Starting Nursery 

Children born between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022 can start Nursery in September 2025. We have Nursery provision at both Brindishe Green and Brindishe Manor.

At Brindishe Green and Brindishe Manor, places at our Nursery are for either 15 hour or 30 hour funded hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Timings

Brindishe Green:

Morning places (15hours) are from 8.45am - 11.45am.

Full time places (30hours) are from 8.45am - 2.45pm.

Brindishe Manor:

Morning places (15hours) are from 9.00am - 12.00noon.

Full time places (30hours) are from 9.00am - 3.00pm.

To find out if you are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare please click here to check the eligibility criteria.

Applications can be made at any time after your child’s 2nd birthday. They can be obtained from emailing the school office.

Nursery places are allocated to children within the nursery age range (i.e. between 3 years and the start of the academic year in which they will be 5). We do not allocate places to children whose parents have delayed admission to reception class.

In line with Lewisham’s Admission Criteria, where there is over-subscription, priority is given to:

1. Children in public care (i.e. looked after by the local authority)
2. Children with an acute medical or social need (the application must be supported by a letter from a professional such as doctor or a social worker)
3. Applicants whose sibling is on roll at the main school on the closing date for applications and will still be on roll at the siblings current provision at the intended date of admission (either Brindishe Green or Brindishe Manor). Siblings include all blood or adoptive siblings, half-siblings, foster siblings of Looked After Children and step-siblings. Siblings must all live at the same address as the child applying. Proof of the sibling relationship may be required.
4. Children in Year 6 of a mainstream primary school and who will have transferred to secondary school by the time the younger child is admitted to the nursery do not confer sibling priority.
5. If the school is over-subscribed entirely with siblings, priority will be given (i) to those with exceptional social and medical need.
6. If any places remain, unfilled priority will be offered to children who live closest to the school. Distance will be measured in a straight line using digitised mapping software.

Offers are made approximately 4 months before the September that a child would be due to start.

Unsuccessful applicants do not have the right of appeal but the child’s name can be placed on a waiting list.

Please note that a place in the Nursery does not guarantee a place in the Reception Class at any of the Brindishe Schools. You must apply separately at the appropriate time online to the Local Authority.

Starting Reception

Children born between 1st September 2020 and 31 August 2021 are due to start in a primary school in September 2025.

Applications can be made from 1st September 2024 to 15th January 2025.

You should apply online directly to your home Local Authority (i.e. the borough where you live and pay council tax) at:  https://www.eadmissions.org.uk

If you are unable to apply online please contact the Admissions Team at the Local Authority (020 8314 8282). 

Parents should apply for six schools, which can be within Lewisham or any authority outside the borough. School must be ranked in order of preference (you should have previously checked your chosen schools’ admission criteria).

Where there is oversubscription, priority is given to:

1. Children in public care (i.e. looked after by the local authority)
2. Children with an acute medical or social need (the application must be supported by a letter from a professional such as doctor or a social worker)
3. Applicants whose sibling is on roll on the closing date for applications and will still be on roll at the intended date of admission. Siblings include all blood or adoptive siblings, half-siblings, foster siblings of Looked After Children and step siblings. Siblings must all live at the same address as the child applying. Proof of the sibling relationship may be required.
4. If any places remain, unfilled priority will be offered to children who live closest to the school. 
5. All distances will be measured to a central nodal point in the school premises, using digitised mapping software of the area, from a nodal point in the applicant’s permanent home address. If more than one applicant lives in a multi-occupancy building (e.g. flats) priority will be given to the applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically and/or alphabetically
6. If any places remain, unfilled priority will be offered to children who live closest to the school. Distance will be measured in a straight line using digitised mapping software.

When applying online you will receive an automated email confirming receipt of your application and a reference number. You will also be able to make any changes to your application up until the January deadline.

National offer day is 16th April 2025. Online applicants will get the result by email during the evening of the 16th April 2025 from the Local Authority.

You will need to accept your offer direct to the Local Authority by logging into your account so it’s important to keep a record of your user name and password.

At a later date, we will contact you to advise you of the date of the induction meeting which both you and your child are invited to attend.

For more information about applying to start primary school please visit the Lewisham Council Website including:

1. Important Dates
2. How to Apply for a Primary School Place
3. Deciding Which Primary Schools to Apply For
4. Supporting Evidence
5. Admissions Criteria
6. Last Year's application and appeal rates
7. Applying after the Closing Date
8. The Preference System

In Year Admissions – Yrs 1-6

Once the school year has started, applications for places in Year 1 -6 and reception, should be made online direct to Lewisham Local Authority - for more information click here

Offers are made in accordance with the admission criteria as listed in the Starting Reception section above. Offers will be made to you direct from the Local Authority. They will inform the school of any offers made.

The school will then contact you to arrange an induction interview with the Deputy/Assistant Head of School. They will ask for all relevant details concerning the child’s health, welfare and previous attainment. The parent/carer will be given the opportunity to ask any questions that they might have about the school. If there are no places available, the Local Authority also hold the waiting list for these year groups. Children transferring from one local school to another should not transfer to the new school until the start of the following half term unless both the home school and receiving school agrees an earlier admission date.

Children with SEND

Most children and young people with special educational needs can get the support they need in mainstream schools.  However, some children need extra support through an education, health and care plan (EHCP).

There is a separate application process for children with an EHCP. 

For more information, click here https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/education/special-educational-needs/admissions

Alternatively contact the Children with Complex Needs Service on 020 9049 1475 or via email to sen@lewisham.gov.uk 

For more information and advice on applying to start school or an in-year admission:

• visit the Lewisham Cuncil Website (https://lewisham.gv.uk/myservices/education/schools/school-admission )
• speak t a member the Admissions and Appeals team on 0208 314 8282

(lines are open Tuesday-Thursday, 9am - 1pm)

• email the Admissions and Appeals Team schooladmissions@lewisham.gov.uk
• For independent advice you can contact ACE Educatin Advice n 0300 0115 142 (lines are open Monday - Wednesday, 10am - 1pm) or visit their website: www.ace-ed.rg.gov.uk