We welcome children to our school from Woodmansterne and the surrounding areas of Banstead, Netherne, Hooley, Chipstead, Coulsdon, Sutton, Croydon, Carshalton, Purley & Epsom.

Nursery and wraparound care is available 7.30am to 6pm.

Click here to view our school prospectus or scroll down for more information.

You can view our school via our School Tour Video below.

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We are very lucky to have a 5.5 acre school site - click and drag on our 360° photo below to view our amazing grounds.

Reception Admissions 2025-2026

You can find the admissions arrangements for our school for 2025-2026 here. (For the Appendix, click on the defined catchment area map here.  Please note this catchment area only refers to point 4 of our oversubscription criteria as we are the designated school for Netherne-on-the-Hill.  The school does not have an overall set catchment area.  Being surrounded by fields on 3 sides, our pupils come from a wider area than many schools in busy town and city centres.  We have pupils from Woodmansterne, Banstead, Coulsdon, Purley, Sutton, Wallington, Carshalton and surrounding areas).

Bourne Education Trust is the admissions authority for this school although Surrey County Council co-ordinates the admissions for this school.  As we are so close to the borders with Sutton and Croydon, we have many families from these boroughs attending our school. All London boroughs and Surrey use eadmissions online application method, including for late applications. Each local authority has its own application form. 

The closing date for applications was 15 January 2025.  Please contact your council for information on late applications. 

If your child has been offered a place in Reception for September 2025 - congratulations!  Please visit our dedicated Reception 2025 for lots of information and links to forms you'll need to complete. Reception 2025 webpage

If you are interested in your child joining our waiting list for September 2025, please visit this page for more information: Interested in a space in Reception September 2025

Open Events & Visits

Our open events for September 2025 entry have now taken place.  If you would like to visit the school, please give the office a call on 01737 353120 or email school@wps.org.uk. 

Open events for admissions in September 2026 will be scheduled for Autumn 2026 - watch this space. 

Nursery Admissions

Information on our Nursery admissions can be found here.

If you are considering a Nursery place at Woodmansterne and would like to visit, please get in touch school@wps.org.uk. Usual starting points are September, January & April, but applications are dealt with on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis.

A link to the Nursery application form can be found here. 

Admissions 2026-2027 

You can find the admissions arrangements for our school for 2026-2027 here. (For the Appendix, click on the defined catchment area map here.  Please note this catchment area only refers to point 4 of our oversubscription criteria as we are the designated school for Netherne-on-the-Hill.  The school does not have an overall set catchment area.  Being surrounded by fields on 3 sides, our pupils come from a wider area than many schools in busy town and city centres.  We have pupils from Woodmansterne, Banstead, Coulsdon, Purley, Sutton, Wallington, Carshalton and surrounding areas).

Bourne Education Trust is the admissions authority for this school although Surrey County Council co-ordinates the admissions for this school.  As we are so close to the borders with Sutton and Croydon, we have many families from these boroughs attending our school. All London boroughs and Surrey use eadmissions online application method, including for late applications. Each local authority has its own application form. 

Admissions 2024-2025 - Interested in a school place? 
We have a few spaces left in some year groups.
All other year groups and mid-year joiners

We are happy to accept enquiries from parents for in-year and/or out of borough transfers; please initially contact the school office school@wps.org.uk to discuss the current numbers in any of our year groups, find out whether there are any spaces available and to arrange a tour.

Following receipt of your application to Surrey County Council, you will normally receive your outcome within 15 working days. You have a right to appeal the outcome and further information on this can be found here.

Our Admissions Policy for 2024-25 applies for in-year admissions and can be found here. (For the Appendix, click on the defined catchment area map here) 

Appeals

Appeals for September 2025 entry resulting from year of entry or transfer applications: 

Please note: Appeals will not start being heard until after the relevant closing date has passed.

Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged, whichever is the later date.

Appeals are not heard in school holidays, which will vary depending on the school.

Appellants will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 clear school days in advance of the hearing.  Appellants will be sent a copy of the school's case normally a week in advance of the hearing.

Appellants must ensure that any further evidence not included with their initial appeal is received by the stated deadline, which will be clearly highlighted in the appeal hearing notification letter.  Any additional evidence or information received after this date might not be considered at the appeal hearing.

In year or immediate entry appeals

Appeals resulting from in year admission applications will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.