Admissions

If in September 2026 your child attends Year 2 in an infant school, you will need to apply for them to transfer to the junior school.

Drapers’ Brookside Junior School has the agreed admission number of 60 pupils into Year 3.

The official closing date to apply for Drapers’ Brookside Junior School is 15th January 2027.

All applications to Drapers' Brookside Junior School should be made via London Borough of Havering website:

Apply to Drapers' Brookside Junior School 

If you are applying to transfer from another primary school, you will need to follow the in-year admissions process via the link below:

Joining Drapers' Brookside Junior School from another school (In-Year Transfers)

Admissions Policy

Please see the Drapers' Trust Policies page for our Admissions Policy.

Drapers' Schools Admissions Policy

Supplementary Information Form

The Drapers’ Multi-Academy Trust (the Trust) Admissions Policy identifies as one of the over subscription criterion Children whose brother or sister already attend a school within the Trust at the time of the application. These schools are: Drapers’ Academy; Drapers’ Brookside Infant School, Drapers’ Brookside Junior School, Drapers’ Maylands Primary School and Drapers’ Pyrgo Priory School. This information is not captured by the London Borough of Havering on-line application form, and therefore a supplementary form is required to capture this information to determine if your child meets the criteria 5 (iv) of the Trust’s Admission Policy.

If you have selected a Drapers’ Trust School and you have another child attending one of the Trust schools listed above, you should complete the form below and return it to the school to which you are applying by

• 4.00pm on 16th October 2026 (for secondary applications)
• 4.00pm 8th January 2027 (for Reception / Year 3 applications)

Drapers' Supplementary Information Form for 2027 Applications

Appeals

If parents did not get a place at the school are unhappy about not being offered a place for their child, they may appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. Parents wishing to appeal for a school can do so online via www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/appeal.

Schools appeals timetable 2026-27

In-Year Admissions

The in-year admissions process is for parents who have just moved into Havering and need to apply for a school place at a local school for their child during the school year, or for parents who want to transfer their child from one school to another. The Local Authority will continue to administer and co-ordinate in-year applications for all schools in Havering.