You can apply for a Nursery place here

Yes. Children attending Loughborough Nursery are offered a place in our Reception class. You will still need to apply as outlined below.

We are an academy Primary School in the borough of Lambeth. 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.

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Please visit the eadmissions website directly from the link below.

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You can apply from the 1st September. The deadline for applications is midnight on Thursday 15th January.

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Click here for advice on admissions procedures for children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities.  

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Who can use this service?

This application is for children born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.

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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.

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When considering admission of children to Reception, the following criteria are applied in order if there are more applications than places available:

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I. Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order) immediately following having been looked after. It also includes children who appear to the Local Authority [the “LA”] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted [see note (a)].

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II. Children with siblings who are already on roll at the school and will still be on roll at their date of entry [see note (b)].

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III. Children with exceptional medical, social or psychological needs, where it is agreed by the Local Authority [“LA”] and the headteacher that these can best be addressed at a particular school [see note (c)].

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IV. Children of permanent staff employed at the school [see note (d)].

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V. Children on roll at Loughborough Nursery (3–4-year-olds) [see note (f)].

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VI. Children living nearest to the school as measured by a straight line from the child’s home to the main school gate/entrance [see note (e)].

Apply for a primary school place 2026/2027 (In year transfer) If you would like to apply for a place in Year 1 to 6, or our Reception class year during the academic year, please click on the link here.

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Loughborough Primary School is a non-selective community school.  All admissions are through the London Borough of Lambeth.  We do not ask for any supplementary information.

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An in year admission is when a child already attends a school but wishes to transfer to another school during the academic year.

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In-Year Applications at Loughborough Primary School

An in-year application will need to be made via Lambeth please click here for more information.

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Lambeth admissions contact details please click here. Please contact Lambeth directly for all queries.

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To contact our admissions team please email office@loughboroughprimarylambeth.org.uk

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Our admissions team admissions will only contact you when Lambeth have made an offer.

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If there are more applications than places available, the LA will give priority to children in the following order:

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1: Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children
Priority will be given to looked after children and previously looked after children. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order) immediately following having been looked after. The School Admissions Code 2014 states that: A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions. This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (see section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children's Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders).

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2:  Siblings

Children with a brother or sister who already attends the school, and who will not have left the school at the time of admission. As a result, siblings in the nursery or year 6 of a primary school will not be regarded as a sibling under this criterion. A sibling is defined as a full/half/step brother or sister (who are living at the same address in all instances) or a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a court order, or a child who has been placed with foster carers at that address as a result of being looked after by the Local Authority.

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3: Children with Exceptional Medical or Social Needs
Children with a professionally supported medical or social need, whose application identifies a particular school that is especially able to meet that need. This criterion will also consider where a parent/carer has a physical, mental or social need that is significant and demonstrable for their child to attend a specific school. This does not include childcare arrangements. The decision to prioritise on these grounds will be determined via MEDSOC panel.

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4: Distance
Priority will be given on the basis of distance between the child’s home and the school, measured by a straight-line. This measurement will be done using a computerised mapping system. This measurement will be from a point from the child’s home as identified by the software to a point at the school as profiled in the software. The child’s home address will be the child’s permanent place of residency and must not be a business address, or the address of a relative or carer, unless they have legal custody of the child. Applications must only be made from a single address.

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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

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If your child is in year 6 for the academic year 26/27, they will need to apply for a secondary school place. To apply for a secondary school place, click on the link below.

‍Secondary School Application

The school uses the eastings and nor things linked to an applicant’s address to calculate a straight-line distance measurement to the main school entrance. If a child lives in a block of flats where a communal entrance is used, the school will use the grid references for the block, not for the individual flat. When dealing with multiple applications from a block of flats to the same community school, lower door numbers will take priority.

All applicants refused a place have a right of appeal to an independent appeal panel constituted and operated in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code. 

Appellants should appeal, using the form in the link below, to the Admissions Officer (Appeals) at Loughborough Primary School within 20 school days, counting from the day after the date of the letter confirming that their application was unsuccessful. Any parent/carer wishing to know of their child’s ranking on the waiting list and the criteria that applies to them has the right to be informed should they request this information.

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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.

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