Applying for a school place for September 2022 at Reception or Junior School
Application deadline 15 January 2022 Foreword
Dear Parents and Carers As a council we are working to give every child in Haringey the best Once you have decided on your preferences, please apply online at possible start in life: having an excellent education is part of that. www.eadmissions.org.uk. We encourage every parent and carer to make Starting school is a momentous time for every child and family. their application online where they can. You can make your application Choosing a school is a big decision and this booklet is designed to help using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. If you don’t have access to any you. of these devices or the internet, you can request a paper application using the information set out in this booklet. Each one of Haringey’s schools is committed to supporting our children and providing top quality education and great opportunities. We are one Please note, you can use a computer and access the internet for free of the top boroughs in the country for Ofsted ratings, meaning you can at any one of Haringey’s nine . Due to Covid-19, be confident of your child enjoying a high standard of education here. library opening times are subject to change and you may need to book To help you, this online booklet gives you all the information you need to in advance for computer internet access. Please visit our libraries page apply for a primary school place in Haringey. We have set out a detailed for more information. profile of each school and a step-by-step guide to the online application The deadline for submitting applications is 15 January 2022. If your process. application is received after this date; it is very unlikely that your child will When you make your application, you will be able to list up to six primary be offered one of your preferences. schools, in order of preference. You might want to visit your preferred We look forward to receiving your application and to welcoming your and local schools before applying, so that you can be sure you are child to school in September 2022. selecting the right preferences for you and for your child. We strongly advise that you do visit the schools you are interested in as this will help Cllr Zina Brabazon Eveleen Riordan you to make an informed choice. Cabinet Member for Early Years, Assistant Director, Children and Families Schools and Learning It is important to remember that expressing a preference is not the same as selecting which school your child will attend – many schools in Haringey receive more applications than there are places available. The admission criteria in this booklet set out how decisions on offers of places will be made where schools are over-subscribed. Contents
Admissions 2022 In-year admissions Deciding on a school Education Welfare Service Myth Busters Free School Meals Applying online Independent (private fee paying) schools Fraudulent applications Local Government Ombudsman The results of your application Ofsted Frequently Asked Questions Data Protection Act Private fostering Schools in other authorities Location of Haringey schools’ Useful contact details Types of schools in Haringey Admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled schools Schools A-Z Don’t be late!
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As your child gets ready for primary school, please note: • Vaccination protects your child from serious diseases. Before starting school, check your child’s vaccination record (red book). They should have received all their childhood vaccines including the 4-in-1 booster and second dose of the MMR vaccine at 3 years 4 months. If they have missed any or you are unsure, speak to your GP or health visitor More information: today. If your child was partially or fully vaccinated in another country, check with your See information on NHS vaccination programme. GP who can advise if this is sufficient for the UK. Vaccination UK provides vaccinations in schools. See • Good and regular handwashing can prevent many illnesses and viruses, which means their website for details. less risk of illnesses and fewer absences from school. Start practicing hand washing now especially after using the toilet and before eating. Information from the NHS on handwashing routine • Make a start on early learning skills by sharing stories. Reading to your child improves See where your closest library is in Haringey to sign their vocabulary and listening skills, and singing and rhymes will help them to learn up for a free library card some important pre-reading skills. Haringey libraries offer a free library card to all residents. Change4Life has great indoor and outdoor activities Children starting school should be spending at least 180 minutes (3 hours) a day doing a to get children moving. variety of physical activities spread throughout the day, including active and outdoor play. The more the better. Children under 5 should not be inactive for long periods, except when Email School Health service whh-tr. they’re asleep. [email protected] or call 0203 074 2600 for support.. School Health/Nursing Service offer guidance and support to you and your child and works across schools. The service provides advice to teachers/school staff, parents, carers and children. Children starting in Reception will be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire so the service can tailor any support needed by the family. Applying for a school place
Admissions 2022 Deciding on a school Myth Busters Applying online Fraudulent applications Frequently Asked Questions The results of your application Applying for a school place
Reception Admissions 2022 If your child was born between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018, you will need to apply for a reception place for September 2022. Even if you want your child to start school later, you must still apply now within the timescales given in this booklet.
There is no automatic progression into Reception class for children currently attending the nursery at a community school. Please apply online for a Reception place. Junior Admissions 2022 If your child was born between You will need to apply for a junior place for 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 September 2022 at: and your child attends: Belmont Infant Belmont Junior
Rokesly Infant Rokesly Junior
St. Francis De Sales Catholic Infant St. Francis De Sales Catholic Junior
St. Peter-in-Chains Catholic Infant St. Gildas’ Catholic Junior
St. Mary’s Catholic Infant St. Mary’s Catholic Junior
South Harringay Infant South Harringay Junior
St Paul’s and All Hallows Infant St Paul’s and All Hallows Junior
Campsbourne Infant Campsbourne Junior
Bounds Green Infant Bounds Green Junior Applying for a school place
SEN Reception Application Flowchart SEND Admissions 2022 Haringey provides a range of Is your child undergoing assessment Please apply for a mainstream school listed in this specialist facilities and support NO services for children with special for an EHCP? booklet. educational needs. The special If you would like to apply for a special school, you are educational needs of most children encouraged to seek advice from the SENCO at your are met in mainstream schools where YES child’s nursery or a health or education professional additional help is available. In certain that that has seen or worked with your child. cases a special school or unit may be appropriate. Have you spoken to the SENCO at The flowchart here is the process your child’s nursery, or any other NO Please discuss your child’s application with them for applying for a place at a special education or health professional that school. has seen or worked with your child? Information about provision for The decision to offer a place at a Special School rests solely with the children with Special Educational Haringey SEN team. If you would like more information about this Needs is available from the SEN YES process or any of the information events that are held for children team. undergoing an assessment for an EHCP or otherwise, please contact Tel: 020 8489 1913 the SEN team at [email protected].
Email: [email protected] You can apply for a mainstream school If your child has not been issued with an EHCP before national offer day on 19 April 2022 and you are seeking a place at a mainstream or special listed in this booklet and/or one of the school then you may not be offered your preference. Haringey Special Schools: The Brook Special School, A place at a maintained school may be offered to you in accordance with Mulberry Resource Base, the admissions criteria set out in this booklet and not the named school Vale Special School, or on a final plan. Blanche Nevile School Applying for a school place
Key dates for Reception and Junior Admissions Date What will happen?
1 September 2021 Applications open
15 January 2022 Application deadline
Offer day/online outcome Online applicants will receive notification of their 19 April 2022 offer in an email Paper applicants will be sent an offer letter
Acceptance deadline - online applicants should 3 May 2022 accept their offer online
20 May 2022 Appeal deadline Applying for a school place
Deciding on which school place you would like to apply for
1. Consider how likely it is that your child will be offered a place at your If you live outside Haringey and you would like to find out your home to preferred school. school distance measurement for a Haringey school then please email your distance request to [email protected]. Read the admissions criteria for each school and look to see which criteria apply to your child. See the for Haringey community See how the was applied last year, including the schools. distance of the last child offered a place at a particular Haringey school. 2. Look to see how many places each school has available. This is called Please remember that although this information can be used to give you an idea the Published Admission Number or (PAN). of how likely it is that you will be offered a place at your preferred school, the ‘last distance’ will change every year. We can never guarantee any child will be offered The admission number for each school is listed under each school’s entry in a place at any school. 4. Visit schools. 3. Please use Haringey’s online Distance Calculator to find your home to school distance measurement. Please contact each school directly to arrange a visit. If you are a Haringey resident then you can use the online tool to find out 5. Read Ofsted reports. your home to school distance. Please note that this tool will only work for You can view reports at www.ofsted.gov.uk Haringey schools. 6. Consider how your child will travel to school If you are applying to schools outside Haringey you will need to contact the borough where the school is located for your home to school distance Safe travel should be considered. Parents are encouraged to practice the route measurement. to school before the start of term.
Do: Talk to your child about the decision Don’t: Let others influence your decision – the right school for your friend’s child may not be the right school for your child. Applying for a school place Myth busters
Myth: Listing one school will Myth: I live nearer to the school than the last child offered under Myth: My child will automatically mean that you will have to offer the distance criterion last year so go into Reception because they me that school. If you list only one school and I’m guaranteed a place. attend the nursery. your child cannot be offered a place under the school’s Although the information listed in the There is no automatic admission arrangements, we table can give you an progression into Reception will offer the nearest school idea of how likely it is that you will be offered a class for children currently to your home address with a place at your preferred school, the ‘last distance’ attending the nursery at a vacancy. will change every year. school. Please apply online for a Reception place. We cannot guarantee any child will be offered a place at any school.
Myth: It does not matter if my Myth: My child has a right to be form is late. given one of our school choices. If you apply after 15 The schools you list on your January 2022, we will look application form are not choices but at your application after all preferences. Each school preference those that applied on time will be processed in accordance with and it is very unlikely that the school’s admission arrangements you will be offered one of and the highest possible preference your preferred schools. will be offered. When we are unable to offer any school listed on your application, we will allocate the nearest school to your home address with an available place. Applying for a school place Myth: Listing the same school six times will improve my chances of being offered a school. Your child can only be Myth: I have another child already considered once for a Myth: Children in my road go to at the school so I do not need to school and any duplicated the school so my child will too. apply. preferences will be deleted. Even if you have another child at the The number of pupils offered under each school, without an application you criterion at each school can change every year will not be considered. We consider so just because you know pupils living near you there is no link between the nursery that go to a certain school, it does not mean and the main school. Children with that your child will be offered a place there. a sibling in the nursery will not be considered under the sibling criterion for community schools. Also, some schools do not have a Myth: If I apply to a school in sibling criteria. Please look at the another borough, their residents admissions criterion for the school will have priority over me. you are applying for. An admissions authority cannot give priority to its own residents and published admissions criteria cannot include the borough of residence. Haringey cannot and does not discriminate between applicants who live in the borough and those who do not.
Myth: I can only apply for Haringey schools. You can apply for both Haringey and out of borough schools by naming them on the Haringey application form. Applying for a school place
Key information to consider
• Please read the oversubscription criteria of all the schools you • Please list the schools in the order you most prefer them. are applying for, found in the . • Please do not list any private fee-paying schools on the form. • We recommend that you list six schools on your application • You must check if any of the schools you are applying for require form. This will maximise the possibility of your child being a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be completed. We offered a school you would like them to go to. have clearly shown in the of this booklet • The schools can be in Haringey or elsewhere. which Haringey schools have a SIF. You will need to ask the school for the SIF.
Before you make your application
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• Apply online from 1 September 2021 at www.eadmissions.org.uk
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Fraudulent Applications Haringey Council takes any attempt to obtain If it is different from the address on the If we find that a place has been obtained using a school place through fraudulent means very application form, we will check whether the fraudulent information, there will be no sibling seriously. We reserve the right to undertake previous address was a temporary address, used connection available to subsequent children from checks to verify any information provided on your for the purposes described above. that family. We may also withdraw the place even application form. If we find out that a school place after your child has started school. If you suspect someone intends to use, or has was obtained using a false or misleading address, used, a false address to obtain a school place, More information on how and the reasons we will withdraw the offer and give it to the child please complete the fraudulent address why we investigate suspicious applications is who was entitled to the place. referral e-form on the Haringey website. available online in our address of convenience We consider that every school place obtained protocol at www.haringey.gov.uk/fraudulent- Alternatively you may wish to email fraudcall@ by deception is unfair, as other children are being applications haringey.gov.uk in confidence. You may also wish deliberately denied their legitimate claim to take to write to [email protected] up that place. Rigorous checks will be carried out to ensure that applications are not fraudulent. All cases will be investigated. We carry out random checks on a number of applications and we reserve the right to carry out home visits to the address used on an application form. We will also ask the new school to check the child’s home address at the time of admission. Applying for a school place
What happens if my application is being investigated? If you receive an Address of Convenience form asking you to complete the relevant sections and to provide supporting documentation please do not be alarmed and read all the information enclosed carefully. You must ensure that you provide all the required evidence you wish to submit in support of your application as this evidence will be crucial in deciding which address we will use for the purpose of your school application. Your evidence will only be considered once before National Offer Day and any further evidence will not be looked at until after national offer day.
First panel meeting – January 2022 All the relevant evidence you submit will be considered by the relevant admission authority in January 2022.
Second panel meeting – April 2022 Any new applications under investigation or further evidence not considered because it was supplied after the January deadline will be looked at in April 2022. The decision made by the relevant admission authority on which address to use for the purpose of your school application will be final.
Withdrawing places even after your child has started school
Your school and Haringey will revisit all cases investigated to ensure that your child is still living at the address supplied on your application. We reserve the right to withdraw your child’s school place even after your child has started school. Applying for a school place
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a ‘main residence’? Do you accept a temporary address? week with each parent, the exact arrangements must be made clear in a letter with a copy of any The address you provide must be your child’s only or We will not accept a temporary address if you still custody or residency order submitted with the main residence on the closing date of the application. possess a property that was previously used as application. It is the parent’s responsibility to agree The only or main residence is considered to be the a home address, nor will we accept a temporary between themselves and make clear which address place where the child sleeps and spend most of address if it is used solely or mainly to obtain a will be used and to provide supporting evidence in their time, from Monday to Friday. Parents are not school place. If you own a property but are living at respect of that address. Your application for a school permitted to use a temporary address to secure a and apply from a different address, the council will place can only be processed from one address. The school place for their child. A business address, a consider that the second address is temporary and final decision about which address is to be used childminder’s address or any address including a that the property you own is where the child normally for admission purposes rests with the Haringey family member’s address other than the child’s only lives. Where the owned property is being renovated, admission authority. or main residence will not be accepted. Proofs of this will still be considered the child’s only or main address will be sought in all cases and if there is any residence. What if I change my address after doubt about the validity of the address given the application will be the subject of further investigation. Evidence will otherwise be required that the property applying? has been disposed of. If a family own more than one We can only accept changes of address once they Please provide the following evidence: property, the council will request further evidence have taken place. We will not be able to process to demonstrate where the family normally live to your application from an intended address. Notice • Council tax reference number (as shown on your determine the address we will use for the child’s of an actual change of address must be provided to annual bill or direct debit statement), and/or application. tenancy agreement. the Haringey Admissions team in writing with the appropriate evidence. • A copy of your gas or electricity bill dated within What if my child lives at two addresses? three months of 15 January 2022 If parents are separated, the application should be We will use council records to verify addresses. made by the parent the child normally lives with. Where a child spends equal time during the school Applying for a school place
If you move address, please let us know immediately Please indicate on your application form if your child is reason? and provide the evidence set out above. If you do looked after or previously looked after. Where a child not tell us about a move, or about a declared house is in care we will need a letter from your child’s social All schools in Haringey have experience in dealing with move that has failed to take place, we may withdraw worker or Local Authority to confirm this. children with diverse social and medical needs. your application or any offer of a school place we have However, there may be exceptional cases where there made. Where a child is previously looked after we will need a copy of the adoption, child arrangements or special are compelling reasons why a child needs to attend All changes of address will be thoroughly investigated guardianship order and documents or a letter showing one specific school. and for a change of address to be taken into account your child was previously in care. For your application to be considered under the social for your admission application, you must have taken medical criterion you must provide written evidence up residence before 11 February 2022. If we receive The definition of previously looked after children includes children who appear to have been in state from a doctor, social worker or other independent the required proof of address on or before the 11 professional. In each case, the connection between February 2022 then we will be able to use your new care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Documentary evidence your child’s need and the specific school must be address to measure your home to school distances. If made and you must clearly demonstrate why this one we receive the information after the 11 February 2022 of adoption and that your child was previously looked after will be required in line with the information set specific school can meet your child’s needs in a way we will not be able to update your home to school that no other school can. distances until after 19 April 2022 (national offer day). out in the DfE guidance For your application to be considered under the looked Evidence relating to the social or medical What if my child is a Looked After or after or previously looked after criterion please make circumstances of the parent or other family member previously Looked After child? sure you provide all the evidence outlined above. If can be considered, but only if this impacts on the child and their need to attend one specific school. Please let us know if your child is in care to a Local you do not provide this information your application Authority or previously looked after. Previously looked may not be considered under this criterion. It is your Please ensure that you submit all relevant information, after children are children who were looked after, responsibility to provide all the relevant evidence and including professional evidence with your application but ceased to be so because they were adopted or to arrange for a letter to sent to us from the social for a school place. A panel of officers will determine became subject to a child arrangements order or worker, adoption agency or other organization that whether the evidence provided is sufficiently special guardianship order. has been involved with your child. compelling to meet the above requirements. You will What is an exceptional social/medical be notified of the panel’s decision in writing and the letter will indicate what criterion we will use to process Applying for a school place
your application. school nursery. Full details on the sibling criterion for If you are a Haringey resident then you can use the other types of schools can be found under each of the Haringey online distance measurement tool to find Please provide evidence by the application deadline of out your home to school distance. 15 January 2022. Any evidence submitted following individual schools on the application deadline will not be considered until For your application to be considered under the sibling This tool only works if you would like your home to after 19 April 2022. criterion please make sure you include the details of school distance measurement for a Haringey school. Priority under this criterion can only be given for one any brothers or sisters who are already attending the If you are a non-Haringey resident please email your specific school but we still recommend that you do list school. If you don’t tell us you may lose out on the distance request to schooladmissionscs@haringey. 6 schools on your application form to maximize your sibling connection. gov.uk. chances of securing one of your preferences. We may What is a ‘distance criterion’? have to share the information you have provided with If you are applying for a school outside Haringey, please contact the borough where the school the offered school. The vast majority of school places in Haringey are is located for your home to school distance offered under the distance criterion. Haringey measurement. Contact details for our neighbouring What is defined as a ‘sibling’? measures distance in a straight line from the boroughs can be found on . If your child has a brother or sister already attending any Ordnance Survey address point of the child’s home address to the Ordnance Survey address point of the of the schools you must tell us this in your application We do not provide measurements to an intended school, calculated using a computerised mapping and give the relevant details. In Haringey a sibling is or temporary address; please provide your child’s system. Where applicants have identical distance defined as a full brother or sister, a step/half brother or only or main address when making your request. sister, a foster brother or sister or an adopted brother measurements, priority will be determined at random or sister living at the same address as the child for using the Haringey computerised mapping system. See how the was applied whom the application is being made. The term does not There are a number of websites that calculate last year, including the distance of the last child include cousins or any other family member. distances to and from different addresses. The offered a place at a particular Haringey school. This information can be used to give you an idea of how For community schools, priority under the sibling measurements on these websites can only serve as a guide and will provide approximate distances. likely it is that your child will be offered a place at your criterion will only be given to children with a sibling preferred school. The furthest distance changes every attending the school or linked infant/junior school and Haringey does not use these websites to calculate year and we can never guarantee that any child will be who will still be attending on the date of admission. It distances in relation to offering school places. offered a place at any school. does not apply to children with a sibling attending the Applying for a school place
Start your home to school distance measurement local authority for that address for more information. If automatic right of entry to the UK who are able to provide here: www.haringey.gov.uk/distance you do not have a UK property, you should contact the evidence of their relocation may apply for a school place local authority where your preferred school is located ahead of a move. An application can be made as soon as What if I have twins or triplets (multiple for more information. confirmation of the relocation is available. birth children)? You must apply by the deadline and provide For Armed Forces applications we will use the unit Parents with multiple birth children must complete information about where you are currently living posting address when considering the application. For a separate application form for each child. If only outside the UK and when you intend to return/arrive. Crown Servants a UK address can only be used if there one place is available at a community school and the You may be asked for evidence of your intention to is evidence of the address the child is returning to. child who qualifies for that place is one of multiple return to/enter the UK. There is no guarantee that a place will be available at a birth, we will ask the school to go over their published preferred school; each application will be considered in admission number. If this happens at an academy, We will consider the application based on your child’s accordance with the school’s admissions criteria. foundation or free school the council will ask the address overseas and any subsequent change will be governing body of the school if an additional place considered in line with our change of address policy. What if I make more than one application? can be offered, but the decision will rest with the For more information on our change of address policy, Parents can only submit one application. If two or more governing body. see our . applications are submitted, we will process the latest A United Kingdom address will only be used once your The multiple birth rule does not apply to siblings that dated application and any earlier ones will be disregarded. child is residing at that address, and evidence will be fall under different criteria, unless they are the next required of this. child to be offered and the school is not already over What if I submit my application late? their Published Admission Number. For example, if We will not accept an intended UK address, even if you Applications received after 15 January 2022 will be only one twin has an EHCP naming a school, there is own the property. classed as late. Late applications will be considered after no automatic right for the child without an EHCP to all the other applications that were received on time. attend the same school unless they are at the top It is your responsibility to notify Haringey once your of the waiting list, and the school is not over their child is in the UK. If there are exceptional circumstances why your Published Admission Number. application was received after the deadline, please Can I apply as a Member of the Armed provide independent written evidence by 11 February Can I apply if my child lives overseas? Forces and Crown Servants? 2022 (from someone who is impartial) explaining why the application was late. This information will be If you have a property in the UK you should contact the Members of the Armed Forces and Crown Servants with considered by a panel and we will let you know if your Applying for a school place
application will be processed as late or ‘on time’. • Our computer system works out who can be offered a place at Haringey community schools. See Late applicants are very unlikely to be offered one of their preferred schools. for Haringey community Summary of application process schools. Application received Can I change my preference before the • The governors of academies, voluntary aided and application deadline? free schools apply their criteria to all their applicants and let us know who should be offered a place. If you have applied online you can make changes Criteria applied to each preference up until the closing date by returning to the online • Other boroughs apply their criteria and let us know e-admissions website and editing your application. which Haringey residents can be offered places at their schools. If you send in a paper application before 15 January 2022 Places are offered up to the Admissions and then decide to make changes, you can still do this as Each school has a set number of places that can be Number at each school long as we receive written requests by 15 January 2022. offered (the pulished admission number) and places are offered until the school is full or there are no more Changes requested over the telephone will not be applicants for that school. accepted. Preferences cannot be changed after 15 January 2022 unless you move to a new permanent If a child can be offered more than one place then the Highest possible preference address You will need to notify us and provide the highest possible preference will be offered. offered to each child relevant proofs of address by 11 February 2022. Places are offered in accordance with the schools’ admissions criteria and your child may qualify for more How will you process my application? than one school (see table A on the next page).Please Each school you list is considered at exactly the same therefore list your schools in the order you prefer time. This includes schools in Haringey and schools them. This is very important because only one offer located in other boroughs. will be made and this will be for the highest preference school for which your child has qualified under the The published admissions criteria (also called admission criteria. admission rules or admission arrangements) will be applied to every school you list. Applying for a school place
What happens if my child is not offered one of my preferred schools? Sometimes we cannot offer any school listed because in every case other applicants met the admissions criteria better than they did. For example, other applicants lived closer to the school. If this happens we will offer a place at the nearest school with an available place. With the governors’ agreement, it may be possible to allocate places at academies, voluntary aided and free schools, if there are any available.
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List Does my child Which school Preference qualify for this preferences school? is offered 1 School A 2 School B 3 School C 4 School D 5 School E 6 School F The place at school D would be offered to the next child who best meets the admissions criteria. Applying for a school place
Can my child start later in the school year? circumstances of the case and in the best interests of email your request with the words ‘summer born’ in the the child concerned. subject line to [email protected] Deferred entry - before compulsory school age This will include taking account of the child’s individual Your application will be processed and and a school Children will normally be admitted to the reception year in needs and abilities and to consider whether these can place will be offered in your child’s actual year group. the September following their fourth birthday. In line with best be met in reception or year one. It will also involve the School Admissions Code (2021), parents can defer taking account of Next steps their child’s entry to the reception year until later in the Please accept the school your child has been offered school year, where they have been offered a place at a • Parents’ views on the 19 April and contact the headteacher of the school to start before they are of compulsory school age. • Information about the child’s academic, social and school concerned to discuss all your options. If after this emotional development Where entry is deferred, the school will hold the place for you still feel it is in the best interest of your child to start that child and not offer it to another child. However, entry • The child’s medical history, where relevant, and the Reception a year later then please confirm this in an email cannot be deferred beyond the point the child reaches views of a medical professional to us. compulsory school age nor beyond the beginning of the • whether they have previously been educated out For Community and Voluntary Controlled (VC) schools, final term of the Reception Year. of their normal age group a panel of officers will meet to consider all summer born whether they may naturally have fallen into a lower age Parents can also request that their child attends part- • requests and will inform you of the outcome as soon as group if it were not for being born prematurely, and time until he/she reaches compulsory school age. possible. • the potential impact on the child of being admitted Summer born (delayed entry) - Children educated to year one without firsty having completed the Similarly, if you would like to request deferred entry for outside their chronological age group reception year. an own admission authority school (Voluntary Aided, Foundation, Free School or Academy) you will be Paragraph 2.17 of the School Admissions Code (2021) The views of the head teacher will be an important expected to contact these schools direct for the next states that the parents of a summer born child may part of this consideration. steps. If you are unsure about the type of school you are choose not to send their child to school until the September following their fifth birthday and may request What do you need to do? applying for, please see . For these that they are admitted out of their normal age group – to If your child attends a nursery then it is recommended schools, a panel of Governors will be responsible for Reception rather than Year 1. you speak with the early year’s coordinator at your considering your request after national offer day (see child’s nursery. below paragraph for further information). Haringey Council, as the admission authority for Haringey community and voluntary controlled (VC) schools will Parents should then complete an application for The relevant panel will take into account the views of the consider all requests for a child to be educated out of their child’s actual year group and write to the School headteacher. It would be helpful if you could please set year group and will make a decision on the basis of the Admissions Service with their request. In all cases, please out in your email if you have liaised with staff at the school Applying for a school place
and whether they are supportive of your request. Your place can later be withdrawn if your request is approved by the panel. Parents who are granted their request will be asked to make a fresh application from September 2022, which will be considered in accordance with the school’s oversubscription criteria. There is no guarantee that your child will then be offered the same school which they were offered previously, so please think carefully before giving up your place for September 2022. Academies, free schools, foundation and voluntary aided schools The local authority is the admission authority for Haringey community and St Aidan’s voluntary controlled schools only. If you have been offered a place at an academy, free school, foundation, or voluntary aided school then please contact the school directly for the next steps. The governors of these schools are responsible for considering requests for children to start Reception outside their normal age group. Right of appeal Parents have a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place at a school for which they have applied. This right does not apply if they are offered a place at the school but it is not in their preferred age group. Applying for a school place
The results of your application Online applicants will NOT receive an offer letter on 19 April. You will receive an email notification and you will be directed to our website to view your letter. Waiting list information and the information on your right of appeal will be included in this letter.
Date What will happen?
Online applicants will receive notification of 19 April 2022 their offer in an email Paper applicants will be sent an offer letter Acceptance Deadline - Online applicants 3 May 2022 should accept their offer online Accepting the offer Please accept your offer online by 3 May 2022. If you do not accept your offer, you will be asked what arrangements you are making for your child’s education. Please email schooladmissions@haringey. gov.uk with any further questions regarding your offer. Please remember that the offer you will receive will be: 1. The highest preference school your child qualified for (offer letter) 2. The nearest school with an available place (allocation letter) Accepting the offer will not influence your waiting list position or appeal outcome. Please note we will not give out any offer information over the phone. You must contact your home Local Authority to accept or refuse a school place. Please do not only respond directly to schools. Applying for a school place
Waiting lists Waiting lists If we cannot offer you your first preference school, your child’s name will automatically be added to the waiting list for any schools on your form listed higher than the school you have been offered. Waiting lists are ordered strictly in accordance with the school’s admissions criteria. Waiting list positions can change at any time depending on other applicants’ circumstances and it is important to note that your child’s position may go down as well as up if other applicants join the waiting list. Being on a waiting list does not guarantee a place at the school. Waiting lists are renewed each academic year and we will write to you to ask you to complete a new application if you would still like your child to be considered for a higher preference school. If you would like your child to remain on the waiting list for any outborough schools, please contact the borough the school is located in for more information. Applying for a school place School admission appeals
Please be aware that if one of these schools is a voluntary aided school, an School admission appeals academy or a free school you have to appeal to the school directly as they are If your child is not offered a place at one of the schools you listed on your form you responsible for organising their own appeals. can appeal against this decision to an independent appeal panel. You will be given When you indicate your wish to appeal for a Reception or Junior place you will be details of how to make an appeal in our offer letter. The deadline to appeal is 20 May contacted by the Appeals Administrator 10 days before the hearing to confirm the 2022. date. Futher details of the appeals timetable will be published on our website by 28 Appeals are heard by an independent appeal panel of three members of the public. You February 2022. can only make one appeal for each school listed on your form. If you did not get a place at You are able to submit additional evidence or documentation that might be more then one school you listed on your application you can make a separate appeal for relevant to your appeal. Please submit any evidence as soon as possible and each school. before the hearing. This is so that all the other participants have time to read your Please note: By law children cannot be taught in classes of more than 30 in Key Stage information. Where possible, appeals for late applications will be included with 1 (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2). Where a child has been refused admission to a school those being heard for the same admissions round. However, if this is not possible, because the class has reached its limit of 30, an appeal panel can only offer a place to a appeals for late applications will be heard during the 2022 autumn term. child where: • It finds that the admission of additional children would not breach the infant class size limit; or • It finds that the admissions arrangements did not comply with admissions law or were not correctly and impartially applied and the child would have been offered a place if the arrangements had complied or had been correctly and impartially applied; or • It decides that the decision to refuse admission was not one which a reasonable admission authority would have made in the circumstances of the case. Applying for a school place
Appeals for admission to reception classes in 2019 – 2021
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Name of School Lodged Heard Upheld Lodged Heard Upheld Lodged Heard Upheld Alexandra Primary School 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belmont Infant School 3 2 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 Bounds Green Infant School 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Campsbourne Infant School 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Chestnuts Primary School 3 3 0 2 2 1 4 4 0 Coldfall Primary School 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 Coleridge Primary School 0 0 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 Crowland Primary School 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park Contact school directly for appeal figures 1 1 0 Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park Contact school directly for appeal figures 4 4 0 3 1 0 Highgate Primary School 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lancasterian Primary School 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lea Valley Primary School 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mulberry Primary School 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Applying for a school place
Appeals for admission to reception classes in 2019 – 2021
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Name of School Lodged Heard Upheld Lodged Heard Upheld Lodged Heard Upheld Muswell Hill Primary School 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 North Harringay Primary School 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Our Lady of Muswell Catholic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Primary School Rhodes Avenue Primary School 3 2 0 7 3 0 3 3 0 Risley Avenue Primary School 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rokesly Infant School 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 South Harringay Infant School 3 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 St Aidan's VC Primary School 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St Mary's CE Primary School Contact school directly for appeal figures 2 1 0 0 0 0 Stroud Green Primary School 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tetherdown Primary School 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 The Willow Primary School 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 Trinity Primary Academy 3 2 1 4 3 3 2 1 0 Welbourne Primary School 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 Total 27 16 2 61 34 5 26 16 0 Haringey Schools
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