Your choice for secondary education A guide for parents with children transferring to secondary school in 2017
www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk / schools/admissions
The Pan-London eAdmissions site opens on 1 September 2016.
If your child was born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006, you will need to apply for a secondary school place by 31 October 2016. Contents
Introduction School information 4 Welcome 24 Overview 5 Introduction to the Royal Borough of Kensington 25 Common definitions and Chelsea’s secondary schools 26 The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School 5 Contacting the Admissions Team 28 Chelsea Academy 6 Pan-London system 32 Holland Park School 6 Gathering information 36 Kensington Aldridge Academy 7 Applying for schools outside the Royal Borough 38 Sion-Manning Catholic Girls’ School 8 Key dates 40 St Thomas More Language College
The application process Additional information 10 Closing date for applications 44 In-year admissions 10 Proof of address 44 Fair access protocol 11 Change of address 45 Support for school attendance 11 Exceptional need 45 Children with Disabilities Team 12 Additional forms to complete 45 Special Educational Needs and Education, 12 Applications for children living abroad Health and Care needs assessments 12 Members of the UK Armed Forces and 46 Educational Psychology Service Crown Servants 47 Assistance with home-to-school travel 12 Late applications 47 Free school meals 13 Change of preferences 48 Other schools and colleges 14 Completing your application 48 University Technical Colleges and Studio Schools 14 Guidance on completing your application 48 Sixth form and post-16 education (paper or online) 50 Independent fee-paying schools 15 Apply online and save time 16 A step-by-step guide to applying online 18 What will happen next Locations and contacts 18 How decisions are made 52 Contact details for diocesan authorities 19 Notifying you of the outcome 52 Contact details for neighbouring boroughs 20 Waiting lists 54 Map of the Royal Borough’s educational establishments 20 Appeal arrangements 20 Making final arrangements for starting school 22 Frequently asked questions
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 3 Introduction
Welcome
Dear Parents and Carers Choosing a secondary school is a big decision for you and your child. Enclosed in this brochure you will find helpful information on the admissions process and guidance on what you need to consider before you decide which schools to apply to. You will also find information about the six schools located in Kensington and Chelsea and their admission criteria for entry. You can of course find out much more by visiting the schools on the open days/evenings that they have arranged for you during September and October. Exam results in 2015 have seen the borough named one of the top both nationally, and in London, for pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C (including English and Mathematics). At 67% this was well above the national average of 54%. Kensington and Chelsea is also well above the national average for progress made throughout secondary education in English and in Mathematics. Ofsted ratings for all Kensington and Chelsea secondary schools remain ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’. The excellent reputation, fantastic Ofsted ratings and impressive exam results are all thanks to the hard work of our headteachers, staff and pupils. I wish your child every success and happiness in their secondary education.
Cllr Emma Will Cabinet member for Education and Libraries The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
4 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Introduction
Introduction to the Royal Borough You need to be aware the outcome can be different each of Kensington and Chelsea’s year depending on the number of applications submitted and the type of cohort that applies (eg the number of secondary schools siblings). This information is therefore provided as a guide This brochure is for parents of pupils aged between to help you to make an informed decision. 11 and 16, focusing on issues for those with children When considering your preferences, do not rely solely on transferring from primary to secondary school. It provides what you may have heard about a school’s reputation. information about how and when to apply for a place, Visit as many schools as possible on their open days or explains how admission decisions are made and gives evenings. Take your son or daughter with you and, if you information about each school to help parents decide can, visit the school when it is at work. which schools to apply for. Further details about each school can be found on pages With the opening of Kensington Aldridge Academy in 26-42. Each school also issues its own prospectus, September 2014, the Royal Borough now has six state available directly from the school. secondary schools. Kensington Aldridge Academy provides much-needed school places to children living Many of the questions parents raise are answered in in the north of the borough, where it has historically this brochure, but if you need further information, the been difficult for some families to access schools of Admissions Team will be pleased to help. their preference. Parents have the option to apply for high-quality community places at three schools: Chelsea Academy, Holland Park School and Kensington Aldridge Academy. The demand for places at all three of these schools is very high. It is therefore important you read the admission criteria for each school to determine the likelihood of gaining a place. It is important to check the admission criteria for each school to assess whether your child is likely to be offered a place. You can also find information on the number of applications each school received for admission in September 2016. The higher the number of applications, the harder it will be to gain a place, so looking at each school’s criteria becomes even more important.
Contacting the Admissions Team The Royal Borough’s Admissions Team works The Admissions Team is based at Kensington Town in partnership with the London Borough of Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX and can be Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster City contacted between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. Council as a joint service.
E [email protected] W www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions T 020 7745 6432/6433/6434
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 5 Introduction
Pan-London system Gathering information Every year around 80,000 pupils living in London transfer To make an informed decision about which secondary to secondary schools, many crossing borough boundaries schools to apply for, you are advised to read the to do so. All 33 London boroughs, together with councils information about the schools in this brochure and bordering the capital, use a Pan London system to research the schools you are interested in applying to. co-ordinate admissions to their secondary schools. You are advised to: This coordinated admissions system is fairer and means l Contact schools you are interested in directly to ask for more parents are offered one of their preferred schools at a copy of their prospectus which will provide you with an earlier stage and fewer parents receive no initial offer detailed information. at all. It is also easier for parents to manage, reducing anxiety for you and your children. l Visit schools’ own websites to find out more detailed information. If you want to find out about Ofsted reports How the system works for Royal Borough schools visit www.ofsted.gov.uk Under the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System l Check how places were offered last year for schools (PLCAS), all parents must list the schools they want to that offer on distance by viewing the ‘Distance maps’ apply for on their local authority’s common application on the Council website: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/ form, ranking them in order of preference. This is admissions important, as potentially only one offer will be made and l Arrange to attend schools’ open days and evenings. this will be for the highest-ranked school able to make the These can be found in the individual school section of offer. This form (either paper or online) is returned to the this brochure on pages 26-42. local authority for the area in which the child lives. l Talk to your child’s primary school headteacher. They The local authorities taking part in the PLCAS then use will have experience of previous transfers. a secure computerised system to pass on details of the applications for schools in other areas. They will also l Contact the Admissions Team for advice if you are co-ordinate the offer of places to make sure no child is unclear as to how the system works on 020 7745 6432 or offered more than one school place. The decision on email your query to [email protected] whether a place can be offered will continue to be made Considering the facts by the Admission Authority for each school. When a Many schools receive more applications than they have school receives more applications than places available places (also referred to as oversubscribed). To avoid (also referred to as oversubscribed), its published disappointment you should consider whether your admissions criteria will be used to decide the order in child has a realistic chance of gaining a place at your which applicants will be offered places. preferred school(s). Schools will not be informed of where they are listed on You are advised to consider the following: the application form or other schools that have been applied for. l Look at how many applications were made for your preferred school(s) last year compared to how many Where a child is eligible to be offered a place at more places were available. This information can be found in than one school, the local authority will hold the offer for the individual school section of this brochure. The same the highest preference on the parents’ form and release information can be found for schools in other boroughs all other lower preference offers. These places can in their equivalent brochure. It is important to note the then be offered to other applicants. Potential offers are pattern of admissions can vary from year to year. As an exchanged between local authorities until they are in a example, living within the distance in which places were position to make the single best offer to parents using offered in a previous year does not guarantee a place all available places. All offers will be made on the same will be offered in this year or future years. day: 1 March 2017.
6 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions You must submit your Introduction application by 31 October 2016
l Within the schools section on pages 23-42 you will see how many appeals were submitted for each school and the numbers that were successful, which will be very few. Be realistic: remember you can state up to six preferences. Even after you have researched the schools and you have decided where to apply, you should not assume your child will be offered a place. You should also consider other schools where you know you will have a good chance of gaining a place. Naming other schools will not affect your chances of being offered a place at a higher-preference school. l Schools are not informed of other preferences you have made or the order you place them. l The preferences you make are treated equally. This means no matter where you place a school in your list of preferences, it will be treated in the same way as all other applicants who also chose that school, regardless of where they have placed the school in their list. l The reason it is so important to list the schools in your order of preference is that when results are returned to the Admissions Team, we may receive offers for more than one of your preferences. As only one offer can be made to your child, you will be offered the highest school possible from the list you provided. Any offers l As indicated above, you can also view the distance made lower in your list will be withdrawn and put back maps located on the Council website. Maps are also in the system. Take special care how you order your available for schools located in Hammersmith & Fulham, preferences. Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster, visit www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions and www.westminster.gov.uk/school-admissions Applying for schools outside the Royal Borough l You must read the admission criteria for the school(s) you would like to apply to. The criteria will determine You may also wish to consider schools outside the the order of priority for each applicant. As an example, borough. Under the PLCAS, Royal Borough residents church schools will prioritise applicants who meet the can apply for schools anywhere in London and this will respective faith criteria if that school receives more need to be listed on your application. Detailed information applications than places available. about schools outside of the borough will be available directly from the schools and the local authority for the l Not all schools give priority to children with siblings area in which they are located. already attending the school so you will need to check the admission criteria. The contact details for all London boroughs are provided on page 53. Please remember to check the admission l All church schools (and some Academies and criteria to assess whether your child is likely to be offered foundation schools outside the borough) have additional a place. supplementary forms to complete, which are available directly from the schools. Supplementary information forms must be returned to the school. The schools in the Royal Borough that require you to complete supplementary forms will be indicated in the school section.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 7 Introduction
Key dates
From 1 September 2016 You will be able to apply online at www.rbkc.gov.uk/ schools/admissions Paper applications will be available from the Admissions Team on request. The Your choice for secondary education brochure will be available online with hard copies made available from Royal Borough primary schools from 12 September.
31 October 2016 Closing date for applications If you are applying online, you will have up until 11.59pm on 31 October to submit your application. If you are applying on a paper form you will need to ensure your application is received by the Admissions Team by 5pm on the closing date.
1 March 2017 National offer day The Admissions Team will write to you advising you of the outcome of your application. Letters will be sent by first class mail. Online applicants will be notified by email on the evening of 1 March.
15 March 2017 Deadline for successful applicants to accept or decline their school offer.
From 29 March 2017 Waiting list positions for schools held by the Admissions Team will be available. Further offers will be made as result of withdrawals and late applications for schools with vacancies from this date.
15 April 2017 To ensure appeals are heard by the end of the summer term, appeals managed by the Admissions Team must be lodged by this date. You will need to check with voluntary aided schools, Academies and Free Schools as deadline dates may vary.
June/July 2017 Appeals managed by the Admissions Team are heard by an independent panel. Voluntary aided, Academies and Free Schools will also arrange for appeals to be heard before the end of term.
8 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions The application process The application process
Closing date for applications main residence. Evidence will be requested to support this arrangement. The closing date for applications is 31 October 2016. If you have a genuine 50/50 share care arrangement with For all the reasons detailed on page 15 it is highly your child’s other parent, it will be for you to determine recommended you apply online at www.rbkc.gov.uk/ the address that will be used as the main address for schools/admissions your child’s application. Only one address will be used If you would prefer to complete a paper form, you must throughout the application process. If you are unable return it by the closing date to the address shown on the to agree on which address to use, the address of the form. If you would like confirmation we have received parent making the Child Benefit claim will be used for the your application, please indicate this when you submit purpose of the application. the form. Make sure you use the correct postage if you You do not need to provide us with documentary evidence return your form through the post. Incorrect postage may of your address. Your details will be cross-referenced with delay your application, preventing it from reaching the internal council databases, and if we are unable to verify Admissions Team by the closing date. your address we will contact you for more information. If you are not registered to pay council tax, either because Proof of address you are not liable or have recently moved, you will be The address you provide on your application must be asked to provide one of more of the following: your child’s permanent address on close of applications, l A mortgage statement/tenancy agreement. 31 October 2016. You must not use a business address, l A recent utility bill or, if you have moved, your childminder’s or relative’s address, or any address other closure bill at your previous address. than your home address. Only in circumstances where the relative or carer has legal guardianship and is the l A Child Benefit/Inland Revenue document main carer will a different address be considered as the (if entitlement applies).
10 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions The application process
l For members of the UK Armed Forces and Crown Servants, an official letter confirming the address Fraudulent applications of your quarters. This can be provided before you The Royal Borough takes very seriously any attempt have relocated to ensure your application is not to obtain a school place by fraud. All cases are fully disadvantaged. investigated and the use of internal and external If you own or rent more than one property, you should agencies has improved detection rates. Council state this on your form. You will also need to provide proof officers will carry out unannounced address visits of residence and occupancy for the address at which your as appropriate. child lives most of the time and is considered as the main If you know someone who intends to or has family home. used a false address to get a school place, If you move into a second property for a temporary period you can report this confidentially to the purely for the purpose of trying to be nearer to a school, Admissions Team on 020 7745 6432 or email we will use your normal, permanent residence for the [email protected] purpose of processing the application. You do not need to give your name but please provide as much information as possible so that Change of address we can investigate the matter fully. Any offer made to your child on 1 March 2017 is based If we find a school place was obtained using a false on the address you indicated on your application. If you address we will withdraw the offer, even after the do not inform us of a change of address, any offer that is child has started school, and re-offer to a child made to your child for a school that you would not have who was entitled to the place. If it is decided not to been eligible for will be withdrawn. remove the offer, normally when the child has been You must notify the Admissions Team if you move on roll for more than one term, any future sibling link address. Your new address will not be updated until will not apply. proof has been provided. If you move after 9 December 2016, your address will not be updated as the process for this school in particular and the difficulties it will cause allocating places would have already started. We are able your child to attend another school. to send you correspondence to your new address, but your application will be processed using the address you It is for you to decide how to support your case and what submitted at the close of applications. documents to provide, but these must be submitted by the closing date 31 October 2016. The Admissions Team Exceptional need is not responsible for contacting professionals for information about your case and any decision will be All schools have experience in dealing with children with based on documents you submit by the closing date. diverse needs. These may be educational, medical and/or For own Admission Authority schools, and schools social needs. However, in a very few exceptional cases located in other areas, any additional documentation you there may be reasons why a child may need to attend a provide will be passed on for the respective school’s specific school. If you feel there are exceptional reasons attention via the secure Pan-London system. for your child to be considered for a priority placement at a particular school, you must indicate this in the area The notification date is 1 March 2017. You will not be provided in your application, giving reasons supporting advised before this date whether your request for priority your case. Please be aware not all schools have this is agreed. If priority is not granted, your application will criterion in their policy, so it is advised you check this first. be considered against the remaining criteria for the requested school. All requests for priority consideration must be supported by a professional, such as a doctor or social worker, who It is important to be aware that few cases are agreed under must clarify which school you are making a special case this category. The Admission Authority must be able to for, the reason why it is necessary for your child to attend justify awarding priority for a child above other applicants.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 11 The application process
It will need to be agreed by those making the decision that The address where the child is living at the time of the professional support provided clearly makes a case application, and at the closing date, will be used for the that the needs for the child can only be met at the school purpose of processing. The applicant must inform the required as opposed to another local school. Admissions Team on their return for the address to be updated. Proof of address and occupancy will be required. Additional forms to complete All Royal Borough voluntary aided schools have additional Members of the UK Armed Forces Supplementary Information Forms (SIF) and/or a Priest and Crown Servants Reference Form or Certificate of Catholic Practice (CCP) For members of the UK Armed Forces and Crown to complete, which are available directly from the schools Servants an official letter confirming the address of your or at www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions quarters is required. This can be provided before you have These forms are necessary for the school governors relocated to ensure your application is not disadvantaged. to determine whether applicants meet their faith requirements or other criteria. If you are applying for Late applications a place on religious grounds, you will be required to If you apply after the closing date without a valid reason, provide proof of your church attendance and/or religious your application will only be considered after the offer commitment on the SIF. date: 1 March 2017. Your child’s name will be added to The SIF and all additional documents required must be waiting lists along with those unsuccessful applications returned to the school. The same will apply for church considered in the initial allocation round. schools located in neighbouring local authorities. If you If there is an exceptional reason for applying after the name the school on your application and do not complete closing date and before 9 December 2016 (for example, a SIF, your child will be considered but it will reduce the you have just moved to the area), it may be possible to chance of your child being offered a place. The school will consider your application with those that were made on not have any information to consider when judging your time. Other circumstances will be considered and each application against its admission criteria and, as such, your case decided on its own merit. application will be ranked very low when decisions are made. It is therefore important you complete both forms. Examples of reasons that would not be accepted include failure of a primary school to remind a parent to apply, Applications for children late return from a family holiday or non-receipt of an application form due to postal issues. You are advised living abroad to contact the Admissions Team as soon as possible if Applications submitted by resident families working or submitting an application after the closing date. temporarily living abroad will be processed with all other applicants and must be submitted by the closing date.
Your personal information The Royal Borough will handle information you have The Council has a duty under the Children’s Act 2004 provided for school admission purposes in line with to work with partners to develop and improve services the Data Protection Act (DPA). to children and young people in the area. As such, the Council may also use this information for other The information will be held in confidence, with only legitimate purposes and may share information (where the necessary people working within the combined necessary) with other Council departments and Children’s Services able to access and handle it. external bodies.
12 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Some schools require you to The application process complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
Change of preferences It is not normally possible to accept any changes after the closing date. If you do want to add preferences or change If you wish to change the order of preference of schools your order of preferences after this date, you must inform listed on your application form, and you applied online, the Admissions Team as indicated above. In most cases, you can log back in to your account to change/add/delete new or changed preferences will be considered only after preferences up until the closing date. If you did not apply all other applications have been considered. online, you must email [email protected] or write to the Admissions Team before the closing date.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 13 Completing your application
Guidance on completing your Children with a Statement of Special application (paper or online) Educational Needs (SEN) or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan The online application is set out in a similar way to the You do not need to complete this application if your child paper form. The following guidance applies to both: has a statement of SEN or EHC plan as there is a separate l Naming only the school you most want for your child will process that is outlined on page 45 in this brochure. not increase his or her chance of being offered a place. If your child is in the process of being assessed for a It is therefore advised you name further preferences and statement or EHC plan, please complete this application ones you consider to be realistic options. and make us aware of the circumstances. Doing so will l If we receive more than one application for your child, ensure the school that is eventually offered to your child is the most recently dated application will be the one fully aware before admission and can plan accordingly to we process. be able to meet your child’s needs. l Because of the demand for places at the most popular Looked After Children schools, your child may not be offered a place at your Looked After Children (also referred to as in “Public Care”) first preference. and children who have been adopted or made subject to a child arrangement order or a special guardianship Your child’s name order immediately after having been Looked After receive Please write your child’s name clearly and use the same priority for admission to school. The child’s social worker name you have registered with your child’s primary school. must submit a letter to the Admissions Team confirming Your child’s date of birth the legal status of the child and the local authority to which the child is/was in care, quoting the child’s full You should only be applying if your child is currently in name and current address. Year 6 in primary school and their date of birth is between 1 September 2004 and 31 August 2005. If your child is in Exceptional need Year 6 and does not fall in this birth range, please speak All schools have experience in dealing with children with to your primary school headteacher before completing diverse needs. These could be educational, medical and/or the application. social needs. However, in very few exceptional cases, there Your child’s home address may be reasons why a child may need to attend a specific school. Please refer to page 11 for further information. The address you give must be your child’s permanent address on the closing date for applications. Please see School preferences page 10 for more information. You can list up to six state maintained schools, including Your child’s primary school any voluntary aided (church) schools, foundation schools, Free Schools and Academies, and any schools in You must include the name of the primary school your neighbouring local authorities, in order of your preference. child currently attends. If your child is being educated at Please do not name independent/private fee-paying home, please state this in the space provided. schools on this form – applications to these must be Details of parent or carer made separately. This section needs to be completed by the parent or You do not have to name six schools, but it is strongly carer of the child, who will also need to indicate they have advised you should name as many preferences as parental responsibility. Only one parent needs to complete possible and include at least one school where you have this section but you can indicate the name of the other a good chance of being offered a place. parent in the space provided if you wish. You will need to read the admission criteria for the Relationship to child schools to determine the likelihood you have of gaining a place. Applying for only one school will not improve your Please indicate your relationship to the child (eg mother, chances of gaining a place at that school. father, grandmother, foster carer).
14 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions The application process
Siblings (brothers or sisters) secondary school place. We recommend you apply online If your child has a brother or sister who is currently on roll, at www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions and will continue to be so, at one of your preferred schools The Council will co-ordinate the admission process at the time of admission for the child you are applying for, with the other 33 London boroughs and neighbouring you must include their details where requested. Relatives authorities to ensure no child receives more than one such as cousins, uncles and aunts are not considered as offer of a place at a secondary school in London on siblings, even if they are living at the same address. Please 1 March 2017. The one offer received will be for the be aware the definition of sibling can vary, so you are highest preference school for which your child is eligible. strongly advised to check with relevant boroughs or schools for their definition and if the school gives priority to siblings. You will have the opportunity to express a preference for up to six secondary schools, Academies and Free Siblings of former pupils Schools, including schools outside the Royal Borough. Some schools give priority to siblings of former pupils in You must list them in order of preference. This means you their admission criteria. This does not apply to all schools, should put your first preference (ie the school you most so check the criteria for the school you are applying to. want your child to go to) at the top of the list, your second If you are applying under this criterion please list the name preference below and then continue adding any further and date of birth of the former sibling and the school they preferences you would like to make. It is vital you put your attended in the relevant box. school preferences in the order you would like them.
Children of school staff Applying online can be done Some schools give priority in their admission criteria to in five easy steps children of staff. This does not apply to all schools, so check the criteria for the school you are applying to. Please Why apply online? indicate in the relevant section if you are applying under this criterion, naming the school you are applying for. You It is quick and easy to do. must also provide supporting evidence from the school. 3
Reasons for preference 3 You can log back on to change or delete Please note schools can only use their published preferences up until 11.59pm on the closing date (ensure you resubmit your application if admission criteria to decide which children qualify for a making changes). place. It is therefore not necessary to give reasons for your preferences. If, however, there are medical or social You are able to attach additional documents. reasons why your child should attend the school you have 3 named, please indicate these, as outlined above. 3 You can register your mobile phone number Declaration and signature of parent or carer to receive reminder alerts. You must sign your application to certify you have parental responsibility for the child for whom you are applying and 3 You will automatically receive a confirmation the address on the application is the main residence of email once you submit your application. the child. If you provide any false or misleading information on the application or in supporting papers, or withhold 3 During the evening of 1 March 2016 you will relevant information, it may render your application invalid receive an email with the outcome of your and lead to the withdrawal of an offer of a place. application. Please wait until you have received the email before logging onto the Pan-London eAdmissions website. Apply online and save time If you are a Royal Borough resident you must complete 3 You will be able to accept or decline an offer of a Royal Borough common application to apply for a a school place online.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 15 A step-by-step guide to applying online
1 l Click on ‘Register to apply online’ and enter your email address. If you have previously applied using the online system you will be able to log in without the need for registration. l You will receive an email with a username and a link. You must click on the link to validate your email address. l You will then receive another email containing your username and password to apply online. This email will include a link to the start of the application process.
l Enter your details. 2 l Make sure you enter your permanent address only. This will be verified against Council records. 3 l Enter your child’s details. Make sure you enter the information accurately. l Make sure that you only apply for a child born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006. If you enter the wrong date of birth you will not be able to progress to the next step. l If you have twins or triplets you must remember to create a separate application for each child.
16 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions To start your online application The application process visit: www.eadmissions.org.uk or use the link from the Council’s website: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions
4 l Add your school preferences by first selecting the local authority that each school falls within. l Make sure that you read the schools’ admission criteria. This will be a guide as to the likelihood of being offered a place at the school you are interested in. l Select and add the schools you wish to apply for. You can apply for up to six schools. l For each school selected you will be asked a number of questions (such as whether there is a sibling at the school). Make sure you answer the questions correctly. l If you tick the social/medical box please ensure you provide additional documents either by attaching them to the application (after submitting) or by sending them to the admissions team.
5 l Check all of the details entered are correct. l Read the declaration and tick the box to accept it. l Click the ‘Submit Application’ button. l Once you have submitted your application you will be able to attach documents. l You will receive an email confirmation. You must click the submit button by the closing date of the 31 October 2016. If you do not do this, your application will not be processed.
If you apply online, you must not complete a paper application form
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 17 What will happen next
How decisions are made available for all schools in the respective local authority brochure, which can be accessed online (neighbouring The process London local authority website addresses and contact The Admissions Team will process any preferences you details can be found on pages 52-53). have made for Royal Borough schools and pass on your child’s details to schools that are responsible for their own admissions. If you have applied for schools that are not Example 1 located in the Royal Borough, your preference(s) will be Preference School Potential Outcome passed to the local authority that maintains those schools. rank offer? At the same time, the Admissions Team will receive applications for Royal Borough schools from residents in 1st Holland Park Yes Place offered other local authorities. All these operations will be carried 2nd St Thomas Yes Withdrawn as out via the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System. More higher offer met The order of your preferences is not revealed to the 3rd West Yes Withdrawn as schools. This information is only known by your home London higher offer met local authority and the authority where the schools Free School are located. 4th St Georges Yes Withdrawn as If any school has more applicants than places available, higher offer met the published admission criteria will be used to decide the order in which applicants will be offered places. 5th Pimlico No Withdrawn as The same process is carried out across London and Academy higher offer met decisions are made by all Admission Authorities by a 6th Chelsea Yes Withdrawn as common deadline and relayed back to the home local Academy higher offer met authority. This co-ordinated process eliminates multiple offers and will result in your child being offered the highest potential school you named in your list of preferences Example 2 (if an offer can be made). Examples are shown in the tables below. Preference School Potential Outcome rank offer? You need to be realistic when deciding your school preferences. The following are examples of why an 1st Cardinal No Placed on offer may not be made to your child if a school is Vaughan waiting list oversubscribed: 2nd London Yes Place offered l Other applicants live closer to the school and distance Oratory is the tie-breaker. 3rd Ark No Withdrawn as l You applied for Church school(s) but other applicants Burlington higher offer met met a higher faith category requirement which meant Danes lower categories in the criteria were not reached. Academy l You live outside of a priority area for a school. Places 4th Westminster Yes Withdrawn as can only be offered beyond the area if places are Academy higher offer met available. 5th No l You live close to the school or met the faith criteria but preference the tie breaker used is random allocation (lottery). made
A breakdown of last year’s admissions to each Royal 6th No Borough school is included in the schools section of this preference brochure on pages 23-42. You will find this information is made
18 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions The application process
Notifying you of the outcome l That any preferences for schools listed lower than the If you made your application online, you will be able to school offered have been withdrawn. log on to the eAdmissions site using your username and l How to accept the place you have been offered. You password during the evening of 1 March 2017 to view should not reject the place unless you have a place the outcome of your application and accept or decline secured elsewhere and should indicate the name of any offer made. All Royal Borough resident applicants the alternative school on the reply slip (or online). will receive a notification letter* with the outcome of their l If you have not been offered one of your school application on 2 March 2017. The notification letter will preferences, the reason why and who to contact for include a reply slip and should only be returned if you did further information*. not apply online. l Waiting list and appeal information and who to contact The letter will tell you the following, depending on for further details. the outcome of your application: l The details of schools which have vacancies, if you did l The name of the school that can offer you a place. not receive an offer for any of your preferences and If it has not been possible to offer any of the schools you do not want to accept the alternative school offered you applied for, the nearest alternative school will be to you. offered to you, if there is one available.
*The notification letter does not go into the detail of why a place could not be offered and can only inform you that your child did not receive a high enough priority in the oversubscription criteria. You will be able to obtain more detailed information from the local authority where the school is located or the school itself if it is its own Admission Authority. Please contact the Admissions Team in the first instance. They will be able to advise you.
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Waiting lists Appeal arrangements Your child’s name will automatically be added to the You can make an appeal to each school where your waiting list for any Royal Borough schools that could not application has been unsuccessful. Appeals are heard be offered. Any schools you named as a lower preference by an independent panel. The school will explain to the than the school offered to your child would have been panel why a place could not be allocated to your child. withdrawn under the co-ordinated arrangements. You will You will then be heard by the panel and will need to show need to re-apply to these schools if you want your child to the school’s published admission arrangements were not be included on a waiting list. correctly applied or there are special reasons why your child should be given a place even though the school is full. If you have not been offered a place at a school in another borough and require waiting list information, you will More detailed information about admission appeals is need to contact the school or the borough that maintains available at www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions the school. Guidance will also be provided with your appeal form All waiting lists are ordered in accordance with the should you decide to pursue this right. published admission criteria for each school and Coram Child Law Advice provides free, independent will be offered to children as vacancies arise with no advice on the admissions process and legal advice on differentiation between on-time or late applications. education issues. You can call 0300 330 5485, Monday The management of the waiting lists for Chelsea Academy, to Friday for advice, or visit www.childlawadvice.org.uk/ Kensington Aldridge Academy and Holland Park are school-admissions for more details. delegated to the Admissions Team. Waiting list positions will be available from 29 March 2017. Waiting lists for Making final arrangements the remaining schools in the Royal Borough are the for starting school responsibility of the respective schools. You will need to contact the school directly for an update of your child’s The headteacher of the secondary school where your waiting list position. child has been offered a place will invite you to visit the school before the end of the summer term 2016. You will As a result of vacancies arising, the governors or have the opportunity to look around the school and to Admissions Team on behalf of the school will determine discuss questions such as school uniform, books, travel who is offered the next place(s) in accordance with the arrangements, midday meals and possible financial help. published admission criteria and waiting list ranking. You will be notified of any offer that can be made by the By the start of the summer holidays, the arrangements Admissions Team from 29 March 2017. for your child’s transfer to a new school should have been completed so they can look forward to starting there A child’s position on the waiting list can go down as well in September. as up. For example, if a new application is submitted and they meet a higher priority against the admission criteria for the school, the waiting list will need to be revised to include the new applicant. The offer of a place does not depend on the length of time your child’s name has been on the waiting list and there can never be any guarantee a place will be offered. You will be contacted at some point during the academic year to indicate continued interest to remain on the waiting list. If you do not respond, your child’s name will be removed from the list unless you inform us otherwise. This exercise is carried out to ensure waiting lists only ever include children who would take up an offer for a school if it became available.
20 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Your child’s name will The application process automatically be added to the waiting list for any Royal Borough schools that could not be offered
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 21 Frequently asked questions
What does the law require? Of parents: It is the duty of the parent of every child aged five to 16 to ensure the child receives efficient, full-time education, suitable to his or her age, ability or aptitude (and to any special need), either by regular attendance at school or otherwise. Of local authorities: It is the duty of every local authority to ensure sufficient primary and secondary schools of appropriate character and with necessary equipment are available to provide all pupils in the area with education suitable to their different ages, abilities and aptitudes.
Does the law guarantee my child a place in the school of my choice? No. The law states parents may express a preference for any school; however, if more parents express a preference for a school than the number of places available, there has to be an order of priority to decide The distance you have calculated from which children to offer places to. The law allows parents my home to the school is further away to appeal to an independent panel if their child is refused than the distance I have calculated on a a place at a school of their preference. Please refer to the measuring system I used on the internet. section on appeals on page 20 for further information. What do I do? The local authority’s geographical measuring system Will a school know where I listed it in is used for calculating distances from home to school. my application? Distances measured by other means (eg private car, No. All applications are treated equally against each pedometer or on the internet) are likely to be calculated school’s published admission criteria. Schools are not on a different basis and should not be relied upon as provided with the preference order as it has no relevance evidence the local authority’s distance calculation is to the decision-making process. incorrect. The local authority’s measuring system is designed to be precise, reliable and consistent, and is used for all applications. Do I have priority for a school place in the borough I live in? If I decide I prefer a school I listed lower No. It is against the law for local authorities to give priority than the school I was offered, can I be to their own residents. considered for a place? Any preferences that are listed lower than the school Can I change or withdraw my preferences offered are automatically withdrawn, so any lower after I have submitted my application? preferences will no longer exist. Any requests after offers Once you have submitted your application, you can have been made for lower preferences will be treated as change the order of your preferences and the schools a new late application. If the school has a vacancy, then you have listed up until the closing date. Changes cannot it will be possible to offer your child a place and withdraw be made to your application after the closing date except the original offer made to you. If the school is full your in exceptional circumstances. child’s name will be added to the waiting list.
22 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions School information School information
Overview For voluntary aided (church) schools it is important This section contains basic information for each school you read the notes that apply to the religious affiliation. and a summarised version of the oversubscription criteria. These can be found in each schools full admission policy You are advised to read the full admission arrangements and arrangements. for each school you are interested in applying to. These For Hammersmith & Fulham: can be obtained directly from the respective school, their www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions website and the local authority’s website. As many Royal Borough residents apply for schools For Westminster: located in Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster, the www.westminster.gov.uk/determined-admission- link to the pages where you will find the full admission arrangements-201617 policy and arrangements for schools within these boroughs are provided.
24 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions School information
Common definitions To avoid repetition, the following common definitions will apply to each school and Academy in this section (unless indicated otherwise in the school’s criteria). For all schools included in this brochure, children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan that names the school will be allocated a place before any other allocations are made. Further information can be found on page 45.
Looked After Children (also referred to as in “Public Care”) Children in care of the local authority and children who have been adopted or made subject to a child arrangement or a special guardianship order immediately following having been Looked After. The child’s social worker must submit a letter to the Admissions Team confirming the legal status of the child and the local authority to which the child is/was in care, and quoting the child’s full name and current address.
Siblings (brothers and sisters) will be decided by random allocation, which will be carried out independently of the school. Children already attending the school who will continue to do so on the date of admission of the applicant. This Exceptional need includes half-brothers or half-sisters, adopted brothers or If this priority forms part of the school’s admission criteria, sisters, stepbrothers or stepsisters or the children of the the governors may, on an individual basis, give priority to partner of the parent or carer, provided they live at the applicants who can demonstrate admission to the school same address as the applicant. is necessary on the grounds of professionally supported Distance from home to school educational, medical and/or social need and that only this school can meet this need. Parents/carers must Unless indicated otherwise in the individual admission supply details of any such special factors at the time of criteria for each school, distances are calculated using the original application, together with recent supporting a straight line (as the crow flies) measurement from the documentation. Such applications will not be considered child’s home “address point” (determined by Ordnance without professional support – such as a letter or report Survey data) to the centre of the school grounds (as from a doctor, consultant or social worker. Further determined by the Royal Borough using its computerised guidance can be found on page 11. measuring system). The child living closest to the school will receive the highest priority; accessibility by car or Children from multiple births public transport will be disregarded. If applicants share (eg twins, triplets) the same address point (for example, those who live in Each school must set out in its admission arrangements the same block of flats or shared house), priority will be how it considers applicants from multiple births when given to those who live closest to the ground floor, then by the admission limit may be exceeded to admit all children. ascending flat number order. Routes are measured to four In most cases, places will be offered to all children. decimal places (if necessary). You are, however, advised to check the full policy for the If, in the unlikely event two or more applicants live exactly school(s) you are applying for if this is a concern for you the same distance from the school, the offer of a place as different rules may apply.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 25 The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
89 Addison Road, London W14 8BZ T 020 7603 8478 E [email protected]
Headteacher/principal Type of school Number of pupils to be Paul Stubbings Esq. Academy, Catholic, boys admitted in September 2017 124 Nearest Tube stations Specialism Holland Park (Central Line); Maths, computing Additional forms to complete Shepherd’s Bush (Central Line Supplementary Information and Overground) Ages Form (SIF) to be returned direct 11-16 to school Bus routes 12, 49, 94, 220, 295 DfE number Music aptitude application to 207 5402 be returned direct to school by 30 September 2016
26 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.cvms.co.uk
Admission criteria Sixth form The below criteria has been summarised and you will need Contact the school directly for information on applying to refer to the school’s website for the full admission policy to the sixth form. and arrangements: www.cvms.co.uk/357/admissions You can also obtain further information by visiting the How places were offered in 2016 school on the dates set out below. Total applications: 874 After the allocation of children with SEN or EHC plan*, 5 places allocated to children with SEN/EHC plan the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: Criterion Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 (29 places) (57 places) (29 places) There are 120 places in Year 7 split into three ability bands. There are 30 places in ability band 1 (above- Catholic LACs 0 offers 0 offers 1 offer average ability), 60 in band 2 (average ability) and 30 (A) in band 3 (below-average ability). Music places 3 offers 6 offers 1 offer Oversubscription criteria (B1) A. Catholic Looked After and previously Looked Siblings and 6 offers 14 offers 7 offers After Children*. former siblings (B2) B. Catholic boys from fully practising Catholic families in the following order of priority: Catholic boys 20 offers 37 offers 20 offers 1. C atholic boys, from fully practising Catholic families, (B3 First) eligible for a music place. Up to 12 offers will be made to boys with the highest score in the aptitude test. There are 3 places available in ability band 1, 6 Appeals information in band 2 and 3 in band 3. Any unfilled places will be 2016: 69 heard, 8 upheld offered to boys in oversubscription groups below. 2015: 63 heard, 3 upheld 2. C atholic boys, from fully practising Catholic families, 2014: 48 heard, 3 upheld who are brothers of current or former pupils on the school’s pupil roll. 3. O ther Catholic boys from fully practising Catholic Open evenings and test dates families. Applications in this group, B3, are given Open evenings priority as follows: Thursday 22 September, 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm First: Boys, baptised within a year of birth. Tuesday 27 September, 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm Second: Other boys who have not been baptised Ability banding test (all applicants) within a year of birth. 31 October C. Other Catholic boys. Deadline for applying for music aptitude place D. Looked After and previously Looked After Children* Friday 30 September at 5pm who are not Catholic. Music aptitude test E. Other boys who are not Catholic. During the week commencing 10 October (this is for If there are more boys in any group than places available, music aptitude applicants only) remaining places will be offered by random allocation. Music aptitude results to parents Friday 21 October
*Common definitions can be found on pages 24-25.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 27 Chelsea Academy
Lots Road, London SW10 0AB T 020 7376 3019 E [email protected]
Headteacher/principal Type of school Number of pupils to be Matt Williams Academy, Church of England, admitted in September 2017 co-educational 180 Nearest Tube stations Fulham Broadway (District Line); Specialism Additional forms to complete Imperial Wharf (Overground) Science Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be returned direct Bus routes Ages to school C3, 391, 11, 22 11-18 Music aptitude application to DfE number be returned direct to school by 207 6905 30 September 2016
28 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.chelsea-academy.org
Admission criteria The below criteria has been summarised and you will need to refer to the school’s website for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.chelsea-academy. org/admissions You can also obtain further information by visiting the school on the dates set out below. After the allocation of children with SEN or EHC plan*, the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: A. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. B. Exceptional need*. C. For Year 7 entry only, up to 10% of the agreed admission number of pupils will be admitted on the basis of aptitude in music, using a specified assessment process, which will be published on the Academy website. Applicants for these places must submit a supplementary information form. The governors reserve fewer applications than the number of places available, the right to admit fewer than 10% under this criterion if all those applications would be offered a place. In the there are insufficient applicants reaching the required event either or both of the categories of foundation standard, with any remaining places split equally and community places are oversubscribed, then the between foundation and community places. Applicants remaining places will be allocated using the following who are not offered a place under this category will oversubscription criteria and procedures: automatically be considered for a place under the foundation and community criteria described below. Foundation places D. Children of staff where the member of staff has been Foundation places are open to applicants who meet employed by the Academy (ie those who have an the criteria for foundation places. To ensure their employment contract with the Academy) for two or application can be considered in full, applicants should more years at the time of application or where the complete Chelsea Academy’s foundation Supplementary member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for Information Form. Applicants who meet the criteria for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. foundation places will be allocated places in the following order of priority: E. Siblings* of students on roll at the time of application (does not include students who have only been 1. Children who regularly attend a Church of England admitted to the sixth form). church in the Deaneries of Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham or Westminster and who Admission under the categories above will be considered attend a Church of England primary school in irrespective of any religious affiliation. the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Balance of foundation and community places (a foundation feeder school); Of the remaining places per year, 50% will be foundation 2. Children who regularly attend other Christian churches (church) places and 50% community (open) places, with or chapels and who attend a Church of England any vacant places being taken up by oversubscription primary school in the Royal Borough of Kensington from the other category. If Chelsea Academy receives and Chelsea (a foundation feeder school);
*Common definitions can be found on pages 24-25. (Criteria continue overleaf)
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3. Children who regularly attend a Christian church or If there are more applicants than places available in either chapel within the Deaneries of Kensington, Chelsea, category priority will be given to children who live nearest Hammersmith and Fulham or Westminster; the school (distance*). 4. Other children who attend a Church of England Should more than one child have the same distance a tie- primary school in the Royal Borough of Kensington break decision will be made using random allocation. If a and Chelsea (a foundation feeder school). tie-break involves twins or triplets, Chelsea Academy will If any of the above categories are oversubscribed, places offer places over the published number to accommodate in that category will be allocated by means of a random the children. draw, under the supervision of an independent person. List of community feeder schools A map showing the boundaries of the Deaneries of Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Name Address Westminster is available on the school’s website. Ashburnham Community 17 Blantyre Street Primary School London SW10 0DT List of foundation feeder schools Bousfield South Bolton Gardens Name Address Primary School London SW5 0DJ
Christ Church C of E 1 Robinson Street Marlborough Draycott Avenue Primary School London SW3 4AA Primary School London SW3 3AP
Holy Trinity C of E Sedding Street Park Walk Park Walk Primary School London SW1X 9DE Primary School London SW10 0AY
St Barnabas and 58 Earl’s Court Road St Philip’s C of E London W8 6EJ Primary School
St Clement and St James Penzance Place C of E Primary School London W11 4PG
St Cuthbert with Warwick Road St Matthias C of E London SW5 9HE Primary School
St Mary Abbots C of E 2 Kensington Church Court Primary School London W8 4SP
St Thomas’ C of E Appleford Road Primary School London W10 5EF
Community places Community places are open to all applicants. Where there are more applications than places available places will be offered in the following order of priority: 1. To children who on the closing date for applications attend a community feeder school: 2. To children who do not attend a community feeder school.
*Common definitions can be found on pages 24-25.
30 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.chelsea-academy.org
Sixth form Appeals information Contact the school directly for information on applying 2016: 10 heard, 0 upheld to the sixth form. 2015: 5 heard, 0 upheld 2014: 7 heard, 0 upheld How places were offered in 2016 Total applications: 889 3 places allocated to children with SEN/EHC plan Open days, open evenings and test dates Criterion Offers Open days and evenings Music aptitude places 10% (18) Wednesday 28 September, 6-8.30pm Academy tours for parents/carers Sibling places 63 offers Between 3 and 14 October Please see Academy website for details Remaining places offered as follows: Deadline for applying for music aptitude places Criterion Offers 30 September Music aptitude tests Community places Offers made up to 1.2057 miles straight line to children attending 3, 4, 6 and 10 October a feeder school Music aptitude results to parents Foundation places 50% – offers made at random By 21 October within each foundation criterion There are no bandings tests for entry to Chelsea Academy
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 31 Holland Park School
Airlie Gardens, London W8 7AF T 020 7908 1000 E [email protected]
Headteacher/principal Bus routes Ages Colin Hall, head 27, 28, 31, 52, 70, 94, 328 and 11-18 David Chappell, associate head 452 to Notting Hill DfE number Nearest Tube stations 9, 10, 27, 28, 49, 52, 70, 328, 452 207 4320 Notting Hill Gate (Circle, and C1 to High Street Kensington District and Central Lines); Number of pupils to be Type of school High Street Kensington admitted in September 2017 Academy, mixed comprehensive (Circle and District Lines) 240 Specialism Additional forms to complete English Art aptitude application to be returned direct to school by 23 September 2016 at 4pm
32 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.hollandparkschool.co.uk
Admission criteria After the allocation of children with SEN or EHC plan*, the admission criteria will be applied in the following order The below criteria has been summarised and you will of priority: need to refer to the school’s website for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.hollandparkschool. A. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. co.uk/admissions/admissions-to-year-7 B. Exceptional need*. You can also obtain further information by visiting the C. A maximum of 24 places will be offered to applicants school on the dates set out below. who can demonstrate an aptitude and capacity to succeed in the visual arts, especially art and design. Banding Places offered under this criterion are made without All applicants must attend the school to take the banding reference to a child’s score on the ability banding test test on Saturday 28 November 2015 in the morning. and instead will be assessed by a separate aptitude Failure to attend will mean your child will not be allocated test. Applicants for these places must complete a to an ability band. As the school is always heavily supplementary form. There will be an assessment by oversubscribed, those not allocated to a band will not be the school of applicants’ potential. Priority will then be offered a place, even if they have a sibling at the school applied in descending order by aptitude test score to or live very close to the school. applicants with more than 20 points (from a possible Holland Park School will write to you (and email you if you 40). Applicants who are not offered a place on the have provided an email address in your application) with grounds of aptitude will automatically be considered arrangements for the test and the time your child needs to for a place within their ability band under the general arrive at the school. If you do not receive communication admission criteria described below. The governors from the school by Thursday 24 November 2016, you will reserve the right to admit fewer than 24 children need to either contact the school on 020 7908 1000 or under this criterion if there are insufficient applicants the Royal Borough’s Admissions Team on 020 7745 6432. reaching the required score, with any remaining places split equally across the four ability bands. The school will have a list of all those who have named Holland Park School as a preference in their application. D. Children of staff in either or both of the following Even if you do not receive your letter, your child’s name circumstances: will be on the school’s application list and they must turn a) w here the member of staff has been employed up for the test. If there are exceptional reasons why your by the school for two or more years at the time at child cannot attend, you will need to contact the school which the application for admission to the school is for advice before the test date. made, and/or; The banding test is not an entry test. There is no pass or b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post fail and a child’s score does not determine whether he for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. will receive an offer of a place. The test is used to ensure The remaining places in each of the four bands will be the intake to the school represents the ability range of offered in the following order of priority: the cohort applying. The test gives an indication of the child’s current ability to reason using words and numbers. E. Siblings* (including the sixth form). Applicants are ranked on the basis of their score in the F. Distance*. test relative to other applicants who took the test. There If in the unlikely event two or more applicants live exactly are four ability bands: A, B, C and D. Offers are made the same distance from the school, the offer of a place will equally within each band (25%) in accordance with the be decided by random allocation. admission criteria. If, in any of the bands, there are more applicants than places available in a category, places will be offered to children living nearest the school (distance*).
*Common definitions can be found on pages 24-25. **This rule will not apply to the visual arts aptitude category. (Criteria continue overleaf)
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Twins and triplets If a tie-break involves twins or triplets in the same band**, Holland Park School will offer places over its published admission number to accommodate the children.
Sixth form Contact the school directly for information on applying to the sixth form.
How places were offered in 2016 Total applications: 1,713 5 places allocated to children with SEN/EHC plan
Criterion Offers
Visual art 10% of the available places were Appeals information aptitude offered to children who met the visual art aptitude category 2016: 38 heard, 2 upheld Offers were made to those children 2015: 33 heard, 1 upheld who scored 24 out of 40 or higher 2014: 30 heard, 0 upheld and by distance as the tie breaker for equal scores Band A 25% – 23 siblings, the remaining Open days, open evenings offered up to 0.4656 miles under distance criterion and test dates Open evenings Band B 25% – 23 siblings, the remaining offered up to 0.7812 miles under Wednesday 14 September, 6.30pm distance criterion Thursday 15 September, 6.30pm
Band C 25% – 1 LAC, 1 exceptional need, Open mornings 29 siblings, the remaining offered up to Thursday 15 September, 9.15am 0.7477 miles under distance criterion Friday 16 September, 9.15am
Band D 25% – 1 exceptional need, 15 siblings, Deadline for art aptitude applications the remaining offered up to 0.7964 miles Friday 23 September, 4pm under distance criterion Art aptitude testing Saturday 8 October, 8.30am Art aptitude results to parents By Friday 21 October Admission banding tests Saturday 26 November
**This rule will not apply to the visual arts aptitude category.
34 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.hollandparkschool.co.uk
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 35 Kensington Aldridge Academy
1 Silchester Road, London W10 6EX T 020 7313 5800 E [email protected]
Headteacher/principal Bus routes Ages David Benson 7, 23, 52, 70, 228, 295, 316, 452 11-19
Nearest Tube stations Type of school DfE number Latimer Road (Hammersmith Academy, mixed 207 4000 & City and Circle Lines); Ladbroke Grove (Hammersmith Specialism Number of pupils to be & City and Circle Lines) Performing and creative arts admitted in September 2017 180
36 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.kaa.org.uk
Admission criteria If a tie-break involves twins or triplets, the Academy will offer places over the published number to accommodate The below criteria has been summarised and you will the children. need to refer to the school’s website for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.kaa.org.uk/admissions Notwithstanding the above arrangements, the Secretary of State may direct the Academy to admit a named pupil You can also obtain further information by visiting the on application to the local authority; before doing so the school on the dates set out below. Secretary of State will consult the Academy. After the allocation of children with SEN or EHC plan*, the admission criteria will be applied in the following order Sixth form of priority: Full details of the admissions arrangements for sixth form A. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. can be found on the website. B. Children who live in the defined priority area who have a sibling* at the Academy. How places were offered in 2016 C. Children who live within the defined priority area who Total applications: 667 live nearest to the Academy (distance*). 5 places allocated to children with SEN/EHC plan D. Children who live outside the defined priority area 1 place allocated to Looked After Children who have a sibling* at the Academy.
E. Children who live outside the defined priority area Criterion Offers who live nearest to the Academy (distance*). Siblings within priority area 30
Living within priority area 144 up to a distance Priority area map Key: of 0.6811 miles Boundary of admissions priority area Appeals information 2016: 16 heard, 0 upheld 2015: 14 heard, 5 upheld 2014: 5 heard, 0 successful
Open days and evenings For prospective Year 7 parents and students Monday 26 September, 9-11am Tuesday 27 September, 9-11am Thursday 29 September, 5-8pm with a presentation at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm For prospective candidates to the sixth form Thursday 6 October, 6.30-8pm Thursday 10 November, 6.30-8pm
*Common definitions can be found on pages 24-25.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 37 Sion-Manning Catholic Girls’ School
75 St Charles Square, London W10 6EL T 020 8969 7111 E [email protected]
Headteacher/principal Type of school Number of pupils to be Mr Andrew O’Neill Voluntary aided, Catholic, girls admitted in September 2017 120 Nearest Tube station Ages Ladbroke Grove (Hammersmith 11-16 Additional forms to complete & City and Circle Lines) Supplementary Information DfE number Form (SIF) to be returned direct Bus routes 207 4801 to school 7, 23, 52, 295, 316, 328, 452
38 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.sion-manning.org.uk
Admission criteria The below criteria has been summarised and you will need to refer to the school’s website for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.sion-manning.org.uk/ about-us/admissions You can also obtain further information by visiting the school on the dates set out below. After the allocation of children with SEN or EHC plan*, the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: 1. Catholic Looked After and previously Looked After girls*. 2. Baptised Catholic girls from practising Catholic families whose applications are supported by the Diocesan priest’s Reference Form. 3. Other baptised Catholic girls. 4. Other Looked After and previously Looked After girls*. 5. Catechumens and baptised girls of Eastern/Orthodox churches where the application is supported by their priest. 6. Girls from Christian families where the application is supported by a reference from a minister of religion. 7. Girls from families of other faiths where the application is supported by a reference from a religious leader. 8. Any other girls. Appeals information The governors will give top priority in any category, after There have been no appeals lodged over a the appropriate category of Looked After girls to girls who three-year period. can demonstrate exceptional need*.
Tie-break If a situation arises where two or more children from a Open days and evenings family are competing within the same potential year group Open evenings for a single remaining place, this will be resolved by random Tuesday 20 September, 6.30-8pm allocation (ie lottery), in the presence of an independent Open mornings witness. In the case of a number of addresses in a block 9.15-10.15am on : with the same geographical reference, priority will be determined by random allocation. Wednesday 21 September Monday 26 September Thursday 6 October How places were offered in 2016 Thursday 13 October Total applications: 122 Tuesday 18 October All applicants were offered a place. Wednesday 19 October
*Common definitions can be found on pages 24-25.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 39 St Thomas More Language College
42 Cadogan Street, London SW3 2QS T 020 7589 9734 E [email protected]
Headteacher/principal Bus routes DfE number Dr T Papworth PhD, MBA, 11, 19, 22, 137, 211, 265, 319, 207 4681 NPQH, MA 360, C1, C10 Number of pupils to be Nearest Tube stations Type of school admitted in September 2017 Sloane Square (District and Voluntary aided, Catholic, mixed 120 Circle Lines); South Kensington (District and Circle Lines) Specialism Additional forms to complete Languages Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be returned direct Ages to school 11-16
40 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions For detailed information about School information the school, please visit their website: www.stmlc.co.uk
Admission criteria Oversubscription criteria The below criteria has been summarised and you will 1. Catholic Looked After and previously Looked need to refer to the school’s website for the full admission After Children*. policy and arrangements: www.stmlc.co.uk 2. Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice from their parish priest of the parish or ethnic chaplain You can also obtain further information by visiting the of the community in which the family attend Sunday school on the dates set out below. Mass and a Baptismal Certificate. After the allocation of children with SEN or EHC plan*, 3. Any other Catholic applicants. the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: 4. Other Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. The Governors intend to admit the school’s published admission number of 120 pupils in Year 7 each school 5. Catechumens and members of an Orthodox year and, in doing so, will endeavour to preserve its Communion. comprehensive character by establishing a balanced 6. Children of other Christian denominations whose intake across the ability range in the ratio 25:50:25. practice of their faith, and that of their parents/ This will be achieved by the use of standardised verbal guardians, is supported by a written reference from and non-verbal tests. their priest or minister in the community in which they regularly worship. 7. Any other applicants. Should there be an oversubscription of children within a category, the governors will first allocate places in the following order of priority: l Exceptional need*. l Sibling*. l Children attending our neighbouring school, St Joseph’s Catholic Primary. l Then to those pupils living nearest the school as measured by an electronic routing method administered by Hopewiser Limited, which measures distance “as the crow flies” from each individual property to the main entrance of the school. Should the distance be exactly the same, applicants will be placed in order by means of a lottery, which will take place in front of an independent witness – all applicants with matching distances are randomly selected via a tombola method and numbered in order of selection, the first applicant to be selected will precede the other applicant(s) with the same distance. A child is deemed to be resident at a particular address when he/she resides there for 50% or more of the school week.
*Common definitions can be found on pages 24-25. (Criteria continue overleaf)
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 41 School information
Applications from twins or multiple births Appeals information If the offer of places result in the admission of one pupil 2016: 6 heard, 0 upheld of a multiple birth/twin and not other, the governors 2015: 8 heard, 0 upheld reserve the right to offer places to all pupils of the same multiple birth/twin. 2014: 10 heard, 0 upheld
How places were offered in 2016 Open days, open evenings 561 Total applications: and test dates 0 places allocated to children with SEN/EHC plan Open days and evenings Criterion Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Thursday 15 September, 4.15pm (30 places) (60 places) (30 places) Wednesday 21 September, 4.15pm Banding test dates Siblings All places offered under criterion 2 Please check the school’s website for (practising Catholic children from St Joseph’s banding test dates practising Catholic families whose Primary/ distance application is supported by a priest reference). Priority is given first to those with an exceptional need, then to siblings, then children attending St Joseph’s Primary, then any remaining places on a distance basis
42 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Additional information Additional information
In-year admissions Fair access protocol
W www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions W www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions T 020 7745 6432 T 020 7745 6432
An in-year admission is when an application for a school Every school is committed to taking its share of vulnerable place needs to be made outside the normal admission children who are hard to place in accordance with locally round (the first year of entry to a school). In most cases agreed protocols. Accordingly, outside the normal your reason for making an application will be that you round of admissions, the school governing bodies are have moved to a new address, moved from abroad or empowered to give absolute priority to a child whose you would like to transfer your child from one school to admission is requested under the Royal Borough’s fair another. There is a separate process for applying in-year access protocol, which carries the agreement of both for a school place. the governing body and local authority for the current admission year. School governing bodies have this power even for cases when admitting such a child would cause the school to exceed its published admissions number.
44 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Additional information
Support for school attendance
T 020 7598 4608/020 7598 4601
After you have been allocated a school place, making sure your child attends school regularly and on time every day is really important, not only to make sure they have the best possible chance to get the most out of their education but also because children who are not in school are more likely to get into trouble outside school or be vulnerable. Parents have a legal responsibility to get their children to school, but if you are having difficulties with this, it is important you talk to school staff, who are there to help you. You or school staff may feel you need some extra help. Each borough has professional staff who work with families with children who are not attending school. They are based in the Early Help Team if you live in the Royal Borough. This multi-disciplinary team will work with schools, children and parents to improve children’s attendance and reduce unnecessary absence and truancy. There is also a central team – the ACE Team – concentrating on the following areas of work: attendance (processing legal action for entrenched non-attendance and issuing penalty notices), child employment and children in entertainment and elective home education and children missing education. This team is based at Special Educational Needs and Kensington Town Hall and can be contacted on Education, Health and Care 020 7745 6610. needs assessments
Children with Disabilities Team T 020 7361 3311
T 020 7598 4921 The majority of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) or disabilities will have their This team offers information, advice, support and needs met within local mainstream early years settings, practical help to families with children who have a schools or colleges. The Royal Borough ensures there are permanent and substantial disability or long-term illness arrangements in place within these settings for identifying, that affects their everyday living. The team offers advice assessing and making provision for pupils with SEN. on how to access services available for children and If you believe your child has a special learning need, it is young people who have disabilities. The initial way to always advisable to discuss this with the headteacher contact the team is through the duty social worker who when you visit the school to which you are thinking of is available on 020 7598 4921. applying. Each school has a budget for meeting the needs of pupils with SEN and will be able to talk to you about the support they provide for children with learning needs and how they will meet your child’s needs. The local authority
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expects mainstream schools to work with parents to track Educational Psychology Service children’s progress and record the outcomes and agreed provision in an SEN support resourced plan. T 020 7361 3311 Some children and young people with SEN or disabilities may need a level or type of support that cannot be Every school has the support of an educational provided by a mainstream school and/or within a psychologist – a specialist in how children, young people mainstream school’s budget. For such pupils it may be and young adults develop and learn. Help may be necessary to carry out an Education, Health and Care asked for when pupils show difficulties with their social- (EHC) needs assessment. The local authority can then emotional (including well-being/mental health), behaviour, decide whether an EHC plan should be written. An EHC learning or progress generally in school. Educational plan details how a child’s additional needs will be met. psychologists can only directly work with a named pupil if parents/carers give informed consent. Parents/carers If your child has an EHC plan or an SEN statement, themselves may ask for their help through the school. the information set out in this brochure relating to the Educational psychologists can also provide general application process does not apply to you. To discuss the consultative support and guidance for groups or school arrangements which will need to be made for your child wide issues as well as research and training. please contact 020 7361 3311.
46 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions All children under 16 in full-time Additional information education can travel free on bus and tram services with a Zip Oyster photocard
Assistance with Free school meals home-to-school travel Free school meals are available on application to children attending state maintained schools in Kensington and T 020 7745 6432 Chelsea whose parent(s) or guardian(s) are receiving one of these benefits: All children under 16 in full-time education can travel l Income Support free on bus and tram services. All school pupils will be required to carry a Zip Oyster photocard to travel free on l Income Based Job Seekers Allowance buses and trams. For further information, please visit the l National Asylum Seekers Support Scheme (NASS) Transport for London (TfL) website at www.tfl.gov.uk l Pension Credit It is expected children who are resident in the Royal l Child Tax Credit (gross annual income less than Borough make use of the concessions offered by TfL, £16,190) but not Working Tax Credit including free travel across London. However, there may l be circumstances where travel assistance is required Income Related Employment and Support Allowance outside the scope of free arrangements offered by TfL. l Income-based and Contribution based JSA and ESA In this instance, the Royal Borough will take account of on equal basis the statutory requirements. l Working Tax Credit ‘run-on’ – the payment someone The full policy and application form are available at will receive for a further four weeks (only) after they stop www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions or by qualifying for Working Tax Credit contacting the Admissions Team. l Universal Credit Children already receiving free school meals at primary school will continue to receive them at secondary school as long as their parent/carer still qualifies for these benefits, but you will need to advise us which secondary school your child will be attending.
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 47 Other schools and colleges
University Technical Colleges and Studio Schools University Technical Colleges and Studio Schools are opening in some areas to provide technically oriented courses of study or work skills-based learning for 14- to 19-year-olds. The Royal Borough will co-ordinate applications for residents for University Technical Colleges (UTCs) and Studio Schools in neighbouring local authorities. Currently there are no UTCs or Studio Schools in the Royal Borough. Please refer to www.utcolleges.org and www.studioschoolstrust.org for further information.
Sixth form and post-16 education Contact the sixth forms below directly to find out more about their courses, open events and enrolment procedures.
Kensington and Chelsea College Type of school: College, further education Chelsea Centre Hortensia Road, London SW10 0QS Kensington Centre Wornington Road, London W10 5QQ Park Walk Centre Park Walk, London SW10 0AY
T Switchboard: 020 7573 3600 (9am-5pm) T Course information: 020 7573 5333 E [email protected] W www.kcc.ac.uk
St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College Type of school: Sixth form, mixed St Charles Square, London W10 6EY T 020 8968 7755 E [email protected] W www.stcharles.ac.uk
48 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Additional information
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Independent fee-paying schools Knightsbridge School A list of private or independent schools in the Royal 67 Pont Street, London SW1X 0BD Borough is provided below. You will usually be required T 020 7590 9000 to pay fees to attend these schools but some may offer W www.knightsbridgeschool.com bursaries towards these fees. More detailed information is available from the Independent Schools’ Council at www.isc.co.uk and the Independent Schools Directory Lloyd Williamson School and Resource at www.independentschools.co.uk or 12 Telford Road, London W10 5SH from schools direct. T 020 8962 0345 These schools do not form part of the Pan-London W www.lloydwilliamson.co.uk Admissions System and you must apply to them directly. More House School Gems Hampshire School 22-24 Pont Street, London SW1X 0AA T 020 7235 2855 15 Manresa Road, London SW3 6NB W www.morehouse.org.uk T 020 7352 7077 W www.thehampshireschoolchelsea.co.uk Queen’s Gate School Instituto Espanol Vicente Canada Blanch 133 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5LE T 020 7589 3587 317 Portobello Road, London W10 5SZ W www.queensgate.org.uk T 020 8969 2664 E [email protected] Tabernacle School 32 St Ann’s Villas, Holland Park, London W11 4RS T 020 7602 6232 W www.tabernacleschool.com
Thomas’s Preparatory and Lower School, Kensington 17-19 Cottesmore Gardens, London W8 5PR T 020 7361 6500 E www.thomas-s.co.uk
50 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Locations and contacts Locations and contacts
Contact details for Contact details for diocesan authorities neighbouring boroughs The Diocese of Westminster Education Service and Detailed information about schools outside the Royal London Diocesan Board for Schools provide additional Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith & information about education in Catholic and Church of Fulham and Westminster is available directly from schools England schools respectively. or the local authority in which they are situated. Please remember to check the admission arrangements Diocese of Westminster Education Service for your preferred schools to assess whether you are (Catholic) likely to be offered a place. You may also be required to W www.rcdow.org.uk/education complete a supplementary form. If you live outside the T 020 7798 9005 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea but wish to apply for a school in the Royal Borough, you will need to apply on the common application form of the local London Diocesan Board for Schools authority where you live. (Church of England) W www.schools.london.anglican.org T 020 7932 1100
Enfield
Barnet
Harrow Haringey Waltham Redbridge Forest Havering
Brent Hackney Islington Camden Barking and Dagenham Tower Newham Hillingdon Hamlets Ealing Westminster City of London Hammersmith & Fulham Southwark RBKC Greenwich Hounslow Lambeth Bexley Wandsworth Richmond Lewisham upon Thames
Merton Kingston upon Thames Bromley
Sutton Croydon
52 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions Locations and contacts
Borough Telephone Email Website
Barnet 020 8359 7651 [email protected] www.barnet.gov.uk Barking and 020 8215 3004 [email protected] www.lbbd.gov.uk Dagenham Bexley 020 8303 7777 [email protected] www.bexley.gov.uk Brent 020 8937 3110 [email protected] www.brent.gov.uk Bromley 020 8313 4044 [email protected] www.bromley.gov.uk Camden 020 7974 1625 [email protected] www.camden.gov.uk City of London 020 7332 1002 [email protected] www.cityoflondon.gov.uk Croydon 020 8726 6400 [email protected] www.croydon.gov.uk Ealing 020 8825 5511 [email protected] www.ealing.gov.uk 020 8825 5522 Enfield 020 8379 5501 [email protected] www.enfield.gov.uk Greenwich 020 8921 8043 [email protected] www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk Hackney 020 8820 7105 [email protected] www.learningtrust.co.uk 020 8820 7247 Haringey 020 8489 1000 [email protected] www.haringey.gov.uk Harrow 020 8901 2620 [email protected] www.harrow.gov.uk Havering 01708 434600 [email protected] www.havering.gov.uk Hillingdon 01895 556644 [email protected] www.hillingdon.gov.uk Hounslow 020 8583 2721 [email protected] www.hounslow.gov.uk Islington 020 7527 5515 [email protected] www.islington.gov.uk/admissions Kingston 020 8547 4610 [email protected] www.kingston.gov.uk upon Thames Lambeth 020 7926 9503 No email www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions Lewisham 020 8314 8282 [email protected] www.lewisham.gov.uk Newham 020 8430 2000 [email protected] www.newham.gov.uk Merton 020 8274 4906 [email protected] www.merton.gov.uk Redbridge 020 8708 3562 [email protected] www.redbridge.gov.uk Richmond 020 8891 7514 [email protected] www.richmond.gov.uk upon Thames Southwark 020 7525 5337 [email protected] www.southwark.gov.uk Sutton 020 8770 5000 [email protected] www.sutton.gov.uk Tower Hamlets 020 7364 5006 [email protected] www.towerhamlets.gov.uk Waltham Forest 020 8496 3000 [email protected] www.walthamforest.gov.uk Wandsworth 020 8871 7316 [email protected] www.wandsworth.gov.uk
Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions 53 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Locations of the Royal Borough’s educational establishments
1 Ark Brunel Academy 13 Colville 25 Servite Catholic Middle Row Lonsdale Road 252 Fulham Road London W10 5AT London W11 2DF London SW10 9NA
2 St Mary’s Catholic 14 Avondale Park 26 Oratory Catholic East Row Sirdar Road Bury Walk, Cale Street London W10 5AW London W11 4EE London SW3 6QH
3 Barlby 15 St Clement and St James C of E 27 Holy Trinity C of E Barlby Road Penzance Place Sedding Street London W10 6BH London W11 4PG London SW1X 9DE
4 St Thomas’ C of E 16 The Cardinal Vaughan 28 St Joseph’s Catholic Appleford Road Memorial School Cadogan Street London W10 5EF (Catholic, boys) London SW3 2QT 89 Addison Road 5 St Charles Catholic London W14 8BZ 29 St Thomas More Language 83 St Charles Square College (Catholic, mixed) London W10 6EB 17 Fox 42 Cadogan Street Kensington Place London SW3 2QS 6 Sion-Manning School London W8 7PP (Catholic, girls) 30 Park Walk 75 St Charles Square 18 Holland Park School (mixed) Park Walk London W10 6EL Airlie Gardens London SW10 0AY London W8 7AF 7 Bevington 31 Chelsea Open Air Nursery Bevington Road 19 St Mary Abbots C of E School and Children’s Centre London W10 5TW 2 Kensington Church Court 51 Glebe Place London W8 4SP London SW3 5JE 8 Golborne and Maxilla Federated Children’s Centres 20 St Barnabas and St Philip’s 32 Christ Church C of E 2a Bevington Road C of E 1 Robinson Street London W10 5TN Pembroke Mews London SW3 4AA 58 Earls Court Road 9 33 Oxford Gardens London W8 6EJ Ashburnham Oxford Gardens 17 Blantyre Street London W10 6NF 21 St Cuthbert with St Matthias London SW10 0DT C of E 10 St Anne’s and Avondale Park Warwick Road 34 Chelsea Academy (mixed) Nursery School London SW5 9UE Lots Road Freston Road, London W10 6TT London SW10 0AB 22 Our Lady of Victories Catholic 11 Thomas Jones Clareville Street 35 Kensington Aldridge Academy St Mark’s Road London SW7 5AQ (mixed) London W11 1RQ 1 Silchester Road 23 Bousfield London W10 6EX 12 St Francis of Assisi Catholic South Bolton Gardens 36 Treadgold Street London SW5 0DJ Kensington Primary Academy London W11 4BJ 375 Kensington High Street 24 Marlborough London W14 8QA Draycott Avenue London SW3 2NA
54 Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions The Royal Borough of Key: Primary schools Secondary schools Kensington and Chelsea Nurseries and children’s centres Apply online: www.rbkc.gov.uk / schools/admissions
The Pan-London eAdmissions site opens on 1 September 2016.
If your child was born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006, you will need to apply for a secondary school place by 31 October 2016.
For further information contact: Admissions Team Green Zone, 2nd Floor Town Hall, Hornton Street W8 7NX 020 7745 6434 Email: [email protected] www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions
© By:design – August 2016 On the front cover: Pupils from Sion-Manning Catholic Girls’ School, image courtesy of the school By:design 020 8753 3926 Ref: 225_2at Picture credits: Pages 5, 26, 45 courtesy of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School; pages 7, 32, 34, 35, 43 courtesy of Holland Printed by Hammerprint 020 8753 2235 Park School; pages 9, 21, 22, 25, 36, 44, 51 courtesy of Kensington Aldridge Academy; pages 10, 13, 19, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 Printed on paper from sustainable sources © Thinkstock; pages 23, 24, 38, 39 courtesy of Sion-Manning Catholic Girls’ School; pages 28, 29, 30, 31 courtesy of Chelsea Academy; pages 40, 41, 42 courtesy of St Thomas More Language College The information provided in this brochure is correct at the time of going to print in August 2016. The admissions process and school admission arrangements are set out in accordance with the current Admissions Code (issued December 2014), Section 84 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Any corrections, updates and additions will be published on our website: www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions