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 Bishop John Robinson C of E Primary School Thamesmead

Bishop John Robinson C of E Primary School Thamesmead

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Admissions


To arrange a virtual meeting and tour of the school, please contact the school office.

To visit our Nursery web pages, please click here.

To apply for a Reception place (for next September):

To apply for a place for a child starting school for the first time (Reception Class), parents and carers are required to complete a Bishop John Robinson (C. E.) Primary School Supplementary Form which is to be returned to the school office.

A Greenwich Council Common Application Form (CAF) will need to be completed and returned to the Admissions Section of the Council, together with proof of address.

 Please use this link to apply online 

To apply for an In Year Admission (ie Years 1-6):

Please use the form here to contact the school office.

Our Admission Policy can be downloaded from the Policies Page.

Admission Process

Six schools can be requested and should be listed in order of preference. This form needs to be returned by mid-January of the year the child is due to start school.

When the admissions section has processed all applications, they will write to parents notifying them of the school which has been allocated. These letters are sent in May of the year the child is due to start school.

Once the school has been informed which children have been allocated, we will write to parents inviting them to come to school (with their child) for a welcome meeting and to find out about the school.

To apply for a school place for children who are already of school age (including those who are already Reception class age and up to Year 6), providing we have places available in the year group required, parents and carers are requested to complete the schools Supplementary Form (to be handed or sent to the school office) and an Admission Application Form, which is available from the school office.

For further information about admissions, as well as our appeals process, please download a copy of our Admission Policy from the Policies Page.

Admission appeal - voluntary aided school

Appeal timetable

Provisional school admission appeal timetable hearings

Phase

Offers made

Deadline for lodging an appeal

Appeal hearings

Secondary transfer (entry to Year 7 in September 2024)

1 March 2024

29 March 2024 (19 April 2024 for unplaced applicants)

May and June 2024

Primary transfer (entry to a reception class in September 2024)

16 April 2024

14 May 2024

June and July 2024

Appeals submitted after the deadline will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal being lodged.

In-year admission appeals (for people applying for school places in the middle of a school year) will be heard within 30 school days of your appeal being lodged.

Appeal procedure

An appeal clerk independent of the council will arrange for your appeal to be heard. This is likely to be together with a number of other appeals. The clerk will write to tell you the date, time and venue well before your appeal hearing.

You'll also receive further information about the appeal process and how the panel will reach its decision in respect of your appeal.