Secondary Admissions
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.
Our Open Events follow the same pattern every year. Mr Hand, Headteacher, introduces key members of staff and gives a deeper insight into Prendergast Ladywell School. Please book your free ticket(s) for our open evens here.
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 12 September from 6pm to 8pm.
The dates for our Open Mornings are planned to be as follows, running from 9.15am to 10.30am:
Thursday 14 September
Tuesday 19 September
Thursday 21 September
Tuesday 26 September
We have also scheduled a Virtual Open Evening on Thursday 21 September from 6pm to 8pm, with no limits on numbers! This online event will be hosted by Mr Hand, where he will deliver his presentation and answer 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:
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 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.
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National Offer Day |
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Thursday 15 March |
Deadline for accepting your place (please return your reply form to us at PLS and reply to the offer via eadmissions) |
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w/c Monday 22 April TBC |
We will invite families to join ParentMail |
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w/c Monday 20 May |
We will invite families to complete the online enrolment form |
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Sunday 2 June |
Deadline to complete online enrolment form |
| w/c Monday 3 June | We email families their appointment slot for Monday 10 June, or Monday 24 June |
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Monday 10 June |
We use a combination of online enrolment forms and a face-to-face meeting |
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Monday 24 June |
We use a combination of online enrolment forms and a face-to-face meeting |
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Tuesday 4 July |
Student familiarisation (Induction Day: 9am - 12.30pm) |
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w/c Tuesday 27 August TBC |
Summer School for new Year 7s. Tuesday - Friday, mornings only. |
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Tuesday 3 September |
Year 7 starts school (am only) |
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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 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:
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FSM Letter from PLS and the FSM Letter from Lewisham with details on how to apply for Free School Meals.
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Please see the Uniform page for further details on the uniform and where you can buy it.
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Please visit our Transition Page to see specific information about the transition process.
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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 4 July 2023. 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:
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08:20am |
Students arrive at School |
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08:30 - 09:00am |
Year 7 meet in KS3 playground in Tutor Groups |
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09:00 - 09:50am |
Tutor Time session: student organisation |
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09:50 - 10:50am |
Orientation tour of the school |
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10:50 - 11:10am |
Break |
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11:10 - 12:30pm |
Tutor Group induction activities |
