Year 6 Transition


Admissions arrangements during the academic year

If you want to move your child to Prendergast Ladywell School during the academic year, or you have recently moved into the area and would like to enrol your child here, please see our in-year admissions page.


Admissions Arrangements for September 2024

Please visit our key-information-and-policies page to see the current and future Admissions Policies and associated documents. 

All families of Year 6 children in London eligible to transfer to secondary school in September 2024 must apply for a place at Secondary school at www.eadmissions.org.uk by 31 October 2023. 

Students who are already on our roll in Year 6 have the right to automatically transfer to Year 7 in September and do not need to do anything on eadmissions; please let us know your intentions for Year 7 so that we can explain how this process will work. 

For students starting in September 2023, the the furthest distance place offered on National Offer Day was 888.02 metres. In September 2022 the furthest distance place offered on National Offer Day was 1031.68 metres. For academic year 2021-22, the furthest distance place we offered on National Offer Day was 1316.5m from the school.

People who applied for consideration under the criterion for Exceptional Social-Medical Need will have completed an additional supplementary form and submitted it to the school via email to SecAdmissions@Prendergast-Ladywell.com by 31 October along with their supporting evidence.

Places will be allocated and parents informed on Friday 1 March 2024; the deadline to accept or decline places will be Thursday 15 March 2024. We email all of the families who are offered a place here and invite them to join ParentMail, our communications system. We will then send invitations to our online enrolment system and invite families to an enrolment meeting on Monday 10 June.


Important diary dates for September 2024 entry

The transition from primary school to secondary school is a significant milestone, which can be daunting for some young people. We want to make this process as simple and easy as possible by providing plenty of opportunity for our future pupils to familiarise themselves with their new environment as soon as they can.

Every year, we deliver a varied programme of events to aid with the transition to Prendergast Ladywell School. Below is an outline of how the process works for students joining us; we generally have similar dates each year.

Following coronavirus we changed our processes for enrolment and are now using an online system. We currently use both online systems for collection of enrolment forms and supporting documents, followed by a face to face meeting to complete the process.

We use ParentMail to communicate with our incoming Year 7s, who may also check our Transition page for more information specific to their joining in September. 

Friday 1 March

   National Offer Day

Thursday 15 March

   Deadline for accepting your place (please return your reply form to us at PLS and reply to any offer received via eadmissions)

w/c Monday 22 April TBC

   We will invite families to join ParentMail

w/c Monday 20 May 

   We will invite families to complete the online enrolment form

Sunday 2 June

   Deadline to complete online enrolment form

w/c Monday 3 June    We email an appointment slot to families who have completed their enrolment forms (for Monday 10 June, or Monday 24 June)

Monday 10 June

   We use a combination of online enrolment forms and a face-to-face meeting 
   Student enrolment meetings (by appointment from 2pm) 

Monday 24 June

   We use a combination of online enrolment forms and a face-to-face meeting
   Student enrolment meetings (by appointment from 3.15pm)

Tuesday 4 July

   Student familiarisation (Induction Day: 9am - 12.30pm) 

w/c Tuesday 27 August TBC

   Summer School for new Year 7s. Tuesday - Friday, mornings only.
   Information will be sent via a ParentMail Form and sign-ups must be received promptly.

Tuesday 3 September

   Year 7 starts school (am only)

Wednesday 4 September

   School starts


Enrolment 

We use ParentMail to keep in regular contact with families, and a combination of the online enrolment form via Applicca and a face to face meeting.

In keeping with our usual schedule, following the Easter holiday, we invite successful applicants to submit the completed forms and upload images of the child's original passport and / or birth certificate, their latest school report and any medical / SEN notes as necessary. If you need to discuss this please get in touch.

We are oversubscribed and always have a long waiting list of people who wish to enrol at PLS. Please be aware that if you do not complete our enrolment process and do not get in touch with us, we will remove you from our admissions process so that we can offer the place to the person at the top of the waiting list.


Important information (Welcome Pack)

Please read our Welcome Booklet, which is full of important information about joining PLS.

You will also find the following documents useful:


Why choose Prendergast Ladywell School? 

Whatever you're into, we have something to interest you, check out this video and see for yourself:

Free school lunches

At Prendergast Ladywell School, a hot healthy lunch costs £2.58 per day (£12.90 per week). If your family receives certain benefits, your child may be entitled to free school meals, which could save you over £400 a year! This money is credited directly to your child's account daily at 12noon, so no one knows who receives free school meals.

In addition to free school meals, PLS will receive extra money (pupil premium) to benefit your child’s education. 

Apply online at www.lewisham.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals - or click to read more information on free school meals.

Don’t miss out – apply today.


Information from Lewisham Council 

You can sign up to receive weekly emails from Lewisham Council about the secondary school admissions process using this link https://r1.dotmailer-surveys.com/d7402e3-404ptedd

Lewisham Council has created a webpage to make it easy for parents to find information on secondary school open events in one place, which will continue to be updated: https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/education/schools/school-admission/applying-to-start-secondary-school/secondary-schools-open-days 


Contact

If you are stuck with anything, please contact Mechelle Paterson (Office and Admissions Manager) on SecAdmissions@Prendergast-Ladywell.com or call 020 8690 1114 and select option 2.


PLS Induction Day

We normally welcome families to our Induction Day on the first Tuesday of July every year, which is the pan-London agreed induction date. The next Induction Day is scheduled to be Tuesday 2 July 2024. Please see below for an outline of events to get an idea of what to expect..

Students arrive at Prendergast Ladywell School, (using the Secondary School entrance, which is off Ladywell Fields) and report to the main reception desk at 8.45am in their current primary school uniform for the induction day, where students will signed in.  At this point parents say goodbye to their child in the reception area.

Parents who requested to look around the School met with our Prefects once all of the students had gone downstairs to their Welcome Assembly, and were taken on a tour.

The format of the Induction Day is as follows:                   

8.45 - 9.00                   Arrival – students to be brought to reception and will sign it and go to the Assembly Hall
9.15 - 9.45 Introductions – Welcome to Prendergast Ladywell School!
9.45 - 10.45   Activities in Tutor Group rooms
10.45 - 11.00  Break time: refreshments are provided
11.00 - 11.40  Activities and tours
11.40 - 12.10 Hot snack in the canteen
12.10 - 12.20       Line up practice
12.20 -  12.30  Final message from the Headteacher 
12.30 End of the Induction Day

Parents / carers may collect students from the Park gate (Ladywell Fields) at the end of the day.


First day for Y7s: Tuesday 3 September 2024 (morning only)

We hold a morning session only for our new Year 7s at the beginning of September, so they have the opportunity to get used to the building before the rest of the school returns the following school day. This is a very important day for our new starters, and we delay the rest of the school starting until the next day so that we can dedicate this time exclusively to our Y7s.

      Outline of the day:

08:20am

Students arrive at School

08:30 - 09:00am

Year 7 meet in KS3 playground in Tutor Groups

09:00 - 09:50am

Tutor Time session: student organisation
(equipment, planners, timetables) 

09:50 - 10:50am

Orientation tour of the school 

10:50 - 11:10am

Break

11:10 - 12:30pm

Tutor Group induction activities

Open Events in September 2024

Our Open Events follow the same pattern every year, and have been confirmed for September 2025 entry. Mr Hand, Headteacher, introduces key members of staff and gives a deeper insight into Prendergast Ladywell School.

You are invited to explore our website, or get in touch with any questions you may have.

The programme begins with an Open Evening on Tuesday 10 September from 6pm to 8pm. 

The dates for our Open Mornings are as follows, running from 9.15am to 10.30am:

Thursday 12 September

Tuesday 17 September

Thursday 19 September

Tuesday 24 September

We have also scheduled a Virtual Open Evening on Thursday 19 September from 6pm to 8pm, with no limits on numbers! This online event is hosted by Mr Hand, where he delivers his presentation and answers questions posted on the forum. 

Please read the FAQs from September 2020 or the more recent FAQs from September 2022 for more information on the school.

Here are some comments from past events: 

I really enjoyed all of the different facilities that I was shown… you are doing very well. I am looking forward to coming here. I was very excited and looking forward to seeing the school after checking the website. I was even more impressed! My child will be coming in September. Thank you. I have enjoyed my time here. I think I will have a good education here next year.

You are welcome to view these recordings of previous Open Events:



Name Date  
FSM 2023 03rd Mar 2023 Download
GDPR 18th May 2023 Download
Home-School Agreement 04th May 2023 Download
LRC (Library) Contract 2023 04th May 2023 Download
PLS in-year application form 2023 28th Feb 2023 Download
PLS Youth Support Services form 2023 18th May 2023 Download
Use of ICT Agreement 04th May 2023 Download
Welcome Booklet 2023-2024 04th May 2023 Download