Primary School Prospectus EC8683 Primary School Prospectus 2020 PRINT | Page 4

Applying for Primary School
Starting Primary School
If your child was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August
2016 s/he will start primary school in September 2020.
Co-ordinated Admissions System
Under the Co-ordinated Admissions System, all parents living in the
borough of Ealing can apply for up to six different state maintained
primary schools or academies in or outside the borough of
Ealing. This is done online at www.eadmissions.org.uk or by
completing a paper application.
Preferences need to be ranked in order of priority. This is important
as we will offer the highest preference possible and withdraw your
lower preferences.
Where a school is oversubscribed, its published admissions
criteria will be used to decide the order in which applicants will
be offered places. Schools will not see where they are ranked in
your preference order and no school will see any other preference
schools you have applied to.
Please note this system only applies to schools in the state
maintained sector. If you are applying to private/independent
schools you need to contact them and apply direct to the school.
All new schools proposed to open in 2020 will be outside
the co-ordinated application process. Parents wishing to
apply to those schools will need to contact the school direct
and apply on the school’s application form.
Parents are strongly advised to also apply for established
primary schools through the co-ordinated system as there is no
guarantee at this point that the new schools will open.
Deciding on your preferences
You are strongly advised to name your nearest non faith
school as one of your preferences.
Make an informed choice
Before deciding on your preferences it is very important that
you look at each school’s admissions criteria in relation to your
circumstances so that you are aware of the order in which places
are allocated. Each year parents are disappointed because they
apply to schools where they are a lower criteria or live outside
of the distance to be offered a place i.e. distance from home to
school is far greater than the last to be offered in the previous
year or are in a lower criteria than the last to be offered.
Infant to Junior Transfer Applying for a
Year 3 place
If your child is in Year 2 and attends an infant school s/he will have
to transfer to junior school in September. You will need to apply
before the closing date of 15 January.
There are three junior schools in Ealing for which you may apply,
Berrymede Junior School, Dormers Wells Junior School and Wood
End Academy.
You can apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk from
1 September.
Late applications
The closing date for receipt of all applications either paper or
online is 15 January applications received after this date will be
considered as late and will be dealt with after the offer date of
16 April.
If your application is received after the closing date of 15 January
you are greatly decreasing your chance of obtaining a place at your
preferred school(s).
If you have returned an application between 16 January and
10 February and any of the below apply you must contact the
Admissions Team as your application may be considered
on time:
• Y
 ou have recently moved.
• You have proof that your application was submitted on-time
but has not been received by Schools Admissions before
15 January.
• You have exceptional circumstances for lateness (e.g. where a
single parent/carer had been ill and the illness prevented the
application being made on time or the family has been dealing
with the death of a close relative).
Moving address
If you move after submitting your application form but before the
closing date, 15 January you must inform the Admissions Team or
if applying online you can update your online application with your
new address, up to the closing date.
If you move address after the closing date of 15 January and are
offered a place in an Ealing School you will be entitled to retain
that place if you wish.
Remember that some schools get many more applications
than there are places available (see school statistics table on
pages 10 & 11 or Ealing Schools), you need to consider very
carefully whether you are likely to receive an offer based on
your criteria/distance compared to that of the last child to be
offered in the previous year. If you move after the closing date but before 10 February you
may update your address and make new on-time preferences. If
you wish to use your new address and change your preference
schools you will need to contact the Admissions Team. Please
note that you must be living in the property by 10 February
for the new address and preferences to be considered.
The Admissions Staff are available to advise parents on
making informed preferences. Contact the Admissions team
to book an individual advice session on Monday 2 to Friday
6 December between 10am - 4pm at Perceval House. The last date for applications or changes to be entered onto the
system is 10 February therefore no changes can be considered
after this date until after the offer date of 16 April.
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