Primary school admissions

Primary - reception class:
Children born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008

The official deadline for receipt of completed forms was 15 January 2012. All applications recieved after the closing date will be classed as a late applications and will not be considered untill all on-time applications have been dealt with.

If you wish to make a primary school application for your child, Harrow residents must fill in the common application form regardless of whether they are applying for a community, Catholic, Church of England, Hindu, or Jewish school, and/or any other state school in another borough or county.  This form is available with the Guide to primary schools, 2012/13 booklet, from the Civic Centre. Non Harrow residents must contact their own council for their application form.

• Online applications:
  This facility is no longer available, as the closing date has now passed.

Faith schools:
If you're applying for a faith school, in addition to the CAF you will need to fill in a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) and return it directly to the school. For further information about SIFs please visit the faith school pages.

To help put you in the picture download this flowchart which illustrates this application process.

When will I hear what school I have been offered?
Letters with results will be posted first class to all applicants on 18 April 2012. If you applied online you will be sent an email during the evening of Wednesday 18th April with the outcome of your application. You will need to wait until you have received this email before logging onto the pan-London E-admissions website. You'll need your username and password which you'll have created when you made your application.

If you have submitted a late application, the admissions service will aim to post your outcome to you during June 2012.

For further information regarding late applications and making changes to your application after the closing date, please read page 25 of the 'Guide to primary schools' which can be found on the right hand side of this page.