School admissions policies

Our admissions policy applies to mainstream community schools, including:  

• nursery schools and classes
• primary schools
• secondary schools
• sixth form colleges. 

Our admissions policy does not apply to:

• faith schools
• foundation schools
• free schools 
• academies.

You can contact them directly to find out about their own admissions policies.

Admissions policy 2024–2025

Lewisham’s admissions arrangements for the academic year 2024/25 was determined at a meeting of Mayor and Cabinet on Wednesday 1st February 2023. The policy includes:

• The admissions policy for all mainstream community nursery schools and classes, primary and secondary schools and 6th form,
• The coordinated schemes for transfer to primary and secondary school,
• The locally coordinated in year admissions arrangements to participating mainstream schools and academies
• The planned admissions limits for all community mainstream schools.

Read a full copy of the determined arrangements

Faith, foundation and free schools and academies in the area will publish their arrangements on their own websites.

Any objection to Lewisham’s determined admissions arrangements for the academic year 2024/25 should be lodged with Office of the Schools Adjudicator

No later than Tuesday 15 May 2023

Admissions policy 2023-2024

Lewisham's admissions arrangements for the academic year 2023/24 was determined at a meeting of Mayor and Cabinet on Wednesday 9 February 2022. The policy includes:

• The admissions policy for all mainstream community nursery schools and classes, primary and secondary schools and 6th form,
• The coordinated schemes for transfer to primary and secondary school,
• The locally coordinated in year admissions arrangements to participating mainstream schools and academies
• The planned admissions limits for all community mainstream schools.

A full copy of the determined arrangements can be found here.

Faith, foundation and free schools and academies in the area will publish their arrangements on their own websites.

Any objection to Lewisham’s determined admissions arrangements for the academic year 2023/24 should be lodged with The Office of the Schools Adjudicator.

No later than Tuesday 15 May 2022.

Admissions policy 2022-2023

Lewisham’s Determined Admissions Policy for the 2022/23 academic year was determined at a meeting of Mayor and Cabinet on Wednesday 10 February 2021. The policy includes:

• The admissions policy for all mainstream community nursery schools and classes, primary and secondary schools and 6th form,
• The coordinated schemes for transfer to primary and secondary school,
• The locally coordinated in year admissions arrangements to participating mainstream schools and academies
• The planned admissions limits for all community mainstream schools.

A full copy of the determined arrangements can be found on the Lewisham Council website.

Faith, foundation and free schools and academies in the area will publish their arrangements on their own websites.

Any objection to Lewisham’s determined admissions arrangements for the academic year 2022-23 should be lodged with The Office of the Schools Adjudicator no later than Tuesday 15 May 2021.