Admissions
Primary Admissions
Please contact Royal Borough of Greenwich Admissions to apply for a place at our school by clicking on the links below.
If your child is due to start school in September, applications are completed online. Please click on the link below to start the process:
Apply for a primary school place | Royal Borough of Greenwich
school-admissions@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
020 8921 8043
To view our admissions policy, please click here
If you are looking to transfer your child from one school to another during the academic year, please click on this link below:
Admissions during the school year | Apply for in-year school admissions
First priority will go to children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) naming the school. After this, if there are more applicants than places available, please refer to our policy for the priority order.
If your child has not been offered a place in our school, you will have the right to appeal and this can be done using this link: Appeal a school admissions decision | Royal Borough of Greenwich
Starting in Reception
Please see the below the website with lots of useful information to support your child starting Primary School:
Growing independence
- Check out Parentkind’s online advice hub and magazine for parents ‘Be School Ready’
- Enjoy Family Corner’s 5 tips to help your child get ready for Reception
- Guidance for parents and practitioners - PACEY
- Download the free EasyPeasy mobile app for tips and activities to support everyday parenting moments
Taking care of themselves
- How can you make separating easier? - Family Corner
- Getting dressed and ready for the day - backward chaining information sheet - NHS
- Getting ready for the Day - BBC
Toilet training
- The Institute of Health Visiting has advice and tips on toilet training
- Simple and supportive toilet training advice - ERIC
- Potty training and bedwetting - NHS
- Pants4School - Down Syndrome UK
Playing, creativity and curiosity
- 5 steps for brain building through serve and return - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- How to follow a child’s interest in play - National Literacy Trust
- How to role play with your child - Pretend role play - BBC
- How to role play with your child - Playing pretend animals - BBC
- Fire up their imagination with drawing - BBC
- What is mark-making and why is it important for learning? - PACEY
- Sharing story books on World Book Day - BBC
- Nature activities for children - BBC
- Learning and having fun on the bus - BBC
- Play a game of 'What's that sound?' - BBC
Building relationships and communicating
- The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood’s Shaping Us Framework outlines how these skills develop in early childhood
- Top tips for enjoying stories together and book recommendations for starting school - BookTrust
Being with others
- Learn how to support your child to make friends - Family Corner
- Understand your child's social development - Words for Life
- Practice sharing with toys - BBC
Communication and language
- You are your child’s first teacher – help them learn how to write their name - Words for Life
- Explore a range of approaches to language learning and development from NHS Start for Life
- Build your child’s imagination and language by making up stories together - BBC
Listening and engaging
- Follow the walk and talk trail with the National Literacy Trust
- Practice language and listening skills at home with these games - Playing with a cardboard telescope - BBC
- Practice language and listening skills at home with these games - Red Light, Green Light - BBC
Physical development
- Getting moving for 3 hours a day - NHS
- What is core strength and why is it important for children? - Department for Education
- Fun games to get them moving - BBC
Healthy routines
Understand what 'healthy' levels of screen time are, by age
Get insights on internet safety, how screen use impacts young children and recommended screen time
And for those with younger children, the NCT covers advice for babies and toddlers too:
Help children build a strong relationship with food and make the right choices from the start
- Nutrition guidance - Department for Education
- Healthier families - NHS
- Five tips for helping your kids to eat healthily all year round - BBC
- Eating Well - First Steps Nutrition Trust
- Factsheet for healthy children's diets - Association of UK Dieticians
Brushing teeth
Sleep guidance
- Sleep and young children - NHS
- Struggling to get children to sleep: How to establish a bedtime routine - BBC