Applying to start 2017–18 Information about admissions arrangements

Contents Primary school starting age 2 Deciding which primary schools to apply for 2 Admissions criteria 2 How to apply and what proofs are required to complete an application 6 Supplementary information forms 7 Important dates 8 Last year’s application and appeal rates (community schools) 9 Applying for a reception place after the closing date 11 Offers 11 Appeals 12 Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities 12 Primary schools in Lewisham 13 Map of primary schools in Lewisham 20 Useful websites:

All you need to know about applying to start primary school in Lewisham www.lewisham.gov.uk/primaryadmissions Find out about primary schools in Lewisham and which are closest to you. www.lewisham.gov.uk/primaryschools Apply online for primary school places. www.eAdmissions.org.uk

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Primary school starting age Siblings Children who were born between 1 September 2012 Most schools will give priority to children whose older and 31 August 2013 are eligible to start full time in the brother or sister (sibling) attends the school. Please Reception class in September 2017. Legally, children ensure you add the name, date of birth, gender and must receive full-time education from the beginning of home address of any older child you have attending the the school term following their fifth birthday. school you are applying for. Failure to do so may result in your younger child not being offered a place at your Deciding which primary schools to apply for preference school and the school may not be able to You can apply for up to six mainstream state primary accommodate your child later in the admissions process. schools which may be within Lewisham or in authorities outside the borough. As not every child can be offered Children of staff their preferred school you are advised to research a range A small number of schools will give priority to children of schools including those which are closest to your whose parent is employed at the school. Please read the home address before submitting your application. school’s definition of ‘children of staff’ to ensure that if your child qualifies under this criterion you complete the We strongly recommend you look at your nearest schools relevant information on the online application. (whether they are faith or non-faith schools) as most schools in Lewisham are expected to be oversubscribed. Admissions policy for community schools We also advise you to use all six preferences and not The community schools in the borough use the same restrict your application. A list of the primary schools in admissions criteria (see below). Voluntary-aided faith the borough, including contact details, age ranges and schools, foundation schools, free schools and academies number of places available is on page 13. have their own criteria for deciding which children to To find out more about primary schools in the admit. The full admissions policy, annual intake and other borough and see which are nearest to your home, information about each of these schools in Lewisham can visit www.lewisham.gov.uk/primaryschools. be found on the school’s own websites. See page 13 for details of primary schools in the borough. Visiting schools When a community school in Lewisham is oversubscribed Before deciding which schools you wish to apply for, for the reception class in September 2017 the following we also recommend that you arrange to visit the school criteria will be used and places offered to: to meet the staff, see the facilities and opportunities available. 1. A looked after child or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after Headteachers will be pleased to show you around the became subject to an adoption order (in accordance school and answer your questions. Please contact the with the Children Act 2002), child arrangements, or school(s) direct to arrange your visit. special guardianship order (sections 8 or 14A of the Admissions criteria Children Act 1989). When a school is ‘oversubscribed’, ie they receive more A looked after child is a child who is: applications than there are places available, the school’s a) in the care of a local authority (in accordance with admissions criteria is applied to decide which children qualify Section 22 of the Children Act 1989), or for a place. It is important that you familiarise yourself with the admissions criteria for the schools you wish to apply b) being provided with accommodation by a local for to gauge whether your child is likely to qualify for a authority in the exercise of their social services place. Most primary schools in Lewisham and neighbouring functions (Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). boroughs are expected to receive more applications than Confirmation of a child’s LAC status must be supplied there are places available. Limiting the number of schools by the allocated social worker or foster carer with the you list on your application can limit the chance of your application along with a copy of the Adoption Order, receiving an offer from one of your preferences of school. Care Order or Special Guardianship Order. Do not include fee paying (independent) schools or special needs schools on your application as they are not part of Children who were adopted from overseas do not the co-ordinated admissions arrangements. qualify under this criterion.

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2. In exceptional circumstances there is discretion to frequently transfer to the main school; however there admit a child on the grounds of their or their family’s is no automatic transfer and children attending the severe medical or social need for that particular school nursery are not given priority. Parents of nursery and who would not otherwise qualify for admission. children who permanently live in Lewisham must The application must be supported by a letter apply for a reception place by participating in the from a hospital consultant, social worker or similar coordinated reception scheme by making an online professional, setting out the reasons why the school application. Applications from parents of children on is the only one to meet the child’s needs, before an the roll of the nursery will be considered with all other admission decision is made. The admission decision will applicants. be considered in consultation with a panel of teaching Twins, triplets and other multiple births and medical professionals. The medical professional Where twins, triplets or children from other multiple provides advice on applications made under medical births qualify for the last school place to be allocated conditions and teaching professionals advise on Lewisham will admit all of the qualifying siblings in applications made for social or special reasons. excess of the published admissions limit and they will Supporting evidence must be provided with the be considered as ‘excepted pupils’. application and by the closing date for applications. Tie break 3. Children whose brother or sister is on roll of the school On the rare occasion where two or more identical on the closing date for applications and is expected to applicants qualify for the last available place, lots will be be on the roll of the school (or of the junior school in drawn to decide which qualifying child is offered the place. the case of separate infant and junior schools – this applies to children attending Sandhurst Infant and Waiting lists Junior Schools, Stillness Infant and Junior Schools and In accordance with the pan agreement, and to Torridon Infant and Junior Schools), at the intended ensure Lewisham meets its duty to continue to co- date of admission. Children in Year 6 who will have ordinate admissions beyond offer date and comply with transferred to by the time the the parents’ highest possible preference, Lewisham will younger child is admitted do not confer sibling priority. ensure that waiting lists do not contain lower ranked If the school is over-subscribed entirely with siblings, preferences except where it (or the home LA) has agreed priority will be given to: to a parental request to change the order of preferences. In such cases, where there is a parental request to change i) those with an exceptional social or medical need the order of preferences during the admissions round, (see 2 above) and then to the original application, including any offer made under ii) those who are permanently living nearest to the co-ordination, will be withdrawn and the applicant will be school (see 4 below). required to re-apply. Siblings include all blood or adoptive siblings, half- Waiting lists for Lewisham’s community schools will siblings, foster siblings of Looked After Children and include those who have moved to the area since the step siblings. Siblings must all live at the same address national closing date and were therefore unable to make as the child applying. Proof of the sibling relationship an ‘on-time’ application. Waiting lists will be held in may be required. criteria order and childrens’ names may go up as well as down a list as new applicants are added. 4. Children living nearest to the school. All distances will be measured to a central nodal point in the school The reception co-ordinated scheme continues until the premises, using digitised mapping software of the end of the summer term 2017. Applications received for area, from a nodal point in the applicant’s permanent reception class beyond the end of the summer term 2017 home address. If more than one applicant lives in will be considered as an In Year applicant. a multi-occupancy building (e.g. flats) priority will Waiting lists will be held for the first term of the be given to the applicant whose door number is the reception year only. Those with a continuing interest in lowest numerically and/or alphabetically. a place at a school beyond this time will be required to Children who attend a nursery class in a primary school make an in-year application.

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Deferring a place be met as children move up through the school. They may If your child is offered a place to start in the reception also be able to reassure you about any concerns that you class starting in September 2017 you may defer taking may have about your child’s readiness for school. the place until later in the same school year. Each child’s circumstances are considered on a case- Alternatively your child may attend school part-time until by-case basis and a decision will be made in the best they reach compulsory school age (the term following interests of the child. their 5th birthday). One admission authority cannot be required to honour a Before you decide whether you wish to defer your child’s decision made by another admission authority. Therefore, admission or request that they attend the reception class it is important that you seek approval to accept an part-time you are advised to speak to the headteacher application to delay your child’s admission at all of your of the school you have been offered and discuss what preferred schools before making an application. The support is available to help your child participate fully admission authority is required to seek the views of the in school life. Arrangements for a deferred admission headteacher of the school concerned. You will receive a or part-time placement should be made direct with response in writing to your request before the primary the headteacher of the school concerned. In these national offer date setting out clearly the reasons for the circumstances the place offered will be held for your child decision. during the academic year. If Lewisham complies with the parent’s request to allow Delayed entry to reception class for summer their child to participate in the admissions scheme late born children the parent will be required to agree that their child will In accordance with the School Admissions Code 2014 transfer to primary school with the later cohort regardless the parent/carer of a summer-born child (those of the outcome of their applications and had not born between 1 April and 31 August), may request participated in the transfer scheme the year before. that their child is admitted to the reception class the In cases described above parents must consider the following academic year and be educated ‘out of implications of a delayed transfer as headteachers of cohort’. An application for a delayed admission should primary schools are not currently required to continue to be accompanied with a formal request and include keep the child out of year group and may decide to later information detailing why a delayed admission it is in educate the child in the correct year. the child’s best interests. For community schools in the borough the decision whether to agree to a parent’s Details on the process for requesting approval for delayed request is made by Lewisham Council. For faith schools, admission to community schools in the area are provided free schools, foundation schools and academies and separately on Lewisham Council’s website www.lewisham. schools outside the borough, the decision is taken by the gov.uk/admissions governing body for the school. Until the Admissions Code Eligible children is revised, the Council will not be making any changes to Applications for children who permanently live in Lewisham our current guidance and procedures. and whose birthday is between 1 September 2012 and For summer-born children only Lewisham Council will 31 August 2013 are eligible to apply to transfer to the consider a parent’s request to delay their child’s entry to Reception class in September 2017. Applications must be a community school until they reach compulsory school made to the applicant’s home local authority. Children with age and be admitted to Reception class rather than Year an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) should not apply 1 with children of the same age range. This means that through the co-ordinated admissions scheme. a summer-born child would not start school at all during Applying for early admission the academic year after their fourth birthday. In very exceptional circumstances we will consider a Before deciding to request to delay your child’s admission, request for admission out of cohort for a younger child you should first contact the school(s) you are interested (i.e. for reception children this will be those born after in applying for. They will be able to explain the provision 31 August 2013). on offer to children in Reception class, how it is tailored to The application may be supported by the child’s nursery/ meet the needs of all children including those born during primary headteacher and/or an educational psychologist the summer months and how those needs will continue to

Contact: Admissions and Appeals Team, Third Floor, Laurence House, Catford SE6 4RU. Tel: 020 8314 8282 (lines are open Monday–Friday, 9am–12 noon). Email: [email protected] Applying to start primary school 2017–18 Information about admissions arrangements 5 providing evidence that the child is academically more than one of the schools you have applied for, your outstanding and sufficiently physically and emotionally offer will be the school you have ranked the highest of mature to cope with the demands of primary/secondary those possible offers. If you cannot be offered any of school. the schools you applied for, Lewisham will offer you an alternative school place where there is a vacancy. If Lewisham complies the parent’s request to allow the child to participate in the admissions scheme early the For example: parent will be required to agree that their child will Child A has applied for six schools. The child does not transfer to primary/secondary school with the earlier qualify for a place at the first or second preference cohort regardless of the outcome of their applications school but does qualify for a place at their third and will not qualify to participate in the planned preference school. The third preference school is admissions scheme the following year. offered to the child on National Offer day. The fourth, Parents must consider the implications of an early fifth and sixth preference schools are ‘settled’ as they transfer as the schools are not currently required to were ranked lower on the list. The child’s name remains keep the child out of year group and may decide to later on the waiting list of their first and second preference educate the child in the correct year group. schools only and the right of appeal will be given. Later admission In very exceptional circumstances we will consider a request Child B has applied for six schools. The schools are for a delayed admission for an older child (i.e. for reception oversubscribed and the child does not qualify for a this will be those born before 1 September 2012). place at any of them. Lewisham informs the parent The application may be supported by the child’s nursery/ of the outcome and their right of appeal. A place at a primary headteacher and/or an educational psychologist school in Lewisham where there is a vacancy is offered providing evidence that the child has learning delay or as an alternative. difficulty and their social maturity is well below that of Child C has applied for six schools and can be offered a his or her peers. place at their first preference school on National Offer If Lewisham complies with the parent’s request to allow Day. All of the other schools named on the list are their child to participate in the admissions scheme late ‘settled’. The child has an older brother at their third the parent will be required to agree that their child will preference school and, after national offer day the transfer to primary school with the later cohort regardless parent wants the child to attend that school instead. of the outcome of their applications and had not The parent has participated in the planned admissions participated in the transfer scheme the year before. round and secured a place at a higher preference school therefore they are not able to submit a further In cases described above parents must consider the application or change the order of their applications implications of a delayed transfer as headteachers of until the start of school. The parent will need to primary schools are not currently required to continue to complete an in year application in September. keep the child out of year group and may decide to later educate the child in the correct year. Child D has applied for six schools all outside the borough but does not qualify for a place at any of How the preference system works them. Lewisham offers the parent a place at a school You can apply for up to six schools on the application where there is a vacancy and their right of appeal. and you will be required to list the schools in preference however the parent wishes for their child to attend a order. Applying for fewer schools will not increase the school close to their home which is oversubscribed and chances of being offered a school you have applied for. has not been able to offer all applicants a place. Child It is very important to list the schools in the order you D is not able to apply for a place at the school close prefer them as this will be used by Lewisham later in the to their home until the start of school. The parent will allocation of school places. need to complete an in year application in September.

Parents will receive one offer of a school place on National Offer day. If your child qualifies for a place at

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How to apply formally registered or until a court issues an order. Applications for primary school places are made Stepparents, grandparents or other relatives do not have online via the London Grid for Learning’s website automatic right to claim parental responsibility. This www.eAdmissions.org.uk should be acquired through a legal agreement or court When you start your application, the system will identify order. For further information please see www.gov.uk/ your home local authority from your postcode and your parental-rights-responsibilities. application will be sent electronically to that council when you submit your application. Please ensure your home Proof of parental responsibility. address and postcode is accurate especially if you have When you submit your application you will need to scan previously made an application online for your children. and upload evidence of proof of parental responsibility.

The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on ●● Please scan and upload a copy of your child benefit 15 January 2017. or child credit letter showing both your name and your child’s name. If you do not qualify for these ●● The benefits of applying online: benefits you may send a copy of the long version of ●● it is quick and easy to do your child’s birth certificate naming you as the parent.

●● the system helps you by checking for errors You will need to apply using your child’s full and formal name. Do not shorten the child’s name or use nicknames. ●● there is no risk that your application will get lost in the post or arrive late Proof of permanent home address ●● you can change your preferences of school up until Applications must be made from the applicant’s the closing date permanent home address. This must not be a relative’s, carer’s, childminder’s or business address. ●● your details are held securely When you submit your application you will need to scan ●● you will receive an automated email from the and upload evidence of: eAdmissions website confirming receipt of your application including the schools you have applied for ●● Please send a copy of your current council tax bill, tenancy agreement or the current mortgage ●● during the evening of 16 April 2017, national offer statement for the property, day, you will receive an email confirming the primary school your child has been offered. Please do not send original documents as the Admissions Team do not have resources to return them. Applications from residents living in new developments Submitting your application If your address is not recognised by the eAdmissions Once you have completed your application you will website or you live in a new development please contact be required to click on the Submit button. Before the Admissions and Appeals Team on 020 8314 8282 or you submit your application please ensure all of the email [email protected]. information is correct including your home address and contact details. You will also need to: Parental responsibility ●● read the declaration carefully Applications must be made by the adult who has parental responsibility for the child and with whom ●● scan and upload your proof of parental responsibility the child permanently lives. Only one application may and permanent home address. be submitted for a child. Parents who share parental Please do not send original documents to the Admissions responsibility and where the child shares their time 50/50 Team as they do not have the resources to return them. with each parent will need to decide which of them will make an application for their child. If both parents submit Unfortunately some applications are considered to be an application but are unable to agree whose application fraudulent as the application is not made by the person is valid, the application made to Lewisham will be who has parental responsibility for the child or from an cancelled until it can be established where the child is address that the child does not permanently reside at. If

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Lewisham becomes aware that a fraudulent application has been made, it will be withdrawn from the admissions round along with any offer of a school place.

Supplementary information forms for primary schools Some faith primary schools in the borough require you to complete their supplementary information form as well as naming the school on your application. Each of these schools listed below will require you to submit a supplementary information form if you are applying for a place under the faith admissions criterion:

●● All Saints’ CE Primary School

●● Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School

●● Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

●● Holy Trinity CE Primary School

●● Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School

●● St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School

●● St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School

●● St George’s CE Primary School

●● St James Hatcham CE Primary School

●● St John Baptist CE School

●● St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School

●● St Margaret’s Lee CE Primary School

●● St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School

●● St Mary’s Lewisham CE School

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●● St Michael’s CE Primary School

●● St Saviour’s Catholic Primary School

●● St Stephen’s CE Primary School

●● St William of York Catholic Primary School

●● St Winifred’s Catholic Primary School

●● Trinity Lewisham CE School Supplementary information forms are available from the school direct or may be downloaded from the school’s website and should be returned directly to the school by 15 January 2017.

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Important dates Important dates for the admission process for children starting primary school in September 2017.

Applications

Closing date for online applications Sunday 15 January 2017 at 11.59pm Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk Closing date for supplementary information forms (if required) Sunday 15 January 2017​​ To be returned direct to the school

Offers

Results for applications Tuesday 18 April 2017​ You will get an email after 5pm in the evening telling you where your child has been offered a place Deadline for accepting your offer Tuesday 2 May 2017 Applicants must accept their offer online – please keep a record of your log in details

Appeals

Closing date for appeals for community schools in Lewisham Friday 12 May 2017​ Admissions authorities of other schools may set the same or a later deadline

Appeal hearings ​ June/July 2017

Appeals submitted after the closing date of Friday 12 May 2017 will not be heard until the start of the academic year in September 2017.

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Last year’s application and appeals rates The following table relates to the outcomes for community schools in Lewisham for the September 2016 admissions round made on National Offer Day 2016 under each admissions criterion. This information is provided as a guide only as the pattern of applications for admission in September 2017 is likely to differ. For the 2016–17 intake all distances were measured in metres and using a straight line to a point in the school premises as determined by the Post Office. * schools where there is an admission number in brackets are those that opened bulge classes. For precise home-to-school measurements for schools in other boroughs please contact the council for that borough direct.

Number of places offered under each criterion (bulge class in brackets) Published admissions number their preferences named the school as one of Number of applicants who Children in public care medical or social need Children with exceptional Siblings on roll number for published admissions Distance of last child offered for bulge class Distance of last child offered Children with SEN statement the summer of 2015 Number of appeals heard in summer of 2015 Successful appeals in the

Name of school Adamsrill 90 209 26 3820.06 Ashmead 30 179 1 13 407.19 2 0 Athelney* 60 (90) 141 33 866.15 5463.13 3 0 Baring 30 210 11 403.12 12 0 Beecroft Garden 60 447 1 19 521.69 1 5 0 Brindishe Green* 90 (120) 396 33 630.50 1066.66 4 0 Brindishe Lee 30 381 1 11 306.59 4 0 Brindishe Manor 60 364 1 1 35 436.18 4 0 Childeric 60 150 29 912.06 1 Coopers Lane 90 203 30 5130.77 2 1 0 Dalmain 60 400 1 28 403.87 Deptford Park 90 145 26 4750.85 Downderry 60 211 19 1148.13 2 0 Edmund Waller 60 236 15 812.78 Elfrida 60 125 1 15 3362.44 Eliot Bank 60 380 1 24 568.96 5 0 Fairlawn 60 489 5 32 291.56 3 0 Forster Park 90 140 25 1520.87 Gordonbrock 90 295 3 38 740.92 4 0 Grinling Gibbons 30 226 9 309.92 1 0 Haseltine 60 297 3 33 486.68 5 0 Holbeach 90 251 2 18 5505.96 Continued over

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Number of places offered under each criterion (bulge class in brackets) Published admissions number their preferences named the school as one of Number of applicants who Children in public care medical or social need Children with exceptional Siblings on roll number for published admissions Distance of last child offered for bulge class Distance of last child offered Children with SEN statement the summer of 2015 Number of appeals heard in summer of 2015 Successful appeals in the

Name of school Horniman 30 300 15 323.30 John Ball 90 376 3 17 1332.69 2 0 John Stainer 60 321 25 592.36 Kelvin Grove 90 266 42 963.25 Kender 60 158 30 930.77 1 Kilmorie 90 395 39 498.93 Launcelot 60 168 25 1215.20 Lucas Vale 60 216 27 1363.74 Marvels Lane 60 88 16 1432.31 Myatt Garden 60 265 1 27 661.33 Perrymount 28 139 17 386.85 2 Rangefield 60 231 26 650.78 Rathfern 60 271 29 569.82 Rushey Green 90 311 35 2625.58 Sandhurst Infants* 90 (120) 303 1 38 668.36 2397.08 Sir Francis Drake 30 130 13 451.51 Stillness Infants 90 390 2 42 424.50 Torridon Infants 90 333 1 31 2059.30

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Applying for a Reception place after the why the place is no longer required, including the full closing date name and address of the school they will attend, so we can close the application and offer the place to another Missing the closing date child. If you miss the 15 January 2017 closing date for applying, please call the Admissions and Appeals Team to Offers discuss your reasons and how we might be able to help If you applied on time using the online system, you will with your application. receive an email during the evening of 18 April 2017 informing you of your child’s offer of a primary school Move into the borough or other reasons for not place. applying on time Families who move into the borough after the closing If you have not been offered one of your preference date, or those who could not apply on time may be able schools you will be sent written confirmation informing to make a ‘late for good reason’ application. ‘Late for you of your child’s offer of a school place. good reason’ applications must include evidence of why Lewisham residents who cannot be offered a place at any the application is late, such as evidence of a house move of the schools applied for, will be offered a place at the or a medical reason which prevented the parent from closest school in Lewisham to the home address which applying on time. still has a vacancy. Please be aware that this may be a All other applications made after 15 January 2017 will faith or non-faith school. not be processed until June 2017. Results will not be given over the telephone. For further advice please contact the Admissions and Appeals Team. Accepting your offer Online applicants are required to log into their account to Change of address before 18 April 2017 accept their offer, so it is important to keep a record of If you move home after submitting your application your username and password. you must inform the Admissions and Appeals Team immediately. If your applications are unsuccessful If you are not offered a preference school, you will If you submit an application on time and move home automatically be added to the waiting list for any schools before 9 February 2017 you must contact the Admissions you named as a higher preference than the school and Appeals Team to withdraw the application you offered, providing the school is in Lewisham. Some local originally made and you may make a new application authorities may require you to apply for their school from your new home address. If you move outside waiting lists separately. Lewisham you will need to apply to your new local authority. Community schools in Lewisham continue to use their list until the end of the first term of the new school year If you move home after 9 February 2017 your application (end of December 2017). If a vacancy becomes available, may be considered from your original home address. Any the admissions criteria will be used to decide which child school place offered will be honoured, however if you is offered the place. accept the place you will be responsible for ensuring your child attends school regularly and is punctual. If you are on a waiting list for a school you applied for and you decide you are happy with the school you have Change of address between 18 April 2017 and your already been offered, it is important to let us know. We child’s start at school can then remove your child’s name from the waiting If you move home after you have had your offer of a list and offer places to other children if they become place confirmed, the offer of a place will still be honoured available. but you must ensure the journey is reasonable and your The planned Admissions round continues until the end of child always arrives at school and is picked up on time. the academic year (July 2017). If an on-time application If you no longer need a place in Lewisham, please let the has been submitted, further applications cannot be made Admissions and Appeals Team know in writing confirming until September 2017 as an in year application.

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Waiting lists from January 2018 to July 2018 For independent advice, you can contact ACE Education Waiting lists will be held for the first (autumn) term only Advice. They have a telephone advice line on 0300 011 ie up until December 2017. Those wishing to apply for 5142, Monday–Wednesday, 10am–1pm, or for further a reception class place beyond then will be required to information visit www.ace-ed.org.uk. make an in-year application. Appealing online Further information You will be able to appeal for a community school in The Department for Education offers further advice and Lewisham online by logging onto our website and if you information to parents on a wide range of school-related do not have an account you will need to register first. issues, including the school admissions code and school The form usually takes about 20 minutes to complete admissions appeals codes at www.gov.uk/dfe. depending on the nature of your appeal.

Appeals www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/education/ schools/school-admission/applying-to-start- Unfortunately not every child can be offered a school primary-school/Pages/Primary-school-admission- they have applied for and Lewisham has a duty to ensure appeals.aspx that every child in the borough has been offered a school place. Children and young people with special If a child does not qualify for a place at one of the educational needs and disabilities schools the parent has applied for, we will offer an Most children and young people with special educational alternative school. This may be a faith school, a non-faith needs and disabilities can get the support they need in school or a school outside the family’s neighbourhood. mainstream schools. However some children will require There is no limit on how far a place can be offered, additional support via an Education, Health and Care however we will aim to offer a place within two miles of plan. For these a different admissions process applies. the family home for a reception age child. There are 7 mainstream primary schools in Lewisham that We would encourage parents to accept the school offered offer specialist resource provision. Each resource has its and not to decline as it cannot be guaranteed that a own admissions criteria based on the primary need. The school of the parent’s preference can be offered. schools with a specialist resource are: Before you decide whether to accept an offer please visit the school first and speak to the headteacher about Primary School Primary Need the opportunities available to your child. All Lewisham’s Athelney Primary School Autism headteachers will be delighted to show you their school Coopers Lane Hearing Impairment and assure you that your child can excel there. Accepting Primary School Unit the offer will not affect any waiting list your child’s name Kelvin Grove Primary School Autism is on or any admissions appeal. Perrymount Primary School Physical How to appeal Rushey Green Hearing Impairment Primary School Unit You have the right of appeal against the refusal of a place at any of the schools for which you have applied Tidemill Academy Speech, Language and and not been offered. If you wish to appeal, you must Communication Needs contact the admission authority in the days after you Torridon Infant and Autism receive your offer. Junior Schools Lewisham is the admission authority for all of the For more information go to borough’s community schools. www.lewisham.gov.uk/SENadmissions If your child has been refused admission to a voluntary or contact the Children with Complex Needs Service aided, foundation or free school, an academy, or a school on 020 3049 1475 or email [email protected]. in another borough you have the right to appeal against the decision too and you are advised to contact the school direct for advice on how to appeal.

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Primary schools in Lewisham

Adamsrill Primary School Age range: 3–11 Admissions criteria: see policy for Heateacher: Dr Increase Eko Places available 2017-18: 60 community schools on page 2. www.adamsrill.lewisham.sch.uk (including admission to the resource DfE number: 209 2304 Adamsrill Road, Sydenham base for children on the autistic SE26 4AQ spectrum) Brindishe Lee Primary School 020 8699 8548 Admissions criteria: see policy for Executive Head: [email protected] community schools on page 2. Dame Vicki Paterson Age range: 3–11 DfE number: 209 2023 Headteacher: Places available 2017–18: 90 Lisa Morris Admissions criteria: see policy for Baring Primary School www.brindisheschools.org community schools on page 2. Headteacher: Diane Brewer Wantage Road, Lee DfE number: 209 2000 www.baring.lewisham.sch.uk SE12 8NA Linchmere Road, Lee 020 8318 4626 All Saints’ CE Primary School SE12 0NB [email protected] Headteacher: Debbie Tompkins 020 8857 5637/0662 Age range: 5–11 www.allsaints.lewisham.sch.uk [email protected] Places available 2017-18: 30 Blackheath Vale, Blackheath Age range: 3–11 Admissions criteria: see policy for SE3 0TX Places available 2017-18: 30 (plus community schools on page 2. 020 8852 6136 one bulge class) DfE number: 209 2887 [email protected] Admissions criteria: see policy for Age range: 5–11 community schools on page 2. Brindishe Manor Primary School Places available 2017-18: 30 DfE number: 209 2029 Executive Head: Admissions criteria: see school’s Dame Vicki Paterson own website. Beecroft Garden Primary School Headteacher: Gerlinde Achenbach DfE number: 209 3301 Headteacher: Graham Voller www.brindisheschools.org www.beecroftgarden.lewisham.sch.uk Leahurst Road, Lee Ashmead Primary School Beecroft Road, Brockley SE13 5LS Headteacher: Sean O’Flynn SE4 2BS 020 8852 0852 www.ashmeadprimary.wordpress.com 020 8692 2762 [email protected] Ashmead Road, Deptford [email protected]. Age range: 3–11 SE8 4DX sch.uk Places available 2017-18: 60 020 8692 6081 Age range: 3–11 Admissions criteria: see policy for [email protected] Places available 2017-18: 60 community schools on page 2. Age range: 3–11 Admissions criteria: see policy for DfE number: 209 2381 Places available 2017-18: 30 community schools on page 2. Admissions criteria: see policy for DfE number: 209 2068 Childeric Primary School community schools on page 2. Headteacher: Ann Butcher DfE number: 209 2878 Brindishe Green Primary School www.childericprimary.co.uk Executive Head: Childeric Road, New Cross Athelney Primary School Dame Vicki Paterson SE14 6DG Executive headteacher: Headteacher: Sarah Gorbutt 020 8692 3453 Kathryn Wong www.brindisheschools.org [email protected] Head of school: Natalie Dummer Beacon Road, Hither Green Age range: 3–11 www.athelneyprimary.org.uk SE13 6EH Places available 2017-18: 60 Athelney Street, Catford 020 8852 7245 Admissions criteria: see policy for SE6 3LD [email protected] community schools on page 2. 020 8697 2945 Age range: 3–11 DfE number: 209 2108 [email protected] Places available 2017-18: 90

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Coopers Lane Primary School Edmund Waller Primary School [email protected] Headteacher: Paul Hooper Executive headteacher: Age range: 5–11 www.cooperslane.lewisham.sch.uk Colleen Boxall Places available 2017–18: 60 Pragnell Road, Lee SE12 0LF Head of school: Richard Wilson Admissions criteria: see policy for 020 8857 7680 www.edmundwaller.lewisham.sch.uk community schools on page 2. [email protected] Waller Road, New Cross SE14 5LY DfE number: 209 2811 Age range: 3–11 020 7639 0436 Places available 2017-18: 90 [email protected] Forster Park Primary School (including admission to the Hearing Age range: 3–11 Executive headteacher: Impaired Unit) Places available 2017-18: 60 Michelle Fenniche Admissions criteria: see policy for Admissions criteria: see policy for Head of school: Mark Gale community schools on page 2. community schools on page 2. www.forsterpark.lewisham.sch.uk DfE number: 209 2127 DfE number: 209 2187 Boundfield Road, Catford SE6 1PQ Dalmain Primary School Elfrida Primary School 020 8698 5686 Headteacher: Elizabeth Booth Executive headteacher: [email protected] www.dalmain.lewisham.sch.uk Kathryn Wong Age range: 3–11 Grove Close, Forest Hill SE23 1AS Head of school: Elizabeth Newton Places available 2017-18: 90 020 8699 2675 www.elfridaprimary.org.uk Admissions criteria: see policy for [email protected] Elfrida Crescent, Catford SE6 3EN community schools on page 2. Age range: 3–11 020 8698 5755 DfE number: 209 2225 Places available 2017-18: 60 [email protected] Admissions criteria: see policy for Age range: 2–11 Good Shepherd Catholic Primary community schools on page 2. Places available 2017-18: 60 School DfE number: 209 2148 Admissions criteria: see policy for Headteacher: Paul Moriarty community schools on page 2. www.goodshepherd.lewisham.sch.uk Deptford Park Primary School DfE number: 209 2197 Moorside Road, Downham Headteacher: Ken Johnson BRI 5EP www.deptfordparkschool.co.uk Eliot Bank Primary School 020 8698 4173 Evelyn Street, Deptford SE8 5RJ Executive headteacher: Kathy Palmer [email protected]. 020 8692 4351 Head of school: Jenny Klein uk [email protected] www.eliotbankprimaryschool.co.uk Age range: 3–11 Age range: 3–11 Thorpewood Avenue, Sydenham Places available 2017-18: 30 Places available 2017-18: 90 SE26 4BU Admissions criteria: see school’s own Admissions criteria: see policy for 020 8699 0586 website. community schools on page 2. [email protected] DfE number: 209 3344 DfE number: 209 2158 Age range: 3–11 Places available 2017-18: 60 Gordonbrock Primary School Downderry Primary School Admissions criteria: see policy for Executive headteacher: Kathy Palmer Headteacher: Tracey Lewis community schools on page 2. Head of school: Maria Gilmore www.downderryprimaryschool.com DfE number: 209 2815 www.gordonbrock.lewisham.sch.uk Downderry Road, Downham BR1 5QL Amyruth Road, Brockley 020 8698 5768 Fairlawn Primary School SE4 1HQ [email protected] Executive headteacher: 020 8690 0704 Age range: 3–11 Jeanette Brumby [email protected] Places available 2017-18: 60 Headteacher: Hania Ryans Age range: 3–11 Admissions criteria: see policy for www.fairlawn.lewisham.sch.uk Honor Places available 2017-18: 90 community schools on page 2. Oak Road, Forest Hill Admissions criteria: see policy for DfE number: 209 2163 SE23 3SB community schools on page 2. 020 8699 7948 DfE number: 209 2259

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Grinling Gibbons Primary School 020 7652 9510 Holy Trinity CE Primary School Headteacher: Dean Gordon [email protected] Headteacher: Sarah-Jane Pendleton Executive Consultant Age range: 5–11 (currently www.holytrinity.lewisham.sch.uk Headteacher: Jeanette Brumby Reception Year 1, 2 and 3 only) Dartmouth Road, Sydenham SE23 www.gglvfederation.org Places available 2017-18: 60 3HZ 020 8699 9023 Clyde Street, Deptford SE8 5LW Admissions criteria: see school’s own [email protected] 020 8692 4907 website. Age range: 5–11 [email protected] DfE number: 209 2001 Places available 2017-18: 30 Age range: 3-11 Admissions criteria: see school’s Places available 2017-18: 30 Haseltine Primary School own website. Admissions criteria: see policy for Executive headteacher: DfE number: 209 3360 community schools on page 2. Jeanette Brumby DfE number: 209 2267 Headteacher: Sara Anderman Horniman Primary School www.haseltineprimary.co.uk Headteacher: Julie Loffstadt Hatcham Temple Grove – Haseltine Road, Sydenham www.hornimanprimary.com Hunsdon Road SE26 5AD Horniman Drive, Forest Hill Chief executive: Adrian Percival 020 8778 6536 SE23 3BP Principal: Declan Jones [email protected] 020 8699 3190 www.haaf.org.uk Age range: 3–11 [email protected] Hunsdon Road, New Cross Places available 2017–18: 60 Age range: 5–11 SE14 5RD Admissions criteria: see policy for Places available 2017-18: 30 020 7652 9510 community schools on page 2. Admissions criteria: see policy for [email protected] DfE number: 209 2289 community schools on page 2. Age range: 3–18 DfE number: 209 2870 Places available 2017-18: 60 Holbeach Primary School Admissions criteria: see school’s own Executive headteacher: John Ball Primary School website. Colleen Boxall Headteacher: Michael Roach DfE number: 209 6905 Head of school: Tom Bullpit Deputy Headteacher: www.holbeach.lewisham.sch.uk Julia McCrossen Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Nelgard Road, Catford SE6 4TP www.johnballschool.com Academy – Knights Temple 020 8690 4713 Southvale Road, Blackheath SE3 0TP Grove [email protected] 020 8852 1601 Chief executive: Adrian Percival Age range: 3–11 [email protected] Principal: Dr Tesca Bennett Places available 2017-18: 90 Age range: 3–11 www.haaf.org.uk Admissions criteria: see policy for Places available 2017-18: 90 Ballamore Road, Downham BR1 5LW community schools on page 2. Admissions criteria: see policy for 020 8461 9240 DfE number: 209 2307 community schools on page 2. [email protected] DfE number: 209 2782 Age range: 3–18 Holy Cross Catholic Primary Places available 2017-18: 60 School John Stainer Primary School Admissions criteria: see school’s own Headteacher: Mary Collins Headteacher: Sue Harte website. www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk www.johnstainer.lewisham.sch.uk DfE number: 209 6906 Culverley Road, Catford SE6 2LD Mantle Road, Brockley SE4 2DY 020 8698 2675 020 7639 0482 Hatcham Temple Grove Free [email protected] [email protected] School –Pepys Road Age range: 3–11 Age range: 3–11 Chief executive: Adrian Percival Places available 2017-18: 30 Places available 2017-18: 60 Headteacher: Mr David Welsh Admissions criteria: see school’s own Admissions criteria: see policy for www.haaf.org.uk website. community schools on page 2. Pepys Road, SE14 5SF DfE number: 209 3661 DfE number: 209 2342

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Kelvin Grove Primary School 020 8697 2304 Our Lady and St Philip Neri Headteacher: Ian Hyde [email protected] Catholic Primary School www.kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk Age range: 3–11 Headteacher: Matthew Ringham @KG_Sydenham Places available 2017-18: 60 www.olspn.school-uk.org Kirkdale, Sydenham Admissions criteria: see policy for Infants and Nursery SE26 6BB community schools on page 2. Mayow Road, Forest Hill SE23 2XG 020 8699 6300 DfE number: 209 2374 020 8699 2717 [email protected] [email protected] Age range: 3–11 Lucas Vale Primary School Juniors Places available 2017-18: 90 Headteacher: Tina Harracksingh 208 Sydenham Road, Sydenham (including admission to the resource Executive Consultant Headteacher: SE26 5SE base for children on the autistic Jeanette Brumby 020 8778 4386 (main school) spectrum) www.gglvfederation.org [email protected] Admissions criteria: see policy for Lucas Vale Primary School Age range: 3–11 community schools on page 2. Thornville Street SE8 4QB Places available 2017-18: 45 DfE number: 209 2347 020 8692 4660 Admissions criteria: see school’s [email protected] own website Kender Primary School Age range: 3–11 DfE number: 209 3588 Headteacher: Keith Barr Places available 2017-18: 60 www.kender.lewisham.sch.uk Admissions criteria: see policy for Perrymount Primary School #KenderSchool community schools on page 2. Headteacher: Christine Keen Kender Street, New Cross DfE number: 209 2390 www.perrymount.lewisham.sch.uk SE14 5JA Sunderland Road, Forest Hill 020 7639 4654 Marvels Lane Primary School SE23 2PX [email protected] Headteacher: Edward Dove 020 8699 4522 Age range: 3–11 www.marvelslane.lewisham.sch.uk [email protected] Places available 2017-18: 60 Riddons Road, Grove Park Age range: 3–11 Admissions criteria: see policy for SE12 9RA Places available 2017-18: 30 community schools on page 2. 020 8857 3904 Admissions criteria: see policy for DfE number: 209 2349 [email protected] community schools on page 2. Age range: 3–11 DfE number: 209 2871 Kilmorie Primary School Places available 2017-18: 60 Headteacher: Liz Stone Admissions criteria: see policy for Prendergast Primary www.kilmorieschool.co.uk community schools on page 2. School Executive headteacher: Kilmorie Road, Forest Hill DfE number: 209 2403 David Sheppard SE23 2SP Headteacher: Niall Hand 020 8291 1250 Myatt Garden Primary School Head of School: Viv Nicholls [email protected] Headteacher: Sally Williams www.prendergast-ladywell.com Age range: 3–11 www.myattgarden.lewisham.sch.uk Manwood Road, Brockley Places available 2017-18: 90 Rokeby Road, Brockley SE4 1SA Admissions criteria: see policy for SE4 1DF 202 8613 7490 community schools on page 2. 020 8691 0611 Email Address : PriAdmissions@ DfE number: 209 2911 [email protected] prendergast-ladywell.com Age range: 3–11 Age range: 5–16 (Reception, Years 1 Launcelot Primary School Places available 2017-18: 60 and 2 only. Years 7–11 only) Headteacher: Maxine Osbaldeston Admissions criteria: see policy for Places available 2017-18: 60 (secondment) community schools on page 2. Admissions criteria: see policy for www.launcelot.lewisham.sch.uk DfE number: 209 2869 community schools on page 2. Launcelot Road, Downham DfE number: 209 4323 BR1 5EA

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Prendergast Vale College Age range: 3–11 St James Hatcham CE Primary Executive headteacher: Places available 2017-18: 90 School David Sheppard (including admission to the Centre Headteacher: Sonia McFarlane Headteacher: Duncan Kamya for the Deaf) www.st-jameshatcham.lewisham.sch. www.prendergastvale.com Admissions criteria: see policy for uk Elmira Street, Lewisham SE13 7BN community schools on page 2. St James’s, New Cross 020 8297 3540 DfE number: 209 2529 SE14 6AD [email protected] 020 8692 4937 Age range: 3–16 St Augustine’s Catholic Primary [email protected]. Places available 2017-18: 30 School sch.uk Admissions criteria: see school’s Headteacher: Hilary Jarvis Age range: 3–11 own website. www.staugustines.lewisham.sch.uk Places available 2017-18: 30 DfE number: 209 5201 Dunfield Road, Catford Admissions criteria: see school’s SE6 3RD own website. Rangefield Primary School 020 8698 6083 DfE number: 209 3454 Executive headteacher: [email protected] Michelle Fenniche Age range: 3–11 St John Baptist CE Primary Head of school: Meghan Pugh Places available 2017-18: 30 School www.rangefieldprimaryschool.com Admissions criteria: see school’s own Executive headteacher: Glenbow Road, Downham website. John Goodey BR1 4RP DfE number: 209 3416 Head of school: Caroline Phillips 020 8698 3112 www.sjb.lewisham.sch.uk [email protected] St Bartholomew’s CE Primary Beachborough Road, Bromley Age range: 3–11 School BR1 5RL Places available 2017-18: 60 Headteacher: Sara Sanbrook-Davies 020 8698 3059 Admissions criteria: see policy for www.st-bartholomews.lewisham.sch. [email protected] community schools on page 2. uk Age range: 5–11 DfE number: 209 2491 The Peak, Sydenham SE26 4LJ Places available 2017-18: 30 020 8699 8537 Admissions criteria: see school’s Rathfern Primary School [email protected]. own website. Executive Headteacher: uk DfE number: 209 3472 Naheeda Maharasingam Age range: 5–11 Head of School: Julia Lannary Places available 2017-18: 60 St Joseph’s Catholic Primary www.rathfern.lewisham.sch.uk Admissions criteria: see school’s School Rathfern Road, Catford SE6 4NL 020 own website. Headteacher: Patricia Chantrey 8690 3759 DfE number: 209 3420 www.stjps.lewisham.sch.uk [email protected] Crossfield Street, Deptford Age range: 3–11 St George’s CE Primary School SE8 3PH Places available 2017-18: 60 Headteacher: Geraldine Constable 020 8692 4836 Admissions criteria: see policy for www.stgeorges.lewisham.sch.uk [email protected] community schools on page 2. Perry Vale, Forest Hill Age range: 5–11 DfE number: 209 2493 SE23 2NE Places available 2017-18: 30 020 8699 5127 Admissions criteria: see school’s Rushey Green Primary School [email protected] own website. Headteacher: Yana Morris Age range: 3–11 DfE number: 209 3478 www.rusheygreen.lewisham.sch.uk Places available 2017-18: 60 Culverley Road, Catford Admissions criteria: see school’s own SE6 2LA website. 020 8698 5001 DfE number: 209 3325 [email protected]

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St Margaret’s Lee CE Primary St Matthew Academy Places available 2017-18: 30 School Executive Headteacher: Mr S Cefai Admissions criteria: see school’s Headteacher: Ian Wilson Interim Head of Primary: own website. www.stmargaretslee.lewisham.sch.uk Mr N McCann DfE number: 209 3597 Lee Church Street, Lee www.stmatthewacademy.lewisham. SE13 5SG sch.uk St William of York Catholic 020 8852 3151 St Joseph’s Vale, Blackheath Primary School [email protected]. SE3 0XX Headteacher: Sharon Lynch uk 020 8853 6250 www.swoy.lewisham.sch.uk Age range: 3–11 [email protected]. Brockley Park, Forest Hill SE23 1PS Places available 2017-18: 30 sch.uk 020 8690 2842 Admissions criteria: see school’s Age range: 3–16 [email protected] own website. Places available 2017-18: 60 Age range: 3–11 DfE number: 209 3374 Admissions criteria: see school’s Places available 2017-18: 30 own website. Admissions criteria: see school’s St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic DfE number: 209 6907 own website. Primary School DfE number: 209 3650 Headteacher: Sally Saunders St Michael’s CE Primary School http://stmarymagdalenprimary. Headteacher: Riana Gouws St Winifred’s Catholic Primary blogspot.co.uk/ www.stmichaels1871.org.uk School Howson Road, Brockley Champion Road, Sydenham SE26 4HH Headteacher: Margaret Hanrahan SE4 2BB 020 8778 8407 www.swcps.lewisham.sch.uk 020 8692 5055 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]. Age range: 5–11 Effingham Road, Lee SE12 8NS sch.uk Places available 2017-18: 30 020 8852 0187 Age range: 5–11 Admissions criteria: see school’s Age range: 3–11 Places available 2017-18: 30 own website. Places available 2017-18: 60 Admissions criteria: see school’s DfE number: 209 3548 Admissions criteria: see school’s own website. own website. DfE number: 209 3315 St Saviour’s Catholic Primary DfE number: 209 2002 School St Mary’s Lewisham CE Primary Headteacher: Dean Houson Sandhurst Infant School School www.stsaviours.lewisham.sch.uk Headteacher: Rebecca Dove Executive headteacher: John Goodey 10 Bonfield Road, Lewisham (secondment) Head of school: Christine Bernard SE13 6AL www.sandhurst-inf.lewisham.sch.uk www.st-marys.lewisham.sch.uk 020 8852 4283 Minard Road, Catford 329 Lewisham High Street, [email protected] SE6 1NW Lewisham SE13 6NX Age range: 3–11 020 8698 5810 020 8690 2613 Places available 2017-18: 30 [email protected]. [email protected] Admissions criteria: see school’s uk Age range: 3–11 own website. Age range: 3–7 Places available 2017-18: 30 DfE number: 209 3594 Places available 2017-18: 120, Year Admissions criteria: see school’s 1 and 2 90 own website. St Stephen’s CE Primary School Admissions criteria: see policy for DfE number: 209 3518 Headteacher: Frances Holland community schools on page 2. www.ststephensce.co.uk DfE number: 209 2536 Albyn Road, Deptford SE8 4ED 020 8692 1898 [email protected] Age range: 3–11

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Sandhurst Junior School Admissions criteria: see policy for Trinity Lewisham CE School Headteacher: Rebecca Dove community schools on page 2. Headteacher: Darren Janes www.sandhurstjs.lewisham.sch.uk DfE number: 209 2570 www.trinitylewisham.org Minard Road, Catford SE6 1NW Pascoe Road, Lewisham SE13 5HZ 020 8698 1846 Tidemill Academy 020 8852 3191 [email protected] Headteacher: Lorraine Stewart Age range: 5–16 (Reception, Years Age range: 7–11 www.tidemill.net 1, 2 and 3) Places available 2017-18: 90 Giffin Street, Deptford SE8 4RJ Places available 2017-18: 60 (automatic transfer from Sandhurst 020 8692 3470 Admissions criteria: see school’s Infant School for Year 2 children) [email protected] own website. Admissions criteria: see policy for Age range: 3–11 DfE number: 209 4636 community schools on page 2. Places available 2017-18: 60 DfE number: 209 2535 (including admission to the speech, Turnham Foundation Primary language and communication School Sir Francis Drake resource base via Lewisham’s SEN Headteacher: Barbara Aimable Headteacher: Christine Barnes Team) www.turnham.lewisham.sch.uk www.sfdprimary.co.uk Admissions criteria: see school’s Turnham Road, Brockley SE4 2HH Scawen Road, Deptford SE8 5AE own website. 020 7639 0440 020 8692 4321 DfE number: 209 2599 [email protected] [email protected] Age range: 3–11 Age range: 5–11 Torridon Infant School Places available 2017-18: 90 Places available 2017-18: 60 Headteacher: Lisa Pearson Admissions criteria: see school’s Admissions criteria: see policy for www.torridoninfantschool.com own website. community schools on page 2. Torridon Road, Catford SE6 1TG DfE number: 209 5200 DfE number: 209 2818 020 8698 5822 [email protected]. Stillness Infant School sch.uk Headteacher: Annie Grimes Age range: 3–7 www.stillness-inf.lewisham.sch.uk Places available 201718-: 90 Brockley Rise, Forest Hill Admissions criteria: see policy for SE23 1NH community schools on page 2. 020 8690 1208 DfE number: 209 2606 [email protected] Age range: 3–7 Torridon Junior School Places available 2017-18: 90 Executive headteacher: Admissions criteria: see policy for Naheeda Maharasingam community schools on page 2. Head of school: Tara Parkhouse DfE number: 209 2571 www.torridonj.lewisham.sch.uk Hazelbank Road, Catford Stillness Junior School SE6 1TG Headteacher: Mitzi Nichol 020 8697 2762 www.stillnessjs.lewisham.sch.uk [email protected] Brockley Rise, Forest Hill SE23 1NH Age range: 7–11 020 8690 1416 Places available 2017-18 for Years [email protected] 3–5: 90 Year 6 -120 (automatic Age range: 7–11 transfer from Torridon -Infant School Places available 2017-18: years for Year 2 children) 3–6: 90 (automatic transfer from Admissions criteria: see policy for Stillness Infant School for Year 2 community schools on page 2. children) DfE number: 209 2605

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Primary schools in Lewisham

Rotherhithe

Deptford Park Sir Francis Drake

Ilderton Clyde Haberdashers’ Aske’s Nursery Rachel McMillan Pilgrims Hatcham College – Nursery Camelot Way Temple Grove Grinling Gibbons James Wolfe Childeric St Joseph’s RC LONDON Tidemill BOROUGH OF GREENWICH Kender St James Hatcham CE Edmund John Waller Lucas Dunne Vale St Stephen’s CE Hollydale Myatt Haberdashers’ Garden Aske’s Hatcham Ashmead Temple Grove Morden All Saints’ CE Free School Mount St Mary Magdelene

John Ball John Stainer

Brooklands St Matthew Academy Prendergast Vale College

Ivydale Wingfield St Mary St Margaret’s Magdalen RC Lee CE St Saviour’s Turnham RC

Chelwood Nursery Beecroft Trinity Garden Lewisham CE

LONDON Brindishe Gordonbrock Manor BOROUGH OF St Francesca Cabrini H I Brindishe Lee T SOUTHWARK H E St Winifred’s St Mary’s CE R Catholic

Primary School

Heber G R Brindishe E Green Prendergast Holbeach E Primary N Stillness

L AN Goodrich E

Fairlawn St William Of York RC Dalmain Horn Park Horniman Sandhurst Baring Holy Cross RC Rathfern Rushey Green Kilmorie

Eliot Bank St George’s Perrymount CE Torridon

Holy Cooper’s Lane Trinity CE St Bartholomew’s Athelney CE Forster Park Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy – Temple Grove Kelvin Grove Adamsrill

Haseltine Downderry St Michael’s CE Langbourne Elfrida St John Baptist Southend CE Launcelot Marvels Lane

Our Lady and St Augustine’s RC Good St Philip Neri RC Shepherd CE

Rangefield

Castlecombe Primary Burnt Ash LONDON

Alexandra Infants BOROUGH OF BROMLEY

Malcolm Primary

Contact: Admissions and Appeals Team, Third Floor, Laurence House, Catford SE6 4RU. Tel: 020 8314 8282 (lines are open Monday–Friday, 9am–12 noon). Email: [email protected]