Education Finding a school place Issue 8 Information for parents about applying for a school place during the school year 1 Welcome Dear parents and carers Welcome to the borough of Barking and Dagenham. We are very pleased that you are considering sending your child to one of our schools. This e-booklet is designed to help you through the ‘In-year application process’. Barking and Dagenham is a small, friendly borough with schools and other learning opportunities close to all neighbourhoods. The borough has a good reputation for its teaching and learning. We are very proud of our schools’ achievements. We have a total of four all-through schools, 42 infant, junior and primary schools, 8 secondary schools and one technical and training school. All our schools are fully comprehensive and have a clear commitment to raising the levels of achievement for all their pupils and students. We believe that attending any of the schools in Barking and Dagenham will provide the educational opportunities your child needs to prepare for future life. By law, all children aged between 5 and 18 must be receiving an education or taking part in training. There is a different process for dealing with applications for children with special needs or those aged 16 to 19. If your child has a statement of special educational need or Educational Health Care (EHC) plan you must contact the EHC Team (see page 33). If your child is aged 16 to 19 they must receive education, employment or training, and the 16 to 19 Careers Guidance and Information Service will deal with your request (see page33). If your child is aged between 5 and 16 and you would like to apply for a place at any of our schools during the school year, you will need to apply to the School Admissions Team, and not directly to the schools. This e-booklet is designed to help you through this ‘In-year’ process. Councillor Evelyn Carpenter, Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement 2 Contents Welcome to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This e-booklet gives you all the information you need when applying for a school place in this borough during the school year. If you have any questions, or need more information, please contact us (the School Admissions Team). Postal Address: School Admissions Team, Town Hall, Barking, Essex, IG11 7LU Phone: 020 8215 3004 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions Welcome 2 Admission criteria for our faith schools 15-20 All Saints Catholic School 15 Introduction 4-5 Important notes for Catholic primary schools 16 In-year admission 6-8 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School (Barking) 17 How to contact us 9 St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Dagenham) 17 Transferring between our schools 10 St Peter’s Catholic Primary School 17 St Teresa Catholic Primary School 18 Admission criteria for Barking and Dagenham schools 11 - 19 St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School 18 Admission criteria for places St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School 19 at primary-phase schools 11 William Ford Church of England Junior School 19 Admission criteria for Goresbrook School What you need to know 21-27 in order of priority 12 Admission criteria for places at our other Options for children aged 14 and over 28 secondary-phase schools 13 Useful information and services 29-34 Admission criteria for technical and training schools 14 Other London authorities’ school admissions sections 35 Elutec 14 Map of our schools 36 Contact details of our schools 37 Glossary 38 3 Introduction We, the School Admissions Team, have been attending the school Our faith primary and process applications for school since reception, year 3, year 7 or junior schools places for children from reception year 9 (depending on whether it We have seven faith primary to age 16. There are four different is a primary, junior, secondary or processes. How and when you schools and one voluntary-aided a technical and training school). junior school. Of these, the Catholic apply depends on the child’s date Places only become available when of birth and your circumstances. primary schools are academies children leave and we do not know run by The Good Shepherd Trust, This e-booklet gives information when, in what year group and at about applying for a school place St Margaret’s Church of England which school this will happen. during the year and transferring Primary is an academy run by between schools. The Genesis Education Trust, and In-year admissions William Ford Junior is a voluntary- If your child is three or four years This process is for parents who aided school run by the Church of age, please see our e-booklet have just moved into the borough of England Authority. All these ‘Starting school full time’, which and need to apply for a school schools are listed on page37 of this explains the process of applying e-booklet, starting with F. Before you place for their child. Please follow for a reception school place (the apply for a place at any of our faith the in-year admissions process on first year of school). If your child is schools, you must read the school’s pages 4 to 27. Use our in-year hub 10 or 11 years of age and is in their admission criteria (pages 15 to 20) last year of primary or junior school, (online system) to apply. See page and follow the instructions on please see our booklet ‘Moving 9 for the full website address. page 8. to secondary school’, which explains the process of applying Transferring between All other Barking and for a year-7 place (the first year of our schools Dagenham infant, junior secondary school). If your child is and primary schools 13 or 14 years of age, please see If your child is already at a school The George Carey Church of our booklet ‘Technical and training and you would like them to move to England Primary School is a schools’, which explains the another, you will need to follow the voluntary-aided school. Dorothy process of applying for a place at transfer process set out on pages Barley Junior, Eastbury Primary, these types of schools. Please see 10 and 21 to 27 of this e-booklet. James Cambell Primary, Thames our website for more details. Schools available View Infants and Thames View If your child is aged 16 to 18, Juniors are academies and please see pages 28 for details There is a map with a list of our Riverside School is a free school about applying for a place in all-through, infant, junior, primary, with academy status. These education, employment or training. secondary and technical and schools are their own admissions training schools on page 37 in this If you have just moved to the authority. However, they follow borough and would like to apply e-booklet. As the council has had the same admission criteria as for a place at a Barking and to increase or reduce the number our community infant, junior Dagenham school at any other of places at some schools over the and primary schools and we will time during the school year (except years, the published admission offer places on their behalf. The when starting school for the first number (PAN) for each school has locations of these schools are listed time, moving to a secondary changed from year to year. Please on page 36. The admission criteria school for the first time or moving contact us in writing if you would for infant places (from reception to to a technical and training school), like us to give you this information. year 2) and junior school places you will need to follow the in-year (years 3 to 6) are listed on page 11. There are six infant schools in the process. This process includes borough for children aged four to moving your child from their current Important note school to another and this is called seven. Each infant school is linked the transfer process. to a junior school for children aged For a definition of words used seven to 11. There are 31 primary in this e-booklet, please see the At the time of your application, most schools for children aged four to 11. glossary on page 38. schools will be full with children who 4 Introduction Technical and training Our voluntary-aided (faith) Schools on different sites schools secondary school Some of our schools are quite large and are located on two different We have one of these types of We have one voluntary-aided sites. When applying for a place schools called Elutec and its location (VA) secondary school - All Saints Catholic School. at schools with two or more sites, is on page 36. Before you apply for This is run by the Catholic please see the notes below. a place at this school, you must read authority and its location is listed Notes 1 to 4 relate to primary the school’s admission criteria on on page 36 of this e-booklet, schools and notes 4 and 5 is about page 14. starting with F. Before you apply secondary schools. for a place at this school, you All-through schools must read the school’s admission Note 1: If you want to apply for a criteria (page15) and follow the place at Manor, Ripple, Sydney Russell School is run by instructions on page 8. Roding or Valence the Partnership Learning Trust. schools you must give This school is its own admissions All other Barking and the name of the site you authority, but it will follow the same Dagenham secondary would like your child to go to and you can apply for a admission criteria for Barking and schools Dagenham community schools and place at both sites at each school.