Waltham St Lawrence Primary School is a school for boys and girls from 4 – 11 years of age and is maintained by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM). The school’s current admission number is 25. This means that we are allowed to admit no more than 25 children in each academic year group. Should the number of applications exceed this figure, the following Local Authority (LA) set criteria for admission will be considered when offering places:

1. Children in care. This category includes a ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order. This includes those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. 

2. Children with exceptional medical or social reasons for requiring the school. 

3. Children who live in the ‘designated appropriate area’ of the school and who have a sibling in attendance at the school at the time of the application and who is expected still to be attending the school at the time of entry. 

4. Children who live in the ‘designated catchment area’ of the school. (Shown on Page 4)

5. Children with a sibling in attendance at the school. The sibling would need to be attending the school at the time of admission of the child for whom a place is sought. 

6. Children of a staff member. 

7. All other applicants.

Children will be admitted in the September after their 4th birthday.

Where it is necessary to choose between children within the same category this will be done on a geographical basis. Those children living nearest to the School will have priority in the allocation of spaces. Distances will be measured using a straight line on a map.

Admissions for primary school places are handled centrally by the Local Authority (Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead). A Common Application Form can be obtained from Admissions on 01628 796782/3/4 or www.rbwm.gov.uk/web.ed.

Email: school.admissions@rbwm.gov.uk

Telephone: 01628 683870
School Admissions: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead SL6 1RF

Parents have a legal right to appeal to an independent panel against a refusal of a place. As a first step any appeal must be made in writing to the Clerk to the Appeal Panel at The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, SL6 1RF.

If you have a query about applying for a school place in the borough, please contact School Support Services – School Admissions on 01628 683870 or at rbwm.admissions@achievingforchildren.org.uk

Admissions Policy

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