Welcome to Parkway Primary School's admission page. Please find below internal links for our website that outline some key information about what you can expect from your child's experience at our school.

If you would like to apply for a place for your child, please find all the information you require below. 

Virtual Tour

Please click the link below to watch our school's virtual tour video.

https://parkway-primary-school.primarysite.media/media/virtual-tour

In Bexley, the local authority makes decisions about admitting children to community schools from Nursery to Year 6.  For the full procedure and to apply for a place at Parkway, please visit the London Borough of Bexley Admissions website here. Bexley have also published a booklet titled 'Born Ready, School Ready, Bexley Ready' which provides practical advice for parents and carers of children aged 0 - 5 here. 

Nursery

For Autumn 2024, Parkway Nursery will be offering a 15 hour provision sessions starting in the September for 26 children.

The nursery session is Monday and Tuesday 08:45-15:15am and Wednesday 08:45am-11:00am

Children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 will be due to start in Nursery in September 2024.

• you can apply online from Tuesday 16 January 2024 using the following link: https://www.eadmissions.org.uk/
• the closing date is Saturday 6 April 2024
• offers of places to on-time applicants will be made on Wednesday 15 May 2024

Information regarding the schools available in Bexley together with full details on the application process will be made available to you before the application window opens.

Reception

Parkway will admit 30 children in total, for our Reception class, each September.  If your child is born between 1st September 2019 and 31st August 2020, you can apply online for a reception place. Applications open on 1st September 2023 with all applications submitted by 15th January 2024 at the latest. You can apply visiting: http://www.eadmissions.org.uk 

All information for parents applying for a Reception place at Parkway can be found by clicking here or on the Bexley Schools Admission website, or in the brochure attached below.

Please note that parents/carers applying for a place on behalf of a Looked After Child or Post LAC application should read the updated information here.

Admission criteria to Nursey and Reception

If there are more applications than places available, the London Borough of Bexley will use its admission criteria to decide which applicants should be offered a place. For accurate information on this, please click here. A summary of priorities includes:

1. Priority 1 is given to children in public care (looked after children) and children previously looked after immediately before being adopted or subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order.

2. This is given to children with a medical condition such that it is essential, on medical grounds, for the child to attend the preferred school.

3. This is given to children with a brother or sister who will be attending the school of parental preference at the time the child is due for admission to that school.

4. This is given where either the disability or medical condition of a parent or sibling or exceptional social or domestic circumstances would result in significant hardship if the child did not attend the school nearest to home, nearest to the place of work of the parent not suffering the condition, or convenient to the family’s childminder.

5. This gives priority to pupils living nearest to the school based on the distance from the home address to the nearest school entrance measured as a straight line in accordance with the London Borough of Bexley’s policy on the measurement of home to school distance.

In–Year School Admissions (all year groups)

Places do become available during the year, when families move away or change schools. Parents/carers seeking an in year admission should do so directly to the Local Authority. You can also add your child's name to our waiting list by contacting Bexley In Year School Admissions here and we will make contact and invite parents and children into school for a visit  once a place becomes available. 

Applying for Secondary School Places

All information for parents of children in Year 6 can be found on the Bexley Schools Admission website here. The school will also inform parents of key dates, school visits etc via email.