Admissions Arrangements

Nursery/Reception Tours Dates for parents:

Wednesday 9^th October @ 10am
Monday 14^th October @ 2pm
Thursday 17^th October @10am
Tuesday 5^th November @10am
Friday 8^th November @ 2pm
Wednesday 13^th November @10am

Please email admin@summerswood.herts.sch.uk or call 0208 953 3139 to book your place

NURSERY

Applying for a nursery place for 2025:

If you wish to apply for your child to start at our Nursery during the current academic year, please contact our School Office: (020) 8953 3139, or Admin@summerswood.herts.sch.uk

Application process opens	Tuesday 7th January @ 9am
Application Deadline	Monday 3rd March @ 9am
Allocation letters sent by post	Wednesday 23rd April
Allocation email sent	Wednesday 23rd April
Deadline for response to allocation	Friday 2nd May

Nursery Admissions Application Form

RECEPTION

Applying for a Reception place for September 2025:

Applications for Reception 2025 open on 1st November 2024 - please click on this link to apply for a Reception place for your child - below are details of important dates and deadlines (& a link for these dates):

Apply: Hertfordshire online admissions

Dates: https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/school-admissions/primary-junior-and-middle-schools/important-dates-primary-junior-and-middle-school-admissions.aspx

1 November 2024	Online system opens for you to apply online.
Nov / Dec 2024	Open events at schools. Find individual school details in the schools directory.
15 January 2025	Deadline to apply for a school place.
3 February 2025	Last date to submit a written explanation giving reasons why your application was late, for your application to be agreed as ‘on time’. If you move house, this is the last date for you to provide evidence of your new address and for it to be considered ‘on time’ in the allocation process.
3 March 2025	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week commencing 16 June 2025.
16 April 2025	National allocation day We will email you the school you've been allocated, if you applied online and confirmed your email address. The online allocation system will be updated with allocations and be available only after allocation emails have been sent. If you applied on paper, we will send you a notification letter and response form by first class post. If you applied online, you can use online facilities including appeals and continuing interest.
16 – 23 April 2025	Continuing interest applications open. You can add new school preferences for some Hertfordshire schools for the first continuing interest run. Information will be available online on 16 April 2025.
17 April – 2 May 2025	Continuing interest lists are created. Applicants with unmet higher preferences will automatically go on the list for those schools. Parents or carers should confirm this with schools responsible for their own admissions.
2 May 2025	Last date for accepting the place offered. Online applicants must accept the place online. Paper applicants should return their response form to the Admissions and Transport team.
12 – 16 May 2025	First continuing interest run. We'll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful at the first continuing interest run.
20 May 2025 (4pm)	Last date to register an appeal.
19 – 26 May 2025	Continuing interest applications open for the second run. You can add new preferences for any school for the second continuing interest run.
26 May 2025	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
16 – 20 June 2025	Second (and final) continuing interest run. We'll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful at the second continuing interest run.
June – July 2025	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.
13 June – 22 July 2025	School admission appeals take place during this period.
20 June 2025	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for junior and middle schools close on 19 June 2025. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire junior or middle school, you will need to make an in year application from 20 June 2025.
24 July 2025	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for primary schools close on 23 July 2025. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire primary school, you'll need to make an in year application from 24 July 2025.

Secondary School Applications - Important Dates

2 September 2024	Online system opened for you to apply online.
Sept / Oct 2024	Open events at schools. Find individual school details in the schools directory.
31 October 2024	Deadline to apply for a school place.
2 December 2024	Last date to submit a written explanation giving reasons why your application was late, for your application to be agreed as ‘on time’. If you move house, this is the last date for you to provide evidence of your new address and for it to be considered ‘on time’ in the allocation process.
30 January 2025	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week of 28 April – 2 May 2025.
3 March 2025	National allocation day We will email you the school you've been allocated, if you applied online and confirmed your email address. The online allocation system will be updated with allocations and be made available only after allocation emails have been sent. If you applied on paper, we will send you a notification letter and response form by first class post. If you applied online, you can use online facilities including opting out, making a new application and submitting an appeal.
3 – 17 March 2025	Continuing interest lists are created. Applicants that didn't get any higher preference schools will automatically go on the list for those schools. Parents or carers should confirm this with schools responsible for their own admissions.
3 – 10 March 2025	Continuing interest applications open. You can add new preferences for some Hertfordshire schools for the first continuing interest run. Information will be available online from 3 March 2025.
17 March 2025	Last date to accept the place offered. Online applicants should accept the place online. Paper applicants should return their response form to the Admissions and Transport Team.
24 – 28 March 2025	First continuing interest run. We'll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful.
31 March 2025 (4pm)	Last date to register an appeal.
31 March – 11 April 2025	Continuing interest applications open again. You can add new preferences for all schools for the second run of continuing interest.
11 April 2025	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
28 April – 2 May 2025	Second (and final) continuing interest run. We'll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful at the second continuing interest run.
2 May – 18 June 2025 (excluding 5 May and 26–30 May)	School admission appeals take place during this period.
May – July 2025	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.
23 June 2025	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for Year 9 (upper school) and Year 10 (studio school or university technical college) close on 19 June 2025. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire upper or studio school or UTC you will need to make an in year application from 23 June 2025.
23 July 2025	Continuing interest lists for secondary schools close on 23 July 2025. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire secondary school you will need to make an in year application from 24 July 2025