accept, your child to applicants will be offered places. • Parents/carers only need be taught out of cohort. An admissions authority may to complete one Common What is an admissions require parents/carers to complete Application Form (CAF) to authority? a Supplementary Information apply for up to six schools A schools admissions authority Form (SIF) requesting information anywhere in London excluding – the body of people who make which is not contained on the CAF, fee-paying. decisions about admissions – will e.g. church attendance. This form • The deadline for applications is determine which children can be is obtained from the school or Friday 15 January 2021 via offered a place at a school. For lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions for lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions community schools the admissions Lambeth schools and needs to be authority is the LA itself and for an sent back to the school and not the • All parents/carers who apply on academy, voluntary-aided (religious), borough by the school’s deadline. time and online will know what foundation or free school it is the school their child has been offered School staff will not know what governing body of that school. (if any) on 16 April 2021. This number preference their school offer will be the highest preference Where the school is oversubscribed, has been listed on the CAF, offer that can be made. the school’s admissions authority all are considered the same at the will use their admission criteria to same time. Lambeth School Admissions Team do not decide which school a child is offered. There is a process undertaken together with School Admissions Teams in other boroughs. Decisions about how a child’s application for a school is ranked are made by the schools admissions authority. This is dependent upon how well the child meets the schools admissions criteria. If delayed entry has been agreed within the past year for your child to be taught in a year group different to their chronological age (out of cohort) you need to apply using a paper Common Application Form. A copy of the letter confirming delayed entry was agreed must be attached to your application form. Applications will be considered on a child-by-child basis by the admissions authority for the schools

4 PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 11 stages parents/carers must follow

Stage 1 Research It is important to consider as much information as possible about the schools you wish to apply to. • Check whether your child is likely to be offered a place based on the school’s published admissions criteria, which can be found on the individual school’s pages of the ‘Starting Primary School in Lambeth 2021/22’ booklet. • Check how offers were made for National Offer Day for 2019/20 and 2020/21 entry. Details regarding Lambeth schools can be viewed via the primary transfer 2021/22 page from lambeth.gov.uk/ eadmissions These details only Stage 2 The preferred way for Lambeth relate to the 2019/20 and 2020/21 Apply on time and apply online! residents to apply for a primary school intakes and children applying which The deadline for applications place is online. This can be done via will vary each year. Therefore this is Friday 15 January 2021. If lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions from information cannot be used to you apply after this date the 1 September 2020. A step-by-step guarantee how offers will be made likelihood of gaining a place at guide to applying online is available for 2021/22 intake and is only your preferred school may be in the ‘Starting primary school in made available to give an indication significantly reduced. Lambeth 2021/22’ booklet. of how the admissions process You must complete the CAF for your Please note that any false or impacted on Lambeth schools last home borough regardless of whether deliberately misleading information year. Please note that Lambeth you are applying for schools in or given on this form and/or supporting Community Schools do not have outside of that borough. The home information may render your child’s catchment areas. Some voluntary borough is the borough where you are application invalid, or lead to any aided schools may prioritise children residing at the time of application, even offer of a place being withdrawn. who live within a set parish. if you have been placed in temporary Please check each school’s accommodation. Please check that Stage 3 admissions criteria for more details your child’s address is in Lambeth Proof of address regarding this. borough before completing the The application address stated • Contact the school directly for a Lambeth CAF. Residents of boroughs on your child’s CAF must be the copy of their prospectus or visit other than Lambeth who wish to apply address where you and your child their website. for a Lambeth school must complete currently live, even if you have been • For schools in other boroughs the CAF provided by the home placed in temporary acommodation. please check their literature. borough in which they live. Applications received without

PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 5 11 stages parents/carers must follow

all the required proof of address be a copy of your child’s NHS card, Team of your new address as soon documents for the parents/carers medical letter or doctor’s prescription as possible after the date of the and child may result in the child’s stating the child’s date of birth. move so we are able to contact you application being withdrawn if if we need further information or to the address cannot be verified. Stage 5 communicate the outcome of your This means that your child will not Provide additional application. A change of address receive an offer of a school place documentation form can be found on our webpage. on 16 April 2021. Two documents In additional to the proof of address You also need to inform us in writing are needed to confirm your address documents, you may need to if you have a change of medical as the applicant and one for your submit additional supporting circumstances or a sibling starts at a child. Please view the complete list of documentation with your child’s preferred school. If you inform your accepted proof of address documents CAF by Friday 15 January 2021. council of your change of address via lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions. Again these can be either scanned before 11 February 2021, the School The documents should be scanned and uploaded to your child’s online Admissions Team will be take this and attached to the online application application or taken to Lambeth into account when preferences are or taken by to: Civic Centre. These documents being considered. Lambeth Customer Service Centre may relate to: Lambeth Civic Centre • Medical/social reasons Please note that changes to preferences after the deadline for on 6 Brixton Hill • Confirmation of a child of staff time applications are not permitted. London • Looked After Children (LAC) or SW2 1EG Previously Looked After Children Stage 8 Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (PLAC) National Offer Day – Friday 16 An appointment is required and can • Request to be taught outside cohort. April 2021 be booked online at lambeth.gov.uk If you applied online and signed up Stage 6 This stage must be completed to text messages you will receive Supplementary Information by 15 January 2021. an email and a text message on the Forms (SIFs) evening of 16 April 2021 informing Stage 4 In addition to the required you to log in to your admissions Proof of child’s date of birth documentation above, some schools account and view the outcome of The primary Lambeth CAF is only for require applicants to complete a SIF. the application. Only if you applied children born between 01/09/2016 Please check pages 8-13 to see using a paper CAF will an outcome and 31/08/2017. Using this form for which schools require these and on notification letter be posted out first children outside this age group will our website for their deadline. For class post on 16 April 2021. result in the form being invalid (and it schools in other boroughs, please will not be processed unless delayed check their literature or websites. Stage 9 entry has been agreed for the child Accepting the offer during the previous academic year – Stage 7 The deadline to accept offers, online confirmation letter of agreement must Change of circumstances or using a reply form sent to paper be attached). You must also attach The Lambeth School Admissions applicants is 30 April 2021. Failure proof of your child’s date of birth to Team will consider your application to meet this deadline may mean that the CAF – either a copy of their birth using the details you provide on your child could lose their place. We certificate, passport or EU National your form. If you move address you strongly advise that you accept the Identity Card. Alternatively this could must inform the School Admissions offer made on National Offer Day,

6 PROCESS AND PROCEDURE with section 2.17 of the Code, where it states that “Admission authorities must make decisions on the basis of the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned. This will include taking account of the parent’s views; information about the child’s academic, social and emotional development; where relevant, their medical history and the views of a medical even if it is not your first preference, Stage 11 professional; whether they have to ensure your child has a place for Guidance on applications previously been educated out September 2021. Offers will continue for children outside of of their normal age group; and to be made after National Offer Day. chronological age group whether they may naturally have If an offer for a higher preference is In line with the School Admissions fallen into a lower age group made later on, you can then reject Code, parents may seek a place for if it were not for being born the original offer. Where allocations their child outside of their normal prematurely. They must also take are made, again we advise that age group. We are aware that some into account the views of the head these are accepted until you receive parents of summer-born children teacher of the school concerned. an offer from a school you selected may not want to send their child to • Parents must submit an on your application. school until the September following application for the admissions their fifth birthday and may request Stage 10 round relevant to their child’s that they are admitted out of their Next steps chronological age. normal age group – to reception If your child was not offered your first • If the request is granted, then rather than year 1. Lambeth LA preference school, we advise you the child will be offered a place will manage such request via the ensure that your child’s name is on the in the year group agreed by the following process: waiting list for the school(s) that you MEDSOC Panel and the school. applied for and were placed higher • Parents applying for an out-of If the place is NOT offered and no than the school offered on your CAF. year group place in a Lambeth offer is made for the child to attend You can apply for further schools community primary school the school in any other year group, whilst your child’s name is on the must submit professional then the family will be given the right of waiting list for other schools or you documentation (as per criterion appeal. However, if another year group have accepted an allocated offer. You 3 – Children with exceptional has been offered in the school then the can appeal against the refusal of a medical/social reasons) with right of appeal will not be offered. school place listed on your CAF under their application. The MEDSOC the School Standards and Framework Panel will then decide (along with If you are unsure about any aspect of the primary transfer Act 1998. Please check our website the relevant headteacher for the procedure please contact about how to appeal for Lambeth school concerned) whether such Lambeth School Admissions schools. For other schools please an out-of-year group place will Team on 020 7926 9503 or check with the school or its borough be offered at the named school. email schooladmissions@ School Admissions Team for details. This will allow this LA to comply lambeth.gov.uk.

PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 7 Lambeth primary schools

School DfE code PAN# Address Phone no. Website Status Denomination/ SIF Nursery class for Religion needed? attached (Please note this does not 2021/22 give priority for school admission in reception) Allen Edwards Primary School 208 2808 60 Studley Road, Larkhall Lane, 020 7622 3985 allenedwards.co.uk Community N/A No Yes SW4 6RP Archbishop Sumner CE Primary 208 3307 60 Reedworth Street, SE11 4PH 020 7735 2781 archbishop-sumners-primary. Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes Yes School lambeth.sch.uk Ashmole Primary School 208 2022 30 Ashmole Street, SW8 1NT 020 7735 2419 ashmoleprimaryschool.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Bonneville Primary School 208 2897 60 Bonneville Gardens, SW4 9LB 020 8673 1183 bonneville-primary.lambeth.sch.uk Community N/A No Yes

Christ Church Primary SW9 208 3324 30 Cancell Road, SW9 6HN 020 7735 1343 christchurchschool.cc Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes Yes

Christ Church (Streatham) 208 3329 30 Cotherstone Road, SW2 3NF 020 8674 4308 christchurchstreatham.lambeth.sch.uk Academy Church of England Yes No CE Primary School Clapham Manor Primary School 208 2115 60 Belmont Road, SW4 0BZ 020 7622 3919 claphammanor.lambeth.sch.uk Community N/A No Yes

Corpus Christi Catholic School 208 5202 60 Trent Road, SW2 5BL 020 7274 4722 corpuschristischool.co.uk Academy Catholic Yes Yes

Crown Lane Primary School 208 2783 60 Crown Lane, Streatham, 020 8670 4713 crownlane.lambeth.sch.uk Community N/A No Yes SW16 3HX Dunraven School 208 5402 60 94-98 Leigham Court Road, 020 8696 5600 dunraven.org.uk Academy N/A Yes No SW16 2QB Elm Wood Primary School 208 2794 60 Carnac Street, SE27 9RR 020 8670 1621 gipsyhillfederation.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Fenstanton Primary School 208 2785 60 Abbots Park, SW2 3PW 020 8674 3311 gipsyhillfederation.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Glenbrook Primary School 208 2836 30 58 Clarence Crescent, 020 8674 2387 gipsyhillfederation.org.uk Community N/A No No Clapham Park, SW4 8LD Granton Primary School 208 2265 90 Granton Road, SW16 5AN 020 8764 6414 grantonprimary.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Heathbrook Primary School 208 2292 60 St Rule Street, SW8 3EH 020 7622 4101 heathbrook.org Community N/A No Yes

Henry Cavendish Primary School 208 2295 60 Hydethorpe Road, SW12 0JA 020 8673 3376 henrycavendish.co.uk Community N/A No Yes (Balham) Henry Cavendish Primary School 208 9901 60 Dingley Lane, SW16 1AU 020 8673 3376 henrycavendish.co.uk Community N/A No Yes Substitute code - for (Streatham) admission purposes only Henry Fawcett Primary School 208 2901 30 Bowling Green Street, SE11 5BZ 020 7735 2764 henryfawcett.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Herbert Morrison Primary School 208 2868 30 Hartington Road, SW8 2HP 020 7720 3439 herbertmorrisonprimaryschool.co.uk Community N/A No Yes Hill Mead Primary School 208 2898 60 Hillmead Drive, Moorland Road, 020 7274 9304 hillmead.org Community N/A No Yes SW9 8UE

# Published Admissions Number 8 SCHOOLS School DfE code PAN# Address Phone no. Website Status Denomination/ SIF Nursery class for Religion needed? attached (Please note this does not 2021/22 give priority for school admission in reception) Allen Edwards Primary School 208 2808 60 Studley Road, Larkhall Lane, 020 7622 3985 allenedwards.co.uk Community N/A No Yes SW4 6RP Archbishop Sumner CE Primary 208 3307 60 Reedworth Street, SE11 4PH 020 7735 2781 archbishop-sumners-primary. Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes Yes School lambeth.sch.uk Ashmole Primary School 208 2022 30 Ashmole Street, SW8 1NT 020 7735 2419 ashmoleprimaryschool.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Bonneville Primary School 208 2897 60 Bonneville Gardens, SW4 9LB 020 8673 1183 bonneville-primary.lambeth.sch.uk Community N/A No Yes

Christ Church Primary SW9 208 3324 30 Cancell Road, SW9 6HN 020 7735 1343 christchurchschool.cc Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes Yes

Corpus Christi Catholic School 208 5202 60 Trent Road, SW2 5BL 020 7274 4722 corpuschristischool.co.uk Academy Catholic Yes Yes

Fenstanton Primary School 208 2785 60 Abbots Park, SW2 3PW 020 8674 3311 gipsyhillfederation.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Heathbrook Primary School 208 2292 60 St Rule Street, SW8 3EH 020 7622 4101 heathbrook.org Community N/A No Yes

SCHOOLS 9 Lambeth primary schools

Holy Trinity CE Primary School 208 3621 60 Upper Tulse Hill, SW2 2RL 020 8674 9051 holytrinityceprimary.org.uk Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes No Immanuel & St Andrew CE 208 5205 60 Northanger Road, SW16 5SL 020 8679 5005 immanuelschoollambeth.org Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes Yes Primary School Iqra Primary School 208 3643 30 127 Park Hill, SW4 9PA 020 7622 3630 iqra.lambeth.sch.uk Voluntary-aided Muslim Yes Yes Jessop Primary School 208 2331 60 Lowden Road, Herne Hill 020 7274 2333 jessopprimary.org.uk Community N/A No Yes SE24 0BJ Jubilee Primary School 208 3000 60 Tulse Hill, SW2 2JE 020 8678 6530 jubilee.lambeth.sch.uk Community N/A No Yes Julian’s Primary School

Streatham site * 208 5209 90 226 Leigham Court Road, 020 8761 1894 juliansprimary.org.uk Foundation N/A Yes No SW16 2RB West Norwood site * 208 5209 60 16 Wolfington Road, SE27 0JF 020 8761 1894 juliansprimary.org.uk Foundation N/A Yes Yes Kings Avenue Primary School 208 2903 30 Kings Avenue, SW4 8BQ 020 7622 1208 kingsavenueschool.co.uk Community N/A No Yes

Kingswood Primary School

Lower site** (Reception to year 2) 208 2359 90 55 Gipsy Road, SE27 9NP 020 8761 4827 gipsyhillfederation.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Upper site** (Year 3 to 6) 188 Gipsy Road, SE27 9RD 020 8670 3576 gipsyhillfederation.org.uk Community N/A No No Lark Hall Primary School 208 2371 60 Smedley Street, SW4 6PH 020 7622 3820 larkhall.lambeth.sch.uk Community N/A No Yes

Loughborough Primary School 208 2905 60 Minet Road, SW9 7UA 020 7274 8374 loughboroughprimarylambeth.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Macaulay CE Primary School 208 3375 30 Victoria Rise, SW4 0NU 020 7622 1355 macaulaycofeschool.co.uk Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes Yes

Oasis Academy Johanna 208 2332 30 Johanna Street, Lower Marsh, 020 7928 5814 oasisacademyjohanna.org Academy N/A No Yes SE1 7RH Orchard Primary School 208 3642 30 Christchurch Road (entrance from 020 8671 4400 orchardprimaryschool.com Voluntary-aided Muslim Yes No Cotherstone Road), SW2 3ES Paxton Primary School 208 2459 90 Woodland Road, SE19 1PA 020 8670 2935 gipsyhillfederation.org.uk Community N/A No Yes

Reay Primary School 208 5206 30 Hackford Road, SW9 0EN 020 7735 2978 reay.lambeth.sch.uk Foundation N/A No Yes

Richard Atkins Primary School 208 2504 30 New Park Road, SW2 4JP 020 8674 5601 richardatkins.lambeth.sch.uk Community N/A No Yes

Rosendale Primary School 208 2899 90 Rosendale Road, SE21 8LR 020 8670 4962 rosendale.cc Academy N/A No Yes

St. Andrew’s Catholic Primary School 208 5204 60 Polworth Road, SW16 2ET 020 8769 4980 st-andrewsrc.lambeth.sch.uk Voluntary-aided Catholic Yes No

St. Andrew’s CE Primary School 208 3403 30 Kay Road, SW9 9DE 020 7274 7012 standrewsprimaryschoolstockwell.org Voluntary-aided Church of England Yes No

* Please note that the child’s address will be measured to both sites and school staff will determine at which site a place will be offered in accordance with their admissions criteria. ** Measurements are made to the upper site.

10 SCHOOLS School DfE code PAN# Address Phone no. Website Status Denomination/ SIF Nursery class for Religion needed? attached (Please note this does not 2021/22 give priority for school admission in reception) Hitherfield Primary School 208 2900 90 Leigham Vale, SW16 2JQ 020 8769 8428 hitherfield.co.uk Community N/A No Yes