It is parents' responsibility to ensure that their children have an immigration status which allows them to enter the UK to access a state-funded school. Parents are therefore advised to ensure that their children have the appropriate right to access a state-funded school before applying for a school place for their children at any community and academy schools in Royal Greenwich. For further information, please check School applications for foreign national children and children resident outside England.
Families entering and residing in the UK under the following government schemes can apply normally for a school place for their children aged under 18 at any community or academy schools in Royal Greenwich.
- The Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme or Ukraine Family Scheme (also see Welcome Pack for refugees from the Ukraine)
- The Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme or the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy or the Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme
- The immigration route for Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BNO) and their dependents