St Andrew’s is a Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. The ethos and practice of the school encompasses Christian values and our aim is to serve both our church and local community.
We encourage prospective parent‘s’ to come and view our school. There is an open evening in the second half of the Autumn Term every year. Prospective parent‘s’ are welcome to make an appointment to see the school at any time.
As a one-form entry school we will admit thirty new entrants each year. All new children will be admitted to the Reception Class in September, after the child’s 4th birthday. If there are more applicants than places available, the Governors will admit children according to the following over-subscription criteria and in the order of priority below:
Admissions Criteria
- Looked after children. *
- Children who have brothers and/or sisters already attending the school at the time of admission. **
- Children whose parent‘s’/guardian‘s’ are practising Christians regularly worshipping*** at the following local churches: St. Andrew’s, Thornhill Square; All Saints, Carnegie Street; Church on the Corner, Barnsbury Road; and the Paget Christian Centre, Randells Road. The clergy supplementary form completed by the vicar must be enclosed.
- Children whose parent‘s’/guardian‘s’ who live in the parishes of St. Andrew’s with Holy Trinity and All Saints N1 and are committed members of and regularly worship*** in other Christian Churches and Chapels.**** The clergy supplementary form completed by the vicar or minister of the church must be enclosed.
- Children who live within the parish of the Barnsbury Team Ministry i.e. St. Andrew’s, Thornhill Square; All Saints, Carnegie Street; Church on the Corner, Barnsbury Road.
- All other applicants with priority being given to those who live nearest to the school.*****
Notes:
* Looked after children are children in the care of the local authority.
**Brothers and/or sisters already attending the school refers to children who live at the same permanent address and have the same parent‘s’/guardian‘s’ at the time the admissions policy is implemented.
*** by Practising Christians regularly worshipping we mean attendance at a church service at least twice a month for one year.
**** Other Christian Churches and Chapels mean those who are members of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and/or the Evangelical Alliance.
***** distance from home to school is measured in a straight line determined by Islington local Authority. In the event that two children have the same distance then a decision will be made using random allocation.
Please look at our policies page for more details.