Secondary Admissions
Admissions Arrangements for September 2020
Please visit our policies page to see the current and future Admissions Policies.
All families of Year 6 children in London who are eligible to transfer to secondary school in September 2020 must have applied for a place at Secondary school at www.eadmissions.org.uk by 31 October 2019. Places were allocated and parents informed on Monday 2 March 2020; the deadline to accept places was Monday 16 March.
Admissions arrangements for admissions 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, you must apply via the Lewisham website.
Important information
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 info on how to apply for Free School Meals
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Please see the Uniform page for further details on where you can buy the School Uniform
Important diary dates
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 worked for students joining us in 2019; we generally have similar dates each year.
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Monday 2 March |
National Offer Day |
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Monday 16 March |
Deadline for accepting your place |
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Monday 8 June |
Student enrolment meetings (by appointment from 2pm) |
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Wednesday 24 June TBC |
Student enrolment meetings (by appointment from 3.15pm) |
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Tuesday 7 July |
Student familiarisation (Induction day: 9am - 12.30pm) |
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Thursday 3 September |
Year 7 starts school (am only) |
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Friday 4 September |
School starts |
Enrolment Meetings
We will hold enrolment meetings on the afternoon of Monday 8 June from 2pm, and for those who miss this and get in touch to advise us about this, we offer an appointment on the afternoon of Wednesday 24 June. If you need to discuss this please get in touch.
We will email your invitation to the child's enrolment meeting in May. We request that you print out the Enrolment Form to complete and bring to your appointment. We will give you an updated Welcome Booklet for you to keep. Please bring the completed forms along with the child's original passport and / or birth certificate, their latest school report and any medical / SEN notes as necessary.
We have a long waiting list of people who wish to enrol at PLS. Please be aware that if you do not attend and do not get in touch with us to rearrange, we will assume that you do not wish your child to enrol with us and remove you from our admissions process so that we can offer the place to the person at the top of the waiting list.
PLS Induction Day
We welcome families to our Induction Day on the first Tuesday of every July, which is the pan-London agreed induction date. The next Induction Day will be Tuesday 7 July. 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 off Ladywell Fields) and reported to the main reception desk at 8.45am in their current school uniform for the induction day, where students were signed in. At this point parents said 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.
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Free school lunches
At Prendergast Ladywell School, a hot healthy lunch costs £2.42 per day (£12.10 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.
Don’t miss out – apply today.
First day for Y7s: Thursday 3 September
We hold a morning session only for our new Year 7s at the beginning of September, to provide the opportunity to get used to the building before the rest of the school returns the following 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 Reception |
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08:30 - 09:00am |
Year 7 Assembly |
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09:00 - 09:50am |
Tutor Time session: student organisation |
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09:50 - 10:50am |
Biometric registration / tour of the school / photos |
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10:50 - 11:10am |
Break |
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11:10 - 12:30pm |
Tutor Group induction activities / photos |
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12:30pm |
Students dismissed from Ladywell Fields School secondary gate |
Open Events in September 2020
If you are interested in enrolling your child to Prendergast Ladywell for September 2021 and you have not yet seen our school, please attend an open event next September to see our School in action, explore our website, or get in touch with any questions you may have.
Every year we have a similar structure of events, and we started off the programme with an Open Evening on Tuesday 10 September from 6pm to 8pm. You are welcome to join us for any of these open events. There is no need to make an appointment, just turn up!
The dates for our Open Mornings were as follows, running from 9.15am to 10.30am:
Thursday 12 September
Tuesday 17 September
Thursday 19 September
Tuesday 24 September
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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
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.
