Starting secondary school in Lambeth 2021/22 Information for parents/carers of children born between 01/09/09 and 31/08/10, or taught as a year 6 child during the 2020/21 academic year, who will be transferring from primary to secondary school in September 2021
Apply online and apply on time Deadline: Saturday 31 October 2020 lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions If you apply after this date the likelihood of gaining a place at your preferred school may be significantly reduced.
Contents
Section 1: Process and procedure 2 Brief guide to terms used in this booklet 3 Introduction by Cathy Twist and Councillor Edward Davie 4 Secondary transfer and the Pan-London co-ordinated admissions procedure 6 11 stages parents/carers must follow 16 Secondary transfer key dates 17 Apply online for your child’s secondary school place 18 Step-by-step guide to online eAdmissions applications
Section 2: Lambeth primary schools 20 Lambeth secondary schools information at a glance 22 Map showing Lambeth secondary schools 23 Secondary transfer school open days 24 Archbishop Tenison’s School 27 ARK Evelyn Grace Academy 30 Bishop Thomas Grant Roman Catholic Secondary School 33 City Heights E-ACT Academy 36 Dunraven School 39 The Elmgreen School 42 Harris Academy Clapham 45 Lambeth Academy 48 La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School 51 Lilian Baylis Technology School 54 The London Nautical School 57 The Norwood School 60 Oasis Academy South Bank 63 Platanos College 66 Saint Gabriel’s College 69 St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls 72 Trinity Academy 75 Woodmansterne School
78 Applying for schools in other boroughs
79 Starting 14-19 provision in Lambeth (Year 10 entry) 2021/22
Section 3: Children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) 81 Procedure for applying for school place for an SEND child 81 Lambeth Special Educational Needs Schools and Resource Bases
84 Section 4: Other information
SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 1 Brief guide to commonly used terms in this booklet
Academies are publicly funded schools that provide free education to pupils of all abilities. They are established by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups. They receive funding directly from the Department for Education. Each academy has its own admissions policy. Community schools are run by the local council. It employs the school’s staff, and runs the admission procedure. Their running costs are met from public funds which come through the local council (mainly council tax and grants from central government). They provide free education. Community schools in the same borough share an admissions policy. Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for education and children’s services. Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) An Education, Health and Care Plan (often referred to as an EHCP) is for children and young people aged up to 25 who need more support than is available through normal school based special educational needs support. EHC Plans identify education, health and social needs a child or young person has and sets out the additional support required to meet these needs. Education, Learning and Skills a group of services in Lambeth Council that brings together all services for education under one banner. Foundation schools have their running costs met from public funds which come through the local council. They provide free education. Each foundation school has it’s own admissions policy. Free Schools are all-ability state-funded schools. They are non-selective and free to attend, and not controlled by a local authority. Each free school has its own admissions policy. Local Authority (LA) The borough/ local council. Ofsted The national Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), is the government department responsible for inspecting schools and reporting on standards of achievement and the quality of education provided. Parents/carers refers to all carers and legal guardians. Special schools cater for children who have an Education, Health and Care Plan and whose special needs are such that they cannot be met in a mainstream school. All children attending a special school must have an Education, Health and Care Plan. Voluntary-aided schools are set up by voluntary bodies, usually churches, but have their running costs met from public funds which come through the local council. They provide free education. The voluntary-aided schools in Lambeth have very close links to their church, and are often referred to as church schools. Each voluntary-aided school has its own admissions policy.
2 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE Introduction
Starting secondary school is an exciting time for your child and choosing the right secondary school with your child is an important step in their academic career. In Lambeth, we have many excellent secondary schools that offer high quality Cathy Twist Cllr Edward Davie learning opportunities, very good Director, Cabinet Member for Children and Education and Learning Young People facilities and highly professional staff dedicated to meeting pupils’ needs. In all our schools schools also provide a wide range another secondary school, Harris great attention is devoted of extracurricular activities which Academy Clapham, will open in to developing well-rounded, support the development of young September 2020. successful and confident young people’s sporting achievement, Specialist subject provision people. Each school is slightly musical and creative ability as well as All Lambeth mainstream secondary different and you should use making a contribution to society. every opportunity to visit the schools have at least one subject schools, hear what others have There are a wide range of specialism. This means that they to say about them and read any opportunities for young people to offer a particular expert focus on websites and external reports progress to post 16 courses of study a subject whilst also ensuring that that you can. What is right for at local secondary schools, sixth the curriculum overall is well taught one child may not be right for forms and Lambeth College. A wide and resourced. Schools have listed another and it is most important range of academic and vocational their specialisms in their admissions that you and your child choose courses are offered to meet every information (see pages 24-77) and the school that will best meet need. you will find a wide range of subjects covered across the borough. If their needs. Education provision your child has a specific interest in Quality of education Lambeth schools have benefited an area of the curriculum, you can In recent Ofsted inspections, the from a huge range of investment identify a school with a specialism majority of secondary schools in in buildings over the last decade. that may suit your child as one of Lambeth are judged ‘good’ or These buildings are designed to your preferences. ‘outstanding’. All schools in Lambeth enable staff and pupils to work in are improving year on year. Ofsted ways that reflect the demands of the Lambeth Council remains committed reports are easily available to read curriculum whilst ensuring young to continuously improving and online. Visit ofsted.gov.uk/reports people have access to state-of-the delivering the best educational or contact the school directly for a art IT, sporting and creative facilities. opportunities for children and young people so that they can achieve their hard copy. Another measure of the Lambeth secondary schools are full potential and play an active and quality of education are vocational, continuing to increase the amount positive role in society. A Level and GCSE results. provision on offer. In September In addition to enabling young people 2020 Woodmansterne School to do well academically at the end secondary department will take its of Key Stage 4 and sixth form, fourth cohort of Year 7 pupils and
SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 3 Secondary transfer and the Pan-London co-ordinated admissions procedure
This booklet guides parents/carers • Visit the Lambeth Customer • To make it easy to apply and fair and their children through the Service Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, for parents/carers. admission process for secondary London SW2 1EG. The nearest • Well organised with good school for September 2021 entry. London Underground station communication between schools It contains general information and is Brixton on the Victoria Line. and boroughs. highlights 11 stages of the process Lambeth Civic Centre is open at that parents/carers must follow to the following times: What the procedure cannot do submit their application. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. • It cannot guarantee every child a school place. This is because Please read this information carefully General information some schools receive many more as it is important you use it to make Legislation and purpose applications than places available, the best choices for your child. The Education Act 2002 and the and this may be the case for all If you are unsure about any aspect of School Admissions Code 2014 schools applied for. In this the transfer process please contact provides a framework that seeks instance, allocations of offers Lambeth School Admissions Team to ensure that on National Offer for schools not applied for will on 020 7926 9503 and/or attend one Day as many children as possible be made where possible. of the secondary transfer meetings (whose parents/carers have applied organised to provide information and for a school place ‘on time’) receive • It cannot guarantee your child will get support. Please see the inside cover for an offer (if an offer can be made) a place at your first preference school. a guide to terms used in this booklet. at a school they have expressed a • It cannot limit some multiple offers preference for. If your child has an Education, Health being made after 1 March 2021, and Care Plan, do not complete a Basics of the procedure (but Lambeth School Admissions Common Application Form (CAF). • The aim is that every child Team will be aware of them and Please contact your home borough’s will receive the single highest able to ensure that parents/carers SEND Team for details about preference offer possible. reject one of these offers quickly). applications for secondary school. If you would like any additional assistance or advice on the secondary transfer process you may: • Telephone the Lambeth School Admissions Team on 020 7926 9503 • Talk with your child’s teacher or support staff in their current school • Visit the website at lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions • Email Lambeth School Admissions Team at schooladmissions@ lambeth.gov.uk
4 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE How to apply – • The deadline for applications is What is an admissions essential information Saturday 31 October 2020 via authority? • Parents/carers only need lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions A schools admissions authority – the to complete one Common body of people who make decisions • All parents/carers who apply on Application Form (CAF) to apply about admissions – will determine time will know what school their for up to six schools anywhere in which children can be offered a child has been offered (if any) on London excluding fee-paying. place at a school in accordance with 1 March 2021 This offer will be the admissions/oversubscription Secondary transfer meetings the highest preference offer that criteria for that school. for parents/carers can be made. For community schools the A meeting for parents/carers has • The procedure provides an admissions authority is the LA itself been organised to explain the easier to understand and fairer and for an Academy, Voluntary- secondary transfer co-ordinated admissions process for both Aided (religious), Foundation or Free admission arrangements and parents/carers and schools. give you the opportunity to ask school it is the governing body of questions about the procedure on Lambeth School Admissions Team that school. do not decide which school a the following date: Where the school is over- child is offered. There is a process subscribed, the school’s admissions Thursday 10 September 2020 undertaken together with School authority will use their admission 6.30-7.30pm Admissions Teams in other criteria to determine the order Julian’s Primary School boroughs. Decisions about how a (rank) in which applicants will be (Streatham site) child’s application for a school is offered places. 226 Leigham Court Road, ranked are made by the schools SW16 2RB admissions in accordance with their An admissions authority may require This meeting is open to all parents/ admissions/oversubscription criteria. parents/carers to complete a Supplementary Information carers of children transferring to If your child is being taught in a Form (SIF) requesting information secondary school in 2021, even year group different to their which is not contained on the if they do not attend the venue chronological age (out of cohort) CAF, e.g. church attendance. school. Please ensure that if you you need to apply using a paper This form is obtained from the bring any children to the above Common Application Form and school or if in Lambeth via lambeth. meeting they remain with you at provide documentation from their gov.uk/eadmissions and needs all times. Lambeth Council and current school to confirm this to be sent back to the school and school staff cannot be held liable placement. Applications will not the borough by the school’s for unaccompanied children in the be considered an a child-by-child deadline. building, nor can they take any basis by the admissions authority responsibility for children brought for the schools applied for as they School staff will not know what to meetings. have to consider, but do not have number preference their school to accept, your child to continue has been listed on the CAF, out of cohort. all are considered the same at the same time.
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Stage 1 Research It is important to consider as much information as possible about the schools you wish to apply to. Check whether your child is likely to be offered a place based on the school’s published admissions criteria which, for Lambeth schools, can be found on the individual school’s pages in this booklet. You can find out information about schools by doing the following: • Read this booklet carefully and look at the admissions criteria for each school. Then • Contact the school directly for a Stage 2 for each school consider ‘does copy of their prospectus or visit Apply on time and apply online! my child meet these criteria’. their website. If they do it may increase your • Go to the school’s open days or The deadline for applications child’s chances of gaining a evenings. Details of open days are is Saturday 31 October 2020. place at the school. listed in full on page 23 and on the If you apply after this date the • Check how offers were school’s pages in this booklet likelihood of gaining a place at made for National Offer Day • Talk to your child’s primary school your preferred school may be for 2019/20 and 2020/21 headteacher, learning mentor or significantly reduced. entry. Details for Lambeth class teacher. schools can be viewed via the • Read the latest Ofsted report You must complete the CAF for secondary transfer 2021/2022 for the schools you are your home borough regardless page from lambeth.gov.uk/ interested in. These are available of whether you are applying for eadmissions These details for viewing or downloading from schools in or outside of that borough. only relate to the 2019/20 ofsted.gov.uk The home borough is the borough and 2020/21 intakes and • If the school you want is in where you and your child are children applying, which will a different borough, contact residing at the time of application, vary each year. Therefore this that borough for their booklet even if you have been placed in information cannot be used or visit their websites (details temporary accommodation. Please to guarantee how offers will on page 78). check that your child’s address is in be made for 2021/22 intake Lambeth borough before completing and is only made available to Tick to confirm that you have the Lambeth CAF. Residents of give an indication of how the completed the actions stated boroughs other than Lambeth who admissions process impacted in this stage. wish to apply for a Lambeth school on Lambeth schools last year. must complete the CAF provided by the home borough in which they
6 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE live. The details of your application submit their application no later than Completed Common will then be passed on to Lambeth 23 October 2020, to allow sufficient Application Forms should Council by your home borough. time for processing and checking. be returned by Saturday 31 If you are not a Lambeth resident The completed paper CAFs can October 2020. please contact your home borough be handed in to Lambeth Civic for advice. Centre (an appointment to do this is However, we are encouraging applicants who are submitting a Using your research, list up to six required and can be booked online paper CAF to do so no later than schools in the order you prefer them, at lambeth.gov.uk) or alternatively 23 October 2020, to allow whether they are Lambeth schools or sent by post to: sufficient time for processing and schools in another borough, on your Lambeth School Admissions checking. child’s CAF. Do not include private Team (fee-paying) schools, as applications PO Box 734 Online for these are made directly to the Winchester lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions schools on their own form. The SO23 5DG by 12 midnight on Thursday more schools you list on the form, Please ensure that you use the Saturday 31 October 2020. the greater the chances your child correct postal charge to make sure By post has of being offered a school of your your application reaches Lambeth Lambeth School Admissions Team choice. However, please do not list School Admissions Team. PO Box 734 schools you do not want your child We recommend that you use Winchester to attend ‘just to fill up the form’. recorded delivery to ensure you SO23 5DG The preferred way for Lambeth have proof of postage. By hand residents to apply for a secondary Any CAFs received after 31 October Lambeth Civic Centre school place is online. This can 2020 will be deemed late and will not 6 Brixton Hill be done via lambeth.gov.uk/ be processed until after 1 March London eadmissions from 1 September 2021, when offers have been SW2 1EG 2020. Please view pages 18 and generated for ‘on time’ applications. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm 19 which provide a step-by-step guide of how to apply online. If your child has an Education, Health An appointment is required and Care Plan do not complete a and can be booked online at For parents/carers who do not lambeth.gov.uk CAF: please see pages 79-81 for have internet access or cannot further information. apply online, a limited amount of paper CAFs will be available after Please note that any false or 1 September 2020 at Lambeth deliberately misleading information Customer Service Centre, Lambeth given on this form and/or supporting Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London information may render your child’s SW2 1EG. There are facilities application invalid and lead to any available at Lambeth Civic Centre offer of a place being withdrawn. for families to apply online. Tick to confirm that you have Whether you are completing completed the actions stated an online or paper CAF we are in this stage encouraging parents/carers to
SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 7 11 stages parents/carers must follow
Stage 3 application and for distance must be supplied if you are the Proof of address purposes. The address must be council tax payer. The application address stated on agreed between both parents/carers • Copy of the tenancy agreement. your child’s CAF must be the address and is the address where the child • Copy of a benefit letter no more which you and your child currently is registered. This is normally the than 12 months old or a current live at, even if you have been placed address to which the child benefit financial year’s Universal Credit in temporary accommodation. is paid.* If proof of address is not letter/print-out which includes received, then this may delay the the child’s name. Applications received without processing of your application. Then at least one of the all the required proof of All applications must be submitted following as well: address documents for the (whether online or on a paper form) • Copy of a benefit letter no more parents/carers and the child with all the required documents than 12 months old or a current may result in the child’s by 31 October 2020. Addresses financial year’s Universal Credit application being withdrawn if of parent/carers and children may letter/print-out which includes the address cannot be verified. also be checked against Lambeth the child’s name – if not already This means that your child will Council Tax and benefits records to provided from above list. not receive an offer of a school aid verification. • Current TV licence. place on 1 March 2021. • Copy of current utility bill At least one of the following (excluding mobile phone) no If your child lives between two documents to confirm your name more than 3 months old. homes, ie. split custody between and address as the applicant. parents, just one of the parental • Driving licence. • Current financial year’s Council addresses can be used for the Applications must include one Tax letter or statement. This of the following documents to confirm your child’s name and address • *Child Benefit letter for the current financial year (please copy all pages of the letter to include the home address on the first page and child’s name on the second or a current financial year’s Universal Credit letter/ print-out which includes the child’s name. • Child’s National Health Service registration card or a medical letter or prescription that is no more than 12 months old (this can also be used to confirm your child’s date of birth). • Child Tax Credit Award notice for the current financial year
8 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE (please copy all pages of the letter to include the home address, parents name and child’s details). • Immigration documents that show address – if applicable. *If you or your partner are affected by the High Income Child Benefit charge and have decided to stop Child Benefit payments, HM Revenue and Customs have confirmed that you cans till request a copy of your entitlement reward Please be advised that your child’s If you have any problems supplying letter despite the fact that your place can still be withdrawn if these documents, please contact us payments have stopped. there are inconsistencies with the as soon as possible. If you are unable to submit any or documents presented to Lambeth Tick to confirm that you have only some of the documents listed and the school. completed the actions stated above for you and/or your child, you Documents can either be scanned in this stage will need to obtain a sworn affidavit or a clear image taken on a smart or affirmation through a solicitor. phone or tablet, and then attached Stage 4 This affidavit or affirmation must be to your online application once Proof of child’s date of birth signed by a Solicitor holding a current the application has been initially The secondary Lambeth CAF is practising certificate issued by the submitted. This must be done before only for children born between Solicitors Regulation Authority and the on time application deadline, 31 01/09/09 and 31/08/10. Using this stamped with the company stamp. October 2020. (This is in addition form for children outside this age It mus must include parent and to any other documents you wish to group will result in the form being child(ren)’s full names and address, the include as stated in stage 4). invalid (and it will not be processed, date you started living at that address unless the child is being taught out and the child(ren)’s date(s) of birth. Alternatively all the documents (copies not originals) can be posted of cohort). Please note that Lambeth Council to Lambeth School Admissions You must attach proof of your cannot contribute towards the cost Team at PO Box 734, Winchester child’s date of birth to the of obtaining this. SO23 5DG or taken to the Lambeth CAF – either a copy of their Proof of address documents Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London birth certificate, passport or requested by Lambeth School SW2 1EG (by appointment). The EU National Identity Card. Admissions at the time of application documents must have your child’s Alternatively this could be a copy are required for application processing name, date of birth and the online of your child’s NHS card, medical purposes only. Schools may request application reference clearly stated letter or doctors prescription stating additional proof of address documents on the top and be stapled together. the child’s date of birth. for their own registration purposes. If you have to submit a paper CAF, Tick to confirm that you have The documents they request may vary all proof of address and supporting completed the actions stated from the list used by Lambeth School documents (where applicable) must in this stage Admissions. be attached to the application form. SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 9 11 stages parents/carers must follow
Stage 5 online application reference clearly Children of school staff Provide additional stated on the top and be stapled If you work at a school that has documentation together. If you have any problems criteria for prioritising children of staff In additional to the proof of supplying these documents, please members, supporting documentation address documents, you may need contact us as soon as possible. from your workplace must be to submit additional supporting Medical/social submitted before the deadline documentation with your child’s for consideration. Submitting this CAF by 31 October 2020. If you want your child’s application documentation will not automatically Documents can either be scanned to be considered as a medical/ guarantee that your child will be or a clear image taken on a smart social application (where a school prioritised under this criterion. phone or tablet, and uploaded to has this criterion) because you an online application. If you do not believe that a particular school is Looked After Children (LAC) have access to a scanner, documents especially able to meet your child’s or Previously Looked After (copies not originals) can be posted needs above others in the area, Children (PLAC) to Lambeth School Admissions Team you must submit professional A Looked After Child is a child that at PO Box 734, Winchester SO23 documentation outlining this is currently in the care of the Local 5DG or taken to Lambeth Civic with the CAF by 31 October 2020 Council (foster or residential care). Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London SW2 for consideration. Submitting this A Previously Looked After Child is 1EG (by appointment). documentation will not automatically stated as being the following in the guarantee that your child will be The documents must have your 2014 School Admissions Code, prioritised under this criterion. child’s name, date of birth and the paragraph 1.7: Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted 17 (or became subject to a child arrangements order 18 or special guardianship order 19). Further references to previously looked after children in this Code means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after. For Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children a letter from your child’s social worker, or a copy of court papers must be submitted with the CAF by the deadline for the correct school’s admissions criterion to be given.
10 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE Request to be taught outside cohort If your child is being taught in a year group different to their chronological age (out of cohort) you must provide documentation to confirm this placement from their current school. This will aid the admissions authority’s decision whether your child will be accepted to continue to be taught out of cohort.
Tick to confirm that you have banding test, the SIFs are used it is (if the school is not in Lambeth). completed the actions stated by school staff to invite children to If test dates clash you must inform in this stage the test. It is very important that the person who sent the invite in the SIFs are completed and sent Tick if not applicable case there are any additional test to the schools by their set deadline dates. It is important that your otherwise your child may miss out Stage 6 child sits these tests where used on a preferred place. Supplementary Information otherwise your child may miss out Forms (SIFs) Tick to confirm that you have on a place at preferred school. In addition to the required completed the actions stated If you are applying for more than documentation already stated, in this stage some schools require applicants one school that requires a score Tick if not applicable to complete a Supplementary from the Lambeth test, your child Information Form. Please check only needs to sit the test once. the school’s information in this Stage 7 You can choose which school you booklet, particularly the ‘how to Admissions tests wish your child to sit the test by apply’ section, to check which Some schools require children stating this on the school’s SIFs. schools require these and their to sit a test. The scores are used Test scores will be shared between deadline. For schools in other for banding, to ensure children the schools that require this data. boroughs, please check their of all abilities are considered. This does not directly effect any literature or websites. Full/further details of how the test is Lambeth schools, but if you are a The SIFs provide additional used are published with the school’s Lambeth resident applying for out information needed for the admissions criteria. The date for of borough schools which have an school’s admissions criteria to the test used by some Lambeth ability or aptitude test, the result be applied fully. Such information schools is Saturday 14 November of which will be known after 31 may include religious observance 2020. Your child will be invited October, and the result of your or specialism details. They may to the test by school staff once a child’s test means you wish to also require further documentation SIF has been received on-time. In change your application preference, to be submitted such as Pupil addition to this some schools have please email schooladmissions@ Premium documentation. For bursary auditions. Please check lambeth.gov.uk by 10 December for the Lambeth schools sharing a which schools use testing and when these to be accommodated.
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If you have questions about test form can be found on our webpage. Stage 9 arrangements, please check relevant You also need to inform us in writing National Offer Day – school websites, or contact the if you have a change of medical Monday 1 March 2021 school(s) directly. circumstances or a sibling starts at a If you applied online and preferred school. signed up to text messages Tick to confirm that you have you will receive an email and completed the actions stated Please note that changes to text message on the evening of in this stage preferences after the deadline 1 March 2021 informing you for on time applications are not Tick if not applicable to log in to your admissions permitted. account and view the official If you inform your council of Stage 8 outcome of the application. your change of address before Change of circumstances Only if you applied using a paper 10 December 2020, the School The Lambeth School Admissions CAF will an outcome notification Admissions Team will be able Team will consider your application letter be posted out first class to take this into account when using the details you provide on post on 1 March 2021. Details preferences are being considered. your form. of what you can do next if eg. If you change your address after your child was not offered your If you move address you must 10 December 2020 and this first preference, will be on the inform the School Admissions means that you wish to change secondary transfer page via Team of your new address, the your preferences you will need lambeth.gov/eadmissions date of the move and provide new to contact the council to find and included with any letter proof of address documents as out what to do next. soon as possible after the date of sent. Some schools may also Tick to confirm that you the move so we are able to contact send their own offers letters to have completed the actions you if we need further information or parents/carers after 1 March stated in this stage to communicate the outcome of your 2021. Responses to those application. A change of address Tick if not applicable letters should be made according to the school’s directions. Your child will be offered the single highest preference possible on the CAF. For the example shown on the next page, the child’s third preference was offered as they were not ranked high enough by the school’s admissions authority to be offered the first or second preference. Although the child could have been offered their fourth or fifth, these were not offered as the higher third preference could be offered.
12 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE **Preference Status meanings school’s published admission criteria or lived closer to the school Offered if considered for the same criterion. This is the school your child has been made an offer to attend. Allocated Offers If your child is not able to be made Declined an offer at one of their preferred Because a higher offer has been made, schools on 1 March 2021, Lambeth and the offer made must be a single School Admissions, in line with offer by law, this lower preference statutory requirements, will seek to became invalid and was declined. allocate a place at a Lambeth school that has vacancies after all other Pending possible offers have been made. address that identifies a vacancy). Child has not been able to be offered This is for Lambeth residents only, Please note that allocations will be a place at this school at present. other boroughs will support their made according to the number of This is because the school had own residents in a similar manner. vacancies there are in the borough. more applications than places, and An allocation will be made to a offers have been made according to Decisions on where to allocate school that parents/carers did not the school’s published admissions places will be made on the basis originally apply for. In instances criteria. Other children had a higher of distance to the school. (i.e. the where an allocated offer has been priority than the child under the nearest school to the child’s home made, all preferences will be continue to be listed as “pending”. preference criteria* rank school status** 1st religious 300 Lambeth school A pending Parents/carers of late applicants will be notified as soon as an offer can 2nd distance 240 Lambeth school B pending be made. This will be after 1 March 3rd distance 80 Lambeth school C offered 2021 however please note that there 4th sibling 40 Croydon school X declined is no set date for late application outcomes to be notified. 5th medical/social 70 Merton school Y declined Lambeth School Admissions Team *criteria are shown for illustration purposes, more factors, such as banding will assist wherever possible if your may be involved. child has not been offered a school place to ensure that they have one for the start of September 2021.
Stage 10 Accepting the offer The deadline to accept offers, online or using a reply form sent to paper applicants is Monday 15 March 2021. Failure to meet this deadline may mean that your child could lose their place. We
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strongly advise that you accept the Stage 11 child’s name is on their waiting list offer made on National Offer Day Next steps as this may not be an automatic even if it is not your first preference If your child was not offered your process. Parents/carers need to be to ensure your child has a place for first preference school, we advise aware that if their child’s name is on September 2021. Offers will continue you to follow the steps below. a school’s waiting list, their name to be made after National Offer Day. may go up or down depending on Waiting lists how the admissions criteria applies If an offer for a higher preference is Ensure that your child’s name is on to others on the waiting list. Late made later on, you can then reject the waiting list for the school(s) that applications received after the the original offer. Where allocations you applied for and were placed closing date of 31 October 2020 will are made, again we advise that higher than the school offered on be considered after National Offer these are accepted until you receive your CAF. Lambeth community Day, 1 March 2021. Please note an offer from a school you selected schools will automatically keep that after National Offer Day, once on your application. your child’s name on their waiting late applications are considered, Tick to confirm that you have lists until 31 December 2021. waiting lists will be re-ranked in completed the actions stated Please check with other schools line with the admissions criteria for in this stage or boroughs to ensure that your the school(s). This will continue to be the case if any additional late applications are received.
Apply for other schools You can apply for further schools whilst your child’s name is on the waiting list for other schools or if you have accepted an allocated offer. If requested, Lambeth School Admissions Team can provide you with information about schools that have vacancies after 24 March 2021. Second (or subsequent) applications can only be made using a paper CAF, which will be available after 1 March 2021 to download from our website or obtained from Lambeth Civic Centre. Completed forms need to be returned to the Lambeth Civic Centre or posted to the School Admissions Team (address on the form). This is in addition to any necessary Supplementary Information Forms
14 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE being completed and sent to the schools (where used). Parents/carers of these new applicants will be notified as soon as an offer can be made, or receive a letter stating that no offer can be made from the CAF and Stage 10 can be followed again.
Appeals You can appeal against the refusal of a school place listed on your CAF under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place at a Lambeth community school (see page 2 for definitions), please need to be lodged by Friday the outcome by the Democratic contact the Clerk to the Independent 29 March 2021 for them to be Services Team. For other Lambeth Appeals Panel, Democratic Services, heard before the summer holidays. schools, the clerk for that appeal 1st Floor, Lambeth Town Hall, panel will write to you. Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW For late applications, an appeal Telephone 020 7926 2170, should be lodged within 20 school If you wish to appeal against non- Email: [email protected]. days of receipt of application admission to any other secondary outcome letter. Appeals lodged after school, you will need to contact the A guidance note on appeals these dates will be heard within 40 individual school(s) directly, to obtain and an appeal form can also be school days of the appeal deadline information about how to appeal. downloaded from the council’s or 30 school days of being lodged, Tick to confirm that you have website via the following link: whichever is the later date. lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions completed the actions stated Democratic Services will write to in this stage Please note that Democratic you regarding the arrangements for Tick if not applicable Services can only accept appeals considering your appeal. Your appeal for the following secondary schools: will be heard by an Independent • The Elmgreen School Appeals Panel made up of panellists If you are unsure about • Lambeth Academy with knowledge of education any aspect of the secondary • Lilian Baylis Technology School issues. You will be invited to attend transfer procedure please • The Norwood School the appeal hearing and make contact Lambeth School • Oasis Academy South Bank representations in person to the Admissions Team on • Woodmansterne School Independent Appeals Panel. 020 7926 9503, or email schooladmissions@ If your application for a school place For the schools listed in column one, lambeth.gov.uk was submitted on-time, appeals you will be informed in writing about
SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 15 Secondary transfer key dates
Date Actions – what you and your child need to do Summer/ Contact schools for prospectuses and details of open days/evenings. Autumn 2020 Decide which schools to apply for and begin the application process.
1 Sep 2020 How to apply: 1 Applications can be made from 1 September online or using a paper Common Application Form (CAF) from your home borough and must be submitted by 31 October 2020. • To apply online visit Lambeth Council’s website at lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions (see pages 17-19 for more information). • A limited amount of paper CAFs will be made available for collection from Lambeth Customer Service Centre, Lambeth Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG. These forms should either be handed in to Lambeth Customer Service Centre (by appointment), or posted to Lambeth School Admissions Team, PO Box 734, Winchester, SO23 5DG with correct postage. • If you are submitting a paper CAF by post then please do so by Friday 23 October 2020. 2 In addition to this, Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs) required by particular schools must be completed and returned to these schools by their published deadline(s). Please see schools’ pages 20-21 and 24-77 for details of which Lambeth schools require SIFs and their deadlines.
31 Oct 2020 Closing date for applications to all secondary schools participating in the co-ordinated admissions procedure. CAFs received after 31 October 2020 will be late and will not be processed until after 1 March 2021 when ‘on time’ applications have been processed.
Autumn/ Ensure that your child sits any admissions tests set by the school or another borough where Winter 2020 required. Dates for these will vary, so please check. Lambeth admissions test used by some schools is on 14 November.
1 Mar 2021 National Offer Day. If you applied on time online and signed up to text messages you will receive an email and text message on the evening of 1 Mar 2021 informing you to log in to your admissions account and view the official outcome of the application. Only if you applied using a paper CAF an outcome notification letter will be posted out first class post on 1 Mar 2021.
15 Mar 2021 Parents/carers must respond to an offer on this date either by accepting the place online for those who have applied online or by returning the reply form to Lambeth School Admissions Team if they have received a postal offer.
29 Mar 2021 If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place at a Lambeth school, or 20 school please check the details on each of the school’s pages about this process. For schools in days after other boroughs, please check their information and timescales. notification for late applications
Apr – Jul 2021 Appeals for schools are heard.
16 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE eAdmissions Apply online and apply on time
lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions Lambeth Council only have a very limited amount of paper Common Application Forms (CAFs) available and these will normally be made available for parents/carers who do not have or cannot get access to the internet. In light of this, we strongly advise our families to ensure that they submit their application online and on time! Online applications can be made from 1 September 2020. Pages 18 and 19 show a step-by-step guide to making an online application. For 2020 primary school entry 99% of parents/ carers who applied on time applied online. The online application process is now compatible with mobile devices so you will be able to submit your CAF via your mobile phone using the App.
The benefits of applying online • You will be issued with a unique reference number • It is free and secure similar to this: 208-2021-09-E-001234, which will be • It uses a quick, easy to use step-by-step format your proof that your application has been received • Your application won’t get lost in the post • The online system is available 24 hours a day, • Drop down school lists help reduce errors and 7 days a week, up until midnight on the closing date save you time of Saturday 31 October 2020 • Information can be checked online and changed at • During the evening of Monday 1 March 2021 any point before the closing date without the need you will be sent an to fill in another form email and/or text with • You can attach the required proof of address the outcome of your documentation and copies of any medical or social application. Please paperwork you wish to be considered. Just submit the wait until you have application first then click on the ‘attach document’ button received the email • If you have any questions or problems regarding the online before logging on admissions website or log-in, please call the London Grid to the Pan-London for Learning supportline on 020 8255 5555 option 1 eAdmissions website.
The ParentComms:Mobile app is an alternative password to receive the following push notifications way to receive notifications from the eAdmissions from the eAdmissions website: website and is designed to help parents stay • A reminder to submit any un-submitted applications 1 connected with their child's school. week before as well as 24hrs before the closing date. If you don’t already use ParentComms through (If you register less than 24 hours before the deadline your child's school, you will need to download the you will not be able to be sent this message). ParentComms app from the Apple AppStore, Google • Your application reference number of your submitted Play or Windows Phone Store to a mobile device application and register your eAdmissions USO username and • The outcome of your application.
Record your details
Use this space to record the details used to make your application. Username: Password: Reference number: It is important to keep this information so that you can look up the school place offered online.
SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 17 Step-by-step guide to online eadmissions applications
This is just a short step-by-step guide to help you submit an online application. However, please note that there is also a FAQ and an eadmissions tutorial function (which can be accessed before you register onto the online system).
Step 1 – Create an account The child’s parent/ carer needs to log their details. Only one parent/carer can do this as the system only allows one parent to register one application per child. This is so that an identified email address can be linked to a named person. It is important that the person registering has parental responsibility for the child and both child and parent lives at the same address noted on the online form.
If you already have a London Grid for Learning account use that log in and check your details are still correct before continuing. Otherwise you will need to create an account.
Step 2 – Child’s details The parent/carer must input their child’s name as listed on their birth certificate or passport in this section. They must also use their (both the parent and the child’s) current address. The online secondary school applications are only for children born between 01/09/2009 and 31/08/2010.
Step 3 – Add your school preferences Using the pre-populated drop-down lists, 1. Select the borough the school is in. 2. Select the school you want for the first preference. You can also choose a school using the ‘map’ or ‘keywords’ function. You can apply for up to 6 schools 3. Please ensure that you select the correct school especially when there are schools with similar names in the same borough. 4. Once the school has been added you can also add details about any siblings or relevant medical/ social details if applicable. 5. If the school being applied to needs you to also complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF), this will automatically be flagged up by the system. Please ensure that all SIFs are completed and returned to the school in time. Schools selected can be moved up or down, added to or deleted up until the 31 October 2020 deadline.
18 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE Once the schools have been selected, you must check whether they are correct before moving to the next step.
Step 4 – Submit application You will then be required to read and accept the declarations. Once you have read the declaration, click on the ‘submit application’ button.
Step 5 – Attach documentation Once the application is submitted, you will receive an email confirming submission with the reference number, along with a reminder about what schools require SIFs. You must then upload all the necessary proof of address documentation (as stated on page 8-9) using the ‘Attach a document’ button from this page. You can also attach any medical or social or other such documentation you wish to be considered by 31 October 2020. You must ensure that you re-submit your application if you make any amendments before the 31 October 2020 deadline.
SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 19 Lambeth secondary schools information at a glance
School DfE code Gender Status Denomination PAN* for Address Phone no. Website SIF Test 2021/22 needed? required? Archbishop Tenison’s School 208 006 mi d acad my Ch rch of 92 55 nnington al, 020 35 3 1 t nisons.com y s y s England E11 5 ARK Evelyn Grace Academy 208 6906 mi d acad my n a 180 255 ha sp ar oad, 020 3 9520 lyngrac acad my.org no no E2 0 Bishop Thomas Grant Roman 208 5 01 mi d ol ntary-aid d Catholic 180 ltr s ro , 020 8 69 329 tg.ac y s no Catholic School 16 2H City Heights E-ACT 208 690 mi d acad my n a 180 33 ots Par , 020 3691 600 cityh ights -actacad my.org no no Academy 2 3P Dunraven School 208 5 02 mi d acad my n a 158 9 -98 igham Co rt oad, 020 8696 5600 d nra n.org. y s y s 16 2 The Elmgreen School 208 31 mi d acad my n a 180 Elmco rt oad, 020 8 66 5020 th - lmgr n-school.org. no no E2 9 Harris Academy Clapham 208 00 mi d acad my n a 195 Clarence Avenue 020 4513 9350 harrisclapham.org. no no SW4 8LD Lambeth Academy 208 6905 mi d acad my n a 180 Elms oad, 020 819 00 lam th-acad my.org y s y s 9E La Retraite Roman Catholic 208 5 00 girls ol ntary-aid d Catholic 168 t ins oad, 020 86 3 56 lar trait .lam th.sch. y s no Girls’ School 12 0 Lilian Baylis Technology School 208 321 mi d comm nity n a 125 323 nnington an , 020 091 9500 lilian aylis.com y s y s nnington, E11 5 The London Nautical School 208 5 05 oys fo ndation n a 120 61 tamford tr t, 020 928 6801 lns.org. y s y s E1 9 The Norwood School 208 223 mi d comm nity n a 180 Crown al , 020 86 0 9382 th norwoodschool.org y s y s E19 3 Oasis Academy South Bank 208 000 mi d acad my n a 120 5 stminst r ridg oad, 020 921 531 oasisacad myso th an .org yes no (for pupil premium E1 H criteria) Platanos College 208 322 mi d acad my n a 160 Clapham oad, 020 33 6156 platanoscoll g .com y s y s 9 0 Saint Gabriel’s College 208 509 mi d ol ntary-aid d Ch rch of 120 angton oad, 020 93 3901 saintga ri lscoll g .org y s no (for Ch rch or England 9 6 sic ands) St. Martin-in-the-Fields 208 5 0 girls acad my Ch rch of 120 155 ls Hill, 020 86 559 stmartins.acad my y s y s High School for Girls England 2 3 P Trinity Academy 208 003 mi d acad my n a 120 56 ri ton Hill, ri ton, 020 3126 993 trinityacad mylondon.org y s no 2 1 Woodmansterne School 208 265 mi d comm nity n a 90 oodmanst rn oad 020 8 6 1825 woodmanst rn .london no no 16 5