Admissions

Please visit our "Nursery" page for full information.  

Our PAN for Reception is 30 pupils.

Children can start school (reception class) in the September that follows their 4th birthday.

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.

You can apply between 1 September and 15 January. Application recieved after this date are considered as late application.  

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 arrangements for Academic year 2026-27 and 2027-28 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.

For any information regarding Primary School admission, full contact details for Waltham Forest Admission Team can be found here

Processes for deferring Reception

We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest's proesses for deferring Reception.

Processes for deferring reception admissions can be found here

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

You can apply for a school place at Longshaw Primary academy at any time. We occasionally have places in each year group when families move away from the area.  We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest Admission Arrangements, as detailed above. You must apply for a place by contacting the London Borough of Waltham Forest Admissions and Awards Team. Please visit the following page for further information. 

If you have been offered a place at our school, Waltham Forest will send you a letter/email and you must respond within 5 days (from date of letter/email) to the school and to Waltham Forest to accept your place. Your place may be offered to someone else if you do not do this. 

Our school office team will contact you to arrange a meeting and request you to complete the school enrolment form ahead of the meeting.  At this meeting, the Admissions Officer will go through the form with you and clarify any necessary elements. Once this meeting is complete your child will be given their start date. 

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 

We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest, further guidance can be found here 

We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest Admission Arrangements. For the Academic year 2026-2027, please click the links below for the relevant documents

Admission arrangements for the academic year 2026-27 can be found here. This guide 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 Walthamstow Primary Academy for your child.

London Borough of Waltham Forest co-ordinated Primary Admission scheme for 2026-27 can be found on their website, 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 Walthamstow Primary Academy for your child.