Admissions
Change to Admissions Arrangements – September 2024: Consultation
Our Agreed PAN for Reception Intake September 2022 is: 30
The governors of Longshaw Primary Academy have agreed a PAN of 30 pupils for the reception intake and would like to give notice of proposed changes to the Academy’s Admission Policy which will apply from the 2024-25 academic year and thereafter, in line with the agreed consultation.
The policy can be viewed on the link below, or a hard copy is available on request from the school at: lsadmissions@longshawprimaryacademy.org.uk.
The main change in this revised Admissions Policy is that the PAN at Longshaw Primary Academy be reduced from 60 to 30 from September 2024.
Timescales
This consultation required a six-week consultation period, in line with the School Admission Code. The consultation took place between 31st October 2022 to 12th December 2022.
Please send any comments or questions to us at lsadmissions@longshawprimaryacademy.org.uk.
Who is consulted?
This consultation is for the attention of:
a) Parents of pupils at Longshaw Primary Academy;
b) Local Governing Bodies and Head Teachers of schools in the local area;
c) Other persons in the area who have an interest in the proposed arrangements;
e) The local authority;
Reception Admissions
Our PAN for Reception 2025 is 30 pupils.
You must apply for a reception class place for your child even if they attend a school nursery or have an older brother or sister at your preferred school. If your child currently attends a nursery attached to a school this does not give them any priority for a place in reception class at that school.
Applications for Reception places must be completed online through London Borough of Waltham Forest eAdmissions website. This guide explains How to apply for Primary School.
To apply for your your child to join in Reception 2025, you will need to apply from 1 September 2024 until 11.59pm on 15 January 2025. It’s important to apply as soon as you can. Application recieved after this date will be considered as late application.
If you have any technical issues when applying, please go to eAdmissions support page.
If you can’t apply online, you can use the primary common application form (PDF). It has instructions on the back explaining how to submit your printed application
Admissions arraments for 2024-25 can be found here, which includes information on:-
- arrangements for selecting the pupils who apply
- our oversubscription criteria (ie. how places are offered if there are more applicants than places)
- an explanation of the process you need to follow to apply for a place at Longshaw Primary Academy for your child.
If your child attends a nursery (either attached to a school or independent) a copy of the booklet will be sent home with your child. If your child does not attend nursery or you do not receive a copy, you will be able to download it via the link above or from the Waltham Forest website in September www.walthamforest.gov.uk
Admission current postal address is:
1A Harvey Road
E11 3DB
Telephone: 020 8496 3000
Telephone contact should be made through the 0208 496 3000 call centre number.
Processes for deferring reception admissions can be found here
Admission arrangements for the academic year 2025-26 can be found here
London Borough of Waltham Forest co-ordinated Primary Admission scheme for 2025-26 can be found here
Emails can be sent by parents to either primaryadmissions@walthamforest.gov.uk or secondaryadmissions@walthamforest.gov.uk for enquiries regarding primary to secondary transition.
If any parent/carer would like face to face information from our customer service staff. Please refer them to:
Sycamore House
Waltham Forest Town Hall Complex
Forest Road
Walthamstow
E17 4JF
Opening times: 9.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday
In-Year Admissions
You can apply for a school place at Longshaw Primary Academy at any time. We occassionally have places in each year group when families move from the area. We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest admissions arrangements as detailed above. Further guidance on how to apply can be found here
Transfer to secondary school
We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest admissions arrangements as detailed above. You will need to apply for your child's secondary school place by contacting London Borough of Waltham Forest. Please see the following link for further guidance here
Admissions appeals
We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest, further guidance can be found here