Hertsmere Jewish Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — A "Looked after" child is a child who at the time of application is in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of its social services functions as defined in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989. "Previously looked after children" includes children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order) and those children who appear to the Admissions Committee of the school's Local Governing Committee to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Evidence of the appropriate order must be submitted before the closing date for applications.
2. 2Siblings who have submitted a CRP showing at least 4 points — "Sibling" means a sibling (including any half-sibling, step-sibling, foster-sibling and adopted sibling) of a pupil who is on roll at the school at the deadline for application and who will still be attending the school on the date their sibling is admitted, whether or not the siblings share an address.
3. 3Children who attend HJPS Nursery who have submitted a CRP showing at least 4 points — This category is open to children who attend the school's state-funded HJPS Nursery provision as at the closing date for applications. However the number of children admitted under this category will be limited so that: (a) if more than 45 children are admitted under higher priority categories (including children with an EHCP), no children will be admitted under this category; and (b) in other cases, the number of children admitted under this category will be limited so that no more than 45 children are admitted under this category and all higher priority categories (including children with an EHCP) combined.
4. 4Children of staff who have submitted a CRP showing at least 4 points — "Staff" means a permanent member of teaching or non-teaching staff who at the date of admission will be employed by the school in a paid capacity, whether full-time or part-time, where that member of staff: (a) has been employed by the school for two or more years as at the date of application; and/or (b) is recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. "Children" includes step-children, foster-children and adopted-children, whether or not they share the same address with the staff member.
5. 5Children with a residential address in Hertfordshire who have submitted a CRP showing at least 4 points — Any remaining places will be allocated to children with a residential address in Hertfordshire in the following proportions (with any fractions rounded down to the nearest whole number): (a) not more than 35% of these places to children living at addresses in Borehamwood with WD6 postcodes; (b) not more than 10% of these places to children living at addresses in Elstree with WD6 postcodes; (c) not more than 20% of these places to children living at addresses with WD23 postcodes; (d) not more than 15% of these places to children living at addresses in Radlett with WD7 postcodes; (e) not more than 10% of these places to children living at addresses in Shenley with WD7 postcodes; and (f) not more than 10% of these places to children living at addresses in Hertfordshire which are not listed above. If there are less applicants than places in any of these six areas, then all applicants from that area will be allocated a place and the unfilled places will be filled in accordance with criteria (6) below. If there are more applicants than places in any of these six areas, then the successful applicants will be determined in accordance with the tie breaker in Section 8 below and the unsuccessful applicants will be considered under criteria (6) below.
6. 6Children who have submitted a CRP showing at least 4 points — This includes children who qualified under one of the above categories but were not offered a place due to limits on the number of places available to that category.
7. 7All other children — All other children.

If two applications tie: Places will be offered to the children living the shortest straight-line distance from the school, measured by Hertfordshire County Council's computerised mapping system "Address Base Premium". If a place needs to be allocated between two or more applicants who live the same distance from the school, the place will be allocated by random allocation supervised by someone independent of the school.

Category 3 (HJPS Nursery with CRP) is capped so that no more than 45 children are admitted under categories 1–3 combined (including EHCPs). The geographical sub-quotas in category 5 allocate proportions of remaining places by postcode area. A CRP of at least 4 points is required for priority under categories 2–6.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.