Apply for a school place during the school year

If your child has an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)

There’s a separate in-year admissions process for children with an EHCP.

If your child has an EHCP, contact our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities team at special-needs@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

If your child is being assessed for an EHCP, contact your child’s current school to discuss a move. This is particularly important if you plan to apply for another school due to any other reasons than moving address. A change of school may cause a delay in the EHCP process.

Find out more about choosing and getting to school if your child has SEND

Medical and social care needs

If you’re thinking about changing your child’s school because they have medical or social needs, consider that:

• in most cases, mainstream schools can meet medical and social care needs
• we apply strict criteria when classifying a child as needing chronic medical and social care. This ensures that only the children and families most in need benefit from being given priority over other children
• a child is only awarded priority admission under exceptional circumstances
• the decision is based on the criteria only, not on whether the child has SEND or an EHCP
• where the need relates to a member of the family, they must both live at the same address

if you feel there’s a specific reason we should offer your child a particular school, you need to:

• state this in your application
• submit evidence of the chronic or acute medical condition or social care need with your application

Find out more in our guidance on medical and social care criteria: