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We have spaces available in our Nursery. You are very welcome to contact our school office to make an appointment with our Early Years Lead, Ms Ashraf, to visit the Nursery and talk to staff. If your child is turning 3 in the next couple of months you can apply and reserve a place. You will need to complete the initial application form below and send it to the school office. You can email the completed form to earlhaminfo@ekotrust.org.uk, or post it to the school.
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Admissions
Earlham is an inclusive school, and all children are welcome here regardless of academic ability or learning need. Children can be placed on the waiting list for the nursery after the age of 2 years. We will then let you know by letter when we have a place for your child—usually around the time they are 3 years old. At that point, you will be given a date when you can meet the nursery teacher and register your child, and another date for your child to start in the nursery.
You should note that a place in the Nursery does not guarantee a place in the main school.
Children join our reception class during the academic year in which they reach their fifth birthday.
We admit children into other year groups if we have a place available. All admissions are allocated by Newham; the school does not admit pupils directly.
Parents interested in applying for a place at Earlham should call The London Borough of Newham on 020 8430 2000 and speak to Pupil Services as admissions are organised centrally.
If you are considering applying for a place for your child in our school, whether it is in the nursery, reception or any other year group, you are very welcome to look around either during or after the school day.
However, it is advisable to make an appointment so that a member of staff can be available to show you around and answer any questions you may have.
In-year admissions into primary school (mid-term and mid-phase admissions)
If your family arrives in Newham during the school year 2023/2024 and your child needs a school place in the borough you must complete an In Year form and you are usually given a place within 10 days.
The place offered may not be at the school you prefer as that school may not have a suitable place available.
In Year Admissions for September 2023 to August 2024 (Year Groups Reception to Year 6)
Determined Arrangements for September 2023 onwards entry
https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/primary-school-admissions/4
In Year school application form (all year groups) for September 2023 to August 2024
https://newham-self.achieveservice.com/service/InYear_School_Admission_Application
School Finder
We recommend you use the Newham School Finder tool to determine the location of your preferred Newham schools and calculate home to school distances.
https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Primary-School-Fact-Finder.aspx
Reception Admission for September 2024
Determined Arrangements for entry from September 2024
Link to Pan London eAdmissions portal – closing 15th January 2023 for September 2023 reception applications
Pan London Co-ordinated Admissions
https://www.newham.gov.uk/downloads/file/3584/pan-london-schemes-primary-2022-23-entry
School Finder
We recommend you use the Newham School Finder tool to determine the location of your preferred Newham schools and calculate home to school distances.
https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Primary-School-Fact-Finder.aspx
If your child was born between 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017 and attends an infant school, you will need to apply for a year 3 junior place in an infant or primary school for September 2024. If they attend a primary school NOT an infant school you have the choice of your child staying at their primary school or applying to change to another school. If they are happy in their primary school you do not need to take any action.
If your child lives in Newham you will need to apply via London Borough of Newham. But if your child lives outside Newham, but you want him or her to go to school in Newham, you will need to apply through the local authority in the borough you live in.
Remember, if your child attends an infant school you must apply for a place, even if your child:
- Already attends the infant school linked to your preferred junior school
OR
- They have a brother or sister who attends the junior school
Determined Arrangements for the 2023/2024 (entry from September 2024)
Link to Pan London eAdmissions portal – opens 1 September 2023 for September 2024 year 3 junior school applications
Pan London Co-ordinated Admissions
https://www.newham.gov.uk/downloads/file/3584/pan-london-schemes-primary-2022-23-entry
School Finder
We recommend you use the Newham School Finder tool to determine the location of your preferred Newham schools and calculate home to school distances.
https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Primary-School-Fact-Finder.aspx
Moving from primary to secondary school in September 2024
If your child was born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013, you will need to apply for a secondary school place for September 2024.
The deadline for secondary school application is 31st October 2023
If your child lives in Newham you will need to apply via London Borough of Newham. But if your child lives outside Newham, but you want him or her to go to school in Newham, you will need to apply through the local authority in the borough you live in .
We recommend that the families of all of our year 6 pupils attend as many of the Open Days and Open Evening at the schools across Newham before making a decision what schools to name as a preference.
To maximise your opportunities of getting a place at one of your preferred secondary schools name six schools with at least one being you local school.
Remember, you must apply for a place, even if your child:
- Has a brother or sister attending the school;
- Lives in the schools priority area (for Sarah Bonnell only )
- Attends a link school (for Stratford School Academy only)
Year 7 Admission for September 2024
Link to Pan London eAdmissions portal – opens 1 September 2023 for September 2024 year 7 applications
Pan London Co-ordinated Admissions
https://www.newham.gov.uk/downloads/file/3577/pan-london-schemes-secondary-2022-23-entry
School Finder
We recommend you use the Newham School Finder tool to determine the location of your preferred Newham schools and calculate home to school distances.
https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Primary-School-Fact-Finder.aspx
Junior, primary and all through schools – Starting School and Starting Secondary School
Fair Access
The law requires that each local authority must have a Fair Access Protocol (FAP), agreed with the majority of schools in its area to ensure that for In Year admissions unplaced children, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. In agreeing a protocol, the local authority must ensure that no school - including those with available places - is asked to take a disproportionate number of children who have been excluded from other schools, or who have challenging behaviour. Earlham Primary School has signed up to the LB Newham’s Fair Access Protocol.