Education Finding a school place Issue 9 Information for parents about applying for a school place during the school year 1 Welcome Dear parents and carers Welcome to the borough of Barking and Dagenham. We are very pleased that you are considering sending your child to one of our schools. This e-booklet is designed to help you through the ‘In-year application process’. Barking and Dagenham is a small, friendly borough with schools and other learning opportunities close to all neighbourhoods. The borough has a good reputation for its teaching and learning. We are very proud of our schools’ achievements. We have a total of four all-through schools, 42 infant, junior and primary schools, 8 secondary schools and one technical and training school. All our schools are fully comprehensive and have a clear commitment to raising the levels of achievement for all their pupils and students. We believe that attending any of the schools in Barking and Dagenham will provide the educational opportunities your child needs to prepare for future life. By law, all children aged between 5 and 18 must be receiving an education or taking part in training. There is a different process for dealing with applications for children with special needs or those aged 16 to 19. If your child has a statement of special educational need or Educational Health Care (EHC) plan you must contact the EHC Team (see page 36). If your child is aged 16 to 19 they must receive education, employment or training, and the 16 to 19 Careers Guidance and Information Service will deal with your request (see page 36). If your child is aged between 5 and 16 and you would like to apply for a place at any of our schools during the school year, you will need to apply to the School Admissions Team, and not directly to the schools. This e-booklet is designed to help you through this ‘In-year’ process. Councillor Evelyn Carpenter, Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement 2 Contents Welcome to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This e-booklet gives you all the information you need when applying for a school place in this borough during the school year. If you have any questions, or need more information, please contact us (the School Admissions Team). Phone: 020 8215 3004 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions Welcome 2 Admission criteria for our faith schools 15-23 All Saints Catholic School 15-16 Introduction 4-5 Important notes for Catholic primary schools 17-18 In-year admission 6-8 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School (Barking) 19 St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Dagenham) 19 How to contact us 9 St Peter’s Catholic Primary School 19 St Teresa Catholic Primary School 20 Transferring between our schools 10 St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School 20 Admission criteria for Important notes for Church of England schools 21 Barking and Dagenham schools 11-23 St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School 22 Admission criteria for places William Ford Church of England Junior School 22-23 at primary-phase schools 11 Admission criteria for Goresbrook School What you need to know 24-30 in order of priority 12 Admission criteria for places at our other Options for children aged 14 and over 31 secondary-phase schools 13 Useful information and services 32-37 Admission criteria for technical and training school 14 Elutec 14 Other London authorities’ school admissions sections 38 Map of our schools 39 Contact details of our schools 40 Glossary 42 3 Introduction We, the School Admissions Team, have been attending the school Our faith primary and process applications for school since reception, Year-3, Year-7 or junior schools places for children from reception Year-9 (depending on whether it to age 16. There are four different is a primary, junior, secondary or We have seven faith primary processes. How and when you a technical and training school). schools and one voluntary-aided apply depends on the child’s date Places only become available when junior school. Of these, the Catholic of birth and your circumstances. children leave and we do not know primary schools are academies run by The Good Shepherd Trust, This e-booklet gives information when, in what year group and at St Margaret’s Church of England about applying for a school place which school this will happen. during the year and transferring Primary is an academy run by between schools. The Genesis Education Trust, and In-year admissions William Ford Junior is a voluntary- If your child is three or four years This process is for parents who aided school run by the Church of age, please see our e-booklet have just moved into the borough of England Authority. All these ‘Starting school full time’, which and need to apply for a school schools are listed on page37 of this explains the process of applying place for their child. Please follow e-booklet, starting with F. Before you for a reception school place (the apply for a place at any of our faith first year of school). If your child is the in-year admissions process on pages 4 to 30. Use our in-year hub schools, you must read the school’s 10 or 11 years of age and is in their admission criteria (pages 15 to 23) last year of primary or junior school, (online system) to apply. See page 9 for the full website address. and follow the instructions on please see our booklet ‘Moving page 8. to secondary school’, which Transferring between explains the process of applying All other Barking and for a year-7 place (the first year of our schools secondary school). If your child is Dagenham infant, junior 13 or 14 years of age, please see If your child is already at a school and primary schools our booklet ‘Technical and training and you would like them to move to another, you will need to follow the The George Carey Church of schools’, which explains the England Primary School is a process of applying for a place at transfer process set out on pages 10 and 24 to 30 of this e-booklet. voluntary-aided school. Dorothy these types of schools. Please see Barley Junior, Eastbury Primary, our website for more details. Schools available James Cambell Primary, Thames If your child is aged 16 to 18, View Infants and Thames View please see pages 31 for details There is a map with a list of our Juniors are academies and about applying for a place in all-through, infant, junior, primary, Riverside School is a free school education, employment or training. secondary and technical and with academy status. These schools are their own admissions If you have just moved to the training schools on page 39 in this authority. However, they follow borough and would like to apply e-booklet. As the council has had the same admission criteria as for a place at a Barking and to increase or reduce the number our community infant, junior Dagenham school at any other of places at some schools over the and primary schools and we will time during the school year (except years, the published admission offer places on their behalf. The when starting school for the first number (PAN) for each school has locations of these schools are listed time, moving to a secondary changed from year to year. Please on page 39. The admission criteria school for the first time or moving contact us in writing if you would for infant places (from reception to to a technical and training school), like us to give you this information. Year-2) and junior school places you will need to follow the in-year There are six infant schools in the (Year-3 to Year-6) are listed on process. This process includes borough for children aged four to page 11. moving your child from their current seven. Each infant school is linked school to another and this is called to a junior school for children aged the transfer process. Important note seven to 11. There are 31 primary For a definition of words used At the time of your application, most schools for children aged four to 11. in this e-booklet, please see the schools will be full with children who glossary on page 41. 4 Introduction Technical and training Our voluntary-aided Schools on different sites schools (faith) secondary school Some of our schools are quite large We have one of these types of We have one voluntary-aided and are located on two different schools called Elutec and its (VA) secondary school - sites. When applying for a place location is on page 39. Before you All Saints Catholic School. at schools with two or more sites, apply for a place at this school, you This is run by the Catholic please see the notes below. must read the school’s admission authority and its location is listed Notes 1 to 4 relate to primary criteria on page 14. on page 39 of this e-booklet, schools and notes 4 and 5 is about starting with F. Before you apply secondary schools. All-through schools for a place at this school, you Sydney Russell School is run by must read the school’s admission Note 1: If you want to apply for a the Partnership Learning Trust. criteria (pages 15 and 16) and place at Manor, Ripple, This school is its own admissions follow the instructions on page 8.