Admissions Arrangements

NURSERY APPLICATIONS

To apply for a Nursery place for September 2021, please complete and submit the form below - forms can be posted to the school, or scanned and emailed to: admin@summerswood.herts.sch.uk

Important Dates:

Thursday 14 January 2021 - Nursery applications are now open

Friday 5th March 2021 - Application deadline

Monday 19th April 2021 - Allocation emails will be sent

Monday 3rd May 2021 - Deadline for parents to respond to allocation email

Reception up to Year 6:

Hertfordshire Local Authority manages the admissions for Summerswood Primary School. Please see the link below for more information:

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/Schools-and-education/School-admissions/Primary-junior-and-middle-schools/Primary-junior-and-middle-school-places.aspx

For Reception Admissions in September 2021, please see this link to view our Virtual Tour: https://youtu.be/KxFu1rJ8NnI

Important dates – primary, junior and middle school admissions

2 November 2020	Online system opens for you to apply online.
Nov / Dec 2020	Open events at schools. Find individual school details in the schools directory.
15 January 2021	Deadline to apply for a school place.
1 February 2021	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 2021	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week commencing 14 June 2021.
16 April 2021	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.
16 – 22 April 2021	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 2021.
16 – 30 April 2021	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.
30 April 2021	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.
10 – 14 May 2021	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.
21 May 2021 (4pm)	Last date to register an appeal.
17 – 25 May 2021	Continuing interest applications open for the second run. You can add new school preferences for any school for the second continuing interest run.
25 May 2021	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
14 – 18 June 2021	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 2021	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.
25 June 2021	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for junior and middle schools close on 24 June 2021. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire junior or middle school, you will need to make an in year application from 25 June 2021.
16 June – 23 July 2021	School place appeals take place during this period.
23 July 2021	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for primary schools close on 22 July 2021. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire primary school, you'll need to make an in year application from 23 July 2021.

Important dates – secondary school admissions

1 September 2020	Online system opens for you to apply online.
Sept / Oct 2020	Open events at schools. Find individual school details in the schools directory.
31 October 2020	Deadline to apply for a school place.
4 December 2020	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. Last date to submit a change of preferences as a result of test results received after 31 October 2020.
1 February 2021	Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week of 26 – 30 April 2021.
1 March 2021	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 2021	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. Email transfer.admissions@hertfordshire.gov.uk if you don't want your child to remain on continuing interest lists.
1 – 8 March 2021	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 2021.
15 March 2021	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.
22 – 26 March 2021	First continuing interest run. We'll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful.
26 March 2021	Last date to register an appeal.
29 March – 8 April 2021	Continuing interest applications open again. You can add new school preferences for all schools for the second run of continuing interest.
8 April 2021	Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.
26 – 30 April 2021	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.
29 April - 14 June	School place appeals take place during this period (excluding 31 May - 3 June).
May – July 2021	If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.
25 June 2021	Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for Year 9 (upper school) and Year 10 (studio school or university technical college) close on 24 June 2021. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire upper or studio school or UTC, you will need to make an in year application from 25 June 2021.
23 July 2021	Continuing interest lists for Year 7 (secondary school) close on 22 July 2021. To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire secondary school you will need to make an in year application from 23 July 2021.

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