To all primary school staff dealing with school admissions
You will be accustomed to receiving children’s details offered a place through the In-year admissions process via email. These are children offered a place at your school who are transferring from another school in the UK or from overseas. Thank you for continuing to work with us to ensure that these children are placed in school as quickly as possible.
I write to you today because we are embarking on a new era in how we share data with primary schools in relation to In-year admissions.
You will no longer receive children’s details in a email. Moving forward, a member of the School Admissions Team will send you details of potential pupils starting at your school in a spreadsheet via the LGFL Document Exchange support site (external link).
For Data Protection purposes, we are asking for this (already used by all primary schools for incoming Reception 2017) to be the only method of exchanging confidential information. You will also be able to manipulate the data within the spreadsheet and upload any pertinent information to us by return, for example the child’s start date.
This is a secure and reliable system in which we can be sure that our data is kept safe.
I would be grateful if you could please contact Imogen Rush if you do not already have access to the LGFL Document Exchange or if another member of staff would like access to this facility.
Please let me know if you would like a member of the Haringey School Admissions team to visit you at the school and to help you set up your account. We would also be happy to go through the process with you. You can expect to receive data as and when offers are made so it is recommended that you log on to the LGFL website (external link) each day to check to see if we have uploaded any children’s details.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on my number below.
Many thanks for your understanding and continued support.
Carlo Kodsi, Carlo.Kodsi@haringey.gov.uk