Admission to secondary schools 2019/2020 Apply online at: www..gov.uk/admissions

Closing date for applications: 31 October 2018

This booklet provides important information about admissions to Croydon secondary 2019 schools 2019/2020. Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Foreword

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to the Croydon secondary school admissions booklet.

The council believes that every child should have the highest quality secondary education to realise their full potential. We are pleased to say that the quality of education in secondary schools in Croydon has improved significantly over the past few years and almost all of Croydon’s secondary schools are now judged by OFSTED to be good or outstanding.

We have made sure that sufficient high quality secondary school places will be available over the coming years to ensure every child can get a place.

In this booklet, you will find enclosed all the information you need to complete your application for a school place, including information about every secondary school in Croydon.

We strongly encourage you to use all your six available preferences when you make your application. This maximises your opportunity to secure a school of your preference for your child.

We wish your child all the best for their transfer to secondary school.

David Butler Director of Education and Youth Engagement People Department INTRODUCTION FOREWORD

2 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Introduction

This booklet is designed to guide Croydon parents and carers through the admissions process for September 2019 and help to make an informed choice of secondary school.

We have included information on the wide range of secondary schools in Croydon as well as information on some of the schools in neighbouring boroughs. Croydon schools’ admissions criteria can be viewed at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools.

Before you make your final selection, we recommend that you visit the schools you are interested in. Details of open days and evenings can be found in this booklet.

If you live in Croydon, you need to apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk no later than 31 October 2018. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 3 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Before you apply 5 Important dates for your diary 6

SECTION 1: APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL – 7 The application process and procedure Step by step guide to applying online 14 List of secondary schools 16 Secondary schools – Map 18 Overview of allocation of places – 2018 entry 19 Open days/evenings timetable 21 Schools outside Croydon and neighbouring local 24 authorities’ contact details

SECTION 2: SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN) 27 SEN guidance information 28 Directory of special schools and ELPs 29

SECTION 3: OTHER ADMISSIONS 31 Applying for a University Technical College 32 or a Studio School In-Year admissions 33

4 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Before you apply

Read ‘The application process and procedure’. This tells you how Page 8 the admissions process works.

Check the list of schools in Croydon and read the admissions Page 16 criteria for the schools you are interested in at www.croydon.gov. uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools

The admissions criteria give you a better idea of which schools are likely to be able to offer your child a place. Check which school requires you to complete a supplementary Page 16 information form.

Read how places were allocated at each secondary school Page 19 last year.

Visit the schools you are interested in. See open Page 21 days/evenings dates. Read booklets from other local authorities if you are thinking Page 24 of applying for a school outside Croydon.

For more information on admissions to secondary schools in Croydon visit www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions BEFORE YOU APPLY YOU BEFORE

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Important dates for your diary

1 September 2018 Online application process starts.

10 September to 18 October 2018 Secondary schools’ open days or evenings. It is important that you visit the schools you are interested in before you apply.

31 October 2018 Statutory deadline for receipt of secondary school applications. We recommend you submit your application no later than 19 October 2018 (Friday before half-term)

1 March 2019 National Offer Day Online applicants receive a notification email during the evening. You can then log on to view the result of your application at www.eadmissions.org.uk

15 March 2019 Deadline for acceptance or refusal of school offer. IMPORTANT DATES

6 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions SECTION ONE APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL 1

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one A SCHOOL FOR 1. APPLYING

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 7 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

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Completing the form school has admitted applicants in previous years, you will All Croydon residents must apply using a Common be offered a place. If there are other criteria under which Application Form (CAF). The form should be completed you could apply for a school, as well as distance, it is online at www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions. recommended that you do so. The form allows you to select six schools, which you must Expressing preferences for schools name in your order of preference. We recommend that The law requires admission authorities to meet parental you use all your preference options as your child can only preference wherever they can. It is not possible to be considered for a place at the schools you have listed guarantee a place at the school of your choice but you do on your application. have the right to express a preference or preferences. For further information on how to complete your Most parents are successful in securing a place at one of application see pages 14-15. their preferred schools but, as there is only a limited Online applications close at 11.59pm on 31 October number of places available in each school, some parents 2018. Applications received by this date will be accepted are disappointed. and treated as on time. All admission authorities (i.e. local authorities, academies, voluntary aided schools and free schools) must provide Admissions criteria information which explains how they decide which Read the admissions criteria for the schools that you children will be offered places if they receive more are interested in to know how they prioritise applications. applications than they have places available. This A summary of schools’ admissions policies can be found information is normally called ‘admissions criteria’. The online at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools- admissions criteria will vary from school to school (please new/secondary-schools and on each school’s website. refer to www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/ Find out the furthest distance offer made for a school for secondary-schools for schools’ admissions criteria) entry in September 2018 (please see pages 19-20). Some schools will have maps on display at their open sessions How are places allocated? showing the location of homes of pupils offered places at If you have listed six schools in preference order and all the school last year. six schools are in a position to offer a place, the system Please note, there is no guarantee that for the September will automatically seek the highest preference, i.e. your 2019 admission, a school will offer to the same distance first preference, and make you an offer at this school. All as they did in the previous year, as each year offers are your lower preferences are withdrawn as these are no subject to the number of applications and where the longer required. applicants live. If you listed six schools in preference order and preferences If you wish to have an indication of the distance between three, four and five are in a position to offer places, the your home and a school, please go to www.croydon. system will automatically seek the highest preference, i.e. gov.uk and follow the ‘find it’ link on the home page. It your third preference, and make an offer at this school.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS must be emphasised that the measurement given by this Your lower preferences four and five are withdrawn as 2. ADMISSION POLICIES site will not always be identical to that from the council’s these are no longer required. Your higher preferences one geographic information system (GIS). This is because and two are automatically placed on the waiting list for this website is a general one for measuring distance to a reconsideration should any places become available. Any range of council facilities, and is not set up to measure for further offers will continue to be made in accordance with school admissions purposes. Under the schools’ admission the schools’ published admissions criteria. policies, the distance is measured in a straight line from the child’s home to the designated main entrance of a Will I have a better chance of getting my school using geographical reference points as provided first preference than someone who lists it as by the National Land and Property Gazetteer. The ‘find a second or lower preference? it’ site doesn’t give measurements to three decimal points No. All preferences are considered equally against the either. Therefore, you should not assume that because the schools’ admissions criteria. The preference order will only be measurement from your home to school given by this site used when it is possible for more than one school to offer you is the same or less than the minimum distance to which a a place. This is called the Equal Preference System.

8 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

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The local authority will always try to match your highest Changing your mind preference but many schools are oversubscribed and receive After the closing date 31 October 2018 it will not be more applications than they have places available. To give possible for you to add new school preferences to the you the best chance of getting into a local school, it is very Croydon Common Application Form. If you do make changes important that you use all six preferences and include other after the closing date, your application may be regarded as schools in your area, as schools will use their straight line late. For a detailed explanation of how late applications will distance criterion as the final factor once all their higher be processed please read the paragraph below. priority places have been allocated. If you only apply for one school and a place is not available, Late applications you can only be offered a school with places left once all Croydon will only consider late applications in the initial other parental preferences have been considered. The school allocation round if the application is late for a good offered could be some distance from your home. reason but is submitted before 10 December 2018. Failing to list other preferences on your form can result in Examples of what may be considered a good reason disappointment, as we can only consider the preferences include: when a single parent has been ill for some time or you have listed on your application form. has been dealing with the death of a close relative; or a family has just moved into the area or is returning from How much information from my application abroad (proof of ownership or tenancy agreement will be will be passed onto my preferred schools? required in these cases). Other circumstances will be The list of schools you include on the Common considered and each case will be decided on its own Application Form is confidential. merits. Each school will only be given the information it needs to If you submit an application or change your existing consider your application. preferences, or order of preferences, after 31 October 2018 but before 10 December 2018 with good reason Schools are not told where you named them in your for doing so, the application will be treated as on time. preference list. Otherwise your application will be treated as late and The preference order of schools which are situated this may jeopardise the possibility of your child being outside the Croydon local authority will be released to offered a place at one of youFr preferred schools. the local authority which maintains the school(s) so the Applications which are late for no good reason and those highest preference can be determined in cases where a that are received after 10 December 2018 but before child is eligible for a place at more than one school in that 1 March 2019 will not be considered in the initial local authority’s area. allocation round but will be allocated available places Considering a school outside Croydon? after all on time applications have been processed. Where a place cannot be offered at a preferred school, your child You can apply for a school in another borough. As a will be offered the nearest school to the application Croydon resident, Croydon Council still processes your address with available places. application. You must include the school as a preference on your Common Application Form. Schools within three Change of address miles of Croydon’s boundary are listed at the back of this Croydon Council must be notified of any changes of booklet. For information on schools further than three address by 10 December 2018 so that the new address miles please contact the relevant local authority can be used if needed to prioritise your preferences for Considering a private/independent school? schools under the distance criterion. Failure to do so will Independent schools have their own admissions result in your application being considered from the arrangements and are not included in our admissions previous address and your child possibly being denied a scheme. If you are considering applying to an independent place at a preferred school. school please contact the school directly. Do not list these schools on your Common Application Form. 2. ADMISSION POLICIES THE APPLICATION PROCESS THE APPLICATION

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All changes of address will be thoroughly investigated to If the parent making the application lives at a different ensure there is a permanent commitment to the new address, a letter of explanation should be given and signed address. Changes of address can only be considered when by both parents. Custody issues cannot be resolved by Croydon Council receives documentary evidence that you the local authority. If parents are going through a and your child are resident in the property and able to separation or a divorce and do not live together but share prove you have no connection with your previous address parental responsibility over a child, the local authority will i.e. the new address is not a temporary arrangement to disclose details of a child’s application if one of the parents access a preferred school. Examples of documents to be who shares parental responsibility requests this information. provided are a letter from a solicitor confirming the date This will however be subject to the receipt of legal of completion (not exchange of contract) for the new documentation e.g. court order which confirms the shared place of residence or a copy of the new tenancy parental responsibility. agreement stating the commencement date, together Parental responsibility and private fostering with evidence of residence, for example a utility bill. Parental responsibility is defined by the Children Act 1989 If your address changes after 10 December 2018, you and amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002. must still notify the local authority immediately, providing Parental responsibility in its simplest form is ‘all the documentary evidence as described above, so that your rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which new address can be taken into account when determining by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and your child’s position on schools’ waiting lists after his property’. National Offer day (that is after 1 March 2019). People can obtain parental responsibility by seeking a Child’s permanent address parental responsibility legal agreement, obtained with the consent of all persons with parental responsibility or by The child’s address should be that of the child’s permanent a court order, or when a child is placed with them for place of residence. A business address, work place legal adoption. address, a childminder’s address will not be accepted. Step-parents, grandparents and other close relatives do A relative or carer’s address can only be considered if not have automatic parental responsibility, and can only they have legal custody of the child. In these acquire it through a legal agreement or court order. If you circumstances, evidence of legal custody/parental are a distant relative or no relation to the child you are responsibility, e.g. a court order, must be supplied. caring for, it is likely that you are a private foster parent. Children of UK service personnel In law this means you must tell your local council you are caring for the child and also you must tell the child’s Families of service personnel or Crown servants returning parents (or the person with parental responsibility) about from overseas to live in Croydon can apply for a place the application for a school place and obtain their without the child being resident in Croydon. However the permission. You can find more information on parental application must be accompanied by an official letter that responsibility at www.gov.uk/parental-rights- declares the relocation date and unit postal address or responsibilities. THE APPLICATION PROCESS

quartering area address. APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL Shared custody Fraudulent applications Croydon takes very seriously any attempt to gain an It is the local authority’s expectation that where there is advantage in the admissions process by giving false shared parental responsibility for a child, parents will agree information. Your address will be checked by reference to which parent has the main responsibility before completing your child’s primary school records as well as other council their application form. Where parents are separated and records such as electoral and council tax register record(s) share custody, the parent with whom the child spends most and, if necessary, by a council officer visiting your address. of the school week (which will normally be the address where child benefit is payable) should make the application. The local authority will investigate applications where An application can only be made from a single address and there are any doubts about information provided by only one application can be made for each child. parents or where information has been received from another source. This may lead to prosecution. APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL FOR APPLYING

10 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

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Looked-after children and previously All requests should include recent professional evidence looked-after children of the child’s circumstances which make education outside the age group necessary. Each admission authority will Looked-after children are defined as ”children in public care expect to see evidence of an individual child’s educational at the date on which the application is made.’ For need, rather than general factors which relate to a wider secondary transfers, the date will be taken as 31 October. group of children born at a similar time. They will want to Applications from children in public care (looked-after children) discuss with parents the impact of the child being must confirm which local authority is responsible for the child educated with children of a different age. and be accompanied by a letter from the child’s social worker Parents requesting admission to an age group below the confirming their legal status and that he/she will still be child’s actual age should submit an application for the looked-after when the child is admitted to the school. child’s actual age group before the closing date on 31 October 2018. The request for admission to a different Applications from children who were looked-after, but year group should accompany the application. This enables ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted the application to be processed and a school place secured (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a in the child’s actual age group if the request is refused by special guardianship order) must be accompanied by a an admission authority. If the admission authority approves letter and/ or documentary evidence from the child’s social the request, the parent will be advised to re-apply in the worker, advisory teacher or other relevant professional following year and provide a copy of the decision letter. confirming that the child was looked after immediately However there can be no guarantee of a place being prior to the order being made as well as the date. available at the school, as this is dependent on the number The letter must also confirm the date a previously of applicants that year. It is not possible to reserve a place looked‑after child ceased to be looked-after and the date for the following year. Parents are therefore advised to of the adoption order, residence order, child arrangements include alternative school preferences on their application. order or special guardianship order which led to the When will I know the outcome of my cessation of ‘looked-after’ status. application? Any court order must be accompanied by a letter from the If you applied online and on time you will receive an email child’s social worker. notification about the result of your application on 1 March 2019. Please note that any confirmation/evidence of looked- after and previously looked-after status received by this local Important Information authority will be forwarded on to the school preferences or Please note that an outcome letter will not be sent to you in the local authority where the school is situated in the case the post. You will be able to view the result of your of out of borough schools. application online as well as accept or decline the offer made Admission of children outside their age group to your child, by logging into your e.admissions account.

APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL Parents of gifted and talented children, or those who have Accepting or declining your offer experienced problems or missed part of a year, for You must accept or decline the offer by 15 March 2019 example due to ill health, may request that their child is to ensure you secure a school place for your child. exceptionally admitted outside their age group. The admission authority of a school must decide whether or If you receive an offer at your first preference school, we not the individual child’s circumstances make this will automatically record this offer as accepted unless appropriate on educational grounds. Such requests will we receive notification from you that you wish to decline only be agreed in exceptional circumstances. Parents have the place. a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place The online outcome information will give you important at a school for which they have applied. However, this advice on what to do next if you have been unsuccessful right of appeal does not apply if parents are offered a in securing an offer at one of your preferred schools or school place which is not in their preferred age group. have been offered an alternative school which you did not list on your Common Application Form. 2. ADMISSION POLICIES APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL FOR APPLYING THE APPLICATION PROCESS THE APPLICATION

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Waiting lists Appeals Oversubscribed Croydon schools will maintain waiting lists. If you have been refused a place at your preferred school, Your child’s name will automatically be placed on the waiting you are entitled to appeal and attend an appeal hearing list for any school which was a higher preference on your in front of an independent appeal panel. application form than the school you have been offered. The panel will be made up of three or five members and Applicants’ requests to be added to the waiting list for lower none of the panel members will have any connection with preference schools will not be allowed if an offer of a first the local authority or any of the schools in your case. The preference school has been made, unless there has been a panel will include at least one person who has experience change in your circumstances which will need to be in education (non-lay member) and at least one person supported with relevant evidence. Requests to be considered who does not have experience in education (lay member). for lower preference schools can be made through the If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer in-year application process – that is from September 2019. your child a place at a Croydon school you must contact If you need to find out your child’s position on the waiting the school for details of their appeal arrangements. list, please contact the admission authority for the school Any school admission appeal must be in writing. If you or the borough in which the school is situated after decide that you wish to appeal you must do so by the 22 April 2019. deadline date stated by the school or by the local If you would like more information about the reason why authority for an out of borough school. your child was not offered a place at a higher preference • Set out as many reasons as you can for wanting school you should contact the admission authority that is a place at your preferred school. responsible for admissions to the school. Details of the • Try to explain your reasons as fully as possible different admission authorities for schools in Croydon are as to why your child should be given a place listed in this booklet (see pages 16-17). If the school is despite the fact the school is full. outside this borough, the admission authority will be • You should also attach copies of any written either the local authority in which the school is situated supporting information, letters, documents, or or the school itself. Contact telephone numbers for evidence which you would like the appeal panel neighbouring local authorities are also included in to consider at the hearing. this booklet (see pages 24-25). Special arrangements apply to children with an Education, The School Admissions Code requires admission Health and Care Plan – see pages 28-29. authorities to order waiting lists on the basis of the priorities of the published admissions criteria and not, for To obtain an appeal form for a Croydon school please example, on a first come first served basis. contact the school. Each individual admission authority decides how long Further questions their waiting list will be held but must keep a waiting list If you have any questions or if there is anything you do open until at least 31 December 2019. Please refer to not understand, the school admissions team will be THE APPLICATION PROCESS

2. ADMISSION POLICIES each school’s admission policy. pleased to help you. Parents/carers need to be aware that if their child’s name [ 020 8726 6400 is on a school’s waiting list, their place may go up or k Write to: Croydon Council, School Admissions down the list depending on how the admissions criteria Team, Bernard Weatherill House, 8 Mint Walk, applies to others on the waiting list. Croydon, CR0 1EA / [email protected]

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How places are allocated

YOU OUR ADMISSIONS TEAM SCHOOLS & OTHER COUNCILS

Your application form The home local authority (council in whose area you live) will is submitted. manage the coordination process to ensure that you receive no more than one offer.

If you have applied to Only pupil details from the application form for free, voluntary aided Schools receive details of applications a free, voluntary aided schools and academies within the area of the home local authority from the local authority. Schools will school or in will be passed to the schools concerned. have no knowledge of where they are Croydon ranked in your list of preferences.

If you have applied to Pupil details and school preferences on the application form for Decisions on whether places can be offered a school in another schools in other boroughs will be sent to the local authorities will be taken by the admission authorities borough, i.e. outside which maintain those schools (maintaining local authorities). This for each of the schools on your list. How Croydon will be done via a computerised system called the Pan- they decide which pupils will be offered Register. These local authorities will ensure that the application places at their schools is explained in their details reach the admission authorities for the schools in their admissions criteria. areas, making no reference to the rank position the school is listed on your application form.

Obtaining your Croydon Council will then determine the preference offer to be This process of the home local authority highest possible made to its resident pupils from all the schools applied to. Lower allocating the highest preference offer and preference preference offers will be released for allocation to other pupils releasing preference offers for reallocation who are next on the schools’ lists. by the maintaining local authority will continue between local authorities until there are no further changes and all places have been allocated.

All places are Croydon Council identifies which children are potentially in a allocated position to be offered a place at more than one of its schools. In such cases, we will only hold the offer of a place at the school the parent has ranked highest on their form. Other lower ranked offers will be released, allowing further offers to be made to children who are next on the schools’ lists. 2. ADMISSION POLICIES HOW PLACES ARE ALLOCATED PLACES HOW

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 13 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions APPLYING ONLINE – STEP BY STEP GUIDE

BEFORE YOU START 04. Enter your details and click ‘Register’.

• Decide your order of preference before you start 05. You will be sent a confirmation by email. Open the the online application. email and click the link to validate your email address. • Get an email address – you need one to apply Save this email for future reference – you will need and you need to be able to access it in March 2019. to log back into the system to make changes and If you don’t have one go to www.googlemail.com on offer day. and click ‘Create an account’. 06. Click the link in the email, enter your username or • If you have trouble with computers get a friend, email address and password, then click ’Login’. relative or your child to help you make the application. CHILD DETAILS AND PREFERRED SCHOOLS

LOGIN OR REGISTER 07. If you have applied before you must check and update your details if they have changed – 01. Go to www.eadmissions.org.uk particularly your address. Click on the orange text, ‘check and update your address here’, update any details as necessary then click ‘Save and Continue’. 08. Click ‘Start application for New Child’ button.

02. If you have applied before (e.g. for an older child), login with your email and password from your previous application. Choose ‘Login to your account’. Skip to number 07 and check your details are still correct. If you can’t remember your username or password click the ‘Forgotten your username or password?’ link 9. Enter your child’s details and click ‘Next’.

03. If this is the first time you have applied you must register your details and email address. Choose ‘Register to apply online’. APPLYING ONLINE

10. Choose your preferred school from the list. Change the local authority if the school is outside Croydon. Click ‘Add this school’. 11. Add specific information about the school (e.g. brothers or sisters already attending) then click ‘Next’.

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12. Repeat steps 10 & 11 to list more schools until you have listed all your preferences. 13. Change the order of preferences by clicking ‘Move up’/‘Move down’. 14. Once all your preferred schools are listed click ‘Next’. You will also need to click ‘Continue’ if you have listed fewer than six preferences.

MAKE CHANGES AND ATTACH DOCUMENTS • You can make changes and attach supporting information up to the closing date by logging into FINAL CHECK AND SUBMIT the system with your username or email address and your password. 15. Check your application carefully. To make • Each time you make a change you must re-submit changes click ‘Back’ at the bottom of the page. your application. You will receive a confirmation email 16. Read and agree the declaration by clicking in each time you successfully change your application. the box. • You will also receive a confirmation email for each document you attach. 17. Click ‘Submit Application’. 18. You will receive a confirmation email with your application reference number (e.g. 306-2018- YOUR APPLICATION DETAILS 09-E-001234). This email is proof that you have submitted your application successfully. Note your application details below for future reference and keep this information safe and secure HELP AND SUPPORT Email address: If you need help logging into your online application or registering to apply online you can contact the London eAdmissions support helpdesk on Username: 020 8255 5555 (option 1 or 4) or email [email protected] If you have any other problems or questions please Password: contact Croydon Council on 0208 726 6400 Application Reference Number: APPLYING ONLINE APPLYING

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 15 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions List of secondary schools in Croydon

All Croydon secondary schools are their own admission authorities and determine their own admissions criteria. For a copy of schools’ admission policies, please visit www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary- schools or the individual school’s website. The information in these tables is correct at the time of printing.

ACADEMIES, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND FREE SCHOOLS Year 7 Applications DFE School name Admissions received Supplementary Number Number 2018 form required? Coombe Wood School (boys and girls 11-18) 30 306 4012 Melville Avenue, , CR2 7HY 180 540 Yes** [ 020 8289 4745 (boys and girls 11-18) Kendra 306 6908 Hall Road, South Croydon CR2 6DT 190 1088 No* [ 020 8681 1141 Harris Academy (boys and girls 306 6905 11-18) 2 Cumberlow Avenue, South Norwood 390 874 No* SE25 6AE [ 020 8405 5070 Harris City Academy Crystal Palace (boys and girls 306 6906 11-18) Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, SE19 2JH 180 1730 Yes [ 020 8771 2261 Harris Invictus Academy Croydon*, (boys and girls 306 4002 11-16), 88 London Road CR0 2TB 180 963 No* [ 0203 371 3002 Meridian High School (boys and girls 11-16) 306 4007 Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington CR0 0AH 180 182 No [ 020 3949 1328 Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College for Girls (girls 11-18; mixed Sixth Form) 306 5406 224 395 No Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath CR7 8BT [ 020 8679 0062 *, (boys and girls 11-16) 306 2045 180 402 No Albert Road, London SE25 4QL [ 020 7921 4263 Oasis Academy (boys and girls 11-16) 306 6907 Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1ES 180 581 No [ 01737 551161 Oasis Academy Shirley Park (boys and girls 3-19) 306 6909 180 964 No Shirley Road, Croydon CR9 7AL [ 020 8656 0222 Orchard Park High School (boys and girls 11-16) 306 4004 180 332 Yes Orchard Way, Shirley CR0 7NJ [ 020 8776 0220 (boys and girls 11-18) 306 5400 328 1215 Yes LIST OF SCHOOLS Honister Heights, Purley, CR8 1EX [ 020 8668 5136 Performing Arts College 306 5407 (boys and girls 11-18) Shirley Church Road, 180 711 Yes Croydon, CR0 5EF [ 020 8656 9755 St Joseph’s College (Boys 11-18 and mixed sixth 306 5402 form) Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, SE19 3HL 180 425 Yes [ 020 8761 1426 The Archbishop Lanfranc – Pegasus Academy Trust 306 4003 (boys and girls 11-16) Mitcham Road, Croydon, 200 253 No CR9 3AS [ 020 8689 1255

16 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

ACADEMIES, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND FREE SCHOOLS (continued) Year 7 Applications DFE School name Admissions received 2018 Supplementary Number Number admissions form required? The Quest Academy (boys and girls 11-18) 306 6910 Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 8HD 180 383 No [ 020 8657 8935 (boys and girls 11-18) 306 4031 Meadow Rise, Coulsdon CR5 2EH 216 1113 No [ 020 8668 6464 *Parents are only required to complete a supplementary information form if their child has special educational needs and/or requires special assistance in undertaking the test. Please see the school policy for full details. **Parents are only required to complete a supplementary information form if they wish their child to take the sporting aptitude test. Oasis Academy Arena opened in September 2015 and will have five operational year groups during 2019/20 – Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Coombe Wood opened in September 2018 and will have two operational year groups during 2019/20 – Years 7 and 8.

VOLUNTARY AIDED These schools' admissions criteria usually give priority to pupils of that faith. Year 7 Applications DFE School name Admissions received 2018 Supplementary Number Number admissions form required? Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School (boys and 306 4600 girls 11-18) Selborne Road, Croydon CR0 5JQ 120 628 Yes [ 020 8688 4014 Coloma Convent Girls’ School (girls 11-18) 306 5405 Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS 150 806 Yes [ 020 8654 6228 St Mary’s Catholic High School (boys and girls 306 4702 11-16) Woburn Road, West Croydon CR9 2EE 120 214 Yes [ 020 8686 3837 Thomas More Catholic School (boys and girls 306 5403 11-19) Russell Hill Road, Purley CR8 2XP 150 316 Yes [ 020 8668 6251 Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School (girls 11-19) 306 5900 147 Central Hill, Upper Norwood SE19 1RS 120 179 Yes [ 020 8670 6917

Schools in other boroughs Independent/private schools If you wish to apply for a school in another borough Applications for places at independent/private schools are (i.e. outside Croydon) the school must be included in the not covered by the arrangements outlined in this booklet. online application form. The admission arrangements and If you are interested in applying for places at independent admissions criteria for schools in other boroughs are not schools you should find out about the application included in this booklet. We strongly advise you to contact arrangements by contacting the schools concerned. the schools directly to check their arrangements and whether you meet their admissions criteria. LIST OF SCHOOLS

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 17 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Location of secondary schools in Croydon

13 St Joseph’s College 18 Virgo Fidelis Convent School

9 Harris City Academy: Crystal Palace Norbury Manor 19 Business & Enterprise 11 Harris Academy South Norwood College for Girls 10 (including Upper Norwood) The Archbishop 22 Oasis Academy: Arena Lanfranc – Pegasus Academy Trust 2 Oasis Academy: Shirley Park Harris Invictus 4 Academy Croydon 21 7 Orchard Park High School St Mary’s Catholic 14 High School Shirley High School 15 Performing Arts College 5 Coloma Convent Girls’ School Archbishop Tenison’s 3 CE High School Coombe Wood School 23 proposed site Harris Academy Purley 8 16 The Quest Academy

Thomas More 17 Catholic School 1

Meridian High School Woodcote 20 High School 12 Riddlesdown Collegiate

6 Oasis Academy: Coulsdon SCHOOLS MAP Key Types of School A Academy V Voluntary Aided School

Meridian High School 1 Harris City Academy Crystal Palace 9 Thomas More Catholic School 17 The Archbishop Lanfranc – Harris Academy South Norwood 10 Virgo Fidelis Convent School 18 Pegasus Academy Trust 2 Norbury Manor Bus. & Ent. College for Girls 11 Harris Academy Upper Norwood 19 Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School 3 Riddlesdown Collegiate 12 Woodcote High School 20 Oasis Academy: Shirley Park 4 Coloma Convent Girls’ School 5 St. Joseph’s College 13 Harris Invictus Academy Croydon 21 6 St. Mary’s Catholic High School 14 Oasis Academy Arena 22 Orchard Park High School 7 Shirley High School Performing Arts College 15 Coombe Wood School 23 Harris Academy Purley 8 The Quest Academy 16

18 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Transfer to Secondary School 2018 Overview of allocations

The following table indicates how many places were allocated to each Croydon school under each criterion and, where relevant, how far places were allocated to under the distance criterion. *SEN places are places allocated to children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) where a school was named on the EHCP. LAC Staff Faith Feeder Banding Siblings (in miles) Distance Distance Open Places Faith siblings Faith Medical/ Social to SEN children to Ability / Aptitude Ability Furthest Distance Furthest Distance Number allocated

Archbishop Tenison’s 6 2 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 62 33 17 N/A 0 0.711 CE High School (Open) Coloma Convent Girls' 2 0 N/A 0 N/A N/A 121 42 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A School Harris Academy 1 0 N/A N/A N/A 209 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A Purley Harris City Academy 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 123 N/A N/A 50 N/A N/A 4 N/A Crystal Palace Harris Invictus 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 176 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 N/A Academy Harris Academy South 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 376 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 N/A Norwood Meridian High School 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 N/A 115 0 7.6 Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise 1 0 N/A N/A N/A 194 N/A N/A 38 N/A N/A 0 6.524 College for Girls Oasis Academy Arena 3 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 N/A 156 3 6.127 Oasis Academy 1 0 N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A 172 6 2.805 Coulsdon Oasis Academy 1 0 33 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 35 N/A 105 6 1.341 Shirley Park Orchard Park High 1 0 N/A 0 N/A 103 N/A N/A 45 N/A 35 3 4.066 School APPLYING FOR A PLACE AT A UNIVERSITY A UNIVERSITY AT A PLACE FOR APPLYING TECHNICAL COLLEGE OR AT A STUDIO SCHOOL TECHNICAL COLLEGE OR AT

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 19 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions LAC Staff Faith Feeder Banding Siblings (in miles) Distance Distance Open Places Faith siblings Faith Medical/ Social to SEN children to Ability / Aptitude Ability Furthest Distance Furthest Distance Number allocated

Riddlesdown 11 0 172 5 24 N/A N/A N/A 67 N/A 47 2 1.01 Collegiate St Joseph’s Boys’ 1 N/A N/A N/A 18 N/A 153 29 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A College St Mary’s Catholic 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 88 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A High School Shirley High School 6 0 N/A N/A 27 N/A N/A N/A 41 N/A 106 0 2.034 The Archbishop Lanfranc – Pegasus 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 N/A 137 0 6.341 Academy Trust The Quest Academy 0 1 N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 N/A 141 0 5.336 Thomas More Catholic 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 120 20 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A School Virgo Fidelis Convent 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 77 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 6.375 School Woodcote High School 3 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 61 N/A 166 6 1.652 PLACE ALLOCATION OVERVIEW

20 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Open days/evenings for secondary schools 2019 admissions

School Date Time Wednesday 12 September 2018 5.30pm - 8.30pm (open evening) Headteacher presentations will take place at 5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Archbishop Tenison’s CE Tuesday 25 September 2018 High School Thursday 27 September 2018 9.00am - 10.30am (tours of the school) Tuesday 2 October 2018 Please contact the school to book a tour. Thursday 4 October 2018 Tuesday 18 September 2018 5.30pm - 7.30pm (open evening) Coloma Convent Girls’ 9.30am - 11.30am (joint year 7 and School Saturday 13 October 2018 post-16 open morning) 6.30pm - 8.30pm (open evening) Tours of the school are available during Coombe Wood School Wednesday 26 September 2018 the school day – please contact the school to book.

Thursday 27 September 2018 5.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening) Monday 1 October 2018 9.00am - 10.00am Harris Academy Purley Tuesday 9 October 2018 9.00am - 10.00am Wednesday 17 October 2018 9.00am - 10.00am Thursday 18 October 2018 9.00am - 10.00am Wednesday 19 September 2018 South site 5.00pm - 8.00pm (last entry 7.30pm) Harris Academy South Tuesday 02 October 2018 South site 9.00am - 10.30am tours only Norwood Tuesday 25 September 2018 Upper site 9.00am - 10.30am tours only Tuesday 9 October 2018 Upper site 9.00am - 10.30am tours only Harris City Academy Thursday 20 September 2018 5.00pm - 8.00pm (last admission at 7.30pm) Crystal Palace Thursday 4 October 2018 4pm - 7.30pm (open evening) Harris Invictus Academy Wednesday 10 October 2018 10.30 - 11.15am (open morning) Croydon Thursday 11 October 2018 10.30 - 11.15am (open morning) Wednesday 17 October 2018 10.30 - 11.15am (open morning) Wednesday 19 September 2018 5.30pm - 8.30pm (open evening)

Meridian High School Monday 24 September 2018 to 9.00am - 10.30am (tours with leadership team) Thursday 27 September 2018 To arrange a bespoke tour at another time please contact reception. Wednesday 26 September 2018 5.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening) Norbury Manor Business & Monday 1 October 2018 9.00am - 11.00am (open morning) Enterprise College for Girls Tuesday 2 October 2018 9.00am - 11.00am (open morning) Wednesday 3 October 2018 9.00am - 11.00am (open morning) Tuesday 18 September 2018 6.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening) Tuesday 9 October 2018 6.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening)

Wednesday 19 September 2018 9.00am - 10.30am (tours of the academy) Oasis Academy Arena Wednesday 26 September 2018 Wednesday 3 October 2018 Wednesday 10 October 2018 Wednesday 17 October 2018 / EVENINGS OPEN DAYS

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School Date Time Wednesday 19 September 2018 5.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening – last admission at 7.30pm) Oasis Academy Coulsdon Tuesday 25 September 2018 9.00am - 10.15am (tours only) Tuesday 2 October 2018 9.00am - 10.15am (tours only) Tuesday 16 October 2018 9.00am - 10.15am (tours only) Thursday 27 September 2018 6.00pm - 8.30pm (open evening) Wednesday 3 October 2018 9.30am - 10.30am (student led tours; Oasis Academy Shirley Park Monday 8 October 2018 Q&A with the Principal) 9.30am - 10.30am (student led tours; Q&A with the Principal) Arrival from 9.15am is recommended Tuesday 2 October 2018 8:45 - 10:30am Wednesday 3 October 2018 8:45 - 10:30am Thursday 4 October 2018 8:45 - 10:30am Orchard Park High School Tuesday 9 October 2018 8:45 - 10:30am Wednesday 10 October 2018 8:45 - 10:30am To attend Open Mornings please contact the school by email: admissions@orchardparkhigh. net or by telephone: 020 8776 0220 Thursday 20 September 2018 6.00pm - 8.30pm (open evening) Monday to Friday 10-14 September 2018 9.15am - 10.45am (open mornings) Riddlesdown Collegiate To attend open mornings, please contact the school reception on 020 8668 5136. Thursday 20 September 2018 5.00pm - 7.30pm (open evening) Shirley High School Wednesday 26 September 2018 9.00am - 10.00am (tours only) Performing Arts College Thursday 27 September 2018 9.00am - 10.00am (tours only) Friday 28 September 2018 9.00am - 10.00am (tours only) Saturday 22 September 2018 9.15am - 10.30am (open morning) Monday 24 September 2018 5.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening – last admission 7.30pm) St Joseph’s College Wednesday 3 October 2018 8.40am - 9.40am & 10.20am - 11.20am (tours) Thursday 4 October 2018 8.40am - 9.40am & 10.20am - 11.20am (tours) Wednesday 10 October 2018 8.40am - 9.40am & 10.20am - 11.20am (tours) Wednesday 12 September 2018 5.00pm - 7.00pm (open evening) Monday 17 September 2018 4.00pm - 5.00pm (open afternoon) OPEN DAYS / EVENINGS Tuesday 18 to Thursday 9.00am - 10.00am (open mornings) St Mary’s Catholic High 20 September 2018 School Saturday 6 October 2018 10.00am - 11.00am (open morning) Thursday 7 March and Friday 9.00am - 10.00am (open mornings) 8 March 2019 Wednesday 26 June 2019 4.00pm - 5.00pm (open evening)

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School Date Time Tuesday 18 September 2018 5.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening) The Archbishop Lanfranc – Tuesday 25 September 2018 11.00am - 12noon (tours with SLT) Pegasus Academy Trust Thursday 4 October 2018 11.00am - 12noon (tours with SLT) Wednesday 17 October 2018 11.00am - 12noon (tours with SLT) Tuesday 25 September 2018 5.00pm - 8.00pm (open evening)

The Quest Academy Monday 1 October 2018 11.00am - 12noon (tour) Monday 8 October 2018 11.00am - 12noon (tour) Monday 15 October 2018 11.00am - 12noon (tour) Monday 17 September 2018 9.30am - 11.30am (open morning) Tuesday 18 September 2018 9.30am - 11.30am (open morning) Thomas More Catholic Wednesday 19 September 2018 9.30am - 11.30am (open morning) School Thursday 20 September 2018 9.30am - 11.30am (open morning) Friday 21 September 2018 9.30am - 11.30am (open morning) Tuesday 2 October 2018 6.00pm - 9.30pm (open evening) Wednesday 19 September 2018 9.00am - 10.30am (open morning) Virgo Fidelis Convent Wednesday 26 September 2018 9.00am - 10.30am (open morning) Senior School Thursday 4 October 2018 4.30pm - 7.30pm (open evening) Wednesday 19 September 2018 9.00am - 10.30am (open morning) Woodcote High School Thursday 20 September 2018 6.30pm - 9.00pm (open evening) Wednesday 3 October 2018 9.00am - 10.30am (open morning) OPEN DAYS / EVENINGS OPEN DAYS

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 23 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Secondary schools outside Croydon The following secondary schools are situated within three miles of Croydon’s boundary. They can be contacted directly for their admissions policies.

A = Academy C = Community F = Foundation VA = Voluntary Aided VC = Voluntary Controlled

London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Lewisham Bromley Civic Centre PO Box 734 Laurence House, 1 Catford Road Stockwell Close Winchester London SE6 4RU Bromley BR1 3UH SO23 5DG 020 8314 8282 - (open from 9.00am 020 8313 4044 020 7926 9503 to 12.00pm Monday to Friday) Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley (A) Bishop Thomas Grant School Bonus Pastor Catholic College (VA) Lennard Road, Beckenham, (RC) (VA) Winlaton Road, Bromley Kent, BR3 1QR Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2 HY BR1 5PZ 020 8778 5917 020 8769 3294 020 8695 2100 DfE Code No: 305 4002 DfE Code No 208 5401 DfE Code No 209 4802 Hayes School (A) City Heights E-Act Academy Sydenham School, (Girls) (C) West Common Road, Hayes (mixed) (A) Dartmouth Road, SE26 4RD Bromley, BR2 7DB 33 Abbots Park, SW2 3PW 020 8699 6731 020 8462 2767 020 3691 4600 DfE Code No 209 4204 DfE Code No: 305 5407 DfE Code No: 208 6907 Forest Hill School, (Boys) (C) Langley Park School for Boys (A) Dunraven School (A) Dacres Road, London, SE23 2XN Hawksbrook Lane, 94-98 Leigham Court Road SW16 2QB 020 8699 9343 South Eden Park Road, 020 8696 5600 DfE Code No 209 4289 Beckenham, BR3 3BP DfE Code No 208 5402 Sedgehill School (C) 020 8639 4700 Sedgehill Road DfE Code No: 305 5402 The Elmgreen School (A) Elmcourt Road, London, SE27 9BZ SE6 3QW The Ravensbourne School (A) 020 8766 5020 020 8698 8911 Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9EH DfE Code No 208 4731 DfE Code No 209 4267 020 8460 0083 La Retraite Roman Catholic DfE Code No: 305 5413 London Borough of Merton Girls’ School (VA) Merton Civic Centre Charles Darwin School (A) Atkins Road, London SW12 0AB London Road Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Kent, TN16 3AU 020 8673 5644 01959 574043 DfE Code No 208 5400 Morden Surrey SM4 5DX DfE Code No: 305 5409 020 8274 4906 St Martin’s-in-the-Fields High (A) School for Girls (A) (A) Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3SJ 155 Tulse Hill, London SW2 3UP Wide Way, Mitcham, CR4 1BP 020 8650 8694 020 8674 5594 020 8623 1000 DfE Code No: 305 4000 DfE Code No 208 5404 DfE Code No 315 6905 Langley Park School for Girls (A) (A) The Norwood School (C) Hawksbrook Lane, South Eden Park Rd Lilleshall Road, Morden, SM4 6DU, Crown Dale, London, SE19 3NY Beckenham, BR3 3BE 020 8663 4199 020 8687 1157 020 8670 9382 DfE Code No: 305 5412 DfE Code No: 315 4000 DfE Code No 208 4223 Ravens Wood School (Boys) (A) St Mark’s Church of SECONDARY SCHOOLS Lambeth Academy (A) OUTSIDE CROYDON Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HP Academy (A) 01689 856050 Elms Road, Clapham SW4 9ET Acacia Road, Mitcham, CR4 1SF DfE Code No 305 5403 020 7819 4700 020 8648 6627 DfE Code No 208 6905 Bishop Justus Church of DfE Code No 315 6906 England School (A) Trinity Academy (mixed) (A) Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HZ 56 Brixton Hill, SW2 1QS 020 8315 8130 020 3126 4993 DfE Code No 305 4604 DfE Code No: 208 4003 Woodmansterne School (C) Stockport Road, Streatham London, SW16 5XE 020 8764 1825 DfE Code No: 208 2657

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Secondary schools outside Croydon (continued) The following secondary schools are situated within three miles of Croydon’s boundary. They can be contacted directly for their admissions policies.

A = Academy C = Community F = Foundation VA = Voluntary Aided VC = Voluntary Controlled

London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Sutton Wallington High School Southwark Children’s and Adults’ St Nicholas Way for Girls (A) Services Sutton Woodcote Road, Wallington, PO Box 64529 SM1 1EA Surrey, SM6 0PH London SE1P 5LX 020 8770 5000 020 8647 2380 DfE Code No 319 5405 020 7525 5337 Carshalton Boys’ Sports Kingsdale Foundation School (A) College (A) (A) Alleyn Park, Dulwich Winchcombe Road SM5 1RW 2 Chiltern Road, Sutton SM2 London SE21 8SQ 020 8714 3100 DfE Code No: 319 4005 020 8670 7575 DfE Code No 319 4000 DfE Code No. 210 4265 Greenshaw High School (A) London Borough of Wandsworth Grennell Road, Sutton, SM1 3DY Education & Social Services Surrey County Council 020 8715 1001 Department, Town Hall Extension 35 Quadrant Court DfE Code No 319 4007 Wandsworth High Street Guildford Rd, Woking St Philomena’s Catholic London SW18 2PU GU22 7QQ High School for Girls (VA) 020 8871 7316 0300 200 1004 Pound Street, Burntwood School (Girls) (A) Carshalton SM5 3PS The Beacon School (A) Burntwood Lane, London 020 8642 2025 Picquets Way, Banstead SW17 0AQ DfE Code No 319 5406 Surrey SM7 1AG 020 8946 6201 01737 359103 Wallington County Grammar DfE Code No 212 5401 DfE Code No 936 5406 School (Boys) (A) Croydon Road, Wallington Chestnut Grove Academy (A) Warlingham (A) Surrey, SM6 7PH Chestnut Grove Tithepit Shaw Lane, 020 8647 2235 Balham SW12 8JZ Warlingham CR6 9YB DfE Code No 319 5407 020 8673 8737 01883 624067 DfE Code No 212 4328 DfE Code No 936 4153 Wilson’s School (Boys) (A) Mollison Drive, Wallington Graveney School (A) De Stafford School (A) Surrey SM6 9JW Welham Road, Burntwood Lane, Caterham, 020 8773 2931 Tooting SW17 9BU Surrey CR3 5YX DfE Code No 319 5400 020 8682 7000 01883 347818 Carshalton High School (Girls) (A) DfE Code No 212 5400 DfE Code No 936 5408 West Street, Carshalton, SM5 2QX 020 8647 8294 DfE Code No 319 4002 (Boys) Roman Catholic (VA) Peaks Hill, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3YP 020 8660 4555 DfE Code No 319 5402 Stanley Park High School (A) Damson Way, Carshalton SM5 4NS 020 8647 5842 DfE Code No 319 4015 OUTSIDE CROYDON OUTSIDE SECONDARY SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SECONDARY

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Children born between 1 September 2004 and 31 August How to apply 2005 and who are currently in Year 9 are eligible to apply Applications to some UTCs and Studio schools are for a place at a University Technical College (UTC) or a coordinated by Croydon local authority and can be made Studio School for the September 2019 intake. online at www.eadmissions.org.uk by 31 October 2018. Croydon does not currently have any UTCs or Studio You will receive the result of your application on 1 March Schools but a full list of all 14+ schools in London and the 2019 by logging into your eAdmissions account. Please surrounding area can be viewed at www.croydon.gov.uk/ ensure you keep your login details safe so you can access education/schools-new/utc your account. A few UTCs and Studio Schools require parents to apply University Technical Colleges (UTCs) directly to them and therefore you must contact them for www.utcolleges.org/utcs details of the application process and closing dates. Please refer to the list at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/ University Technical Colleges are set up by universities as schools-new/utc for more information. business and specialise in one or two technical subjects. In years 10 and 11, they offer a similar GCSE curriculum to a typical secondary school, including English and Maths, as well as their specialist subject.

Studio Schools Studio schools are similar to UTCs in that they have employer involvement in the curriculum and focus on developing skills needed for employment, involving personal coaching and work experience, along a similar curriculum to a typical secondary school. UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE APPLYING FOR A PLACE AT A OR A STUDIO SCHOOL

32 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions In-year admission to secondary schools

Applications for a secondary school place outside Croydon’s school admissions team the normal admissions round are treated as ‘in-year’ Croydon’s school admission team check the iCAFs to admissions. The process for making such applications ensure they have been completed properly. They also depends on whether you are applying for a place in: validate the address, and then forward the child’s details • A secondary school(s) in Croydon (excepting Harris to the Croydon schools named on the form. Academies), in which case you will need to complete an ‘in-year’ Common Application Form (iCAF) from Governing bodies’ decisions Croydon Council, as set out below. The school’s governing body considers each application • A Harris Academy in Croydon, in which case you in accordance with their published admissions criteria, as must apply direct to the academy, as set out on the set out on their website. academy’s website. • A school outside of Croydon, in which case you will Outcome of your in-year application need to contact the home local authority, who will The school will notify the local authority of the outcome provide information on how to apply. of your application and will contact you directly to discuss admission arrangements. Croydon’s iCAF Croydon’s iCAF is available to complete online at www. If your child is offered a place at a school which you croydon.gov.uk. have listed as a lower preference school on your in-year application, he/she will not automatically be placed on Croydon’s iCAF allows applicants to name up to a the waiting for your higher preference schools. You will maximum of six preferences, and you must rank the need to complete the ‘waiting list request form’ available schools in your order of preference. The iCAF must be on Croydon Council’s website at https://www.croydon. fully completed for it to be treated as a valid application. gov.uk/education/schools-new/school-admissions/ in-year-admissions/in-year-secondary if you wish Supplementary Information Form (SIF) your child to be added on the waiting list for any of your higher preference schools. Some schools also require a SIF to be completed. Please refer to the school’s website for information on their requirements for a SIF. Where a school does require a SIF to be completed, these forms are available on the school’s website. A paper copy can also be requested from the school. However, a SIF will only be considered valid if you have named the school on Croydon’s iCAF. SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY IN-YEAR ADMISSION TO ADMISSION TO IN-YEAR

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 33 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Privacy Statement

Croydon Council will handle the information you have Croydon Council has a duty under the Children’s Act 2004 provided in line with the provisions of the General to work with partners to provide and improve services to Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Any personal children and young people in the area. Therefore, Croydon information will be held in confidence with only the Council may also use this information for other legitimate necessary people able to see or use it. For the purpose purposes and may share this information where necessary of processing your application for a school place we may with other bodies responsible for administering services share information you provide to deal with your requests, for children and young people. Croydon Council also has a administer departmental functions and meet our statutory duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this obligations; this may include sharing your information end, it may use the information you have provided on this with schools, other local authorities, children’s services form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It should and London Grid for Learning (LGfL) who process data on be noted that where fraudulent information is submitted our behalf. Where we are unable to secure a school place this may lead to prosecution. through the normal admission procedures, we may also share the information you provide with the Fair Access For a full copy of the Education and Youth Engagement panel. Under the General Data Protection Regulations, Division’s Privacy Notice please see: www.croydon.gov. you have the right to make a formal request in writing for uk/democracy/data-protection-freedom-information/ access to personal data held about you or your child. privacy-notices/education-youth-engagement- service-privacy-notice. The School Admissions Team’s main method of communication with you will be via email and where the information sent to you contains personal data it will be will sent using secure email. It is your responsibility to provide the School Admissions Service up-to-date contact details and to keep them informed of any change of circumstances. PRIVACY STATEMENT

34 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2018 The closing schoolapplications is datefor secondary Apply onlineat:www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions interpreter tohelpyou. Team onTel:02087266400,ext61884.Wewillthenarrangeforan information containedinthisbrochure,pleasecontacttheSchoolAdmissions If Englishisnotyourfirstlanguageandyouneedhelptounderstandthe 0208 7266400 0208 7266400 0208 7266400 0208 7266400 0208 7266400 31 October 2018 . . 0208 7266400 0208 7266400. 0208 7266400 0208 7266400. 0208 7266400 Albanian Gujerati Panjabi Bengali Turkish French Somali Czech Tamil Urdu 35 2. ADMISSION POLICIES Contact Information

For online applications You can apply online at eAdmissions: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Online applications close at 11.59pm on 31 October 2018 / If you have any questions or problems regarding the online admissions website please call London Grid for Learning on [ 020 8255 5555

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