Parmiter's School

PARMITER'S SCHOOL

ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR YEAR SEVEN ENTRY IN SEPTEMBER 2021

All applicants must complete Hertfordshire County Council’s COMMON APPLICATION FORM (CAF) indicating the four preferred schools, including Parmiter's, in rank order of preference. The CAF should be returned online to Hertfordshire County Council at: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions or by post to: HCC, CHR 102, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Herts, SG13 8DQ by 31 October 2020. Parmiter’s DfE number is: 919/5404.

Families are asked to complete an online Supplementary Information Form (SIF) which is available on the school website www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk.

Children will be admitted at age 11 into Year 7. The School’s Published Admissions Number for September 2021 is 208. Applications are welcomed from the Ancient Parish of St Matthew, Bethnal Green.

The Academy Trust will fulfil the legal obligation to allocate a place to an applicant who has an EHC (Education, Health and Care) Plan that names the school.

Where the number of applications for admission exceeds the number of places available, places will be allocated by the Academy Trust in accordance with the following criteria, in the order set out below:

1. “Children Looked After”1, “Children Previously Looked After”2 or “Children in Public Care”3. A “looked after child” or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order 4. This criterion will apply to children looked after and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order.

2. 10% of places will be allocated based on the straight line distance measurement provided by Hertfordshire County Council’s computerised mapping system. Hertfordshire County Council’s ‘straight line’ distance measurement system is used for all home to school distance measurements. Distances are measured using a computerised mapping system to two decimal places. The measurement is taken from the AddressBase Premium address point of your child’s house to the address point of the school. AddressBase Premium data is a nationally recognised method of identifying the location of schools and individual residences. (Places will not be offered, under this criterion, to applicants who qualify under other criteria.)

1 A “child looked after” is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social service functions (see definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). 2 Priority will be given to children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order. 3 Places are allocated to children in public care according to Chapter 7, Section 2 of the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012. 4 An adoption order is an order under the Adoption Act 1976 (see Section 12 Adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (see Section 46 Adoption orders) Children Act 2002. A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by Section 14 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). 1 3. Children with a sibling attending the school and residing at the same family household from Monday to Friday at the time of application. A sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. The twin or other full brother or sister, born in the same academic year as an applicant offered a place, will qualify under this criterion. Where a place has been obtained and a child admitted to Parmiter's School and it is subsequently identified that this place was gained fraudulently, there will be no sibling connection available to subsequent children from that family.

4. Children with a parent who is a current employee at Parmiter's School with at least two years service at the time of application and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. A parent means the mother, father, step-mother or step-father of the child and in every case living at the same permanent address as the child. If the number of applications under this criterion exceeds the number of places available, the tie break will be the length of service of the member of staff.

5. Children for whom it can be demonstrated that there is a compelling medical reason for attending the school. Applications under this criterion will only be considered at the time of the initial application, unless there has been a significant and exceptional change of circumstances within the family since the initial application was submitted. All schools in Hertfordshire have experience in dealing with children with diverse medical needs. However, in a few very exceptional cases, there are reasons why a child has to go to one specific school. Few applications under Criterion 5 are agreed and applications can only be considered when supported by a recent letter from a professional involved with the child or family, for example a doctor or psychologist. The supporting evidence needs to demonstrate why only Parmiter's School can meet the medical needs of the child. All applications under this criterion will be considered at a meeting of the Admissions Committee of the Academy Trust.

6. 25% of places shall be available in merit order by reference to academic ability. In order to be considered under this criterion, a verbal reasoning test and a mathematics test must have been taken, the results of which will be used to assess academic ability. No minimum score will be required to gain admission, places being offered strictly in descending order of each applicant's standardised test score. Preparation for the tests is unnecessary. The tests are administered by the SW Herts Consortium (Parmiter's School, Watford Boys' Grammar School, Watford Girls' Grammar School, Rickmansworth School, Queens' School, Croxley Danes School and St Clement Danes School) and registration for the tests must have been made by the deadline. Information about the tests and the arrangements, including examples of the questions, are available on the school website: www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk and the SW Herts Consortium website: https://www.swhertsschools.org.uk/.

7. Up to 10% of places to be allocated on the basis of proven aptitude in Music to be determined by prescribed tests. In order to be considered under this criterion, a written test of musical aptitude and a practical music assessment must have been taken.

The first stage written musical aptitude test is of approximately 40 minutes' duration and does not require any previous knowledge of music or music theory. There will be 60 questions in total in four sections: pitch, rhythm, texture and melody. Further details are to be found at the end of these notes. Applicants who achieve the qualifying mark in the test will be invited back for a second stage practical music assessment to perform a single piece on their chosen instrument or vocally. This will be a free choice of piece, which should last no longer than three minutes. As there is a free choice of instrument and piece, candidates of all aptitudes and all cultures will have equal opportunity to succeed.

The Music tests are administered by the SW Herts Consortium (Parmiter's School, Watford Boys' Grammar School, Watford Girls' Grammar School, Rickmansworth School, Queens' School, Croxley Danes School and St Clement Danes School) and registration for the test must have been made by the deadline. Information about the Music tests is available on the school website: www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk and the SW Herts Consortium website: https://www.swhertsschools.org.uk/.

With reference to Criteria 6 and 7: If the relevant admission tests have not been taken, then it will not be possible for the application to be considered under aptitude and academic testing. In order to distinguish between applicants who attain the same, lowest ranking score, which would qualify them for 2 admission, the proximity of the home address to the school will be the deciding factor. The home to school distance will be measured using the shortest distance which is that provided by the County Council’s computerised mapping system as outlined in criterion 2 above. Where there is a need for a final tie-breaker re criteria 2, 6, 7 and 8 i.e. where two different addresses measure the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example, the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses or distances of separate applicants, the tie break will be random (i.e. the drawing of lots supervised by two people independent of the admissions process).

8. Remaining places will be allocated on the basis of proximity to the school.

The Academy Trust is strongly committed to supporting applications from families living in the local community. The home address must be the address where the applicant is living at the time of application and before the closing date for applications. Where parents/carers share responsibility for part of the week, both home addresses must be quoted and the address of the parent where the child lives for most of the time will be considered as the permanent home address of the child.

Parents who are applying under Criteria 2, 6, 7 or 8 will need to provide proof that the home address quoted is the permanent residence of the applicant; this proof should include either a photocopy of (custodial) parent’s driver’s licence, child benefit letter or utility bill. The school may check the authenticity of the address stated. Further proof of residence or other information may be requested and must be provided. Should the school be unable to establish to its satisfaction one specific address as the applicant’s permanent home address, then the applicant’s permanent home address shall be deemed to be the address of the primary school where the applicant is enrolled on the date of application. If the main address has changed recently or temporarily, for example where a family is renting a property on a Short Term Tenancy Agreement (12 months or under), then the parental address remains that at which the parent was resident before the period of temporary residence began, unless it can be shown that all ties to the previous address have been relinquished, or that the move is not easily reversible. The Academy Trust may refuse to base an allocation on an address which might be considered only a temporary address. Parmiter’s School is an autonomous admitting authority and as such will make the decision as to whether or not to accept a change of address during the secondary transfer process.

School bus passes for children admitted to the school under Criteria 2 and 8 will be allocated at the discretion of the Academy Trust.

Fraudulent applications Parents should note that Hertfordshire County Council will do as much as possible to prevent applications being made from fraudulent addresses. Address evidence is frequently requested, monitored and checked and school places will be withdrawn when false information is deliberately provided. Parmiter’s School will take action in the following circumstances:  When a child’s application address does not match the address of that child at their current school.  When a family moves shortly after the closing date of applications or between the date of receiving their child’s test results and the closing date of applications.  Where information is received from a third party that an application is fraudulent.  When a child starts at the allocated school and their address is different from the address used at the time of application.  When there are other suspicious circumstances.

Applications from children from overseas Parmiter’s School will not allocate a school place to a child that is not resident in the UK. The exception to this is for children of UK service personnel and crown servants. In these cases Parmiter's School will allocate a place in advance of the family arriving in the area provided the application is accompanied by an official letter that declares a relocation date and a Unit postal address or quartering area address, for consideration of the application against oversubscription criteria. If an applicant owns a property in Hertfordshire but is not living in it, perhaps because they are working abroad at the time of application, the Hertfordshire address will not be accepted for the purposes of admission until the child is resident at that address.

Children out of Year Group Parmiter’s School policy is for children to be educated within their correct chronological year group, with the curriculum differentiated as necessary to meet the needs of individual children. If parents/carers believe their child should be educated in a different year group they must, at the time of application, submit supporting evidence from relevant professionals working with the child and family stating why the child must be placed outside their normal age appropriate cohort. The Academy Trust of Parmiter’s School is responsible for the decision to accept the application on the basis of the evidence submitted. There is no guarantee that an application will be accepted on this basis. If the application is not accepted this does not constitute a refusal of a place and there is no right to an independent statutory appeal.

Special Consideration for the Admissions Tests: If you consider that your child may be disadvantaged under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act or has special educational needs which require the test centre to make particular provision for the tests, you must provide written evidence of this from your child’s current school Headteacher. This evidence must be sent immediately after registering for the test, together with a copy of the test registration confirmation email to the Test Co-ordinator, South West Herts Schools Tests, PO Box 2439, Watford, WD18 1UZ by Friday 18 June. You will be informed in advance of the test date of any appropriate special arrangements that will be made for your child.

Further Information about the Test of Musical Aptitude: The test consists of 60 questions of four types: Pitch, Melody, Texture and Rhythm.

Pitch: for these questions, candidates listen to two sounds and have to indicate whether the second sound is the same as the first, or whether it is higher or lower. There are twenty of these questions and some of the pitches are less than a semitone apart.

Melody: for these questions, candidates listen to two tunes consisting of five notes. Candidates have to decide whether the second tune is the same as the first or if one of the notes has been altered. If there is a change, candidates will be expected to identify which note has been altered, by giving the number of the note. There are ten questions in this section.

Texture: for these questions, candidates listen to a number of notes played together at the same time; this is called a chord. Candidates need to decide whether or not each chord has two, three or four notes. There are twenty questions in this section.

Rhythm: for these questions, candidates listen to two patterns of notes and have to decide whether the second pattern is the same as, or different from, the first, and where any difference occurs. Each rhythm will be four beats (or pulses) in length. There are ten questions in this section.

For applicants who satisfy Criteria 5, 6 and 7: 95% of the places available will be allocated to applicants from the following post code areas: WD3 to WD25; AL1, AL2, AL3, HP1, HP2, HP3 and HA6

A continuing interest list, as notified by HCC after Secondary Transfer co-ordination, will be maintained until 31 December 2021. Applicants who wish to remain on the Year 7 continuing interest list after this date must make an In-Year application. The admissions policy and application form for In-Year and Outside Normal Admissions Round can be viewed on the school website: www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk.

The school takes part in the Local Authority’s Fair Access Protocol and will admit children under the FAP as necessary before children on the continuing interest list. Children admitted under the FAP will be admitted over PAN as necessary.

PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT OF APPEAL AGAINST NON-ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL. At transfer time, Hertfordshire residents wishing to appeal who applied through Hertfordshire’s online system should log onto their online application at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions and click on the link “register an appeal”. Non- Hertfordshire residents and those who made a paper application, should contact the Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 in order to obtain their registration details and log into www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/schoolappeals and click on the link “log into the appeals system”. 4

It may be helpful for parents to know the number of places that were allocated under the separate criteria for September 2021, although the numbers will vary from year to year:-

Criterion As at National Allocation Day 1 March 2021 No 1 Children Looked After 5 2 Proximity to the School 21 3 Siblings 80 4 Medical 1 5 Academic Assessment 52 6 Music 20 7 Children of Staff 4 8 Proximity to the School 20 Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school 5 TOTAL 208

TIMETABLE FOR THE APPLICATIONS/ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE

20 APRIL – 19 JUNE 2020 Application to SW Herts Admissions Consortium for Academic and Music Tests. 1 JULY 2020 Time & Venue of Test notified by SW Herts Consortium to all applicants who are considering applying under Criterion 6 and/or Criterion 7.

5 SEPTEMBER 2020 Entrance Tests for those applicants who are considering applying under Criterion 6. 7 SEPTEMBER 2020 Music Aptitude Tests for those considering applying under Criterion 7. w/c 21 SEPTEMBER 2020 Second round music tests - Date, time and venue to be advised.

Sept/Oct 2020 PARMITER'S OPEN EVENING FOR PROSPECTIVE PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

During October, parents and prospective students are welcome to visit Parmiter's during the working day. Parents may contact the School Office in September to make the necessary arrangements for a visit to Parmiter's. 14 OCTOBER 2020 Test scores available on SW Herts Consortium parent portal. 31 OCTOBER 2020 Completed School Application forms, also referred to as Supplementary Information Form (SIF), to be completed online to Parmiter's School. 31 OCTOBER 2020 Closing date for online applications to be submitted to the LA : www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions. Statutory deadline for receipt of paper applications (by post to: HCC, CH102, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Herts, SG13 8DQ). DECEMBER 2020 Local Authority applications forwarded to Parmiter’s School. JANUARY 2021 Parmiter’s School provides Local Authority with ranked list of applicants.

1 MARCH 2021 Allocation of place emails will be sent out by HCC to all online applicants who provided and confirmed an email address. After this, other parents may view their allocation at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions during the afternoon of 1 March 2020 only after all allocation emails have been sent. Offer letters will be sent by first class post only to those who applied on paper and online applicants who did not confirm an email address. 2 MARCH 2021 Offers will be sent out by Parmiter’s School. Unsuccessful applicants who are on Parmiter’s School continuing interest list will be notified by email. MARCH 2021 Last date by which parents/carers may accept or reject place offered. APRIL 2021 4pm Last date to register an appeal/return appeal forms by 4pm.

ONLINE

PARMITER'S SCHOOL

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FORM (SIF) SECONDARY SCHOOL 2021

Before completing this form please read the Admissions Policy for Year Seven Entry in September 2021 available on the school website: www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk.

Child's surname: ______

Child's forename(s): ______

Child's date of birth: ______Child’s Gender: Male/Female/Other

Child's address: ______Postcode: ______

Date moved to this address: ______

Is the property owned or rented: Owned/Rented

If you have ticked the box for “rented”, please enter the length of the rental agreement: ______

If you have lived at this address for two years or less, please list your previous address and postcode: ______

ADMISSIONS CRITERIA Please answer the questions below so that Parmiter’s School can consider your application in line with our published admissions criteria:

Does the applicant have a sibling currently attending Parmiter’s Schoo? Yes/No

Does the applicant have a parent who is a current employee at Parmiter’s School? Yes/No

Does the applicant have a compelling medical reason for attending the school? Yes/No

Parents are asked to provide detailed evidence in support of an application for admissions under Criterion 4: Medical. This should be sent to Parmiter's School, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0UU and marked for the Attention of the Admissions Officer or by email to [email protected].

Has the applicant taken the SW Herts Consortium Academic entrance test? Yes/No

Has the applicant taken the SW Herts Consortium Music test? Yes/No

PARMITER'S SCHOOL

ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR IN-YEAR AND OUTSIDE NORMAL ADMISSIONS ROUND

We very rarely have vacancies outside the normal admissions round. Applications for admission to the school In-Year or outside the normal admissions round must be made in writing, and by completing the school’s In-Year Application Form. Parmiter's School is not part of Hertfordshire County Council’s scheme of In-Year coordination and parents should apply direct to the school. The completed form should be returned by post to: Parmiter’s School, High Elms Lane, Garston, Near Watford, WD25 0UU. The envelope should be marked "ADMISSIONS". An In-Year application form can also be found on our website i.e. www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk

Admissions for each year group are allocated in accordance with the relevant over subscription criteria.

Oversubscription Criteria

1. “Children Looked After”1, “Children Previously Looked After”2 or “Children in Public Care”3. A “looked after child” or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order 4. This criterion will apply to children looked after and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admissions authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order.

2. Children with a parent who is a current employee at Parmiter's School with at least two years service at the time of application and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. A parent means the mother, father, step-mother or step-father of the child and in every case living at the same permanent

address as the child. If the number of applications under this criterion exceeds the number of places available, the tie break will be the length of service of the member of staff.

3. Children with a sibling attending the School and residing at the same family household from Monday to Friday at the time of application. A sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters.

4. Proximity to the school, as designated by Hertfordshire Local Authority’s computerised mapping system. The home to school distance measurement, for the purposes of admissions, is defined by Hertfordshire County Council as “a ‘straight line’ distance measurement from the address point of the child’s home to the address point of the school. Address point data is supplied by Addressbase.

If there are no vacancies, children will be placed on the continuing interest list for the appropriate year group. Any vacancies are filled from the list in accordance with the relevant over subscription criteria and not according to the date a child’s name was added to the list. On request, parents will be informed of their child’s place on the list but should be aware that the position may change.

The “permanent home address” as declared on the application form must be the permanent address where the applicant is living at the time of application and at the time of any future admission to the school. It is the responsibility of the parent/carer to notify the school of any change in address while the applicant remains on the continuing interest list. Where parents/carers share responsibility for part of the week, both home addresses must be quoted and the address of the parent where the child lives for most of the time will be considered as the permanent home address of the child and evidence may be requested.

Parents who are applying under Criterion 4 will need to provide proof that the home address quoted is the permanent residence of the applicant; this proof should include either a photocopy of (custodial) parent’s driver’s licence, child benefit letter or utility bill. The school may check the authenticity of the address stated. Further proof of residence or other information may be requested and must be provided. If the main address has changed recently or temporarily, for example where a family is renting a property on a Short Term Tenancy Agreement (12 months or under), then the parental address remains that at which the parent was resident before the period of temporary residence began, unless it can be shown that all ties to the previous address have been relinquished, or that the move is not easily reversible. The Academy Trust may refuse to base an allocation on an address which might be considered only a temporary address.

School bus passes for children admitted to the school under Criterion 4 will be allocated at the discretion of the Governing Body.

Although Parmiter's School is not part of Hertfordshire County Council’s scheme of In-Year coordination, the school will adhere to the County guidelines, as follows:

Fraudulent applications Parents should note that Hertfordshire County Council will do as much as possible to prevent applications being made from fraudulent addresses. Address evidence is frequently

requested, monitored and checked and school places will be withdrawn when false information is deliberately provided.

Applications from children from overseas Parmiter's School will not allocate a school place to a child that is not resident in the UK. The exception to this is for children of UK service personnel and crown servants. In these cases Parmiter's School will allocate a place in advance of the family arriving in the area provided the application is accompanied by an official letter that declares a relocation date and a Unit postal address or quartering area address, for consideration of the application against oversubscription criteria. If an applicant owns a property in Hertfordshire but is not living in it, perhaps because they are working abroad at the time of application, the Hertfordshire address will not be accepted for the purposes of admission until the child is resident at that address.

The school takes part in Hertfordshire County Council’s Fair Access Protocol and will admit children under that policy as necessary before children on the continuing interest list. Children admitted under the FAP will be admitted over PAN as necessary.

In order to comply with the School Admissions Code, Hertfordshire County Council will be informed of all In-Year applications and the outcome of each one.

A continuing interest list will be maintained until the applicant reaches the end of the first half term of the Autumn Term in Year 10. For Year 7 only, the In-Year process will start from 31 December of Academic Year 7.

PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT OF APPEAL AGAINST NON-ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL. Parmiter’s School will write to you with the outcome of your application and if you have been unsuccessful, the County Council will write to you with registration details to enable you to login and appeal online at http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/schoolappeals.

Date received Year group For office use only

PARMITER'S SCHOOL High Elms Lane, Garston, Near Watford, Herts. WD25 0UU Telephone: 01923 671424 Fax: 01923 894195 E-Mail address: [email protected] Website Address: www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk Parmiter’s DFES Number: 9195404

IN-YEAR APPLICATION FORM

SCHOOL APPLICATION FOR IN-YEAR AND OUTSIDE NORMAL ADMISSIONS ROUND

Please complete this form and return it to the above address marked "ADMISSIONS". You are advised to refer to the “Admissions Policy for In-Year and Outside Normal Admissions Round” when completing this form. It is important that you indicate the criterion/criteria under which you wish to apply overleaf.

1. Applicant's surname (Block capitals, please): ______

2. Applicant's forename(s) (Block capitals, please): ______

3. Applicant's permanent home address: ______

______Postcode ______

4. Applicant's date of birth: ______Applicant’s gender: ______

5. Applicant's present school: ______

School address: ______

Post Code: ______School's telephone number: ______

6. Parents’/Carers’ name for correspondence: ______(eg. Mr & Mrs G B Smith, Ms F Patel, Mr A Brown etc)

7. Contact telephone number of Parent/Carer: ______

8. Email address of Parent/Carer: ______

PLEASE TURN OVER 

OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA

1. “Children Looked After”, “Children Previously looked After” or “Children in Public Care”. Please refer to In-Year Admissions Policy for full definition. 2. Children with a parent who is a current employee at Parmiter's School. 3. Children with a brother or sister at the School at the time of application. Please refer to In- Year Admissions Policy for full definition. 4. Proximity to the school, as designated by the Hertfordshire Local Authority’s measurement system.

Parents should indicate, by clearly ticking one or more of the appropriate boxes, under which criterion or criteria they are applying on behalf of their child for admission to the School:-

CRITERIA 1  “Children Looked After”

2  Child of Staff [Name: ______]

3  Sibling [Name: ______Form: ______]

4  Proximity to the School

Evidence from the Local Authority should be submitted with regard to Public Care Orders or Education, Health and Care Plans which name this School.

If the application is being made under Criterion 3 (Sibling), the name(s) and form(s) of current sibling(s) should be indicated above.

Parents who are applying under Criterion 4 will need to provide proof that the home address quoted is the permanent residence of the applicant. Please read the “Admissions Policy for In- Year and Outside Normal Admissions Round” document carefully.

In order to comply with the School Admissions Code, Hertfordshire County Council will be informed of this application and its outcome.

The school takes part in Hertfordshire County Council’s Fair Access Protocol and will admit children under the policy as necessary before children on the continuing interest list. Children admitted under the FAP will be admitted over PAN as necessary.

Parents have the right of appeal to Parmiter’s School.

To the best of my knowledge the information given by me in connection with this application is correct and I agree to notify the Headmaster immediately of any change of address or other circumstances. I understand that a place will be withdrawn if fraudulent details are found to have been given.

Signed: ______(Parent or Carer) Date ______

PARMITER'S SCHOOL

ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR SIXTH FORM ENTRY IN SEPTEMBER 2021

External applicants are asked to complete the online School Information Form SIXTH FORM ENTRY 2021, available on the school website: www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk. The Sixth Form Open Evening, for our current Year 11 and external candidates, will be held on Thursday 22 October 2020. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES IS: 1 DECEMBER 2020.

All students applying to enter the Sixth Form need to achieve a minimum of 33 points in their six best full-course GCSE results. We would normally expect students to achieve a grade 4 in Mathematics and English Language. Students also need to achieve the minimum entry requirement for each A level subject they wish to take. These are detailed on the school website. Where a student has taken qualifications that are not graded on a scale of grade 1 to grade 9, the Department for Education equivalent point scores will be used to ascertain if they meet the criteria.

The annual Sixth Form admissions number for external students is 50.

Oversubscription Criteria Where the number of academically qualified external applications exceeds the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below to decide which students to admit:

1. “Children Looked After”1, “Children Previously Looked After”2 or “Children in Public Care”3. A “looked after child” or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order 4. This criterion will apply to children looked after and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admissions authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order.

2. A statement of the applicant’s predicted grades will be requested from the Headteacher of their school. Applicants are placed in rank order on the basis of their top six full-course GCSE grades. Conditional offers are then made to the students ranked highest and on the basis of space in each A level subject.

Places will be offered using the oversubscription criteria until planned capacity in a given subject or course is reached and the school reserves the right to refuse access to subjects when planned classes are full.

After GCSE results day in August 2021, subjects for which there are still vacancies will be advertised on the school website. The Head of Sixth Form will receive any further applications from new candidates or from those who have applied and not received an offer at that point.

PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT OF APPEAL AGAINST NON-ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL AND SHOULD EMAIL [email protected] IF THEY WISH TO START THE APPEALS PROCESS.

PARMITER'S SCHOOL

SIXTH FORM ENTRY 2020

Please submit by 1 December 2020.

Before completing this application form you are advised to read the Admissions Policy for Sixth Form Entry in September 2020 which is available on the school website: https://tinyurl.com/y2s94tr2.

This application form is NOT for students who already attend Parmiter’s School.

Student Surname: ______

Student Forename: ______

Email address of Parent/Carer (this will be used for all communication) ______

______

Address Line 1: ______

Address Line 2: ______

Town: ______Postcode: ______

Student's date of birth: ______Gender: ______

Contact telephone number of Parent/Carer: ______

Student's present school: ______

School Address: ______

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A Level Subject Choices 1. All students are required to choose at least three subjects they wish to study at A Level. 2. Students who are predicted to gain five or more 8/9/A* grades at GCSE may choose four subjects, if they wish to. 3. Students who choose Further Mathematics will automatically study A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics. These students must choose two further A Level subjects. 4. All students must select a “reserve” subject.

Please indicate below the subjects that you would like to study in the Sixth Form. These must be listed in order of preference. The list of subjects that we are offering, together with the course summary and entry requirements, are available on the school website: https://tinyurl.com/y3k7eyvp. Please indicate your subject choices in the boxes below.

Subject Preference 1

Subject Preference 2

Subject Preference 3

Subject Preference 4 (for students who meet the criteria to study four A Levels – see note above)

Reserve Subject Preference

GCSE Subjects already completed

List below any GCSEs that have already been taken and provide the grades below. Please note: This will apply to very few applicants.