School Admissions Calendar

Primary school (Reception): apply by 15 January 2027

When to apply for a primary or secondary place, the published order Waltham Forest actually uses when a school is oversubscribed, and your right to appeal if you're refused.

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Last distance offered, by school

The distance last offered moves every year with how many families apply — it is not a cutoff you can rely on for the year you're applying, only a sense of how competitive a school has been.

School	Year	Places offered	Applications	Last distance offered
Highams Park School	2026/27	229	736	0.92 miles

Source: Highams Park School — last distance offered history (School Atlas, from the council's published offer-round data), checked 15 September 2026 (4 weeks ago).

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Last distance offered, by school