Admissions
Admissions
As a maintained community Primary School, Nursery applications are handled directly by the school but all other admissions (from Reception to Year 6) are handled by Lambeth Council. This means that Lambeth Council also manage the school's waiting lists.
How to apply for a Nursery place for 2024/25
Please CLICK HERE to apply for a Nursery place. The deadline for applications is 31st January 2024. Any applications submitted after this date will be added to the waiting list.
How to apply for a primary school place for 2024/25
Please visit the eadmissions website directly from the link below.
You can apply from the 1st September 2024. The deadline for applications is midnight on Wednesday 15th January 2025.
Who can use this service
This application is for children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021.
If you live in a different borough to Lambeth, please apply using your home borough's Common Application Form, even if you are applying for a Lambeth school.
What you need to know...
Primary schools booklet
The Primary school booklet will be uploaded as soon as it becomes available.
Apply on time and apply online!
We strongly advise you to apply online. Online applications can be made from 1st September 2024.
Applying online is:
Free, easy and secure
Your application won’t get lost in the post
This online system is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day until midnight on 15th January 2024
You get the outcome of your child’s application on the evening of Wednesday 16th April 2025 - before you will receive your letter.
If you can't apply online
There will be a limited amount of paper forms for applying for a primary school place but these are only families who cannot access the internet.
You can collect a paper form from Lambeth Customer Service Centre (Brixton) - Lambeth Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG.
Then return your completed form to:
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by Hand - Lambeth Customer Service Centre - Lambeth Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG. An appointment to do this is required and can be booked online at lambeth.gov.uk
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Or post it to Lambeth using the correct postage at: Lambeth School Admissions Team, PO Box 734, Winchester, SO23 5DG
We recommend that you use recorded delivery to ensure you have proof of postage.
Proof of address
You need to attach the correct proof of address documents to your application, otherwise your child’s application may be withdrawn and no offer made at a school. Please click here for a list of accepted documents.
Supplementary information forms (SIFs)
Some schools ask you to complete a SIF. Kings Avenue Primary does not require a SIF.
For schools in other boroughs, please check their literature.
It is very important that the SIFs are completed and sent to the schools by their set deadline otherwise your child may miss out on a preferred place.
Moving house or change of details
The Lambeth School Admissions Team will consider your application using the details you provide on your form.
If you move address you must tell the School Admissions Team of your new address so we are able to contact you if we need more information or to tell you the result of your application. Also you will need to provide new proof of address documentation for you and your child.
This also applies if you have a change of medical circumstances or a sibling starts at a preferred school. Please note that changes to preferences after the deadline for on time applications are not permitted.
National Offer Day
Wednesday 16th April 2024 is National Offer Day, when letters are sent out and you can check the eAdmissions portal for the outcome of your application.
If you applied before the deadline, on 16th April 2025 you will be sent a letter by first class post telling you the outcome of the application. You will be sent a letter whether you made your application online or by post.
If you applied online, you will receive an email (and a text if you are signed up to text alerts) on the evening of 16th April 2024 to tell you that you need to log on to the eAdmissions portal to view your child’s application outcome.
Appeals
If your child has been refused a place at one of your preferred schools, you have the right to appeal the decision under the 1998 School Standards and Frameworks Act (“The Act”). You will need to lodge your appeal with the Local Authority (LA) for that school or the school which controls its own admissions. Please click here for more information.
More information
If you need more advice on making an application, contact:
Lambeth School Admissions Team
Telephone: 020 7926 9503
www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions
Or for current Kings Avenue Nursery parents please speak to the school office if you require help completing the form online.
If you have any questions regarding admissions, please email office@kingsavenue.lambeth.sch.uk