PenworthamPrimary School

Admissions

EYFS Open Days

Our Open Days for September 2026 admissions will take place in the Autumn term (October/November) 2025. Please look back at this page in September for the dates and to book a place on an open day.

Reception 2025 Admissions

If you have just received your offer of a place in our Reception for September 2025, we are excited to meet you soon! If you are new to Penwortham we have sent you an email from admissions@penwortham.wandsworth.sch.uk (please check your junk if you haven't received this yet). The email gives some dates that are coming up soon, including a 'Stay and Play' session.

Welcome to our School

We have created the video below with our children to tell you a bit about life at Penwortham.

Please use the drop-down tabs to find out more about our admissions procedures.

Applying for Reception places

Reception Admissions for September 2025

The local authority's guide below, Choose A Wandsworth Primary School, gives information about our admissions and priority area.

Everyone must apply online for a Reception place (deadline was 15th January 2025) at www.eadmissions.org.uk or by following the link on the Wandsworth website www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions.

Please note that children with a place in our Nursery do not automatically have a place for Reception and must apply in the same way.

Please refer to the local authority's guide: Choose a Wandsworth Primary School

The national offer day for Reception places was 16th April 2025.

Reception Admissions for September 2026

You will be able to apply for a Reception place for September 2026 from September 2025. We will host open days in the autumn term, in October and November. The deadline to apply will be around the 15th January 2026. Wandsworth will update it's primary school guide but please refer to Choose a Wandsworth Primary School 2025 until this is updated.

Applying for Nursery places

Nursery Admissions

We have now offered all of our places in the Nursery for September 2025 and have a waiting list in place.

If you would like to make a late application for a Nursery place for September 2025 entry and be added to our waiting list, please complete the form below. You must then bring in or email the following forms of identification to validate your application:

- Proof of address (e.g. utility bill, driving licence)

- Proof of ID for your child (birth certificate or passport)

You can read our current Nursery Admissions Policy here and Nursery Admissions Policy for places from September 2026.

You can find useful information on applying for 15 or 30 hours of free childcare here.

Nursery Application Form - September 2025

Years 1 to 6 Admissions

Parents/carers who wish to apply for a place in Penwortham for Years 1 to 6 will need to complete the admissions application form obtainable from their local authority.

For more information from Wandsworth, please click here.

Penwortham’s local authority is Wandsworth and the majority of our pupils live within the Wandsworth Borough. The application will need to be returned to the local authority and they will send you a notification of whether or not a place can be offered.

If you are resident in Wandsworth, you can obtain a form and further information by contacting Pupil Services Section on 0208-871-7316 or by email: admissions@wandsworth.gov.uk.

Their postal address is:

Pupil Services Section,
Children’s Services Department,
Town Hall Extension,
Wandsworth Town Hall,
Wandsworth High Street,
London SW18 2PU.

If you are wishing to transfer your child to our school, we advise that you contact us in the first instance to make your initial enquiries so we can assist you with the process.

Please contact the local authority to find out about your admission and appeal arrangements.

Appeals

If you disagree with the outcome of your application you can make an appeal.

Secondary School Admissions

Below is some information for Admission to Secondary Schools. Parents must apply for a place in any state school in any Borough through their home council. If there are any questions you want to ask, Pupil Services at Wandsworth Council will be pleased to help you. Their contact details are as follows:

Telephone - 020 8871 7316
Email - admissions@wandsworth.gov.uk
Website - http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions

Year 6 Admissions Test

Find out more about the Year 6 test

FAQs

Transfer to Secondary School - Frequently Asked Questions

Wandsworth Year 6 Admissions Test Scores Information

Important information about applying for a secondary school leaflet

The leaflet is designed to help parents who must apply for a secondary school place in October 2021 and sets out important dates and details concerning secondary school open evenings, the Wandsworth Year 6 Test, and applying for a ‘specialist’ aptitude-based place at Ashcroft Technology Academy, Chestnut Grove Academy and Saint Cecilia’s CE School.

Apply for a secondary school place

How to apply to the Borough of Wandsworth

Secondary school open days - London Borough of Merton

Secondary school open days - London Borough of Southwark

Secondary school open days - London Borough of Sutton

Secondary school open days - London Borough of Wandsworth

Appeals

if you disagree with the outcome of your application you can make an appeal.

Please watch this video for more information about Secondary School Admissions:

Starting School in Wandsworth

Parents must apply for a place in any state school in any Borough through their home council. Wandsworth Council provides a full-time place in a primary school Reception Class in the September of the school year in which their children reach their 5^th birthday.

It is important to collect as much information as possible about the schools you want to apply for and the admission procedures.

We hope that the information we have provided above has been useful. Should you have any further enquiries regarding applying for a school place for your child, please do not hesitate to contact our school office on 0208 769 3949 and our office staff will endeavour to assist you.