Schools and admission criteria
You can choose your preferences from 61 primary and junior schools in Ealing. We recommend you read about Ealing's schools before applying:
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Deciding on your preference(s)
It is important that you look at each school’s admissions
criteria in relation to your circumstances so that you are aware of
the order in which places are allocated at oversubscribed schools.
Each year parents are disappointed because they apply to schools
where they are clearly unlikely to be offered a place because they
do not meet the key admissions criteria (ie distance from home to
school or do not satisfy the religious requirements stated in the
criteria for voluntary aided schools). Remember that some schools
get many more applications than there are places available (see
school statistics table (word), so you need to
consider very carefully whether you are likely to meet the
admissions criteria.
Before deciding on your preferences, you are strongly advised to compare the number of applications received last year with the number of places available for each of the schools you are considering, and to seek advice from headteachers of these schools about the pattern of admissions in previous years. You will then be in a better position to judge if you are likely to meet the criteria for admission or whether other applicants are likely to have a stronger claim than you for the available places.
If your application is received after the closing date of 5 December 2008 you are greatly decreasing your chance of obtaining a place at your preferred school.
This information forms part of Ealing's 2009 admission policy.