For applications to our Reception places in September 2026:
The Published Admission Number (“PAN”) for Enfield Heights Hall Academy is 30.
The PAN is the number of pupils in each year group that the admission authority has agreed can be admitted without causing resourcing problems for the school. If your child was born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022, you will need to apply for a Reception place for September 2026. You can do this by completing an online application form from the London Borough of Enfield who are our admissions authority.
Please click here to access the application form.
Applications will be assessed against our admissions criteria, which can be found here.
Key dates
| Opening date for applications: | 1 September 2025 |
| Closing date for on-time applications: | 15 January 2026 |
| Application outcome sent by the local authority | 16 April 2026 |
An In-year admission is when you need to make an application to a school outside of the normal admissions round and at a time when a child should already be attending school.
An application for In-year admission is usually made if you have recently moved, arrived from another country or if you wish to transfer to us from another school partway through the academic year. Parents should be mindful that spaces may be limited.
You will need to complete an In-year application form available from the London Borough of Enfield.
A copy of the form is available from the school office or can be found in the application section available at this link.
If you wish to appeal against a decision not to offer your child a space, please refer to our appeals section for information.
Parents/carers have the right to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of the Academy (although this right does not apply to decisions relating to applications to any of our nurseries).
The Appeal
The panel will be independent of the Academy. The London Borough of Enfield will oversee it in line with the School Admission Appeals Code published by the Department of Education. Details of the timetable for organising and hearing appeals can be found on the London Borough of Enfield’s website here (the “Enfield Information”). You will still need to submit our form to us by the relevant deadline. The Department for Education has also published Advice for parents and guardians on school admission appeals.
How to appeal
If you wish to appeal an admission decision, please complete the appeal against admission decision form.
If the appeal relates to the normal admission round the form should be returned to the school by the applicable closing date below.
For all other appeals (whether classed as “in year” or, where relevant, late applications), the deadline will be twenty school days after you are notified of the school’s decision, in line with the timetable in the Enfield Information, referred to above.
Additionally, per the Enfield Information dated February 2024:
When proceeding with an appeal, it is important for you to explain why your child should be admitted to the school and send in copies of any letters or documents you intend to refer to at your appeal because the Panel will want to come to a fair decision based on a full understanding of all the evidence.
Appeals will usually be heard within 30 school days of being lodged and ordinarily you would be given at least 10 school days’ notice of when your appeal is to be heard unless you have waived this right. Cases of admission to reception class appeals or secondary transfer appeals are usually heard within 40 school days of the closing date for appeals. Appeal hearings are held virtually using Microsoft Teams.
It should be noted that appeals will be considered against the schools admissions criteria as opposed to any personal circumstances which parents/carers may feel are appropriate. Appeals can be heard in person, or by a representative or remotely. Please click this link for the Appeal against admission decision form