Admissions

Admissions into our Nursery are managed by the school, children can join our Nursery at the start of the term that falls after their third birthday. Please see below the term your child would start (subject to availability).

The Nursery is made up of three different sessions: morning, afternoon, and full time. The timings for these sessions are as follows, daily , Monday to Friday.

Morning 8.45am – 11.45pm

Afternoon 12.30pm – 15.30pm

Full Time – 8.45am to 15.30pm (This session requires a 30 hour code)

You can apply for any of the above sessions, however, if we are able to offer you a place in our nursery, we cannot guarantee an offer of your requested session.

All three and four year olds are entitled to receive 15 hours free of charge, at Salisbury Manor these sessions run daily (Monday to Friday) for 3 hours, unfortunately the Nursery do not run sessions where the free entitlement of 15 hours is spread over 3 days, therefore, you are entitled to either daily AM sessions or daily PM sessions. Full time places can be provided where the family is eligible to receive the 30-hour funding (subject to availability).

You can find more information regarding this by visiting the government website 30 hours free childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). If at any point you are no longer eligible to receive this funding, your school place for full time childcare will be terminated after your grace period.

To apply for a place at our nursery, please complete our Nursery Application Form . Once completed and a space is available, you will be contacted by our Admissions team to verify any official (original) documents including the child’s DOB , proof of name and address. Subsequently, you will be invited in to meet with the nursery teacher and visit the school nursery with your child.

Please note: the offer to a Nursery place does not guarantee the offer of a place in Reception. An application will need to be made with Waltham Forest , please visit Home | eAdmissions. to apply for a Primary School Place (Reception to Year 6).

Entry into Reception

Applications for places at Salisbury Manor Primary School are dealt with by the Waltham Forest Schools Admissions Service. They handle all questions and issues arising.

The school has one intake each year at the start of the Autumn Term. Reception pupils are normally admitted to school in the September following their 4th birthday. Parents are usually asked to complete preference forms in the Autumn of the year before the child starts school. Places are allocated in the late Spring/early Summer Term with a maximum intake of 30 children in each class. Following this stage, some parents choose to appeal if their choices have not been met.

Once the exact intake is known, the process of ensuring every child’s entry into school is happy and relaxed begins. In the Summer Term before the September start, parents come to an Open Evening with their children to find out more about how the school works and ask any questions they might still have. This meeting also gives parents the opportunity to meet and talk with the Reception class teacher and other support staff. Reception staff arrange to visit each child within their home, these are carried out in July before the September start.

Children begin Reception in the academic year (September to August) in which they turn 5. Applications for September 2026 entry (for children born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022) will open via Waltham Forest Council in early September 2025 and close in January 2026.

All Reception Admissions are managed by Waltham Forest Council on behalf of Salisbury Manor Primary School. If you have any queries, please contact the School Office on admin@salisburymanorprimary.org.uk or phone 020 8527 7433 and they will be happy to help.

If you missed the deadline for Reception, you can put in an application through Waltham Forest Council after the deadline and be added to the waiting list. The waiting list is kept in order of the Admissions Criteria so you may not automatically be at the bottom. As places become available, we will contact you to offer you a place.

Thank you for your interest in Salisbury Manor Primary School.

In Year Entry Reception - Year 6

In-Year Admissions are also dealt with by the Waltham Forest Schools Admissions Service. After accepting a place at the school, children and their parents are invited to attend an admissions meeting with a member of the Senior Leadership Team to discuss their transition into the school and to agree an admission date.

Admissions arragements for the Academic year 2026-27

We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest Admission Arrangements. For the Academic year 2026-2027, please click the links below for the relevant documents

Admission arrangements for the academic year 2026-27 can be found here. This guide includes information on:

• arrangements for selecting the pupils who apply
• our oversubscription criteria (ie. how places are offered if there are more applicants than places)
• an explanation of the process you need to follow to apply for a place at Salisbury Manor Primary School for your child.

London Borough of Waltham Forest co-ordinated Primary Admission scheme for 2026-27 can be found on their website, which includes information on:-

• arrangements for selecting the pupils who apply
• our oversubscription criteria (ie. how places are offered if there are more applicants than places)
• an explanation of the process you need to follow to apply for a place at Salisbury Manor Primary School for your child.

We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest, further guidance can be found here.

We follow the London Borough of Waltham Forest admissions arrangements as detailed above. You will need to apply for your child's secondary school place by contacting London Borough of Waltham Forest. Please see the following link for further guidance here. 

Please refer to the School Information section for our current Admissions Policy.