Admissions
Admissions procedure
The school and Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) operates two separate admission systems for Nursery and Reception. This means that the offer of a place in Nursery does not guarantee a place in school.
Full information on the School Admissions process can be found on the HCC website via the link below. If you have any further questions please contact HCC direct.
The next round of admissions for Nursery is September 2020:
If your child was born between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017, you will be able to make an application for a nursery school place to start in September 2020.
Children are accepted into Nursery in the September before their fourth birthday.
Applications for Nursery are made directly with the school. Please complete the online Nursery Application Form here once the application process begins as per the dates below.
Timeline for Nursery Admissions 2020-2021
The following timeline for Nursery applications is being followed by the schools listed:
Bridgewater Primary School
Greenway Primary & Nursery School
St Mary’s Primary School
St Thomas More Primary School
Swing Gate Infant School & Nursery
Westfield Primary School & Nursery
3 February 2020 – Nursery applications open. Application via online form on the school website (paper copies are available from the school on request)
13 March 2020 – Nursery applications close for on time applications . Applications can be accepted at any point after this date, but will be dealt with after on time applications. If you are making a late application, please also ring the school office to let us know on 01442 866249.
29 April 2020 – Nursery places are offered to families by email
11 May 2020 – Deadline for accepting Nursery places
(From 7 May onwards we can continue to accept applications and allocate Nursery places to children, based on availability).
Parents moving to the area are advised to phone the school to discuss admission procedures.
The application process will start in February 2020. There will be opportunities to visit the school during this period.
The school has always been very popular and is often over-subscribed. If there are more requests than places, the school will use the HCC criteria when making decisions.
| Apply online from | 03.02.20 |
| Application deadline | 13.03.20 |
| Offer date | 29.04.20 |
| Deadline for parents to accept places | 11.05.20 |
On 26 November 2012, Hertfordshire County Council Cabinet ratified the proposals to reorganise the schools in Berkhamsted under a ‘two tier’ system.
As a result of the reorganisation Greenway became a Primary School in September 2014
Children are accepted into Reception class in the September of the school year they are 5.
Applications for admission into primary schools to start in September 2020 are for children born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016.
| Online admissions system opens | 4.11.19 |
| Closing date for applications (online or paper) | 15.1.20 |
| Allocation day | 16.4.20 |
| Closing date for accepting a place | 30.4.20 |
Last date for accepting any place offered is 30th April 2020
Applications can be made online by going to: Reception admissions
Parents are informed by HCC of allocations following the closure of the admissions process in the year of Reception admission.
We invite children to visit with their parents, see their new classroom and meet their new teacher, the term before admission. In addition, an evening meeting for parents is organised a few weeks before new children are due to enter school, so that they can meet other parents and have any questions answered by the Head Teacher.
The school has always been very popular and is often over-subscribed. If there are more requests than places, the school will use the HCC criteria when making decisions:
An application to move between schools straight away (or within a few weeks) is known as an In Year application. This is when a child wishes to transfer to another school outside of the usual transfer time, for example because of a change of address.
Further information on moving schools and how to make an In Year application can be found online at:
