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Admissions Arrangements

NURSERY

Applying for a nursery place for 2022:

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

Applying for a nursery place for September 2023:

Applications for Nursery are now open for children born between 01/09/2019 and 31/08/2020.

Application process opens 9th January 2023.

Application deadline is Friday 3rd March 2023.

Allocation emails will be sent on Monday 17th April 2023.

Nursery Admissions Application Form

Nursery Application Form 2022-2023.pdf

RECEPTION

Applying for a Reception place for September 2023:

Applications for Reception 2023 open on 1st November 2022 - 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 2022	Online system opens for you to apply online.
Nov / Dec 2022	Open events at schools. Find individual school details in the schools directory.
15 January 2023	Deadline to apply for a school place.
1 February 2023	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 2023	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week commencing 12 June 2023.
17 April 2023	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. Notification letters will be posted first class only to parents or carers who applied on paper. If you applied online, you can use online facilities including appeals and continuing interest.
17 – 24 April 2023	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 17 April 2023.
17 April – 1 May 2023	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.
1 May 2023	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.
8 – 12 May 2023	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.
16 May 2023 (4pm)	Last date to register an appeal.
15 – 23 May 2023	Continuing interest applications open for the second run. You can add new school preferences for any school for the second continuing interest run.
23 May 2023	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
12 – 16 June 2023	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 2023	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.
13 June – 18 July 2023	School place appeals take place during this period.
23 June 2023	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for junior and middle schools close on 22 June 2023. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire junior or middle school, you will need to make an in year application from 23 June 2023.
21 July 2023	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for primary schools close on 20 July 2023. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire primary school, you'll need to make an in year application from 21 July 2023.

Secondary School Applications - Important Dates

1 September 2022	Online system opens for you to apply online.
Sept / Oct 2022	Open events at schools. Find individual school details in the schools directory.
31 October 2022	Deadline to apply for a school place.
2 December 2022	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 2023	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week of 24 – 28 April 2023.
1 March 2023	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. Notification letters will be posted first class only to parents or carers who applied on paper. If you applied online, you can use online facilities including opting out, making a new application and submitting an appeal.
1 – 15 March 2023	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.
1 – 8 March 2023	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 1 March 2023.
15 March 2023	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.
20 – 24 March 2023	First continuing interest run. We'll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful.
29 March 2023 (4pm)	Last date to register an appeal.
27 March – 6 April 2023	Continuing interest applications open again. You can add new school preferences for all schools for the second run of continuing interest.
6 April 2023	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
24 – 28 April 2023	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 – 15 June 2023	School place appeals take place during this period (excluding 29 May - 2 June 2023).
May – July 2023	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.
23 June 2023	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for Year 9 (upper school) and Year 10 (studio school or university technical college) close on 22 June 2023. 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 2023.
21 July 2023	Continuing interest lists for Year 7 (secondary school) close on 20 July 2023. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire secondary school you will need to make an in year application from 21 July 2023.