Nursery & reception AdmissionS, Catchment Area & Secondary school applications

Visiting Our School 

We really welcome visits to Globe so that you can find out first-hand about our school. 

No doubt you will have noticed the mosaics on our school walls which are always a big attraction with people passing by (click here to see their responses) but do come and visit if you are looking for a school place.

From September 2025, we are now a school with two sites.  On one site is our Nursery and this is on the Rachel Keeling Nursery site, Bullards Place, Morpeth Street, E2 0LB.  This is five minutes away from the main school site on Gawber Street, E2 0JH.  On the main school site, we have Reception to Year 6 classes. 

We hold school tours on the mains school site from September through to January in order that prospective parents can visit before the deadline for Reception admissions.  Nursery site tours happen throughout the year. 

Main School Tours - Reception to Year 6 - 2025/2026  - Gawber Street, E2 0JH

We will be very happy and proud to show you our school. If you would like to visit please contact the school on 020 8980 1738 or email the school office – office@globe.towerhamlets.sch.uk.  Appointments can only be made by contacting school, please do not turn up on the day.

Tour Dates and Time - Main School - Reception to Year 6 on the Gawber Street Site

Applying for a Place at Globe

Globe is an inclusive, popular and oversubscribed school where we aim to meet the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets manages admissions and we have adopted Tower Hamlets' admissions policy and allocate school places, in this order of priority:

• Children looked after by Tower Hamlets including adopted children who were previously looked after and children who leave care under a special guardianship or residence order.

• Children for whom it is deemed there is strong educational or medical or social reason to attend the school. 

• Children who have brothers and sisters already attending the school.

• Children who live within the catchment area of Globe (Area 1 Stepney).

• Children who live outside the catchment area of Globe.

Starting School in Tower Hamlets – for 5-year-olds (Reception)

Parents and Guardians should make their application for a Reception school place in the year your child turns four years old.

The stages of application are: 

1. Tower Hamlets sends a letter to the homes of all children in the Local Authority who are going to be five during the next academic year.
2. Parents or Carers complete an application form online. As Globe Primary School is currently oversubscribed, it is essential that you name at least two other choices for schools in order to ensure you secure a place at one of your preferred schools. The online admission form should be completed by the date given.
3. The Local Authority sends out a list to each school which gives details of the places applied for and pupils who have allocated places in the school. Offers are then emailed to you usually in May in the academic year before your child is due to start in Reception.
4. We will then contact you directly to invite you to a meeting at the school.
5. If your child is not accepted into your first choice school, you have the right to appeal.

The above is a brief summary. The booklet ‘Starting School in Tower Hamlets: a guide for parents’ will detail everything you need to know. This is available from the Tower Hamlets Admission website in the Primary School Admissions section.

Reception Admissions 2026

Pupils usually start primary school in the September following their fourth birthday. If your child was born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022 this will be from September 2026.

Please find Tower Hamlets Starting Primary School Booklet here. 

You must make an online application for a reception place, via eadmissions portal 

Closing date for making applications is midnight on 15 January 2026. 

You must make an online application for a reception place, even if your child is already attending the school's nursery.

Applying for a Place in our Nursery

Starting nursery school is a big moment for you and your child. We want your child to have the best start in life and are here to answer any questions you may have, to help you find the right nursery place.

Children who qualify for a place may access a morning place 9am-12pm or an afternoon place 12.30-3.30pm.

We follow the admissions procedures outlined in the Local Authority’s “Starting Nursery in Tower Hamlets Booklet”
A paper copy is available from the Local Authority’s Pupil Admissions Team on 020 7364 5006

• 2-year-old places – 15 hours only for families receiving additional forms of support 

• 2-year-old places – 15 hours only – working parent entitlement  

• Universal 3- and 4-year-old places – 15 hours – 15 hours morning or 15 hours afternoon 

• Universal 3- and 4-year-old places – 30 hours – working parent entitlement 

• Universal 3- and 4-year-old places – 15 hours & top ups, paid to the school

All three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of free early years education per week and this is available from the term after their third birthday.

Tower Hamlets co-ordinates all admissions to nursery schools and classes.  Please click here to go to the Tower Hamlets Admissions website.

Thirty-Hour Places
Eligible parents may be entitled to an additional 15 hours nursery education a week.
You can check your eligibility at for the Government’s 30 hour place at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk 
If eligible you can then let the school office know your 11-digit code.
Alternatively you can telephone the HMRC helpline on 0300 123 4097

Two-Year-Old Places
We offer places to eligible two year olds.
Some parents of two year olds are eligible for 15 hours free nursery education for their two year old but must meet certain government (income based) criteria.
You can check your eligibility at https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds

Nursery - Chargeable Extras

Places are allocated to Nursery using the same criteria as Reception which are:

• Children looked after by the local authority including adopted children who were previously looked after.
• Children for whom it is deemed there is strong educational, medical or social reason to attend the school applied to.
• Children living within the catchment area who have a sibling attending the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission
• Children whose parent is a member of staff who has been employed at the school concerned for two or more years at the time of application and/ or children of a member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
• Children who live within the catchment area of the school and for whom the school applied for is their nearest community school within the catchment area.
• Other children from within the catchment area of the school.
• Children living outside of the catchment area of the school.

If your child was born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023 and you would like a nursery place for September 2026, you should submit an online application online via the eadmissions portal.

The closing date is midnight on 14 February 2026. 

Applying for a Secondary School Place (Year 7)

If you live in Tower Hamlets and your child is in Year 6 you will need to make an online application via www.eadmissions.org.uk for them to transfer to secondary school in September.