• Offers of places are made during the Spring Term before the academic year of entry.
• After an offer has been accepted you will be invited to a meeting to discuss entry procedures.
• If the school is over subscribed priority is given to ‘looked after’ children, children with statements of Special Needs, or special medical, social or educational needs, then to those with brothers or sisters at the school and finally to those who live closest to the school.
• There is a maximum of 30 places available in the Reception Class.

Entry to School
Your child will enter the Reception Class during the academic year in which they reach their fifth birthday.

• If your child is five between the 1st of September and 30th April they will be admitted full time from September.
• If your child is five between lst May and 31st August they will enter school on a part-time basis, mornings only until January when they come full time to school.

Appeals
Parents / carers are reminded that if their child is refused a place, then they are placed on a waiting list and have the right to appeal to the Local Education Authority. The Admissions Section is at: Educational Service, Building 4, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London N11 1NP. (020 8359 7651).

Starting School
We want you and your child to have an informed and easy start to school.

Parents / carers are invited to visit the school on two occasions before the official starting date of the school year.

The first visit consists of an introduction to the Head Teacher, Class Teacher, Nursery Nurse and Welfare Assistant. At this meeting, parents / carers are informed about the school, educational aims, policies, daily timings and routines of school life. Parents / carers are encouraged to ask questions about any matter that concerns them.

The second visit consists of small groups of children (maximum of 6) who spend one afternoon in the Reception Class. The children are encouraged to join in the afternoon’s activities and parents / carers may stay with their child if they so wish. This gives children the opportunity to overcome natural anxieties and look forward to starting school.

Children who are full time begin school for the morning only for the first week. On the second week they stay for the morning and for lunch. On the third week they stay all day. Children whose birthday is after April remain morning only until January.

In September before your child is due to start, we arrange for a home visit where the reception class teacher and the nursery nurse come to your home. This provides the children with more ease by meeting the teachers in a familiar environment before their first day at school. You will be asked to complete an information sheet which will advise us of any pre-school provision your child has attended and specific medical information.

Milk is available at no charge to the under 5's in the Reception Class.

Fruit is also available to all infants at morning break. This is supplied through the National Fruit Scheme for Schools