Admissions
Email: admissions@earlsfield.wandsworth.sch.uk
Nursery applications are made via the school and Reception through the council.
Casual admissions for Year 1 to Year 6 can be made at anytime via the council.
Updated August 2026
If at any point you are unhappy with the allocation of places for Reception or Secondary Transfer then you have the right to appeal to the council.
Nursery Admissions
Applications for Nursery are made directly to the school.
Nursery Application Deadline: February 5, 2027 (for September 2027 entry). Late applications go on a waiting list and will only be considered after on-time applications are processed. Offers are made at the end of March.
*Children must be three years old on or before August 31st to be eligible to start in September.
Our Nursery has 39 full time equivalent places. This means that there is a maximum of 39 children in the setting at any one time and is a mix of Full Time and Part-Time children.
At Earlsfield our part time places are allocated either Monday to Wednesday lunchtime or from Wednesday lunchtime to Friday. These days are set and cannot be amended on an individual basis.
All children in England are entitled to receive a good quality, part-time Early Education. This is known as the Universal Entitlement and is the equivalent of 15 hours free childcare in a nursery that is open 38 weeks a year.
You can find out if you are eligible for additional funding by visiting the DFE website here.
If we offer you a full-time place you will receive the free 15 hours and then have the opportunity to either apply for the ‘Governments Additional 15 hour funding’ or pay the school directly to create a full time place. You will have the option to state your preference on the application form. The cost of paying for an additional 15 hours was £120 for 2026/27.
*In Nursery there is a charge for school lunches which is payable in advance.
Session Timings
Part-Time 1: Mon & Tues 8:50am to 3:05pm and Wed 8:50am to 11:30am
Part-Time 2: Wed 12:25pm to 3:05pm and Thurs & Fri 8:50am to 3:05pm
Full-Time: 8.50am – 3.05pm Mon to Fri
Nursery Application Deadline: February 5, 2027 (for September 2027 entry). Late applications go on a waiting list and will only be considered after on-time applications are processed.
*Children must be three years old on or before August 31st to be eligible to start in September.
Admission criteria (In effect for cohort September 2027)
Our admission criteria is in line with Wandsworth Admission Criteria for primary school Reception places. You can read the full information by accessing 'Choose a Wandsworth Primary School' here. Once the application closing date has been reached we apply the following criteria to all applications. This then dictates how many full-time and part-time places will be offered.
Note: As stipulated by Wandsworth, there is no automatic transfer from Nursery to Reception and parents will need to apply for a Reception place through Wandsworth.
Places will first be allocated to Children with an Education Health and Care Plan which names the school or for whom the school is being consulted with by the responsible Local Authority. These children will be included in the overall admission number of the school. In the event of oversubscription, the remaining places will then be offered in the following order of priority:
i) Looked after children and those who ceased to be looked after children because they were adopted, or because they became subject to a residence order, child arrangements order or a special guardianship order. This includes those children who appear to the Local Authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted;
ii) Children with a professionally supported exceptional medical need or exceptional social need for a place at a particular school, as decided by Wandsworth Local Authority;
iii) Children with brothers and sisters on the roll of the school on the date of admission;
iv) Children of staff employed directly at the school.
v) Other children in order of straight line distance from home to school as measured by Wandsworth Council’s Geographical Information System.
If there are more applications than places within any category, applications will be considered in order of straight line distance from home to school as measured by Wandsworth Council’s Geographical Information System.
Earlsfield Nursery Application Form
Please send completed application forms to Lucia Victor via admissions@earlsfield.wandsworth.sch.uk
Reception Admissions
Admissions to Reception are managed by the Local Education Authority and applications should be made directly to them.
Our published admission limit is 60. If you would like to find out more visit Wandsworth Council Admissions or phone Pupil Services on 020 8871 7316.
Year 1 to Year 6 Admissions
Casual admissions for years 1 to 6 are managed by the Local Education Authority and applications should be made directly to the via their dedicated web page or via 020 88717316
