How to Apply for a School Place at Fryent Primary School
Admissions Procedures for 2023- 2024
As a maintained school all admissions for children in Reception through to year 6 are made through the local authority.
When there are more applications for Brent community schools than there are places available, pupils are offered places according to the oversubscription criteria listed below. Children with special educational needs (SEN) who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) have priority over other applicants for admission to the school named on their plan. Read more about the school application process for children with SEN.
The oversubscription criteria for entry to Brent community schools in 2024/25 are:
1. Looked after or previously looked after children
A looked after child or a previously looked after child, including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. Children attending infant school
Children attending an infant school on the same site as a junior school (for applications to Mount Stewart and Roe Green junior schools only).
3. Medical or social needs
Exceptional circumstances to do with significant medical needs and/or social needs which necessitate a child's placement at one particular school.
4. Children of staff
Children whose parent is a member of staff who has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application or has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. Siblings
Brothers or sisters of a child who attends the school, or an infant or junior school on the same or adjoining site, living in the catchment area of the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission.
6. All other applicants
Tie break
Within each criterion priority will be given to applicants living nearest to the school.
The distance from home to school will be measured by straight-line, from a point in the property to a point in the school determined by the grid references set by the Ordnance Survey.
The measuring system is an integral part of the admission software, uses Ordnance Survey maps and the LLPG (Local Land Property Gazetteer) and is accurate to 1 metre.
Catchment areas
Catchment areas only apply for in-year admissions to community school during the 2023/24 academic year and have been removed from admission arrangements from 2024/25. A catchment area is the defined neighbourhood in which the school is located. It is generally bounded by major roads and/or railway/tube. Read more about catchment areas for Brent schools.
How To Apply for a Primary School Place
Children born between 1st September 2019 and 31st August 2020 are due to start Reception class, the first year of primary school, in September 2024. You will need to apply online for a school place between 1st September 2023 and 15th January 2024. Offers will be made on the 16th April 2024.
Apply online – www.brent.gov.uk/admissions
Applications to our Nursery are not coordinated centrally by the London Borough of Brent Admissions Services but directly through the school. Pupils are allocated part-time places in the nursery according to the Brent admission criteria but priority is given to Brent residents (www.brent.gov.uk/admissions). Parents will need to apply directly to the school office where you may collect, complete and return a Fryent School Application form.
Closing date for applications to Fryent Nursery is 15th January 2024. Offers will be made on 17th April 2024.
Year 6 Parents/Carers- Applying for your Child's Secondary School place
If your child is currently in Year 6 you need to apply online for a secondary school place for September 2024. Closing date for admission to secondary school is 31st October 2023. Offers will be made on the 1st March 2024 and the response deadline is the 15th March 2024.
See information below.
Please note that it is your responsibility to apply for a secondary school place. Fryent is happy to give guidance but you must apply through the process below. We also recommend that you go and visit potential schools with your child so that you get a feel for what each of them are like.
Apply below:
The Opal A.R.P.
Please note applications for Opal A.R.P. are via Brent Council's Special Educational Needs Assessment Service NOT via Brent School Admissions.
Applying for your SEN child to gain admissions at Fryent Primary school does not include an automatic place in Opal.
For further queries about SEN admissions at Fryent Primary or Opal please contact Ms Baig via the school office or via admin@fryent.brent.sch.uk.
OPAL SCHOOL IS FULL IN ALL YEAR GROUPS APART FROM YEAR 6. DUE TO OVER SUBSCRIPTION OF SEN PLACES, WE DO NOT HOLD A WAITING LIST FOR OPAL.
