Admission criteria for primary schools

Check the admissions criteria used by oversubscribed schools to decide which children are offered a place.

Community schools

These schools use the criteria for community primary schools:

Adamsrill Primary School
Ashmead Primary School
Athelney Primary School
Baring Primary School
Beecroft Garden Primary School
Brindishe Green Primary School
Brindishe Lee Primary School
Brindishe Manor Primary School
Coopers Lane Primary School
Dalmain Primary School
Deptford Park Primary School
Downderry Primary School
Edmund Waller Primary School
Elfrida Primary School
Eliot Bank Primary School
Fairlawn Primary School
Forster Park Primary School
Gordonbrock Primary School
Grinling Gibbons Primary School
Haseltine Primary School
Holbeach Primary School
Horniman Primary School
John Ball Primary School
John Stainer Primary School
Kelvin Grove Primary School
Kender Primary School
Kilmorie Primary School
Launcelot Primary School
Lucas Vale Primary School
Marvels Lane Primary School
Myatt Garden Primary School
Perrymount Primary School
Prendergast Primary School
Rangefield Primary School
Rathfern Primary School
Rushey Green Primary School
Sandhurst Primary School
Twin Oaks School
Stillness Infant School
Stillness Junior School
Torridon Primary School

Voluntary-aided faith schools, foundation schools, the free school and academies

These schools each have their own criteria for deciding which children to admit. You can find the full admissions policy, annual intake and other information about each school in the school's prospectus, which you can get from the school directly:

Determined Admission Policy 2025-26

Pdf, 326.7KB

Applying to start primary school in September 2025

Pdf, 754.4KB

Contact

Primary School Admissions and Appeals

Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, SE6 4RU

Telephone:

020 8314 8282

Email:

primaryadmissions@lewisham.gov.uk

Published on: 12/09/2024