Starting Primary School 2014

Starting
Primary
School 2014
2 Map of Waltham Forest and location of Waltham Forest primary schools
Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk [email protected]

3
Introduction
If your child was born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010 and lives in Waltham Forest
you will need to apply to Waltham Forest School Admissions Service for a Reception place for them for
September 2014.
Even if your child currently attends a nursery attached to a school you must apply for a
Reception place for them.
Even if your child has a sibling already attending your preferred school you must apply for a
Reception place for them.
If you live outside Waltham Forest, you will need to apply to the local authority in which you live.
If you have any questions, you can contact the School Admissions Service on:
( 0208 496 3000

8 [email protected]
* ostal address only:
P Admissions drop-in service:
(to speak to someone)
Waltham Forest School Admissions Service Sycamore House
Harvey House Town Hall Complex
1a Harvey Road Forest Road
London London
E11 3DB E17 4JF
(Monday – Friday
9.30am – 4.30pm)
Contents
Section 1 Page Section 2 Page
Applying for a school place for September 2014 4 How we will process your application 22
Timeline for primary applications 5

Section 3
Before you make your application 6 Schools in Waltham Forest 24
Completing your application form 7 Section 4

Admissions criteria for Waltham Forest community Neighbouring local authorities, useful contacts 28
schools, Chingford Church of England Infant School 11
Section 5
Admissions criteria for Trust, Voluntary Aided and
Academies 13 Other information 29
Section 6
Definitions 33

4 Application deadline 15 January 2014 Section 1
Applying for a school place for

September 2014
Dear Parent or Carer,

I’m delighted that you are choosing a Waltham Forest school for your child.
We all want the best for our children, so selecting the right primary school is an important
decision.
Waltham Forest benefits from having high performing primary schools right across the
borough, with dedicated teaching and support staff working exceptionally hard for all our
children. Our schools are continually improving and innovating to meet the needs of our
young people.
You can make your application any time between 1 September 2013 and 15 January 2014
and the best way to apply is online at www.eadmissions.org.uk
Last year, over 72% of applications were made online. The website is easy to follow and
enables you to access other education and school websites. The process is quick and
secure. It also allows you to amend and check your application at any time – and as many
times as you need to – before 15 January 2014. You will also be able to see the results of
your application online without having to wait for an offer letter.
Whichever way you would like to apply, please make sure you submit your application by
15 January 2014. It is very important that you submit your application by this date,
otherwise processing your application will be delayed.
I hope this booklet is helpful and makes the application process as easy as possible. We
want all children in Waltham Forest to achieve their full potential, to enjoy school and to
develop their self-confidence as learners. I hope you will be impressed with the schools you
visit and that your child will thrive and be happy at the primary school they attend.
I wish your child every success.
Councillor Clare Coghill

Cabinet Member, Children and Young People

Section 1 5
Timeline for primary applications

Deadline Activity
1 September 2013 Applications open
9, 16, 23 September 2013 Admissions Fair (see www.walthamforest.gov.uk for details)
15 January 2014 Closing date for applications
16 April 2014 Offer letters will be posted to applicants making paper application
16 April 2014 Online applicants will be sent an email with the outcome
17 April 2014 Offer letters should be received by applicants making paper application
30 April 2014 Accept or decline offer
16 May 2014 Deadline for appeal requests to be submitted
19 December 2014 Waiting lists close
Option 2
Note: You accept the Reception place offered but choose to defer
your child’s entry until later in the school year.
There is currently a proposal yet to receive final agreement
from the Secretary of State which could increase primary • If your child was born between 1 September and 31
places in Walthamstow. December 2009, they must take up their Reception place by
the start of the term in January 2015.
• P
roposal - Walthamstow Primary Academy to open as a • If your child was born between 1 January and 31 August
new 2FE (60 places) primary school in September 2014. 2010, you can defer taking up their Reception place until the
The school will be located on the site of Walthamstow start of the term in April 2015.
Academy Campus, Billet Road, Walthamstow.
You must inform the School Admissions Service if you wish to
It will be possible to include this school as one of your defer your child’s school place.
preference choices.
Different types of primary schools in
When the Secretary of State has made a decision on
the proposal, details will be provided on the Council and Waltham Forest
school websites.
Type of school Who sets the admissions criteria for 2014?
Academy Academy Trust
Community Local Authority
Free Academy Trust
When your child will start school Trust Governing Body of the school
Voluntary aided Governing Body of the school
All children born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August Voluntary controlled Local Authority
2010 will be eligible to start full-time education in an infant or
primary school Reception class in September 2014.
Nursery to Reception class
Most children will start school in September 2014. The law
says that your child must start school at the beginning of the Children do not automatically transfer from nursery to a
term immediately following their fifth birthday. Reception class so you must complete an application for a
In Waltham Forest, we prefer all Reception children to start Reception place.
school in September at the start of the school year so that we
can give them the best possible start to school.
Class sizes
Deferred entry Every school has a planned admission number (PAN) or set
number of children it admits each year. In addition, the local
If you feel your child will not be ready to start full-time school in authority and all schools are required by law to ensure that
September 2014, you may defer your child’s entry to Reception there are no more than 30 pupils with a single school teacher in
until later in the school year. each Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 class.
Before you decide, we recommend you read through the Please look at each school’s entry in this booklet to see how
following options in order to understand the process and the many places each school has available in Reception 2014.
implications of your decision.
Option 1
You accept the Reception place offered and your child starts
school in September 2014.

Before you make your application

Collect as much information as you can about your preferred Where can I get help?
schools
• Look at the map on the inside cover of this booklet to see Admissions drop-in service:
which are your nearest schools Waltham Forest School Admissions Service
Sycamore House
• Visit schools – most schools arrange open mornings or Town Hall Complex
afternoons where parents can see the school at work. All Forest Road
schools contact details are provided in this booklet so that London
you can get in touch and arrange your visit. E17 4JF
• Read OfSTED reports at www.ofsted.gov.uk or on the school
website Open Monday – Friday 9.30am – 4.30pm
For advice; to hand in forms and documents; to pick up forms
• Read the prospectus for each school (available from the
school) For telephone advice:
• Look at the school website 0208 496 3000
• Visit the School Admissions Service Fairs, details at www. [email protected]

walthamforest.gov.uk
www.walthamforest.gov.uk
Many schools are oversubscribed each year, which means they
receive more applications than they have places to offer. You
need to consider how likely it is that your child will be offered a Which schools can I apply for?
place at your preferred school.
• Read the admissions criteria for each school, as this will You can apply for any maintained (non-fee paying) school in
determine how places will be offered England and Wales either online or on your home authority’s
paper application form.
The admissions criteria for Waltham Forest community
schools are listed on page 11 - 12
How do I find out where schools are?
The criteria for other schools in Waltham Forest are listed on
pages 13 - 20 You can use the map on the inside front cover of this guide to
• See how places were allocated last year using the find out where schools are in Waltham Forest. Alternatively you
information on page 30 can use www.schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk which allows you to
search for schools based on your home postcode.
• Look in Section 3 to see how many places each school has
available for September 2014 (Planned Admission Number)
• Consider how your child will travel to school
• Try not to let others influence your decisions – the right
school for your friend’s child may not be the right school for
your child
The process outlined above is not applicable if your child has
a statement of Special Educational Needs. Please see page 32
for more information.

Section 1 7
Completing the application form

If you live in Waltham Forest you must complete the Waltham Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs)
Forest application form. You should list up to six schools which
can be located in Waltham Forest or in other local authorities.
Some schools need extra information which we do not collect
If you live outside Waltham Forest you will need to apply on the Waltham Forest application form. Emmanuel Community
through the local authority in which you live. The contact details School, St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, St. Joseph’s Infant
of neighbouring local authorities are in Section 4. School, Our Lady and St. George’s Catholic Primary School,
St. Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, St. Saviour’s Church
If you list schools outside Waltham Forest, the Waltham of England Primary School and St. Mary’s Church of England
Forest School Admissions Service will make sure that the local Primary School will ask you to complete a Supplementary
authority where the school is located is given all the information Information Form (SIF).
from your application form.
SIFs are available from the relevant schools’ websites and
You must complete either an online application or a paper should be returned to the school when completed.
application form by 15 January 2014.
If you are applying for a school outside of Waltham Forest you
will need to check with that local authority to find out if you
Note: need to complete a SIF.
Please complete a separate application form for each

child in the case of multiple birth children Filling in your form
Whether you apply online or on a paper form, you will be asked
Apply online for the same information.
We may undertake checks to verify any information provided on
We strongly recommend that you apply online at your application form. We ask for copy documents but reserve
www.eadmissions.org.uk the right to ask to see originals at any stage in the process. If
false or misleading information is provided then we have the
Once you have registered you will be sent an email with your
right to:
username and password. When you have completed your
application and pressed the ‘submit’ button you will be sent • withdraw an offer of a school place, or
an email with an application reference number confirming that
you have completed your application. You can update your • if an offer has not been made, process the application with
application as many times as you like before 15 January 2014. the correct information as a late application.
You can also find out the results of your online application on
the evening of 16 April 2014, which is a day earlier than if you Your child’s details
apply on a paper application form.
Name and date of birth – please give your child’s name and
Paper applications date of birth exactly as it appears on their birth certificate.
Address – the address you provide must be your child’s
Copies of the paper form will be available from permanent address. This must not be an address of another
• www.walthamforest.gov.uk family member or another adult who looks after your child and
does not have parental responsibility for your child.
• Admissions drop-in service at Sycamore House, Town Hall
Complex, Forest Road, E17 4JF • We will not accept a business address or a second home as
a ‘normal permanent place of residence’.
• Waltham Forest primary and infant schools and nurseries
• We will not accept temporary addresses, if for example, your
If you have completed a paper application form you will not be permanent home is undergoing building works or because
able to check your application online. you are having domestic difficulties.
We never give out any offer information over the telephone. If If parents are separated, the application should be made by the
you complete a paper form you will receive your offer by post. parent that the child normally lives with and who claims Child
Benefit for the child. Where a child spends equal time with each
parent, the exact arrangements should be made clear in a letter
Note: attached to your application. You must also provide a copy
of any custody or residence order, and proof of which parent
claims Child Benefit for the child. See page 8 for further details
If you apply online you must not submit a paper form as well.
of other documents that can be provided.

What documents do I need to provide? • If we receive the information after 12 February 2014 we will
ensure that your offer letter is sent to your new address, if
you applied on a paper application, but we will not be able
You need to provide documents that prove your child’s date of
to use this for the purposes of allocation.
birth, prove your home address and prove that your child lives
at the address with you. If your new address is not in Waltham Forest you must also
inform the admissions team in the local authority to which you
Please provide:
are moving.
• a copy of your Council Tax bill 2013/14 or Tenancy
Agreement
• or a copy of your most recent Housing Benefit letter 2013/14 Guardianship
naming all occupants
Guardianship only applies if the relatives can prove that they
and one of the following: have full responsibility for the child and that the normal,
• a copy of your most recent Child Benefit letter or permanent residence is not the parent’s address.
• a copy of your most recent Child Tax Credits letter If the child lives with the relatives on a full-time basis, both during
the week and at weekend, this is more likely to be accepted as a
A recent copy is one which is dated no earlier than 31 formal arrangement. There must be proof that the relatives care
December 2012. Whichever document you choose to send for the child on a full-time basis by providing a residence order or
must show the parent’s name, the address from which the documents to show who receives the Child Benefit.
application is being made and the name of your child and, in
the case of Housing Benefit, all occupants listed. If a child does not live with their birth parents and relatives look
after the child, documentary evidence such as a will or a court
If you are living in someone else’s house and the Council Tax order must be shown as proof that the relatives are the child’s
bill is not in your name, please provide us with the current guardians.
Council Tax bill or Housing Benefit letter of the person with
whom you are living. The person you are living with must Collecting children from school and looking after them until the
submit a letter stating that you and your child are living with parent collects them is not guardianship; nor does it apply if the
them at their property. The letter must also state that they are child sleeps at the relative’s house regularly but still lives part-
in support of you applying from their address and must name time with the parents.
all of the child’s siblings living at the address. We also require
a document such as a recent bank statement, utility bill or Your details
benefits letters with your name as the addressee and showing
the address given on the application. Please provide the details of one parent or carer and your
If you apply online you can securely attach scanned documents contact details. Please ensure you include your daytime
to your application. You will receive an email confirming receipt telephone numbers as we may need to contact you.
of each document. If you applied on a paper form, you can
send photocopies of your documents to the postal address at
the front of this booklet.
Listing schools on your form
• We strongly recommend that you list six schools on your
Please remember to put your child’s full name and date of
application form. Please list them in the order you most
birth on any documents you send to us. We cannot return
prefer them. Page 22 explains why this is so important.
original documents. You can also scan and send to primary.
[email protected]. • Do not list independent or private schools on your
application form as you need to apply directly to those
schools and not through Waltham Forest.
Note: • If your child already has a sibling (brother or sister) at one of
your preferred schools, you must still list that school on your
If you do not provide these documents, we will not send application form and provide their sibling’s name and date of
you an offer letter on 16 April 2014. If you applied online birth.
you will not receive an email on 16 April 2014 and you will
not be able to check the results of your application online. • If you only apply for one school, you will only be considered
for that school.
• If you list the same school more than once it will not increase
your chances of being offered that school.
Moving house
• If we are unable to offer you any of your preferred schools we
You must provide the address on your application form where will allocate a place at the school nearest to your home that
your child is living on 15 January 2014. has an available place. This is known as an ‘alternative offer’.
• If you move house after 15 January 2014, please let us know • No school will know the order in which you have listed them
immediately. on your application form or which other schools you have
named on the form, as this information is confidential prior to
• If we receive the required proof of your new address by
the allocation of places.
7 February 2014 we will be able to use your new address to
measure your home to school distances.

Section 1 9
Note: Exceptional medical or social reasons

If you feel that you or your child has an exceptional medical or
Remember that many people will ask for the same school
social need that requires your child to attend a particular school
so not everyone will be offered a place at their first
you must tick ‘yes’ to the relevant question on the application
preference school. Be realistic about your preferences.
form or online and complete the ‘reasons’ box. You must also
You are strongly advised to put your nearest school as one
provide evidence to support your application, as shown below.
of your six preferences. This is because ‘home-to-school
distance’ is usually how most of the places are allocated. Medical
You and your GP must complete a medical form which can be
requested from the School Admissions Service or downloaded
Schools with two sites from www.walthamforest.gov.uk Please note your doctor
may charge for this service. If you have written evidence from
a relevant independent professional, such as a consultant or
Mission Grove Primary School and Hillyfield Primary Academy
psychologist, please submit it.
now operate across two separate sites, but each school is still
managed by the same Headteacher and Governing Body. Social
If you are applying for a place at Mission Grove Primary School The professional evidence from a relevant independent
or Hillyfield Primary Academy, you must tell us whether you professional, such as a social worker or psychologist, must
prefer your child to go to site 1 or site 2 or both. You will need outline the specific social need for your child or family. You
to make this clear on your application form. Details of the site must tell us why the social need can only be met by your child
addresses are given in section 3. attending the particular school.
You can scan and attach the relevant evidence as part of the
online application process or scan and send it to
Note: [email protected]
We will also accept copies of the evidence by post.
Barclay Primary School has consulted on a proposed You must provide this evidence by the closing date of 15
expansion for September 2014. The school will operate January 2014.
across two sites, Canterbury Road and Hoe Street.
There is no guarantee that you will get a place at your named
If you are applying for a place at Barclay Primary School, school as we have to be convinced, from the independent
you must tell us whether you prefer your child to go to evidence provided, that the child has an overwhelming need to
site 1 or site 2 or both. You will need to make this clear attend a particular school.
on your application form. Details of the site addresses
are given in section 4.
Declaration and signature
When you have completed your application form, you must sign
Siblings it to confirm the information you have provided is correct. There
is an equivalent process if you apply online.
Sibling means a full, half, step, foster brother or sister living as
part of the family unit. In all cases, the brother or sister must
be living as part of a family unit with, and at the same address Return your completed form by
as, the child for whom the application is being made. Cousins,
aunts or uncles are not siblings.
15 January 2014
If your child will have a sibling (brother or sister) still attending If you apply online
any of your preferred schools at the time of admission in
September 2014, you must complete the siblings details box Before you submit your online application read it through
alongside the name of the school on the application form. carefully to check you have completed all sections of the form.
If you do not provide the name and date of birth of your child’s Once you have submitted your form by pressing the ‘submit’
sibling we will not be able to take it into account and it will affect button you will receive an email confirming that your application
your child’s chances of being offered a place at that school. has been successfully submitted.
If you apply on a paper form

Before you submit your paper application read it through
Note:
carefully to check you have completed all sections of the form.
Siblings attending a school’s nursery provision will not be Please make sure that you have put the correct postage
taken into account. on your envelope and that you allow enough time for your
application form to reach us by 15 January 2014.
Waltham Forest Admission Service can take no responsibility
for application forms that are delayed by, or lost in, the post.

Late applications Change of preferences

Applications received after 15 January 2014 will be Before the closing date
classed as late. If you have applied online you can make changes to your
school preferences by returning to the online application
Late applications will be considered after all the applications website (www.eadmissions.org.uk) and editing your application.
received on time have been processed, i.e. after 16 April 2014.
If you have applied on a paper application form any changes
Late applicants are very unlikely to be offered one of their you want to make to your school preferences before
preferred schools. 15 January 2014 must be made on a new application form
available from www.walthamforest.gov.uk.
Exceptional circumstances
If there are exceptional circumstances why your application After the closing date
was received after the deadline, please provide written Any changes you make to your school preferences after
evidence explaining why the application is late. the closing date must be made on a Change of Preference
Where the School Admissions Service agrees that there are Form available from www.walthamforest.gov.uk. This will be
exceptional circumstances, late applications will be treated considered as a late change of preference and your application
as on time and will not be disadvantaged if they are received will be considered with other late applications.
by 12 February 2014. Postal delay is not considered to be an You will only be allowed to change your school preferences
exceptional reason and the franked date-stamp mark on the twice after the closing date.
envelope will not be considered as proof of postage.
All requests for a change of preference are acknowledged by
Any late applications received after 12 February 2014 will letter. If we are able to offer you a place based on your change
be processed from June 2014, which is after the main of preference, your original offer will be withdrawn.
allocation.

Section 1 11
Admissions criteria for Waltham Forest

community schools, Chingford Church of
England Infant School
Note:
Children ‘at risk’
A child is ‘at risk’ if they are currently on the Child Protection
The following academies will apply the Waltham Forest Register or are under consideration for inclusion on the register,
community schools criteria – as advised by Waltham Forest’s Child Protection Officer.
Chingford Hall Primary School
Hillyfield Primary Academy Medical or social reasons
Roger Ascham Primary School
The Woodside Primary Academy Medical or social reasons can only be taken into account
where information is provided by the closing date, i.e. 15
Sybourn Primary School
January 2014. Failure to provide such information at that stage
Barclay Primary School may affect whether or not the child is allocated a place at the
Willow Brook Primary School Academy preferred school under this criterion.
Whittingham Primary Academy Applications will only be considered under this category if
Riverley Primary School they are supported by a written statement from a doctor,
Walthamstow Primary Academy social worker, psychologist or other relevant independent
professional. The information must confirm the exceptional
medical or social reason, and demonstrate how the specified
If there are more applications than there are places available at school is the only school that can meet the defined needs of
a school, we will use the following criteria, in priority order, to the child.
decide who should be offered a place.
In all cases the medical or social need must be permanent or
Priority 1 – Looked-After Children or Children ‘At Risk’ long term.
Priority 2 – Medical or social reasons For medical conditions, the school named must be the closest
school to the child’s address for consideration to be given on
Priority 3 – Siblings mobility grounds.
Priority 4 – Distance Examples of possible exceptional medical or social reasons:
For definitions see Important Notes below • Any acute or chronic condition that would make it difficult for
a child to attend any school other than the school closest to
the child’s address .
Important Notes: • Any acute or chronicmedical condition that requires regular,
long-term attendance at a particular medical establishment
which is closest to the school named.
Special Educational Needs • A child and their family who are considered ‘at risk’ due to
circumstances beyond the family’s control such as fleeing
Children who have a statement of Special Educational Needs
domestic violence (housed in a refuge in Waltham Forest).
are placed in schools under the terms of the Education Act
Consideration may then be given for the named child to be
1996 and not through the admissions criteria referred to above.
given a school away from the area of their previous home
Children who have a statement of Special Educational Needs will address for safeguarding purposes.
be allocated a place at the school named on their statement.
• An existing restraining order that may put a family ‘at risk’ if
the school were to be outside the remit of distance agreed
Looked-After Children by the courts.
The Admissions Panel that will determine each case will be
A looked-after child is a child who is or was: made up of the Admissions Manager and professionals (a GP,
• in the care of a Local Authority; or and a social worker), and will make the final decision based on
the evidence provided.
• being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in
accordance with Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989.
For admission purposes, a ‘looked-after’ child is a child
currently in care or a child who was in care but became subject
to an adoption residence, or special guardianship order,
immediately after leaving care.
Please note: this does not apply to children who were
adopted between 1989 and December 2005.

Siblings Multiple births

Sibling means: If the last child to be offered a place is one of multiple births,
all multiple birth siblings will be admitted to the school as
• a full brother or sister;
‘permitted exceptions’ to the infant class size legislation which
• a half-brother or sister; limits infant classes to no more than 30 children.
• a stepbrother or stepsister; and

• foster brother or sister;
Mini catchment areas
In all cases the sibling must be living at the same address and In addition to the criteria listed for community schools, some
must still attend the school at the time of admission of the child schools in the borough have mini catchment or priority areas.
for whom the application is being made. These will give priority in the distance criterion to some roads,
over other roads that may actually be nearer to the school.
If you do not provide the name and date of birth of your child’s
sibling we will not be able to take it into account and it will affect Details of these areas are as follows:
your child’s chances of being offered a place at that school.
Coppermill Primary School
The following roads: Elmfield Road; Rensburgh Road; Chester
Road; York Road; Morland Road and Salop Road. Plus:
Note: Coppermill Lane, even numbers 104 and above, odd numbers
145 and above inc. Waterside and Edward Road, even numbers
George Mitchell School sibling - applies to children with 106 and below, odd numbers 91 and below.
a sibling who are still on roll in the primary/secondary
Jenny Hammond Primary School
phase in September 2014.
The following roads: Cann Hall Road, odd numbers 59 to 229,
even numbers 78 to 224; Ramsey Road, odd numbers 175 and
below, even numbers 164 and below; Trumpington Road, odd
numbers 85 and below, even numbers 88 and below; Tavistock
Distance Road; Worsley Road; Elsham Road; Cary Road, odd numbers
11 and below, even numbers 10 and below; Selby Road, odd
Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to the numbers 99 and above, even numbers 102 and above.
main gate of the school.
Gwyn Jones Primary School
• Distance is measured using a straight line from the address The following roads: Queens Road; Kings Road; Corbicum;
(using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) of the child’s Lytton Road; Esther Road; Temple Close; Wadley Road; Ripley
permanent home to the main gate of the school. Mews; Percy Road and Woodriffe Road. Plus: Essex Road
• All distances will be measured in miles using a computerised South, Essex Mansions and numbers 2-8; Hainault Road, odd
mapping system called Routefinder GIS. numbers 157 and above, even numbers 114 and above; Fairlop
Road, odd numbers 1-31, even numbers 2-22 and Wallwood
• If more than one applicant lives in a multi-occupancy Road, odd numbers 59 and above, even numbers 40 and above.
building (for example, flats) priority will be given to the
applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically and/ Whittingham Primary Academy
or alphabetically. The following roads: Billet Road odd numbers 253 and above,
even numbers 328 and above. Sinnott Road, Lawrence Avenue,
• Where two or more applicants (who are not from multiple Lee Close, McEntee Avenue, Sutton Road, Travers Close,
births) are found to live exactly the same distance from Gurney Close, Waterhall Close, Sandpiper Close, Cormorant
the school, a lottery tie-break draw will take place with the Close, Greenshank Close, Valognes Avenue, Higham Hill Road,
assistance of a third impartial party. odd numbers 347 and above, even numbers 342 and above.
Banbury Road even numbers 40 and above. Romany Gardens,
Swanland Gardens, Cooper Avenue, Cogan Avenue, The Mile
Note: End.
All distances will be measured using this system,

which is the only one that that will be used in the
allocation of school places by Waltham Forest School
Admissions Service.

Section 1 13
Admission criteria for Trust, Voluntary

Aided and Academies
This section relates to those schools in Waltham Forest that to the main gate of the school.
set their own admission criteria. Applications for these schools
• Distance is measured using a straight line from the address
should still be made online or on a paper application form and
(using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) of the child’s
submitted to Waltham Forest’s School Admissions Service.
permanent home to the main gate of the school.
Please note that most of the following schools also require
• All distances will be measured in miles using a computerised
parents to complete and submit a supplementary information
mapping system called Routefinder GIS.
form (SIF). If a school requires a SIF it will be listed in the school
section. SIFs can be obtained directly from the schools or from • All distances will be measured using this system, which is
the School Admissions Service. Please send your completed the only one that that will be used in the allocation of school
SIF straight to the relevant school by 15 January 2014. places by Waltham Forest Admissions Service.
Appeals against non-admission

Appeals paper and guidelines for their use are available
from the school. An Independent Panel will be established in
Buxton School accordance with the Government regulations for Trust schools
to hear parents’ appeals. Closing date for appeals will be
16 May 2014 in line with the local authority deadline.
Admission numbers Waiting lists

If the school is oversubscribed, a waiting list will be held until
Buxton Primary phase will admit 120 pupils into Reception in
December 2014. The waiting list will be prioritised according to
the following order:
the school’s oversubscription criteria set out above.
Children with Special Educational Needs The school is committed to Waltham Forest’s In-Year Fair
Children who have a statement of Special Educational Needs Access Protocols. Should a vulnerable child within these
are placed in schools through the arrangements set out in the protocols require a place at the school, they will take
SEN Code of Practice and not through any admission criteria. precedence over any child on the waiting list.
Governing bodies are required by section 324 of the Education
Act 1996 to admit a child with a statement that names that In Year admissions
particular school. Parents of children with statements should Any applications for a school made outside the normal year
contact their child’s casework officer for further information. of entry must be made directly to Waltham Forest’s School
Children who have a statement naming a school will be Admissions Service who will offer places on behalf of the
allocated a place even if that school is full. Governing Body.
Where the number of applications for admission is greater than
the number of places available, the following criteria will be
applied in this order:
1. Children in public care - children who are looked after by a
local authority or were previously looked after but immediately
after being looked after, became subject to an adoption,
residence, or special guardianship order.
2. Sibling – children with a sibling who will still be on roll at
the primary/secondary school when the child starts. For this
purpose, sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister,
adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of
the parent’s/carer’s partner. In every case, the child must be
living in the same family unit at the same address
3. Medical or social reasons - children for whom only this
particular school is appropriate due to an exceptional medical
or social reason. Applications under medical criteria will only be
considered if they are supported by a written statement from
a doctor. This must demonstrate that there is a very specific
connection between the medical needs and this school.
Applications under social reasons must be supported by a
written statement detailing the specific reasons why this school
meets any exceptional social needs of the child or family.
4. Distance - is measured from the child’s permanent address

Additional information
Emmanuel Community School You will need to complete the school’s supplementary
information form which is available from the school or from the
(Free school) School Admissions Service. The completed form should be
returned directly to the school office by 15 January 2014.
A child with a statement of Special Educational Needs which
The school will offer 30 Reception places.
names Emmanuel Community School will be admitted and will
As a non-selective Christian school, Emmanuel Community count towards the admission number of 30.
School is open to members of other faiths or no faith. In the
Where there are more applications satisfying any category 1
event of oversubscription, no more than 50% of places will be
to 7, places will be offered in order of proximity to Emmanuel
offered based on Christian faith, as set out below.
Community School at the date of application. Those living
1. Looked after children and previously looked after children. closer will be given higher priority.
A looked after child is a child in the care of the local authority The full admissions policy can be viewed at
or provided with accommodation by the local authority (as www.emmanuelcommunityschool.co.uk.
defined in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) at the time of
application.
Previously looked after children are children who were
looked after but ceased to be so because they were Our Lady and St. George’s
adopted or became subject to a residence order or special
guardianship order. Catholic Primary School
Any remaining places will be offered to applicants in the
following order. Up to 15 places will be offered to applicants The governors of Our Lady & St George’s Catholic Primary
in categories 2 to 5. School have determined the following admission arrangements
2. Dedicated children with a sibling at Emmanuel Community for entry to school.
School from families who have worshipped regularly at The school was founded by the Catholic Church to provide
Emmanuel Christian Centre and are recorded partners of education for children of Catholic families. The schools are
that church. conducted by governing bodies as part of the Catholic Church
3. Dedicated children with a sibling at Emmanuel Community in accordance with their respective trust deeds and instrument
School from families who have worshipped regularly at any of government, and seek at all times to be a witness to Jesus
church affiliated to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Christ.
or the Evangelical Alliance and are recorded members of that Whenever there are more applications than places available,
church. priority will always be given to applicants in accordance with
4. Dedicated children from families who have worshipped the over subscription criteria listed below. All applications must
regularly at Emmanuel Christian Centre and are recorded include a declaration of positive support for the aims and ethos
partners at that church. of the school.
5. Dedicated children who have worshipped regularly at any The Governing Body has responsibility for admissions to the
church affiliated to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland school and intend to admit 60 pupils to the reception in one
or the Evangelical Alliance and are recorded members of that intake September 2014.
church. Applications for Reception places must be made on the
6. Children with an exceptional medical or social need, to Waltham Forest application form and submitted to the Local
be accompanied by supporting submissions from the Authority. In addition a Supplementary Information form (SIF)
applicant’s GP and/or consultant, social worker or education which should be signed by a priest or minister of religion, must
welfare officer, setting out the particular reasons why be completed and returned to the school by 15th January 2014.
Emmanuel Community School is the most suitable school Supplementary information forms can be obtained from the
for the child and that the medical or social grounds are such school office or from the school website.
that they cannot be met sufficiently at another school.
Over subscription criteria
7. Children who have a sibling at Emmanuel Community
School. A. Where there are more applications for places than
the number of places available, places will be offered
8. Children living closest to Emmanuel Community School. according to the following order of priority.
Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to
the main gate of the school. 1. Looked after children or children who were previously looked
after (but immediately after being looked after became
• Distance is measured using a straight line from the address subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship
(using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) of the child’s order)whose carers are prepared to support the aims and
permanent home to the main gate of the school. ethos of the school.
• All distances will be measured in miles using a computerised 2. Children or their principal carers from practising Catholic
mapping system called Routefinder GIS. families with strong medical or social reasons, which have
a significant impact on the family well-being, supported by
• All distances will be measured using this system, which is
letters of recommendation from at least 2 from the following
the only one that that will be used in the allocation of school
list ; Parish Priest, GP, hospital consultant, head teacher,
places by Waltham Forest Admissions Service.
social worker, registered medical professional eg. Speech
and language therapist.

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3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families

who are resident in the parishes of Our Lady and St. George,
Walthamstow and Christ the King, South Chingford. St. Mary’s Catholic
4. Other baptised Catholic children who are resident in the Primary School
parishes of Our Lady and St. George, Walthamstow and
Christ the King, South Chingford.
The school is conducted by its governing body as part of
5. Other baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic the Catholic Church in accordance with its trust deed and
families. instrument of government, and seeks at all times to be a
6. Other baptised Catholic children. witness to Jesus Christ.
7. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church. The governors as a corporate body have sole responsibility
for admissions to St Mary’s school and will admit 30
8. Christians of other denominations whose families support children to the Reception class.
the aims and ethos of the school and whose application is
supported by a minister of religion. St Mary’s is a voluntary aided, mixed 4-11 year olds, Catholic
Primary School, under the trusteeship of the Diocese of
9. Children of other faiths and whose families support the aims Brentwood. The primary aim and purpose of our school is to
and ethos of the school and whose application is supported support practising Catholic parents in the academic, spiritual
by a religious leader. and moral education of their children. The Governing Body
10.Any other applicants. will therefore offer a priority in each category to children of
practising Catholic families. This does not affect the right of
B. Where the offer of places to all applicants in any of the parents who are not of the faith of this School to apply for and
categories listed above would lead to over subscription be considered for a place at our school.
the following provisions will be applied.
Pupils are admitted in line with the following Admissions
1. The attendance of a sibling at the school at the time of Criteria.
enrolment will increase the priority of an application within
each category. Applications for Reception places must be made either
online or on a paper application form to Waltham Forest and
2. The governing body will increase the priority within each submitted by 15th January 2014.
category of an application for families of service personnel
with a confirmed posting to the area or crown servants For applicants wishing to be considered under the category
returning from overseas to live in the area. of practising or baptised Catholics, a reference from the
applicant’s Parish Priest in whose parish the applicant worships
C. Tie break will be required, which must be returned directly to the school
by either the Priest, or parents, no later than 15th January
If, after applying the provisions of paragraph B, the offer of
2014 using the Supplementary Information Form (SIF). Further
places to all remaining applicants in any sub category listed
details regarding this reference can be obtained from Waltham
above in paragraph A would lead to over subscription, the
Forest’s School Admissions Service using the contact details at
places will be offered to those in that sub-category living
the front of this booklet, from the School Prospectus, from our
closest to the upper school site (E17 3EA).
website at www.stmaryschingford.com or by contacting the
Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to the school directly.
Please note it is the responsibility of the applicant’s
• Distance is measured using a straight line from the address parent/s /guardian/s to forward the above information if
(using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) of the child’s appropriate/desired. In cases where no information is
permanent home to the main gate of the school. received, the application will be considered as a non-faith
application under the appropriate section of the criteria.
mapping system called Routefinder GIS. The Governing Body, having carried out the required
consultation, has set a planned admission number of 30 for the
academic school year commencing in September 2014.
Admissions Criteria:
The school will offer places to 30 children in the following order.
1. Baptised Catholic children in public care, ‘looked after’,
or ‘previously looked after’ baptised Catholic children (see
criteria for looked after children contained in this brochure)
2. Baptised Catholic children whose parent/s go to Mass each
week and who live in the Parish of Our Lady of Grace and St
Teresa of Avila at the time of application. The child must
have a brother or sister already in the school at the time
of application who will still be in the school at the time of
admission.
week and who live in the Parish of Christ The King – (north of
the A406) at the time of application. The child must have
a brother or sister already in the school at the time of
application who will still be in the school at the time of
admission.

4. Baptised Catholic children whose parent/s go to Mass each Notes

week and where one of the child’s parents is a permanent 1. If a place becomes available before the date the child/ren
employee of the Governing Body of St Mary’s School and start school for one of the following reasons:
has been employed at the school for at least two years at
• an offer of a place turned down;
the date of making an application.
• an offer of a place accepted but then withdrawn at a later
date but before the date the child was due to start school;
week and who live in the Parish of Our Lady of Grace & St
Teresa of Avila at the time of application. the Governors will offer the place to the next ranked
applicant fulfilling the criteria and living closest to the school
using the Local Authority’s measuring tool. Otherwise, any
week and who live in the Parish of Christ The King – (north of
subsequent vacancies (after the start date) will be advertised
the A406) at the time of application.
and parents invited to apply.
7. Baptised Catholic children whose parent/s go to Mass
2. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is (a) in the care of a
each week and who live in other parishes at the time of
Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation
application and who have a brother or sister already in the
by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services
school at the time of application, who will still be in the
functions (see definition in Section 22(1) Children’s Act 1989)
school at the time of admission.
at the time of making an application.
8. Baptised Catholic children whose parent/s go to Mass
A “previously looked after child’ is a child who was looked
each week and who live in other Parishes at the time of
after, but ceased to be so because he/she was adopted
application.
(under the terms of the Adoption & Children’s Act 2002 –
9. Children in public care, ‘looked after’, or ‘previously looked see section 4: Adoption Orders; or became subject to a
after’ children. residence order (under the terms of the Children’s Act 1989
– see section 8 which defines a ‘residence order’ as an order
10. The mission of Catholic education is to serve our
settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with
communities. Once the needs of the Catholic children in the
whom the child is to live; or special guardianship order –
catchment area have been met the school will offer places
see Section 14 of the Children’s Act 1989 which defines a
to children of other denominations or faiths that reflect the
‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or
wider community of St Mary’s.
more individuals to be a child’s special guardian/(s).
Notes:
THE SCHOOL EXPECTS YOU TO PROVIDE TRUE AND
I. Over subscription: Previous experience would indicate
ACCURATE INFORMATION. HOWEVER, IF THEY DISCOVER
a possibility of over subscription from applicants within
THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION THEY
the above parishes. The school’s overall net capacity as
WILL WITHDRAW THE OFFER OF A PLACE
at the last WF Borough Suitability Study is 209 pupils and
the projected number on roll at the time of admissions for
the 2014/2015 academic year is 218 pupils. St Mary’s is
therefore operating beyond the limit of statutory space
requirements for the number of children on roll. St. Joseph’s Catholic
If there are more applications received that fulfil the criteria
than there are places available in any category, the school
Infant School
will offer places to those living nearest the school within
each category of the criteria. The school will offer places to 60 children in the following order.
Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to 1. Baptised Catholic children who are or were in public care
the main gate of the school. from Catholic families.
• Distance is measured using a straight line from the 2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families
address (using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) living in the Parish of St. Joseph’s, Leyton.
of the child’s permanent home to the main gate of the
school. 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families
living outside the Parish of St. Joseph’s, Leyton.
• All distances will be measured in miles using a
computerised mapping system called Routefinder GIS. 4. Other Baptised Catholic children.
• All distances will be measured using this system, which 5. Children of families of other Christian denominations who
is the only one that that will be used in the allocation of are in sympathy with the aim and ethos of the school and
school places by Waltham Forest Admissions Service. worship regularly at church, as supported by their Minister.
Where two separate residences are determined as being 6. Other children who are or were in public care.
exactly the same distance from the School, a lottery tie-
break draw will take place with the assistance of a third Oversubscription criteria
impartial party. If there are more applications received that fulfil the criteria than
II. Under subscription: If the school still has places left after there are places available, the school will apply the following
admitting children under the rules, the school will offer places criteria:
to those living nearest the school, measured in a straight line, 1. Preference will be given in each category to those with a
using the Borough’s measurement tool as above. sibling at the school at the time of admission.
2. Preference will be given according to the frequency of Mass/
church attendance, as confirmed by the reference from the
Priest/Minister.

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3. Applications from catechumens will be treated as those for Children with Special Educational Needs
baptised Catholics.
Children who have a statement of Special Educational Needs
If, after having allocated places according to these criteria, are placed in schools through the arrangements set out in the
there are still places remaining and all the remaining applicants SEN Code of Practice and not through any admission criteria.
are equal, places will be offered according to distance between Governing bodies are required by section 324 of the Education
the home address and the school. Act 1996 to admit a child with a statement that names that
particular school. Parents of children with statements should
Distance –is measured from the child’s permanent address to
contact their child’s casework officer for further information.
the main gate of the school.
Children who have a statement naming a school will be
• Distance is measured using a straight line from the address allocated a place even if that school is full.
permanent home to the main gate of the school. Oversubscription Criteria
• All distances will be measured in miles using a computerised Where there are more applications for places than the number
mapping system called Routefinder GIS. of places available, places will be offered according to the
following order of priority.
the only one that that will be used in the allocation of school The attendance of a brother or sister at St Patrick’s at the time
places by Waltham Forest Admissions Service. of enrolment will increase the priority of an application within
each category.
Additional information 1. Looked after children or previously looked after children from
All applications must be supported by a Baptismal Certificate Catholic families.
and a supplementary information form (SIF) completed by you
2. Other looked after or previously looked after children.
and the Priest/Minister of your Parish. SIFs are available from
the school office or from the School Admissions Service. 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families
who are resident and practising in the parish of Our Lady of
Applications from members of Orthodox faiths (Churches in
the Rosary and St Patrick, Walthamstow.
communion with Catholics) will be considered on the same
basis as baptised Catholic families. 4. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic families
who are resident in the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary and
St Patrick, Walthamstow.
5. Other baptised Catholic children who are resident in the
St. Patrick’s Catholic parish of Our Lady & St Patrick, Walthamstow.
Primary School 6. Other baptised Catholic children from practicing Catholic

families.
7. Other baptised Catholic children.
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School was founded by the
Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic 8. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church.
families. The school is conducted by its governing body as
9. Christians of other denominations whose parents are in
part of the Catholic Church in accordance with its trust deed
sympathy with the aims and ethos of the school and whose
and instrument of government, and seeks at all times to be a
application is supported by a minister of religion.
witness to Jesus Christ.
10. C
hildren of other faiths whose parents are in sympathy with
It aims to give a thorough education in the context of the
the aims and ethos of the school and whose application is
Catholic Faith of the family as it is believed and lived at home
supported by a religious leader.
and at Church where the family worship each Sunday. Catholic
education looks to the growth of the child, intellectually, 11. Any other applicants.
socially, culturally, morally and spiritually, thus necessitating a
very close bond between Church, School and Home. Tie Break
Whenever there are more applications than places available, Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the
priority will always be given to Catholic applicants in sub-categories listed above would still lead to oversubscription,
accordance with the oversubscription criteria listed below. All the places up to the admission number will be offered to those
applicants are required to declare their positive support for the living nearest to the school.
aims and ethos of the school.
Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to the
The Governing Body has sole responsibility for admissions to main gate of the school.
this school and intends to admit 60 pupils into the Reception
Year. • Distance is measured using a straight line from the address
The governing body may increase the priority of an application permanent home to the main gate of the school.
within a category where evidence is provided at the time of
application of exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other • All distances will be measured in miles using a computerised
need of the child which can be most appropriately be met at mapping system called Routefinder GIS.
this school. • All distances will be measured using this system, which is

Application Procedures and Timetable

If you want to apply for a place in the Reception class at St
Patrick’s Catholic
St. Saviour’s Church of
Primary School in the school year 2014/2015 you must apply England School
to the School Admissions Service either online or by paper
application form by the closing date of 15 January 2014.
The school will offer places to 60 children in the following order.
You must also complete a Supplementary Information Form
1. Children who are in or have been in public care and children
(SIF) and a Parish Clergy Reference form obtainable only from
recorded in the Child Protection Register or who are ‘at risk’
the School Office. These must be completed and signed by
as advised by Waltham Forest’s Child Protection Officer.
the Parish Priest in whose parish you worship. The School
Application form and Part B of the Parish Clergy reference form 2. Children whose parent/guardians are on the electoral roll of
must be returned directly to the School Office by 15 January the Ecclesiastical Parish of Walthamstow St Saviour’s and
2014. who are regularly involved in the work and worship of the
parish church.
Applicants are requested to note that applications will be
invalid unless Part B of the Parish Clergy Reference Form, a 3. Children whose parents/guardians are on the electoral
copy of the Baptism Certificate, a copy of the Birth Certificate roll who are regularly involved in the work and worship of
and a proof of residence are received at the school. another Anglican Parish in the deanery of Waltham Forest.
Proof of residence may be 1) the most recent Council Tax bill or 4. Children who have siblings who are on the roll of the school
tenancy agreement and 2) the most recent Child Benefit/Child at the intended time of admission.
Tax Credit letter showing your child’s name and your address.
5. Children who are resident in the Ecclesiastical Parish of
Waiting lists Walthamstow St Saviour’s.
In addition to their right of appeal, unsuccessful candidates will 6. Children whose parents are regularly involved in the work
be offered the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list. This and worship of non-Anglican communities in the borough
waiting list will be maintained in order of the oversubscription of Waltham Forest, whose parent bodies are members of
criteria set out above and not in the order in which applications ‘Churches Together in England’.
are received or added to the list.
7. If any places remain available then children who live closest
Notes (these notes form part of the oversubscription criteria) to the school based on the shortest measured walking
Looked after child has the same meaning as in section 22 of distance from the school using public road or footpath.
the Children Act 1989, and means any child in the care of a
local authority or provided with accommodation by them (e.g. Oversubscription criteria
children with foster parents). In categories 1-3, if the number of applicants exceeds the
Catholic means a member of a Church in communion with the number of places available then having a sibling who is on roll
See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. at the school at the intended time of admission will take priority.
This will normally be evidenced by a certificate of baptism If the number of applicants within that category who have a
in a Catholic Church or a certificate of reception into the full sibling on roll at the time of admission exceeds the number
communion of the Catholic Church. of places available, priority will be given to children who live
closest to the school.
Practising Catholic means Catholic children from practising
Catholic families who habitually worship at Mass on a regular Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to the
basis and where the application is supported by a Catholic main gate of the school.
priest. The governing body will expect this practice to be • Distance is measured using a straight line from the address
verified by a reference from a priest in the standard format laid (using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) of the child’s
down by the diocese. permanent home to the main gate of the school.
Catechumen means a member of the catechumenate of • All distances will be measured in miles using a computerised
a Catholic Church. This will normally be evidenced by a mapping system called Routefinder GIS.
certificate of reception into the order of catechumens.
Eastern Catholic Church includes Orthodox Churches, and the only one that that will be used in the allocation of school
is normally evidenced by a certificate of baptism or reception places by Waltham Forest Admissions Service.
from the authorities of that Church.
In categories 4-5, if the number of applicants within those
To demonstrate an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need categories who have a sibling on roll at the time of admission
of the child which can be most appropriately met at this school, exceeds the number of places available, priority will be given
the governing body will normally require written evidence from to children who live closest to the school as measured by a
an appropriate professional, such as a social worker, doctor or straight line from the child’s permanent home to the main gate
priest. of the school.
In categories 2, 3 and 6 ‘regularly involved’ means that at least
one parent attends the church for public worship a minimum of
twice a month.

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Additional information Oversubscription criteria

If you wish to have your involvement in the work and worship The term ‘in care’ includes: children in children’s homes, foster
considered by the Governors then you must take the school’s care, unaccompanied minors and other emergency provisions.
supplementary information form (SIF) to your Clerical Referee Where the request is for a place where a sibling attends,
and ask them to write you a reference on pages three and four. including a foster carer’s own children and other unrelated
SIFs are available from the school office or from the School children resident in the same foster home, the school will
Admission Service. Completed SIFs must be returned to the consider the request even in cases where admission would
school office. result in the school exceeding the published admission number,
in order to accommodate the child.
Please submit two official documents showing proof of the
parent’s or guardian’s residence at the address on the SIF. One Within the above admission categories, consideration will be
of these must be a Council Tax document and the other may be given first to those children where there is a strong medical
a gas or electricity bill, bank or building society letter or similar. or social need if this a) can be met by the school and b) can
be fully supported by relevant professionals. Where the offer
It is your responsibility to return the SIF to the school office by
of places to all applicants in a sub-category listed would lead
5.00pm on 15 January 2014.
to oversubscription, the places will be offered to those living
closest to the school.
Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to the
St. Mary’s Church of England
• Distance is measured using a straight line from the address
Primary School (using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) of the child’s
Children with Special Educational Needs mapping system called Routefinder GIS.
Children who have a statement of Special Educational Needs • All distances will be measured using this system, which is
are placed in schools through the arrangements set out in the the only one that that will be used in the allocation of school
SEN Code of Practice and not through any admission criteria. places by Waltham Forest Admissions Service.
Governing bodies are required by section 324 of the Education
Act 1996 to admit a child with a statement that names that
particular school. Parents of children with statements should
Additional information
contact their child’s casework officer for further information. If you wish to have your involvement in the work and worship
Children who have a statement naming a school will be considered by the Governors then you must take the school’s
allocated a place even if that school is full. Admission Form for Entry to your Clerical Referee and ask them
to write you a reference on pages three and four. Admission
The school will offer places to 90 children in the following order. Forms for Entry are available from the school office, from the
1. Children who are or were in public care will be prioritised for School Admission Service and on our website (stmaryscofe.org
places at St. Mary’s above all other admissions categories. in School Information/Admissions). Completed forms must be
returned to the school office.
2. Children who have siblings on roll at the school at the school
at the time of admission. Please submit two official documents showing proof of
the parent’s or guardian’s residence at the address on the
3. Children of parents who are active members of the Admission Form for Entry. One of these must be a Council Tax
Churches of St. Mary, St. Stephen, St. Luke or St. Gabriel, document and the other may be a gas or electricity bill, bank or
Walthamstow (known as the ‘Parish of Walthamstow’), or building society letter or similar.
who are resident in the Parish of Walthamstow and are
actively involved in the work and worship of other Christian It is your responsibility to return the SIF to the school office by
churches within that ecclesiastical boundary. 5.00pm on 15 January 2014.
4. Children of parents resident in the Parish of Walthamstow

or within neighbouring parishes, who are actively involved
in the work and worship of other Christian churches within
those parishes and who wish to send their children to a
school with a Christian ethos.
5. Children of parents resident in the Parish of Walthamstow
who wish to send their children to a school with a Christian
ethos.
6. Children of parents resident outside the Parish of
Walthamstow who wish to send their children to a school
with a Christian ethos.

• A child and their family who are considered ‘at risk’ due to
circumstances beyond the family’s control such as fleeing
domestic violence (housed in a refuge in Waltham Forest).
Yardley Primary School Consideration may then be given for the named child to be
given a school away from the area of their previous home
address for safeguarding purposes.
Special Educational Needs • An existing restraining order that may put a family ‘at risk’ if
the school were to be outside the remit of distance agreed
Children who have a statement of Special Educational Needs by the courts.
are placed in schools through the arrangements set out in the
SEN Code of Practice and not through any admission criteria. The Admissions Panel that will determine each case will be
Governing bodies are required by section 324 of the Education made up of the Admissions Manager and professionals (a GP,
Act 1996 to admit a child with a statement that names that and a social worker), and will make the final decision based on
particular school. Parents of children with statements should the evidence provided.
contact their child’s casework officer for further information.
3. Siblings
Children who have a statement naming a school will be
Sibling means:
allocated a place even if that school is full.
• a full brother or sister;
If the number of applicants without statements of educational
needs naming the school is higher than the number of places • a half-brother or sister;
available, the following rules are applied in the order of priority
set out below to decide who will be offered a place. • a stepbrother or stepsister; and
• foster brother or sister;
1. Looked-After Children
A looked-after child is a child who is or was: In all cases the sibling must be living at the same address and
must still attend the school at the time of admission of the child
• in the care of a Local Authority; or for whom the application is being made.
• being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in If you do not provide the name and date of birth of your child’s
accordance with Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989. sibling we will not be able to take it into account and it will affect
your child’s chances of being offered a place at that school.
For admission purposes, a ‘looked-after’ child is a child
currently in care or a child who was in care but became subject
to an adoption residence, or special guardianship order, 4. Children of members of staff
immediately after leaving care. Children of members of staff who have been employed at the
Children ‘at risk’ school for more than 2 years at the time at which application for
A child is ‘at risk’ if they are currently on the Child Protection admission is made, or who are recruited to fill vacant posts for
Register or are under consideration for inclusion on the register, which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
as advised by Waltham Forest’s Child Protection Officer.
5. Distance
2. Medical or social reasons Children living closest to the school.
Medical or social reasons can only be taken into account Distance is measured from the child’s permanent address to the
where information is provided by the closing date, i.e. 15 main gate of the school.
January 2014. Failure to provide such information at that stage
may affect whether or not the child is allocated a place at the • Distance is measured using a straight line from the address
preferred school under this criterion. (using the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) of the child’s
Applications will only be considered under this category if
they are supported by a written statement from a doctor, • All distances will be measured in miles using a computerised
social worker, psychologist or other relevant independent mapping system called Routefinder GIS.
professional. The information must confirm the exceptional • If more than one applicant lives in a multi-occupancy
medical or social reason, and demonstrate how the specified building (for example, flats) priority will be given to the
school is the only school that can meet the defined needs of applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically and/
the child. or alphabetically.
In all cases the medical or social need must be permanent or • Where two or more applicants (who are not from multiple
long term. births) are found to live exactly the same distance from
For medical conditions, the school named must be the closest the school, a lottery tie-break draw will take place with the
school to the child’s address for consideration to be given on assistance of a third impartial party.
mobility grounds. All distances will be measured using this system, which is the
Examples of possible exceptional medical or social only one that that will be used in the allocation of school places
reasons: by Waltham Forest School Admissions Service.
• Any acute or chronic condition that would make it difficult for Multiple births
a child to attend any school other than the school closest to If the last child to be offered a place is one of multiple births,
the child’s address . all multiple birth siblings will be admitted to the school as
‘permitted exceptions’ to the infant class size legislation which
• Any acute or chronic medical condition that requires regular, limits infant classes to no more than 30 children.
long-term attendance at a particular medical establishment
which is closest to the school named.

Section 1 21

Section 2
How we will process your application
Applications are processed using a system known as equal The results of your application
preference. This means that for each of your preferences we
will use the admissions criteria to work out whether we can
offer your child a place at any of your preferred schools. Date What will happen?
• The Governors of academies, foundation and voluntary- 16 April 2014 Offer letters will be posted to applicants
aided schools let us know who to offer a place by listing all making a paper application
pupils who have applied in the order of how well they meet 16 April 2014 Online applicants will be sent an email with
their admissions arrangements. the outcome of their application. Please
• Other local authorities let us know which Waltham Forest wait until you have received the email before
residents can be offered places in their schools. logging on to the eAdmissions website.
• If more than one place can be offered to your child, we will 17 April 2014 Offer letters should be received by
offer the highest possible preference. This is why it is so applicants making a paper application
important to list schools in the order you most prefer. Offer letters will be sent by first class post on 16 April. Most
of these letters will be received the following day on 17 April
but because of variations in Royal Mail delivery we cannot
Application received guarantee this.
Note:
Criteria applied to each preference
Please note that we do not give out any offer information
over the telephone.
Places are offered up to the published admission

number at each school Accepting the offer
Whether you apply online or on a paper form, you will need to
confirm whether you want to accept the offer or not by 30 April
2014.
Highest possible preference offered to each child
If you have received an offer letter, please complete the reply
slip and send it back to the School Admissions Service by 30
April 2014.
Sometimes we cannot offer any school listed on a child’s
application form. This is because the schools listed are If you have not been offered your preferred school, you are
oversubscribed. Other applicants were successful in meeting strongly advised to accept the school place you have been
the admissions criteria. For example, other applicants lived offered to ensure that your child has a school place for
closer to the school. September 2014. Accepting the place offered will not affect your
chances of being offered a place at a school you prefer more,
If this happens we will offer your child a place at the nearest
either through the waiting list or through the appeal process.
school to your home address that has an available place (an
alternative offer). This could mean that your child is offered a
place at a school some distance from your home.
Declining the offer

If you decide you do not want the place offered you will need
to confirm the independent or private school your child will be
attending; your plans to home educate, or other reasons why
you no longer require the school place.
Note:
Failure to respond may result in losing the school place
offered.

Section 2 23
Alternative offers School admission appeals

If we are unable to offer you any of your preferred schools we If your child is not offered a place at one of the schools you
will allocate a place at the school nearest to your home that listed on your application form you can appeal against this
has an available place. If you wish to decline the alternative decision to an independent appeal panel. You will be given
offer please refer to the ‘How places were allocated breakdown’ details of how to make an appeal with your offer. The deadline
sent with your offer details. This breakdown will list those for receipt of appeals is 16 May 2014.
schools in Waltham Forest with available places. Should you
Appeals will be heard within 40 days of the deadline of 16 May
then decide another school with places would better meet your
2014.
child’s needs, you must contact the School Admissions Service
at [email protected] for your child’s Appeals are heard by panels of people who have not taken
alternative offer school to be changed. This must be done as part in deciding how places were offered on 16 April. The
soon as possible as the number of places available can change clerk to the independent appeal panel will write to you with
at any time. details of your appeal date. You will be invited to present your
case in person and you will be allowed to bring a friend or
Waiting Lists representative to help you, if you wish.
We can normally only consider one appeal for each school
Whether you apply online or on a paper form, you will be within the same school year. In exceptional circumstances
asked if you want to remain on the waiting lists for any higher you may be able to appeal for the same school more than
preference schools when you receive an offer of a school place. once, but there would have to be changes to your personal
circumstances for this to be allowed.
When you accept or decline the school place offer, if you do not
indicate whether you want to remain on any waiting lists, we If you are appealing for an Academy, foundation or voluntary-
will assume that you do not and will delete your details from the aided school or a school in another local authority, you must
waiting lists of your higher preference schools. check the closing date with that school or local authority, as
they might be different. Your appeal must be sent directly to the
• If you would like to remain on those higher preference waiting
school or local authority concerned.
lists please tick the ‘yes’ box next to the school’s name.
Where possible, appeals for late applications will be included
• If you want to accept the offered school and do not wish to
with those being heard for the same admissions round. If this is
be placed on the higher preference waiting lists, please tick
not possible, appeals for late applications must be heard within
the ‘no’ box.
30 school days of the appeal being received.
• Waiting lists for Waltham Forest schools are ordered in
accordance with the admission criteria for each school.
• Places are allocated to children from the top of the waiting Note:
list as vacancies arise.
This appeals process is the only recourse for a parent and
• Waiting list positions can change at any time depending on any lobbying of Councillors or MPs will not influence the
other applicants’ circumstances and it is important to note school offer in advance of an appeal.
that your child’s position may go down as well as up if other
applicants join the waiting list.
• The date of your application does not affect your waiting list
position once it has been processed.
In-year admissions and transfers
• Being on a waiting list is not a guarantee of a place at the school.
Applications for school places received after 1 September
If you want to be placed on the waiting list for any lower
in any school year are called in-year admissions. Waltham
preference schools, please contact the School Admissions
Forest residents need to apply to Waltham Forest School
Service at [email protected] .
Admissions Service. Waltham Forest residents applying for
If you are offered a place from the waiting list, you will need a school in another local authority must seek advice from
to confirm whether you want to accept the place. This place that authority’s school admission service regarding their
will only be held for up to seven days, after the seven days application process.
we will revert back to your child’s previous accepted school
Academies, trust schools and voluntary aided schools
offered. Please send your response to primary.admissions@
are their own admissions authorities and will continue to
walthamforest.gov.uk.
make decisions as to whether or not applicants meet their
All waiting lists close on 19 December 2014. If you then admission criteria.
want to make a fresh application please complete an iCAF,
available on www.walthamforest.gov.uk, listing your new school
preferences.
Transfers
Changing schools within the school year is disruptive and
usually not in the best interests of the child. Parents who
Note: wish to transfer their child from one school to another
should first discuss it with the Headteacher of the current
If you want to be added to the waiting list for any higher school and should not withdraw their child from school
preference school that is not in Waltham Forest you will until they have arranged a place elsewhere.
need to contact the local authority where that school is
located and ask to be placed on the waiting list.

Section 3
Schools in Waltham Forest
School details Headteacher Status Reception
places
2014
Ainslie Wood Primary School Ms Kerry Scott Community 60
Ainslie Wood Road, E4 9DD
020 8523 7913
www.ainsliewoodschool.com
Barclay Primary School Mr Justin James Academy 180
Canterbury Road, E10 6EJ (Site 1)
Hoe Street, E17 9AA (Site 2)
020 8539 6777
www.barclayprimary.net
Barn Croft School Ms Frances Wilson Community 30
Brunel Road, E17 8SB
020 8521 1145
www.barncroftprimaryschool.org
Buxton School (All-Through) – Primary Phase Mrs Kathleen Wheeler Trust 120
Cann Hall Road, E11 3NN
020 8534 3563
www.buxtonschool.org.uk
Chapel End Infants School Ms Theresa Martin Community 90
Beresford Road, E17 4LN
020 8527 1388
www.chapelendinfants.com
Chase Lane Primary School Miss Carolyn Community 90
York Road, E4 8LA Houstoun
020 8529 6827
www.chaselaneprimary.waltham.sch.uk
Chingford CofE Federated Infant & Junior Schools Ms Lindsey Lampard Voluntary 60
Kings Road, E4 7EY Controlled
020 8529 7601
www.chingfordcofe.org.uk
Chingford Hall Primary School Mrs Patricia Davies Academy 30
Burnside Avenue, E4 8YJ
020 8527 7433
www.chingfordhallinformation.org.uk
Coppermill Primary School Mrs Figen Bektasoglu Community 30
Edward Road, E17 6PB
020 8520 6267
www.coppermillprimary.co.uk
Davies Lane Primary School Ms Maureen Okoye Community 120
Davies Lane, E11 3DR
020 8539 2466
www.davieslane.co.uk
Dawlish Primary School Mr Mike Reader Community 30
Jesse Road, E10 6NN
020 8558 1566
www.dawlishprimary.co.uk
Downsell Primary School Mr Terrence Nairne Community 90
Downsell Road, E15 2BS
020 8556 0103
www.downsellprimary.org
Edinburgh Primary School Ms Jane Harris Community 90
Queens Road, E17 8QS
020 8509 6180
www.edinburghprimary.co.uk

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Emmanuel Community School Mr Peter Lewis Academy 30

The Drive, E17 3BN
020 8520 0775
www.emmanuelcommunityschool.co.uk
George Mitchell School (All-Through) – Primary Phase Ms Claire Kirwin Community 60
Burchell Road, E10 5AZ (Acting Headteacher
020 8556 6981 to 31 December 2013)
www.georgemitchellschool.co.uk
Mr Saaed Hussein
(Headteacher from 1
January 2014)
George Tomlinson Primary School Ms Mandy Stewart Community 90
Harrington Road, E11 4QN
020 8539 3577
www.georgetomlinsonprimary.com
Greenleaf Primary School Ms Kathryn Soulard Community 60
Greenleaf Road, E17 6QW
020 8520 7963
www.greenleafschool.org.uk
Gwyn Jones Primary School Ms Christine Bott Community 60
Hainault Road, E11 1EU
020 8556 7904
www.gwynjonesschool.co.uk
Handsworth Primary School Ms Jill Augustin Community 60
Handsworth Avenue, E4 9PJ
020 8527 5991
www.handsworthprimary.org.uk
Henry Maynard Primary School Ms Linda Adair Community 120
Maynard Road, E17 9JE
020 8520 3042
www.henrymaynardprimary.co.uk
Hillyfield Primary Academy Mr Steve Lancashire Academy 180
Higham Hill Road, E17 6ED (Site 1)
Aveling Park Road, E17 4NR (Site 2)
020 8527 7934
www.hillyfieldacademy.com
The Jenny Hammond Primary School Ms Deborah Gibbon Community 30
Worsley Road, E11 3JN
020 8519 3977
www.jennyhammondschool.co.uk
Larkswood Primary School Ms Lynne Harrowell Community 90
New Road, E4 8ET
020 8529 4979
www.larkswoodprimary.com
Longshaw Primary School Mrs Carol Kirkland Community 60
Longshaw Road, E4 6LH
020 8529 5693
www.longshawprimaryschool.co.uk
Mayville Primary School Ms Carnett Russell Community 60
Lincoln Street, E11 4PZ
020 8539 5907
www.mayville.waltham.sch.uk
Mission Grove Primary School Miss Kate Jennings Community 120
Buxton Road, E17 7EJ (Site 1)
Edinburgh Road, E17 7QB (Site 2)
020 8520 3487
www.missiongroveschool.com
Newport School Ms Prue Barnes Community 120
Newport Road, E10 6PJ
020 8539 4552
www.newportschool.org.uk
Oakhill Primary School Mr Roddy Fairclough Community 30
Alders Avenue, IG8 9PY
020 8527 3309
www.oakhillschool.org.uk

Our Lady and St. George’s Catholic Primary School Ms Rosie McGlynn Voluntary 60
Shernhall Street, E17 3EA Aided
020 8520 8500
www.olsgweb.org
Parkside Primary School Ms Lisa Cousins Community 60
Wellington Avenue, E4 6RE
020 8559 4278
www.parksideprimaryschool.org
Riverley Primary School Ms Anne Powell Academy 60
Park Road, E10 7BZ
020 8539 4535
www.riverley.waltham.sch.uk
Roger Ascham Primary School Mr Matt Hanks Academy 60
Wigton Road, E17 5HU
020 8527 3157
www.rogerascham.co.uk
Selwyn Primary School Ms Maureen Okoye Community 90
Cavendish Road, E4 9NG
020 8527 3814
www.selwynprimarywaltham.co.uk
South Grove Primary School Ms Julie Maltwood Community 60
Ringwood Road, E17 7NE
020 8521 6000
www.southgrove.waltham.sch.uk
St Joseph’s Catholic Infant School Mrs Mary Le Count Voluntary 60
Marsh Lane, E10 7BL aided
020 8539 3000
www.stjinfs.waltham-forest.lgfl.net
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Miss Philomena Egan Voluntary 30
Station Road, E4 7BJ aided
020 8529 4723
www.stmaryschingford.com
St Mary’s CofE Primary School Ms Beverley Hall Voluntary 90

Brooke Road, E17 9HJ aided
020 8521 1066
www.stmaryse17.co.uk
Stoneydown Park Primary School Ms Jayne Cominetti Community 90
Pretoria Avenue, E17 6JY
020 8520 7026
http://webfronter.com/waltham-forest/stoneydown
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Mr Ruslan Protsiv Voluntary 60
Longfield Avenue, E17 7DP aided
020 8509 4321
www.st-patricks.waltham.sch.uk
St Saviour’s CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Ms Beverley Hall Voluntary 60
Verulam Avenue, E17 8ER Aided
020 8520 0612
www.stsaviourscofe.org
Sybourn Primary School Mr Hayden Tyers Academy 90
Sybourn Street, E17 8HA
020 8539 4110
www.sybournprimary.com
Thomas Gamuel Primary School Mr Tom Mitchell Community 60
Colchester Road, E17 8LG
020 8520 7031
www.thomasgamuel.co.uk
Thorpe Hall Primary School Mrs Paulette Community 90
Hale End Road, E17 4DP Houghton
020 8527 4062
www.thorpehallprimary.com
Walthamstow Primary Academy Ms Emma Skae Academy 60
Walthamstow Academy Campus
Billet Road, Walthamstow, E17 5DP
[email protected]

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Whitehall Primary School Mrs Jacqui Holder Community 60

Normanton Park, E4 6ES
020 8529 3813
www.whitehallprimary.com
Whittingham Primary Academy Mrs Patricia Davies Academy 60
Higham Hill Road, E17 5QX
020 8523 3228
www.whittingham.waltham.sch.uk
Willow Brook Primary School Academy Mrs Patsy Fitzpatrick Academy 90
Church Road, E10 7BH
020 8539 1428
www.willowbrookprimary.org.uk
The Winns Primary School Mr Paul Ryan Community 120
Fleeming Road, E17 5ET
020 8527 1872
www.thewinnsprimaryschool.co.uk
Woodford Green Primary School Ms Jane Powell Community 30
Sunset Avenue
IG8 0ST
020 8504 1629
www.woodfordgreenprimary.co.uk
The Woodside Primary Academy Mr Shane Tewes Academy 180
Wood Street, E17 3JX
020 8520 5168
www.thewoodsideschool.com
Yardley Primary School Mr Norman Clear Academy 60
Hawkwood Crescent, E4 7PH
020 8529 3671
www.yardleyprimary.co.uk
Proposed New School - Walthamstow This ethos underpins its core values:
• Ambition – to achieve the best for ourselves and others;
Primary Academy • Confidence – to have the courage of our convictions and to
take risks in the right cause;
United Learning is pleased to be opening a new primary school in
Walthamstow. The new school, which is currently using the name • Creativity – to imagine possibilities and make them real;
Walthamstow Primary Academy, will open in September 2014. • Respect – for ourselves and others in all that we do;
Initially the school will open with 60 reception pupils and then the • Enthusiasm – to seek opportunity, find what is good and pursue
school will grow a year at a time with a view to reaching capacity talents and interests;
in 2020. The school will have a distinctive ethos and benefit from • Determination – to overcome obstacles and reach success.
strong partnerships with Walthamstow Academy and the local
community. The admission criteria for the school are listed on
page 11. United Learning will be conducting an extensive consultation
around many different aspects of the school, including its name,
curriculum, extracurricular programme and links with the local
The school will be located on the site of Walthamstow Academy
community. If you would like to be involved in this process, we will
Campus, Billet Road, Walthamstow, E17 5DP. We have an exciting
be holding open evenings in October and November.
programme of building works planned which will transform the site
into an outstanding, modern school complex.
Please email us at
The new school will be part of United Learning, a group of over 30 [email protected].
academies and independent schools located across the country. uk if you would like further details about the evenings. Please
As part of United Learning, the school will promote high levels of also come to the open evenings if you would like to learn more
achievement and seek to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. It will about the plans for education at the school, how the school will
share best practice with other United Learning schools across look when it opens or to discover more about United Learning
the country and staff will benefit from the Group’s wide range of in general. Anyone from the local area who is interested in
high-quality professional development opportunities and its bank education is welcome to attend this event, whether or not they
of excellent educational resources. have a child of Reception age.
United Learning is committed to providing excellent education

through which all pupils are able to progress, achieve and go on
to succeed in life. Its approach is underpinned by a sense of moral
purpose and commitment to doing what is right for children and
young people.

Section 4
Neighbouring local authorities
If you want to apply to schools outside of Waltham Forest, contact the relevant local authority for information on those
schools. Please remember that if you live in Waltham Forest you must submit an application to Waltham Forest School
Admissions Service.
Barking and Dagenham Haringey Redbridge

Admissions Team School Admissions Team Educational Services
Town Hall 1st Floor Lynton House
1 Town Square 48 Station Road 255-259 High Road
Barking, Essex N22 7TY Ilford
IG11 7LU Tel: 020 8489 1000 Essex IG1 1NN
Tel: 020 8215 3004 Email: [email protected] Primary tel: 020 8708 3147 / 3127
Email: [email protected] Website: www.haringey.gov.uk Secondary tel: 020 8708 3129 / 3996
Website: www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk (telephone opening times are from 8.30am to
Havering 5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays;
Enfield Admissions Team 9th Floor from 2pm to 5pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays)
PO Box 56 Mercury House Email: [email protected]
Civic Centre Mercury Gardens Website: www.redbridge.gov.uk
Silver Street Romford RM1 3SL
Enfield EN1 3XA Tel: 01708 434600 Tower Hamlets
Tel: 020 8379 5501 Email: [email protected] Pupil Admissions Team
Email: [email protected] Website: www.havering.gov.uk Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent
Website: www.enfield.gov.uk London E14 2BG
Newham Tel: 020 7364 5006
Essex County Council Newham Dockside Email: [email protected]
PO Box 4261 1000 Dockside Road Website: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Chelmsford London,
Essex CM1 1GS E16 2QU
Tel: 0845 603 2200 Tel: 020 8430 2000
Email:[email protected] Website: www.newham.gov.uk
Website: www.essex.gov.uk
Hackney
Technology and Learning Centre
1 Reading Lane
London E8 1GQ
Tel: 020 8820 7197
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.learningtrust.co.uk
Useful contacts for information and advice

OfSTED Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)
The body that regularly inspects all schools in England Offer a comprehensive range of advice and information
that are mainly or wholly state-funded. on education issues.
www.ofsted.gov.uk www.ace-ed.org.uk
[email protected] 0300 0115 142 (Monday to Wednesday from 10am to 1pm;
0300 123 1231 term time only)
Department for Education Schools Finder

The government department responsible for education A government-funded website that provides detailed
and children’s services information about schools, including links to school
0370 000 2288 performance data and the school profile
www.education.gov.uk http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/

Section 5 29
Section 5
Other information
How places were allocated on National Allocation Day (17 April 2013)
School name PAN Applications SEN LAC Medical/ Sibling Mini Distance LA Places Cut off Appeals Appeals
received Social Catchment Alternative offered Distance heard allowed
Offer
Ainslie Wood Primary 60 172 0 0 0 20 37 3 60 n/a 1 0
School
Barclay Primary 120 402 0 0 0 53 67 0 120 0.469 19 1
School
Barn Croft Primary 30 97 0 0 0 11 19 0 30 0.333
School
Buxton School 120 160 0 0 0 22 48 2 72 n/a
Chapel End Infant 90 189 0 0 1 30 43 1 75 n/a
School
Chase Lane Primary 90 179 0 1 0 37 50 1 89 n/a
School
Chingford C of E 60 197 0 0 1 25 34 0 60 0.478 3 0
Infant School
Chingford Hall Primary 30 159 2 0 0 9 19 0 30 0.283 3 0
School
Coppermill Primary 30 133 0 0 0 14 12 4 0 30 0.08 4 0
School
Davies Lane Primary 120 219 4 0 0 17 54 1 76 n/a
School
Dawlish Primary 30 239 0 0 0 17 13 0 30 0.11 2 0
School
Downsell Primary 90 133 0 0 0 29 49 3 81 n/a
School
Edinburgh Primary 90 316 1 0 1 41 47 0 90 0.388 1 0
School
Emmanuel 30 103 0 0 0 2 n/a 0 30
Community School
(Free)
George Mitchell 60 149 0 0 0 7 33 19 59 n/a
School
George Tomlinson 90 201 0 0 0 20 53 4 77 n/a
Primary School
Greenleaf Primary 60 468 0 0 3 21 36 0 60 0.17 7 0
School
Gwyn Jones Primary 60 196 0 0 2 23 12 23 0 60 0.461 1 0
School
Handsworth Primary 60 277 0 0 2 23 35 0 60 0.309 11 0
School
Henry Maynard 120 430 1 1 2 59 57 0 120 0.283 8 0
Primary School
Hillyfield on the Hill 90 358 1 1 1 33 54 0 90 0.235 11 2
Primary Academy
Hillyfield on the Park 90 123 0 0 1 2 25 10 38 n/a
Primary Academy
Larkswood Primary 90 210 0 1 0 22 46 4 73 n/a
School
Longshaw Primary 60 159 0 0 0 18 42 0 60 2.468 2 0
School
Mayville Primary 60 175 0 0 0 18 42 0 60 1.019
School
Mission Grove 90 324 0 0 0 35 55 0 90 0.366 7 0
Primary School (site 1)
Mission Grove 30 119 0 0 0 0 19 11 30 n/a
Primary School (site 2)

School name PAN Applications SEN LAC Medical/ Sibling Mini Distance LA Places Cut off Appeals Appeals
received Social Catchment Alternative offered Distance heard allowed
Offer
Newport School 120 247 0 0 0 38 77 5 120 n/a
Oakhill Primary 30 194 0 0 2 17 11 0 30 0.217 10 1
School
Our Lady & St 60 143 60
George's RC
Parkside Primary 60 122 0 0 0 19 29 9 57 n/a
School
Riverley Primary 60 207 0 0 0 26 34 0 60 0.511
School
Roger Ascham 60 189 1 0 1 21 37 0 60 0.667 1 0
Primary School
Selwyn Primary 90 103 0 0 0 25 23 15 63 n/a
School
South Grove Primary 60 240 6 1 0 29 24 0 60 0.239 5 0
School
St Joseph's Catholic 60 140 60
Infant School
St Mary's C of E 90 208 88
Primary School
St Mary's Catholic 30 134 30 2 0
Primary School
St Patricks Catholic 60 204 60
School
St Saviours C of E 60 114 55
Primary School
Stoneydown Park 60 236 0 0 0 19 41 0 60 0.326 1 0
Primary School
Sybourn Primary 90 169 0 0 0 22 51 12 85 n/a
School
The Jenny Hammond 30 164 1 0 1 13 7 8 0 30 0.139 1 0
Primary School
The Winns Primary 120 309 1 0 0 36 61 22 120 n/a 1 0
School
The Woodside 180 219 4 0 2 34 73 10 123 n/a
Primary Academy
Thomas Gamuel 60 160 0 0 1 21 38 0 60 0.409
Primary School
Thorpe Hall Primary 60 161 0 1 0 29 30 0 60 0.529
School
Whitehall Primary 60 146 2 0 1 19 34 3 59 n/a
School
Whittingham Primary 60 153 1 0 0 25 5 29 0 60 0.413
Academy
Willow Brook Primary 90 204 0 0 0 23 59 5 87 n/a
School Academy
Woodford Green 30 99 0 0 0 13 17 0 30 1.148 1 0
Primary School
Yardley Primary 60 237 0 1 2 24 33 0 60 0.762
School
Note: Figures are for guidance only. There is no guarantee that figures will be similar in future years. Data for appeals based
on those heard at Appeals Panel between 17 April and 30 July 2013.
KEY
PAN Number of available places in Reception for entry in September 2013
Applications received Number of preferences expressed for a school (parents can list up to six preferences on their application)
SEN Places allocated to children with a statement of Special Educational Needs naming the school
LAC Places offered under the Looked After Child criterion
Medical Social Places offered under medical or social reasons criterion
Sibling Places offered under sibling criterion
Distance Places offered under the home to school distance criterion
LA Alternative Offer Alternative offer - where none of an applicant’s preferences can be met we offer a place at the nearest school
to their home with an available place
Places offered Number of Reception places offered on Allocation Day
Cut off distance Home to school distance of the last child offered a place at a school
Appeals heard Number of appeals heard by the Appeals Panel
Appeals allowed Number of appeals decided in favour of the pupil

Section 5 31
Cut off distances in miles for past three years

The table below shows how far away the pupil lived who was offered the last available place at the school on allocation day.
School 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Ainslie Wood Primary School
Barclay Primary School 0.487 0.553 0.469
Barn Croft Primary School 0.333
Buxton School 0.408
Chapel End Infant School 0.567 0.910
Chase Lane Primary School
Chingford C of E Infant School 0.515 1.306 0.478
Chingford Hall Primary School 2.874 0.283
Coppermill Primary School 0.110 0.08
Davies Lane Primary School
Dawlish Primary School 0.115 0.093 0.110
Downsell Primary School 0.630
Edinburgh Primary School 0.520 0.426 0.388
Emmanuel Community School (Free) n/a n/a
George Mitchell School (All-Through)
George Tomlinson Primary School
Greenleaf Primary School 0.196 0.168 0.170
Gwyn Jones Primary School 0.800 0.481 0.461
Handsworth Primary School 0.393 0.324 0.309
Henry Maynard Infants School (now Henry Maynard 0.299 0.395 0.283
Primary School)
Hillyfield on the Hill Primary Academy (site 1) 0.469 0.252 0.235
Hillyfield in the Park Primary Academy (site 2) n/a n/a
Larkswood Primary School 0.676 1.928
Longshaw Primary School 2.468
Where no cut off
Mayville Primary School 1.019 distance is shown for
Mission Grove Primary School (site 1) 0.329 0.366 a school this means
Mission Grove Primary School (site 2) n/a n/a
that all applicants who
applied on time were
Newport Primary School 0.314 0.462 offered a place there.
Oakhill Primary School 0.606 1.777 0.217 Places at Our Lady and
Parkside Primary School St. George’s Primary
Riverley Primary School 0.351 0.324 0.511
School, St. Joseph’s
Infant School, St. Mary’s
Roger Ascham Primary School 0.284 0.667 Church of England
Selwyn Primary School Primary School, St.
Mary’s Catholic Primary
South Grove Primary School 0.283 0.183
School, St. Patrick’s
Stoneydown Park Primary School 0.146 0.239 Catholic Primary School
Sybourn Primary School 0.422 and St. Saviour’s
Church of England
The Jenny Hammond School 0.111 0.104 0.139 Primary School were all
The Winns Primary School 0.462 offered through religious
criteria.
The Woodside Primary Academy
Thomas Gamuel Primary School 0.236 0.298 0.409 Figures are for guidance
only. There is no
Thorpe Hall Primary School 0.776 0.529 guarantee that figures
Whitehall Primary School will be similar in future
years. The number
Whittingham Primary Academy 0.249 0.413
of applications for
Willow Brook Primary School Academy each school will differ
Woodford Green Primary School 1.746 1.148 each year, as will the
addresses from which
Yardley Primary School 1.186 1.595 0.762 children are applying.

Children with Special Educational Fair Access Protocol

Needs Some parents have difficulty in finding a school place for their
child. That is why all local authorities are required to have a Fair
Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Access Protocol.
should not apply using the Common Application Form. Instead,
each parent must complete the application form sent to the
Not all children for whom it is hard to find a school place will
home address by the SEN team in September 2013. The SEN
be challenging, but they will be vulnerable as long as a school
primary transfer form must be completed and returned to the
place has not been found for them. Our protocol establishes
SEN team by 25 October 2013.
a fair system for the admission of children who are genuinely
‘hard to place’ as well as minimizing the number of children in
The SEN primary transfer form will give parents the opportunity
Waltham Forest at risk of underachievement through being out
to name two primary schools. Parents may have already named
of school.
preferences for their child at the annual review but some
parents may wish to make their final choices of school after
This Protocol is designed to:
having the opportunity to visit schools.
• acknowledge the needs of vulnerable children not on
the school roll of any school to be dealt with quickly and
There are five special schools in Waltham Forest that are able
sympathetically
to accommodate primary age children. These are Belmont
• reduce the time these children spend out of school
Park School, Brookfield House School, Joseph Clarke School,
• ensure all schools admit children with challenging needs on a
Whitefield School & Centre and Williams Morris School.
fair and transparent basis.
Places at these schools are authorised by the SEN Panel
following a statutory assessment or annual review process.
Further advice is available from the SEN team based at: Note:
Wood Street Health Centre (1st floor)
6 Linford Road Children who do not have a school place will always take
Walthamstow precedence over those children on a waiting list but who
E17 3LA are still on roll at a school.
Tel: 020 8496 6503 / 6505
For free impartial advice on special educational

needs you can contact: Free school meals
Parent Partnership Service Once your child has a full-time school place you can apply for
Summerfield Centre free school meals for them if you receive any of the following:
Leyton Green Road • Income Support
Leyton • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
E10 6DB • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act
Tel: 020 8496 5230 1999
Freephone: 0800 587 2521 • The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
Email: [email protected] • Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working
Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM
Revenue & Customs) that does not exceed £16,190
• Working Tax Credit ‘run-on’ - the payment someone may
receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for
Working Tax Credit
You can apply online at www.walthamforest.gov.uk/

freeschoolmeals or over the phone by calling 020 8496
8550 Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. You can apply in person, by
visiting the Waltham Forest Direct shop on Hoe Street between
8.30am-6.00pm Monday to Friday and 9am-1pm on Saturday.
You can also apply for free school meals when you claim
Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit. Just make sure you
answer the free school meal questions when filling in the form.

Section 6 33
Section 6
Definitions
The following terms used throughout this booklet are defined as Governing Body
follows, except where individual arrangements spell out a different School governing bodies are bodies corporate responsible for
definition. conducting schools with a view to promoting high standards of
educational achievement.
Academy
A publicly funded independent school that can benefit from Nursery School
freedoms, including freedom from LA control, the ability to set A school that caters for pupils aged 3 to 4
their own pay and conditions for staff, freedoms around the
delivery of the curriculum, and the ability to change the lengths of Infant School
terms and school days. A school that caters for pupils aged 4 to 7
Admission Authority Junior School

The body responsible for setting and applying a school’s A school that caters for pupils aged 7 to 11
admission arrangements. For community or voluntary controlled
schools, this body is the local authority unless it has agreed to Primary School
delegate responsibility to the governing body. For foundation or A school that caters for pupils aged 4 to 11
voluntary aided schools, this body is the governing body of the
school. For Academies, this body is the Academy Trust. Secondary School
A school that caters for pupils aged 11 to 16
Admission Criteria
Conditions set by the admissions authority which are used to LA
decide whether or not a place can be offered to a child. Local Authority
Admission Number (or Published Admission Number – Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children
(PAN) Children who are in the care of local authorities as defined
The number of school places that the admission authority must by Section 22 of the Children Act 1989. In relation to school
offer in each relevant age group of a school for which it is the admissions legislation a ‘looked after child’ is a child in public care
admission authority. Admission numbers are part of a school’s at the time of application to a school.
admission arrangements.
Previously looked after children are children who were looked
Common Application Form (CAF) after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became
The form parents complete, listing their preferred choices of subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).
schools, and then submit to local authorities when applying for
a school place for their child as part of the local co-ordination OfSTED - Office for Standards in Education
scheme, during the normal admissions round. Parents must be The body that regularly inspects all schools in England that are
allowed to express a preference for a minimum of three schools mainly or wholly state-funded. OfSTED also provides public
on the relevant common application form as determined by their reporting and informed independent advice.
local authority. Local authorities may allow parents to express a
higher number of preferences if they wish. Oversubscription
Where a school has a higher number of applicants than the
Community School school’s published admission number.
A state school that is wholly owned and maintained by the LA.
The local authority employs the school staff, owns the school’s Oversubscription Criteria
land and buildings, and is primarily responsible for admissions This refers to the published criteria that an admission authority
arrangements. applies when a school has more applications than places available
in order to decide which children will be allocated a place.
Distance
Distance is measured using a straight line from the child’s Preference
permanent address to the main gate of the school. For more The list of schools you would like your child to go to.
detailed information on distance, please refer to page 12
DfE
Department for Education– the government department
responsible for education and children’s services

Sibling
Sibling means a full, half, step, foster brother or sister living as part
of the family unit. In all cases, the brother or sister must be living
as part of a family unit with, and at the same address as, the child
for whom the application is being made. Cousins, aunts or uncles
are not siblings.
Statement of Special Educational Need (SEN)

A Statement of Special Educational Need is a statement made by
the local authority under Section 324 of the Education Act 1996,
specifying the special educational provision required for that child
Supplementary information forms (SIFs)

A SIF is a form generated by a school that is its own admissions
authority and requires additional information that is not on the CAF
or iCAF.
Trust / Foundation Schools

The Governing Body is responsible for running the school, setting
the admissions criteria and arranging appeals.
VA (Voluntary Aided) Schools

These may be faith or religious schools. The Governing Body is
responsible for running the school, setting the admissions criteria
and arranging appeals.
VC (Voluntary Controlled) Schools

These may be faith or religious schools. The LA is responsible for
running the school, setting the admissions criteria and arranging
appeals.
Waiting Lists
A list of children held and maintained by the admission authority
when the school has allocated all of its places, on which children
are ranked in priority order against the school’s published
oversubscription criteria.
Note:
These definitions are those used in the London Borough of
Waltham Forest. Definitions may not be the same elsewhere.
We have tried to ensure that the information in this booklet

is correct at the time of going to print.

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Siblings Multiple births

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All distances will be measured using this system,

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Admission criteria for Trust, Voluntary

Appeals against non-admission

Admission numbers Waiting lists

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Application Procedures and Timetable

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Additional information Oversubscription criteria

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Alternative offers School admission appeals

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Primary School 6. Other baptised Catholic children from practicing Catholic

4. Children of parents resident in the Parish of Walthamstow