Your Choice for Primary Education a Guide for Parents with Children Starting Primary School in September 2017

Your choice for primary education A guide for parents with children starting primary school in September 2017

www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Apply online: www.eadmissions.org.uk

The Pan-London eAdmissions site opens on 1 September 2016.

If your child was born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013, you will need to apply for a primary (reception) school place by 15 January 2017. Contents

Introduction School information 4 Welcome 26 Common definitions 5 Introduction to the Royal Borough’s primary schools 28 Admission criteria for community schools 5 Types of state school 30 Fox Primary School priority area map 5 Contacting the Admissions Team 38 Admission criteria for Academies, Free Schools 6 Pan-London system and voluntary aided schools 7 Key dates 8 Gathering information Additional information 8 Applying for schools outside the Royal Borough 60 In-year admissions 8 Private fee-paying schools 60 Support for school attendance 60 Children with Disabilities Team The application process 60 Special Educational Needs and Education, Health and Care needs assessments 10 Closing date for applications 61 Educational Psychology Service 10 Proof of address 61 Assistance with home-to-school travel 11 Change of address 62 Family Information Service 11 Exceptional need 62 Free school meals 12 Additional forms to complete 12 Applications for children living abroad 12 Members of the UK Armed Forces and Nurseries and children’s centres Crown Servants 64 Applying for a nursery place 12 Requests to apply for reception in the following year 65 Community nursery schools and children’s centres 13 Late applications 13 Change of preferences Locations and contacts 14 Completing your application 68 Contact details for diocesan authorities 14 Guidance on completing your application (paper or online) 69 Contact details for neighbouring boroughs 16 Apply online and save time 70 Map of the Royal Borough’s educational establishments 16 Applying online can be done in five easy steps 18 A step-by-step guide to applying online 20 What will happen next 20 How decisions are made 21 Notifying you of the outcome 22 Waiting lists 22 Appeal arrangements 23 Making final arrangements for starting school 24 Frequently asked questions

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Welcome

Dear Parents and Carers Choosing a primary school for your child is a big decision and the beginning of at least eleven years of full-time education. Enclosed in this brochure you will find helpful information, and what you need to consider before you decide which schools to apply to. You will also find basic information about all the schools located in the Royal Borough and their admission criteria, which include the new Kensington Primary Academy, which will open September 2016. The Academy provides an additional 30 reception places in an area of the borough that has seen a steady rise in demand for places in recent years. Please remember, if you are not resident within Kensington and Chelsea and would like to apply for one or more of our schools, you will need to do this through your home borough. Primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea are highly sought after and many are heavily oversubscribed. There has been an increase in applications every year so I would advise you to consider your preferences carefully and check the admission criteria for the schools you would like to apply for to avoid disappointment. The Admissions Team are happy to advise you and contact details can be found on page 5. I wish your child every success and happiness in their primary education.

Cllr Emma Will Cabinet member for Education and Libraries The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Introduction to the Royal Types of state school Borough’s primary schools In the Royal Borough, there are 11 community This brochure is for parents of pupils aged between schools, 14 voluntary aided schools, one Academy three and 11, but deals mainly with issues for parents and one Free School. whose children are due to start primary school in 2017. The Admission Authority for each school is responsible It provides information about how and when to apply for setting its admission arrangements and deciding for a place, explains how admission decisions are made which children are given priority for a place, in accordance and gives information about each school to help parents with the published admission criteria. For community decide which schools to apply for. schools the Admission Authority is the local council, while In September 2017 there will be 28 maintained primary for voluntary aided schools, Academies and Free Schools schools, including one Academy and one Free School, it is the school’s governing body or Academy trust. in the Royal Borough. The new Earl’s Court Free School Community schools are financed by public money Primary, which is currently located in Hammersmith and maintained by the Council, which also sets their & Fulham, provides approximately 15 places for Royal admission requirements. Borough residents based on a measuring point from Earl’s Court. In September 2016, the new Kensington Primary Voluntary aided schools are set up by a religious or Academy, located in Kensington High Street, now provides voluntary body but funded through the Council. Governors a further 30 places to families in the south of the borough have additional responsibilities to those for community and we are also offering an extra 15 places at Colville and schools, including setting the admission arrangements. Fox primary school. Further details about each school can Academies and Free Schools are independent of the be found on pages 31-44. local authority and funded directly by central government. All other schools in the Royal Borough providing primary The governing body for each Academy and Free School or nursery education are either independent (private) sets its admission arrangements in agreement with the schools or run by other organisations that may charge secretary of state and the local council. fees. The Council’s Family Information Service provides details of all provision in the area and can be contacted by visiting www.rbkc.gov.uk/family-information-service or emailing [email protected] Further information on independent schools is available from the Independent Schools Council at www.isc.co.uk and the Independent Schools Directory and Resource at www.independentschools.co.uk

Contacting the Admissions Team The Royal Borough’s Admissions Team works The Admissions Team is based at Kensington Town in partnership with the London Borough of Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX and can be Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster City contacted between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. Council as a joint service.

E [email protected] W www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions T 020 7745 6432/6433/6434

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Pan-London system The local authorities taking part in the PLCAS then use a secure computerised system to pass on details of the Every year around 100,000 applications across London applications for schools in other areas. They will also are made for primary school reception places. All 33 co-ordinate the offer of places to make sure no child is London boroughs, together with councils bordering the offered more than one school place. The decision on capital, co-ordinate admissions to their primary schools. whether a place can be offered will continue to be made The co-ordinated admissions system is fairer and means by the Admission Authority for each school. When a more parents are offered one of their preferred schools at school receives more applications than places available an earlier stage and fewer parents receive no initial offer (also referred to as oversubscribed), its published at all. It is also easier for parents to manage, reducing admissions criteria will be used to decide the order in anxiety for you and your children. which applicants will be offered places.

How the system works Schools will not be informed of where they are listed on the application form or other schools applied for. Under the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System (PLCAS), all parents must list the schools they want Where a child is eligible to be offered a place at more than to apply for on their home local authority’s common one school, the local authority will hold the offer for the application form, ranking them in order of preference. highest preference on the parents’ form and release all This is important, as potentially only one offer will be other lower preference offers. These places can then be made and this will be for the highest-ranked school able offered to other applicants. Potential offers are exchanged to make the offer. This form (either paper or online) is between local authorities until they are in a position to make returned to the local authority for the area in which the the single best offer to parents using all available places. child lives. All offers will be made on the same day: 18 April 2017.

6 Apply online: www.eadmissions.org.uk You must submit Introduction your application by 15 January 2017

Key dates

From 1 September 2016 You will be able to apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk Paper applications will be available from the Admissions Team on request. The Your choice for primary education brochure will be available online and a hard copy can be requested from the Admissions Team from 12 September.

15 January 2017 Closing date for applications If you are applying online, you will have up until 11.59pm on 15 January 2017 to submit your application. If you are applying via a paper form you will need to ensure it is received by the Admissions Team by 5pm on the closing date.

18 April 2017 National offer day The Admissions Team will write to you advising you of 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 18 April 2017.

2 May 2017 Deadline for successful applicants to accept or decline their school offer.

From 16 May 2017 Waiting list positions will be available for community schools and further offers will be made as result of withdrawals and late applications for schools with vacancies.

26 May 2017 To ensure appeals are heard by the end of the summer term, appeals for Royal Borough community schools must be lodged by this date. You will need to check with voluntary aided schools and Academies as deadline dates may vary.

June/July 2017 Appeals for Royal Borough community schools are heard by an independent panel. Voluntary aided schools and Academies will also arrange for appeals to be heard before the end of term.

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Gathering information schools in neighbouring boroughs that may be close to your home. Remember you can name up to six To make an informed decision about which primary school preferences. schools to apply for, you are advised to read the information about the schools in this brochure and l You should note attendance at a nursery class does not research the schools you are interested in applying to. guarantee or give priority for admission to the reception class of that school. It is also important to be aware if You are advised to: you have a younger child attending the nursery section l Contact schools you are interested in directly to ask for of the school you are applying to, sibling connection a copy of their prospectus, which will provide you with does not apply. Only children who will be on the roll of detailed information. the main school when the new child starts school will be considered as a sibling link. l Visit schools’ own websites to find out more detailed information. If you want to find out about Ofsted reports l Naming only the school you most want for your child for Royal Borough schools visit www.ofsted.gov.uk will not increase their chance of being offered a place at that school. l Find out if the school has arranged open day sessions so you can plan a visit. Some schools have indicated l If we receive more than one application form for your specific dates they have arranged, this information child, the most recently dated form will be the one that can be found in the individual school section of this we process. brochure on pages 31-44. Because of the demand for places at the most popular schools, your child may not be offered a place at your Considering the facts first preference. If you give only one preference, your child Many schools receive more applications than they have may not get an offer at all on 18 April 2017. It is therefore places. To avoid disappointment you should consider advised you name further preferences and ones you whether your child has a realistic chance of gaining a consider to be realistic options. place at your preferred school(s). You will need to look at: Applying for schools outside l How many applications were made for your preferred the Royal Borough school(s) last year compared to how many places were You may also wish to consider schools outside the available. This information can be found in the individual borough. Under the PLCAS, Royal Borough residents can school section of this brochure on pages 31-44. It is apply for schools anywhere in London and will need to important to note the pattern of admissions can vary from be listed in your application. Detailed information about year to year and living within the distance in which places schools outside the borough is available directly from the were offered in a previous year does not guarantee a schools and the local authority for the area in which they place will be offered in this year or future years. are located. l The admission criteria of the school(s). The criteria will The contact details for all London boroughs are provided determine the order of priority for each applicant. As an on page 69. example, church schools will prioritise applicants who meet the respective faith criteria. Private fee-paying schools You may also like to consider: Further information on private or independent schools l Whether the ethos of the school suits your child’s needs. is available from the Independent Schools Council at l Whether the school has a breakfast club and/or www.isc.co.uk and the Independent Schools Directory after-school provision if this is important to you. and Resource at www.independentschools.co.uk. l How your child will travel to school. There are many You will usually be required to pay fees to attend these primary schools in the Royal Borough, all accessible schools. These schools do not form part of the PLCAS by walking or by bus. You may also want to consider and you must apply to them directly.

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Closing date for applications l For members of the UK Armed Forces and Crown Servants, an official letter confirming the address of your The closing date for applications is 15 January 2017. quarters. This can be provided before you have relocated For all the reasons detailed on page 16 it is highly to ensure your application is not disadvantaged. recommended you apply online at www.eadmissions. If you own or rent more than one property, you should org.uk state this on your form. You will also need to provide proof If you would prefer to complete a paper form, you must of residence and occupancy for the address at which your return it by the closing date to the address shown on the child lives most of the time and is considered as the main form. If you would like confirmation we have received family home. your application, please indicate this when you submit If you move into a second property for a temporary period the form. Make sure you use the correct postage if you purely for the purpose of trying to be nearer to a school, return your form through the post. Incorrect postage may we will use your normal, permanent residence for the delay your application, preventing it from reaching the purpose of processing the application. Admissions Team by the closing date. Additional address proof for Proof of address Fox Primary School The address you provide on your application must be If you are making an application for Fox Primary School, your child’s permanent address on close of applications, which has a designated priority area, you must provide 15 January 2017. You must not use a business address, a copy of your tenancy agreement or a Land Registry childminder’s or relative’s address or any address other document if you live within the priority area. Your than your home address. Only in circumstances where application will be considered as outside the priority area the relative or carer has legal guardianship, and is the if the required documents are not provided by the closing main carer, will a different address be considered as the date. If you rent your home, a signed rental agreement main residence. Evidence will be requested to support of at least 12 months showing the start date of your this arrangement. tenancy will be required. You and your child must still be living at the address on national offer day: 18 April 2017. If you have a genuine 50/50 share care arrangement with your child’s other parent, it will be for you to determine the address that will be used as the main address for your child’s application. Only one address will be used throughout the application process. If you are unable to agree on which address to use, the address of the parent making the Child Benefit claim will be used for the purpose of the application. You do not need to provide us with documentary evidence of your address. Your details will be cross-referenced with internal council databases, and if we are unable to verify your address we will contact you for more information. If you are not registered to pay council tax, either because you are not liable or have recently moved, you will be asked to provide one of more of the following: l A mortgage statement/tenancy agreement. l A recent utility bill or, if you have moved, your closure bill at your previous address. l A Child Benefit/Inland Revenue document (if entitlement applies).

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All applicants offered a place based on distance from home to school will be required to provide evidence that Fraudulent applications the are still living at the same address that they applied The Royal Borough takes very seriously any attempt from. If you have moved address before this date and you to obtain a school place by fraud. All cases are fully did not inform us of your move, any offer made may result investigated and the use of internal and external in being withdrawn. agencies has improved detection rates. Council officers will carry out unannounced address visits Change of address as appropriate. Any offer made to your child on 18 April 2017 is based If you know someone who intends to or has on the address you indicated in your application. If you used a false address to get a school place, do not inform us of a change of address, any offer that is you can report this confidentially to the made to your child for a school you would not have been Admissions Team on 020 7745 6432 or email eligible for will be withdrawn. [email protected] You must notify the Admissions Team if you move You do not need to give your name but please address. Your new address will not be updated until provide as much information as possible so that proof has been provided. If you move after 10 February we can investigate the matter fully. 2017, your address will not be updated as the process for allocating places would have already started. We are able If we find a school place was obtained using a false to send you correspondence to your new address, but address we will withdraw the offer, even after the child has started school, and re-offer to a child who your application will be processed using the address you was entitled to the place. submitted at the close of applications. If it is decided not to remove the offer, normally Exceptional need when the child has been on roll for more than one term, any future sibling link will not apply. All schools have experience in dealing with children with diverse needs. These may be educational, medical and/or social needs. However, in a very few exceptional decision will be based on documents you submit by the cases there may be reasons why a child may need to closing date. attend a specific school, and no other school can meet this need. If you feel there are exceptional reasons for For own Admission Authority schools, and schools your child to be considered for a priority placement at located in other areas, any additional documentation a particular school, you must indicate this in the area you provide will be passed on for the respective school’s provided in your application, giving reasons supporting attention via the secure Pan-London system. your case. Please be aware not all schools have this The notification date is 18 April 2017. You will not criterion in their policy, so it is advised you check this first. therefore be advised before this date whether your All requests for priority consideration must be supported request for priority is agreed. If priority is not granted, by a professional, such as a doctor or social worker, who your application will be considered against the remaining must clarify which school you are making a special case criteria for the requested school. for, the reason why it is necessary for your child to attend It is important to be aware that very few cases are agreed this school in particular and the difficulties it will cause under this category. The Admission Authority must be your child to attend another school. able to justify awarding priority for a child above other It is for you to decide how to support your case and what applicants. It will need to be agreed by those making documents to provide, but these must be submitted by the decision that the professional support provided clearly the closing date: 15 January 2017. makes a case that the needs for the child can only be met at the school requested, as opposed to another The Admissions Team is not responsible for contacting local school. professionals for information about your case and any

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Additional forms to complete All Royal Borough voluntary aided schools have additional Supplementary Information Forms (SIF) and/or a Priest Reference Form to complete, which are available directly from the schools or at www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions These forms are necessary for the school governors to determine whether applicants meet their faith requirements or other criteria. If you are applying for a place on religious grounds, you will be required to provide proof of your church attendance and/or religious commitment on the SIF. The SIF and all additional documents required must be returned to the school. The same will apply for church schools located in neighbouring local authorities. If you name the school in your application and do not complete a SIF, your child will be considered but it will reduce the chances of your child being offered a place. The school will not have any information to consider when judging your application against its admission criteria and, as such, your application will be ranked very low when decisions are made. It is therefore important you complete both forms.

Applications for children Requests to apply for reception living abroad in the following year Applications submitted by resident families working or Requests for an application to be considered for temporarily living abroad will be processed with all other reception entry for the following year will need to be made applicants and must be submitted by the closing date. by the closing date for when the child would normally The address where the child is living at the time of be expected to apply: 15 January 2017. This enables application, and at the closing date, will be used for the the application to still be processed alongside all other purpose of processing. The applicant must inform the applicants if the request for later admission is refused by Admissions Team on their return for the address to be an Admission Authority*. updated. Proof of address and occupancy will be required. Such requests would normally apply to children who are born in the summer (between April and August) and Members of the UK Armed there are significant reasons that would benefit the child’s Forces and Crown Servants academic, social and emotional development by starting reception in the following year as opposed to Year 1. For members of the UK Armed Forces and Crown It should be noted any request to defer entry to Year 1 Servants an official letter confirming the address of in the following year will require an in-year application your quarters is required. This can be provided before to be made at that time. Further information on in-year you have relocated to ensure your application is not admissions can be found at www.rbkc.gov.uk/ disadvantaged. schools/admissions

*The local authority is the Admission Authority for community schools. The governing body is the Admission Authority for all other schools. Any decision is applicable only to the school for which the Admission Authority is responsible.

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It is for the Admission Authority of a school to decide Late applications whether or not the individual child’s circumstances If you apply after the closing date without a valid reason, present the need for entry to reception a year late. In the your application will only be considered after the offer event that an Admission Authority agrees to consider date: 18 April 2017. Your child’s name will be added to your application out of year, please be aware this is not an waiting lists along with those unsuccessful applications automatic guarantee of a place. Your application would considered in the initial allocation round. be assessed against the school’s published criteria and offers made to children as appropriate. Such requests will If there is an exceptional reason for applying after the only be agreed in exceptional circumstances. closing date and before 10 February 2017 (for example, you have just moved to the area), it may be possible to Support from a professional (eg GP, hospital consultant, consider your application with those that were made on social worker, education professional) will need to be time. Other circumstances will be considered and each provided outlining the reasons and benefits for the child case decided on its own merit. to start school a year late and therefore be placed outside their chronological year group. The headteacher of the Examples of reasons that would not be accepted include school(s) applied for will be informed of the request and failure of a nursery school to remind a parent to apply, their view taken into account. late return from a family holiday or non-receipt of an application form due to postal issues. You are advised There is no right of appeal against the decision to refuse to contact the Admissions Team as soon as possible if a request for late entry. Applicants do retain the right of submitting an application after the closing date. appeal against a decision not to offer a school place that has been refused for the year group applied for. If the Admission Authority approves the request, the parents Change of preferences will be advised to re-apply in the following year. However, If you wish to change the order of preference of there can be no guarantee of a place being available as schools listed on your application form, and you applied this is dependent on the number of applicants who apply online, you can log back in to your account to change/ in that year. It is not possible to reserve a place in a school add/delete preferences up until the closing date of for the following year. If a place is not available at any of 15 January 2017. If you did not apply online, you must the schools applied for the local authority will identify email [email protected] or write to the an alternative school with a place available in the child’s Admissions Team before the closing date. chronological year group. It is not normally possible to accept any changes after The arrangements for such requests are in accordance the closing date. If you do want to add preferences or with current legislation that is set out in the Admissions change your order of preferences after this date, you Code 2014 and at the time this brochure is produced must inform the Admissions Team as indicated above. (August 2016). Central government are reviewing Summer In most cases, new or changed preference schools will born entry. normally be considered only after all other applications have been considered.

Your personal information The Royal Borough will handle information you have The Council has a duty under the Children’s Act 2004 provided for school admission purposes in line with to work with partners to develop and improve services the Data Protection Act (DPA). to children and young people in the area. As such, the Council may also use this information for other The information will be held in confidence, with only legitimate purposes and may share information the necessary people working within the combined (where necessary) with other Council departments Children’s Services able to access and handle it. and external bodies.

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Guidance on completing your Your child’s name application (paper or online) Please write your child’s name clearly and use the same name you have registered with your child’s nursery school The online application is set out in a similar way to the or children’s centre (if this applies). paper form. The following guidance applies to both: l Naming only the school you most want for your child will Your child’s date of birth not increase his or her chance of being offered a place You should only be applying for a reception place if at that school. your child was born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013. If your child does not fall within this birth l If we receive more than one application form for your range, and there are reasons to request your application child, the most recently dated form will be the one that be considered the following year, please refer to page 12 we process. for further information. l Because of the demand for places at the most popular schools, your first preference may be unsuccessful. Your child’s home address l Only naming one or two preferences will limit your The address you give must be your child’s permanent chances of being offered a place. It is therefore advised address on the closing date for applications. Please see you name further preferences and ones you consider page 10 for more information. to be realistic options.

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Current nursery or early years provision If your child attends a nursery, please indicate this in the space provided. If your child does not attend any early years provision, please leave the space blank. You should note attendance at a nursery class does not guarantee or give priority for admission to the reception class of that school.

Details of parent or carer This section needs to be completed by the parent or carer of the child, who will also need to indicate they have parental responsibility. Only one parent needs to complete this section but you can indicate the name of the other parent in the space provided if you wish.

Relationship to child Please indicate your relationship to the child (eg mother, father, grandmother, foster carer). School preferences Children with a Statement of Special You can list up to six state maintained schools, including Educational Needs (SEN) or Education, any voluntary aided (church) schools, foundation schools, Free Schools and Academies, and any schools in Health and Care (EHC) plan neighbouring local authorities, in order of your preference. You do not need to complete this application if your child Please do not name independent/private fee-paying has a statement of SEN or EHC plan as there is a separate schools on this form – applications to these must be process that is outlined on page 60 in this brochure. made separately. If your child is in the process of being assessed for a statement, however, it is useful to make us aware of this. Please write the name and address of the school in the Doing so will ensure the school that is eventually offered space against each school preference. You do not have to your child is fully aware before admission and can plan to name six schools, but it is strongly advised you should accordingly to be able to meet your child’s needs. use as many preferences as possible and include at least one school where you have a good chance of being Looked After Children offered a place. Looked After Children (also referred to as in “Public Care”) You will need to read the admission criteria for the schools and children who have been adopted or made subject to determine what chances you have of gaining a place. to a child arrangement order or a special guardianship Applying for only one school will not improve your chances order immediately after having been Looked After receive of getting a place at that school. priority for admission to school. The child’s social worker must submit a letter to the Admissions Team confirming Siblings (brothers or sisters) the legal status of the child and the local authority to If your child has a brother or sister who is currently on roll, which the child is/was in care, quoting the child’s full and will continue to be so, at one of your preferred schools name and current address. at the time of admission for the child you are applying for, you must include their details where requested. Relatives Exceptional need such as cousins, uncles and aunts are not considered All schools have experience in dealing with children as siblings, even if they are living at the same address. with diverse needs. However, in a very few exceptional Please be aware the definition of sibling can vary so you cases, there may be reasons why a child may need to are strongly advised to check with relevant boroughs or attend a specific school. Please refer to page 11 for schools for their definition and if the school gives priority further information. to siblings.

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Siblings of former pupils list, your second preference below, then continue adding Some schools give priority to siblings of former pupils in any further preferences you would like to make. their admission criteria. This does not apply to all schools, If you wish to apply for a primary school place in the Royal so check the criteria for the school you are applying to. Borough but are not a Royal Borough resident, you must If you are applying under this criterion please list the name complete your own local council’s application form and and date of birth of the former sibling and the school they follow its instructions for submission. attended in the relevant box. The Council will co-ordinate the admission process Children of school staff with the other 33 London boroughs and neighbouring Some schools give priority in their admission criteria to authorities to ensure no child receives more than one offer children of staff. This does not apply to all schools, so of a place at a primary school in London on 18 April 2017. check the criteria for the school you are applying to. Please The one offer received will be for the highest-preference indicate in the relevant section if you are applying under school for which your child is eligible. It is vital that you put this criterion, naming the school you are applying for. You your school preferences in the correct order. must also provide supporting evidence from the school. Applying online can be done Reasons for preference in five easy steps Please note schools can only use their published admission criteria to decide which children qualify for a Why apply online? place. It is therefore not necessary to give reasons for your preferences. If, however, there are medical or social It is quick and easy to do. reasons why your child should attend the school you have 3 named, please indicate these, as outlined above. 3 You can log back on to change or delete Declaration and signature of parent or carer preferences up until 11.59pm on the closing date (ensure you resubmit your application if You must sign your application to certify you have parental making changes). responsibility for the child for whom you are applying and the address on the application is the main residence of You are able to attach additional documents. the child. If you provide any false or misleading information 3 on the application or in supporting papers, or withhold You can register your mobile phone number relevant information, it may render your application invalid 3 to receive reminder alerts. and lead to the withdrawal of an offer of a place. 3 You will automatically receive a confirmation Apply online and save time email once you submit your application. If you are a Royal Borough resident you must complete a Royal Borough common application to apply for a 3 During the evening of 18 April 2017 you will primary school place. We recommend you apply online receive an email with the outcome of your at www.eadmissions.org.uk application. Please wait until you have received the email before logging onto the Pan-London If you wish to submit a paper application, you can obtain eAdmissions website. a paper form from the Admissions Team. Paper forms will not be made available at schools. 3 You will be able to accept or decline an offer of You will have the opportunity to express a preference for a school place online. up to six primary schools, including schools outside the Royal Borough. You must list them in order of preference. This means you should write your first preference (ie the school you most want your child to go to) at the top of the

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Apply online: www.eadmissions.org.uk 17 A step-by-step guide to applying online

1 l Click on ‘Register to apply online’ and enter your email address. If you have previously applied using the online system you will be able to log in without the need for registration. l You will receive an email with a username and a link. You must click on the link to validate your email address. l You will then receive another email containing your username and password to apply online. This email will include a link to the start of the application process.

l Enter your details. 2 l Make sure you enter your permanent address only. This will be verified against Council records. 3 l Enter your child’s details. Make sure you enter the information accurately. l Make sure that you only apply for a child born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013. If you enter the wrong date of birth you will not be able to progress to the next step. l If you have twins or triplets you must remember to create a separate application for each child.

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4 l Add your school preferences by first selecting the local authority that each school falls within. l Make sure that you read the schools’ admission criteria. This will be a guide as to the likelihood of being offered a place at the school you are interested in. l Select and add the schools you wish to apply for. You can apply for up to six schools. l For each school selected you will be asked a number of questions (such as whether there is a sibling at the school). Make sure you answer the questions correctly. l If you tick the social/medical box please ensure you provide additional documents either by attaching them to the application (after submitting) or by sending them to the admissions team.

5 l Check all of the details entered are correct. l Read the declaration and tick the box to accept it. l Click the ‘Submit Application’ button. l Once you have submitted your application you will be able to attach documents. l You will receive an email confirmation. You must click the submit button by the closing date of the 15 January 2017. If you do not do this, your application will not be processed.

If you apply online, you must not complete a paper application form

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How decisions are made Example 1

The process Preference School Criteria Outcome The Admissions Team will process any preferences you rank met? have made for Royal Borough schools and pass on your child’s details to schools that are responsible for their own 1st Colville Primary Yes Place offered School admissions. If you have applied for schools that are not located in the Royal Borough, your preference(s) will be 2nd Fox Primary Yes Withdrawn passed to the local authority that maintains those schools. School as higher At the same time, the Admissions Team will receive offer met applications for Royal Borough schools from residents in 3rd Addison Yes Withdrawn other local authorities. All these operations will be carried Primary School as higher out via the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System. offer met The order of your preferences is not revealed to the 4th Ashburnham Yes Withdrawn schools. This information is only known by your home Primary School as higher local authority and the authority where the schools offer met are located. 5th St Mary Abbots No Withdrawn If any school has more applicants than places available, C of E Primary as higher the published admission criteria will be used to decide School offer met the order in which applicants will be offered places. The same process is carried out across London and 6th Park Walk Yes Withdrawn Primary School as higher decisions are made by all Admission Authorities by a offer met common deadline and relayed back to the home local authority. This co-ordinated process eliminates multiple offers and will result in your child being offered the highest Example 2 potential school you named in your list of preferences (if an offer can be made). Examples are shown in the Preference School Criteria Outcome tables below. rank met?

You need to be realistic when deciding your school 1st Bousfield No Placed on preferences. This is because you may not receive an offer Primary School waiting list at any of your preferred schools if your child does not 2nd Our Lady Yes Place offered meet the criteria. That may happen if, for example, you of Victories live too far away from the school based on outcomes for Catholic previous years, or you name an oversubscribed church Primary School school but do not attend church and, therefore, would not meet a high enough priority against the school’s 3rd St Cuthbert No Withdrawn with St Matthias as higher admission criteria. C of E Primary offer met A breakdown of last year’s admissions to each Royal School Borough school is included in the schools section of this 4th Servite Catholic Yes Withdrawn brochure on pages 31-44. You will find this information is Primary School as higher available for all schools in the respective local authority offer met brochure, which can be accessed online (neighbouring London local authority website addresses and contact 5th No preference details can be found on page 69). made 6th No preference made

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Notifying you of the outcome l That any preferences for schools listed lower than If you made your application online, you will be able to the school offered have been withdrawn. log onto the eAdmissions site using your username and l How to accept the place you have been offered. You password during the evening of 18 April 2017 to view should not reject the place unless you have a place the outcome of your application and accept or decline secured elsewhere and should indicate the name of any offer made. All Royal Borough resident applicants the alternative school on the reply slip (or online). will receive a notification letter* with the outcome of their l If you have not been offered one of your school application on 19 April 2017. The notification letter will preferences, the reason why and who to contact for include a reply slip and should only be returned if you did further information*. not apply online. l Waiting list and appeal information and who to contact The letter will tell you the following, depending on for further details. the outcome of your application: l The details of schools which have vacancies, if you did l The name of the school that can offer you a place. not receive an offer for any of your preferences and If it is not been possible to offer any of the schools you do not want to accept the alternative school offered you applied for, the nearest alternative school will be to you. offered to you, if there is one available.

*The notification letter does not go into the detail of why a place could not be offered, and can only inform you your child did not receive a high enough priority in the oversubscription criteria. You will be able to obtain more detailed information from the local authority where the school is located or the school itself if it is its own Admission Authority. Please contact the Admissions Team in the first instance. They will be able to advise you.

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Waiting lists Your child’s name will automatically be added to the waiting list for any Royal Borough schools that could not be offered. Any schools you named as a lower preference than the school offered to your child would have been withdrawn under the co-ordinated arrangements. You will need to re-apply to these schools if you want your child to be included on a waiting list. If you have not been offered a place for a voluntary aided school, Free School, Academy or a school in another borough and require waiting list information, you will need to contact the school or the borough that maintains the school. All places on the waiting list are ordered in accordance with the published admission criteria for each school and will be offered to children as vacancies arise with Since September 2001 (subject to certain very limited no differentiation between on-time or late applications. exceptions) infant reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes Waiting list positions for community schools will not be have not been allowed by law to contain more than 30 available until 16 May 2017. pupils if the class has only one teacher. The power to uphold appeals in these circumstances is very limited. The governors will decide who is offered any subsequent vacancies at voluntary aided schools, Free Schools or An appeal panel can only uphold an appeal where it Academies in line with the published admission criteria and is satisfied: waiting list ranking. You will be notified of any offer that l The decision to refuse your child was unreasonable in can be made by the Admissions Team after 16 May 2017. legal terms; A child’s position on the waiting list can go down as well l An error occurred in carrying out the school’s admission as up. For example, if a new application is submitted for arrangements that prevented your child being offered a community school and they live closer to the school, a place; or the waiting list will need to be revised. The offer of a place l The admissions arrangements for the school were does not depend on the length of time your child’s name unlawful and, had they been lawful, your child would has been on the waiting list and there can never be any have been offered a place. guarantee a place will be offered. The notification letter which you will receive on 19 April Waiting lists for Royal Borough community schools 2017 will tell you how to lodge an appeal. Appeals for are maintained by the Admissions Team. You will be community schools should be lodged by 26 May 2017 contacted at some point during the academic year to and sent to the Admissions Team to ensure they are heard indicate continued interest. If you do not respond, your before the end of the summer term. Appeals for voluntary child’s name will be removed from the list unless you aided schools should be made directly to the governing inform us otherwise. This exercise is carried out to ensure body, as detailed in your notification letter, as each school waiting lists only ever include children who would take up will have its own appeal arrangements in place. an offer for a school if it became available. Coram Child Law Advice provides free, independent Appeal arrangements advice on the admissions process and legal advice on education issues. You can call 0300 330 5485, Monday You have the right of appeal to an independent panel to Friday for advice, or visit http://childlawadvice. against the decision to refuse your child a place at org.uk/information-pages/school-admissions/ any school which you named on the Royal Borough for more details. application form.

22 Apply online: www.eadmissions.org.uk Your child’s name will The application process automatically be added to the waiting list for any Royal Borough schools that could not be offered

Making final arrangements and will not be offered to another child. You would not, for starting school however, be able to defer entry beyond the beginning of the term after your child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the The law requires your child must receive full-time academic year for which the application was accepted. education from the start of the term following their fifth For example, if your child was born in August 2012, you birthday. A review of the Primary Curriculum in 2009 will not be able to defer entry to September 2017, as this recommended all parents should have the right to start will be the start of the next academic year. their child in the September following their fourth birthday if they feel this is best for their child. All offers will be made If you decide you would prefer your child to start school for children to start school at the beginning of the autumn on a part-time basis, the school will inform you of the term. Parents will also have the option to start their child part-time hours available your child will be expected to on a part-time basis or defer their child’s entry. attend. Each school will have different arrangements in place and will be dependent on their staffing, resources If you decide you prefer to defer your child’s entry to and how their infant classes are organised. You will not the school offered, that place will be held for your child be able to choose your own part-time hours.

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What does the law require? The distance you have calculated from Of parents: my home to the school is further away It is the duty of the parent of every child aged five to 16 than the distance I have calculated on a to ensure the child receives efficient, full-time education, measuring system I used on the internet. suitable to his or her age, ability or aptitude (and to any What do I do? special need), either by regular attendance at school The Council’s geographical measuring system is used or otherwise. for calculating distances from home to school. Distances Of local authorities: measured by other means (eg private car, pedometer or It is the duty of every local authority to ensure sufficient on the internet) are likely to be calculated on a different primary and secondary schools of appropriate character basis and should not be relied upon as evidence the and with necessary equipment are available to provide all Council’s distance calculation is incorrect. pupils in the area with education suitable to their different The Council’s measurement system is designed to ages, abilities and aptitudes. be precise, reliable and consistent, and is used for all applications. Does the law guarantee my child a place in the school of my choice? If I decide I prefer a school I listed lower No. The law states parents may express a preference than the school I was offered, can I be for any school; however, if more parents express a considered for a place? preference for a school than the number of places Any preferences that are listed lower than the school available, there has to be an order of priority to decide offered are automatically withdrawn, so any lower which children to offer places to. The law allows parents preferences will no longer exist. Any requests after offers to appeal to an independent panel if their child is refused have been made for lower preferences will be treated as a place at a school of their preference. Please refer to the a new late application. section on appeals on page 22 for further information. If the school has a vacancy, then it will be possible to offer your child a place and withdraw the original offer Will a school know where I listed it in made to you. If the school is full your child’s name will be my application? added to the waiting list but you will normally be ranked on the school waiting list below all other applicants for No. All applications are treated equally against each the school. school’s published admission criteria. Schools are not provided with the preference order as it has no relevance to the decision-making process. I have just moved to the Royal Borough. How do I apply for a school place? Do I have priority for a school place in If you have just moved in to the Royal Borough and your the borough I live in? child is due to start reception, you should contact the Admissions Team as soon as possible. You will not be No. It is against the law for local councils to give priority able to apply direct to the schools. to their own residents.

Can I change or withdraw my preferences after I have submitted my application? Once you have submitted your application, you can change the order of your preferences and the schools you have listed up until the closing date. Changes cannot be made to your application after the closing date.

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Common definitions following having been Looked After. The child’s social worker must submit a letter to the Admissions Team The following common definitions will apply to the majority confirming the legal status of the child and the local of schools in this section. You are however advised to read authority to which the child is/was in care, and quoting the full admission arrangements which can be obtained the child’s full name and current address. directly from the respective school, its website and the Council website. Siblings (brothers and sisters) For all schools included in this brochure, children Children already attending the school who will continue with a statement of Special Educational Needs to do so on the date of admission of the applicant. This (SEN) or an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan includes half-brothers or half-sisters, adopted brothers or that names the school will be allocated a place sisters, stepbrothers or stepsisters or the children of the before any other allocations are made. Further partner of the parent or carer, provided they live at the information can be found on page 60. same address as the applicant.

Looked After Children Distance from home to school (also referred to as in “Public Care”) Unless indicated otherwise in the individual admission Children in the care of the local authority and children criteria for each school, distances are calculated using who have been adopted or made subject to a child a straight line (as the crow flies) measurement from the arrangement or a special guardianship order immediately child’s home “address point” (determined by Ordnance

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Survey data) to the centre of the school grounds (as determined by the Royal Borough using its computerised measuring system). The child living closest to the school will receive the highest priority; accessibility by car or public transport will be disregarded. If applicants share the same address point (for example, those who live in the same block of flats or shared house) priority will be given to those who live closest to the ground floor, and then by ascending flat number order. Routes are measured to four decimal places (if necessary). If, in the unlikely event two or more applicants live exactly the same distance from the school, the offer of a place will be decided by random allocation which will be carried out independently of the school.

Exceptional need If this priority forms part of the school’s admission criteria, the admission authority* may, on an individual basis, give priority to applicants who can demonstrate admission to the school is necessary on the grounds of professionally supported educational, medical and/or social need and only this school can meet this need. Parents/carers must years at the time of application and/or children of a supply details of any such special factors at the time of member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy the original application, together with recent supporting for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. documentation. Such applications will not be considered Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in without professional support – such as a letter or report any year with an additional maximum limit of no more than: from a doctor, consultant or social worker. Further guidance can be found on page 11. l three children throughout the whole school (for single form entry schools) Children from multiple births l four children throughout the whole school (for 1½ form (eg twins, triplets) entry schools) Each school must set out in its admission arrangements l five children throughout the whole school (for 2 form how it considers applicants from multiple births when entry schools, and upwards). the admission limit may be exceeded to admit all children. In most cases, places will be offered to all children as this Exception to the above will apply to children of multiple is an exception to infant class size regulations. You are, birth or those born in the same academic year. however, advised to check the full policy for the school(s) All such applications must be submitted to the local you are applying for if this is a concern for you as different authority and must be accompanied with the relevant rules may apply. paperwork supporting an application on these grounds. Children of staff** The applicant must take sole responsibility to provide such paperwork. Without the provision of the relevant Children whose parent is a qualified teacher for a papers, priority will not be given on these grounds. minimum of 0.6fte (16.5 hours teaching staff) who has been employed at the school concerned for two or more

*The local authority is the admission authority for community and voluntary controlled schools. The governing body is the admission authority for all other schools/academies. Any decision is applicable only to the school for which the admission authority is responsible. **This applies to community schools only. Voluntary aided schools and academies that have this as a criterion will have their own definition.

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Community schools in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Ashburnham Primary School Bousfield Primary School Oxford Gardens Primary School

Avondale Park Primary School Colville Primary School Park Walk Primary School

Barlby Primary School Fox Primary School Thomas Jones Primary School

Bevington Primary School Marlborough Primary School

Admission criteria for community school and the number of siblings. There is therefore no schools in the Royal Borough guarantee your child will be offered a place if your home to school distance falls within the distance reached for applicants offered in 2016. Please note – Fox is a community school but has a different criteria as set out on page 35. Their Please refer to the full admissions arrangements available designated priority area is shown on page 30. on the Royal Borough’s website: www.rbkc.gov.uk/ schools/admissions Applicants with a signed SEN or EHC plan that names a In each of the school’s entries that follow there is a school will be admitted in accordance with Section 43 of section outlining the way in which places were offered the Children and Families Act 2014. for September 2016. The admission number stated is the number of children the school can admit into the If there are more applications to the school than there reception year. You can compare this figure with the are places available, then places will be allocated in the number of people who expressed a preference for the following order of priority. school on their application form last year, shown as 1. Children in Public Care (also known as Looked After Applications last year. When on-time applications Children) in the care of the local authority and children exceed the number of places available (also referred to who have been adopted or made subject to a child as oversubscribed), the school’s admissions criteria are arrangement or special guardianship order immediately used to determine the priority order of offers to be made. following having been looked after. The child’s social Where a school is oversubscribed, home-to-school worker must submit a letter to the Admissions Team distance is the major factor in allocating places for confirming the legal status of the child and the local community schools. To help you to make an informed authority to which the child is/was in care, and quoting decision when deciding which schools to apply for, the the child’s full name and current address. distance of the last applicant offered has been included 2. The director of school’s services, as advised by senior for oversubscribed schools (all distances are shown in officers, may on an individual basis give priority to miles). Each entry will also show the number of siblings applicants who can demonstrate admission to a offered and, if relevant, places allocated to children with particular community school is necessary on the a Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or grounds of professionally supported educational, Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan, and Looked medical and/or social need and only this school After Children. can meet this need. Parents/carers must supply It is important to be aware the above information is details of any such special factors at the time of the provided to help you to make an informed decision when original application together with recent supporting deciding which schools to apply for. How places are documentation. Such applications will not be offered will vary from year to year and will be dictated by considered without professional support, such as the overall number of applications submitted for each a letter or report from a doctor, consultant or social

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worker which must be no more than six months old. All given to applicants who live nearest the school on the information submitted will be regarded as confidential. basis described in 5. 3. To brothers and sisters (siblings) of children already 5. Children living nearest to the school calculated as a on the roll of the school who will still be in the school straight line. Nearness to the school will be calculated at the time the applicant is admitted. This includes half using a straight line (as the crow flies) measurement brothers or half sisters, adopted brothers or sisters, from the child’s home “address point” determined stepbrothers or stepsisters or the children of the by Ordnance Survey data to the centre of the school partner of the parent or carer, provided they live at the grounds, as determined by the Royal Borough same address as the applicant. using its computerised measuring system. The child living closest to the school will receive the highest Please note sibling priority only applies to children with priority. Accessibility by car or public transport will sibling(s) at the school from reception to Year 6 at the be disregarded. time of admission, not nursery. If applicants share the same address point (for example, 4. Children of school staff: Children whose parent is those who live in the same block of flats or shared house), a qualified teacher for a minimum of 0.6fte (16.5 priority will be given to those who live closest to the hours teaching staff) who has been employed at the ground floor and then by ascending flat number order. school concerned for two or more years at the time of application and/or children of a member of staff who Routes will be measured to four decimal places (if has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a necessary). If two or more applicants live exactly the demonstrable skill shortage. same distance from the school, the offer of a place will be decided by random allocation. If in any of the categories 1, 2, 3 or 4 there are more applicants than there are places available, priority will be

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Fox Primary School priority area

Key to map:

Fox Primary School

Priority area

Borough boundary

Map ref: 4459 Author: PLAT, RBKC Date: 11/09/2015

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Ashburnham Primary School

17 Blantyre Street, London SW10 0DT

T 020 7352 5740 E [email protected] W www.ashburnhamcommunityschool.org.uk

Type of school Admission number Community 30

DfE number Nursery 207 2021 Yes

Executive headteacher Breakfast club Paul Cotter Yes

Associate headteacher After-school club Ben McMullen Yes

Nearest Tube stations School uniform Sloane Square (Circle and Yes District Lines); Earl’s Court (District and Piccadilly Supplementary form Lines); Fulham Broadway No (District Line), Imperial Visiting days Wharf (Overground) Please contact the school Bus routes 328, 11, 22, 19, 49, 319, 345, 17

Summarised admission criteria Applications last year If there are more applications than places available, the Total number of on-time applications submitted: 87 Royal Borough, as the Admission Authority, will allocate places in the following order of priority: How places were offered in 2016 Looked After Children: 1 1. Looked After Children*. Siblings: 9 2. Exceptional need*. Distance: 20 (up to a distance of 0.5553 of a mile) 3. Siblings*. 4. Children of staff*. Appeals 5. Distance from home to school*. 1 heard, not upheld.

*Please refer to page 28 for the full admission policy and criteria for Royal Borough community schools.

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Avondale Park Primary School Barlby Primary School

Sirdar Road, London W11 4EE Barlby Road, London W10 6BH

T 020 7727 7727 T 020 8969 3988 E [email protected] E [email protected] W www.avondalepark.rbkc.sch.uk W www.barlby.rbkc.sch.uk

Type of school Admission number Type of school Admission number Community 60 Community 50

DfE number Nursery** DfE number Nursery 207 2538 Yes 207 2030 Yes

Headteacher Breakfast club Headteacher Breakfast club Katy Blackler Yes Anthony Mannix Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Nearest Tube stations After-school club Latimer Road Yes Ladbroke Grove Yes (Hammersmith & City (Hammersmith & City and Circle Lines); Holland School uniform and Circle Lines) School uniform Park (Central Line) Yes Yes Bus routes Bus routes Supplementary form 23, 52, 70, 228, 452, 295 Supplementary form 295 No No Visiting days Visiting days Please contact the school Please contact the school

Summarised admission criteria Summarised admission criteria If there are more applications than places available, the If there are more applications than places available, the Royal Borough, as the Admission Authority, will allocate Royal Borough, as the Admission Authority, will allocate places in the following order of priority: places in the following order of priority: 1. Looked After Children*. 1. Looked After Children*. 2. Exceptional need*. 2. Exceptional need*. 3. Siblings*. 3. Siblings*. 4. Children of staff*. 4. Children of staff*. 5. Distance from home to school*. 5. Distance from home to school*.

Applications last year Applications last year Total number of on-time applications submitted: 114 Total number of on-time applications submitted: 172

How places were offered in 2016 How places were offered in 2016 All on-time applicants were offered. Looked After Children: 1 Siblings: 18 Appeals Distance: 30 (up to a distance of 0.4732 of a mile) No appeals were lodged. Appeals No appeals were lodged.

*Please refer to page 28 for the full admission policy and criteria for Royal Borough community schools. **Currently federated with St Anne’s Nursery School while new nursery under construction.

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Bevington Primary School Summarised admission criteria If there are more applications than places available, the Bevington Road, London W10 5TW Royal Borough, as the Admission Authority, will allocate T 020 8969 0629 places in the following order of priority: E [email protected] 1. Looked After Children*. W www.bevington.rbkc.sch.uk 2. Exceptional need*. 3. Siblings*. Type of school Admission number Community 45 4. Children of staff*. 5. Distance from home to school*. DfE number Nursery 207 2050 Yes Applications last year Headteacher Breakfast club Total number of on-time applications submitted: 105 Karen Matthews Yes How places were offered in 2016 Nearest Tube stations After-school club All on-time applicants were offered. Ladbroke Grove Yes (Hammersmith & City Appeals and Circle Lines) School uniform Yes No appeals were lodged. Bus routes 23, 52, 70, 228, 452, 295 Supplementary form No

Visiting days 20 and 27 September 2016

*Please refer to page 28 for the full admission policy and criteria for Royal Borough community schools.

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Bousfield Primary School Colville Primary School

South Bolton Gardens, London SW5 0DJ Lonsdale Road, London W11 2DF

T 020 7373 6544 T 020 7229 6540 E [email protected] E [email protected] W www.bousfieldprimaryschool.co.uk W www.colville.rbkc.sch.uk

Type of school Admission number Type of school Admission number Community 60 Community 60

DfE number Nursery DfE number Nursery 207 2060 Yes 207 2121 Yes

Headteacher Breakfast club Headteacher Breakfast club Helen Swain Yes Mr Jagdeep Birdi Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Nearest Tube stations After-school club Earl’s Court (District and No Ladbroke Grove Yes Piccadilly Lines); Gloucester (Hammersmith & City Road (Circle, District and School uniform and Circle Lines); Notting School uniform Piccadilly Lines) No Hill Gate (Circle, Central Yes and District Lines) Bus routes Supplementary form Supplementary form C1, 430, 328 No Bus routes No 7, 23, 52, 452 Visiting days Visiting days Tours normally once a month. Please contact the school Please call the school to book

Summarised admission criteria Summarised admission criteria If there are more applications than places available, the If there are more applications than places available, the Royal Borough, as the admission authority, will allocate Royal Borough, as the Admission Authority, will allocate places in the following order of priority: places in the following order of priority: 1. Looked After Children*. 1. Looked After Children*. 2. Exceptional need*. 2. Exceptional need*. 3. Siblings*. 3. Siblings*. 4. Children of staff*. 4. Children of staff*. 5. Distance from home to school*. 5. Distance from home to school*.

Applications last year Applications last year Total number of on-time applications submitted: 327 Total number of on-time applications submitted: 194

How places were offered in 2016 How places were offered in 2016 1 place allocated to a child with SEN/EHC Exceptional Need: 1 Siblings: 28 Siblings: 21 Distance: 31 (up to a distance of 0.1921 of a mile) Distance: 38 (up to a distance of 0.5960 of a mile)

Appeals Appeals 5 lodged, none upheld. No appeals were lodged.

*Please refer to page 28 for the full admission policy and criteria for Royal Borough community schools.

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Fox Primary School

Kensington Place, London W8 7PP

T 020 7727 7637 E [email protected] W www.fox.rbkc.sch.uk

Type of school Admission number Community 60

DfE number Nursery 207 2229 No

Headteacher Breakfast club Paul Cotter Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Notting Hill Gate (Circle, Yes Central and District Lines) School uniform Bus routes No 27, 28, 52, 328, 452 Supplementary form No

Visiting days Please contact the school

Summarised admission criteria Applications last year If there are more applications than places available, the Total number of on-time applications submitted: 336 Royal Borough, as the Admission Authority, will allocate places in the following order of priority: How places were offered in 2016 2 places reserved for children with SEN/EHC 1. Looked After Children*. Looked After Children: 2 2. Exceptional need*. Siblings: 20 3. Siblings*. Priority area: 36 (up to a distance of 0.1881 of a mile) 4. Children of staff*. 5. Random allocation within the designated priority Please note that the admission arrangements have area** that is shown on page 30. All applicants living changed for the 2017 entry so the outcomes for within the priority area will be randomly allocated a 2016 will not be comparable. rank number using a Third Party Draw Service. This Appeals process is independent of the school and managed No appeals were lodged. by the Council’s Admissions Team. 6. Nearest* to the school outside of the priority area**.

*Please refer to page 26 for common definitions. **The priority area for admissions is as follows: Kensington High Street; up Holland Walk; over Holland Park Avenue; up Ladbroke Grove; right into Kensington Park Gardens; over Kensington Park Road; into Chepstow Villas; right down Chepstow Place; right into Ossington Street; over Notting Hill Gate; down Kensington Palace Gardens; left into Kensington High Street. Properties on both sides of road are included in the priority area as long as the entrance to the property is located on the named road.

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Marlborough Primary School Oxford Gardens Primary School

Draycott Avenue, London SW3 3AP Oxford Gardens, London W10 6NF

T 020 7589 8553 T 020 8969 1997 E [email protected] E [email protected] W www.mpschool.co.uk W www.oxfordgardens.rbkc.sch.uk

Type of school Admission number Type of school Admission number Community 60 Community 60

DfE number Nursery DfE number Nursery 207 2399 Yes 207 2452 Yes

Headteacher Breakfast club Headteacher Breakfast club Jessica Finer Yes Sarah Cooper Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Nearest Tube stations After-school club South Kensington (Circle, Yes Latimer Road Yes District and Piccadilly (Hammersmith & City Lines); Sloane Square School uniform and Circle Lines) School uniform (Circle and District Lines) Yes Yes Bus routes Bus routes Supplementary form 7, 295, 52, 452, 23, 228 Supplementary form 11, 19, 22, 211, 319, 360, No No C1, 70, 14, 414, 49 Visiting days Visiting days 16 November at 10am Please contact the school

Applications last year Applications last year Total number of on-time applications submitted: 114 Total number of on-time applications submitted: 129

How places were offered in 2016 How places were offered in 2016 All on-time applicants were offered. All on-time applicants were offered.

Appeals Appeals No appeals were lodged. No appeals were lodged.

*Please refer to page 28 for the full admission policy and criteria for Royal Borough community schools.

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Park Walk Primary School Thomas Jones Primary School

Park Walk, London SW10 0AY St Mark’s Road, London W11 1RQ

T 020 7352 8700 T 020 7727 1423 E [email protected] E [email protected] W www.parkwalk.rbkc.sch.uk W www.thomasjonesschool.org

Type of school Admission number Type of school Admission number Community 30 Community 30

DfE number Nursery DfE number Nursery 207 2456 Yes 207 2594 Yes

Headteacher Breakfast club Headteacher Breakfast club Emily Caldwell Yes David Sellens Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Nearest Tube stations After-school club Earl’s Court, South Yes Ladbroke Grove Yes Kensington (District, (Hammersmith & City Circle and Piccadilly Lines); School uniform and Circle Lines) School uniform Sloane Square (District Yes Yes and Circle Lines) Bus routes Supplementary form 23, 52, 228, 452, 7, 70 Supplementary form Bus routes No No 19, 49, 319, 328, 345, Visiting days Visiting days 11, 22 Please contact the school Please contact the school

Applications last year Applications last year Total number of on-time applications submitted: 100 Total number of on-time applications submitted: 246

How places were offered in 2016 How places were offered in 2016 2 places allocated to children with SEN/EHC Siblings: 13 Siblings: 12 Distance: 17 (up to a distance of 0.2233 of a mile) Distance: 16 (up to a distance of 0.7753 of a mile) Appeals Appeals No appeals were lodged. No appeals were lodged.

*Please refer to page 28 for the full admission policy and criteria for Royal Borough community schools.

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Admission criteria for Academies, schools in neighbouring local authorities. If you name the school in your application and do not complete Free Schools and voluntary a SIF, your child will be considered but it will reduce aided schools the chances of your child being offered a place if the All church primary schools provide a supplementary school is oversubscribed. The school will not have any information form (SIF) and/or Priest Reference Form you information to consider when judging your application are advised to complete. The forms for Royal Borough against their admission criteria and, as such, your schools can be obtained direct from the school, on application will be ranked very low when decisions are the school’s own website or visit www.rbkc.gov.uk/ made. It is therefore important you complete both forms. schools/admissions The way in which places were offered for September In all cases, you must include the church school(s) you 2016 is indicated at the end of the entry for each school. want to apply for in your list of preferences on the main Please note places were offered in accordance with application. If you only complete a SIF, your application the policy for 2016-17, so there may be changes in the will not be considered. 2017-18 policies published in this brochure. If you are not sure and need further advice on the chances of your The SIF and all additional documents required must be child being eligible for a place at one of these schools, returned to the school. The same will apply for church please contact the school directly.

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Ark Brunel Academy

Middle Row, London W10 5AT

T 020 7565 5875 E [email protected] W www.arkbrunelprimary.org

Type of school Admission number Academy 60

DfE number Nursery 207 2000 Yes

Headteacher Breakfast club Dominic Smith Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Westbourne Park Yes (Hammersmith & City and Circle Lines) School uniform Yes Bus routes 23 Supplementary form No

Visiting days Thursdays at 11am throughout the year Please contact the school for further information

Summarised admission criteria Tie-break Where there are more applications than the number of If Ark Schools is unable to distinguish between applicants places available, the governing body will issue places using the published criteria, including those who live in according to the following order of priority: blocks of flats with the same building entrance, places will be offered via a random draw, which will be supervised by 1. Looked After Children*. someone independent of the Academy. 2. Children of staff where there is a demonstrable skills shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each Applications last year form of entry in any year. Total number of on-time applications submitted: 101 3. Sibling*. 4. Children of staff where there is no demonstrable skills How places were offered in 2016 shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each All on-time applicants were offered. form of entry in any year. 5. Distance from home to school*. Appeals No appeals were lodged.

*Please refer to common definitions page 26.

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3c. Children whose families are regular worshippers Christ Church C of E Primary School in a neighbouring parish or in a church of another 1 Robinson Street, London SW3 4AA Christian denomination (as defined by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and the Evangelical T 020 7352 5708 Alliance), who provide a letter of verification from E [email protected] their priest or minister, and who live outside the W www.chchchelsea.rbkc.sch.uk parish of St Luke and Christ Church. Type of school Admission number Voluntary aided 30 Open places 30% of the remaining places: DfE number Nursery 207 3321 No 4a. Children of other (non-Christian) faiths whose parents desire them to attend the school because Headteacher Breakfast club of its religious tradition and who live in the parish of Avis Hawkins Yes St Luke and Christ Church. Please supply evidence Nearest Tube stations After-school club of regular practice in this faith with a reference from Sloane Square (Circle Yes your faith leader. and District Lines) 4b. Children of other (non-Christian) faiths whose parents School uniform Bus routes Yes desire them to attend the school because of its 170, 452, 11, 211, 19, religious tradition and who live outside the parish of 219, 49 Supplementary form St Luke and Christ Church. Please supply evidence Yes of regular practice in this faith with a reference from Visiting days your faith leader. Please contact the school 4c. Children who live in closest proximity to the school, by the shortest walking route and who live in the Summarised admission criteria parish of St Luke and Christ Church. 4d. Children who live in closest proximity to the school, Where there are more applications than the number of by the shortest walking route and who live outside places available, the governing body will issue places the parish of St Luke and Christ Church. If the according to the following order of priority: number of applicants in ANY category exceeds the 1. Looked After Children*. number of available places in that category, places 2. Siblings*. will be offered in order according to closest proximity to the school by shortest walking distance. Places will then be offered to:

Foundation places Applications last year 70% of the remaining places: Total number of on-time applications submitted: 116

3a. Children of families who regularly attend St Luke’s How places were offered in 2016 or Christ Church in the Parish of Chelsea, who 2 pupils with SEN provide verification of attendance from the clergy 10 pupils from Category 2 of St Luke’s and Christ Church and who live in the Foundation places: 14 pupils from Category 3 parish of St Luke and Christ Church. Open places: 4 pupils from Category 5 (up to a distance 3b. Children of families who regularly attend St Luke’s or of 0.4005 miles) Christ Church in the Parish of Chelsea, who provide verification of attendance from the clergy of St Luke’s Appeals and Christ Church, and who live outside the parish 1 appeal lodged, and not upheld. of St Luke and Christ Church.

*Please refer to common definitions page 26.

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Earl’s Court Free School Primary

Cambridge Grove, London W6 0LB

T 020 8741 9967 E [email protected] W www.wlfs-earlscourt.org

Type of school Admission number Free School 30

DfE number Nursery 205 2004 No

Headteacher Breakfast club Natalie de Silva No

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Hammersmith (Circle, No Unsuccessful applicants will be placed on the reserve Hammersmith & City, District and Piccadilly School uniform list. If fewer than six eligible children apply, the Lines); Ravenscourt Park Yes remaining places will be filled under criterion 6. (District Line) 6. After places have been filled under the first five criteria, Supplementary form half the remaining places will be offered to those Bus routes Yes 27, 190, 266 children who live nearest to the temporary site of the Visiting days school on Cambridge Grove, measured by straight-line Please see school’s website: distance, and the other half will be offered to those www.wlfs-earlscourt.org children who live nearest to Earl’s Court Tube station, measured by straight-line distance*. Summarised admission criteria 1. Looked After Children*. Applications last year 2. Children whose parents have been given founder status. Total number of on-time applications submitted: 163 3. Siblings*. How places were offered in 2016 4. Children of the Earl’s Court Free School Primary staff Siblings: 5 who have been employed for two or more years at Pupil Premium: 1 the time at which the application for admission to Distance: 24 (to a distance of 0.7383 of a mile from the the school is made or who have been recruited to Earl’s Court measuring point, 0.5041 of a mile from the fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable temporary site, Cambridge Grove) skill shortage. 5. Up to six children who are eligible for the pupil Appeals premium. If more than six children who apply are No appeals were lodged. eligible for the pupil premium, priority will be given to those three children who live nearest to the school, measured by straight-line distance, and those three children who live nearest to Earl’s Court Tube station, measured by straight-line distance*.

*Please refer to common definitions page 26. **The admission criteria have been summarised. You are advised to read the full policy and notes contained within the school’s published arrangements so you are fully informed of the requirements in relation to the religious elements. The full policy and admission arrangements can be found in the school prospectus or website, or the Royal Borough’s website.

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Holy Trinity C of E Primary School Summarised admission criteria Where there are more applications than the number of Sedding Street, London SW1X 9DE places available, the governing body will issue places T 020 7881 9860 according to the following order of priority: E [email protected] 1. Looked After Children*. W www.ht.rbkc.sch.uk Places will then be offered to: Type of school Admission number 2. Foundation places** – 50% of the remaining places: Voluntary aided 30 i) Foundation places will be offered to children DfE number Nursery from families who have regular attendance at 207 3356 Yes Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street. Headteacher Breakfast club ii) Foundation places will be offered to children Deborah Lloyd-Wright Yes from families who have regular attendance at Nearest Tube stations After-school club another Christian church (as defined by the Sloane Square (Circle Yes Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and the and District Lines) Evangelical Alliance). School uniform iii) Foundation places will be offered to children Bus routes Yes C1, 19, 22, 137, 452 from families who have regular attendance at Supplementary form another Christian church (as defined by the Yes Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and the Visiting days Evangelical Alliance). Please contact the school 3. Open places – 50% of places: i) Siblings*. ii) Distance from home to school*.

Tie-break When deciding between the applicants who appear to have equal entitlement the tie-break will be the nearest to the school*.

Applications last year Total number of on-time applications submitted: 58

How places were offered in 2016 All on time applicants were offered.

Appeals No appeals were lodged.

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Kensington Primary Academy

375 Kensington High Street, Kensington W14 8QA

E [email protected] W www.wlfs-kpa.org

Type of school Admission number Free School 30

DfE number Nursery 207 2001 No

Headteacher Breakfast club To be appointed No

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Kensington High Street No (Circle and District Lines), West Kensington (District School uniform Line), Olympia (District Yes Line, Overground) Supplementary form** Bus routes Yes 10, 27, 9, 28, 391, C1, 49, Visiting days 328, C3, 74 Please see school’s website: www.wlfs-kpa.org

Summarised admission criteria If fewer than six eligible children apply, the remaining Where there are more applications than the number of places will be filled under criterion six. places available, the governing body will issue places 6. After places have been filled under the first five criteria, according to the following order of priority: the remaining places will be offered to those children who live nearest to the school, measured by straight- 1. Looked After Children*. line distance. 2. Children whose parents have been given founder status. 3. Siblings*. Applications last year 4. Children of the Kensington Primary Academy staff who Total number of on-time applications submitted: 185 have been employed for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is How places were offered in 2016 made or who have been recruited to fill a vacant post Pupil Premium: 6 for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Distance: 24 (up to 0.4495 of a mile) 5. Up to six children who are eligible for free school meals**. If more than six children who apply are eligible Appeals for free school meals, priority will be given to those There were no appeals lodged. children who live nearest to the school, measured by straight-line distance, and unsuccessful applicants will be placed on the reserve list.

*Please refer to common definitions page 26. **An additional form will only need to be completed if you are applying under category 5.

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b) Baptised Catholic children with a CCP from Oratory Catholic Primary School Catholic families who are resident within the Bury Walk, Cale Street, London SW3 6QH Oratory parish. c) Ba ptised Catholic children with a CCP from T 020 7589 5900 Catholic families who are resident within the Holy E [email protected] Redeemer parish. W www.oratory.rbkc.sch.uk d) Baptised Catholic children with a CCP from Type of school Admission number Catholic families who are resident within another Voluntary aided 30 Catholic parish. DfE number Nursery 4. Other Catholic Children. 207 3379 No 5. Other Looked After Children*. Headteacher Breakfast club 6. Children of members of staff at the Oratory Catholic Jane Griffiths No Primary School where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two years or more. Nearest Tube stations After-school club South Kensington (Circle, No 7. Catechumens and members of an Eastern District and Piccadilly Christian church**. Lines); Sloane Square School uniform 8. Christians of other Christian denominations whose Yes (Circle and District Lines) parents wish them to have a Catholic education Bus routes Supplementary form and whose application is supported by a minister 49, 211 Yes of religion. Visiting days 9. Children of other faiths whose parents wish them to Please contact the school have a Catholic education and whose application is supported by a religious leader. Summarised admission criteria 10. Any other children. Whenever there are more applications than places The governing body will give top priority to an application available, priority will always be given to baptised within a category where evidence is provided at the time practicing Catholic applicants in accordance with the of application of an exceptional social, pastoral or other criteria listed below: need of the child, which can most appropriately be met by this school. The evidence should state why the Oratory 1. Catholic Looked After Children*. Catholic School is the only school that can meet the need 2. Baptised Catholic children with a CCP (Certificate of and the argument must be compelling. Catholic Practice) of Catholic members of staff of the Oratory Catholic Primary School where the member For those applying as practising Catholics, a copy of staff has been employed at the school for two years of the child’s baptismal certificate and a CCP from a or more**. Catholic priest must be produced to support the school’s Supplementary Information Form. 3. Baptised Catholic children with a CCP from Catholic families who: a) At the time of enrolment will have a baptised Catholic sibling* at the Oratory Primary School.

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Tie-break How places were offered in 2016 Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any 3a: 9 siblings of the sub-categories listed above would still lead to 3b: 15 furthest distance 0.7215 oversubscription, the places up to the admission number 3c: 3 furthest distance 1.1812 will be offered to those living nearest to the school*. 3d: 3 furthest distance 0.3563

Applications last year Appeals No appeals were lodged. Total number of on-time applications submitted: 184

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A6. Baptised Catholic children resident outside the Our Lady of Victories boundaries of the parishes at the time of application. Catholic Primary School A7. Other Looked After Children*. Clareville Street, London SW7 5AQ A8. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian church**. T 020 7373 4491 A9. Children from other Christian denominations E [email protected] whose application is supported by a letter of W www.olov.rbkc.sch.uk recommendation from their minister of religion. Type of school Admission number A10. Children of other faiths whose parents wish them Voluntary aided 30 to have a Catholic education and whose application is supported by a minister of religion. DfE number Nursery 207 5200 Yes A11. Other applicants.

Headteacher Breakfast club Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the Chris McPhilimy Yes categories listed above would lead to oversubscription the following provisions will be applied: Nearest Tube stations After-school club South Kensington (Circle, Yes 1. Exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the District and Piccadilly child, which can only be met at this school*. Lines); Gloucester Road School uniform 2. Siblings*. (Circle, District and Yes Piccadilly Lines) 3. Random allocation*. Supplementary form Bus routes Yes Applications last year C1, 49, 70, 430 Visiting days Total number of on-time applications submitted: 183 10 November and 16 November at 9.15am How places were offered in 2016 Places offered under category 3, practising Catholic Summarised admission criteria children resident within the boundaries of the parishes at the time of application: 30 (12 under sibling tie-break Where there are more applications than the number of and 18 under random allocation) places available, the governing body will issue places according to the following order of priority: Appeals A1. Catholic Looked After Children*. No appeals were lodged. A2. Practising Catholic** children of qualified teachers at the time of admission as described in our definitions. A3. Practising Catholic children resident within the boundaries of the parishes at the time of application. A4. Practising Catholic children resident outside the boundaries of the parishes at the time of application. A5. Baptised Catholic children resident within the boundaries of the parishes at the time of application.

*Please refer to common definitions page 26. **The admission criteria have been summarised. You are advised to read the full policy and notes contained within the school’s published arrangements so you are fully informed of the requirements in relation to the religious elements. The full policy and admission arrangements can be found on the school’s website or the Royal Borough’s website.

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St Barnabas and St Philip’s C of E Primary School

Pembroke Mews, 58 Earls Court Road, London W8 6EJ

T 020 7937 9599 E [email protected] W www.sbsp.rbkc.sch.uk

Type of school Admission number Voluntary aided 30

DfE number Nursery 207 3417 No

Headteacher Breakfast club Christopher Doyle Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club b) Second, to children who regularly attend a church Earl’s Court (District Yes affiliated with Churches Together in Britain and and Piccadilly Lines); Ireland and/or the Evangelical Alliance; and who High Street Kensington School uniform have at least one parent or guardian who regularly (Circle and District lines) Yes attends the same church. Bus routes Supplementary form 9, 10, 27, 28, 49, 328, C1 Yes 3. Up to five places for all remaining applications. Visiting days If there are more applicants than places available under Please contact the school categories 2-3 above, then the tie-breaker criteria will be applied in this order: Summarised admission criteria a) Siblings*. Should there be more applications than places, they will b) Distance from home to school*. be considered under the following criteria, in order: Applications last year 1. Looked After Children*. Total number of on-time applications submitted: 157 The governors will allocate all remaining places in the following order: How places were offered in 2016 Criteria 2: 25 places, comprising of 8 offers under 2a and 2. 25 places for the children of regular church members**. 17 offers under 2b (up to a distance of 0.6829 of a mile) a) First, to children who regularly attend either Criteria 3: 5 places (1 sibling, 4 distance – up to 0.3625) St Barnabas Church, Addison Road, W14 or St Philip’s Church, Earls Court Road, W8; and Appeals who have at least one parent or guardian who is a No appeals were lodged. regular member of the same church.

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8. Christians of other denominations whose parents St Charles Catholic Primary School wish them to have a Catholic education and whose 83 St Charles Square, London W10 6EB application is supported by a minister of religion. 9. Children of other faith communities whose parents T 020 8969 5566 wish them to have a Catholic education and whose E [email protected] application is supported by their religious leader. W www.st-charles.rbkc.sch.uk 10. Any other applicants. Type of school Admission number Voluntary aided 45 Exceptional need* The governing body will give the highest priority to an DfE number Nursery application within a category where evidence is provided 207 5201 Yes at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical Headteacher Breakfast club or pastoral need of the child which can be only met at Ann Slavin Yes this school.

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Tie-break Ladbroke Grove Yes (Hammersmith & City Distance from home to school*. and Circle Lines) School uniform Yes Applications last year Bus routes 23, 52, 70, 228, 452, 295 Supplementary form Total number of on-time applications submitted: 73 Yes How places were offered in 2016 Visiting days All on-time applicants were offered. Please contact the school Appeals Summarised admission criteria No appeals were lodged. Where there are more applications for places than the number of places available, places will be offered according to the following order of priority: 1. Catholic Looked After Children*. Within each of the following criteria priority will be given to children with sibling* in school at the time of admission. 2. Practising baptised Catholic children who are resident in the parish of St Pius X**. 3. Practising baptised Catholic children who are resident in the parishes of St Aidan’s and Kensal Rise. 4. Other practising baptised Catholic children. 5. Other baptised Catholic children. 6. Other Looked After Children*. 7. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian church.

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b) Second, children of families who live in the five St Clement and St James parishes, and who worship regularly in other C of E Primary School Christian churches, including those which are members of, or affiliated to, Churches Together in Penzance Place, London W11 4PG Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance. T 020 7603 9225 3. Open places. E [email protected] W www.scsj.rbkc.sch.uk Of the remaining places, 20% are for children whose families live in the five parishes: St Clement Notting Dale Type of school Admission number and St James’ Norland, St Helen’s, All Saints, St John’s, Voluntary aided 30 St Peter’s. DfE number Nursery 207 3455 Yes If there are more applicants than places under categories 2a, 2b and 3 above, then the following criteria will be Headteacher Breakfast club applied category by category as necessary, in this order: Sue Hussey Yes 1. Siblings*. Nearest Tube stations After-school club 2. Distance from home to school*. Holland Park (Central Yes Line); Shepherd’s Bush (Central Line) School uniform Applications last year Yes Total number of on-time applications submitted: 64 Bus routes 228, 295, 316 Supplementary form Yes How places were offered in 2016 All on-time applicants were offered. Visiting days Please contact the school Appeals to make an appointment No appeals were lodged.

Summarised admission criteria Where there are more applications than there are places available, the governors will admit pupils according to the following criteria which are listed in order of priority: 1. Looked After Children*. The remaining places will be divided as follows: 80% foundation places, 20% open places. 2. Foundation places**. a) Fi rst, children of families who worship regularly in the churches of the five parishes: St Clement Notting Dale and St James’ Norland, St Helen’s, All Saints, St John’s, St Peter’s St Francis Anglican Mission Church.

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5. Children of families who regularly worship at any St Cuthbert with St Matthias Anglican Church or recognised Christian Church C of E Primary School (as recognised by the Churches Together in Britain or a Member of the ‘Evangelical Alliance’) Warwick Road, London SW5 9UE 6. Children of families who live in the Parish of T 020 7373 8225 St Cuthbert with St Matthias Earl’s Court and whose E [email protected] parents desire them to attend the school because W www.scwsm.org of its religious tradition and who have a sibling in Type of school Admission number St Cuthbert with St Matthias Primary School and Voluntary aided 30 will have at the time they enter the school. 7. Children of families who live outside the Parish of DfE number Nursery St Cuthbert with St Matthias Earl’s Court whose 207 3451 Yes parents desire them to attend the school because Headteacher Breakfast club of its religious tradition and who have a sibling in Ms Gillian Putterill Yes St Cuthbert with St Matthias Primary School and Nearest Tube stations After-school club will have at the time they enter the school. Earl’s Court (District and Yes 8. Children of families who live in the Parish of Piccadilly Lines) St Cuthbert with St Matthias Earl’s Court whose School uniform parents desire them to attend the school because Bus routes Yes 74, 328, C1, C3, 430 of its religious tradition. Supplementary form 9. Children of families who live outside the Parish of Yes St Cuthbert with St Matthias Earl’s Court whose Visiting days parents desire them to attend the school because Please contact the school of its religious tradition. 10. Children not included in any of the preceding criteria. Summarised admission criteria Those not offered foundation places will be considered Where there are more applications than there are places against the criteria for community places and vice versa. available, the governors will admit pupils according to the Tie-break following criteria which are listed in order of priority: Distance from home to school will be applied if any of 1. Looked After Children*. the categories are oversubscribed. 2. Children of families who regularly worship at the Anglican Church of St Cuthbert with St Matthias, Applications last year Earl’s Court who have a sibling in St Cuthbert with Total number of on-time applications submitted: 42 St Matthias Primary School and will have at the time they enter the school. How places were offered in 2016 3. Children of families who regularly worship at the All on-time applicants were offered. Anglican Church of St Cuthbert with St Matthias, Earl’s Court. Appeals No appeals were lodged. 4. Children of families who regularly worship at neighbouring Anglican Parish Churches.

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St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School

Treadgold Street, London W11 4BJ

T 020 7727 8523 E [email protected] W www.franassisi.rbkc.sch.uk

Type of school Admission number Voluntary aided 45

DfE number Nursery 207 3437 Yes

Executive Headteacher Breakfast club Kathleen Williams Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club 7. Christians of other denominations whose application Latimer Road Yes is supported by their minister of religion. (Hammersmith & City 8. Children of other faiths whose application is supported and Circle Lines) School uniform Yes by their religious leader. Bus routes 9. Any other children. 295, 316 Supplementary form Yes Exceptional need* Visiting days The governing body will give top priority after the These are arranged on a appropriate category of Looked After Children to an regular basis, please contact application where compelling evidence is provided at school for further information the time of application of an exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need of the child, which can only be Summarised admission criteria met at this school. Where there are more applications for places than Tie-break the number of places available, places will be offered Distance from home to school*. according to the following order of priority. 1. Catholic Looked After Children*. Applications last year 2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic Total number of on-time applications submitted: 81 families who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission. How places were offered in 2016 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic All on-time applicants were offered. families who are resident in the parish of St Francis Appeals of Assisi. No appeals were lodged. 4. Other baptised Catholics. 5. Other Looked After Children*. 6. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian church.

*Please refer to common definitions page 26. **The above has been summarised. You must read the full admissions policy and notes contained within the school’s published arrangements. Please refer to the school prospectus or website, or the Royal Borough’s website, for details of the full policy and admission arrangements.

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6. Baptised members of the Russian and Eastern St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Orthodox communities. Cadogan Street, London SW3 2QT 7. Children from families who are members of another Christian denomination and whose application is T 020 7589 2438 supported by a letter from a Priest, Minister or Church E [email protected] Leader, confirming membership of a faith community. W www.stjosephs.rbkc.sch.uk 8. Children of other Christian traditions. Type of school Admission number 9. All other applications. Voluntary aided 30 Exceptional need* DfE number Nursery 207 3477 Yes The Governors will give top priority to an application within a category where compelling evidence is provided Headteacher Breakfast club at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical Karen Wyatt Yes or pastoral need of the child which can only be met at this Nearest Tube stations After-school club school, as opposed to any other. Written evidence will South Kensington (Circle, Yes be required from an appropriate professional such as a District and Piccadilly priest, doctor or social worker. Lines); Sloane Square School uniform (Circle and District Lines) Yes In prioritising applications in each of the above oversubscription criteria, first priority will be given to siblings*. Bus routes Supplementary form 361, 1, 19, 22, 211, 319 Yes Priority will be given to children of staff, where the staff member has been employed on a permanent basis for at Visiting days Please contact the school least two years at the time of application. Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice will be given priority after criterion 1 and all others after criterion 5. Summarised admission criteria Where there are more applications for places than Tie-break the number of places available, places will be offered Distance from home to school*. according to the following order of priority. Applications last year 1. Catholic Looked After Children*. Total number of on-time applications submitted: 133 2. Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice from families whose parents/carers are resident in the How places were offered in 2016 Catholic Parish of St Mary’s Chelsea. Category 2: 12 3. Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice Category 3: 18 (up to a distance of 1.2650 miles) from families not resident in the Catholic Parish of St Mary’s Chelsea but who are resident in the Catholic Appeals deanery of Kensington and Chelsea (see map on 1 appeal lodged, not upheld. school website). 4. Other Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice. 5. Other Looked After Children*.

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4. Foundation places: Foundation places are offered to St Mary Abbots C of E Primary School children from families who can demonstrate sustained 2 Kensington Church Court, London W8 4SP commitment to a Christian church. Foundation places** are awarded in accordance with the following order T 020 7937 0740 of priority: E [email protected] W www.sma.rbkc.sch.uk a) Of the total available places for foundation place applicants, 75% will be awarded to the children Type of school Admission number of families who can demonstrate sustained Voluntary aided 30 commitment to St Mary Abbots Church or Christ DfE number Nursery Church Kensington. 207 3504 No b) Of the total available places for foundation place applicants, 15% will be awarded to the children Headteacher Breakfast club Nicola Doyle Yes of families who can demonstrate sustained commitment to other Kensington Deanery Church Nearest Tube stations After-school club of England churches. High Street Kensington Yes c) The remaining foundation places will be awarded (Circle and District Lines) School uniform to the children of families who can demonstrate Bus routes Yes sustained commitment to churches of other 27, 28, 52, 70, 328, 452, denominations, being members of Churches 9, 10, 49 Supplementary form Yes Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) located within the Kensington Deanery. Visiting days d) Foundation places still remaining will be awarded All at 3.40-4.30pm: 5 October, 2 November, 7 December and to the families of children who can demonstrate 4 January. Please contact sustained commitment to churches that are school to book a place. You members of CTBI churches (including, for the will meet the Headteacher and avoidance of doubt, the Church of England) located can look around the school outside the Kensington Deanery.

Summarised admission criteria Tie-break Distance from home to school will be applied if any of the Where there are more applications than there are places categories are oversubscribed. available, the governors will admit pupils according to the following criteria which are listed in order of priority: Applications last year 1. Looked After Children*. Total number of on-time applications submitted: 190 2. Siblings*. 3. Open places: either two places or 25% of the places How places were offered in 2016 that remain, whichever is greater. In the event of SEN/EHC: 1 oversubscription open places will be allocated by the Category 2: 14 governors according to nearness of the candidate’s Category 3: 4 (up to a distance of 0.0912 miles) home to the school*. Category 4: 11 (up to a distance of 1.0403 miles) Appeals No appeals were lodged.

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St Mary’s Catholic Primary School

East Row, London W10 5AW

T 020 8969 0321 E [email protected] W www.st-marys.rbkc.sch.uk

Type of school Admission number Voluntary aided 60

DfE number Nursery 207 3542 Yes

Headteacher Breakfast club Joan Harte Yes

Nearest Tube stations After-school club Westbourne Park Yes 7. Children from non-Christian faiths whose parents (Hammersmith & City and Circle Lines) School uniform wish them to have a Catholic education and whose Yes application is supported by a religious leader. Bus routes 8. Any other applicants. 23 Supplementary form Yes Exceptional need* Visiting days The governing body will give top priority after the Please contact the school appropriate category of Looked After Children to an application where compelling evidence is provided at Summarised admission criteria the time of application of an exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need of the child, which can only be met Where there are more applications for places than at this school. the number of places available, places will be offered according to the following order of priority. Tie-break 1. Catholic Looked After Children*. Distance from home to school*. 2. Baptised children of practising Catholic families. Children must be baptised at the date of application**. Applications last year 3. Baptised children from Catholic families who cannot Total number of on-time applications submitted: 68 provide evidence of weekly attendance at church. How places were offered in 2016 4. Other Looked After Children*. All on-time applicants were offered. 5. Catechumens and children who belong to Eastern Christian churches. Appeals 6. Children of non-Catholic Christian families whose No appeals were lodged. parents wish them to have a Catholic education and whose application is supported by a minister of religion.

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5. After the first four criteria have been decided, 50% of St Thomas’ C of E Primary School the remaining places are foundation places** and will Appleford Road, London W10 5EF be given to children whose parents/guardians who: 5.1) Habitually worship at the Church of St Thomas T 020 8969 2810 and St Andrew, Kensal Road. E [email protected] 5.2) Habitually worship at a Church of England church W www.st.rbkc.sch.uk within the Kensington Deanery. Type of school Admission number 5.3) Habitually** worship at another Christian church Voluntary aided 30 and who live within the parish of Kensal Town. DfE number Nursery 5.4) Habitually worship at another Christian church. 207 3402 Yes 6. The remaining 50% are community places and will be given to children who live nearest the school*. Headteacher Breakfast club Sarah Bouette Yes Foundation places will be allocated first and if this Nearest Tube stations After-school club category is oversubscribed, added to the community Westbourne Park Yes places (5) list. Foundation places will be prioritised from (Hammersmith & City 5.1 to 5.4. and Circle Lines) School uniform Yes Applicants under each of the first five criteria will be Bus routes prioritised according to proximity to the school*. 23 Supplementary form Yes Applications last year Visiting days Total number of on-time applications submitted: 100 All start at 9.15am: 27 September, 11 October, How places were offered in 2016 8 November, 23 November, Category 2: 2 6 December and 11 January Category 3: 8 Category 5: 10 Summarised admission criteria Category 6: 10 Where there are more applications than there are places available, the governors will admit pupils according to the Appeals following criteria which are listed in order of priority: No appeals were lodged. 1. Looked After Children*. 2. Children who have a particular learning, pastoral, medical or social need* to attend St Thomas’ and who would not otherwise qualify for admission. 3. Children who have a brother or sister (sibling)*. 4. Children of a member of staff: 4.1) wh o has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; or 4.2) wh o is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

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8. Christians of other denominations whose parents Servite Catholic Primary School wish them to have a Catholic Education and whose 252 Fulham Road, SW10 9NA application is supported by a minister of religion. 9. Any other applicants. T 020 7352 2588 E [email protected] Where the offer of places to all the applicants W www.servite.rbkc.sch.uk in any of the categories above would lead to oversubscription, the following provisions will Type of school Admission number be applied: Voluntary aided 30 l Within each category priority will be given to children of DfE number Nursery staff, where the staff member has been employed at the 207 3613 Yes school for at least two years at the time of application. Executive Headteacher Breakfast club l Distance from home to school*. Kathleen Williams Yes Exceptional need* Nearest Tube stations After-school club Earl’s Court (District and Yes The governing body will give top priority to an application Piccadilly Lines); West within a category where compelling evidence is provided Brompton (District Line) School uniform at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical Yes or pastoral needs* of the child which can only be met at Bus routes this school. 328, 414, 211, 14, C3 Supplementary form Yes Tie-break Visiting days Distance from home to school*. Please contact the school to attend one of their monthly tours Applications last year Total number of on-time applications submitted: 156

Summarised admission criteria How places were offered in 2016 If the number of applications exceeds the number of SEN: 1 places available, places will be offered in the following Category 2: 8 order of priority: Category 3: 21 (up to a distance of 1.1105 miles) 1. Baptised Catholic Looked After Children*. Appeals 2. Baptised Catholic Children from practising Catholic No appeals were lodged. families who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission. 3. Baptised practising Catholics who worship at the parish of Our Lady of Dolours, Fulham Road. 4. Other Baptised practising Catholic children. 5. Other Baptised Catholic children. 6. Other Looked After Children*. 7. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church.

*Please refer to common definitions page 26. **The admission criteria have been summarised. You are advised to read the full policy and notes contained within the school’s published arrangements in order that you are fully informed of the requirements in relation to the religious elements. The full policy and admission arrangements can be found in the school prospectus or website, or the Royal Borough’s website.

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In-year admissions Children with Disabilities Team

W www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions W www.rbkc.gov.uk/family-information-service/ T 020 7745 6432 info-parents-and-carers/children-disabilities T 020 7598 4921 An in-year admission is when an application for a school place needs to be made outside the normal admission This team offers information, advice, support and round (the first year of entry to a school). In most cases practical help to families with children who have a your reason for making an application will be you have permanent and substantial disability or long-term illness moved to a new address, moved from abroad or you that affects their everyday living. The team offers advice would like to transfer your child from one to school to on how to access services available for children and another. There is a separate process for applying in-year young people who have disabilities. The initial way to for a school place. contact the team is through the duty social worker who is available on 020 7598 4921, 9am-5pm. Support for school attendance Special Educational Needs and T 020 7598 4601 Education, Health and Care needs assessments After you have been allocated a school place, making sure your child attends school regularly and on time every day W www.rbkc.gov.uk/children-and-education/ is really important, not only to make sure they have the best schools/support/special-education-needs possible chance to get the most out of their education but T 020 7361 3311 also because children who are not in school are more likely to get into trouble outside school or be vulnerable. Parents The majority of children and young people with Special have a legal responsibility to get their children to school, Educational Needs (SEN) or disabilities will have their but if you are having difficulties with this, it is important needs met within local mainstream early years settings, you talk to school staff, who are there to help you. schools or colleges. The Royal Borough ensures there are You or school staff may feel you need some extra help. arrangements in place within these settings for identifying, Each borough has professional staff who work with assessing and making provision for pupils with SEN. families with children who are not attending school. If you believe your child has a special learning need, it is They are based in the Early Help Team if you live in the always advisable to discuss this with the headteacher Royal Borough. This multi-disciplinary team will work when you visit the school to which you are thinking of with schools, children and parents to improve children’s applying. Each school has a budget for meeting the needs attendance and reduce unnecessary absence and truancy. of pupils with SEN and will be able to talk to you about the There is also a central team – the ACE Team – support they provide for children with learning needs and concentrating on the following areas of work: attendance how they will meet your child’s needs. The local authority (processing legal action for entrenched non-attendance expects mainstream schools to work with parents to track and issuing penalty notices), child employment and children’s progress and record the outcomes and agreed children in entertainment and elective home education provision in an SEN support resourced plan. and children missing education. This team is based Some children and young people with SEN or disabilities at Kensington Town Hall and can be contacted on may need a level or type of support that cannot be 020 7745 6610. provided by a mainstream school and/or within a mainstream school’s budget. For such pupils it may be necessary to carry out an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment. The local authority can then

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decide whether an EHC plan should be written. An EHC Educational psychologists can also provide general plan details how a child’s additional needs will be met. consultative support and guidance for groups or school If your child has an EHC plan or a statement of SEN, wide issues as well as research and training. the information set out in this brochure relating to the application process does not apply to you. To discuss the arrangements which will need to be made for your child Assistance with please contact 020 7361 3311. home-to-school travel

T 020 7745 6432 Educational Psychology Service All children under 16 in full-time education can travel W www.rbkc.gov.uk/children-and-education/ free on bus and tram services. All school pupils will be schools/support/special-education-needs- required to carry a Zip Oyster photocard to travel free on sen/education-psychology-service buses and trams. For further information, please visit the T 020 7361 3311 Transport for London (TfL) website at www.tfl.gov.uk It is expected children who are resident in the Royal Every school has the support of an educational Borough make use of the concessions offered by TfL, psychologist – a specialist in how children, young people including free travel across London. However, there may be and young adults develop and learn. Help may be circumstances where travel assistance is required outside asked for when pupils show difficulties with their social- the scope of free arrangements offered by TfL. In this emotional (including well-being/mental health), behaviour, instance, the Royal Borough will take account of the learning or progress generally in school. Educational statutory requirements. The full policy and application form psychologists can only directly work with a named pupil are available at www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions if parents/carers give informed consent. Parents/carers or by contacting the Admissions Team. themselves may ask for their help through the school.

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Family Information Service (FIS) Free school meals School meals are available at a standard charge. If parents W www.rbkc.gov.uk/family-information-service are in receipt of Income Support from the Department T 020 7361 3302 of Work and Pensions or some other qualifying benefits, their children are entitled to free meals. The headteacher The Family Information Service (FIS) provides impartial can arrange for suitable meals to be made available for and confidential information, advice and guidance to children who need special diets for religious or health help parents, carers, children, young people and reasons. Application forms for free meals can be obtained professionals working with families find the services and from schools. support they need. If you think your child is entitled to free school meals, it is The FIS provides information and guidance on local very important you apply for them even if your child eats childcare (childminders, nurseries etc), youth clubs, sport a packed lunch. This is because the amount of money and leisure activities, family support groups, toddler a school receives from the government is linked to the groups or services for children with a disability, in fact, number of children entitled to free school meals. any service which will help you in your family life. FIS runs a freephone helpline, email and text message service, however if you would like to meet someone face to face please call to arrange an appointment. You can also obtain information on local services by visiting the FIS website.

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Applying for a nursery place Information and how to apply Free or subsidised nursery part-time (15 hours per week) early years education places are available for three- and four-year-old children in Kensington and Chelsea. The Royal Borough provides free part-time places at its children’s centres – Chelsea Open Air Nursery and Children’s Centre, Golborne Children’s Centre, Maxilla Children’s Centre, St Anne’s Nursery School and Children’s Centre – and in the nursery classes of its primary schools. The Royal Borough also supports the provision of free or subsidised nursery places for three- and four-year-old children at a number of pre-schools (playgroups), private day nurseries and independent schools with nurseries. This is subsidised by the Minimum Free Entitlement (MFE) funding.

When can my child start at a Royal Borough nursery school or nursery class? How are admissions to the Royal Borough’s If you would like your child to attend a nursery school nursery schools and classes decided? which is part of a children’s centre or a nursery class of Voluntary aided primary schools that have nursery classes one of the Royal Borough’s primary schools, you should make their own decisions about which children should contact the school you prefer when your child reaches the be admitted, based on their published criteria. If you wish age of two. your child to go to one of these classes, please ask the That will ensure he or she is considered for a place at the school(s) you would prefer for information on how to apply. proper time when a vacancy occurs. You should note, There are no voluntary aided nursery schools in the Royal however, the length of time that a child’s name is on Borough. There is no right of appeal against a decision waiting list does not give priority over later applicants. not to offer a nursery school place. Online applications cannot be made to nursery schools, nursery classes or children’s centres. Children can only How do I get a free or subsidised place begin nursery school or attend nursery class in the term at other nurseries? after their third birthday. Admissions usually take place in If your child is three or four years old and attends a September, however some free places for children may be pre-school (playgroup), private day nursery or an deferred until the following January. independent school with a nursery which receives the MFE, you could have access to 15 hours of free early If you are a resident of the Royal Borough but wish your years education and childcare. child to attend a nursery school, class or early years centre in another local authority, you should contact To find out which providers receive Minimum Free that authority to find out if you can do that. If you are not Entitlement, please contact the Royal Borough’s Family a resident of the Royal Borough but wish your child to Information Service on 020 7361 3302, or email attend one of our nursery schools or classes, you will only [email protected] be able to do so if no borough resident wants a place – You can also find out further details and a list of providers and providing your own local authority has agreed to pay at www.rbkc.gov.uk/fis by selecting the ‘nursery for the cost of the place. funding’ menu option.

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Community nursery schools Golborne Children’s Centre has places for a total of 82 and children’s centres children, ranging in age from three to five years. 26 of the daycare places are available to children under three, Chelsea Open Air Nursery 14 places part-time funded by local authority. A further School and Children’s Centre 12 places will be full-time fee paying places (between 8.30am and 4.30pm). These are early education places 51 Glebe Place, London SW3 5JE available 46 weeks of the year, which are available free of T 020 7352 8374 charge for 15 hours per week during term time only. E [email protected] We are able to offer some funded full-time places, but you W www.chelseaopenairnursery.co.uk will need to fit criteria set by the local authority. If you do Head: Ms Talia Robinson not meet the criteria for a funded full-time place, you will Opening times: 8.45am-3.45pm be able to pay a top-up fee. Please ask at the centre for Age group: 3-4 years more information. Places for three- and four-year-olds: Admissions to the nursery school usually take place in 70 places in total: 27 full-time, 43 part-time September and January. Children will not be admitted Chelsea Open Air Nursery School and Children’s Centre until the term after their third birthday. also operates additional childcare before and after the To apply for an education place at the nursery school, school day between 8am and 5pm. There is a charge for please call the senior administrative officer on the extended day. Other services are available at Chelsea 020 8968 5622. Open Air Nursery School and Children’s Centre. Information about these is available to parents who call 020 7352 8374. Additional childcare provision at Maxilla: Maxilla Children’s Centre offers additional childcare Applications to Chelsea Open Air Nursery School: provision for children with part time education places Admissions to the nursery school usually take place in in the nursery school as well as an extended day service. September. Chelsea Open Air Nursery School always has There is a breakfast club, which is available from 8am more applications than there are places available. You to 9.15am, and an after-school facility from 3.30pm can apply for a place from your child’s second birthday. to 5.45pm. Children will not be admitted until the term after their third birthday. Children will not be offered a place for less than A childcare service is also available during school two terms, unless they are transferring from another state half-terms and the Easter and summer school holidays. nursery school or class. Extended day services are provided in partnership with St Anne’s Nursery School and a local voluntary For more information about admission to Chelsea Open organisation. There is a charge for all additional childcare Air Nursery School and Children’s Centre, or to request and extended day services. an application form, please call the school office on 020 7352 8374 or visit www.chelseaopenairnursery.co.uk St Anne’s & Avondale Park Nursery School

Golborne and Maxilla Federated Latimer Education Centre Freston Road, London W10 6TT Children’s Centres T 020 7727 7727 2a Bevington Road, London W10 5TN E [email protected] T 020 8968 5622 W www.avondalepark.rbkc.sch.uk/federation.html E [email protected] Places for three- and four-year-olds: W www.golborne.rbkc.sch.uk 75 full-time places Head: Veronica Hilliard Due to the nursery federation, these details may Places for three- and four-year-olds: be updated. 40 full-time and 40 part-time places

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Clare Gardens Children’s Centre 349 Westbourne Park Road, London W11 1EG T 020 7727 2725 Opening times: Monday to Friday, 8am-5.45pm Age range: Under 2 years: 12; 2-3 years: 30; 3 years and over: 18 Places: 60 places in total: 57 full-time, 3 part-time. 44 funded We are based in a single storey building; newly refurbished and re-opened in January 2009 (it is open-plan, with a variety of excellent resources). We have implemented ‘family grouping’ – where children of all ages interact together with staff, creating a warm family environment We operate a key worker system where each child is assigned a key person – the key person has special responsibilities for working with a small number of children, giving them the reassurance to feel safe and cared for whilst building relationships with their parents, carers and extended families. We have also refurbished our outdoor facilities which include an allotment for growing our own vegetables and a sensory herb garden. Our garden has a wooden decked area, which enhances the children’s external play area. Cheyne Children’s Centre See more at www.rbkc.gov.uk/kb5/rbkc/fis/service. 10 Thorndike Close, London SW10 0ST page?id=Kpyjim9yul0 T 020 7349 1650 Opening times: Monday to Friday, 8am-5.45pm St Quintin Centre for disabled (excluding bank holidays) children and young people Age range: 3 months to under 5 years old 2a Wallingford Avenue, London W10 6QB Places: 18 full-time, 39 part-time. 32 funded T 020 8968 2570 Cheyne Children’s Centre offers a warm and welcoming environment for children under five years old. We offer a Violet Melchett Family Centre wide range of resources, and fun activities, for children and members of their family. 30 Flood Street, London SW3 5RR T 020 7938 8621 The children’s centre works in partnership with other services in the community, such as health, housing, social care, schools voluntary and community organisations. Through these partnerships we are able to offer drop-in services, support services, training opportunities and information/advice sessions. See more at www.rbkc.gov.uk/contactsdirectory/ az.aspx?orgid=308

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Contact details for Diocese of Westminster Education Service diocesan authorities (Catholic) The Diocese of Westminster Education Service and W www.rcdow.org.uk/education London Diocesan Board for Schools provide additional E [email protected] information about education in Catholic and Church of T 020 7798 9005 England schools respectively. London Diocesan Board for Schools (Church of England) W www.schools.london.anglican.org T 020 7932 1100

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Contact details for Ealing neighbouring boroughs W www.ealing.gov.uk Detailed information about schools outside Westminster, E [email protected] Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea T 020 8825 5511/020 8825 5522 is available directly from schools or the local authority in which they are situated. Hounslow Please remember to check the admission arrangements W www.hounslow.gov.uk for your preferred schools to assess whether you are E [email protected] likely to be offered a place. You may also be required to T 020 8583 2721 complete a supplementary form. If you live outside the Royal Borough but wish to apply Richmond upon Thames for a school in the borough, you will need to apply on W www.richmond.gov.uk the common application form of the local authority E [email protected] where you live. T 020 8891 7514

Brent Wandsworth W www.brent.gov.uk/admissions W www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions E [email protected] E [email protected] T 020 8937 3110 T 020 8871 7316

Enﬁeld

Barnet

Harrow Haringey Waltham Redbridge Forest Havering

Brent Hackney Islington Camden Barking and Dagenham Tower Newham Hillingdon Hamlets Ealing Westminster City of London Hammersmith & Fulham Southwark RBKC Greenwich Hounslow Lambeth Bexley Wandsworth Richmond Lewisham upon Thames

Merton Kingston upon Thames Bromley

Sutton Croydon

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Locations of the Royal Borough’s educational establishments

1 Ark Brunel Academy 13 Colville 25 Servite Catholic Middle Row Lonsdale Road 252 Fulham Road London W10 5AT London W11 2DF London SW10 9NA

2 St Mary’s Catholic 14 Avondale Park 26 Oratory Catholic East Row Sirdar Road Bury Walk, Cale Street London W10 5AW London W11 4EE London SW3 6QH

3 Barlby 15 St Clement and St James C of E 27 Holy Trinity C of E Barlby Road Penzance Place Sedding Street London W10 6BH London W11 4PG London SW1X 9DE

4 St Thomas’ C of E 16 The Cardinal Vaughan 28 St Joseph’s Catholic Appleford Road Memorial School Cadogan Street London W10 5EF (Catholic, boys) London SW3 2QT 89 Addison Road 5 St Charles Catholic London W14 8BZ 29 St Thomas More Language 83 St Charles Square College (Catholic, mixed) London W10 6EB 17 Fox 42 Cadogan Street Kensington Place London SW3 2QS 6 Sion-Manning School London W8 7PP (Catholic, girls) 30 Park Walk 75 St Charles Square 18 Holland Park School (mixed) Park Walk London W10 6EL Airlie Gardens London SW10 0AY London W8 7AF 7 Bevington 31 Chelsea Open Air Nursery Bevington Road 19 St Mary Abbots C of E School and Children’s Centre London W10 5TW 2 Kensington Church Court 51 Glebe Place London W8 4SP London SW3 5JE 8 Golborne and Maxilla Federated Children’s Centres 20 St Barnabas and St Philip’s 32 Christ Church C of E 2a Bevington Road C of E 1 Robinson Street London W10 5TN Pembroke Mews London SW3 4AA 58 Earls Court Road 9 33 Oxford Gardens London W8 6EJ Ashburnham Oxford Gardens 17 Blantyre Street London W10 6NF 21 St Cuthbert with St Matthias London SW10 0DT C of E 10 St Anne’s and Avondale Park Warwick Road 34 Chelsea Academy (mixed) Nursery School London SW5 9UE Lots Road Freston Road, London W10 6TT London SW10 0AB 22 Our Lady of Victories Catholic 11 Thomas Jones Clareville Street 35 Kensington Aldridge Academy St Mark’s Road London SW7 5AQ (mixed) London W11 1RQ 1 Silchester Road 23 Bousﬁeld London W10 6EX 12 St Francis of Assisi Catholic South Bolton Gardens 36 Treadgold Street London SW5 0DJ Kensington Primary Academy London W11 4BJ 375 Kensington High Street 24 Marlborough London W14 8QA Draycott Avenue London SW3 2NA

70 Apply online: www.eadmissions.org.uk The Royal Borough of Key: Primary schools Secondary schools Kensington and Chelsea Nurseries and children’s centres Apply online: www.eadmissions.org.uk

The Pan-London eAdmissions site opens on 1 September 2016.

If your child was born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013, you will need to apply for a primary (reception) school place by 15 January 2017.

For further information contact: Admissions Team Green Zone, 2nd Floor Town Hall, Hornton Street W8 7NX 020 7745 6434 Email: [email protected] www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions

© By:design – August 2016 On the cover: Pupils from St Thomas’ C of E Primary School, image courtesy of the school By:design 020 8753 3926 Ref: 225_2at Picture credits: Pages 6, 15, 25, 67 courtesy of Thomas Jones Primary School; page 9 courtesy of Park Walk Primary School; Printed by Hammerprint 020 8753 2235 pages 10, 33 courtesy of Bevington Primary School; pages 12, 14, 21, 23, 31, 35, 42, 43, 47, 52, 54, 56, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66 Printed on paper from sustainable sources © Thinkstock; pages 17, 38 courtesy of Christ Church C of E Primary School; pages 22, 29 courtesy of Colville Primary School; The information provided in this brochure is correct at the time pages 26, 39, 59, 68 courtesy of Ark Brunel Academy; page 41 courtesy of Barlby Primary School; page 51 courtesy of of going to print in August 2016. The admissions process and St Cuthbert with St Matthias C of E Primary School school admission arrangements are set out in accordance Art and craft credits: Page 27 by pupils of Marlborough Primary School; page 45 by pupils of Oratory Catholic Primary School with the current Admissions Code (issued December 2014), Section 84 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Any corrections, updates and additions will be published on our website: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions