Admissions
Are you looking for a nursery place for September 2025?
We are delighted to announce that we are launching a new nursery offer for parents with children who will turn 4 in the 2025-26 academic year (DOB 01/09/21 – 31/08/22).
Building upon our existing 15-hour free offer, we shall provide 30+ hours of nursery provision during school term time from September 2025. For most working families the extra 15 hours of nursery provision will be free under the government’s childcare offer. This means that you will only need to pay for extras such as lunchtime supervision, lunch and wraparound care. Families who are not eligible for the government’s childcare offer can pay separately for the extra 15 hours, lunchtime supervision, lunch and wraparound care.
You can check eligibility by clicking this link.
The table below sets out the options and the costs:
Weekly Cost | |||
| Families Eligible for the Government’s funded Childcare Scheme | Families NOT eligible for the Government’s funded Childcare Scheme | ||
| Morning only (8:55am-11:55am) | 15 hours of nursery a week | Free | Free |
Full school day & lunch (8:55am-3:30pm) | 30 hours of nursery a week + lunch + lunchtime supervision | £35 | £150 |
Full school day, lunch and breakfast club (7:45am-3:30pm) | 30 hours of nursery a week + lunch + lunchtime supervision + Breakfast club (optional £5.50 per day) | £62.50 | £177.50 |
Full school day, lunch and aftercare (8:55am-5:45pm) | 30 hours of nursery a week + lunch + lunchtime supervision + Aftercare club (optional £12.00 per day) | £95 | £210 |
| Full school day, lunch & wraparound (7:45am-5:45pm) | 30 hours of nursery a week + lunch + lunchtime supervision + breakfast club + Aftercare club (optional day rate £17.50) | £122.50 | £237.50 |
Find out more?
Contact our school office for an ‘expression of interest’ letter, a hard copy of our nursery brochure and application form.
Why not visit our Early Years base?
We shall have prospective parent workshops on the dates and times below. Please contact the school office to book a place:
Friday 24th January 9:30am
Friday 31st January 9:30am
Friday 7th February 9:30am
Friday 28th February 9:30am
Friday 7th March 9:30am
How to apply and deadlines for application
The application form for nursery admission can be downloaded below. Please complete and return your application to the school office by Friday 7th March. Please record whether you wish to apply for 15 hours or 30 hours on the application form. Applications will be accepted after 7th March, but will be treated as late applications and may not be processed immediately after the closing date.
Key Dates:
1st January 2025 Applications for Nursery 2025 open
Prospective parent tours can be booked to visit the school
7th March 2025 Closing date for applications to the nursery (late applications will still be accepted after this date, but may not be processed in the first round)
21st March 2025 Offer letters, accept/decline reply forms and contracts will be sent from the school to families on or before 21/03/25.
4th April 2025 Deadline for accept/decline and contract responses to be received in school from first round offers of 21/03/25
Late applications processed where spaces remain
2nd July 2025 New nursery parents’ meeting in school
September 2025 Children enrolled in nursery start
Why choose us?
When your child joins the St Paul’s family they will:
· Experience the love of learning through our unique curriculum, delivered by an enthusiastic and talented team who want you child to achieve the best they can, academically and socially.
· Grow as an individual; their talents will be identified and nurtured through a broad curriculum, which embraces our local community and will develop their understanding of the world around them.
We achieve good academic outcomes for children at all stages in the school as a result of a carefully planned and exciting curriculum, taught by an enthusiastic, caring and talented team of staff.
Don’t just take our word for it, read what our children, parents and staff have said about us recently:
Our children say:
The lessons are enjoyable, you get to do discussions, which boosts your confidence.
I can play with my friends and learn something every day.
I feel safe and do lots of learning.
I like English because it allows me to be creative with writing.
I feel safe in school because teachers deal with problems well and help you when you are upset.
We get to make friends across the classes and year groups.
Our parents say:
My daughter likes going to the school. It seems to make learning fun and I’m surprised how much they’re learning at such a young age.
The school is very much part of Brentford community and this is evident in its culture and the values it instils in the children.
A close, small church school, that tries their best. Maintains Christian values for structure in the child’s life.
It is a very well-run school. Everyone seems to be really engaged and genuinely caring about the school and pupils. Lovely school.
My son loves this school, I really recommend it for all pupils. I can’t say anything is wrong about the school – he just loves it.
The school environment is perfect for the sound development of all the child. The child is always encouraged to have confidence. The staff and teachers are very caring and helpful and loving to the children.
This is a school in which every child will have a chance to improve and develop.
Lovely community, friendly school where teachers [and] head remember and are personable with the children. It’s nice to see the child’s name is always greeted by different teachers, child doesn’t get lost in the school/community system.
Our staff say:
We really know our children!
I stay at St Paul’s because I love working here.
Everyone is welcome.
Every day is different.
Are you choosing a primary school for September 2025?
We offer Nursery places, Reception places and in-year admission to existing classes in the school. Reception admission applications are made through the school admissions page of the local authority in which you are resident. St Paul’s CE Primary School has served the community of Brentford since 1873. You don’t have to be a Christian to come to our nursery or school our school welcomes children of all faiths and none. Our admission criteria are the same as many other local schools:
1) Looked after Children
2) Siblings
3) Children of staff
4) Distance
Our Christian foundation underpins our work and is inclusive of all families of faith and those with no faith. We are a Brentford school for all the families of Brentford.
Come and see us to find out what makes us the right school for you child.
We hold parent tours regularly in the autumn and spring terms. The dates for this year's tours are listed below. Please contact the school office to book a place. Tours typically last about 1 hour.
In Year Admissions
We welcome in year admissions from families moving into the area or where a school move out of the normal admission round is necessary. Applications for places from Reception to Year 6 should be made through the Hounslow borough admissions team. If you need help or advice, please call our friendly office team on 020 8560 3297. In Year admissions for the nursery can be arranged through the school.
How to be successful in application:
First of all, come and see us and other schools. You should get a sense of which school you and your child will feel most comfortable in. We very much hope that St Paul’s feels right for you.
Compile your list of schools in your application form in the order that you most want. For the best chance of getting a place in our school put us 1st on your list.
Number of places available and admissions criteria
The governors of the school set the school’s admissions criteria which operate in the event of over-subscription.
FAQs/myth busting
Do I need to submit a supplementary information form?
No. For admission our places are all ‘open’ places. This means they are like most other schools: 1. Looked After Children, 2. Distance. Just like any other school there is a preference for those with siblings already in the school. Other church schools may have admissions criteria which reserve or allocate a preference for church attendance, but we DO NOT. True to our foundation, we are here to serve the families of Brentford and others in our locality.
Why should I put St Paul’s first on my admissions list?
We only ask you to do this if you really like our school and would really like to come to us. It is important to choose us first as the local authority are obliged to offer you a place at the school highest up your preference list.
The governors of St Paul’s are responsible for the admissions to the school. We work with our local authority to process admissions. Once applications close, we receive a long list from the local authority with the names of all pupils that have applied for a place at our school. What we are not told is which preference each family has given to our school.
At the point of processing admissions, we are over-subscribed and must apply our admissions criteria. We then allocate places and return our list to the local authority. Some of the pupils to whom we have offered a place may not have put us at the top of their preference and may be offered a school higher up their preference list. This reopens a place at our school, however if other families on the list for our school have put us as a lower preference, possibly because they are not churchgoers, they will never know that they have been offered a place at our school, as they will only be informed of the school highest in their list of preferences which has offered them a place. This is why we encourage those families that like our school to put us first or second in their preference list.
Appeals
Parents have the right to appeal for a place at St Paul’s School when we (the admissions authority) have been unable to offer you a place. Your appeal will be heard by an appeals panel who are totally independent of the admissions authority and have had no involvement with any decision made to date about your child. Information about appeals, the appeals timetable and the appeals form are attached below.
Admissions Criteria
We have simplified our admission criteria to make things easier for local families. Our criteria from 2023 onwards are the same as most local schools. Looked after Children have the highest priority, with all other places allocated in essence by distance. Our Church of England primary school retains its strong Christian ethos. You have never needed to be a churchgoer to attend our school, our admissions criteria reflect this.
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