Admissions

Our Admissions Leader is Arfa Khanom.

Although your child may have attended school before, starting a new school is an important transition. We encourage you to support your child in any way you can. Our hope is that you and your child will make a happy and productive union with the school.

When the school has received your request for a place from the Local Authority we will contact you to make an appointment. When registering please bring your child with you. This is a good opportunity for exchanging relevant information and familiarising them with the school

Please bring the following:

Proof of your child’s date of birth: such as a birth certificate or passport.
Proof of your address: such as a Council Tax bill or a recent gas or electricity bill.

We will then agree a suitable start date for your child with you.

On your child’s first day please come to the school office on arrival and see the receptionist. A member of staff will take you along to the classroom. The class teacher will have made arrangements for receiving your child into the new class. Your child’s teacher will make an appointment with you to discuss how your child has settled in and their learning needs.

If your child will be transferring away from our school for any other reason please come to the office to obtain a signature on your transfer form. This will help you to place your child in a new school.

The staff, governing body and pupils of Colegrave Primary School would welcome you applying for a place at our school. To do this you must follow the correct process for your child’s age as detailed below.

We are a school maintained by London Borough of Newham which means they are the admission authority for this school.

All applications for this school must be made through London Borough of Newham’s Pupil Services, not this school.

Reception Admission for September 2025 entry

For all children born from 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 inclusive, their parents/carers will need to apply for a reception class place in an infant or primary school for September 2025 entry.

The national closing date for on time reception applications is 15th January 2025.

The national offer date for on time reception applicants is 18th April 2025.

All reception 2025 applications must be made through the family’s home local authority.

For children living in Newham families must apply via London Borough of Newham.

For children living outside Newham, whose family wants them to attend this school their application must be made through their home borough naming this school as a preference on their application.

Remember, parents/carers must apply for a reception place in this school, even if the child has a brother or sister attending this school.

Before submitting a reception application we strongly recommend all families read the Autumn 2024 edition of the local authorities ‘Starting School in Newham’ guide and find out information about the school you are interested in.

Information about the application process for September 2025 entry

London Borough of Newham’s Determined Arrangements for 2025/2026 (entry from September 2025)

Admission Arrangements 2025

Pan London eAdmissions portal for September 2025 applications

Guidance on creating an eAdmissions account and applying

School Finder

We recommend you use the Newham School Finder tool to determine the location of your preferred Newham schools and calculate home to school distances.

In Year Admissions into Primary School (aka mid-term and mid-phase)

If a family arrives in Newham during the school year 2024/2025 and their child needs a school place they must complete an In Year form naming their preferred schools.

https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/year-admissions/1

School places are usually offered within 10 days.

The place offered may not be at the school the family prefers as that school may not have a suitable place available.

Admission Arrangements 2025

In Year school application form (all year groups)

School Finder

We recommend you use the Newham School Finder tool to determine the location of your preferred Newham schools and calculate home to school distances.

Waiting lists

https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/offer-places/1

Fair Access

The law requires that each local authority must have a Fair Access Protocol (FAP), agreed with the majority of schools in its area to ensure that for In Year admissions unplaced children, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. In agreeing a protocol, the local authority must ensure that no school – including those with available places – is asked to take a disproportionate number of children who have been excluded from other schools, or who have challenging behaviour. Colegrave Primary School has signed up to the LB Newham’s Fair Access Protocol.