Thomson House School

  • Founded: 2013
  • Address: 27 Sheen Lane Mortlake - Richmond upon Thames, London, England (Map)
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Admissions

Thomson House is a co-educational school open to children of all backgrounds and abilities. We are located in an area where the local schools are over-subscribed. Thomson House gives local families an outstanding education for children centred in their own community.

Admission Criteria

  • Looked after children who are or were in public care;
  • Children who have an exceptional medical, social or educational need that requires their attendance at Thomson House;
  • Children whose parents have been given Founders' status in specific circumstances only;
  • Children who have siblings attending the school;
  • Children of staff in specific circumstances;
  • Children living closest to Thomson House. The distance from home to school is measured as a straight line from a single fixed point in the centre of the home address to the main pedestrian school entrance.

Children with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) will be entitled to a place at Thomson House School where the school is named on the statement.

Below is the pattern admissions for the last 3 years.

  • Looked after or previously looked after children
  • Exceptional medical or social need
  • Children whose parents have Founders’ status
  • Siblings at the school at the time of admission
  • Children of staff
  • Home to school distance (measured in a straight line)

How to Apply

We want to work as part of the local family of outstanding schools, and therefore our admissions process is run by the Local Authority of Richmond-upon-Thames. If you would like to apply to Thomson House, apply through the Local Authority's application process, selecting Thomson House as one of your preferences.

Reception Class Admissions

The Reception class is the first class of the main school, which children join when they are four going on five years old, i.e. the September before their fifth birthday.

All Reception class applications must be made using your home Local Authority’s common application form (CAF) and should be submitted to your Local Authority. You can apply for up to six schools on one application form, which should be listed in order of preference and you are advised to use all six preferences. Your preferences will be considered under an equal preference system; i.e. all preferences are considered separately, regardless of their ranking on your form, therefore, if your application is successful for more than one school, you will offered a place at the school you ranked highest on your CAF.

When considering your preferences, you will need to consider carefully the admissions process and the oversubscription criteria.

If a school receives more applications than the number of places it has to offer, the places will be offered in accordance with the London Borough of Richmond’s oversubscription criteria, which is available on Richmond’s website, www.richmond.gov.uk You are strongly advised to ensure that you fully understand the admissions process and the oversubscription criteria before making your application for a place at any school.

The London Borough Richmond produce a comprehensive admissions brochure, which is available online, from the borough. We would highly recommend that you obtain a copy and read the advice before making your application.

You can apply online or on a paper CAF form (which can be obtained from your Local Authority’s admissions department). If you apply online, you will receive notification of the result of your application via email the day before parents who have applied on paper, who will be notified by post. It is extremely important to ensure that you return your application form by the deadline. Late applications severely limit your chances of gaining a place for your child at your preferred school.

The address you provide on the application form must be the address at which the child normally resides and you will need to provide proof of address along with your application. It is a criminal offence to give a false address and the Local Authority / school reserves the right to withdraw any offer made on the basis of inadequate, inaccurate or deliberately misleading information.

Each year we hold open mornings for prospective parents, when parents are invited to look round the school, meet the Headteacher and other teaching staff, and collect any related documents, as well as ask any questions about the school or the admissions process.

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