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4, St German's Place Blackheath London SE3 0NJ
Tel: 020 8858 0692
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Admissions Policy
Entry to the Nursery
It is advisable to register your child for possible admission at least one year before their third birthday. If you would like to put your child's name on our waiting list, please fill in our registration form (you can download our registration form here 65Kb
Children are given a short informal assessment by an experienced member of the Early Years Team. Each child is assessed individually. The child is given approximately 10 small tasks. Scores are given for each task. We look for clearly able children who are eager and ready to learn and who have concentration and language skills appropriate for their age. We also look for imagination, creativity and a degree of independence.
Reception
Should a vacancy arise in Reception, prospective pupils are tested in numeracy, phonics, reading skills and writing. The tests will depend on the time of year a vacancy becomes available and the age of the child.
Key Stage 1
A few places sometimes become available in Years 1 and 2. Children are tested in Maths, English and Reasoning.
Entrance to the Prep School at 7+
In-house examinations are set in Maths, English and Reasoning in February. External candidates take these tests at the same time.
Occasionally children join the school in other year groups. To assess their ability, they are given standardised tests in English, Maths and Reasoning appropriate to their age. Wherever possible, applicants will be asked to ‘join’ the class they may be going into to give them the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the school and their peers.
General Information Account is always taken of pupils with special educational needs. Offers of places are made as soon as possible following the assessments. Places are offered to pupils who meet our admission requirements in line with the number of places available. The school is heavily oversubscribed. If we have to decide between a number of candidates who meet our admission requirements we may give preference to:
A number of bursaries are available for pupils where parents are unable to pay the full tuition fee. We make these awards after careful consideration of financial circumstances. We would expect the pupils awarded bursaries to meet the criteria expected of all other applicants. Parents will be asked to complete a confidential statement of their financial circumstances. If they are offered an award, these will be reviewed annually.
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) and post it to us enclosing the non-refundable registration fee of £50.