Nursery

A child is normally admitted to the Nursery in the Autumn Term of the school year in which the child reaches four years of age. The Nursery offers part time placement, either morning or afternoon, for up to 30 pupils maximum in each of the four classes.

All parents are invited to school to meet the teachers, nursery nurses and other staff in the Summer Term before the children start school. Information and school procedures are explained, and any questions answered. The Nursery staff also undertake to visit all children and parents in the home situation during the September before entry. Children then begin Nursery, a few at a time, during September and October, in order to ease any difficulties, and enable the staff to get to know each child. The Nursery staff aim to make your child’s first year at school as rewarding and enjoyable as possible, and to prepare them for transition to the main school.
 

main school

Your child will enter the main school in the school year in which he/she reaches their fifth birthday. In the weeks before the Reception year begins, all parents are invited to school to meet teachers, nursery nurses and other staff, and many aspects of school life and curriculum are explained.

Admission during the Autumn Term is staggered over a few weeks, to enable the children to settle in. Most children will be full time by the second half of the Autumn Term. They will remain in the school for a seven year course of study, until they transfer to the secondary sector, in Enfield, at the age of eleven.

Children in Nursery and Reception classes start at the Foundation Stage of Learning, moving onto two of the Key Stages of the National Curriculum. Key Stage 1 for pupils aged 5 – 7 years, Key Stage 2 for pupils aged 8 – 11 years.


The year groups are divided into four parallel classes. All classes from Reception to Year 6 have a limit of 30 pupils per class.. The classes are of mixed gender, mixed ability and grouped according to age. The planned admission number (at Reception) is currently 120 pupils.

In the event of a nursery class or year group being oversubscribed, admission is decided according to the following criteria:

Children with Special Educational Needs whose statement indicates that placement at a particular primary school is appropriate

Children for whom a particular school is appropriate on genuine medical grounds

Children for whom a particular school is appropriate on genuine grounds of social need

Children with a brother or sister already attending the school

Children genuinely resident within the school’s designated priority zone

Children living nearest the school, as the crow flies.

Further information on Admissions to Primary Schools maybe found in the booklet ‘Primary Education in Enfield’. Information for Parents available from the Directorate of Education, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, EN1 3XQ.