Learn Achieve Aspire Secondary Schools in Camden 2017
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Learn Achieve Aspire Secondary Schools in Camden 2017 Applying for a secondary school place for September 2017 Closing date for applications is 31 October 2016 Contents 1 Welcome 4 Camden secondary schools and their locations 5 Open events 2016 and key dates 2016/17 7 Applying online 8 Applying for a secondary school place 11 Guidance on completing the application form including: address, fraudulent applications, medical and social reasons and supplementary forms 12 Secondary admissions for students with special educational needs 12 In-year admissions, Camden’s fair access protocol 13 Myth-busters 14 Admissions criteria 14 Community schools and UCL Academy 17 Camden School for Girls 18 La Sainte Union Catholic School 19 Maria Fidelis School FCJ 20 William Ellis School 21 Post-16 in Camden and LaSWAP Sixth Form admissions criteria 22 Camden secondary schools 22 Acland Burghley School 25 Camden School for Girls 28 Hampstead School 31 Haverstock School 34 La Sainte Union Catholic School 37 Maria Fidelis School FCJ 40 Parliament Hill School 43 Regent High School 46 UCL Academy 49 William Ellis School 52 Allocation of places in 2015 and 2016 53 Other local authority contact details 54 Frequently asked questions 56 List of educational terms and 14–19 education Back Moving On event 2016 Camden schools – bright futures Dear parents and carers, We are proud of Camden’s secondary schools. Like Camden itself, our schools are vibrant and diverse, offering a tremendous range of opportunities to help prepare their students for successful futures. We believe there is nowhere else in London where young people can receive such an excellent, individual education. This is because each of our secondary schools offers a unique combination of high quality teaching, a prime location in the heart of London and valuable partnerships with world-class businesses, academic institutions and cultural organisations. This booklet gives you an overview of Camden’s secondary schools, highlighting the excellent education they offer and their unique individual strengths. It also gives you an introduction to the superb range of extracurricular activities on offer across Camden that will help your child learn, achieve and aspire. The booklet is primarily aimed at families of children transferring from primary to secondary school in September 2017 and it explains how to apply. There is also information for those considering a transfer between schools, as well as details on each of our secondary schools on pages 22 to 51. Martin Pratt Councillor Angela Mason CBE Executive Director, Supporting People Cabinet Member for Children Camden Council Camden Council Apply online: camden.gov.uk/admissions Secondary Schools in Camden 2017 | 1 Camden schools – bright futures We are proud of the education we • T alk to your child’s primary school If you do not live in the borough but offer in Camden. headteacher would like your child to attend a Camden school, please contact your home local • C amden has some of the highest • Plan a possible journey to school authority’s admissions team (see page achieving schools in inner London at tfl.gov.uk 53) or your child’s primary headteacher. • GCSE results were above the national • Visit www.gov.uk/dfe (click Camden school places are very popular average in 2015 – with 56.5% of ‘school performance tables’ link) so please make sure your application Camden students gaining five or more • G o to ofsted.gov.uk for the latest is completed properly and on time. A* to C grades, including English and Ofsted reports; and The deadline to apply for places for maths, compared with 53.8% nationally September next year is 31 October • Visit parentview.ofsted.gov.uk to see • 7 7.5% of 2015 A Level entries in 2016. If you have any questions, please how other parents rate the school. Camden achieved passes at grades contact your child’s primary headteacher A* to C, compared with the national Camden secondary schools have strong or the Council’s Admissions Team by average of 77.2% links with our excellent primary schools, emailing [email protected]. recognised by Ofsted as among the You can also call them on 020 7974 1625 • A ll schools have high aspirations for best in the country overall. As part of this or visit our website at camden.gov.uk/ their students, offer the full National relationship, they will be visiting primary admissions. Curriculum plus other areas of study pupils and parents in the autumn term and have a strong record of pastoral We are confident that whichever Camden and your child’s headteacher will have care and discipline secondary school you decide is best for more details of these sessions. your child you will be delighted with the • T urn to page 3 for more information progress they make, the opportunities about the unique opportunities they enjoy, the quality of education they available to all Camden students. receive and the successes they achieve. As well as reading this guide, we recommend that you: • C ontact the schools for their prospectuses or look at their websites, and visit them on their open days and evenings (dates and times, page 5). You will be able to meet the headteacher, speak to members of staff and students and get a feel for the school’s working environment and ethos • C ome to the ‘Moving On’ event for parents of Year 5 and 6 pupils on 15 September 2016 at the Camden Centre (see back page for details) • C ome to a Meet the Parents forum – see www.meettheparents.info/ latest-events for details 2 | Secondary Schools in Camden 2017 Apply online: camden.gov.uk/admissions Camden secondary schools – learn, achieve, aspire Camden has 10 secondary schools, all individual in their ethos and values but each committed to providing the highest standards of education for young people. The borough offers three types of schools: community, voluntary aided schools – including two Roman Catholic schools – and an academy. We have four single sex schools – including three girls’ schools and one boys’ school – and six mixed sex schools. Each of the Camden secondary schools also offer excellent Sixth Form provision, to give young people the best possible preparation for university, apprenticeships or work. More details can be found throughout this booklet and on page 22. Many of our schools are oversubscribed so it is important that you use as many Camden – a borough of • Camden Music Service organises of your six preferences as possible. unique opportunities instrumental and vocal tuition in However, please don’t list any school for all students most Camden schools plus borough more than once (see page 13). ensembles, choirs, two Saturday music • The partnership between Camden’s Please see the schools’ pages for centres and an instrument hire and Sixth Forms and Cambridge University detailed information on each of purchase scheme for parents helps boost student entries to our schools (pages 22 to 51). More top universities • Spectacular Camden Schools Music information about each school – including Festival held at the Royal Albert Hall exam results, Ofsted reports, dress code • Strengthened links with local prestigious every two years. or uniform costs – is available from the universities and many other local DfE and Ofsted websites (gov.uk/dfe and world-class institutions, including the Camden promotes the best vocational ofsted.gov.uk) and the school itself. British Museum, the British Library and and technical training opportunities for the Francis Crick Institute, enriches 14 to 19 year-olds, in close partnership For information about schools in other the education provision for Camden with schools, the local Westminister boroughs, please contact the relevant secondary students Kingsway further education college and local authority for their secondary transfer specialist training organisations, as well booklet or the schools directly. • Excellent range of arts, sports, other as offering, supporting and promoting The contact details of other local extracurricular and career-related a wide range of apprenticeships. authorities are on page 53. opportunities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and exciting work placements with leading central London companies Apply online: camden.gov.uk/admissions Secondary Schools in Camden 2017 | 3 School locations School name Map ref School type Gender 2017 published admission number Acland Burghley School 1 Community Mixed 182* Camden School for Girls 2 Voluntary Aided Girls 120 Hampstead School 3 Community Mixed 210 Haverstock School 4 Community Mixed 210 La Sainte Union Catholic 5 RC Voluntary Aided Girls 180 Maria Fidelis Lower 6 RC Voluntary Aided Mixed 150 Maria Fidelis Upper 7 Parliament Hill School 8 Community Girls 180 Regent High School 9 Community Mixed 180 UCL Academy 10 Academy Mixed 180 William Ellis School 11 Voluntary Aided Boys 130 *Including 4 places in resource base for students with autism – – – Camden borough boundary 4 | Secondary Schools in Camden 2017 Apply online: camden.gov.uk/admissions Open events 2016 Acland Burghley School Open evening Wednesday 28 September, 6.00pm to 8.00pm* Burghley Road, London NW5 1UJ Open mornings 26 to 29 September, 9.00 to 10.30am* 020 7485 8515 Sixth Form LaSWAP: Thursday 17 November, 5.00 to 7.30pm (pre-registration is required – see the school website www.aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk or www.laswap.camden.sch.uk for details) Camden School for Girls Open evening Monday 19 September, 6.00 to 8.00pm Sandall Road, London NW5 2DB Open mornings 14 and 16 September, 9.00 to 11.00am Sixth Form Tuesday 22 November, 10.45am