Nursery admissions

Nursery admissions are dealt with by primary schools, children's centres and other nursery providers in Camden. Parents should apply to these directly.

Primary school reception admissions

We co-ordinate admission for reception places at Camden primary schools. We also provide advice on transfers, vacancies and appeals.

• The next round of admissions for 2023 reception places begins on 1 September 2022 
• The deadline to apply online for a 2023 reception place is 15 January 2023
• Read our guide 'Starting School in Camden'.

Secondary school transfer

Camden Council co-ordinates the transfer from primary to secondary school for admission to all Camden state secondary schools. Find out more about Camden secondary schools in our annual guide.

Applications for Year 7 places for September 2023 open on 1 September 2022. The deadline to apply for Year 7 places is 31 October 2022.

Our Camden Moving On to Secondary School event for parents and carers of Year 5 and Year 6 primary pupils is on Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 4pm to 6.30pm, at Arlington House, 220 Arlington Road, NW1 7HE. This is our first Moving On event for parents since the pandemic and we're looking forward to welcoming you. Register for your free place from 8 August onwards here.

You can also visit Camden secondary schools during their school open events. Download a Camden secondary schools open events 2022 poster here. Please note that, due to the bank holiday, the open evening at Camden School for Girls has now moved from 5pm on Monday 19 September to 5pm on Tuesday 20 September.

In-year school admissions

An in-year application is when you make an application to a school outside of the normal admissions round. This is at a time when your child should already be attending school. Camden schools organise in-year admissions themselves.

Social or medical applications for Camden community schools

Find out more about this and how to apply for a school place on these grounds. See our policy and form:

Social and medical policy (PDF) 

Social and medical form (DOC)

The form needs to be returned to admissions@camden.gov.uk within the deadline.

Children Missing Education

Please inform the London Borough of Camden if you know of a child of compulsory school age who:

• is not on a school roll
• is not being educated at home, privately, or in alternative provision

If you have any queries or want to notify us of a child missing from education, please contact Sona Ruparell, School Inclusion and Children Missing Education Officer, on 020 7974 4596 or email Sona.Ruparell@camden.gov.uk

CME Policy March 2022-23 (PDF)