APPLYING for SECONDARY SCHOOL for September 2019

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL for September 2019

The information above is a summary of the admissions criteria for this school. For the full criteria and admission arrangements please check the school’s website or go to www.brent.gov.uk/services-for-residents/education-and-schools/information-about-admissions/admissions-criteria. The criteria will apply after children with an Education, Health and Care plan which names the school have been admitted. All schools operate a tie breaker in the event that two or more children have equal priority under the criteria. Location of Brent secondary schools

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2 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Contents

Map of Brent secondary schools...... 2

Section 1 – Apply Key Information...... 4 Before you make your application...... 4 Myth Busters – get the facts!...... 5 School Open Events...... 6 Using the online application system...... 7 Your child’s address...... 11 Fraudulent applications...... 11 Special Needs and exceptional social/medical circumstances...... 11 Looked after and previously looked after children...... 12 All-Through schools...... 12 Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs)...... 12 Twins and multiple births...... 12 Children educated outside their normal age group...... 12 Late applications...... 12 Changing preferences...... 13 In-Year Admissions...... 12 In-year fair access protocol...... 13 Children of UK Service Personnel...... 13 Sixth form admissions...... 13 14-19 Applications...... 13

Section 2 – Offers How we process your application...... 14 Offers and responding...... 14 Waiting lists and appeals...... 15

Section 3 – Brent secondary schools How places were allocated for September 2018...... 16 School details and oversubscription criteria...... 17

Section 4 – Additional information Contact information...... 34 Applicants with special educational needs...... 34 Home to school travel...... 35 Free school meals...... 36 Private fostering...... 36 Data Protection...... 36

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 3 Section 1 – Apply

Apply for... Before you make your application 1 Are your Read the admissions criteria for Secondary school for September 2019 preferences each school and look to see realistic? which criteria apply to your child. If your child was born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008, you need to apply for them to start Consider how The admissions criteria for Brent secondary school in September 2019. likely it is that schools are listed on pages 17 your child will be to 31. Studio School and University Technical offered a place College (UTC) for September 2019 at your preferred If your child was born between 1 September 2004 and 31 schools. August 2005, you can apply for a place at a Studio School 2 Do you live Find the distance to your or University Technical College (UTC) in neighbouring close enough to preferred schools using authorites. More details can be found on page 32. get a place? the Direct Gov schools Sixth Form finder (www.gov.uk/school- Find out your performance-tables) Admissions to sixth form are dealt with directly by schools. home to school Contact schools directly for further information. distance. The distance of the last child offered a place at Brent schools In-Year Admissions Compare with from last year is on page 16. If your child does not currently have a school place or cut-off distances you wish to transfer them to a different school, you will from last year. Remember that although this need to make an ‘In-Year’ application. Please visit information can be used to give www.brent.gov.uk/inyearadmissions you an idea of how likely it is for more information. that you will be offered a place, the ‘last distance’ will change Important Dates every year. We can never guarantee any child will be September/October School Open Events (see p6) offered a place at any school. 31 October 2018 Applications deadline 3 Visit schools Open event details for Brent 1 March 2019 National offer day schools are available on page 6. (see page 14) 4 Read Ofsted You can view reports at 15 March 2019 Response deadline reports www.ofsted.gov.uk 15 March 2019 Deadline for applications and changes for the second round Brent has many ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ schools. Week ending Second round offers 29 March 2019 5 How will your The cost of home to school child travel to travel is covered by free 5 April 2019 Second round response school? transport provided by Transport deadline for London (TfL). 3 May 2019 Deadline for applications and changes for the third round A long journey to school on Week ending Third round offers public transport may not be 24 May 2019 the best choice for a child. 31 May 2019 Third round response deadline 6 Talk to your Remember that the right school September 2019 Children start school child and other for your friend’s child may not parents be the right school for your child. Don’t judge a school based on what others say – visit the school and see for yourself.

4 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Myth busters – get the facts!

It is easy to make assumptions about how school admissions works. Here are some of the common myths and misunderstandings, as well as the facts.

Myth The facts My child has a right to a place at The local authority must offer your child a place at the highest preference one of my preferred schools. school they qualify for. If your child does not qualify for any of your preferred schools (e.g. because your preferences were unrealistic), they will normally be allocated a place at the nearest school to your home with a vacancy. I have an older child already at Everyone must apply for their child even if they have a brother or sister already the school so I do not need at the school. Most schools give priority to siblings, but if you don’t apply you to apply. could miss out on a place. Listing one school will mean Listing only one school does not increase your child’s chances of being offered that you will have to offer me a place. If your child does not qualify for that school, then they will normally be that school. allocated a place at the nearest school to your home with a vacancy. Listing the same school six Your child can only be considered once for a school and any duplicated times will improve my chances preferences will be deleted. of being offered a place. I live nearer to the school than Although the information listed on page 16 can give you an idea of how likely the last child offered under it is that you will be offered a place at your preferred school, the ‘last distance’ the distance criterion last year will change every year. We cannot guarantee any child will be offered a place at so I’m guaranteed a place. any school. Children in my road go to the The number of pupils offered under each criterion at each school can change school so my child will too. every year so just because you know pupils living near you go to a certain school, it does not mean that your child will be offered a place there. If I apply to a school in An admissions authority cannot give preference to its own residents and another borough, their published admissions criteria cannot include the borough of residence. Brent residents will have priority does not discriminate between applicants who live in the borough and those over me. who do not. It does not matter if my form If you apply after 31 October 2018, we will look at your application after all is late. those who applied on time and it is very unlikely that you will be offered one of your preferred schools. I can only apply for Brent schools. You can apply for both Brent and out of borough schools by listing them on the Brent application form.

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 5 School open events

The open mornings and evenings for Brent secondary school are listed below. All applicants are encouraged to visit their preferred schools. For further information please contact the school directly.

DfE SIF Type of Code School required School Open events

304 Alperton Community School No Academy Open evening: 5405 Wednesday 26 September 2018, 6pm Ealing Road, Wembley, Middlesex Open Morning: HA0 4PW We will take guided tours by appointment only at 9.30am on the following dates: Monday 8 October 2018 Tuesday 9 October 2018 Wednesday 10 October 2018

304 Ark Academy No Academy Monday 1 October 2018, 9.30am 6906 Tuesday 2 October 2018, 9.30am Bridge Road, Wembley HA9 9JP Wednesday 3 October 2018, 9.30am Thursday 4 October 2018, 5pm

304 Ark Elvin Academy No Academy Tuesday 18 September 2018, 5pm 4001 Tuesday 2 October 2018, 5pm Cecil Avenue, Wembley HA9 7DU Wednesday 19 September 2018, 9.30am Wednesday 26 September 2018, 9.30am Wednesday 3 October 2018, 9.30am

304 Capital City Academy Yes Academy Friday 21 September 2018, 10-11.30am 6905 Monday 1 October 2018, 10-11.30am Doyle Gardens, Willesden, London Wednesday 10 October 2018, 5.30-7.30pm NW10 3ST Friday 12 October 2018,10-11.30am Wednesday 17 October 2018, 10-11.30am Tuesday 30 October 2018, 10-11.30am

304 Claremont High School No Academy Thursday 20 September 2018, 5-8pm 5400 Claremont Avenue, Kenton, Harrow HA3 0UH

304 Convent of Jesus and Mary Yes Academy Thursday 11 October 2018, 3.30-6.30pm 5404 Language College Girls’ Friday 12 October 2018, 9.30am and 11am School Tuesday 16 October 2018, 9.30am and 11am Crownhill Road, London NW10 4EP Wednesday 17 October 2018, 9.30am and 11am Thursday 18 October 2018, 9.30am and 11am

304 JFS Yes Voluntary Thursday 13 September 2018, 9-10.30am 4033 Aided Tuesday 23 October 2018, 9-10.30am The Mall, Kenton Harrow, HA3 9TE Thursday 11 October 2018, 4.30pm onwards

6 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 DfE SIF Type of Code School required School Open events

304 Kingsbury High School No Academy Tuesday 25 September 2018, 5-7.30pm 5402 Princes Avenue, Kingsbury NW9 9JR

304 Michaela Community School No Free Wednesday 3 October 2018, 5-6.30pm 4000 School (final talk at 6.15pm) North End Road, Wembley, HA9 0UU Wednesday 10 October 2018, 10.45-11.45am (final talk at 11.30am) Tuesday 16th October 2018 10.45-11.45am (final talk at 11.30am)

304 Newman Catholic College Yes Voluntary Open Evening: 5407 Aided Thursday 4 October 2018, 4-7pm Harlesden Road, London NW10 3RN Boys’ Open Morning: (tours available). School Wednesday 26 September 2018, 9.15-11am Wednesday 3 October 2018, 9.15-11am Tuesday 9th October 2018, 9.15-11am

304 Preston Manor School No Academy Thursday 27 September 2018, 6-8.30pm 5410 Monday 1 October 2018, 9-11am Carlton Avenue East, Wembley HA9 Tuesday 2 October 2018, 9-11am 8NA

304 Queens Park Community No Academy Open Evening: 5403 School Thursday 20 September 2018, 6pm Tours available (by appointment) at 9am on a Aylestone Avenue, London NW6 variety of dates from Monday 24 September 2018. 7BQ See website for details

304 St Gregory’s Catholic Science Yes Academy Thursday 20th September 2018, 3pm 5406 College Headteacher presentation at 4.30pm, 6pm and 7.30pm Donnington Road, Kenton, Harrow HA3 0NB

304 The Crest Academy No Academy Open morning: 6907 Wednesday 19 September 2018, 9.45-11am Crest Road, Neasden, London NW2 Wednesday 26 September 2018, 9.45-11am 7SN Open evening: Wednesday 19 September 2018, 4.30-6.30pm Wednesday 26 September 2018, 4.30-6.30pm Tours available by appointment throughout October

304 Wembley High Technology No Academy Wednesday 12 September 2018, 5.30-8pm 4006 College

East Lane, North Wembley HA0 3NT

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 7 Section 1 – Apply Apply for your child’s school place online eadmissions.org.uk

Applying online for a school place emails from eAdmissions go straight to your inbox. is quick and easy. Follow the steps You should check your spam/junk email folder now and then to make sure that messages from the below and you are ready to start your eAdmissions website are not sent there by mistake. child’s online application. nnYou can also sign up to get notifications during the nnEach screen will explain what you need to do; admissions process either by text message or by there are guidance notes on the left hand side downloading the ‘Parent Comms’ mobile App. of the screen to help you. nnIt is important that you register well before the nnYou can select any text that is underlined (usually deadline, in case there are any problems making a question/section of the form that needs to be your application. The closing date is: completed) and this will open in a new window with an explanation of what is required. 31 October for Secondary and 14/19 (Studio Schools and UTCs) Step 1: Getting started applications nnBefore you start your online application, you will need do some research. Register yourself on the eAdmissions website.

nnSee the authority’s website for details about how nnYou will then be asked to create your own password. applications are processed. nnWe will send you an email with your username and nnVisit schools. instructions on how to validate your email address.

nnCheck school websites. nnThe email will also contain a link which will take you to the eAdmissions login page to start nnRead the admissions criteria for the schools you are your application. interested in. nnPlease keep your username and password safe as nnCheck how places were offered in previous years. you will need them to login and apply for any other nnYou should check transport policies for local children you have, and to see the outcome of your authorities (outside London). application on 1st March 2019.

Step 2: What to do if this is the first time Step 3: What to do if you have applied you are applying online using eAdmissions before using eAdmissions or you have just registered and received your user name If you have used the eAdmissions system before to apply for a school place for any of your children you do not nnOn the home page select ‘Return to an existing need to register again. Instead please go to Step 3. account’ and enter your username and password.

nnIf this is the first time you are using the eAdmissions nnIf you have forgotten your username or password website you must register to apply online. we can re-send them to you when you select the ‘Forgotten your user name or password?’link. nnYou will need an email address to register. nnWe will send you an email to the email address you nnIf you already have an email address you should used when you first registered (please check you set your spam/junk mail filter to ‘Standard’ so that spam/junk folder as it may have gone there).

8 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 nnOnce you login the page with your personal details is schools. displayed. You must check if any of your details have changed and update them straight away. nnIf the schools you have selected allow medical or If your details are correct tick the mandatory box to social criteria and you would like your child to be confirm that your details are correct. considered under this criteria you must tick the relevant box and attach supporting evidence. You nnYou will need to read and agree the Privacy Policy by can attach documents once you have submitted your ticking the box. application. If you do not provide the evidence to support your application, your request nnThen select the ‘Save and continue’ button to move cannot be considered under that criterion. on to the application process. nnSome schools ask you to fill in extra forms called Step 4: Adding your child’s details supplementary information forms (SIF). If you do not fill in these forms and/or send them direct to the nnThe next page is your home page called ‘My school relevant school, you risk your chance of getting a admissions. If you can see your child’s name on your place at these schools. ‘My school admissions’ page, select the ‘Start new nnIt is your responsibility to check that your online application’ button below the child’s name. This application is fully completed and that you have button will only be available for children whose date entered all details correctly. If you do not tick certain of birth falls within a relevant age range. Check boxes or enter relevant information (for example the existing details and select the ‘Next’ button. sibling box) your application will not be considered nnIf your child’s name is not listed, select the ‘Start a under that criterion. new application for a child that is not listed below’ nnEach time you fill in the information on a page, make button. Enter the details requested about the child sure that you select ‘Next’ button or the information you are making the application for on the ‘Child will not be registered. details’ page and select the ‘Next’ button.

Please remember Step 6: Submitting your application nnCouncil tax account number: Brent Council ask you nnYou can make changes to your online application up to provide this information for the address where until the closing date. Each time you make a change your child lives. you must resubmit your application. nnChild’s current school: Please select the school from nnSelect the ‘Submit application’ button on the last page. the drop down list. Only type the name of the school in the box if your child is at a nursery school or you nnAfter you have submitted your application you will cannot see the current school name listed. receive an email confirming details of your online application. The email will list an application reference nnTwins or triplets: If you have twins or triplets you number similar to this: 304-2019-09-E-123456. must make an application for each child and tick the multiple birth box. nnIf you do not receive a number it means your application was not submitted successfully and Step 5: Adding school preferences you must login and select the ‘Submit application’ button again. nnAdd your preferences in the order you prefer them. nnIf you have made changes to your details or your You can select up to six schools. child’s details, you will have to resubmit your application. Check the ‘My school admissions’ page nnMake sure you include the details of any brothers or and select resubmit application for your most recent sisters who will be attending one of the schools or changes to be recorded. linked schools you have applied for. If you do not tell us, you may lose out on the sibling criterion. nnPlease be aware that not all schools have a medical or social criteria, please check before selecting your

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 9 Step 7: Attaching documents

Many local authorities need you to send them information to support your application. You can find out what each local authority needs by reading their information booklet about applying for school places. Select ‘Local Authority details’ button on the left hand side bar. Documents you may need to attach:

nnConfirmation of, your child’s address and their date of birth.

nnInformation to support your application such as doctors letters if you have applied under the medical criterion.

nnInformation to confirm your child was looked after or previously looked after.

nnInformation to confirm that you are a crown servant.

Important information

If you have ticked any of the categories above and do not provide evidence to show this, your local authority is unlikely to take account of this when making allocations.

What happens next?

nnIf you submitted your application by the closing date, you will be sent the outcome of your application during the evening of the published national offer day.

nnYou should respond within 14 days. To accept or decline your offer you should log back in to your eAdmissions account and select the ‘View outcome of application and respond’ button.

Receipt details

Keep a record of your application reference number as you may need to refer to this at a later date.

10 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Your child’s address update your home to school distances until n The address used must be the child’s permanent home after 1 March 2019 (national offer day). address on 31 October 2018. Fraudulent applications n Do not list an address of a relative or someone who provides temporary care for your child, a business n Brent Council takes any attempt to obtain a school place address, a childminder’s address or any address other through fraudulent means very seriously. than the child’s permanent home address. n We will verify addresses to ensure that places are allocated appropriately and fairly.

Proof of address n Any address proof or supporting documentation which is false or deliberately misleading may lead to offers n We do not require proof of address to be sent in with being withdrawn. your application. n Stringent checks will be carried out to ensure n Please supply your council tax reference number on the applications are not fraudulent. application (e.g. from your bill). If you don’t pay council tax directly, please leave this question blank. n Home visits may be carried out to verify addresses. n Brent Council will check internal council databases in order to verify your address. Children with special needs n Where it is not possible to verify your address or you have recently moved, we will write to you asking for two n If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan proofs of address. (EHCP), please do not complete an application. n You should contact Brent Special Educational Needs Assessment Service (SENAS) on 020 8937 3229 or Children living at two addresses [email protected] who will manage your n An application can only be processed from one address. child’s transition to secondary school. n The application should include the address the child normally lives at for the majority of the school week. Exceptional social/medical circumstances n If a child resides equally between two addresses, it is n Some schools give higher priority to children with social the parents’ responsibility to agree between themselves or medical needs, even if they do not have an Education, which address will be used. One application should be Health and Care Plan (EHCP). submitted using the address agreed by both parents. n If you state a preference for a particular school because of the medical, social or special educational needs of Change of address your child you must demonstrate how only this school n We can only accept changes of address after you have meets your child’s special circumstances. moved. We will not process your application from an n To be considered on this basis you must submit intended future address. independent, professional evidence which sets out the n If you move address prior to the closing date (31 particular reasons why the school is the most suitable October 2018) you should update your address online and the difficulties that could be caused if your child has and resubmit your application. If the closing date has to attend another school. passed, you must tell the council straight away by n Your evidence should be submitted directly to the school emailing [email protected]. and attached to your online application. It will normally n You must supply evidence of your change of address. be in the form of a report from a suitably qualified, independent professional like a doctor. n Evidence must be received on or before 11 December 2018 in order for your new address to be used when n Evidence should be submitted by 31 October 2018 processing your application and calculating home to (the closing date for on time applications). Evidence school distances. submitted after this date may not be considered until the second or subsequent round of offers. n If we receive evidence of your change of address after 11 December 2018, we will not be able to n See individual schools’ oversubscription criteria for further information (pages 17 to 31).

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 11 Looked after and previously looked after children n SIFs can be obtained directly from schools or downloaded n If you are completing the application for a looked after from the school’s or Brent Council’s website. child or a child who was previously looked after please n Failure to complete a SIF may result in your application indicate this on the application. to that particular school being given a lower priority. n Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were Twins and multiple births adopted or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order. n Parents with multiple birth children must complete a separate application form for each child. n Applicants must name the council who looks after the child and provide a letter from the social worker n Most schools have admission arrangements that ensure confirming that the child is in care. multiple birth children will be offered together, even if this means the school will admit more than their n If the child was adopted immediately after being in care published admission number. please provide a copy of the child arrangements order, special guardianship order or proof of adoption from n The full admission arrangements for each school are your child’s home authority. available on the school’s or Brent Council’s website.

All-Through schools Children educated outside their normal age group n Ark Academy and Preston Manor are “All-Through” n In rare cases a child may currently be educated a year schools which educate children aged between four and group below or above their chronological year group. 18. Primary school students in Year 6 continue directly into n If this applies to your child you should submit a letter the secondary school, with a guaranteed place in Year 7. with your application from your child’s current head n Ark Academy admit 180 students to Year 7 in 2019 teacher explaining why they are being educated outside of whom 60 may be students progressing from Year 6 their chronological age group. within the school. Similarly Preston Manor School admit n Each Brent secondary school you list will receive a copy 252 students to Year 7 in 2019 of whom 60 may be of the letter and the head teacher or chair of governors students progressing from Year 6 within the school. will decide whether your child can be admitted outside n If you currently attend Year 6 at Ark Academy or their chronological age group. Preston Manor School n Email [email protected] for n If you want to stay at Ark Academy/Preston Manor further information. School for Year 7 and you are not interested in any other schools you will be offered a place Late applications automatically. You do not need to apply. n Applications received after 31 October 2018 will be n If you wish to change school for Year 7 you must classed as late. apply. List the schools you want more than Ark n If there are exceptional circumstances why your Academy/Preston Manor School in the order you application was received after the deadline, please prefer them. The first preference is the school you provide independent written evidence by 11 December want the most. 2018 (from someone who is impartial) explaining why n You will not be considered for any schools you list the application was late. as a lower preference than Ark Academy/Preston n The evidence you provide will be considered by Brent Manor School. school admissions who will decide if your application will Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs) be processed as late or on time. n Some schools require an additional or Supplementary n Late applications will only be considered after all the Information Form (SIF) to be completed in addition to other applications that were received on time have been the normal application. offered a place. For this reason late applicants are very n Use the information on pages 17 to 31 find out which unlikely to be offered one of their preferred schools. Brent schools require a SIF.

n Completed SIFs should be submitted direct to the school prior to the closing date, 31 October 2018.

12 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Changing preferences Children of UK Service Personnel n If you wish to change your preferences before the closing For families of UK service personnel with a confirmed date (31 October 2018) you should login to the online posting to the area (or crown servants returning from application system, edit and resubmit your application. overseas) admissions can be allocated in advance of n If you wish to change your preferences after arriving in Brent. 31 October 2018 use the online form at This is to ensure that children of UK service personnel www.brent.gov.uk/changeapplicationdetails are not disadvantaged when applying for schools as a Changes of preference cannot be accepted over result of their mobility. These rules were introduced as the telephone. a contribution to the Government’s commitment to the n Regardless of the circumstances, changes requested Military Covenant; however, they do not give automatic after the closing date can only be included for the priority to service children over other children. second and subsequent rounds of offers after national If you are moving to the borough of Brent as a result of offer day, 1 March 2019 (see page 14). a posting, please complete a common application form by the closing date, using your posting address. The In-Year Admissions application must be accompanied by an official letter An in-year application is any application for a school place that declares a relocation date, a unit postal address or made outside the normal admissions rounds (reception quartering area address. and year 7 and, where applicable, year 3 and year 10). Your application will be processed using your posting address The normal admissions rounds are for entry into school and in accordance with each individual school’s criteria. in September; whereas, the in-year applications are for parents who either wish for their child to change schools, Sixth form admissions (Year 12-13) or who have moved to the area and need their child to Each secondary school in Brent has a sixth form provision start a new school during the academic year. for children in Years 12 and 13. Admissions to the sixth Parents wishing to apply for an in-year transfer to a Brent form are not co-ordinated by the local authority. If you school can apply by completing the in-year application form have a child eligible to apply for post-16 education or available at www.brent.gov.uk/admissions, which also has you would like information about open evenings and full details about the application process. Some schools admissions procedures, please contact each school directly. accept their own applications directly and information Contact details for secondary schools can be found on about where to submit your application is provided in the pages 17 to 31. guidance notes available online or on request. 14-19 applications Brent residents wishing to apply for an in-year transfer to a school that is not in the borough need to apply to Children currently in Year 9 can apply to attend studio the relevant local authority or school directly. We would schools and University Technical Colleges which offer suggest that parents contact the local authority first to education for children aged 14-19 years old. Further find out about the individual admission arrangements in information about the establishments within a reasonable their area. travelling distance from Brent can be found on page 32. Where a school is full, its published admission criteria will be used to decide the order in which applicants will be added to the waiting list (if applicable). Where a school has vacancies, a place will be offered for the child.

In-year fair access protocol The School Admissions Code requires that all local authorities must have an in-year fair access (IYFA) protocol. This is to ensure that children without a school place – especially the most vulnerable – are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. The operation of the Brent IYFA protocol is triggered when a parent of an eligible child has not secured a place under in-year admission arrangements.

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 13 Section 2 – Offers

How we process your Offers application n National offer day is Friday 1 March 2019. n Offer emails are sent in the evening on 1 March 2019. Brent school admissions work closely with schools and other local authorities so that every child is offered a n The online application system is updated with offers place at the highest preference school for which they and applicants can respond from the evening of qualify. The process involves the following stages: 1 March 2019. n Offer letters are posted first class on Friday 1 March 1. Exchange information 2019 and should arrive by Monday 4 March. If you Applications are processed and addresses checked, and have not had an offer letter in the post by Tuesday applicant’s details are sent to schools. The schools do not 5 March 2019, contact Brent school admissions. know the order of your preferences. n Online applicants offered their first preference school Additional information? are not sent an offer letter. Supporting documentation for your application should be Responding to offers (accepting/rejecting) sent to the schools directly as well as to the Brent school n Please respond to your offer by 15 March 2019. admissions team via the online application system. Some schools require applicants to return a SIF (Supplementary n Online applicants must respond to the offer online by Information Form) directly to the school. Check your logging into the online application system preferred schools, pages 17 to 31. (www.eadmissions.org.uk) using their email address or username and their password. 2. Rank applications n We strongly advise applicants to accept the place Schools rank applications according to their published offered. Accepting the offer secures the school for oversubscription criteria to determine which children your child, so you have a back-up, in case you’re have priority for places. Brent schools decide whether unsuccessful in seeking a higher preference in the your child qualifies for a place, not the council. second or third rounds or if you appeal, and your Which criteria relate to your child? appeal is not upheld. Check the oversubscription criteria for your preferred n Accepting the place does not affect your waiting list schools, pages 17 to 31. position or right to appeals.

3. Offer places n If you do not accept the offer, the place may be offered to another applicant, and subsequent offers may be Every school has a maximum number of children that can further away from your home. be admitted. The ranked lists for each school are used to determine the highest preference each child can be Further Offers offered. Where an applicant qualifies for more than one n After national offer day (1 March 2019) Brent school school, the order of preferences determines which school admissions continue to process applications and make is offered. offers on behalf of schools until the end of August 2019. Schools do not offer places directly. What if the offer isn’t any of my preferred schools? The council will offer every Brent child a place. When n Two additional rounds of offers will be sent out applicants do not qualify for a place at any of their according to the timetable below. preferred schools, a place is offered at the nearest school n All late applicants will be offered a place in the second to your home with an available place. and third round.

n Unsuccessful applicants will not receive notification in the second or third round, only successful applicants will be sent a letter.

n After the third round, places will be offered as and when they become available.

14 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Second Round Third Round Deadline Last date for changes to be included in the round 15 March 2019 3 May 2019 (e.g. changed address/preferences) Offer Week ending Week ending Offers will be sent by first class post to successful 29 March 2019 24 May 2019 applicants only

Response 5 April 2019 31 May 2019 Successful applicants must respond by this date

Waiting lists Appeals n If we cannot offer your first preference on national offer n If your child is not offered a place at one of the schools day (1 March 2019), then your child will be automatically you listed on your form, you can appeal against this added to the waiting list for each school you ranked as a decision to an independent appeal panel. higher preference than the school offered. n Appeals are heard by an independent appeal panel of n Any vacancies available in the second and third round three members of the public who are independent of will be offered to applicants on the waiting list. the school and the local authority. n Priority on the waiting list is determined by the n Brent secondary schools manage their appeals directly, oversubscription criteria for each school. There is no Brent Council is not involved. guarantee that a place will be offered for your child n You must approach each school directly if you wish to off the waiting list. appeal for a place. n When an applicant on a waiting list is offered a place n Your offer letter will give information about how any previous offer will be automatically withdrawn. You to appeal. will not be given a choice between your current offer and the new offer. If you are happy with your current n The deadline for submitting an appeal is set by each offer then you must advise Brent school admissions to school and must be at least 20 school days after remove your child from waiting lists. National Offer Day (Friday 1 March 2019). n Your child’s position on the waiting list can go up as n Appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the well as down when other applicants are offered a deadline for lodging appeals. place or join the list. n Waiting lists are not operated on a first come, first served basis. The length of time your child is on the waiting list will not give them priority over other applicants. n Please note: Waiting lists for Brent schools will be maintained until at least the end of December 2019. Some schools may have different arrangements for maintaining waiting lists after this period. To ensure that your child remains on the waiting list and in consideration after the end of the year you must make a separate 2019/20 In-Year application online. In-Year applications for 2019/20 will open on Monday 1 July 2019, visit www.brent.gov.uk/inyearadmissions. The local authority will not contact you again to remind you to re-apply.

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 15 Data as at 1 March 2018

Section 3 – Brent secondary schools How places were allocated at Brent secondary schools – September 2018

Data as at 1 March 2018. Brent secondary schools that are not on this list were able to offer all applicants a place. SEN/EHCP – statements of special educational need/Education, Health and Care plans

SCHOOL NAME CRITERIA/BAND NUMBER OF OFFERS (MAX DISTANCE IN METRES)

SEN/EHCP 3 Social/Medical 4 Sibling 77 Alperton Community School Feeder School 136 (6102.83) Distance 104 (2175.86) TOTAL 324 SEN/EHCP 3 Looked After Children/ Previously Looked After 2 Current Yr 6 36 Sibling 55 Ark Academy Children of Staff 2 Zone A 39 (846.95) Zone B 43 (676.33) TOTAL 180 SEN/EHCP 7 Social/Medical 1 Sibling 96 Claremont High School Feeder School 112 (6355.14) Aptitude In Music 27 Distance 27 (756.13) TOTAL 270 SEN/EHCP 2 10 Distance Places With C R P 10 (3756.17) JFS Sibling With C R P 184 All Other Crp Priority Applicants (random) 134 TOTAL 330 SEN/EHCP 1 Looked After Children/ Previously Looked After 1 Social/Medical 1 Kingsbury High School Feeder School 114 (6906.95) Sibling 118 Distance 101 (3414.94) TOTAL 336 SEN/EHCP 3 Looked After Children/ Previously Looked After 1 Michaela Community School Siblings At The School 36 Children Who Live Within A 5 Mile Radius (random) 80 (5836.28) TOTAL 120 SEN/EHCP 10 Looked After Children/ Previously Looked After 2 Sibling 74 Preston Manor School Children of Staff 1 Current Yr 6 62 Distance 103 (1819.09) TOTAL 252 SEN/EHCP 5 Looked After Children/ Previously Looked After 1 Sibling 81 Queens Park Community School 12 Distance 12 (500.13) Feeder School 117 (1650.84) TOTAL 216 SEN/EHCP 5 Practising Catholic, Priest Ref, With Sibling 62 St Gregory’s Catholic Science College Practising Catholic, Priest Ref, Distance 125 (3786.52) TOTAL 192 SEN/EHCP 0 Looked After Children/ Previously Looked After 2 Wembley High Technology College Sibling 100 Feeder School 108 (1474.74) TOTAL 210

Note Data at 1 March 2018 SEN/EHCP – statements of special educational need/Education, Health and Care plans

16 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Data as at 1 March 2018

Alperton Community School

www.alperton.brent.sch.uk DfE number: 304 5405

Head teacher: Mr Gerard McKenna Oversubscription Criteria:

Ealing Road, Wembley, Middlesex HA0 4PW Where applicants exceed the number of places Tel: 020 8902 2038 available the following criteria will be applied in the Fax: N/A order set out below to decide which children to admit. Email: [email protected] 1. Where the child is or has previous been “looked after” (Young People in Public Care). An application Admissions enquiries: Jacinta Callendar for admission to school must be made by the person Tel: 020 8902 2038 with parental responsibility and / or the child’s social Email: [email protected] worker. Supplementary information form needed? No 2. Brothers or sisters of a child who attends the school No denomination Age range: 11-18 years and who will continue to do so on the date of Type: Academy admission. This includes half and step brothers and Specialism: Maths and Computing; Visual Arts sisters and foster children so long as they live at the Published admission number (Year 7): 324 same address – but not cousins. Pupils transferring to Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1420 the sixth form or students currently on roll at the sixth Number of on-time applications received form are not considered as sibling connections. for September 2018 admissions: 728 3. Children attending one of following feeder primary schools at the time of application: Lyon Park, Barham, Physical accessibility: High Vicar’s Green and Oakington Manor. School all on one level. Ramps into class. Two wheelchair accessible toilets 4. Special medical or social needs. These reasons must relate to the student and does not apply to family members. Parents applying under this criterion must provide supporting evidence from a professional e.g. a consultant, stating why Alperton Community School is the most suitable school and the difficulties caused if the child attends another school. 5. Proximity to the school at the time of application. Priority will be given to those living nearer the school. The distance will be measured in a straight line from the pupil’s permanent address to the school gate on Ealing Road.

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 17 Ark Academy

www.arkacademy.org DfE number: 304 6906

Head teacher: Mrs Delia Smith Oversubscription Criteria: If the number of applications for admission to either Bridge Road, Wembley HA9 9JP the primary school or secondary school is greater Tel: 020 8385 4370 than the PAN, applications will be considered against Fax: 020 8385 4371 the criteria and order set out below. Admission of Email: [email protected] siblings to the primary are distinct from those to Admissions enquiries: Mrs Clodagh Boyle the secondary. The secondary school has additional Tel: 020 8385 4370 option 3 criteria in relation to distance zones. Email: [email protected] 1. Looked after children and children who have Supplementary information form needed? No been previously looked after (pursuant to the No denomination Age range: 3-18 years Admissions Code). Type: Academy 2. Children of staff at the school where there is a Specialism: Mathematics and Citizenship demonstrable skill shortage – Children of members of Published admission number (Year 7): 180 staff will have priority in the oversubscription criteria Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1544 if the staff member is filling a post for which there is Number of on-time applications received a demonstrable skill shortage. Ark Schools is required for September 2018 admissions: 1159 to approve the Principal’s designation of such posts and confirm the assessment that a member of staff Physical accessibility: Medium appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. School is on three levels. There is a lift and there are Priority will be limited to one place for each form of also wheelchair accessible toilets. entry in any year. 3. In respect of the primary school only, children who at the time of the admission have a sibling who attends the primary school in Reception to Year 6. 4. In respect of the secondary school, children who at the time of admission have a sibling who attends the academy in Reception to Year 13. For this purpose 3 and 4 above “sibling” means a whole, half or stepbrother or -sister or an adopted child resident at the same address. The fact that an applicant has a sibling attending the nursery school will not be a factor giving rise to priority. 5. Children of staff in the school – Where there is no demonstrable skill shortage, priority may be given where the academy is oversubscribed to a child of a person who will have been employed in the academy for two or more years at the time the application for admission is made. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year. 6. Distance measurement – A child’s home will be the address at which the child normally resides and which has been notified to the academy and other relevant agencies as being the child’s normal place of residence.

18 APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Ark Elvin Academy www.arkelvinacademy.org DfE number: 304 4001

Head teacher: Ms Rebecca Curtis Oversubscription Criteria: Where fewer applications are received than places Cecil Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7DU available, the academy will offer places to all those Tel: 020 8902 6362 who have applied. If the number of applications for Fax: N/A admission is greater than the PAN, applications will be Email: [email protected] considered against the criteria and order set out below. Admissions enquiries: Ms Andrea Thomspon 1. Looked after children and children who have Tel: 020 8902 6362 been previously looked after (pursuant to the Email: [email protected] Admissions Code). Supplementary information form needed? No 2. Children of staff at the school where there is a No denomination Age range: 11-18 years demonstrable skill shortage – Children of members of Type: Academy staff will have priority in the oversubscription criteria Specialism: N/A if the staff member is filling a post for which there is Published admission number (Year 7): 270 a demonstrable skill shortage. Ark Schools is required Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 874 to approve the Principal’s designation of such posts Number of on-time applications and confirm the assessment that a member of staff received for September 2018 admissions: 291 appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of Physical accessibility: High entry in any year (i.e. 8 places in Year 7). The school is on multiple levels with full wheelchair 3. Children who at the time of the admission have a access including lifts, adapted classrooms and fully sibling who attends the academy. For this purpose accessible toilets on every floor. “sibling” means a whole, half or step-brother or sister or an adopted child resident at the same address. 4. Children of staff in the school – Where there is no demonstrable skill shortage, priority may be given where the academy is oversubscribed to a child of a person who will have been employed in the academy for two or more years at the time the application for admission is made. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year (i.e. 8 places in Year 7). 5. Distance measurement – A child’s home will be the address at which the child normally resides and which has been notified to the academy and other relevant agencies as being the child’s normal place of residence.

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 19 Capital City Academy

www.capitalcityacademy.org DfE number: 304 6905

Head teacher: Mrs Marianne Jeanes Oversubscription Criteria: All applicants for Year 7 will be asked to attend the Doyle Gardens, Willesden, London NW10 3ST school on a specified day in December to take the fair Tel: 020 8838 8700 banding test. Based on the test scores, applicants will Fax: NA be placed in four bands: Email: [email protected] Band A – Those with the best 25% of test scores. Admissions enquiries: Ms Jackie Francis Tel: 020 8838 8675 Band B – Those with the second 25% of test scores. Email: [email protected] Band C – Those with the third 25% of test scores. Supplementary information form needed? Yes Band D – Those with the fourth 25% of test scores. No denomination Age range: 11-18 years Applicants who do not take the fair banding test and Type: Academy cannot be allocated to a band will be considered after Specialism: Sport and the Arts those allocated to a band. Within each band, places will Published admission number (Year 7): 208 be allocated using the following priorities: Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1153 Number of on-time applications 1. Looked after children and previously looked after by a received for September 2018 admissions: 402 local authority (i.e. children in public care). 2. Up to 10% students will be admitted on the basis Physical accessibility: Medium of aptitude in the specialisms of sport (performance School has 3 levels with a lift to all floors at the front of and/or leadership) and Visual and Performing Arts the building using specified tests. Up to 20 students who meet the standards of the test will be admitted with priority to the highest performing students. Applicants who wish to be admitted by their aptitude for sport will be asked to attend in the first half of the autumn term to take a relevant aptitude test. 3. Students for whom it is essential to be admitted to a specific school because of special circumstances to do with significant medical needs or social needs. A letter from a doctor will be required in cases of medical need and a letter from a social worker or other appropriate professional in cases of social need. These letters must show how the need can best be met by a place at the academy and not at another school. 4. Students whose siblings (brothers, sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters who live at the same address) currently attend the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission. 5. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the front door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main entrance of the school, using the local authority’s computerised measuring system, with those living closer to the school receiving the higher priority.

20 APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Claremont High School Academy http://www.claremont-high.org.uk DfE number: 304 5400

Head teacher: Ms Nicola Hyde-Boughey Oversubscription Criteria: 1. Looked after children or children in public care Claremont Avenue, Kenton, Harrow HA3 0UH including children who were in care but have since Tel: 020 8204 4442 been adopted or become subject to a residence order Fax: 020 8204 3548 or special guardianship order. Email: [email protected] 2. Children for whom it is essential to be admitted Admissions enquiries: Mrs Maureen Ahimie to Claremont High School Academy because of Tel: 020 8204 4442 special circumstances to do with significant medical Email: [email protected] needs, social needs or special educational needs. Supplementary information form needed? No The recommendation must be received in writing Mixed Age range: 11-19 years from a consultant at an NHS hospital or equivalent. Type: Academy This criterion relates to the child’s medical, social Specialism: N/A and special needs and does not include any other member of the child’s family. The supporting Published admission number (Year 7): 270 evidence should set out the particular reasons Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1570 Claremont High School Academy is the most suitable Number of on-time applications school and difficulties that would be caused if the received for September 2018 admissions: 1211 child had to attend another school.

Physical accessibility: Medium 3. Those who have a brother(s) and/or sister(s) (including Access to part of ground floor teaching spaces and half or stepbrother(s) and sister(s) if residing at the facilities, including external spaces. No access to upper same address) attending Claremont at the time floors. School has capacity to deliver an inclusive of application and on the date of admission. This curriculum through time tabling adjustments, but excludes a brother(s) or a sister(s) of those students physical barriers restrict scope. who join the academy in Year 12 or Year 13. 4. Those children attending one of the four Academy feeder primary schools; Byron Court, Mount Stewart, Preston Park and Uxendon Manor. 5. Children of members of staff employed for a minimum of two years and/or recruited to fill a vacant post. 6. Up to ten per cent of children will be admitted on the basis of aptitude in music. Each child applying under this criterion will be invited to attend a written musical aptitude assessment at the school. 7. Other Children.

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 21 Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College

www.cjmlc.co.uk DfE number: 304 5404

Head teacher: Mrs Louise McGowan Oversubscription Criteria:

Crownhill Road, Willesden, London NW10 4EP Where the number of applications exceeds the Tel: 020 8965 2986 admissions number, offers of places are made up using Fax: 020 8838 0071 the following criteria in order of priority: Email: [email protected] 1. Catholic ‘looked after’ children and previously Admissions enquiries: Admissions ‘looked after’ children who have been adopted, Tel: 020 8965 2986 or made subject to child arrangement orders, or Email: [email protected] special guardianship orders. Supplementary information form needed? Yes 2. Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Roman Catholic Age range: 11-18 years Catholic Practice. Within this criterion the following Type: Academy order of preference will be applied: Specialism: Language 2a. The presence of a sibling in the school at the time of admission. Published admission number (Year 7): 180 2b. The proximity of the child’s home to school. Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 951 3. Other baptised Catholic applicants. Number of on-time applications received for September 2018 admissions: 216 4. Other ‘looked after’ children and previously ‘looked after’ children who have been adopted, or made Physical accessibility: Low subject to child arrangement orders, or special School has limited facilities to cater disabled access. guardianship orders. Buildings are all accessed via stairs 3 floors and no lifts. 5. Other children who will have a sibling at the school at the time of admission. The Convent of Jesus and Mary Language 6. Those preparing for the sacrament of Baptism with College is for girls from 11 to 18. the Catholic Church (Catechumens). 7. Pupils from committed Christian families whose application is supported by a letter from their minister/faith leader confirming membership of the faith community. 8. Pupils from other faith backgrounds whose application is supported by a letter from their minister/faith leader confirming membership of the faith community. 9. All other applicants.

22 APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 JFS www.jfs.brent.sch.uk DfE number: 304 4033

formerly attended JFS for a period of at least three Head teacher: Mrs Rachel Fink consecutive terms within the 5 years preceding the The Mall, Kenton Harrow, HA3 9TE proposed date of entry. For this purpose, the term Tel: 020 8206 3100 ‘siblings’ means brothers and sisters, including half Fax: N/A siblings, step siblings, adopted siblings and foster Email: [email protected] siblings but not any wider definition.

Admissions enquiries: Ms Maxine Ratnarajah 4. The next 10 children who meet the religious practice Tel: 020 8206 3100 vm options 2 and then 1 test and who live nearest to the School. Those living Email: [email protected] closest will have higher priority. Distance will be Supplementary information form needed? Yes calculated by a straight line measurement between the Ordnance Survey addresspoint of the home address Jewish Age range: 11-18 years and the main entrance of the School using Brent Local Type: Voluntary Aided Authority’s computerised measuring system. For those Specialism: N/A applicants who live an equal distance from the School, places will be determined by a random allocation. A Published admission number (Year 7): 300 random list will be generated by Brent Local Authority Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1966 using the Schools Admissions Module software. Number of on-time applications Where a child lives with one parent for part of a week received for September 2018 admissions: 773 and with the other parent for the rest of the week, the Physical accessibility: Medium permanent address for Distance Tie-Break purposes Lifts to all floors will be the address at which the child lives for the greater part of the school week, i.e. Monday to Friday. If the child lives equally with both parents at different addresses, the child’s home address will be taken to be Oversubscription Criteria: the address given on the Common Application Form The oversubscription criteria are applied in the (CAF) supplied by the relevant Local Authority. following order: 5. Other children who meet the religious practice test. 1. Looked after children and previously looked after 6. Other looked after children and other previously children who (in either case) meet the religious looked after children. practice test (this involves achieving 3 points on the 7. Any other children. Certificate of Religious Practice). A looked after child

is a child who is in the care of a local authority within If in any category there are more applicants than the meaning of the Children Act 1989. Previously there are available places remaining, offers will be looked after children are children who were looked made from a random allocation. A random list will be after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted generated by Brent Local Authority using the Schools (under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act Admissions Module software. 2002) or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order (under the terms of the Children Act 1989). 2. Children who meet the religious practice test and who have accommodation provided for them by a Jewish care home or care organisation. 3. Siblings who meet the religious practice test and whose sibling is on roll at the time of application or

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 23 Kingsbury High School

http://www.kingsburyhigh.org.uk/ DfE number: 304 5402

Head teacher: Mr Jeremy Waxman Oversubscription Criteria: 1. Children in public care (looked after children) Princes Avenue, Kingsbury, London NW9 9JR identified and supported by social services and Tel: 020 8206 3000 children who were previously looked after but Fax: 020 8206 3040 immediately after being looked after became Email: [email protected] subject to an adoption, child arrangements or Admissions enquiries: Mrs Priti Shah special guardianship order. Tel: 020 8206 3010 2. Where the child has a brother or sister currently Email: [email protected] attending the School and will continue to do so on Supplementary information form needed? No the date of admission. This criterion does not apply No denomination Age range: 11-18 years to siblings of students who have newly joined the Type: Converter Academy School in the Sixth Form. Specialism: Maths and Computing 3. Children for whom there is evidence it is essential to be admitted to Kingsbury High School because Published admission number (Year 7): 336 of significant medical needs requiring a level of Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 2046 education best met by admission to this School. Number of on-time applications

received for September 2018 admissions: 868 Applications should be supported in writing with Physical accessibility: Medium a recommendation from a recognised professional Ramps to entrances, lifts in some of the buildings of senior status. This criterion relates to the child’s medical, social and special needs and does not include any other member of the child’s family. The supporting evidence should set out the particular reasons why Kingsbury High School is the most suitable school and difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend another school. 4. Where the child attends one of the four feeder primary schools (Fryent Primary, Kingsbury Green Primary, Oliver Goldsmith Primary, Roe Green Junior). Where the number of applications arising from this criterion exceed the number of places available, those living closer to the school will be accorded the higher priority. Any places still remaining will be filled according to the distance of the child’s parents’ home from the School, with those living nearer being accorded the higher priority. The distance will be measured (in a straight line) from the child’s home address (including flats) to the mid-point between the Upper and Lower School, using the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system. The measuring system is an integral part of the admission software produced by Tribal Technology Ltd. It uses Ordnance Survey maps and the LLPG (Local Land Property Gazetteer) and is accurate to 1 metre.

24 APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Michaela Community School www.mcsbrent.co.uk DfE number: 304 4000

Head teacher: Ms Katharine Birbalsingh Oversubscription Criteria: In the event that MCS is oversubscribed, priority for North End Road, Wembley, London HA9 0UU admission will be given to: Tel: 020 8795 3183 Fax: N/A 1. Looked after children and previously looked after Email: [email protected] children. Admissions enquiries: Ms Zahra Anwar 2. Siblings at the school. Tel: 020 8795 3183 3. Applicants who are children of staff in either or both of Email: [email protected] the following circumstances: Supplementary information form needed? No 3a. Where the member of staff has been employed at No denomination Age range: 11-18 years the school permanently for two or more years at the Type: Free School time at which the application for admission to the Specialism: N/A school is made, and/or; Published admission number (Year 7): 120 3b. The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 477 for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and Number of on-time applications has successfully completed the probationary period. received for September 2018 admissions: 671 4. Random allocation for children within a 5 mile radius Physical accessibility: Medium from the school. Access to part of ground floor teaching spaces and 5. Other children with distance to the school being the facilities, including external spaces. Lift access and final deciding factor. disable toilets on all floors. School has capacity to For the purposes of the fourth criteria, the random deliver an inclusive curriculum through timetabling allocation of places is carried out using Brent adjustments, but physical barriers restrict scope. Council’s admissions software, which is specially set up to allocate places according to the school’s oversubscription criteria.

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 25 Newman Catholic College

www.ncc.brent.sch.uk DfE number: 304 5407

Head teacher: Mr Daniel Coyle Oversubscription Criteria:

Harlesden Road, London NW10 3RN 1. Catholic looked after children and Catholic children Tel: 020 8965 3947 who have been adopted (or made subject to child Fax: N/A arrangements order or special guardianship orders) Email: [email protected] immediately after having been looked after.

Admissions enquiries: Mr A Ashley-Korner 2. A child with a “Certificate of Catholic Practice” Tel: 020 8965 3947 ( a certificate given by the families parish priest ) will Email: [email protected] require a priest reference form. Within this criterion Supplementary information form needed? Yes the following order of preference will be applied. 2a. The presence of a brother in the school at the Catholic Age range: 11-19 years time of admission. Type: Voluntary Aided Specialism: Mathematics & Computing 2b. The proximity of the child’s home to the school measured in a straight line from the main school Published admission number (Year 7): 120 gate to the front door of the home. Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 757 Number of on-time applications 3. Other Catholic applicants. received for September 2018 admissions: 118 4. Other looked after children and children who Physical accessibility: Low have been adopted (or made subject to child Limited classrooms on the groundfloor. No lift access. arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) Wheelchair access on ground floor plus toilet. immediately after having been looked after. 5. Those preparing for the sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion with the Catholic Church Newman Catholic College is an all boys’ voluntary (Catechumens). aided 11-18 comprehensive college. 6. Members of Christian churches. 7. All other applicants.

26 APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Preston Manor School www.preston-manor.com DfE number: 304 5410

3. Children for whom it is essential to be admitted Head teacher: Ms Beth Kobel to Preston Manor School because of special Carlton Avenue East, Wembley HA9 8NA circumstances to do with significant medical Tel: 020 8385 4040 needs, social needs or special educational needs. Fax: 020 8908 2607 The recommendation must be received in writing Email: [email protected] from a consultant at a NHS hospital or equivalent. This criterion relates to the child’s medical, social Admissions enquiries: Mrs Glynis Condison and special needs and does not include any other Tel: 020 8385 4040 ext 222 member of the child’s family. The supporting Email: [email protected] evidence should set out the particular reasons Supplementary information form needed? No Preston Manor School is the most suitable school No denomination Age range: 4-18 years and difficulties that would be caused if the child had Type: Academy to attend another school. Specialism: Science 4. Children who have attended Preston Manor Lower School and completed Year 6. Published admission number (Year 7): 252 Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1919 5. Children of Preston Manor School staff, teaching Number of on-time applications and non-teaching, who have been employed for two received for September 2018 admissions: 983 or more years, or who will meet a skills shortage.

Physical accessibility: Medium 6. Proximity to the school (for children who do not Access to part of ground floor teaching spaces and fall within criteria 1-5) distance will be measured facilities, including external spaces. No access to upper in a straight line from the front door of the child’s floors. School has capacity to deliver an inclusive permanent address (including flats) to the school curriculum through time tabling adjustments, but reception, (using the Local Authority’s computerised physical barriers restrict scope. measuring system), with those living nearest to the school being accorded the highest priority. The method used by the LA will be adopted when measuring home to school distance and when Oversubscription Criteria: selecting between applicants with equal priority and Where applications exceed the number of places those living in flats. available, offers of places will be made using the following criteria in order of priority:

1. Children in public care – 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. 2. Children who have a brother or sister (including blood, half, step, adoptive or foster who live at the same home address) attending the school in the year in which the application is made and will continue to be on roll at the date of admission. (Note: brother or sister connections will only be considered if the brother or sister is currently attending the school including the sixth form and will continue to be on roll on the date of admission).

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 27 Queens Park Community School

www.qpcs.brent.sch.uk DfE number: 304 5403

Head teacher: Ms Judith Enright Oversubscription Criteria: 1. Looked after children. As defined by Brent Aylestone Avenue, London NW6 7BQ admissions: A ‘looked after child’ or a child who Tel: 020 8438 1700 was previously looked after but immediately after Fax: N/A being looked after became subject to an adoption, Email: [email protected] residence, or special guardianship order. Admissions enquiries: Mr Bill O’Connor 2. Children with significant special medical or social Tel: 0208438 1700 reasons where the supporting evidence at the time Email: [email protected] of application (a letter from a registered health Supplementary information form needed? No professional e.g. a doctor, social worker) sets out No denomination Age range: 11-18 years the additional difficulties if the child was to attend Type: Academy another school. Specialism: Business and Enterprise 3. Children of a member of staff who has been directly employed by the school for at least two years at the Published admission number (Year 7): 216 time of application or where the member of staff Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1286 is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a Number of on-time applications demonstrable skill shortage. received for September 2018 admissions: 759 4. Children who have a sibling, by birth or marriage, Physical accessibility: High who has attended the school for at least one year, School has a lift to allow access to all three floors. including the sixth form, and is expected to continue to do so on the date of admission. 5. Twelve places will be designated for children not attending one of our partnership primary schools, those living closest to QPCS will be accorded the higher priority*. 6. Children attending one of our partnership primary schools – (Ark Franklin Primary Academy School; Donnington Primary School; Gladstone Park Primary School; The Kilburn Park School; Malorees Junior School; Princess Frederica CE Primary School; Salusbury Primary School). Oversubscription within this category will be decided by the proximity of the child’s home address to the school, with those living nearer to the school being accorded higher priority. 7. Proximity of the child’s home address to the school, with those living nearer the school being accorded higher priority*. (*Calculated as a straight line distance from the school using the Brent Local Authority Co-ordinated Admission Scheme recognised software).

28 APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 St Gregory’s Catholic Science College www.stgregorys.harrow.sch.uk DfE number: 304 5406

Head teacher: Mr Andrew Prindiville Oversubscription Criteria: 1. Baptised Catholic “looked after” children and Donnington Road, Kenton, HA3 0NB Catholic children who have been adopted or made Tel: 020 8907 8828 subject to child arrangements orders, or special Fax: 020 8909 1161 guardianship orders. Email: [email protected] 2. Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Admissions enquiries: Mrs Cora Ryan Catholic Practice. Within this criterion the following Tel: 020 8907 8828 order of preference will be applied. Email: [email protected] Supplementary information form needed? Yes 2a. The presence of a sibling in the school at the time of admission. Catholic Age range: 11-18 years Type: Academy 2b. The proximity of the child’s home to the Specialism: Science school.

Published admission number (Year 7): 192 3. Other baptised Catholic children. Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1089 4. Other “looked after” children and children who Number of on-time applications have been adopted, or made subject to child received for September 2018 admissions: 706 arrangements orders or special guardianship orders. Physical accessibility: Low 5. Other children who will have a sibling at the school School on 4 floors. Lift in Sixth Form building. 4 toilets at the time of admission. with disabled access 6. Catechumens and baptised children of Eastern/ Orthodox Churches where the application is supported by either a certificate of baptism or a certificate of reception into the catechumenate of the Catholic Church. 7. Pupils from committed Christian families in order of preference: 7a. Christians attending Christian Churches affiliated to ‘Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’.

7b. Other Christian denominations.

8. Pupils from other faith backgrounds. 9. Any other children.

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 29 The Crest Academy

crestacademy.e-act.org.uk DfE number: 304 6907

Head teacher: Ms Cristalina Fernandes

Crest Road, Neasden, London NW2 7SN Tel: 020 8452 4842 Fax: 020 8452 6024 Email: [email protected]

Admissions enquiries: Admissions Tel: 020 8452 4842 Email: [email protected] Supplementary information form needed? Yes

No denomination Age range: 11-19 years Type: Academy Specialism: N/A

Published admission number (Year 7): 330 Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1060 Number of on-time applications received for September 2018 admissions: 284

Physical accessibility: High School has wheelchair accessible ramps, with some that run into classrooms. Lifts available on site and there are a number of wheelchair accessible toilets.

Oversubscription Criteria: 1. To looked after and previously looked after children. 2. Non-statemented students where the child has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day to day activities and this requires admission to the school applied for. 3. Students whose siblings currently attend the school. 4. By distance from the school.

30 APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Wembley High Technology College www.whtc.co.uk DfE number: 304 4006

Head teacher: Mr Amit Hathi Oversubscription Criteria: Where applications for admission exceed the number of East Lane, North Wembley, Middlesex HA0 3NT places available, the following criteria will be applied in Tel: 020 8385 4800 the order set out below: Fax: N/A Email: [email protected] 1. Looked after children, including previously looked after children. Admissions enquiries: Ms D Guron Tel: 0208 385 4800 2. Special medical or social reasons. These reasons must Email: [email protected] relate to the student and do not apply to family Supplementary information form needed? No members. Parents applying under this criterion must provide supporting evidence from a professional e.g. No denomination Age range: 11-18 years a consultant, stating why Wembley High Technology Type: Academy College is the most suitable school and the difficulties Specialism: Technology caused if the child attends another school. Published admission number (Year 7): 210 3. Children who have a sibling at Wembley High Number of pupils at the school in January 2018: 1345 Technology College on the date of admission. Number of on-time applications 4. Priority will be given to children of staff in either of received for September 2018 admissions: 1485 the following circumstances: a) where the member of Physical accessibility: Low staff has been employed at the school for two or more No ramps for wheelchairs, stair access only to upper years at the time at which the application for admission floors to the school is made, and/or b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 5. Feeder Schools: Wembley High has 5 feeder schools: East Lane Primary School, Barham, Byron Court, Lyon Park and Sudbury. First priority will be given to students who attend East Lane Primary School which is within the Wembley Multi Academy Trust. Places will then be allocated from the other 4 feeder schools. Where the number of applications arising from this criteria exceeds the number of places available, those living nearest the college will be accorded a higher priority. 6. Those living closest to the College. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the child’s permanent home address to the College.

APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 31 Studio School or University Technical College (UTC) for September 2019

UTCs are set up by universities and businesses and A list of all schools in the London area which admit specialise in one or two technical subjects. In years 10 pupils into Year 10, together with contact details, are and 11 they offer a similar GCSE curriculum to a typical listed below. secondary school, including English and Maths, as well There are no UTCs or Studio Schools in Brent. If you as their specialist subject. You can find out more at have any questions please contact the UTC or Studio www.utcolleges.org/utcs. School you are interested in directly using the details Studio schools are similar to UTCs in that they have provided. The full application process is set out on the employer involvement in the curriculum and focus website for each school. on developing skills needed for employees, involving Where a UTC or studio school requires an application to personal coaching and work experience. They have a be made via the local authority, these can be made in similar curriculum to a typical secondary school. the same way, and use the same deadlines as for Year 7 applications, on the eadmissions.org.uk website.

Studio Schools in London and the surrounding area (schools for 14–19 year olds)

SPECIALISM/NUMBER OF HOW TO NAME AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS PLACES IN YEAR 10 APPLY

De Salis Studio College, Business and Commerce www.desalisstudiocollege.co.uk Via your Hewens Road, Hayes, Middlesex, [email protected] home Local UB4 8JP 60 places 020 8573 1039 Authority

Computing Technologies www.logicstudioschool.org Logic Studio School, Browells and International Logistics Direct to [email protected] Lane, Feltham, TW13 7EF the school 0208 831 3001 40 places

Applied Learning Specialism in: Creative Media Construction Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy Parkside Studio College, www.parksidestudiocollege.co.uk Via your Health and Social Care Wood End Green Road, Hayes, [email protected] home Local Hospitality and Catering Middlesex, UB3 2SE 020 8573 2097 Authority Sport

60 places

Space Aerospace Space Studio West London, www.spacestudiowestlondon.org Science Direct to Letchworth Avenue, Feltham, [email protected] Maths the school Middlesex, TW14 9RY 020 3696 8140 75 places

32 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 University Technical Colleges in London and the surrounding area (schools for 14–19 year olds)

SPECIALISM/NUMBER HOW TO NAME AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS OF PLACES IN YEAR 10 APPLY

Elutec (East London University Product design www.elutec.co.uk Technical College), Yew Tree Avenue, Engineering Direct to [email protected] Rainham Road South, Dagenham East, the school 020 3773 4670 RM10 7FN 150 places

Creative, technical and Global Academy UTC, The Old Vinyl www.globalacademy.com broadcast and digital media Direct to Factory, Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex, [email protected] the school UB3 1HA 020 3019 9000 150 places

Aviation engineering Heathrow Aviation Engineering www.heathrow-utc.org Engineering Direct to UTC, Potter Street, Northwood, [email protected] the school Middlesex HA6 1QG 019 2360 2130 150 places

Design London Design and Engineering www.ldeutc.co.uk Engineering Direct to UTC (LDEUTC) Docklands Campus, [email protected] the school University Way, London E16 2RD 07714 255 193 80 places

Digital technology www.mulberryutc.co.uk Healthcare and medical Mulberry UTC, 64 Parnell Road, shabegum1@mulberry. Direct to services London, E3 2RU towerhamlets.sch.uk the school 0207 790 6327 80 places

Transport engineering Sir Simon Milton Westminster UTC, www.westminsterutc.co.uk Construction Direct to 1 Sutherland Street, Ebury Bridge [email protected] the school London SW1V 4LD 020 3301 7660 100 places

Engineering for building www.southbank-utc.co.uk South Bank Engineering UTC, 56 and health sectors Direct to [email protected] Brixton Hill, Brixton, London, SW2 1QS the UTC 020 7738 6115 150 places

Multimedia Production Arts Elstree UTC, Studio Way, Digital technology and www.elstreeutc.co.uk Direct to Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, communication for [email protected] the school WD6 5NN entertainment industries 020 8386 6220

100 places

Computer science Travel and tourism www.watfordutc.org Watford UTC, Colonial Way, Watford, Hospitality Direct to [email protected] Hertfordshire, WD24 4PT Event management the school 01923 905 240 150 places

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 33 Section 4 – Additional Information

Contact Information Department for Education n The government department responsible for schools Brent School Admissions and education. n For information and enquiries about school admissions Tel: 0370 000 2288 and how to apply. www.education.gov.uk Tel: 020 8937 3110 (lines are open 11am to 5pm) Ofsted Email: [email protected] n Ofsted inspect and report on standards of schools, www.brent.gov.uk/admissions childminders and local authorities. Brent Customer Services Email: [email protected] n Get help and access a computer to make www.ofsted.gov.uk your application at the Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley HA9 0FJ Applicants with special

NEIGHBOURING LOCAL AUTHORITIES educational needs and n Barnet disabilities (SEND) Tel: 020 8359 7651 Email: [email protected] Brent Council’s policy is that children with SEND or www.barnet.gov.uk/schooladmissions Education, Health and Care plans (EHCP) should attend n Camden their local secondary school wherever possible. A small Tel: 020 7974 1625 number of children who have an EHCP and the most Email: [email protected] complex needs attend a special school or have special www.camden.gov.uk/admissions provision attached to a mainstream school. The majority of children with SEND attend their local secondary school. n Ealing The Special Educational Needs Assessment Service (SENAS) Tel: 020 8825 5522 will discuss this with parents of children with EHCPs and Email: [email protected] provide information regarding the most appropriate www.ealing.gov.uk/admissions placements for individual children. n Harrow Tel: 020 8901 2620 Transfer arrangements for children with an EHCP Email: [email protected] The main admission criteria and application processes www.harrow.gov.uk do not apply to children who have an EHCP. The council n Hammersmith and Fulham will apply for places on behalf of all such children. An Tel: 020 8753 1085 annual review of the EHCP will be held before the end Email: [email protected] of the summer term in Year 5. Discussion will take www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions place at the review between parents, school staff and n Hillingdon other professionals about appropriate arrangements Tel: 01895 556 644 for secondary transfer. Parents should note there is no Email: [email protected] automatic right for any pupil to receive assistance with www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schooladmissions transport, and should consider carefully how their child would get to school if they do not express a preference n Kensington and Chelsea for a local school. For further information please contact Tel: 020 7745 6432 Brent Council’s Special Educational Needs Assessment Email: [email protected] Service (SENAS). www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Tel: 020 8937 3229 n Westminster Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7745 6433 Email: [email protected] Admission arrangements for children without an EHCP www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions Children who have SEND but do not have an EHCP will transfer to secondary school through the coordinated

34 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 admission procedures. The Code of Practice on School SPECIALIST OUTREACH SERVICES Admissions states: ‘Children with SEND but without an Education, Health and Care plan must be treated as fairly Where children do not attend a specialist provision, Brent as other applicants. Admission authorities may not refuse outreach teams offer a continuum of specialist support to to admit a pupil because they consider themselves unable pupils and schools which is flexible in nature and tailored to cater for his or her SEND’. Admission authorities must to meet individual needs. Pupils who access these consider applications from children who have SEND services have a medical diagnosis of either significant but no EHCP, on the basis of the school’s published hearing impairment, visual impairment or autistic admissions criteria. All mainstream schools receive spectrum disorder and may also have an Education funding to provide extra help for children with SEND. Health and Care Plan.

SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN BRENT Brent Deaf and Hearing Impairment Service (BDHIS) Team Leader: Mrs Milly Mastroianni Special schools in Brent cater for the small number of Tel: 020 8937 5107 children who have complex needs that cannot be met at their local school. All applications to special schools Brent Visual Impairment Service (BVIS) must be made through the Special Educational Needs Team Leader: Mr Paul Fielding Assessment Service (SENAS). You cannot apply directly to Tel: 020 8937 3312 these schools. The information provided below is designed Brent Outreach Autism Team (BOAT) to inform parents of the provision available in Brent. Team Leader: Ms Clare Henshaw Tel: 020 8937 4659 The Village School Head teacher: Ms Kay Charles Address: Grove Park, London NW9 0JY Home to school travel Tel: 020 8204 5396 Fax: 020 8905 0971 In London, travel is free on buses for children up to 18 Email: [email protected] years of age. Where it is possible for a child to travel to Website: http://www.tvs.brent.sch.uk school free of charge the council would expect that option Age range: 3-19 to be taken. However, where a journey is considered too Special school for nursery, primary, secondary and post 16 long (more than 75 minutes by bus) or too complicated students, with complex physical and medical needs and a (more than two changes) to be undertaken by bus the range of communication, learning and sensory needs. council will provide assistance with tube or train fares for low income families in the circumstances as follows: Woodfield School Head teacher: Mr Nick Cooper n For children of primary age, transport will only be Address: Glenwood Avenue, London, NW9 7LY provided to the nearest suitable school, but for those Tel: 020 8205 1977 from low income families aged 8-11, local authorities Fax: 020 8205 5877 must ensure that free transport is provided for children Email: [email protected] living more than two miles from the school. Website: www.woodfield.brent.sch.uk n For children of secondary age, local authorities must Age range: 11-19 ensure that those from low income families have free For pupils aged from 11 to 19 with autism, moderate transport to any one of the three nearest suitable learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties. schools where the distance travelled is between two and six miles. Local authorities must also ensure that Preston Manor School (Additionally resourced provision) transport is provided to the nearest school preferred on Headteacher: Beth Kobel the grounds of religion or belief where this is between Address: Carlton Avenue East, Wembley HA9 8NA two and 15 miles away. Tel: 020 8385 4040 Fax: 020 8908 2607 Low income families are those whose children are Email: [email protected] entitled to free school meals or who are in receipt of Website: www.pmanor.brent.sch.uk their maximum level of Working Tax Credit. The council Age range: 11-16 will consider all applications submitted. Application This is an additionally resourced provision for children forms are available from Brent Customer Services, Brent with speech and language and communication needs and Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley HA9 0FJ or by children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). telephone 020 8937 3110.

APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 35 If a claim for travel expenses is agreed, Brent Council may with someone other than a close family member*, this make payment in full or in part of reasonable travelling is known as a private fostering arrangement. (*A close expenses, and may provide other travel arrangements if family member is a grandparent, aunt or uncle, sibling required, for example escorts. or step-parent either by blood or marriage).

Free school meals/ n There is a duty on parents and carers entering into private fostering arrangements to notify the council. Pupil Premium This is in order to safeguard and protect the child’s If your child attends a Brent school and you are in welfare as well as ensuring that the child, carer and receipt of one of the following benefits or NASS parent are receiving appropriate support and help. support, you are eligible to apply for free school n If you know or suspect that a child is being cared for in meals for your children: a Private Fostering arrangement, please call the Brent n Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net Fostering team on 020 8937 4538 or visit www.brent. earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed gov.uk/privatefostering to make a referral. by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods) Data Protection n Income Support Information parents provide when applying for a school n Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance place will be used for registered purposes under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection n Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Regulation and will be entered on a secure computerised database. The information is protected by the Data n Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Act 1999 Regulation, which ensures the information can only be

n The guarantee element of Pension Credit used for defined purposes and can only be passed to specific people. n Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income The defined purposes are: of no more than £16,190) n Administering the admissions process as set out in the

n Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for four weeks after Admissions Guidance 2019 online booklet relevant to you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit my application.

Children who receive a qualifying benefit in their own right n Preventing fraud or criminal offence or to ensure the are also allowed to receive free school meals. Children safety of any child. under the compulsory school age who are in full time n To ensure the council fulfils its statutory obligation education may also be entitled to receive free school meals. to provide every child within the area with a suitable When you apply you must provide your national school place. insurance (NI) or NASS number and date of birth in order The people who may receive the information are: for us to check your eligibility with the Department of Education, Eligibility Check Service (DfE ECS). n The current school (if any).

Application forms are available from Brent School n The school to which the pupil is to be admitted. Admissions Service on 020 8937 3110 or visit: Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley HA9 0FJ n Other admission authorities so as to ensure that parents have provided consistent information and do Further information available at not hold on to more than one offer of a place. www.brent.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals n Any organisation legitimately investigating allegations Private fostering of fraud, criminal offences or child protection. n If a child or young person under the age of 16 (or 18 if they have a disability) is living for more than 28 days

36 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 APPLYING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 37 The information above is a summary of the admissions criteria for this school. For the full criteria and admission arrangements please check the school’s website or go to www.brent.gov.uk/services-for-residents/education-and-schools/information-about-admissions/admissions-criteria. The criteria will apply after children with an Education, Health and Care plan which names the school have been admitted. All schools operate a tie breaker in the event that two or more children have equal priority under the criteria.

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