The Howard Partnership Trust is the Admissions Authority for St Lawrence Primary School and will admit pupils without reference to aptitude or ability from the the locality and other areas to a level at which a quality of education can be provided for all.
New Reception Class Admissions
Applications for new Reception class admissions at St Lawrence should be directed to Surrey County Council for the September intake. Please visit www.surreycc.gov.uk/admissions
Admission Forms
St Lawrence handles its own in-year admissions - see our School Managed Application Form (SMA) below. If you would like to apply for a place, please read the guidance notes carefully to make sure you are completing the correct form. For example, if your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), you should not complete our form but contact the Local Authority Special Educational Needs team.
Please click here for our School Managed Application Form (SMA)
Please click here for our SMA Guidance Notes
Admission Arrangements
Admission Arrangements for entry 2024-25
Please click on this link to view the arrangements for the current academic year.
Admission Arrangements for entry 2025-26
Following the recent consultation and full consideration of the responses received, our Trustees have now ratified the proposed admission arrangements for St Lawrence Primary School for 2025-26.
Please click on this link to view these arrangements.
Admissions arrangements for all THPT schools comply with the Schools Admission Code and the Schools Appeal Code
Over-subscription criteria, including the order in which they will be applied, can be found in the Admissions Arrangements above.
Admission Arrangements for entry 2026-27
Please click on this link to view these arrangements.
Year 3 intake - information specific to this year group
As St Lawrence is an all though school, we do not have a specific intake in Year 3. Therefore, if you have a Year 2 child at an infant school, and are looking for a Year 3 place for the following September, we are required to treat all applications in the same way as any other in-year application and cannot make a decision regarding places for September until four weeks before the end of the Summer term. This means that this year we can only accept applications from 24th June 2025 for a September 2025 start.
If you would like to express an interest in a Year 3 place from September 2025 at St Lawrence, please phone the school office who will be happy to give you further advice.
Early Years
Children are able to start at St Lawrence Primary School in the September after their 4th birthday, but do not need to start until the beginning of the term following their 5th birthday. This is the statutory school age. There are "cut-off" dates for each term. If your child's 5th birthday comes between:
- 1st April and 31st August
they must start school at the beginning of the Autumn Term in September - 1st September and 31st December
they must start school at the beginning of the Spring Term in January - 1st January and 31st March
they must start school at the beginning of the Summer Term in April
All children whose 4th birthday falls between 1st September and 31st August will be eligible to apply for a full time place in Reception at a Surrey school for the following September. Parents may request to defer their child’s entry to Reception until later in the school year, but this will not be agreed beyond the beginning of the term after the child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the academic year for which the original application was accepted. Parents may also request for their child to start part time, until their child reaches statutory school age.
Waiting List
Pupils registered on the St Lawrence waiting list will be kept on file until the end of the school year. Please inform the school in writing if you wish your child to remain on the waiting list for the following year.
Appeals
If a school place is not available upon application, you have the right to apply for an appeal hearing through the Surrey Schools Appeals Service. Please see the link below for guidance:
School admission appeals - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)
and follow this link for the 2025 SCC Schools Admission Appeals Timetable
Disability Discrimination Disclosure
At St Lawrence Primary School, we have high expectations and ambitions for all our disabled pupils and expect them to participate and achieve in every aspect of school life. We aim to identify and remove any barriers in every area of the life of the school that may prevent them from achieving their potential. The school welcomes all children irrespective of race, colour, creed or impairment. St Lawrence also aims to remove all barriers to access to disabled parents and members of staff.