Admissions
Nursery admissions
To request a place for a child to attend our Nursery, parents should complete an application form, which is available to download here or you can collect a copy from the school office.
Children can come to the Nursery from the term after their third birthday (spaces permitting). We offer both part time (AM) and full time places (if eligible for 30 hours free childcare funding). We offer places first to those who have brothers and sisters already in the school, then Greenwich children living closest to the school and then children living in other boroughs ranked according to home/school distance. Applicants may be given higher priority if they have an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP), are looked after by the LA, or on the grounds of professionally supported medical or social need for our school.
Nursery Admissions Procedure
Admissions for year groups Reception to Year 6
In-year admissions (pupils moving schools)
Admissions to our school are managed by the admissions authority, the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Information about how to apply for a place can be found on the Borough’s website here.
Starting Reception in September (pupils starting school for the first time)
Admission to Reception classes is not automatic, so parents must apply for a place in our school in plenty of time before the deadline.
If your child turns four on or before August 31st 2022 you must apply to the Royal Borough of Greenwich for a primary school place.
Information about how to apply for a place can be found on the Borough’s website here.
Additional notes
There is no right of appeal about the allocation of places.
The school reserves the right to change the offer of campus before the September start.
Parents cannot request a change in campus during their child’s time at our school.
Virtual school tour
Please see below for welcome videos and a virtual tour of our school.
We hold a meeting with parents when their children are moving into Reception to explain the curriculum, expectations and routines. Children from Nursery visit their new classes before they move up and great care is taken to ensure a smooth transition.
When considering the campus your child will attend, the main criteria are:
Children with a sibling, living at the same address, attending the school at the time of the child’s admission (sibling means full/half/step/adopted/foster brother or sister only).
Children with a statement of special educational needs (SEN) or an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Looked after children.
Children, or an immediate family member, with an acute medical or social need for a particular school. (Work commitments and childcare arrangements are not considered as being an acute medical or social need.)
Other children based on home to campus distance.
FAQs
How are the children grouped?
Our children are grouped in classes of 30 with one teacher and one teaching assistant per class. Class groups on entry to Reception are designed to give a mix of gender, age, etc. We also consult with nurseries and pre-school providers and this gives us valuable information to support inform this process.
In Reception, our children spend 4 focused sessions per day with their class and they then learn together through play and free-flow as a whole year group.
Do the children stay as the same class the whole way through the school?
We believe that it is important that children learn how to learn alongside a variety of different people. To support this, we take advantage of being a 4-form school and will mix the children during their time at our school. We make the decision at the end of each academic year based on discussions with the teachers, reviewing the cohort and their specific needs.
How do you cater for the different levels of ability?
Our highly skilled teaching team pitch lessons so that all children can access the learning and activities are open-ended so that children can be challenged further. In addition, adults will work with small groups, to either support, further challenge and/or move a group of children onto their next stage of learning.
What if my child has special education needs?
We tailor our provision to meet the needs of all children the best that we can. If your child has a specific diagnosis, then our SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) team will work closely with class teachers and support staff to ensure that your child’s needs are met.
How do you set homework?
We value the relationship with home and school and are keen that children view learning in its widest sense. Therefore we encourage home learning opportunities so that children make links and embed what they have learnt in different contexts.
In Reception, home learning involves daily reading, suggested number activities and a variety of challenges or discussion questions to help you as a family to secure your child’s learning in the wider world.
As children progress through the school the amount of homework will increase so that children are prepared for the challenges of secondary school. Typically this will involve reading, maths activities, spellings and other creative challenges.
Do you provide wrap-around care?
As a school, we work in partnership with Smarteenies, a local childcare provider who offer childcare for children before and after school. Children are dropped off and collected at Smarteenies and Smarteenies staff bring children to school/collect children from school.
Click here for the Smarteenies website or contact the school office for details.
We offer an on-site breakfast club from 8:00 which parents can use for regular or ad-hoc sessions. This is staffed by school staff.
The school also offers a number of after-school clubs that children can attend, including on-site language lessons for our children which are offered by One World.
The after-school club provision is run by Bree’s Little Stars- see the flyer here.