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starting school
in Lewisham 2010–11
information for parents of children starting primary school between September 2010 and July 2011
Primary schools in Lewisham
 please see page 14 for advice on completing the common application form 3

Contents

Introduction
Foreword 4
Important dates 5
Applying for a community nursery school place 6–7
Nursery schools and nursery classes – your questions answered 9
Applying for a reception place 10
The age at which children start primary school 10
Community, Foundation and Voluntary schools and Academies 10
The Primary Coordinated Admissions System 11
Making an application 12–13
Completing the Common Application Form 14–16
Late applications for a reception place 17–18
Reception – your questions answered 19–20
Appeals procedure 21
Applying for a place for a child already of statutory school age 22
Applications to Lewisham’s Community schools: admissions criteria 23
Information on oversubscription to Lewisham’s Community primary schools 24
Last year’s application and appeal rates 25–26

Schools in Lewisham
Schools in Lewisham (list) 28–33
Nursery and Early Childhood Centres in Lewisham 34
Voluntary Aided, Turnham Foundation and Academy primary schools 35
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland 69
Membership of Ecumenical Bodies 69

Further information
Extended Services in Lewisham schools 71
Payment of travelling expenses 71
School meals, milk and clothing 71
Lewisham’s Attendance and Welfare Service 72
Special educational needs 73
Kaleidoscope 74
The School Health Service 74
Medical programme 75
Inclusion service 75
New Woodlands School 75
Out of school childcare 75
Equal opportunities 76
Complaints 76
Useful contacts 77
Term dates for the academic year 2010/11 78
4 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11
Foreword
Dear Parent/Carer
If your child is due to start at a Lewisham
primary school between September 2010
and July 2011, then this booklet has been
written for you.
We are proud of our vibrant, exciting and innovative
schools in Lewisham and you can be assured that your
children will flourish and be successful, whichever
school they attend. Starting school is a very important
milestone in every child’s life. As a parent or carer, you
will be anxious to make the right decision about which
primary school you want your child to attend.
I know that you will be able to find a primary school
in Lewisham which will meet your child’s needs. All
Lewisham primary schools have high expectations of
their children. Our schools want all of our children to
Frankie Sulke
Executive Director
Children and Young People
achieve highly; to enjoy school; to develop as fully
rounded individuals who have high aspirations and
strong self-esteem; and who are motivated to learn and
succeed. Lewisham primary schools are committed to
working closely with parents and carers. Headteachers
and teachers will be happy to talk with you about
your child and how their school can offer the highest
standard of education.
Once your child starts school, I urge you to talk
to your child’s teacher or headteacher about the
best way in which you can be involved fully in the
education of your child. I do hope that you find
this booklet helpful as you decide on your four
preferences. I wish you and your child well as you
both enter into this new important phase of his or
her life.
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Important dates

Applications to reception class 2010/11

Introduction
Parents complete Common Application Form Mon 2 November 2009 – Fri 29 January 2010
Closing date for receipt of Common Application Form or Fri 29 January 2010
online application at www.eadmissions.org.uk
School supplementary information form (if required) to be Fri 29 January 2010
returned direct to the faith school
Lewisham writes to all applicants to confirm schools Mon 22 February 2010
applied for
Last date for accepting applications from those who have Mon 22 February 2010
moved into the area since 29 January 2010
Results of applications posted by first class mail to Tues 20 April 2010
parents and carers
Results available to those who made an online application Wed 21 April 2010
Parents must return acceptance slip for the place offered Wed 5 May 2010
to the primary school

Appeals
Closing date for lodging Lewisham Community Fri 28 May 2010
school appeals
Appeal hearings for unsuccessful applicants June–July 2010
6 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11
Applying for a community
nursery school place
Attendance at nursery school or nursery class gives
children a valuable introduction to school, helping them
to develop positive attitudes to learning and to mix
easily with other children.
From September 2010, every local authority must
offer 15 hours of free early education to all 3 and 4
year olds over a minimum of 38 weeks. The offer will
be made available flexibly, to meet parental demand
over a minimum of three days. This provision will be
available in nursery classes in schools and in private,
voluntary and independent nurseries. If parents want
full-time provision they will be able to pay for the
additional hours. For more information, please call the
childrens centres team on 0208 314 3686.
There are two nursery schools in Lewisham and
most primary schools have a nursery class attached.
To register your child for a place at a nursery school
or nursery class you should complete and sign an
application form issued by the nursery. You should do
this when your child reaches the age of two. The length
of time a child’s name is on the application list does
not give the child priority over later applicants. If more
parents want nursery places for their children than it is
possible to provide at any particular school, the head
teacher (in conjunction with the Executive Director
for Children and Young People, if necessary) will make
decisions and give priority in the following order to:
1. Children in Public Care (also called ‘looked after’).
Details confirming the child’s status must be supplied
by the allocated social worker. A looked after child
is a child who is in care to a local authority or who is
provided with accommodation by that authority.
2. In exceptional circumstances there is discretion
to admit children on the grounds of their or their
family’s acute medical or social need for that
particular nursery school and who would not
otherwise qualify for admission. The application will
need to be supported by a letter from a hospital
consultant, social worker or similar professional,
setting out the reasons why the nursery school is
the only one able to meet the child’s needs, before
an admission decision is made. The admission
decision will be made by the Head teacher, who
may consult with the Executive Director for Children
and Young People, and supporting evidence must
be provided with the application. In exercising
their judgement on the medical and social needs
of individual children, Head teachers will take
into account each child’s particular stage of
development.
3. A
 pplicants whose brother or sister (i.e. a ‘sibling’) is
on the roll of the main school when the application
is made and is expected to be on the roll of the
school, or of the junior school in the case of
separate infant and junior schools, at the intended
date of admission. If the school is oversubscribed
entirely with siblings, priority will be given to those
i) with exceptional social and medical need, and
ii) living closest to the school
Children applying for a place at Clyde or Chelwood
nurseries will only qualify for a place under the sibling
criteria if their older sibling is on the roll of the nursery
when the application is made and is expected to be on
the roll of the nursery at the intended date of admission.
Siblings include all blood or adoptive siblings, half
siblings, foster siblings of looked after children and
step-siblings. Siblings must all be living at the same
address as the child. Proof of the sibling relationship
may be required.
4. C
 hildren who live closest to the nursery school. All
distances will be measured in a straight line, using
digitised mapping software or Ordnance Survey
maps of the area, from the home to the nearest gate
nominated by the school. If more than one applicant
lives in a multi-occupancy building (eg flats), priority

will be given to the applicant whose door number is
the lowest numerically and/or alphabetically. Proof
of permanent home address will be required and will
include current council tax statements, utility bills,
residence orders or other court orders.
If a false address has been given and an offer made
on the basis of that information, the offer of a place
may be withdrawn.
Lewisham is aware that some parents rent a property
close to a popular school to increase the likelihood
of their child gaining admission. To establish an
applicant’s permanent rather than temporary home
address the following is required;
1. closing accounts for the original property
2. official confirmation of the end of tenancy or
house sale for the original property
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a) tenancy agreement via a commercial letting
agency for a period of 12 months or more. The
period of the tenancy must extend beyond the
start of the academic year in which the child is due
to be admitted or b) solicitor’s confirmation of the
completion of the purchase of the new property.
In establishing the permanent home address,
Lewisham may also check records held within the
Council as well as other external agencies.
Shared care arrangements: Lewisham is aware that
some parents living apart share the care of their child.
Lewisham will normally accept that the child lives
with the parent who has parental responsibility and
who is in receipt of child benefit and child tax credit.
Documentary evidence may be required. Further
advice is available from the Admissions Team.
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Other arrangements Other aspects of the policy

Head teachers have discretion over the balance of A place in a nursery class does not give a child a
three and four year olds in their nurseries, and the greater claim than any other applicant for a place
ratio of part-time and full-time places offered. in the reception class at that school. A separate
application must be made for a place in the reception
Priority will be given to Lewisham residents.
class at the school. You can also apply to schools and
An existing childminder’s address, instead of the home classes in other boroughs, but you should bear in
address, may only be used to determine ‘nearness’ mind that most of these will give priority to residents
if the child has a medical or social need for that in their own area. Lewisham does not pay for children
particular school. The child’s home address must also who live in Lewisham to attend nursery classes in other
be in Lewisham. boroughs. Families who arrive in the area after the
normal time of admission should apply through the
A period of three terms is regarded as the minimum
Family Information Service, which will have details of
time that children should spend in a nursery school or
current vacancies in each nursery.
nursery class. The maximum is five terms. No child will
be admitted to a nursery class or nursery school before
their third birthday. Parents who have been offered
a part-time nursery or early reception place at more
than one school may only take up one place. Decisions
will be made separately for both the September and
January intakes.
Waiting lists will be held in the same order as
determined by the admissions criteria. Applications to
nursery schools or classes are not dealt with through
a co-ordinated scheme and there is no set closing
or decision date. Applications are made direct to the
nursery.
Unsuccessful applicants do not have the right of
appeal; however, the child’s name can be placed on
the waiting list. You may wish to find out about what
other early education places are available in the area.
Lewisham’s Family Information Service can provide you
with this information (telephone 0800 085 0606).

Nursery schools and nursery classes
– your questions answered
Q Does admission to nursery guarantee a transfer
to the attached primary school?
A No. Applications to the reception class of the
primary school are considered from all the children
who want places and the decision as to who should
be offered a place is based on the admissions
criteria for primary schools (see page 23).
Q Can I take up a part-time early reception, or
nursery place in the morning at one school and
the afternoon in another nursery class?
A You are only entitled to 12.5* hours of free nursery
provision unless your child attends a school which
has been selected by the authority to offer full time
places and your child has needs which meet the
criteria for such full time places.
* Some providers are moving to 15 hours free
entitlement from September 2009. All providers
should offer 15 hours from September 2010.
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Q If my child is looked after by a relative/friend/
childminder, can I use their address when applying
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for a nursery place?
A Only your permanent home address at which
you are registered for council tax will be taken
into account. An existing registered childminder’s
address instead of the home address may be used
only if the child has a professionally supported
medical or social need for a place and the home
address is in Lewisham.
Q Can I appeal if my child is not given a nursery
place at my preferred school?
A No. Nursery is classed as non-statutory education
and there is no right of appeal.
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Applying for a reception place
The age at which children start
primary school
Legally, children must receive full-time education from
the beginning of the school term following their fifth
birthday. However, Lewisham has a policy of offering a
school place earlier as a ‘rising five’ and has a two stage
entry to reception class.
Children qualify for admission to a reception class on
a full-time basis in September – if they become five
between 1 September and 28 February, and in January
– if they become five between 1 March and 31 August.
St Matthew Academy and Haberdashers’ Aske’s
Hatcham Academy – Temple Grove will admit all
children to the reception class in September. St John
Baptist CE School has an early reception class (see
page 50).
If your child was born between 1 September 2005
and 31 August 2006, you must apply for a place at
a primary school between 2 November 2009 and 29
January 2010. Offers will be posted to all on-time
applicants on 20 April 2010. For those who make an
online application the result can be picked up through
the online system on 21 April 2010.
Community, Foundation and Voluntary
schools and Academies
In Lewisham, primary schools are either Community,
Voluntary Aided, Foundation, or an Academy. All
primary schools are mixed and both boys and girls
attend. Community schools are built, maintained
and staffed by a local authority, the full cost falling
on public funds. The local authority determines the
admission arrangements and decides which applicants
are offered a place in accordance with the published
admissions criteria.
Voluntary schools are built by a voluntary body, usually
a religious or charitable group, but maintained by a
local authority. The governing body determines the
admission arrangements and decides which applicants
are offered a place in accordance with the published
admissions criteria.
Foundation schools and Academies are directly
funded by the Department for Children, Schools and
Families and the governing body determines the
admission arrangements and decides which applicants
are offered a place in accordance with the published
admissions criteria.
Applications for a reception class place in a Lewisham
primary school are co-ordinated through Lewisham
Local Authority and must be made either on Lewisham’s
Common Application Form or online. For those
applying under the religious criteria for a place at a
faith school, a supplementary form will also need to be
completed and returned to the school. Supplementary
forms can be downloaded from www.lewisham.gov.uk/
Educationand Learning/Schools/SchoolAdmission/
supplementaryinformationforms. This system has been
developed to improve the way applications are made
and makes the process more accessible for parents.

The primary co-ordinated
admissions system
The co-ordinated admissions system –
Main points
1. Parents apply for a maximum of four primary
schools in Lewisham on one Common Application
Form (CAF) issued by Lewisham or online.
2. Applications to schools outside Lewisham must be
made on a CAF issued by that borough.
3. Independent (fee paying) schools are not part of
this system and applications should be made direct
to the school.
4. More parents and carers will be offered a place at
one of their preferred schools (but this cannot be
guaranteed).
5. Fewer parents will receive no offer from a preferred
school.
6. Provisional offers will be posted to parents on
Tuesday 20 April 2010.
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How it works:
Parents (or persons with legal parental
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responsibility for the child) must complete a single
CAF listing the schools (up to a maximum of four)
they are applying for in the order they prefer them.
Applications can also be made online at
www.eadmissions.org.uk.
The application must be returned by post or
submitted online to Lewisham by Friday 29
January 2010.
The admissions authority for each school will
consider all applications for their school at the
same time. If more applications are received than
the number of places available, the published
admissions criteria will be applied to determine
which applicants qualify for a place.
If a child qualifies for a place at more than one of
the schools s/he applied for, Lewisham will identify
the highest of those possible offers from the order
the parent ranked the schools on their Common
Application Form.
If applying for a place at a faith school based
on church membership or worship, parents must
complete the school’s supplementary form and
return it to the school by 29 January 2010.
All offers will be posted by first class mail on
Tuesday 20 April 2010 or, if the application has
been made online, the result can be accessed via
the website on Wednesday 21 April 2010. Please
note: results will not be given over the phone.
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Making an application
You do not have to be a Lewisham resident to apply
for Lewisham schools. A maximum of four schools
can be applied for and these must be listed in order
of preference. Applicants may give reasons why the
place is required. Applications made under the ‘special
social or medical reasons’ criteria must be supported
with professional evidence (a letter from a hospital
consultant, social worker or similar professional) which
clearly states why that school is the only school able
to meet the child’s specific needs. Each case will be
considered on its individual merits; therefore such
applications will not necessarily be given priority over
those of other children.
Many schools in Lewisham receive more applications
than there are places available, so there is no guarantee
that every parent will be offered the school that they
most want. It is important to consider the admissions
criteria for each school and decide whether your child
is likely to be offered a place. For example, will your
child be considered under the home to school distance
criteria or is it a faith school which gives priority to
children who are of the faith?
It is important that the permanent home address is
given as this will be checked against council records
before a provisional offer is confirmed. You will be
required to provide proof of your permanent home
address before you can accept an offer of a place
(see information under ‘Completing the Common
Application Form’). Families who have moved address
during the admissions process will be asked to provide
evidence that they are the owner or tenant of the new
property as well as the closing accounts for the original
address. A residence or court order may be requested if
there is a query about where the child is residing.
Lewisham is aware that some parents share the care of
their child. Lewisham will accept that the permanent
home address is that which is held by the nursery/
primary school. Lewisham will normally accept that
the child lives with the parent who has parental
responsibility and who is in receipt of child benefit
and child tax credit. Documentary evidence may be
required.
Applications made for a Catholic school, including St
Matthew Academy, or a Foundation place at a Church
of England school on religious grounds will need to be
supported with a supplementary form issued by that
school. This form will need to be signed by the priest,
vicar or minister who will confirm your child’s church
membership and attendance. The supplementary form
must be returned direct to the school before the closing
date – 29 January 2010. The school must also be one
of the schools applied for on the Common Application
Form or online. If it is not, then the application cannot
be considered by the governors. Common Application
Forms can be returned in a sealed envelope via any
Lewisham primary or nursery school or handed in to the
Access Point at Downham Leisure Centre or Laurence
House. Please ask for a receipt from the school or
Access Point. If you wish to post the form directly to
the Admissions Team, it is advisable that you send it
by recorded delivery. Please keep proof of posting
safe and keep the carbon copy of the form. If the form
goes missing in the post, this proof will be needed
if the application is to be considered as an ‘on-time’
application.
Applying online
Applications can be made online rather than by
completing a paper Common Application Form. The
website is active from early November 2009 and will
close on 29 January 2010. Please note: if you apply
online, you must not complete a paper Common
Application Form as well. If we receive both a paper
application and an online application, we will follow
the applications made on the online application and
ignore the applications made on the paper Common
Application Form. Applying online offers the following
benefits:
a secure and fast method of applying for schools –
you will need to have an email account and will need
to register with www.eadmissions.org.uk for which
you will need to create a log-in and password. This is
so that other people cannot access your information.
It will take approximately five minutes to register.
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accurate quality of information – the online system

offers a school and address search so mistakes are

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avoided
the ability to amend preferences and your
information up until the site closes on 29 January
2010. After the closing date Lewisham will accept
the last version of the submitted application.
If you do not have a computer at home to use,
Lewisham council provides free computer access at its
libraries. You will need a library membership card, and
you may need to book, so we recommend calling the
Library Enquiry Service on 020 8314 6399.

Submitting the online application

After you have selected your schools you must submit
the application. When submitted, you will receive an
Application Reference Number, which will look like this:
209-2010-09-E-001234. If you do not have such a
number, then your form has not been submitted.
The completed application, along with the Application
Reference Number, can be printed, and we recommend
you keep a copy for your records.
If you are providing additional information to support
your application, for instance a letter from a hospital
consultant or social worker, or if you are applying for a
school that requires a supplementary information form,
make sure you submit these by post.
Important: After 29 January 2010, the online facility
will close and it will not be possible to submit
applications online.
If you experience technical difficulties with the
e-admissions website or if you have forgotten your
password, please contact the London Grid for Learning
(LGfL), who administer the website, on 08700 63 64 65
and select option 4 for e-admissions help.
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Completing the Common

Application Form
Copies of Lewisham’s Common Application Form are
available from every primary school in Lewisham,
the Access Points or by calling the Admissions Team
on 020 8314 8282.

About your child Complete all the sections with your child’s details.
Ensure that your child’s permanent home address is
Please note that the person completing the application
correct. Lewisham makes provisional offers and each
form must be the child’s parent (including adoptive
applicant is required to provide the primary school with
parent) or the person with legal parental responsibility.
proof of the child’s permanent home address before the
We cannot accept applications from a grandparent or
offer can be accepted. This will include current council
other family member unless they have legal parental
tax statements, utility bills, residence orders or other
responsibility. If you are applying for a school place
court orders. If a false address has been given and an
but are not the child’s parent, please enclose a letter
offer made on the basis of that information, the offer of
explaining what your relationship to the child is and
a place may be withdrawn.
why you are applying instead of the parent. Legal
documentation may be required. Lewisham is aware that some parents rent a property
close to a popular school to increase the likelihood of
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their child gaining admission. To establish an applicant’s decisions are made – please refer to the admission
permanent, rather than temporary, home address the policy for each school. Applying for only one school

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following may be required; will not increase your chances of being offered a place
at that school. Siblings – Write the full name, gender
1. closing accounts for the original property
and date of birth of any sibling already attending the
2. official confirmation of the end of tenancy or house school. Reason for preference – It is essential that you
sale for the original property tick this box and provide supporting evidence if you
have a specific reason for wanting the school. Please
a) tenancy agreement via a commercial letting agency
ensure you read the declaration carefully before you
for a period of 12 months or more. The period of the
sign the form. Lewisham is aware that some parents
tenancy must extend beyond the start of the academic
give false information to try to gain admission to
year in which the child is due to be admitted, or
schools in Lewisham and will not hesitate to withdraw
b) solicitors’ confirmation of the purchase of the any place offered as a result of false information.
new property.
Until the tenancy or ownership of the original property Distance
has been surrendered, Lewisham will not accept the
Distance will be measured in a straight line from the
new address as the permanent home address.
child’s home address (including flats) to the gate
In establishing permanent home address, Lewisham nominated by the school, using a computerised
may also check records held within the Council as well measuring system. Those living closer to the school
as other external agencies. receive higher priority. If more than one applicant lives
in a multi-occupancy building, e.g. flats, priority will
If your child resides equally between parents, see page
be given to the applicant whose door number is lowest
12 for guidance. Other information about your child –
numerically and/or alphabetically.
inform us of any details that may affect your child’s
application. If the child is in care (‘looked after’ by a
local authority) or you are applying on medical or social Supplementary Information Forms
grounds, please circle the appropriate response so that
All parents who list their preferred school on the
your application can be correctly considered
Common Application Form are regarded as having
made valid applications. A Supplementary Information
Preference ranking Form may also have to be completed for applications
considered under faith criteria or for specialist places.
School preferences – Apply for up to four Lewisham
Applications are not valid where only a Supplementary
schools, taking care to write the full name of each
Information Form is completed for a school that is not
school, in the order of your preference. Your ranked
listed on the Common Application Form.
order will only be used if it is possible to offer more
than one school that you have applied for. You will
only receive an offer at ONE of those schools, and Receiving the result of your application
that will be the school you ranked highest of the
Whether you applied online or completed a paper
possible offers. Please note that it is not possible to
Common Application Form, the result of your
change your preferences once you have submitted your
application will be posted to you by first class mail on
Common Application Form unless there are exceptional
20 April 2010. If you have applied online, you will also
circumstances. You should be satisfied that your child
be able to view the result of your application from the
qualifies for a place at the schools you apply for. It
morning of 21 April 2010. You will need your login
is important that you understand how admission
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details and secure password to access your child’s
records. Please note that admissions staff will not be
able to give you the result of your application over the
telephone.
Visiting schools
Before deciding which schools you wish to apply for,
you are advised to visit them to see the facilities and
opportunities available. Head teachers will be pleased
to arrange to show you around the school and answer
any questions you may have. Please contact the school
direct to arrange a convenient time.
How the decisions are made
Each application is looked at separately without
consideration of other schools listed on the Common
Application Form. Once all applications have been
received, the admissions authority for the school
will consider its complete list and if there are more
applications than there are places available, the
admission policy will be applied. In the case of
Community schools, Lewisham will apply the admission
policy and decide which applicants receive a place. In
the case of a Voluntary or Foundation school or an
Academy, the governors of the school will make the
admission decision and will use evidence provided
on the supplementary form. The admission policy for
Community schools is published on page 23 and the
policies for each Foundation and Voluntary Aided
school and Academy are published from page 34. Once
all of the admission decisions have been made, these
are fed back to the Admissions Team. Where a child
can be offered more than one school they have applied
for, the ranked order will be used to offer the child the
highest of the possible offers. No child should receive
an offer of more than one Lewisham school place.
Looked after children
Children in care are among the most vulnerable in
society. All admissions authorities must give highest
priority in their admission policy to such children.
Looked after children are defined by Section 22 of the
Children Act 1989 as children in the care of the local
authority or provided with accommodation by them
(e.g. children with foster parents).
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Applications made after the

closing date – 29 January 2010
Late applications for a reception place

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Applications received after the closing date of 29
January 2010 will still be considered but only after
all on-time applications have been considered. An
exception to this rule is where you move into the
borough between 29 January and 22 February (and
therefore could not have applied by the closing
date). Providing that proof of the move is attached
to the application form (including the occupation
date), applications received up to 22 February will be
accepted as on time. If you move into the borough
after 22 February (and provide the necessary proof
of the move), your application will still be considered
after all on-time applicants but your child’s name
can be inserted at the appropriate place on the first
waiting list.

Change of address after submission of the

application form
If you move house after submitting your application
form, you must inform the admissions department
immediately as the new home to school distance is
likely to affect the outcome of your application. You
may be able to change your preferences as a result of
your move, depending on the date of the move. The
Admissions Team will be able to discuss the options Deferral of a place
open to you.
If your child is offered a place but you wish to defer
taking the place, you may do so and the place offered
Change of address between 21 April 2010 will be held for your child. You cannot, however, defer
and your child’s start at school entry beyond the beginning of the term after your
If you move home after you have had your offer of child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the academic year
a place confirmed, the offer of a place will still be that you have applied for. If you want to defer your
honoured but you must ensure that the journey is child’s admission to a later academic year (for instance,
reasonable and your child always arrives at school and Year 1), you will need to re-apply for that year.
is picked up on time. If you no longer require a place in
Lewisham, please advise the Admissions Team in writing Unsuccessful applications
so that the place can be offered to another child. If
you require a reception place in another part of the Anyone who is refused a place may complete a form to
borough, then a list of schools with vacancies will be request that the child’s name be held on a waiting list
made available on request. should a vacancy arise during the first year (reception)
only. Lewisham can advise you of schools where
18 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11
there are vacancies so that further preferences can be
expressed. You can appeal against the decision not to
offer your child a place at a preferred school, although
the legislation on ‘class size’ and the limited powers of
the appeal panel should be considered (see page 21).
Infant classes are restricted by law to a maximum of
30 children.
Confirmation of applications
If you have made an on-time application, Lewisham
will write to you on 22 February to confirm the schools
that you have applied for. If you do not receive this
letter, please contact the Admissions Team as soon as
possible as it may indicate that your application has not
been received. In this case you will need to provide the
carbon copy of your application and proof of postage
or receipt from an Access Point or school.
Admission to schools in other boroughs
If you wish your child to attend a school outside
the borough, you should obtain information about
the admission arrangements in that area from that
borough’s admissions section. See page 76 for contact
details. Applications for schools in another borough
must be made on that borough’s Common Application
Form and returned directly to them. If you accept an
offer of a place in another borough, please advise
Lewisham Admissions Team in writing.
Further information
The Department for Children, Schools and Families
website offers advice and information to parents on a
wide range of school-related issues, and has links to
both the School Admissions and the Appeals Codes of
Practice. Website: www.dcsf.gov.uk

Reception –
your questions answered
Q When should I apply for a reception place for my
child?
A You can obtain and complete a paper or online
Common Application Form between Monday 2
November 2009 and Friday 29 January 2010.
You will be sent a letter on Tuesday 20 April 2010
telling you the outcome of your application.
Q If I apply early, is my application more likely to be
successful?
A No. All applications are considered after the closing
date in accordance with the admissions criteria.
Q How many schools can I apply for?
A You can apply for up to four Lewisham schools and
list them in preference order. If you wish to apply
to schools in other boroughs, you are advised
to contact the Admissions Team of the borough
concerned, who will have their own admission
forms and arrangements (See page 76).
Q What if I can not be offered a place at any of the
schools of my preference?
A Lewisham residents will be offered a place at a
school with a vacancy and may request a list of
other Lewisham schools with vacancies. Residents
of other boroughs will need to contact the
Admissions Team in their own borough. You have
the right of appeal under the School Standards
and Framework Act 1998. For more details see the
section on the Appeals procedure (page 21).
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Q Will my child’s name be kept on the waiting list if
my application is unsuccessful?
Introduction
A Every child who has been unsuccessful in gaining
a place will be invited to apply to be added to the
waiting list by completing a form. If a vacancy
occurs during the reception year, the place will be
offered to the next child who fulfils the published
admissions criteria. The order of the list will change
as families move in and out of the borough.
Please note that if you have asked to be kept
on the waiting list for a school, and a place can
subsequently be offered, we will offer the place
to you and automatically withdraw any place that
you have already been offered if it was a lower
preference. It is very important that if you decide
that you are happy with a school you have been
offered and no longer wish to be on the waiting
list for a higher preference school, you inform the
Admissions Team immediately.
Q What happens if I move after my child has been
offered a place?
A You must be resident at your address when the
provisional offer is made and provide acceptable
proof of that address to the school by 5 May 2010.
If you move after that time, the offer of a place will
still be honoured but you must ensure that your
child always arrives at school and is picked up on
time and that the journey is reasonable.
20 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11
Q Can my child transfer to another school if
necessary?
A Yes, if there is a vacancy. Prior to the start of the
school year, applications must be made through the
Admissions Team. After September, applications are
made direct to schools. If possible, transfers should
be arranged so that your child can start at the
beginning of a new term or following a half-term
break.
Q Do I get priority in the reception class if my child
is on the roll of the nursery in the same primary
school?
A No. A place in a nursery class does not give a child
a greater claim than another applicant for a place
in the reception class at that school. A separate
application must be made.
Q My child only has a sibling in Year 6. Will my child
get a place based on sibling priority?
A No. Any older sibling must be attending the school
at the intended date of admission of the applicant.
Therefore, as the child in Year 6 will have left the
school by the time the applicant will start, no
sibling priority can be given.
Q I have twins/triplets; will they automatically be
given places at the same school?
A No. Because of government regulations limiting
class sizes to 30, it could be that, on distance,
one child will be offered the 30th place. In this
circumstance, the parent would be given the option
of accepting the place for one child (the other
child/children would be first on the waiting list) or
considering an alternative school where they could
both/all be guaranteed a place.
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Appeals procedure

If your child is not offered a place at the schools you

applied for, you can appeal against the decision.

Introduction
You will be sent a letter from the school or Lewisham in The legislation requires local authorities to limit the size
the case of community schools, detailing why it was not of all infant classes to a maximum of 30 children. In the
possible to offer your child a place. The letter will also case of half form entry schools (i.e. those admitting 45
give you information about how and when to appeal. or 75 children) the reception class is likely to be smaller
An independent appeal panel will consider all appeals than 30; however, the independent appeal panel must
for the same school and the hearing will be clerked by take into account future prejudice in Year 1 and Year 2,
an independent appeal clerk. You will be able to attend when the classes are reorganised into groups of 30.
the hearing. The School Standards and Framework Act
Appeal forms for community schools can be obtained
1998 (as amended by the Education Act 2002) limits
from Lewisham’s Governance Team and returned by
the circumstances in which an appeal panel may allow
the closing date stated in the decision letter. Appeals
a reception or infant class appeal where the child was
relating to a Voluntary Aided or Foundation school or
refused a place on ‘class size prejudice’ grounds. For
Academy should be obtained from and returned to
infant class size appeals, including reception appeals,
that school by the date given on the decision letter.
the panel can only uphold the appeal where it is
Parents who have appealed unsuccessfully may not
satisfied either:
appeal again for a place at the same school in the
1. that the child would have been offered a place if same academic year unless there are significant and
the admission arrangements had been properly material changes in the circumstances of the case. An
implemented: information leaflet explaining the appeals procedure
in more detail can be obtained from Lewisham
2. that the child would have been offered a place if the
Governance Team (Appeals) on 020 8314 8577.
arrangements had not been contrary to mandatory
provisions in the School Admissions Code and the
School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and/or
3. that the decision to refuse admission was not one
which a reasonable admissions authority would
make in the circumstances of the case.
22 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11

Applying for a place for a child

already of statutory school age
Applications for places in Years 1–6 at Lewisham primary
schools should be made directly to local schools. You may
wish to contact the Admissions Team (020 8314 8282) for
details of vacancies. The following table indicates the year
group that children will be admitted to during the 20010/11
academic year.

Year group Date of birth

Infants – Key Stage 1 Reception Admission in
September 2010
01/09/05–28/02/06

Admission in January 2011

01/03/06–31/08/06

Year 1 01/09/04–31/08/05
Year 2 01/09/03–31/08/04
Juniors – Key Stage 2 Year 3 01/09/02–31/08/03
Year 4 01/09/01–31/08/02
Year 5 01/09/00–31/08/01
Year 6 01/09/99–31/08/00

Applications to Lewisham’s
community schools
Admissions criteria
Some community schools are able to admit all children
who have applied for a place but if more parents want
places for their children than there are places available,
the local authority applies the admissions criteria listed
below to decide which applicants are offered a place.
Priority is given in the following order to:
1. Children in Public Care (also called ‘looked after’)
– details must be supplied by the allocated social
worker. A ‘looked after’ child is a child who is in
care to a local authority or who is provided with
accommodation by that authority.
2. In exceptional circumstances there is discretion
to admit children on the grounds of their or their
family’s acute medical or social need for that
particular school and who would not otherwise
qualify for admission. The application must be
supported by a letter from a hospital consultant,
social worker or similar professional, clearly setting
out the reasons why the school is the only one able
to meet the child’s needs. The admission decision
will be considered in consultation with sub-groups
of the Admissions Forum, which includes teaching
and medical professionals. Medical professionals
provide advice on applications made under medical
conditions and teaching professionals advise on
applications made for social or special reasons.
Supporting evidence must be provided before the
closing date for applications. Please note that
applications for admission on the grounds of
acute medical or social need must be made by the
closing date for applications.
3. C
 hildren whose brother or sister (a sibling) is
on the roll of the school on the closing date for
applications and is expected to be on the roll of
apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk 23
the school, or of the junior school in the case of
separate infant and junior schools*, at the intended
Introduction
date of admission. If the school is oversubscribed
entirely with siblings, priority will be given to those
living nearest and to those with exceptional social
and medical need. Siblings include all blood or
adoptive siblings or half siblings, foster siblings of
‘looked after’ children and step-siblings. Siblings
must all be living at the same address as the child.
Proof of the sibling relationship may be required.
Older children on roll in Year 6 and who will have
transferred to secondary school by the time the
younger child is due to be admitted to school do
not qualify.
* This applies to children attending Sandhurst Infant
and Junior schools, Stillness Infant and Junior
schools and Torridon Infant and Junior schools.
4. Children living nearest to the school. All distances
will be measured in a straight line, using digitised
mapping software or Ordnance Survey maps of the
area, from the home to the nearest gate nominated
by the school. Proof of permanent home address will
be required before an offer can be accepted, and will
include current council tax statements, utility bills,
residence orders or other court orders (see page
14 for more information). In some circumstances,
Lewisham Authority will rely on other information
held or accessed by the Council to confirm the
permanent home address.
If more than one applicant lives in a multi-occupancy
building, e.g. flats, priority will be given to the
applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically
and/or alphabetically.
If a false address has been given and an offer made
on the basis of that information, the offer of the
place may be withdrawn.
24 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11 please see page 14 for advice on completing the common application form

Information on oversubscription to
Lewisham’s community primary schools
Parents are invited to express up to four preferences
for Lewisham schools and as a result many schools are
oversubscribed when the closing date for applications is
reached in January. However, in 2009, when the community
school admissions criteria had been applied and decisions
had also been made by Voluntary Aided and Foundation
schools and St Matthew Academy, 96.3% of parents received
an offer of one of their four preferences. When re-offers
were made in May of places which had become available
from parents who had also applied for and accepted places
in another borough, the success rate was even higher.

It should be noted that small schools that have only Lewisham uses straight-line measurement to calculate
one class of 30 children will admit from a much closer home to school distance by using an electronic
distance than larger schools admitting 90 children and measuring system. Parents are advised that websites
that each Voluntary Aided or Foundation school or such as www.upmystreet.com will not give an accurate
Academy will have its own admissions criteria. To avoid measurement and cannot be relied on for school
disappointment, special attention should be paid to admission purposes. In addition, the ‘find your nearest’
the published criteria. Any exceptional medical or social facility on the Lewisham website gives approximate
claim should be submitted with the CAF by attaching distances to schools based on postcodes alone and
up to date professional documentation. cannot be relied on to give exact distances to schools.
It will also only give details of Lewisham borough
Although it is not a requirement that you name your
schools. There may be closer schools to your address in
nearest school as one of your four preferences, you
neighbouring boroughs.
should be aware that if you do not do so, and it is not
possible to offer you one of your preferred schools, you
may be allocated a school much further away. However,
there can be no guarantee that any of your preferences
will be met.
The following information is provided to help you
consider whether your child is likely to be offered
a place at a community school in Lewisham. It tells
you about the number of applications made to each
primary school by the closing date for the 2009/10
academic year. Please use this information as a guide,
as Lewisham cannot guarantee that application
rates will be the same for this year. Note also that
the information about home to school distances for
previous years is intended as a guide only.
 Number of places offered under each admissions criterion Appeals
Published Number of Children Children Siblings Closest Home to Distance Children Number Successful
Admissions applicants who in Public with on roll community School of last with SEN of appeals
Number named the Care exceptional school (CCS) Distance child statement appeals
school as one medical or [NOTE: offered heard
of their four social need This criteria in metres
preferences no longer
Name of school applies]
Adamsrill 60 127 0 1 21 17 21 767m 0 0 0
Ashmead 30 157 0 1 16 13 0 579m ccs 0 2 0
Athelney 60 89 0 0 17 15 15 2340m 0 0 0
Baring 30 138 0 1 22 7 0 188m ccs 0 2 1
Brindishe 30 280 0 0 16 14 0 218m ccs 0 1 0
Brockley 30(60)* 84 0 0 5 2 17 4298m 0 0 0
Childeric 60 105 1 0 10 24 25 2175m 0 0 0
Coopers Lane 60 153 1 1 0 27 31 573m 1 5 0
Dalmain 45(60)* 213 0 0 18 27 15 819m 0 1 0
Deptford Park 90 127 0 0 30 23 17 1560m 0 0 0
Downderry 60 99 0 1 17 9 21 2186m 0 0 0
Edmund Waller 60 164 0 0 20 28 11 513m 1 1 0
Elfrida 60 113 0 0 25 24 11 1325m 0 1 0
Eliot Bank 60 276 0 0 20 13 27 810m 0 5 0
Fairlawn 60 303 1 1 18 39 1 349m 0 3 0
Forster Park 60 94 0 0 15 16 11 3386m 0 0 0
rates – community schools

Gordonbrock 75 180 0 0 30 34 11 757m 0 0 0

Grinling Gibbons 30 142 0 0 15 14 0 209m ccs 0 3 0
Haseltine 60 62 0 0 9 8 13 2260m 0 0 0
Hither Green 90 147 0 0 28 40 12 2665m 0 0 0
Holbeach 60(90)* 196 0 0 28 31 31 1104m 0 0 0
Horniman 30 177 0 0 14 16 0 397m CCS 0 0 0
Last year’s application and appeal

applications. The figures for appeals relate to all appeals heard in June and July 2009, including appeals by late applicants.
apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk

The application figures relate to the offers made on 27 April 2009. They do not take account of subsequent movement or late
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Introduction
 26

Number of places offered under each admissions criterion Appeals

Published Number of Children Children Siblings Closest Home to Distance Children Number Successful
Admissions applicants who in Public with on roll community School of last with SEN of appeals
Number named the Care exceptional school (CCS) Distance child statement appeals
school as one medical or [NOTE: offered heard
of their four social need This criteria in metres
preferences no longer
Name of school applies]
John Ball 60(90)* 247 0 1 18 29 42 1250m 0 0 0
John Stainer 30(60)* 110 0 0 8 23 14 3838m 0 0 0
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Kelvin Grove 60 142 0 0 29 27 4 839m 0 1 0

Kender 30 125 0 0 14 15 1 250m 0 0 0
Kilmorie 45(60)* 143 0 0 13 11 36 4551m 0 0 0
Launcelot 60 101 0 0 15 13 21 1627m 0 0 0
Lee Manor 60 205 0 0 19 16 25 794m 0 1 0
Lewisham Bridge 30 98 0 0 18 12 0 408m ccs 0 1 0
Lucas Vale 60 91 0 0 12 6 24 7717m 0 0 0
Marvels Lane 60 74 0 0 20 17 9 4974m 0 0 0
Merlin 45 72 0 0 13 8 13 2137m 0 0 0
Myatt Garden 60 231 1 0 24 23 12 515m 0 2 0
Perrymount 30 122 0 0 13 17 0 355m ccs 0 1 0
Rangefield 60 81 0 0 15 11 17 4636m 0 0 0
Rathfern 60 79 0 0 11 14 8 5218m 0 0 0
Rushey Green 60 200 0 1 19 36 4 701m 0 2 0
Sandhurst Infants 75(90)* 254 0 0 29 48 13 805m 0 4 0
Sir Francis Drake 30 135 0 0 15 5 10 526m 0 1 0
Stillness Infants 90 264 0 0 33 34 23 626m 0 3 0
Tidemill 60 155 0 0 23 16 21 755m 0 1 0
Torridon Infants 90 258 1 0 42 16 31 1222m 0 1 0
Total 42 1
*Additional places were created in these schools for the 2009/10 academic year only, due to increased demand for
places in Lewisham. Please note that the ‘last child offered’ distances may be considerably less in 2010/11.
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Schools in Lewisham
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Schools in Lewisham

This section contains information about the nursery and primary schools in Lewisham.
Community schools are listed in dark blue. Admissions criteria for these schools are set
out on page 23. Voluntary Aided, Foundation and Academy schools are listed in light
blue. Admissions criteria for these schools are set out on page 35 onwards. A map showing
all the schools can be found at the front of this book.
The figure for places available 2010/11 refers to the total number of children that may be admitted to the
reception class. Nursery – some places may be offered as full-time and some as part-time places.

A B
Adamsrill
Head teacher Mrs V Forbes
Adamsrill Road, SE26 4AQ
020 8699 8548
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Possible short term increase to 90
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
All Saints’ CE Primary School
Head teacher Mrs D Tompkins
Blackheath Vale, SE3 0TX
020 8852 6136
Age range 5–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
Ashmead
Head teacher Mr D Collen
Ashmead Road, SE8 4DX
020 8692 6081
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 [part-time only]
Athelney
Head teacher Mrs I Cleaver
Athelney Street, SE6 3LD
020 8697 2945
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 37 (full and part-time)
Baring
Head teacher Ms D Brewer
Linchmere Road, SE12 ONB
020 8857 5637/020 8857 0662
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
Brindishe
Executive Head teacher
Vicki Paterson
Associate Head teacher
Diane Spalding
Wantage Road, SE12 8NA
020 8318 4626
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
Brockley
Head teacher Ms Evelyn Igbinigie
Brockley Road, SE4 2BT
020 8692 2762
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
C
Childeric
Head teacher Ann Butcher
Childeric Road, SE14 6DG
020 8692 3453
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 76 (full and part-time)
Christ Church CE School
Head teacher Mrs G Constable
Perry Vale, Forest Hill, SE23 2NE
020 8699 5127
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Possible short term increase to 60
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
Coopers Lane
Head teacher Mr S Davies
Pragnell Road, SE12 OLF
020 8857 7680
Age Range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Including admission to the
Hearing Unit
Possible short term increase to 90
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 80 (full and part-time)

D Head teacher Mr L Murphy
Dalmain
Head teacher Mrs E Booth
Grove Close, SE23 1AS
020 8699 2675
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 45
Possible short term increase to 60
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Deptford Park
Head teacher Mr K Johnson
Evelyn Street, SE8 5RJ
020 8692 4351
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 90
Possible short term increase to 120
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Downderry
Acting Head teacher Mrs T Lewis
Downderry Road, Downham,
BR1 5QL
020 8698 5768
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 70 (full and part-time)
E 020 8698 5686
Edmund Waller
Head teacher Brian Smith
Waller Road, SE14 5LY
020 7639 0436
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Possible short term increase to 90
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Elfrida
Elfrida Crescent, SE6 3EN
020 8698 5755
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Eliot Bank
Head teacher Mrs K Palmer
Thorpewood Avenue, SE26 4BU
020 8699 0586
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 100 (full and part-time)
Dependent on funding
arrangements
F Nursery 40 (full and part-time)
Fairlawn
Head teacher Mr R Bosher
Honor Oak Road, SE23 3SB
020 8699 7948
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 90 (full and part-time)
Forster Park
Head teacher Ms J Chiverton
Boundfield Road, SE6 1PQ
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Possible short term increase to 90
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 75 (full and part-time)
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G
Good Shepherd Catholic
Primary School
Head teacher Mr P Moriarty
Moorside Road, Downham,
BRI 5EP
020 8698 4173
Age range 3–11
Schools in Lewisham
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 25 (full-time only)
Gordonbrock
Head teacher Sue Blyth
Gordonbrock Road, SE4 1JB
020 8690 0704
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 75
Grinling Gibbons
Head teacher Mrs C Eubank
Clyde Street, SE8 5LW
020 8692 4907
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
H
Haberdashers’ Aske’s
Hatcham College –
Temple Grove
Principal Mrs Penny Jones
Hunsdon Road, London SE14 5RD
020 7652 9500
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 30 part-time and 10
full time
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Haseltine
Head teacher Ms T Jarvis
Haseltine Road, SE26 5AD
020 8778 6536
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Hither Green
Executive Head teacher
Vicki Paterson
Associate Head teacher
Sarah Gorbutt
Beacon Road, SE13 6EH
020 8852 7245
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 90
Nursery 90 (full and part-time)
Holy Cross Catholic
Primary School
Head teacher Mrs P Peters
Culverley Road, SE6 2LD
020 8698 2675
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Holy Trinity CE Primary School
Head teacher Mrs M Crow
Dartmouth Road,
Sydenham,SE23 3HZ
020 8699 9023
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
Holbeach
Head teacher Colleen Boxall
Doggett Road, SE6 4QB
020 8690 4713
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Possible short term increase to 90
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
please see page 14 for advice on completing the common application form
Horniman Kender
Head teacher Ms J Clark Head teacher Keith Barr
Horniman Drive, SE23 3BP Kender Street, SE14 5JA
020 8699 3190 020 7639 4654
Age range 5–11 Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30 Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery Possible short term increase to 60
dependent on feasibility study.
J Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Kilmorie
John Ball
Head teacher Juliet Cooper
Head teacher Mr M Roach
Kilmorie Road, SE23 2SP
Southvale Road, SE3 0TP
020 8291 1250
020 8852 1601
Age range 3–11
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 45
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Possible short term increase to 60
dependent on feasibility study
John Stainer
Head teacher Sue Riddle-Harte
Mantle Road, SE4 2DY
020 7639 0482
L
Age range 3–11
Launcelot
Places available 2010/11 30
Head teacher Mr C Childs
Nursery 40 (full and part-time)
Launcelot Road, Downham,
BR1 5EA
K 020 8697 2304
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Kelvin Grove
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Head teacher Mr A Mathieson
Kirkdale, SE26 6BB
Lee Manor
020 8699 6300
Head teacher Ms A Carter-Moore
Age range 3–11
Leahurst Road, SE13 5LS
Places available 2010/11 60
020 8852 0852
Possible short term increase to 90
Age range 3–11
dependent on feasibility study.
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 100 (full and part-time)
Possible short term increase to 90
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 33 (full and part-time)

Lewisham Bridge
Acting head teacher
Bridget Goodrich
Elmira Street, SE13 7BN
020 8852 5647
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
See footnote below
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
*This school is planned to be
in temporary accommodation
at Mornington Centre, Stanley
Street, SE8 4BG, from January
2011. Children will be taught at
this site until July 2012 to enable
the construction of a new, all-age
school on the Elmira Road site.
Lewisham Bridge
The Leathersellers Company,
which supports the Prendergast
Colleges, will run the new all-
age school, scheduled to open
in September 2011 in temporary
accommodation. Children on
roll of Lewisham Bridge primary
school at that date will have
automatic right of entry to the new
school. The school will be called
Prendergast - Vale College. A
Head teacher will be appointed to
lead the College from September
2010. The Executive Head teacher
of the federation, Erica Pienaar, will
be giving strategic and operational
support to the current primary
school and to the development
of the new College. Further
information will be available from
the school.
Lucas Vale
Interim Head teacher Barry Clarke
Thornville Street, SE8 4QB
020 8692 4660
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
M Places available 2010/11 45
Marvels Lane
Head teacher Mr E Dove
Riddons Road, SE12 9RA
020 8857 3904
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Merlin
Head teacher Ms S Crinnion
Ballamore Road, Downham,
BR1 5LW
020 8697 2804
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 45
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Myatt Garden
Head teacher Mrs G Ingham
Rokeby Road, SE4 1DF
020 8691 0611
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 100 (part-time only)
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Our Lady and St Philip Neri
Catholic Primary School
Head teacher Mr R Sullivan
208 Sydenham Road, SE26 5SE
020 8778 4386
Age range 3–11
Schools in Lewisham
Nursery 52 (part-time only)
P
Perrymount
Head teacher Ms Christine Keen
Sunderland Road, SE23 2PX
020 8699 4522
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
26 + 2 wheelchair users
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
R
Rangefield
Head teacher Mrs S Hasan
Glenbow Road, Downham,
BR1 4RP
020 8698 3112
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
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Rathfern
Head teacher Mrs N Maharasingam
Rathfern Road, SE6 4NL
020 8690 3759
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Rushey Green
Head teacher Ms Y Morris
Culverley Road, SE6 2LA
020 8698 5001
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
including admission to the
Hearing Unit
Nursery 70 (full and part-time)
S School
St Augustine’s Catholic
Primary School
Head teacher Mrs M McCaughan
Dunfield Road, SE6 3RD
020 8698 6083
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
St Bartholomew’s CE Primary
School
Head teacher Mrs Tricia Dyson
The Peak, Sydenham, SE26 4LJ
020 8699 8537
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 45
No nursery
St James’ Hatcham CE
Primary School
Head teacher Ms S E McFarlane
St James’, SE14 6AD
020 8692 4937
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
St John Baptist CE Primary
School
Head teacher Mr John Goodey
Beachborough Rd, Bromley
BR1 5RL
020 8698 3059
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Early reception – no nursery
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
Head teacher Mrs Patricia Chantrey
Crossfield Street, Deptford,
SE8 3PH
020 8692 4836
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
St Margaret’s Lee Church of
England Primary School
Head teacher Mrs D Povey
Lee Church St, SE13 5SG
020 8852 3151
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time)
St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic
Primary School
Head teacher Mrs C Winston
Howson Rd, Brockley, SE4 2BB
020 8692 5055
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
St Mary’s Lewisham C of E
Primary School
Acting Head teacher
Mrs M Williams-Pinnock
329 Lewisham High St, Lewisham,
SE13 6NX
020 8690 2613
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
St Matthew Academy
Principal Mrs M Cross
St Joseph’s Vale, Blackheath,
SE3 0XX
020 8853 6250
Age range 3–16
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time)
St Michael’s CE Primary School
Head teacher Tabitha White
Champion Road, Sydenham,
SE26 4HH
020 8778 8407
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
St Saviour’s Catholic
Primary School
Head teacher Mrs J Spittles
10 Bonfield Road, SE13 6AL
020 8852 4283
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
St Stephen’s CE Primary
School
Head teacher Miss F Holland
Albyn Rd, Deptford, SE8 4ED
020 8692 1898
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 40 (full and part-time)

St William of York Catholic
Primary School
Head teacher Mrs S Lynch
Brockley Park, SE23 1PS
020 8690 2842
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time)
St Winifred’s Catholic Infant
School
Head teacher Mrs M Miller
Effingham Road, SE12 8NS
020 8852 0187
Age range 3–7
Places available 2010/11 45
Nursery 40 (part-time)
St Winifred’s Catholic Junior
School
Head teacher Veronica Maher
Newstead Road, SE12 0SJ
020 8857 8792
Age range 7–11
Places available 2010/11 for Years
3, 4, 5 and 6 45
Please note there is an automatic
transfer from St Winifred’s Infant
School for Year 2 children.
Sandhurst Infant School
Head teacher Ms M Osbaldeston
Minard Road, SE6 1NW
020 8698 5810
Age range 3–7
Places available 2010/11 75
Possible short term increase to 90
dependent on feasibility study.
Nursery 100 (part-time only)
Sandhurst Junior School
Head teacher Mrs V Hughes
Minard Road, SE6 1NW
020 8698 1846
Age range 7–11
Places available 2010/11 for Years
3, 4, 5 and 6 75
Children will transfer from Sandhurst
Infant School
Sir Francis Drake
Head teacher Ms Christine Barnes
Scawen Road, SE8 5AE
020 8692 4321
Age range 5–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
Stillness Infant School
Head teacher Ms A McClelland MA
Brockley Rise, SE23 1NH
020 8690 1208
Age range 3–7
Places available 2010/11 90
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Stillness Junior School
Head teacher Ms S Sharpe
Brockley Rise, SE23 1NH
020 8690 1416
Age range 7–11
Places available 2010/11
for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 90
Children will transfer from
Stillness Infant School
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T
Tidemill
Head teacher Mr Mark Elms MA
Frankham Street, SE8 4RN
020 8692 3470
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
including admission to the Speech
Schools in Lewisham
and Language Resource
Nursery 25 (full and part-time)
Torridon Infant School
Head teacher Mrs L Pearson
Torridon Road, SE6 1TG
020 8698 5822
Age range 3–7
Places available 2010/11 90
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Torridon Junior School
Head teacher Mr L Robertson
Hazelbank Road, SE6 1TG
020 8697 2762
Age range 7–11
Places available 2010/11 for Years
3, 4, 5 and 6 90
Children will transfer from Torridon
Infant School
Turnham Foundation Primary
School
Head teacher Miss D Dance
St Norbert Road, SE4 2HH
020 7639 0440
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 66
Nursery 60 (part-time)
This school acquired Foundation
status in September 1999.
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Nursery and Early Childhood

Centres in Lewisham
Chelwood Nursery Clyde Early Childhood Centre
Head teacher Ms N Oldhams Head teacher Mr D Westmore
Chelwood Walk, Turnham Road Alverton Street
SE4 2QQ SE8 5NH
020 7639 2514 020 8692 3653
Age range 3–5 Age range 3–5
Nursery 60 (part-time), Nursery 21 (part-time),
60 (full-time) 66 (full-time)

Information about other pre-school education providers is available from the

Family Information Service on 0800 085 0606.
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Voluntary Aided, Turnham

Foundation and Academy primary
schools’ admission policies
These schools have their own criteria for deciding
which children to admit. Each school’s admission policy,
the annual intake and other information about the school
are included in the school’s prospectus, which can be
obtained from the Head teacher.

In line with government legislation, all schools will
participate in Lewisham’s Coordinated Admissions
System for reception pupils and follow published
timescales. The following pages contain information
about the Voluntary Aided, Foundation, and Academy
admission policies in Lewisham. The main points of each
of the schools’ admissions criteria are listed but parents
are advised to contact schools individually about:
1. Information about parish areas from which priority
of admission may be given.
2. Written verification of religious commitment and
practice of worship from the parish priest or vicar
of the church regularly attended by the applicant/
family.
3. Application to the nursery (not all schools have a
separate nursery class).
4. Admissions criteria in full, together with information
on definitions of siblings, regular attendance, etc.
Under each school’s entry there is a chart of the
applications received for admission in 2009/10. The
number of applications relates to those who applied to
the school as one of their four preferences. Therefore,
in some cases a school received more applications
than there were places available but all applicants
were either offered a place at the school or a higher
preference. Please use this information as a guide, as
a similar pattern of application for 2010/11 cannot be
guaranteed.
Schools in Lewisham
Distance
Distance will be measured in a straight line from the
child’s home address (including flats) to the main
entrance of the school, using a computerised measuring
system. Those living closer to the school receive higher
priority. If more than one applicant lives in a multi-
occupancy building, e.g. flats, priority will be given to
the applicant whose door number is lowest numerically
and/or alphabetically. A supplementary form must be
obtained and returned to each faith school if a place
is sought based on religious commitment. The school
must also be named as a preference on Lewisham’s
Common Application Form (CAF), which should be
returned to Lewisham Admissions Team by 29 January
2010. The information is correct at the time of printing
but minor amendments may be made on the direction
of the DCSF. A copy of the full admissions criteria for
2010/11 is available from each school.
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All Saints’ Church of England
Primary School
All Saints’ Church of England Primary School
Blackheath Vale, SE3 0TX
Head teacher Mrs D Tompkins
Telephone 020 8852 6136
Age range 5–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
All Saints’ CE School
Number of Foundation places
available
Number of on-time Foundation
applications received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Parents are regular worshippers at
All Saints’ Church and there is a sibling
on roll
Parents are regular attendees at other
churches and there is a sibling on roll
Parents are regular attendees at All
Saints’ Church
Parents are regular worshippers at
other Christian churches
Number of Open places available
Number of on-time Open applications 73
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion governing body is able to offer will be reduced by one.
Sibling on roll
Known special educational, medical or
social needs
Live within the parish of All Saints’
Other children in order of proximity of
home to school
There were no appeals heard
Entry into reception
There are three broad categories of entry into the
reception class:
looked after children
foundation places
open places.
The school has a one form entry with a capacity of 30.
If it is necessary to choose between otherwise equal
applicants of any category, a straight-line measurement
20 from the child’s home to the school’s main entrance
will be taken by or under the supervision of the local
authority and applicants ranked in distance order
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with priority given to the shortest distance between
home and school. In the unlikely event of an exact tie,
the governing body will draw lots to decide between
applicants.
4
Proof of qualifying address will be required; for example,
recent utilities bill, council tax statement or telephone
bill, at time of entry to the school.
1
This policy has been agreed by the full governing body
of the school and is reviewed annually.
9
The school participates in Lewisham’s co-ordinated
5 admissions scheme.
8 Looked after children
Looked after children will have priority over all other
applicants. In the event that one place is offered under
this category, the number of foundation places the
2 If two places are offered, the number of open places the
governing body can offer will also be reduced by one.
2
If more than two places are offered under this category
the number of other places offered will be reduced at the
3 discretion of the governing body.
1

Foundation places
Subject to the priority granted to looked after children,
the governors have designated 21 places as foundation
places for admission to reception class to be offered
to pupils whose parents/carers are regular practising
worshippers in an Anglican church or other Christian
church.
Written evidence of applicants’ commitment to their
place of worship supported by the priest or minister
will be required at the time of application on a separate
supplementary form. Attention is drawn to the process
below for the consequences of failure to return the
supplementary form in due time.
If there are less than 21 qualified applicants for
foundation places, any unfilled places will become
additional open places.
If there are more than 21 qualified applicants for
foundation places, spaces will be allocated according to
the following criteria in order of priority:
1. Children whose parents/carers are regular practising
worshippers at All Saints’ Church, Blackheath with a
sibling at the school who will be on the school roll at
the proposed date of entry of the applicant.
2. Children with a sibling on the school roll at the
proposed date of entry of the applicant whose
parents/carers are regular practising worshippers at
neighbouring parish churches or at churches that
are members of Churches Together in Blackheath.*
3. Children whose parents/carers are regular practising
worshippers at All Saints’ Church, Blackheath.
4. Children whose parents/carers are regular practising
worshippers at neighbouring parish churches or in
churches that are members of Churches Together in
BIackheath.*
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5. Children whose parents/carers are regular practising
worshippers at other Christian churches, being
those who are full members of CTBI, the Evangelical
Alliance and the African and Caribbean Evangelical
Alliance.
*Contact school for details of Churches Together in
Blackheath
Open places
Schools in Lewisham
Subject to the priority granted to looked after
children, the governors have designated nine places
as open places for all other applicants for admission to
reception class. If there are more than nine qualified
applicants, consideration will be given to the following
criteria, which are expressed in order of priority:
1. The presence of a sibling in the school who will be
on the school roll at the proposed date of entry of
the applicant.
2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
supported medical or social need for a place at this
school. This must be supported by written evidence
at the time of application, e.g, from a specialist
health professional, social worker or other care
professional. The evidence must set out the reasons
why this school is the most suitable school and the
difficulties that would be caused if the child had to
attend another school.
3. Children who live within the parish of All Saints’
Church, Blackheath.
4. Other children in order of proximity of home to
the school.
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Christ Church CE School
Christ Church CE School
Perry Vale, Forest Hill, SE23 2NE
Head teacher Mrs G Constable
Telephone 020 8699 5127
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
Christ Church CE School
Number of Foundation places
available
Number of on-time Foundation
applications received
Number of on-time Foundation
places offered
Number of Open places available
Number of on-time Open applications 63
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion church for whom this is the nearest church school
Sibling on roll
Home to school distance 15
There were no appeals heard.
Foundation places
In exceptional circumstances children who have a
personal or family acute medical or social need for
a place at this school and who would not otherwise
qualify for admission. The application must be
supported by a letter from a hospital consultant,
social worker or similar professional, setting out the
reasons why this school is the only one to meet the
child’s needs.
The governing body has designated 18 places to be
offered to pupils who have one or more parents who
18 are faithful and regular worshippers in a Christian
church. To determine a right to a place the following
5 criteria will be applied:
1. Children who have an exceptional personal or family
4 acute medical or social need.
2. Children who have one or more parents who are
12 faithful and regular* worshippers at St George,
Christ Church & St Paul’s.
3. Children who have one or more parents who are
faithful and regular* worshippers at any Anglican
11 and who live within the parish of St George with
Christ Church & St Paul’s, in home to school
distance order.
4. Children who have one or more parents who
are regular* and faithful worshippers at one of
the churches included in the membership of the
Ecumenical Bodies in Churches Together in Britain
and Ireland as determined by the Southwark
Diocesan Board of Education** and who live within
the parish of St George Christ Church & St Paul’s in
home to school distance order.
 please see page 14 for advice on completing the common application form
If the school is oversubscribed with applicants at this
stage, the following criteria will be used to determine
priority:
a. A
 sibling*** on roll at the school on the date of
entry of the applicant and who is expected to be
on the school roll at the intended date of admission
(i.e. Year 6 children will not qualify as a sibling).
b. Home to school distance order.
If the governing body consider that your application
does not fully meet the criteria for a foundation place,
they will transfer it and consider it for an open place.
Unsuccessful applicants for foundation places will be
considered for an open place only after those applying
for open places have been considered.
A letter of reference from the parish priest or minister
will be required to support an application for a
foundation place. If you have moved within two years,
a letter from your previous priest or minister may be
taken into account.
Open places
Open places are for those pupils whose parents have
chosen the school although they do not qualify for a
foundation place.
Parents applying for an open place do so knowing
that the school aims to provide an education based on
Christian principles.
In exceptional circumstances children who have a
personal or family, acute medical or social need for
a place at this school and who would not otherwise
qualify for admission. The application must be
supported by a letter from a hospital consultant,
social worker or similar professional, setting out the
reasons why this school is the only one to meet the
child’s needs.
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The governing body has designated 12 places to be
offered to pupils. If there are more applications than
places, consideration will be given in the following
order of priority:
1. Looked after children.
2. Children who have an exceptional personal or family,
acute medical or social need.
3. Children who have a sibling*** on roll at the school
Schools in Lewisham
on the date of entry of the applicant and who live
within the Parish of St George with Christ Church &
St Paul’s.
4. Home to school distance order.
NB ‘Looked after child’ has the same meaning as in
Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 and means any
child in the care of the local authority or provided
with accommodation by them (e.g. children with
foster parents).
*Definition of ‘regular’
Regular attendance at worship in the parish for at least
two years before the closing date for application: this
is understood to mean at least fortnightly and there is
involvement of the family in the church community life.
**Membership of Ecumenical Bodies
A list is available from the school office on request.
***Definition of sibling
A sibling is defined as a blood or adoptive sibling, or
half sibling, plus foster or step-siblings living at the
same address as the child. Proof of sibling relationship
may be required.
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Good Shepherd Catholic

Primary School
8. Any other children.
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
Moorside Road, Downham, BRI 5EP * Contact school for details of Churches Together
in England
Head teacher Mr P Moriarty
A supplementary form completed by a priest or minister
Telephone 020 8698 4173
demonstrating religious commitment along with evidence
Age range 3–11 of the child’s baptism or dedication will be required.
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 25 (full-time only) The following order of priorities will be applied when
applications within any of the above categories exceed
the places available and it is necessary to decide
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School between applications.
Number of places available 30 1. For category 2 above – the strength of evidence of
Number of on-time applications 118 commitment to the faith as demonstrated by the
received level of the family’s Mass attendance on Sundays.
This evidence must be provided by the parents/
Number of places offered under each
carers and be endorsed by a priest at the church(es)
admissions criterion
where the family normally worship.
Baptised catholic children resident in 30
2. A sibling on the school roll at the time of admission
the parish of Good Shepherd, for whom
(siblings include all blood or adoptive siblings or
Good Shepherd is the closest Catholic
half-siblings, and foster or step-siblings. Siblings
school
must all be living at the same address as the child.
Number of appeals heard 4 Proof of the sibling relationship may be required).
Number of successful appeals 0 Older children on roll in Year 6 and who will have
transferred to secondary school by the time the
younger child is due to be admitted to school do
Admission policy not qualify.
Where the number of applications exceeds 30, the 3. Social and medical needs which make the school
governors will offer places using the following criteria in particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong
the order stated: and relevant evidence must be provided by an
appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified
1. Looked after Catholic children or looked after medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social
children in the care of Catholic foster carers. worker or priest).
2. Baptised Catholic children. 4. Distance from home to school. Evidence of
residence may be required. Distance from the school
3. Children enrolled in the catechumenate.
measured in a straight line on a map from the home
4. Other looked after children. to the main school gate. Lewisham LA provides
distances from their mapping system.
5. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox
Churches. In the event of two or more children being equidistant,
the governing body will draw lots.
6. A child who is baptised in another Christian
denomination that is part of Churches Together in Children attending the nursery school must make a
England*. separate admission application for reception class. The
reception places are offered using the published criteria.
7. Children of other faiths.

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham
College – Temple Grove
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College –
Temple Grove
Hunsdon Road, London SE14 5RD
Principal Mrs Penny Jones
Telephone 020 7652 9500
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 30 part-time and 10 full time
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College –
Temple Grove
Number of places available
Number of on-time applications received 174
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion pupils. The Academy will accordingly admit at least 60
Sibling on roll
Home to school distance 46
Distance of last child offered
Number of appeals heard 2
Successful appeals
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On 1 September 2008 Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham
College became a 3–18 Academy. The primary phase
of the Academy is known as Temple Grove Hatcham.
A prospectus is available from the Temple Grove
Hatcham school office in Hunsdon Road, SE14 5RD,
or can be downloaded from the Federation website:
www.haaf.org.uk
Arrangements for admission to nursery provision
The Academy has an agreed admission number of 40
Schools in Lewisham
pupils. The Academy will accordingly admit at least
40 pupils (aged 3 – 4 years) each year if sufficient
applications are received. The nursery school day will
be split into two sessions (morning and afternoon) –
There are 30 part-time places and 10 full-time places.
60
Arrangements for admission to 5-11 provision
The Academy has an agreed admission number of 60
14 pupils (age rising 5) each year if sufficient applications
are received.
582.42m
Admission policy
0 The primary school has a provision for children with
Statements of Special Educational Needs (autistic
spectrum disorder).
Where the number of applications for admission is
greater than the published admission number, and
after the admission of pupils with Statements of
Special Educational Need where the primary school has
consented to be named in the statement, priority for
admission will be given to those children who meet the
criteria set out below, in priority order:-
1. Children who are looked after by a local authority
in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act
1989 at the date of the relevant application for
admission is made and who the local authority has
confirmed will continue to be looked after by it in
accordance with the said section at the time they
are admitted to the Academy.
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Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College –

Temple Grove (continued)

2. Pupils for whom it is essential to be admitted to the Tie break

primary school because of special circumstances
to do with significant medical or social needs. The Sibling (nursery and primary school)
application will need to be supported by a letter
If there are more siblings than there are places
from a hospital consultant, social worker or similar
available, the places will be offered to the siblings living
professional. The information should demonstrate
nearest to the primary school.
why the primary school is the only school able to
meet the child’s specific needs.
Distance
3. Pupils who, on the date of admission, will have
In the event of a tie break under the distance criterion,
a sibling (i.e. a natural brother or sister, or a half
random allocation will be used.
brother or sister, or a legally adopted brother or
sister or half-brother or sister, or step brother or
sister who will be living with them at the same
address at the date of their entry to the Academy)
on the roll of the nursery or primary school (proof
of the sibling relationship will be required if a place
is offered).
4. The remaining places will be offered to pupils who
live nearest to the primary school on the basis of
proximity; i.e. pupils who live the nearest radial
distance to the school on the close of the Lewisham
LA admission late application date. Home to
Academy distance will be measured as the direct line
distance between the pupil’s home to the Academy’s
main building entrance of the primary school on
Camplin Street. Where a pupil lives for a part of each
week at different addresses, the “home” address
will be the one taken from the Common Application
Form (proof of residency will be required if a place is
offered).
If false or misleading information is used to gain entry
to the Academy, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.
Children in Year 6 of the primary school are entitled
to transfer to the secondary school without applying
further.
 please see page 14 for advice on completing the common application form
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Culverley Road, SE6 2LD
Head teacher Mrs P Peters
Telephone 020 8698 2675
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Number of places available 30
Number of on-time applications 133
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Baptised Catholic children living in Holy 24
Cross parish and for whom Holy Cross is
the closest Catholic school
Other baptised Catholic children from 5
practising families
Children with SEN statements 1 application within each category with applications from
Number of appeals heard 2 practising Catholic families being considered first.
Number of successful appeals 0
Admission policy
1. Looked after Catholic children and those children
being looked after within practising Catholic families.
2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
families and those enrolled in the catechumenate
from practising Catholic families who are resident in
the Parish of Holy Cross, Catford.
3. Other baptised Catholic children from practising
families who are resident in the Catholic Parishes of
Lewisham, Brockley, Beckenham, Downham and Lee
for whom Holy Cross is the nearest Catholic school.
4. Other baptised Catholic children from practising
Catholic families and those enrolled in the
catechumenate from practising Catholic families.
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5. Other baptised Catholics based on their level of
practise.
6. Other looked after children for whom Holy Cross is
the nearest school.
7. Those children from orthodox churches not in union
with the See of Rome.
8. Christians of other denominations whose parents are
in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the school and
Schools in Lewisham
whose application is supported by a minister of religion.
9. Any other applicants whose parents wish their child
to attend Holy Cross School including those who
have not completed a supplementary form.
The following order of priorities will be applied when
applications within any of the above categories exceed
the places available and it is necessary to decide
between applications.
1. Practising Catholics will be considered first when
applying the over-subscription criteria.
2. The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at
the time of admission will increase the priority of an
3. The governing body may increase the priority of
an application within a category where evidence
is provided at the time of the application of an
exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need
of the child, which can most appropriately be met at
this school. Written proof from a professional should
outline why Holy Cross School is the only school
able to meet the child/family’s specific need. The
school may ask for a recent certified update at the
time of considering applications.
4. Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any
one of the sub categories listed above will lead to over-
subscription, the places up to the admission number
will be offered to those living nearest to the school.
Please note that admittance to the nursery does not
guarantee admission to Holy Cross School.
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Holy Trinity CE Primary School
Holy Trinity CE Primary School
Dartmouth Road, Sydenham,SE23 3HZ
Head teacher Mrs M Crow
Telephone 020 8699 9023
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
Holy Trinity CE Primary School
Number of Foundation places 17
available
Number of on-time Foundation 9 from the school’s website).
applications received
Number of Open places available 13
Number of on-time Open applications 74
received
All applicants were offered a place at this school or
at a school parents ranked higher.
There were no appeals heard.
Foundation places
The governing body has designated 17 foundation
places for those families who are faithful and regular
worshippers in a Christian church recognised by Churches
Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical
Alliance. Where the school is oversubscribed places will
be allocated in the following order of priority:
1. Looked after children
2. Pupils whose parents/legal guardians/foster carers
are faithful and regular worshippers at Holy Trinity
Church or another Anglican church.
3. Pupils whose parents/legal guardians/foster
carers are faithful and regular worshippers of other
Christian denominations, as recognised by Churches
Together in Britain and Ireland and the Evangelical
Alliance, who do not have a church school in their
neighbourhood and for whom this is the nearest
Anglican church school.
If the school is oversubscribed in any of the above
criteria the following criteria will be used to determine
priority.
a. A sibling on roll at the school on the date of entry of
the applicant.
b. Nearness of the home to the school will be
measured as the crow flies from the door of the
home to the main school gate.
The completion of a supplementary form by the vicar,
minister or religious leader will be required as proof
of church membership and attendance in support of
a foundation application. (Supplementary forms are
available from the school office or can be downloaded
If the governing body considers that your application
does not fully meet the criteria for a foundation place
they will consider it for an open place.
If all the foundation places are not filled, these will then
be allocated under the open place criteria.
Open places
Open places are for those pupils whose parents/legal
guardians/foster carers have chosen this school even
though they do not qualify for a foundation place.
Parents/legal guardians/foster carers applying for
an open place do so knowing that the school aims to
provide an education based on Christian principles.
The remaining 13 places, together with any unallocated
foundation places will be allocated in the following
order of priority:
1. Looked after children.
2. Pupils who will have a sibling in the school at the
time of their admission.
3. Pupils for whom this is the nearest school measured
as the crow flies from the home to main school gate.
Please contact the school for definitions of ‘regular’,
‘sibling’ and ‘looked after’.

Our Lady and St Philip Neri
Catholic Primary School
Our Lady and St Philip Neri
Catholic Primary School
208 Sydenham Road, SE26 5SE
Head teacher Mr R Sullivan
Telephone 020 8778 4386
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 45 (possible increase to
60 dependant on Primary Capital Programme)
Nursery 52 (part-time only)
Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic School
Number of places available
Number of on-time applications
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Baptised Catholic children with a sibling
on roll
Baptised Catholic children from families 13
resident in and worshippers at the
parishes of Our Lady and St Phillip Neri
and the Church of the Resurrection
Other Catholic children
Number of appeals heard
Number of successful appeals
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Admission policy
Where there are more applications for places than
the number of places available, places will be offered
according to the following order of priority:
1. Looked after Catholic children from Catholic
families.
2. Baptised Catholic children from Catholic families
who have siblings in the school at the intended date
Schools in Lewisham
of admission.
3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
families who are resident in and worship at the
parishes of Our Lady & St Philip Neri and Church of
45 the Resurrection.
145
4. Other Catholic baptised children from practising
families.
5. Other baptised Catholic children.
31 6. Other looked after children
7. Children who are members of Eastern or Orthodox
churches.
8. Christians of other denominations whose parents are
in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the school
and whose application is supported by a minister of
1
religion.
5
9. Any other applicants.
1
Maps showing the parish boundaries of both parishes
can be viewed in the main school office.
Tie break
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in
any one of the sub-categories listed above will lead
to oversubscription, the places up to the admission
number will be offered to those living nearest to the
school as measured in a straight line from the home to
the main school gate.
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St Augustine’s Catholic
Primary School
8. Christians of other denominations whose parents
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School are in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the
Dunfield Road, SE6 3RD school and whose practice is supported by a
Head teacher Mrs M McCaughan minister of religion. The order of precedence will be
a) baptised and b) dedicated.
Telephone 020 8698 6083
9. Non baptised children where one or both parents
Age range 3–11
are baptised Catholics.
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time only) 10. Children who are members of other faiths. Evidence
of membership provided by a priest, minister or
faith leader of a designated place of worship will be
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School required.
Number of places available 30 11. Any other applicants
Number of on-time applications 139 Oversubscription Criteria
received
Whenever there are more applications than places
Number of places offered under each
available, priority will always be given to Catholic
admissions criterion
applicants according to the order of priority.
Baptised Catholic children living in the 18
parish In the event of oversubscription within each of the above
categories, further priority will be awarded as follows:
Baptised Catholic children not resident 12
in the parish (a) The attendance of a sibling in the school at the
Number of appeals heard 3 time of the application who is expected to be on
roll at the time of admission.
Number of successful appeals 0
(b) A child’s exceptional educational, medical, social or
pastoral need which can best be met at this school.
Admission policy Evidence from a relevant professional must be
supplied at the time the application is made.
All applicants will be considered by the governing body
according to the following criteria (c) Distance from the school as measured by the local
authority’s school mapping system, i.e. a straight
1. Looked after Catholic children and looked after
line from the school gate to the front door of the
children in the care of Catholic families.
home property.
2. Baptised Catholic children of practising Catholic
families who are resident in the parish of the A Common Application Form (CAF) should be
Annunciation and St Augustine, Beckenham Hill. completed and sent to the local authority by the
published date.
3. Baptised Catholic children of practising Catholic
families who are resident in other parishes Applicants who submit an application on the local
4. Other baptised Catholic children (a) resident in the authority’s Common Application Form must also
parish of The Annunciation and St Augustine (b) complete the “Catholic Primary Schools in Lewisham”
resident in other parishes. supplementary form.
5. Other looked after children
6. Children who are Catechumens
7. Children who are members of Orthodox Churches
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St Bartholomew’s
CE Primary School
Admission policy
St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School
The Peak, Sydenham, SE26 4LJ
Foundation places
Head teacher Mrs Tricia Dyson The governing body has designated 30 places to be
Telephone 020 8699 8537 offered to pupils whose families are faithful and regular
Age range 4–11 worshippers in a Christian church. Written evidence of
Places available 2010/11 45 (possible increase to applicants’ commitment to their place of worship (in
60 dependant on Primary Capital Programme) the form of a clergy reference) will be required. If there
No nursery are more than 30 applicants, places will be allocated

Schools in Lewisham
according to the following criteria. These are stated in
order of priority:
St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School 1. Looked after children.
Number of places available 45 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
Number of on-time applications 127 supported medical or social need for a place at
received this school.
Number of places offered under each 3. Children whose families are faithful and regular
admissions criterion worshippers at St Bartholomew’s Church or St
Foundation places Philip’s Church.
Regular worshippers at St Bartholomew’s 2 4. Children whose families are faithful and regular
or St Philip with sibling in school worshippers at any CE church and who live within
Regular worshippers at St Bartholomew’s 4 2.5km of the school measured by a straight line
or St Philip, in distance order between home and the nearest school gate.
Regular worshipper, any CE church, 1 5. Children whose families are faithful and regular
with sibling worshippers at one of the churches included in
Regular worshipper, any CE church, 6 the membership of Ecumenical Bodies in Churches
distance order Together in Britain and Ireland or The Evangelical
Regular worshipper at church listed in 1 Alliance and for whom this is the nearest Church of
Starting School with sibling England school.
Regular worshipper at church listed in 4 If the school is oversubscribed with applicants within
Starting School in distance order any of the above criteria the following will be used to
Open places determine priority:
Sibling at school 14 (i) a sibling on roll at the school on the date of entry of
Other applicants, in distance order 13 the applicant.
There were no appeals. (ii) nearness of the home to the school measured in a
straight line between the applicants’ home and the
nearest school gate.

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St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School
(continued)
If the foundation places are oversubscribed,
unsuccessful applicants who qualify for a foundation
place will be considered for any open places remaining
unfilled at the end of the allocation procedure. If the
governing body considers that the application does not
fully meet the criteria for a foundation place they will
transfer it and consider it for an open place. If there
are fewer than 30 qualified applicants for foundation
places, any unfilled places will become additional
open places.
In assessing commitment and practice, the governing
body will take regular attendance to mean those
families who have worshipped at their church for at
least one year before the closing date for application:
this is understood to mean at least fortnightly and
there is involvement of the family in the church
community life.
Some examples of involvement are given below.
participation in church activities
membership of church committees
responsibilities in the church e.g., steward,
sidesperson, youth leader, Sunday school teacher
leading worship.
Open places
Open places are for those pupils whose parents have
chosen the school although they do not qualify for a
foundation place. Parents applying for an open place
do so knowing that the school aims to provide an
education based on Christian principles.
The governing body has designated 15 places to be
offered to pupils. If there are more applications than
places, consideration will be given in the following
order of priority.
1. Looked after children.
2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
supported medical or social need for a place at
this school.
3. Children who will have a sibling attending the school
at the time of their admission to school.
4. Nearness of the home to the school measured in a
straight line between the applicant’s home and the
nearest school gate.
Tie break
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in
any one of the open place criteria listed above
will lead to over subscription, the places up to the
admission number will be offered to those living
nearest to the school.
For foundation and open places, in the event of two
or more applicants having equal right to a place and
living equidistant from the school, the governing body
will allocate the place by drawing lots.
Please contact the school for definitions of ‘regular’,
‘siblings’ and ‘looked after’.

St James’ Hatcham
CE Primary School
St James’ Hatcham CE Primary School
St James’, SE14 6AD
Head teacher Ms S E McFarlane
Telephone 020 8692 4937
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 35 (full and part-time)
St James’ Hatcham CE Primary School
Number of Foundation places
available
Number of on-time Foundation
applications received
Number of Open places available 10
Number of on-time Open applications
received 1. Looked after children, whose carer fulfils the
All applicants were offered a place
at this school or at a school parents
ranked higher.
There were no appeals heard.
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Admission policy
Foundation places
The governors have designated 20 places each year as
foundation places to be filled by pupils whose families
are committed and regular Christian worshippers.
Preference will be given to children of committed
Christian families who have been worshipping for the
preceding twelve months. A minimum attendance of
Schools in Lewisham
twice a month is expected.
(Applicants recently having moved to the area and
20
attending one of the churches for criteria 3 – 6 will be
asked for a reference from their previous minister).
15
If there are more than 20 applicants for foundation
places, consideration will be given to their admission
according to the following criteria in order of priority.
21
foundation place commitment. (Looked after
child has the same meaning as in section 22 of
the Children Act 1989 and means any child in
the care of the local authority or provided with
accommodation by them e.g. children with foster
parents).
2. Children, whose brothers and/or sisters are
attending the school on the intended date of
admission, who had obtained a foundation place,
and whose families continue to be committed and
worshipping Christians.
3. Children whose parent (s) is a committed and
regular worshipper in one of the churches of St
James Hatcham or St Michael’s United Church, New
Cross.
4. Children of committed and regular worshippers on
the grounds of their or their family’s exceptional
medical or social need for this particular school and
who would not otherwise qualify for admission.
The application must be supported by a letter from
a hospital consultant or similar professional setting
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50 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11
St James’ Hatcham CE Primary School
(continued)
out the reasons why the school is best able to meet
the child’s needs and the difficulties that would be
caused if the child had to attend another school.
5. Children, whose parent(s) are committed and regular
worshippers in a Church of England Church within
the Deanery of Deptford.
6. Children, whose parent(s) are committed and
regular worshippers in a Christian Church within
the Deanery of Deptford (who are full members of
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland).
Unsuccessful applicants for foundation places will be
automatically considered for any open places remaining
unfilled at the end of the allocation procedure. If the
governing body considers that the application does not
fully meet the criteria for a foundation place, they will
transfer it and consider it for an open place.
Open places
Governors have designated the remaining 10 places
as open places. In the case of applications for these
places, no consideration is given to active membership
of a Church of England Church, but parents applying
for such open places do so accepting that the school
provides an education based on Christian principles
and that pupils take part in Christian worship as well
as in lessons in the curriculum for religious education.
If there are more than 10 applicants for these open
places, then consideration will be given to them
according to the following criteria in order of priority.
1. Looked after children. (Looked after child has the
same meaning as in section 22 of the Children Act
1989 and means any child in the care of the local
authority or provided with accommodation by them
e.g. children with foster parents).
2. Children who have brothers and/or sisters attending
the school on the intended date of admission.
3. Children on the grounds of their or their family’s
exceptional medical or social need for this particular
school and who would not otherwise qualify for
admission. The application must be supported
by a letter from a hospital consultant or similar
professional setting out the reasons why the school
is best able to meet the child’s needs and the
difficulties that would be caused if the child had to
attend another school.
4. Places will be offered to children solely on the
grounds that they live locally to our school and
priority is given to those whose permanent home
address is nearest, measured in a straight line
from the home to the school gate. In determining
where a child lives we cannot accept the address
of grandparents, other relatives or child minders
unless the parents themselves also live at the
same address. Proof of permanent address will be
required by production of current council tax and
utility bills.
If any one criterion is oversubscribed in either
foundation or open categories, places will be offered to
the children living closest to the school, measured in a
straight line from the home to the main school gate.

St John Baptist CE Primary School
St John Baptist CE Primary School
Beachborough Rd, Bromley BR1 5RL
Head teacher Mr John Goodey
Telephone 020 8698 3059
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Early reception – no nursery
St John Baptist CE Primary School
Number of Foundation places available 15
Number of on-time Foundation
applications received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Sibling on roll
Attends local church 4
Attends other church 6
Number of Open places available 15
Number of on-time Open applications 98
received be on the roll of the school on the intended day of
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Children with exceptional medical or
social needs
Sibling on roll
Home to school distance
Home to school distance of last person
offered a home to school distance place
in metres
Number of appeals heard
Number of succesful appeals
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An early reception class means there is a 30 pupil
intake in September. Pupils born between September
and February are full time and those born between
March and August will be part-time mornings only until
the spring term.
Admission policy
Allocation of the 15 foundation places
Schools in Lewisham
(supplementary form required)
Foundation places are offered to those parents who are
faithful and regular worshippers in an Anglican or other
Christian church that is a full member of Churches
33 Together in Britain and Ireland. If there are more
applicants than places available, places will be offered
in the following order of priority:
1. Looked after children (children in the care of the
5 local authority).
2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
supported medical or social need for a place at this
school.
3. Children with brothers or sisters already attending
the school; the applicant’s brother or sister must
admission.
4. Faithful and regular worshippers at St John the
2 Baptist Church Bromley Road SE6.
5. Faithful and regular worshippers at the other
9
churches in the parish – St Lukes & St Marks.
4
6. Faithful and regular worshippers at other churches
180
that are full members of Churches Together in
Britain and Ireland.
2 If any one category is oversubscribed, places will be
offered to applicants living closest to the school,
0
measured in a straight line from the applicant’s home
to the nearest school gate, otherwise known as ‘as the
crow flies’.
Unsuccessful applicants for foundation places will
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St John Baptist CE Primary School (continued)

automatically be considered for any open places

remaining at the end of the allocation procedure.
Any unfilled foundation places will become additional
open places.

Allocation of 15 open places

The governors have designated 15 places as ‘open’ for
those families from other faiths, or no faith, that have
chosen the school for the type of education and ethos
it provides.
When there are more applicants than places available,
places will be allocated according to the following
priority order:
1. Looked after children (children in the care of the
local authority).
2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
supported medical or social need for a place at
this school.
3. Children with brothers and sisters already attending
the school; the applicant’s brother or sister must
be on the roll of the school on the intended day
of admission.
4. Nearness of the home to the school, measured in
a straight line from the applicant’s home to the
nearest school gate, otherwise known as ‘as the
crow flies’.

Siblings (foundation and open places)

In some years, when there are more siblings (brothers/
sisters) than places available (15 places in each
category), places will be allocated to those families
living nearest to the school. It may not always be
possible to offer siblings a place at the school.

St Joseph’s Catholic
Primary School
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Crossfield Street, Deptford, SE8 3PH
Head teacher Mrs Patricia Chantrey
Telephone 020 8692 4836
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
St Joseph’s Catholic School
Number of places available 30
Number of on-time applications
received
All applicants were offered a place
at this school or at a school parents
ranked higher
There were no appeals heard school and whose application is supported by a
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Admission policy
Places will always be offered according to the following
order of priority:
1. All looked after children.
2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
families who are resident in the parish of Our Lady
of the Assumption.
3. Other baptised Catholic children who are resident in
Schools in Lewisham
neighbouring Catholic parishes.
4. Siblings of children attending the school at the time
of admission.
109
5. Applications made under special, medical or
social need.
6. Christians of other denominations whose parents
are in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the
minister of religion.
7. Any other applicants whose parents are in sympathy
with the aims and ethos of the school.
NB: Catholicity is assessed by the parish priest.
All applicants must complete Lewisham’s Common
Application Form together with the school’s
supplementary form, obtainable from the school office.
Tie break
Where the offer of places to all applicants in any
one of the categories listed above will lead to over
subscription, the places will be offered to those living
nearest to the school, as measured in a straight line
by Lewisham.
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St Margaret’s Lee Church
of England Primary School
St Margaret’s Lee Church of England
Primary School
Lee Church St, SE13 5SG
Head teacher Mrs D Povey
Telephone 020 8852 3151
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time)
St Margaret’s Lee Church of England
Primary School
Number of Foundation places available 10
Number of on-time Foundation
applications received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Parents are committed and regular
worshippers at St Margaret’s Church
Number of Open places available 20
Number of on-time Open
applications received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Sibling on roll 13
Acute medical or social reasons
Children living nearest to the school
Home to school distance of last person
offered a home to school distance place
in metres 3. Brothers and sisters of children who attend the
There were no appeals heard
Admission policy
St. Margaret’s Lee Church of England School is a
Voluntary Aided Church School linked to the parish
church, St. Margaret’s Lee, which welcomes children
from the local community into a caring Christian
environment.
The school has a single form entry, which means that
there is one class of 30 children for each year group.
Children with birthdays between 1 September and 28
February enter in September. Children with birthdays
between 1 March and 31 August enter in January.
Parents of pupils who have a statement of special
educational needs are required to apply for school
places separately through the local authority from
34
whom advice is available. If a child with a statement is
placed in the school by the local authority before the
normal admission round, the number of places available
to other applicants will be reduced.
6
When more than 30 applications are received, the
places are allocated according to criteria which are
listed below in order of priority:
110
1. Children in public care.
2. Children with an exceptional medical or social need
for this particular school. This must be supported
by written evidence from a relevant professional:
specialist health professional, social worker or
2 educational psychologist. This evidence should
19 include reasons why St. Margaret’s is the most
303 suitable school and the difficulties that would arise
if the child were to attend another school.
school and who are due to continue to attend the
school until after their sibling has been admitted.
4. If there are any places remaining then up to 10
places may be offered each year on the grounds
of church membership. Where this criterion is
oversubscribed, once parental commitment is
established for all applicants being considered,

distance from school will also be taken into
consideration. Such places will be allocated to:
(a) The children of parents who are regular and
committed worshippers at St. Margaret’s, Lee
(wherever they may live)
(b) The children of parents who are regular and
committed worshippers at another Anglican church
who also live within our wider area.
(c) The children of parents who are regular and
committed worshippers at another Christian
church (list available from school) who also live
within our inner area.
By regular and committed worshippers we mean those
who have attended their church at least fortnightly
for a year or more before the closing date for
applications. Where there are more than ten applicants
for this criterion we will also consider evidence of the
involvement of one or both parents in the life of the
Church community. (Please see supplementary form.)
Applications for places under 4a, 4b and 4c must be
supported by a completed minister’s reference form.
If the total number of applicants in categories 1 – 3
exceed the 30 admission limit, places within each
criterion will be offered according to nearness of the
child’s home to the closest school entrance measured by
the shortest straight line route.
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In the event that two or more applicants have equal
right to a place under any of the above criteria and
there are insufficient places, the governing body will
use distance, in the first instance, to decide between
applicants; if applicants live equidistant from the
school  the governing body will draw lots to decide
between applicants.
5. Children living nearest to school. The school wishes
to remain what it has always been, a community or
Schools in Lewisham
neighbourhood school. Where possible, places will
be offered to children solely on the grounds that
they live locally to our school and (subject to what
follows) priority is given to those who live nearest.
Nearness is determined by the shortest straight line
route from the child’s home to the closest entrance
in Lee Church Street.
In determining where a child lives, we cannot accept
the address of grandparents, other relatives or child-
minders, unless the parents themselves also actually
live at the same address. Proof of residence is required
before the definite offer of a place is confirmed.
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St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic

Primary School
3. Baptised Catholic children from practising families
St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School and those who are preparing for a Catholic baptism.
Howson Rd, Brockley, SE4 2BB
4. Other baptised Catholic children.
Head teacher Mrs C Winston
5. Other looked after children.
Telephone 020 8692 5055
Age range 4–11 6. Members of an Eastern Orthodox Christian
Places available 2010/11 30 Church. Evidence of baptism or reception from the
No nursery authorities of that church will be required.
7. Children of families who are committed members of
other Christian denominations. Evidence of baptism,
St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School (or dedication) and of religious commitment
Number of places available 30 provided by a priest or minister where the family
regularly worship, will be required.
Number of on-time applications received 102
Number of places offered under each 8. Children of other faiths. Evidence of religious
admissions criterion commitment provided by a priest, minister or
religious leader where the family regularly worship,
Baptised practising Catholics with 10
will be required.
siblings on roll
Baptised practising Catholics resident in 18 9. Any other applicants.
the Catholic parishes listed in Starting
School Special consideration
Committed members of other Christian 1 The governing body may increase the priority of
denominations an application within a category where evidence
is provided at the time of the application of an
Child with SEN statement 1
exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need
Home to school distance of last person 1997.93 of the child which can most appropriately be met
offered a home to school distance place at this school.
in metres (Tie-break)
There were no appeals heard. Tie break
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in
any one of the sub-categories listed above will lead
Admission policy to oversubscription, the places up to the admission
Places will always be offered according to the following number will be offered to those living nearest to the
order of priority: school. Distances will be measured from the home to
the main entrance of the school in a straight line on a
1. Looked after baptised Catholic children and large-scale map.
those children being looked after by practising
Catholic families.
2. Siblings who have a brother or sister on roll at the
school on the date of entry of the applicant.

St Mary’s Lewisham C of E
Primary School
St Mary’s Lewisham C of E Primary School
329 Lewisham High St, Lewisham, SE13 6NX
Acting Head teacher Mrs M Williams-Pinnock
Telephone 020 8690 2613
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time only)
St Mary’s Lewisham C of E Primary School
Number of places available 30
Number of on-time applications
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Attends St Mary’s Church
Attends other Church of England church
Attends other church 5
Sibling on roll
Home to school distance
Home to school distance of last person
offered a home to school distance place
in metres
Number of appeals heard
Number of successful appeals
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Admission policy
The governors will admit pupils in the following way.
Foundation places
The governing body has designated 20 places to be
offered to pupils whose families are faithful and regular
worshippers in a Christian church. Written evidence of
applicants’ commitment to their place of worship (in
the form of a clergy reference) will be required. If there
Schools in Lewisham
are more than 20 applicants, places will be allocated
according to the following criteria. These are stated in
order of priority:
131 1. Looked after children whose families are faithful
and regular worshippers at a Christian church.
2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
supported medical or social need for a place at
1 this school whose families are faithful and regular
1 worshippers at a Christian church. This must be
supported by written evidence, e.g. from a specialist
health professional, social worker or educational
14
psychologist which sets out the reasons why
9 this school is the most suitable school and the
478 difficulties that would be caused if the child had to
attend another school.
3. Children whose families are faithful and regular
4 worshippers at St Mary’s Church.
2
4. Children whose families are faithful and regular
worshippers at any CE Church for whom this is the
nearest church school.
5. Children whose families are regular and faithful
worshippers at one of the churches included in
the membership of Ecumenical Bodies in Churches
Together in Britain and Ireland or The Evangelical
Alliance and for whom this is the nearest
church school.
If the school is oversubscribed with applicants at any
stage, the following criteria will be used to determine
priority:
(a) A sibling on roll at the school on the date of entry
of the applicant.
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St Mary’s Lewisham C of E Primary School
(continued)
(b) Nearness of the home to the school measured in
a straight line from the door of the home to the
nearest school gate.
In the event that two or more applicants live the same
distance from the school and there are insufficient
places to admit all applicants, the places will be
allocated by drawing lots.
In assessing commitment and practice the governing
body will
1. Take regular attendance to mean those families who
have worshipped at their church for at least one
year before the closing date for application: this is
understood to mean at least fortnightly.
2. Will look at the involvement of the family in the
church community life.
3. Look at if the child is baptised (baptism certificate
will be required). If the denomination does not
practice infant baptism then proof of thanksgiving
or dedication to be provided.
4. Review if the family is on the electoral roll (Anglican)
or church members list (other denominations).
Some examples of involvement are given below.
(a) Participation in church activities
(b) Membership of church committees
(c) Responsibilities in the church e.g., steward,
sidesperson, youth leader, Sunday school teacher.
(d) Involvement in Sunday worship e.g.’ reading, leading
intercessions, administering Holy Communion.
Family is defined as meaning parent or legal guardian.
Regular attendance would include both adult and child.
If there are fewer than 20 qualified applicants for
foundation places, any unfilled places will become
additional open places. Unsuccessful applicants for
foundation places will be considered for any open places
remaining unfilled at the end of the allocation procedure.
If the governing body consider that the application does
not fully meet the criteria for a foundation place, they
will transfer it and consider it for an open place.
Open places
Open places are for those pupils whose parents have
chosen the school although they do not qualify for a
foundation place. Parents applying for an open place do
so knowing that the school aims to provide an education
based on Christian principles. Parents have the right
to withdraw their child from religious education and
collective worship, in school and in church, and must
notify the school in writing. Parents should note that they
are responsible for the care of their child when withdrawn
from religious education and worship.
The governing body has designated 10 places to be
offered to pupils. If there are more applications than
places, consideration will be given in the following order
of priority.
1. Looked after children
2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
supported medical or social need for a place at this
school. This must be supported by written evidence,
e.g. from a specialist health professional, doctor,
social worker or educational psychologist, which sets
out the reasons why this school is the most suitable
school and the difficulties that would be caused if
the child had to attend another school
3. Children who will have a sibling attending the school
at the time of their admission to school
4. Children in order of nearness of home to school,
measured in a straight line from the door of the
home to the main school gate.
Tie break
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in
any one of the categories listed above will lead to
oversubscription, the places up to the admission
number will be offered to those living nearest to the
school. In the event of two or more applicants having
an equal right to a place and living equidistant from the
school, the governing body will allocate the place by
drawing lots.

St Matthew Academy
St Matthew Academy
St Joseph’s Vale, Blackheath, SE3 0XX
Principal Mrs M Cross
Telephone 020 8853 6250
Age range 3–16
Places available 2010/11 60
Nursery 50 (part-time)
St Matthew Academy
Number of places available 60
Number of on-time applications
received
All applicants were offered a place
at this school or at a school parents
ranked higher
There were no appeals heard
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Reception places for September 2010
1. Children who will be 5 years old between 1
September 2009 and 31 August 2010 will be
admitted together in September. The closing date
for application will be in line with the closing date
set by the London Borough of Lewisham.
2. Children who attend a nursery class attached
to a primary school frequently transfer to the
main school but this cannot be guaranteed. In
Schools in Lewisham
the event of oversubscription, admission to the
reception class will be decided on the basis of
the criteria set out below. Parents of children
118 attending the nursery must apply for a place in
the reception class and will be considered with
other applicants at the appropriate time. All
applications for Reception places, whether from
Lewisham or elsewhere, are co-ordinated through
Lewisham council and parents must complete the
Common Application Form (CAF) issued by the
London Borough of Lewisham and the academy’s
Supplementary Information Form.
Admission policy
Where the number of applications for admission
is greater than the published admission number,
applications will be considered against the criteria
below. After the admission of pupils with statements of
special educational needs where St Matthew Academy
is named on the statement, places will be allocated in
the order in which they are set out below:
1. Catholic children in public care and children looked
after by Catholic families.
2. Baptised Catholic children.
3. Other children in public care.
4. Baptised Eastern Orthodox children.
5. Children of other Christian denominations whose
applications are supported by a minister of religion.
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St Matthew Academy (continued)

6. Children of other faiths whose applications are

supported by a religious leader of a designated
place of worship.
7. Other applicants.
If it is necessary to distinguish between applicants
within any of the above categories, places will be
allocated first to those applicants who have a sibling
who will be attending the academy at the proposed
date of admission of the applicant. After siblings,
the remaining places will be allocated to those
whose home addresses are closest to the academy,
as measured by straight-line distance from the main
entrance of the academy to the main entrance of the
child’s normal place of residence. If it is necessary
to distinguish between two applicants with a sibling
connection, this will be done on the basis of closeness
to the academy as determined by straight-line
distance as described above.

Operation of waiting lists

Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists
in Lewisham’s coordinated admissions system, the
academy will operate a waiting list. Where in any year
St Matthew Academy receives more applications for
places than there are places available, a waiting list
will operate until a month after the normal annual
admission date. This will be maintained by St Matthew
Academy and it will be open to any parents to ask
for their child’s name to be placed on the waiting
list, following an unsuccessful application. Children’s
position on the waiting list will be determined solely in
accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out
in the previous section. Where places become vacant,
they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in
accordance with the oversubscription criteria.

St Michael’s CE Primary School
St Michael’s CE Primary School
Champion Road, Sydenham, SE26 4HH
Head teacher Tabitha White
Telephone 020 8778 8407
Age range 4–11
Places available 2010/11 30
No nursery
St Michael’s CE School
Number of places available
Number of on-time applications
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Foundation places
Children whose parents or carers
have been full, frequent and active
attendees of St Michael’s or All Saints’
Churches for at least a year
Children whose parents or carers have
been full, frequent and active attendees
at any CE church for at least one year,
and live within 2.5 km of the school
Children whose parents or carers are
full, frequent and active attendees of
other Christian denominations, and live
within 2.5 km of the school
Open places
Sibling on roll
Home to school distance
Home to school distance of last person
offered a home to school distance
place in metres
There were no appeals heard
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Admission policy
Foundation places
Twenty places are reserved as foundation places
to be filled by children whose parents are full and
frequent attenders of a Christian church recognised
by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. If there
is oversubscription for Foundation places, then
consideration will be given according to the following
Schools in Lewisham
criteria:
1. Looked after children.
30
2. Children whose parents have been full and frequent
121
attenders of St Michael’s or All Saints’ churches for
at least one year.
3. Children whose parents have been full and frequent
attenders of any CE church for at least one year and
who live within 2.5 km of the school measured by a
1 direct line between home and school.
4. Children whose parents are full and frequent
attenders of other Christian denominations,as
recognised by Churches Together in Britain and
1
Ireland, who live within 2.5 km of the school
measured by a direct line between home and school.
(NB: As there is a Catholic school in the locality,
13 Catholic children would not be given a foundation
place unless there were exceptional circumstances.)
In assessing commitment and practice the governors
will take into account frequency of church attendance.
Full and frequent attenders must attend church worship
at least once a month. A higher priority will be given
7 where attendance is weekly.
8
Unsuccessful applicants for foundation places will
383.33 be considered for open places after these have been
allocated. The completion of a form by the vicar,
minister or religious leader will be required as proof
of church membership in support of foundation
placement.
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St Michael’s CE Primary School (continued)

Open places
The remaining 10 places, together with any unallocated
foundation places, are to be allocated to children
whose parents apply for open places, accepting that
the school provides an education based on Christian
principles and that pupils take part in Christian worship
as well as in lessons in the curriculum for religious
education. If there is over subscription for open places
then consideration will be given according to the
following criteria:
1. Looked after children.
2. Those children who have older blood brothers and
sisters, step-siblings, fostered or adopted children
living at the same address and attending the school
who will be on the school roll at the applicant’s
intended date of entry.
3. Places may be given to children with known
special medical or social needs. Written supporting
evidence must be supplied at the time of application
from a relevant professional such as a doctor,
social worker or educational psychologist. Such
evidence should set out the particular reasons why
St Michael’s is the most suitable school and the
difficulties that would be caused if the child had to
attend another school.
4. Remaining places are allocated to children on
the basis of nearness of their home to the school
measured by a direct line from home to the school.
Note 1: It may happen that there are insufficient places
to admit all applicants meeting any one criterion. In
this case the governors will allocate places to those
qualifying on the basis of nearness of home to school
measured by a direct line from home to the school.
Note 2: If you have moved churches within a year,
a letter of support showing active communicant or
regular attendance at the previous church will be taken
into account.
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St Saviour’s Catholic
Primary School
4. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
St Saviour’s Catholic Primary School families (as demonstrated by the family and verified
10 Bonfield Road, SE13 6AL by their parish priest) and who are resident in other
Head teacher Mrs J Spittles parishes.
Telephone 020 8852 4283 5. Other baptised Catholic children.
Age range 3–11 6. Non catholic children in public care.
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 35 (full and part-time) 7. Children of Roman Catholic Catechumens.
8. Baptised Eastern Orthodox children.

Schools in Lewisham
St Saviour’s Catholic Primary School 9. Christians of other denominations whose parents
are in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the
Number of places available 30
School and whose application is supported by a
Number of on-time applications 135 minister of religion.
received
10. Children of other faiths whose parents are in
Number of places offered under each
sympathy with the aims and ethos of the School
admissions criterion
and who can provide evidence of regular practice of
Catholic children resident in the parish 20 their faith.
Catholic children resident in other 10
11. Other applicants.
parishes
There were no appeals heard If it is necessary to distinguish between applicants
within any of the above categories, places will be
offered first to those applicants who have a sibling
Admission policy who will be attending the school at the proposed date
of admission of the applicant and who is expected to
After the admission of pupils with a statement of be on the roll of the school after the intended date of
special educational needs where St Saviour’s Catholic admission. After siblings, the remaining places will be
Primary School is named on the statement, the criteria allocated to those whose home addresses are closest to
will be applied in the order in which they are set out the school, as measured by a straight line distance from
below: the main entrance of the school to the main entrance
1. Looked after Catholic children (in public care) and to the child’s normal place of residence.
children looked after by Catholic families.
2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
families (as demonstrated by the family and verified
by the parish priest) and who are resident in the
Parish of St. Saviours.
3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
families (as demonstrated by the family and verified
by the parish priest) and who regularly attend
St. Saviours Catholic Church (Lewisham) but are
resident outside the Parish.
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St Stephen’s CE Primary School
St Stephen’s CE Primary School
Albyn Rd, Deptford, SE8 4ED
Head teacher Miss F Holland
Telephone 020 8692 1898
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 40 (full and part-time)
St Stephen’s CE Primary School
Number of places available
Number of on-time applications
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Children whose parents are full
communicant members of any other
Anglican church and are in regular
attendance and for whom this is the
nearest church school
Siblings on roll
Children whose parents are committed 11
members of other Christian
denominations, who do not have a
denominational church school, who are
in regular attendance
Other faiths
Other children
Admission policy
Applications will be considered in the following order
of priority:
1. Looked after children.
2. Children with an exceptional and professionally
supported medical, social or special educational need.
3. Children whose parents are faithful and regular
worshippers at St. Stephen’s Church.
please see page 14 for advice on completing the common application form
4. Brothers and sisters living at the same address
as children already attending the school, whose
sibling(s) will still be on roll when they join.
5. Children whose parents are faithful and regular
worshippers at any C of E Church who live within
1.61km (1 mile) of the school measured by a
straight line between home and the school’s
main gate.
6. Children whose parents are faithful and regular
worshippers at one of the churches included in
the membership of Ecumenical Bodies in Churches
30 Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical
99 Alliance and who live within 1.61km (1 mile) of the
school measured by a straight line between home
and the school’s main gate and who do not have a
denominational school.
4 7. Children whose parents are of other faiths and who
wish their child to be educated according to the
school’s religious tradition, who live within 1.61km
(1 mile) of the school measured by a straight line
between home and the school’s main gate.
6 8. Other children in proximity to their home measured
in a straight line between home and the school’s
main gate, up to the agreed admission number.
Tie break
In the event that two or more applicants have an equal
3 right to a place under any of the above criteria and
there are insufficient places, the governing body will
6
use distance, in the first instance, to decide between
applicants; if applicants live equidistant from the
school, the governing body will draw lots to decide
between applicants.

St William of York Catholic
Primary School
St William of York Catholic Primary School
Brockley Park, SE23 1PS
Head teacher Mrs S Lynch
Telephone 020 8690 2842
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 30
Nursery 50 (part-time)
St William of York Catholic Primary School
Number of places available
Number of on-time applications
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Looked after Catholic children
Baptised Catholic children who have
siblings attending the school
Baptised Catholic children resident in
the parish of St William of York
Other baptised Catholic children from
practising Catholic families
Other baptised Catholic children from
Catholic families
Number of appeals heard
Number of successful appeals
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Admission policy
1. Looked after children.
2. Siblings who have a brother or sister on roll at the
school on the date of entry of the applicant.
3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
families resident in the parish of St. William of York.
4. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic
families.
Schools in Lewisham
5. Baptised Catholic children from Catholic families.
30 6. Children who are members of an Eastern Orthodox
114 Church.
7. Christians of other denominations whose
application is supported by a minister of religion.
8. Any other applicants from other faiths, whose
1
application is supported by a minister of religion.
18
9. Any other applicants.
18
Special considerations
In exceptional circumstances, the admissions committee
15
will reserve the right to exercise discretion to admit
a child on the grounds of an acute medical or social
6 need, when those needs can be best met at this
school, provided that such an application is submitted
6 with appropriate evidence or reports from a relevant
0 professional e.g. social worker, doctor or other similar
agency. The supporting evidence must be recent
and current to the child at date of application. The
supporting evidence must clearly set out the reasons
why the school is the only one able to meet the child’s
needs. Further evidence may be requested by the
school at a later date.
Tie break
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any
one of the sub-categories listed above will lead to
oversubscription, the places up to the admission number
will be offered to those living nearest to the school and
measured in a straight line – the distance provided by
the local authority’s digitised mapping software.
66 starting school in Lewisham 2010–11
St Winifred’s Catholic
Infant School
St Winifred’s Catholic Infant School
Effingham Road, SE12 8NS
Head teacher Mrs M Miller
Telephone 020 8852 0187
Age range 3–7
Places available 2010/11 45
Nursery 40 (part-time)
St Winifred’s Catholic Infant School
Number of places available
Number of on-time applications
received
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Sibling on roll at St Winifred’s Infant
or Junior School
Practising Catholic, living in the parish 22
of Our Lady of Lourdes
Other Catholic children from practising
Catholic families
There were no appeals heard
Admission policy
1. Looked after Catholic children or non-Catholic
looked after children in the care of Catholic families.
2. Children who have a brother or sister at either St
Winifred’s Infant School or St Winifred’s Junior
School at the intended date of admission.
3. Catholic children from practising Catholic families
who are resident in the parish of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Lee.
4. Other Catholic children from practising Catholic
45 families.
146
5. Other Catholic children.
6. Other looked after children.
7. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox
19 churches.
8. Children of families who are members of other
Christian denominations that are part of Churches
Together in England. Evidence of baptism (or
4 dedication) provided by a priest or minister of a
designated place of worship will be required.
9. Children of other faiths.
10. Other applicants.
Tie break
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any
one of the sub categories listed above will lead to
oversubscription, the places will be allocated up to the
admission number according to the following criteria:
Evidence of an exceptional social, medical, pastoral or
other need of the child, supported by a statement from
a relevant professional body which sets out the reasons
why this school is the most suitable for the child in
question and the difficulties that would be caused if
the child had to attend another school.
Frequency of Mass attendance, with those who attend
more often being ranked higher.
Those living nearest to the school.
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St Winifred’s Catholic
Junior School
Admission policy
St Winifred’s Catholic Junior School
Newstead Road, SE12 0SJ 1. Looked after Catholic children or non-Catholic
looked after children in the care of Catholic
Head teacher Veronica Maher
families.
Telephone 020 8857 8792
2. Children who have a brother or sister at either St.
Age range 7–11
Winifred’s Catholic Junior School or St. Winifred’s
Places available 2010/11
Catholic Infant school at the intended date of
for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 45
admission.
Please note there is an automatic transfer from

St Winifred’s Infant School for Year 2 children.
Schools in Lewisham
3. Catholic children from practising Catholic families
who are resident in the parish of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Lee.
4. Other Catholic children from practising Catholic
families.
5. Other Catholic children.
6. Other looked after children.
7. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox
churches.
8. Children of families who are committed members of
other Christian denominations.
9. Children of other faiths.
10. Other applicants.

Tie break
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in
any one of the sub-categories listed above will lead
to oversubscription, the places up to the admission
number will be offered to those living nearest to
the school.
The governing body may increase the priority of
an application within a category where evidence is
provided at the time of application of an exceptional
social, medical, pastoral or other need of the child
which can most appropriately be met at this school.
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Turnham Foundation
Primary School
Turnham Foundation Primary School
St Norbert Road, SE4 2HH
Head teacher Miss D Dance
Telephone 020 7639 0440
Age range 3–11
Places available 2010/11 66
Nursery 60 (part-time)
This school acquired Foundation status in
September 1999.
Turnham Foundation Primary School
Number of places available
Number of on-time applications received 123
Number of places offered under each
admissions criterion
Siblings
Home to school distance
Home to school distance of last person
offered a home to school distance
place, in metres
There were no appeals heard
please see page 14 for advice on completing the common application form
The governing body is the admission authority for the
school. The nursery admits children after their third
birthday during the autumn and spring terms. The criteria
for admission to the nursery are the same as to the
school. No guarantee of a place in the reception class of
the school can be given to parents of children who are
attending the nursery. Admission to the reception class
is decided on the application of the criteria listed below
and the eligibility of each individual child along with any
other applicant.
Admission policy
1. Children in public care.
66 2. Where the child has a brother or a sister currently
attending the school. If the school is over subscribed
entirely with siblings, priority will be given to those
living nearest and to those with exceptional social and
medical needs; siblings include all blood or adoptive
18
siblings or half-siblings, and foster or step siblings.
48 Siblings must all be living at the same address as the
4090 child. Proof of sibling relationship may be required.
3. Where there are medical grounds (supported by a
doctor’s certificate) or social reasons (supported by
professional documentation) for admitting the child.
4. Proximity of the child’s home to the school, with those
living nearer being accorded the higher priority. The
distance will be measured in a straight line from the
child’s home to the main school entrance. To avoid
any fraudulent applications, proof of permanent home
address in the form of a current council tax or utilities
bill will be required.

Membership of
Ecumenical Bodies
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
(Please contact individual schools)
Full members
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Cherubim and Seraphim Council of
Churches
Church of England
Church of Ireland
Church of Scotland
Church of Wales
Congregational Federation
Congregational Union of Scotland
Council of African and Afro-
Caribbean Churches
Council of Oriental Orthodox
Christian Churches
Greek Orthodox Church
The Evangelical Alliance – full members
Apostolic Church
Assemblies of God
Baptist Union of Scotland
Church of God (Europe and UK)
Church of Nazarene
Countess of Huntingdon’s
Connexion
Elim Pentecostal Church
Free Church of England
Free Church of Scotland
apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk 69
Independent Methodist Churches Roman Catholic Church of Scotland
International Ministerial Council of Russian Orthodox Church
Great Britain
Salvation Army (British Territory)
Joint Council for Anglo-Caribbean
Scottish Congregational Church
Schools in Lewisham
Churches
Scottish Episcopal Church
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
Serbian Orthodox Church
Methodist Church
Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg
Methodist Church of Ireland
(Union of Welsh Independents)
Moravian Church
United Free Church of Scotland
New Testament Assembly
United Reformed Church
Presbyterian Church of Wales
Wesleyan Holiness Church
Religious Society of Friends
Roman Catholic Church in England
and Wales
Free Methodist Denomination
Ichthus Christian Fellowship
Kings Church
London Baptist Association
New Testament Assembly
Old Baptist Union
Salvation Army
Wesleyan Reform Union
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Additional information

Extended services in Lewisham schools
The Government’s agenda for extended service
provision is that by 2010 all children should have access
to a range of extended services in and around their
school. Extended schools provide a range of services
and activities which will help to meet the needs of
pupils, their families and the wider community.
Extended schools also give parents and carers the
opportunity to become more involved in the life of
their school and support their children’s education and
have the potential to raise pupil achievement.
An interim government target required that 50 per cent
of primary schools meet the core offer by September
2008. Lewisham schools exceeded this target. Currently
93% of our primary schools meet the core offer.
While many schools may choose to develop an even
richer mix of services and activities, the core offer for
mainstream primary schools is:
P
 rimary schools provide access to high-quality
childcare, 8am–6pm, five days a week, 48 weeks a
year, in accordance with their communities’ needs,
combined with a varied menu of activities (study
support) to enhance achievement and broaden
interests.
S chools provide access to parenting support,
including information sessions for parents of pupils
transferring to secondary school; signposting to
national and local sources of information, advice
and support; access to parenting groups using
structured, evidence-based parenting programmes;
and family learning sessions to allow children to
learn with their parents, where consultation has
shown there is a demand.
S wift and easy access: Working closely with other
statutory services and the voluntary and community
sector, schools ensure that children with additional
needs are identified as early as possible, and are
well supported through integrated working with
other services.
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Schools ensure they provide community access
to appropriate facilities, such as ICT suites, sports
and arts facilities, and also provide access to adult
learning.
In Lewisham, a central Extended Services Team supports
schools in developing services, following consultation
with pupils, parents, staff and governors, that meet the
needs of pupils and families and support raising the
achievement and attainment of young people.
Payment of travelling expenses
All children aged up to 16 years can travel free on
London buses. Children under 10 do not need a
photocard.
School meals, milk and clothing
School meals are available for a standard charge.
If parents are in receipt of Income Support, income-
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based Job Seeker’s Allowance or Employment Support
Allowance, Child Tax Credit (without any entitlement to
Working Tax Credit and with an income below £16,040),
Guarantee Element of Pension Credit or payments from
NASS, their children are entitled to free meals.
The head teacher can arrange for suitable meals to be
made available for children needing special diets for
religious or health reasons.
At an increasing number of school’s break-time milk is
available free of charge for pupils under five years of
age, and for children over five whose parents qualify
for free school meals. For other children over five,
European Commission subsidised milk is available at
a cost set by participating schools. This tends to be
about 15–16p per carton, and is widely recognised as a
healthy form of nutrition for a young child. Subsidised
milk is also available at some schools as part of the
pupil’s lunch.
Clothing grants are available for families entitled to
free school meals or whose main source of income is
Incapacity Benefit, contribution-based Employment
Support Allowance, Severe Disability Allowance,
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Standard Rate State Pension or Widowed Person’s
Allowance. Grants are paid in the form of a cheque.
Applications should be made at least six weeks before
the start of term. Parents should not wait until the start
of term to apply for free meals or clothing grants; to
do so may leave your child without a meal or finances
towards a uniform. Free school meals cannot be
backdated. Application forms are available from schools,
AccessPoints in Catford, Downham or Deptford, or by
calling Pupil Support on 020 8314 6221 (lines open
1.30pm to 3.45pm Monday to Friday.)
Lewisham’s Attendance and Welfare Service
Lewisham’s Children and Young People’s Directorate
is committed to raising standards and improving the
academic achievement of all the pupils in Lewisham
schools. There is a very close link with attendance
and achievement. Schools will work in partnership
with parents to ensure that pupils achieve their full
potential. Pupils can only reach their full potential if
they attend school regularly. Regular attendance means
attending schools every day and achieving at least 95
per cent attendance over the school year. This allows
for nearly two weeks’ absence for medical reasons.
The service’s motto is: Every child matters. Every day
matters. If you want your child to do well at school,
you should ensure that they attend every day.
The service works with schools in order to raise
attendance and with families where there are concerns
about poor attendance. Every primary and special
school in Lewisham has an Attendance and Welfare
Officer who visits the school regularly to monitor and
review attendance. If there are concerns about a pupil’s
attendance, the school will raise their concerns with the
parent. However, if the attendance does not improve,
the school will refer the pupil to their Attendance and
Welfare Officer, who will make contact with the family
in order to help resolve any difficulties preventing the
child from attending school regularly.
Parents have a legal responsibility to ensure that their
children attend school regularly. School attendance
is now such an important issue that parents can be
prosecuted and fined, given a parenting order or even
imprisoned for failing to ensure that their child attends
school regularly.
The Attendance and Welfare Service operates a morning
duty service where Lewisham residents can call at
Laurence House and speak to an Attendance and Welfare
Officer to discuss any problems relating to attendance.
The duty telephone number is 020 8314 6272.

Give your child the best start to their education and
make sure they attend school every day.
Special educational needs
All pupils with special educational needs (usually
known as SEN) have a right to a broad and balanced
education and to attend a mainstream school alongside
their peers. Lewisham provides a range of services to
local schools to help them support pupils who have
special educational needs. All mainstream schools
maintained by Lewisham have resources allocated to
them specifically to support children with SEN. By
targeting resources into the early years of education
and into early intervention strategies, Lewisham aims
to ensure that all children with additional needs will
be supported in their local mainstream school. School
staff identify pupils with special educational needs and
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differentiate the curriculum to suit the child’s pace and
style of learning. Once identified, the school will record
targets for achievement and the support that has
been made available for that child. The school Special
Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) is responsible
for monitoring progress against the child’s targets.
Advice can be taken from an educational psychologist
or specialist teacher if a child does not make the
progress expected. Children with severe, complex and
enduring special educational needs may require a
statutory assessment of their special educational needs.
On completion of the statutory assessment, Lewisham
will issue either a Statement of Special Educational
Needs or a Note in Lieu of a Statement of Special
Educational Needs. A Note in Lieu is issued if, on
completion of the statutory assessment, it is decided
a child’s needs can be met from resources already
available to schools. If a Statement is issued, this will
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set out the special educational provision for that child.
Most children with a Statement of Special Educational
Needs are able to remain in mainstream schools with
extra support. A small number of children may require
placement in a special school or a mainstream school
with a specialist resource.
Admissions of statement pupils to mainstream schools,
mainstream schools with resource bases and special
school are decided through consideration at the special
educational needs panel. Parents of children and young
people may request a placement in a mainstream,
resource base or special school, either during the
statutory assessment process (when the decision has
been made to issue a statement) or at the annual
review meeting of the pupil’s progress and statement
of special educational need.
Parent Partnership – Parent Partnership is an
independent service that provides information to
parents of children with special educational needs.
The service can be contacted at: The Kabin, Forster
Park School, Boundfield Road, London SE6 1PQ.
Telephone 020 8695 5955.
SEN Team
If you would like to speak to someone in the SEN Team,
you can contact them on 020 8314 7453 or email
SEN@lewisham.gov.uk.
Kaleidoscope
In the summer of 2006, Kaleidoscope, a brand new
£13.3 million centre for children and young people,
opened in Lewisham. This exciting new centre provides
integrated specialist services for children and young
people in Lewisham for the first time. The centre is
situated on Rushey Green, on the corner of Hawstead
Road, Catford.
With over 250 staff working at Kaleidoscope, including
practitioners and support teams who specialise in
working with children, it is the first centre of its kind
providing such a comprehensive range of integrated
services for children and young people who have
specialist child health or mental health, social care or
educational needs.
This means that children and young people’s various
health, social and educational needs will be diagnosed
in one place by doctors and specialists who are
experienced in working as a team. It also means that
treatments will be carried out in one building, which
reduces travel time and scheduling difficulties. For
further information please contact 020 7138 1100.
The school health service
The school health service works closely with schools
and other agencies and the school nursing service
covers every Lewisham school. In addition, school age
children may be seen by a community paediatrician if a
health need arises. Every child entering the school will
have their health assessed by the school nurse through
a questionnaire sent to parents, screening of Health
Visitor records (or transferred school health records for
later entrants), discussion with school staff, and growth
measurements. Health interviews may be requested
and will be offered to children with identified health
needs. Parents are always invited to attend health
interviews and medical appointments. Every child
entering reception will be offered a hearing and vision
test. Dental examinations are available for primary
school aged children in schools, and hearing and vision
tests may be requested. Speech therapy intervention is
available for children with communication difficulties.
Additionally, the School Health Service will arrange
immunisation programmes to protect against infectious
diseases as and when necessary. If at any time a parent,
teacher or other professional is concerned about the
health of a child, advice should be sought from the
school nurse. Parental consent is required for children
having contact with the School Health Service. The
school administrator will be able to give you the name
and contact number for your school nursing service.
For children of school age not attending school, your
GP can refer you to the Community Child Health
Services at Kaleidoscope Children’s Centre.

Medical programme
This service provides education for pupils who are
unable to attend school due to medical needs, both the
physically ill and injured and those pupils with clinically
defined mental health conditions. Education may be
provided within Lewisham Hospital, at the pupil’s home
or at the Outreach classroom based at John Evelyn
Centre. The main aims of this service are to: minimise
as far as possible the disruption to normal schooling by
continuing education as normally as incapacity allows
and to reintegrate pupils back into full-time education
at the earliest opportunity.
Inclusion Service
The Inclusion Service in Lewisham comprises multi-
disciplinary locality teams which include educational
psychologists, CAMHS health worker and early
intervention workers. The teams offer a consultation
service to schools settings, families and children in
Lewisham. All settings have a link Inclusion Worker
who can advise on a range of issues relating to learning
and special educational needs. The aim of the service
is to promote children’s development, well being
and learning, especially for those children who are
experiencing difficulties in learning in the widest sense.
The service works with parents/carers and school
and setting staff where there are concerns about the
development, learning and behaviour of children and
young people.
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New Woodlands School
New Woodlands School is a school for children and
young people aged 5–14 years who have exhibited
problematic behaviour in mainstream schools. It also
admits students with Statements for social, emotional
and behavioural difficulties. New Woodlands also has
a Behaviour Outreach Service with a team of teachers
who support children and young people in Lewisham’s
mainstream primary and secondary schools at Key
Stage 1, 2 and 3. It has a highly successful record
at integrating and supporting students and schools
and was judged as ‘outstanding’ by HMI in its Ofsted
inspection in March 2006. The school puts children
and parents first and strongly believes in its mission
statement, which is to provide the same standard of
education and care for all our young people as we wish
for our own children.
Out of school childcare
Additional information
Lewisham’s Family Information Service provides a range
of childcare provisions before and after the school day
for children who attend Lewisham schools. This service
caters for children aged four and a half to twelve years
old. Some centres also cater for three and four year
olds. During the school holidays a number of schools
and centres offer full-day care. A charge is made for
these services.
For further information please contact the Childcare
Play and Recreation Officer on 020 8314 3685,
or contact the Family Information Service on
0800 085 0606.
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Equal opportunities
Lewisham Authority acknowledges the right of
every pupil to receive the best possible education.
It is committed to providing equal opportunities
for all pupils in its schools and seeks to eradicate
discrimination in all its forms. Each school will have
its own policies and practices which take account of
this commitment and the particular needs of the local
school community. However, certain elements will be
common to all schools. These include: aiming to ensure
that all pupils of equal ability, girls and boys, from all
ethnic groups, achieve comparable results in all subjects
and make choices free from traditional prejudices
and stereotyping, opposition to any form of racism or
sexism, acknowledgement and valuing of every pupil’s
cultural and linguistic background, the promotion of
respect between cultures.

Complaints
Lewisham and its schools are committed to offering
high quality education and services. As a user of the
service, you have the right to complain if you are not
happy about the services we provide or your contact
with us. For school complaints you should contact
If you have a complaint about a service provided by
the Head teacher and ask him or her to investigate.
the council there is a complaints leaflet available from
If you wish to take the complaint further, you can ask
libraries, neighbourhood offices and voluntary groups
the governing body of the school for a copy of their
in the borough and will explain how you can make your
complaints policy.
complaint. Help and advice about making a complaint
and completing the form is available from the Children
and Young People’s Directorate, Executive Director’s
Office, on 020 8314 8221. All complaints will be
investigated promptly and fairly.

Useful contacts
London Borough of Lewisham London Borough of Lambeth
The following services are currently
based at Laurence House
Catford, SE6 4RU.
Primary Admissions Team
Telephone 020 8314 8282
Family Information Service
(under 5s provision and
information about extended day)
Telephone 0800 085 0606
School Benefits
(Clothing Grants and free
school meals)
Telephone 020 8314 6221
Attendance and Welfare
Telephone 020 8314 6272
Special Educational Needs Team
Telephone 020 8314 7453
Local authorities in
neighbouring boroughs
London Borough of Bexley
Hill View Drive,
Welling DA16 3RY
Telephone: 020 8303 7777
www.bexley.gov.uk
London Borough of Bromley
Civic Centre, Stockwell
Close, Bromley BR1 3UH
Telephone 020 8313 4044
www.bromley.gov.uk
London Borough of Croydon
Room 10/13, Taberner House,
Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1TP
Telephone 020 8686 4433
www.croydon.gov.uk
London Borough of Greenwich
Riverside House, Woolwich High
Street, Woolwich SE18 6DF
Telephone 020 8854 8888
www.greenwich.gov.uk
Children and Young People’s
Service: International House,
Canterbury Crescent, SW9 7QE
Telephone 020 7926 9503
www.lambeth.gov.uk
London Borough of Southwark
Southwark Children Services
PO Box 64529, SE1P 5LX
Tel no 020 7525 5000
www.southwark.gov.uk
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The Town Hall
Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent,
Isle of Dogs E14 2BG
Telephone 020 7364 4307
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
London Borough of Westminster
1st floor 215 Lisson Grove
NW8 8LF
Telephone 020 7641 1816/7
www.westminster.gov.uk
Other useful contacts
Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)
1C Aberdeen Studios
22 Highbury Grove, N5 2DQ
Telephone 080 8800 5793
General Advice Line
Mon, Tues 9-5
Wed – Fri 10-5
www.ace-ed.org.uk
Department for Children, Schools
and Families (DCSF)
Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith
Street, SW1P 3BT
Telephone 0870 000 2288
Diocesan Boards of Education
Church of England
Southwark Diocesan Board of
Education: 48 Union Street,
SE1 1TD
Telephone 020 7234 9200
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Catholic
Southwark Schools Commission
St Edward’s House, St Paul’s
Wood Hill, Orpington BR5 2SR
Telephone 01689 829 331
Independent Schools Council
Information and Advice Service
(ISCIAS)
St Vincent House
30 Orange Street, WC2H 7HH
Telephone 020 7766 7066
Kaleidoscope Lewisham Centre
for Children and Young People
32 Rushey Green, Catford,
London SE6 4JF
Telephone 020 7138 1100
London Government Ombudsman
10th Floor, Millbank Tower,
SW1P 4QP
Additional information
Telephone 020 7217 4620
The Office of Schools Adjudicator
Mowden Hall
Staindrop Road
Darlington DL3 9BG
Telephone 0870 0012468
Useful websites
www.lewisham.gov.uk
www.lewisham.gov.uk/admissions
www.eadmissions.org.uk
to apply online
www.parentscentre.gov.uk
contains advice for parents on
matters relating to schools
www.streetmap.co.uk and www.
upmystreet.com
for approximate home to school
measurements.
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Term dates for the academic

year 2010/11
These are the term dates determined by the London Borough
of Lewisham. Please note that the governing body of a
Voluntary Aided, Foundation school or an Academy may decide
to vary the dates for its school. Children should attend for 190
days (or 380 sessions) each academic year. Each school will
decide which dates will be allocated for teachers’ in-service
training. You will be informed of those dates by the school
when your child starts in September 2010, or January 2011

Bank Holidays
Bank holiday in lieu of Christmas Day 27 December 2011
Bank holiday in lieu of Boxing Day 28 December 2011
New Year 3 January 2011
Good Friday 22 April 2011
Easter Monday 25 April 2011
May Bank Holiday 2 May 2011
Spring Bank Holiday 30 May 2011
Summer Bank Holiday 29 August 2011

First day Last day

Autumn term
Wednesday 1 September Friday 22 October
Half-term holiday Monday 25 October Friday 29 October
Monday 1 November Friday 17 December
Spring term
Tuesday 4 January Friday 18 February
Half-term holiday Monday 21 February Friday 25 February
Monday 28 February Friday 8 April
Summer term
Tuesday 26 April Friday 27 May
(May Bank Holiday will be taken on 2 May 2011)
Half-term holiday Monday 30 May Friday 3 June
Monday 6 June Friday 22 July
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