Application Process Summary for Yavneh Primary School Reception – September 2025 Entry
The school DfE Number is 919/2054
The deadline for receipt of applications for Reception entry in September 2025 is 15 January 2025.
RECEPTION ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS 2025
The admission arrangements for entry into Reception in September 2025 can be found in the links at the bottom of the page.
FORMS REQUIRED BY YAVNEH PRIMARY SCHOOL
COMMON APPLICATION FORM – ALL APPLICANTS
All applicants must complete the Common Application Form (CAF) for the Local Authority in which they live i.e. if you live in Barnet, Harrow, etc you complete the CAF for that Local Authority, even though Yavneh Primary School is a Hertfordshire school.
The CAF asks you to rank the schools of your choice in preference order. We strongly advise that if you wish to send your child to Yavneh Primary School, you should rank Yavneh Primary School as your first choice on the CAF. None of the schools you apply to will know the order in which you rank them.
Application Process Summary for Yavneh Primary School Reception – September 2025 Entry
The school DfE Number is 919/2054
The deadline for receipt of applications for Reception entry in September 2025 is 15 January 2025.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FORM – ALL APPLICANTS
Please note it is now possible for the SIF to be submitted electronically to Yavneh Primary School. If you wish to complete and submit the SIF via our on-line facility, please click on the link below and follow the instructions. The deadline for submission of an electronic SIF is 15 January 2025. Please note the following:
- Please ensure you complete every field requested. Once completed and submitted, you will be emailed a copy of the SIF for your records.
- Please complete the Yavneh Primary Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) which must be submitted to Mrs L Foreman admissions@yavnehcollege.org. Please do not supply the hard copy, please scan the CRP to admissions@yavnehcollege.org
The SIF (electronic version or paper version) and CRP must be completed and returned to Yavneh Primary School by 15 January 2025.
CERTIFICATE OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE – APPLICANTS SEEKING A FAITH BASED PLACE
The admissions process for entry to Reception in September 2025 requires all applicants seeking a faith-based place, including siblings, to also complete a Yavneh Primary School Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) establishing religious practice, based on the child’s synagogue attendance, Jewish education and/or family communal activity). The CRP can be found in the links at the bottom of this page.
If sections 2 and 3 of the CRP need to be completed, applicants must make the necessary arrangements to ensure verification of the CRP by the individuals concerned. It should be noted that the CRP does not confirm that the child is Jewish in accordance with Jewish law.
Applicants also have to refer to the document describing the Jewish Ethos of Yavneh Primary School, which can be found in the links on the right-hand side of the page.
The completed, and signed, CRP must be emailed to Yavneh Primary School by 15 January 2025.
SEN APPLICATIONS
Parents of children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Educational Health Care Plan are advised to apply through their Local Authority’s Special Educational Needs team. This is to ensure that the correct consultation procedure between parents, school, and SEN team at the Local Authority can take place. In accordance with the law, Yavneh Primary School will admit pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs and or Education Health Care Plans that name the school.
We also ask that a SIF is completed for SEN applications.
Please click below to view or download the relevant documents.
Please click here to complete the YPS SIF 2025 Online
