In-year admissions and transfers

If you enter a Wandsworth address for your child, this will be checked against information we already hold, and you will be asked to provide satisfactory proof if a discrepancy is found.

You must provide proof of address when requested to avoid a delay in processing your application.

If you change address after completing the form, you must tell us straight away. Changes will only be accepted for admission purposes if satisfactory proof is provided that a move to a new permanent address has taken place. You may also need to provide evidence of disposal of the previous property.

We cannot check addresses of residents who live in another borough. Therefore, if you do not live in Wandsworth, you must attach proof of address at the time you make your application. See the documents we will accept as proof of address.

The address provided on the application form must be your child’s permanent address and this must be the address where the family normally lives. Any address other than the child's permanent home will not be accepted, including:

• A temporary address
• A business address
• A childminders’ address
• The address of any family member

If there is any doubt about the validity of an address given, proof will be requested and this may be subject to further investigation.

If you currently live abroad but intend to move to the UK before your child starts school, we will only accept an admission application if you provide sufficient proof of the UK address and of your arrival date.

The UK address must be the address you will live at when you arrive. Your application will only be processed four weeks before your arrival date.

You will need to send:

• Evidence of the date of your arrival to the UK i.e. travel/flight itinerary
• Evidence of the address you will be residing at, i.e. ‘notice to quit’ to current tenants, tenancy agreement, confirmation of completion of contracts
• Mortgage statement or agreement

If you are not the child's mother/father or step-mother/step-father, you must provide evidence that you are their legal guardian and that the child is resident with you at the address stated.

We will consider the following evidence of legal guardianship/parental responsibility:

• A Court Order (if applicable) verifying your guardianship and care of the child
• A letter from the child’s mother/father/legal guardian explaining the situation and clarifying the care arrangements for the child, including the address of the child
• Any other supporting document which clarifies the care arrangements for the child, and which explains why you are making the application on the child’s behalf

You will be directed to upload evidence in the Parent/carer details section of the form, under 'Relationship to child'.

Where parents share custody of their child, only one address must be provided, and parents must prove the child’s residency at this address. This could be in the form of a Court Order, solicitors’ letter or letter from both parents confirming the arrangement details including the period of time the child spends at each address i.e. weekly, monthly and weekdays and timings at each address etc.

It is important to note that the Admissions team will not verify whether permissions and/or consents have been obtained from any relevant parents/carers/guardians of the child. This is the responsibility of the parent/carer/guardian making the application. It will therefore be assumed that all necessary permissions and consents have been obtained and any Court instructions regarding school applications and placements have been adhered to.

Families of UK service personnel with a confirmed posting in England, or crown servants returning from overseas to live in England, can use an address in Wandsworth or the local area for admission purposes in advance of arrival in the UK. The application must be supported by an official letter (i.e. from the MOD or FCDO) confirming the relocation date and a unit postal address or quartering area address. Wandsworth Council is a signatory of the Armed Services Covenant and is committed to removing disadvantage for armed services families.

If you are applying for a place for more than one child as a result of multiple births, you must complete a separate application for each child.

Priority for admission to schools may be given to:

• Children in public care (children looked after)
• Those who ceased to be children looked after because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order, child arrangements order or special guardianship order

The School Admissions Code has extended this priority to include those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

The following definitions are used:

• A child looked after is a child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989
• An adopted child is defined by section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or section 12 of the Adoption Act 1976
• A residence order is defined by section 8 of the Children Act 1989
• A child arrangement order is defined by section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by section 14 of the Children and families Act 2014
• A special guardianship order is defined by section 14A of the Children Act 1989

If any of these apply to the child, you must complete the details on the application form and provide a letter from the relevant Local Authority Social Services department confirming the details and status of the child.

The letter must:

• Confirm that the child is or was looked after in accordance with the definition provided here

If applicable, it must also:

• Confirm the date when at which the child ceased to be looked after
• Provide the date of the order of adoption, residence order, child arrangements order or a special guardianship order which led to the end of the child's looked after status

If your child was adopted from abroad, you must provide proof of adoption and evidence that the child was in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Any orders must be accompanied with the letter from Social Services.

Two Wandsworth primary schools offer bilingual French/English classes.

You will be asked to indicate in the form if you wish to apply for these.