Admissions

During your tour we will tell you everything you need to know about the school, answer your questions and explain how Lambeth schools’ application system and selection criteria works. At the end of the tour we will cover all the information you need to know about how to apply for a place in Reception at Christ Church.

And, if you’re looking for our step-by step guide on ‘How to apply for primary school in Lambeth’, please click the button below.

Are you interested in joining the Christ Church family?

Christ Church is a Church of England school, but we are an inclusive school that welcomes all learners regardless of race, gender, and ethnicity or religion, stage of English learning, ability, special educational needs or impairments.

In the event that we are oversubscribed, our Governing body has designated that the majority of available places be made available to regular worshippers at Christ Church.

To download a copy of the full selection criteria click the button below.

However, we are proud of the values that underpin our Christian school and encourage applications from all faiths.

Christ Church has a single form entry with a maximum class size of 30 children in Reception.

Our aim is to retain our ‘small school feeling’, deeply rooted in the local community, and as such we will always try to accommodate applications from local parents.

When to apply for a Reception place at Lambeth primary schools

Children join our primary school in September of the school year in which they are five – so, for entry in September 2025, this applies to children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021.

The closing date for applications for a Reception class place at a primary school in the 2025/26 academic year is midnight on 15th January 2025.

If your application is received after 15th January 2025, it will be considered a late application by Lambeth Council and will not be considered for a place until after 16th April 2025 (the date that all applicants are notified).

Missing the 15th January deadline will therefore significantly reduce your chance of getting a place at Christ Church as your preferred choice.

How to apply for a primary school Reception place at Christ Church

We have prepared a ‘step-by-step’ guide on how to apply for a primary school place in Lambeth using the online Common Application Form. Please click here to use that guide.

The admissions system for all Reception age children is managed by the local authority in which you live and not by Christ Church directly. For most parents applying for a place at Christ Church that will mean applying through Lambeth Council.

However, for a place at Christ Church, all parents are required to apply using the Lambeth application system and submit a simple additional application form direct to Christ Church.

To apply through Lambeth Council, all parents are required to fill out a Common Application Form (‘CAF’) for their child, preferably using the online Lambeth e-admissions process, which is the Primary Schools Admissions Portal.

Parents who live in other boroughs may apply for places in a Lambeth school, but must apply through their home borough which will then be passed to Lambeth Council.

Lambeth Council provides a comprehensive Primary Schools Admission Booklet that details the Reception place application process that you can download below.

Once you have completed the CAF (for Lambeth or your borough), you’ll need to complete the short Christ Church application.

You can download this below and then post it or drop it into the school office - addressed to: 

Applications, Christ Church Primary SW9, Cancell Road, London, SW9 6HN

or email a scanned copy to admin@christchurchschool.cc

Here are all the links you’ll need:

Reminder:

To apply for a place at Christ Church for Reception Class you must:

1. complete the Common Application Form through the Primary Schools Admissions Portal; and
2. complete and submit the Supplementary Admissions Form direct to Christ Church school.
   

If you need any more information, do check our application guide here, and visit Lambeth’s information on applying for primary school here.

‘In Year’ admissions at Christ Church Primary School

For admissions at any other time please telephone or visit the school office to see whether we have any available places.

An ‘In-Year’ application is any application for a school place outside of the usual application time. In other words, for a primary school, any time other than first joining Reception.

If you would like to apply for a place in either:

• years 1-6 at the school; or
• Reception after the school has started in September;
  

then your application is considered an ‘In-Year application.

Christ Church does not participate in the Lambeth Council ‘In-Year’ application system so all applications for ‘In-Year’ places are dealt with directly by the school.

For more help with your Reception application, click the button below and check our full guide to applying for a Reception place at Christ Church.

If you need any additional information or assistance applying for a place at Christ Church Primary, do not hesitate to contact the school office:

Tel: 020 7735 1343
Email: admin@christchurchschool.cc