Towers Infant School admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at Towers Infant School, year by year

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• Less predictable The distance cut-off has moved a lot from year to year (between 0.49 and 0.90 miles). Treat past cut-offs here with extra caution.
• The distance cut-off shrank from 1.234 km (0.77 miles) in 2025 to 1.122 km (0.70 miles) in 2026.

Ofsted inspection

Ofsted inspected Towers Infant School on 12 May 2026 and published a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. Safeguarding standards were met.

• Ofsted has used report cards since 10 November 2025. Each area gets its own grade, and Ofsted says the new grades can’t be compared with the old ones. How Ofsted grades schools
• From Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026. An inspection after that date may not be shown yet: the full report on Ofsted’s website is always the latest.

Read the full report on Ofsted’s website Source: Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 30 Sep 2026 (Ofsted, published 16 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Admission criteria at Towers Infant School

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order. In 2026, the last places went to children in group 5.

1. Looked-after children and children who were looked after until they were adopted or placed under a child arrangements or special guardianship order, including children who were in state care outside England.
2. Children with an exceptional medical or social need for this school, backed by evidence from a professional (such as a doctor, consultant or social worker) showing why no other school could meet it, decided by a panel of council officers.
3. Children with a brother or sister at the school or at its partner school (Towers Junior School) (not in a nursery class) who will still be there when the child starts. Brothers and sisters include half, step, adoptive and foster siblings living as one family at the same address.
4. Children of a teacher or teaching assistant employed at the school for at least 0.6 of full time (16.5 hours) who has worked there for at least two years when the application is made.
5. Other children, nearest first: a straight line from the school's predetermined point to the address point of the home (the centre of the home, or of the block of flats). Nearer children also come first within the groups above. Equal distances, or homes in the same block of flats, are settled by a draw by a council officer not involved in admissions.

Read the official admission rulesHavering's Infant, Junior and Primary School Admissions Arrangements & Community Criteria 2027-28: community criteria, "Distance of the home address from the school", offers (nearest school with a place available) and Appendix 1 admission numbers for September 2027. The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.