Admissions

St Matthew’s School & Nursery serves not only its local community in Westminster, but also children from neighbouring boroughs.

For some pupils, this is a short journey over one of the bridges, and for others it might be a longer journey from the commuter belt because their parents work locally in Whitehall, Westminster or Victoria.

With Breakfast Club starting at 7.45am, and After School Club finishing at 6pm, working parents are well-catered for at St Matthew’s School.

For Nursery Class Admissions - 2024-2025
(full-time and part-time places available)

If you are interested in sending your child to St Matthew’s Nursery, we would be delighted to meet you!

A meeting and tour can be arranged with Mrs Selinas, one of our Heads of School, at a date and time to suit individual families.  Mrs Selinas will talk to families about the school and answer any questions you may have. 

Please contact the school office (office@stmwschool.org.uk or 020 7504 0500) to arrange a time to visit the school.

For a place in our Nursery Class from September 2024  parents must complete the school’s Supplementary Information Form (SIF) and return this directly to the school office by 21st June 2024.  You do not need to apply through your local authority for applications to Nursery.

Each year, we have a mixture of full-time Nursery places (9am-3.30pm) and part-time places (morning or afternoon) available.  

We offer 15 hours’ free childcare for children in our Nursery Class each week during term time.  Parents can also apply for the option to increase this to a full-time, 30 hour place (based on the school admissions criteria and where places are available). If the following criteria do not apply, additional sessions will cost £20 for each extra morning or afternoon. 

A full-time, 30 hour place would require parents to either:

• be eligible for 30 hours’ funding and apply for a code from the HMRC website
  (see below for more information)
  or
• demonstrate that their child is eligible for Free School Meals (to reduce the cost of additional sessions to £10)
  (contact the school office to check eligibility)
  or

• be a child of a service family (to reduce the cost of additional sessions to £10)
  or

If you are eligible for the 30 Hours’ Free Childcare funding you need to apply for it here - https://www.gov.uk/sign-in-childcare-account and enter your information. The process may take up to 20 minutes to complete.  You will then be provided with a code which you can send to the school office. 

Please contact Miss McAvoy, our administrator, in the school office if you need more information about this process.

Parents will be notified of autumn term Nursery places from Monday 1st July 2024.

For Reception Class Admissions September 2024-2025

If you are interested in sending your child to St Matthew’s for Reception Class in September 2023, we would be delighted to meet you!

A meeting and tour can be arranged with Mrs Selinas, one of our Heads of School, at a date and time to suit individual families.  Please contact the school office office@stmwschool.org.uk or 020 7504 0500 to arrange a time to visit the school.

Applications to Reception Class should be made vie the eAdmissions website and a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) can also be completed and sent back to the St Matthew's School office. Please contact Miss McAvoy, our administrator, in the school office you need more information about this process.  

For In-Year Admissions
(joining the school in any year group at any time of the school year)

To apply for an in-year place in any of our year groups at any time in the school year, parents/carers need to apply through their Local Authority’s admissions team and must also complete the Supplementary Information Form for Admission to St Matthew’s School.

A meeting and tour can be arranged with Mrs Selinas, one of our Heads of School, at a date and time to suit individual families.  Please contact the school office office@stmwschool.org.uk or 020 7504 0500 to arrange a time to visit the school.

Click here to read the Determined Admissions Policy and Arrangements for entry to Reception  and for in-year admissions.

Click here to visit the Westminster School Admissions website.