Here are details of the arrangements for offering places at primary school for the 2009-10 school year.
Confirmation of applications
If you have made an on-time application, Lewisham will write to you at the end of February to confirm the schools that you have applied for.
If you do not receive this letter, please contact the Admissions Team as soon as possible as it may indicate that your application has not been received. In this case you will need to provide the carbon copy of your application and proof of postage or receipt from an Access Point or school.
Unsuccessful applications
If your child is not offered a place at the schools you applied for, you will be sent a letter from the school or from us, detailing why it was not possible to offer your child a place. The letter will also give you information about how and when to appeal.
Anyone who is refused a place may complete a form to request that the child’s name be held on a waiting list should a vacancy arise during the first year (reception) only.
We will advise you of schools where there are vacancies so that further preferences can be expressed. You can appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place at a preferred school, although the legislation on ‘class size’ and the limited powers of the appeal panel should be considered.
Infant classes are restricted by law to a maximum of 30 children.
Offers from schools in other boroughs
If you accept an offer of a place in another borough, please advise us of this in writing.
Further information
The Department for Children, Schools and Families’ website offers advice and information to parents on a wide range of school-related issues, and has links to both the School Admissions and the Appeals Codes
of Practice. Follow the link on the right to visit this website.