SEN Free School and Year 7, Reception and Nursery school place application updates
Applications to run the new SEN Free School, which will be located in Halt Robin Road, Belvedere, will be considered jointly by the local authority and the DfE, with the final decision being made by the Secretary of State. The name of the successful trust or organisation will be announced at the end of March 2020, with the school expected to open in September 2021, the School Places and Planning sub-group learnt at its meeting of 20th May 2019. Applications need to be submitted by 30th September 2019.
The sub-group also viewed data on applications to Bexley schools and nurseries for September 2019. At every stage, Year 7, Reception and Nursery, applications were higher year-on-year and the percentage of families being offered their first preference were high (Year 7: 68.5%, reception: 90.0%, nursery: 91.0%). The Year 7 percentage was higher than the pan-London average, but lower than last year as some parents whose children had been deemed non-selective had applied to a grammar school as their first choice.
