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Moving to Secondary School Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2021

Barking & Dagenham For children born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010 You must apply for the secondary-phase schools you would like your child to go to. If you would like information about applying for a place at a secondary- phase school, watch our presentation, which is available on our website.

Important Note If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list provided, or if the schools you want Apply to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School www.eadmissions.org.uk Admissions Team by 5pm Friday on 30 October 2020.

The closing date for your online application and the other information we ask for is 31 October 2020 Apply online for a secondary-phase school place now: www.eadmissions.org.uk

The Covid-19 pandemic means that events are constantly changing. Please check our website regularly for the most up-to-date information. Apply online for a secondary-phase school place: www.eadmissions.org.uk

Introduction

Moving from primary or junior To apply, you must use the You must return all applications school to secondary-phase school common application form provided and documents by the closing is not an automatic process and by the borough you live in. If you date, 31 October 2020. you will need to apply for a place are applying for a place at our Applications we receive after at the secondary-phase school voluntary-aided school (All Saints), this date are late. These late you would like your child to go to. or schools outside the borough, applications are processed after This information e-booklet explains you may also need to send applications that are on time. Late the admissions process and you those schools extra forms and applicants are less likely to get a will need to refer to it over the documents. See page 26 for place at their preferred school. If next year. more details. we cannot offer a place at one of All schools use admission The schools on your form are your preferences or you do not criteria (conditions) to decide your preferences – they cannot fill in and return your application which applications to accept and be your choices because we form, and you live in this borough, which to turn down. We explain cannot guarantee everyone a we will give your child a place in the admission criteria for place at any of the schools they any school in the borough with a Barking and Dagenham schools have listed. If everybody named space. on pages 19 to 22. the same school, we would not If you need independent advice, be able to increase the number It is important that you read and you can contact the Family of places there. understand the information in Information Service Team (see this e-booklet before you apply. Instead, we offer as many places page 48). If you don’t follow the process as possible in order of the criteria in this e-booklet, you risk not and whose forms and documents getting a place for your child are returned by the closing date. at your preferred school. The full timetable is on page 42.

Print and keep this e-booklet Keep in a safe place as you will need to refer to it over the next year. Apply online: www.eadmissions.org.uk

3 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2021

Contents This e-booklet contains information about how children move from primary and junior schools to secondary- phase schools. It also gives details about all the secondary-phase schools in Barking and Dagenham. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the School Admissions Team. Phone: 020 8215 3004 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions

Introduction 3 Our schools and colleges 29-41

Welcome 5 All Saints Catholic School 30

What you need to do 6 Barking Abbey School (a specialist sports and humanities college) 31 If you live in Barking and Dagenham Dagenham Park Church of England School 32 If you live outside Barking and Dagenham Eastbrook School 33 Statistical information 7 Eastbury Community School 34 What you need to know 8-26 Goresbrook School 35 The admissons process 8-26 Greatfields School 36

Admission criteria 19-22 Jo Richardson Community School 37

Admission criteria for All Saints Catholic School 19-20 Riverside School 38

Admission criteria for Goresbrook School 21 Robert Clack School of Science (a specialist college) 39

Admission criteria for all our other The Sydney Russell School 40 secondary-phase schools 22 The Warren School 41 Filling in your forms 23-26 The timetable of events 42 Common application form 23-25 Map of secondary-phase schools in the borough 43 Supplementary information forms 26 Other London authorities’ school admissions Returning your information 27 sections 44 Common application form 27 Glossary 45 Supplementary information forms 27 Definitions of the words used in this e-booklet

Options for 14 to 19-year-olds 46-47 (Technical and training schools)

Useful information and services 48-50

All Saints Catholic School Cover Note 51

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Welcome

Dear parents and carers Our schools are determined and committed to continue to work hard to make sure they provide our young people with the best education and care that they can during these challenging and unprecedented times, despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on our schools. Every school in our borough is committed to providing young people with a top-quality education that makes sure they are given the opportunity to achieve their full potential. With nine out of 10 schools rated as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, you can feel confident that wherever your child goes, they will be in the hands of dedicated professionals. This guide explains the admissions process and provides all the information you need to apply for a secondary-phase school place for your child. Please take the time to read it carefully. Choosing a young person’s secondary-phase school is an exciting but important decision, and one that you and your child need to be comfortable with. It can be tough picking your preferred schools. I strongly recommend taking the time to visit the schools you are interested in so you can find out as much as possible about the places you are thinking about sending your child. When you fill in the application, please include all your six preferences and submit the form by the deadline of 31 October 2020. Our experienced School Admissions Team will be on hand to help guide you through the process and to give information and advice. To help you with your decision, please watch the team’s presentation, available on our website. Thank you for taking the time to consider this very important decision. By working together, we hope to make your child’s move to a secondary-phase school as smooth as possible, so they can continue to enjoy learning and developing their talents and abilities.

Yours sincerely,

Councillor Evelyn Carpenter Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement

5 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2021 What you need to do If you live in Barking and Dagenham Please make sure you attach all the other information we ask for. This may be proof that you are the child’s 1 Read and make sure you understand the admissions guardian, proof of your address, or proof that your process for our borough, particularly pages 6 to 27. child is or was in the care of a local authority 2 Please watch the team’s presentation, available on our (pages 9 to 11). website. The presentation will guide you through the 7 Finally, don’t forget to fill in any extra supplementary admissions process. You can also contact the Family information forms (SIF), and provide any documents Information Service Team on 020 8227 5395 if you or information for any schools or local authorities that need more help. ask you to do this. Send these forms and documents 3 Collect information to help you decide your back to them before the closing date. We will not pass preferences, which can be any school in Barking and on any extra information or SIF’s to schools or local Dagenham or another borough. Pages 30 to 41 in authorities (LA) on your behalf. this e-booklet gives you information about Barking and Offers will be sent on 1 March 2021. If we cannot Dagenham schools. Addresses for information about give your child a place at any of the schools you schools in other boroughs are shown on page 44. have applied for, we will give your child a school place 4 Visit the schools online to see for yourself what they can in any part of the borough with a space. You have a offer. There will be no visits to schools this year due to right to appeal if we turn down your application (see the social-distancing rules that are in place because of pages 17 to 18). We will also place your child on the the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, you should visit each interest list for any other Barking and Dagenham school’s website (listed on pages 29 to 41) and watch school you listed as a higher preference than the the virtual tours available at most of our schools. school we offered you. 5 Study the information on page 7, which shows statistics from last year’s applications for Barking If you live outside Barking and Dagenham and Dagenham schools. This information should Each local authority (LA) is responsible for educating give you an idea of what happened last year and children aged five to 16 living in their borough or county. the chance that you would have had of getting a Each LA is also responsible for making sure that children place at your preferred Barking and Dagenham receive education or training from age 16 to 18. If you do school. This information also shows the number of not live in Barking and Dagenham, please make sure you parents who were successful in getting one of their have read the admissions e-booklet from your borough preferences and the popularity of each of our schools. or county. We recommend that you consider including your You will need to fill in the common application form (CAF) local school as one of your preferences. The chances provided by your borough or county. You can list Barking of your child being offered a place at your preferred and Dagenham schools on that form. You must return the school increase the closer you live to that school. CAF to your borough or council by their closing date. Previous editions of this e-booklet and statistical information for the past five years are published on You must also fill in any other relevant forms (supplementary our website. If you are applying for schools outside information forms or extra documents (page 26) that may the borough, study the information the relevant local apply. The admission criteria for Barking and Dagenham authority and school provide. schools are on pages 19 to 21. It is important that you read and understand the criteria and admissions process (pages 6 If you want your child to stay on at the all-through 6 to 27) before you apply. school they already go to, do not fill in an application form unless you want your child to move to a different It is important that you rank the schools in your true order secondary-phase school. All other parents of Year-6 of preference. Potential offers are exchanged between children must apply for a secondary-phase school. councils until your own borough can make a single best To apply, fill in and submit the common application offer (including any schools you may have applied for in form online by the closing date. List six schools in other boroughs). The local authority that you live in will the order you prefer. Most schools receive more offer a place on 1 March 2021, for applications they have applications than there are places available (they are received by the closing date. You have a right to appeal if oversubscribed). In this situation, not everybody will we turn down your application (see pages 17 to 18). We be given a place. We need information to help us will also place your child on the interest list for any other offer you another school, and the more schools you Barking and Dagenham school you have listed as a higher list the greater the chance of this. Carefully check preference than the school your LA offered you. Please the names and addresses of the schools you have make sure you have read about how your local authority selected, as some schools have similar names. handles admissions before you fill in your application form. 6 Apply online for a secondary-phase school place: www.eadmissions.org.uk

Statistical information

The following information gives statistics about entry to Barking and Notes Dagenham secondary-phase schools in September 2020. It includes the 1 The information is based on number of people who sent us their application forms by the closing date, applications received by last and the distance the child given the last place at each of our schools year’s closing date for pupils lived from that school using our 2020 admission criteria. Distances are starting secondary-phase measured in kilometres in a straight line (as the crow flies). school in September 2020. This The number of applications for each school and the addresses from information is useful because it which children are applying will be different from year to year. shows the number of pupils given a place under each category of Plain English Campaign’s Crystal Mark does not apply to the the 2020 admission criteria. following table. 2 Please contact the school for more information on how the

240 places at All Saints Catholic School were given. 3 Of the offers made for applications received by the closing date:

• 77.7% received their first- preference school;

• 11.5% received their second- preference school;

• 4% received their third- preference school;

• 1.7% received their fourth- School name School Number of applications naming the school as a preference places available Number of Year-7 with full statementsNumber of children of SEN or EHC plan naming the school the LAC a place due to given Number of children criterion school and the All-through attending 6 children Number of Year 6) (see note Year-7 up to moving the schools faith a place due to or sibling given Number of children criteria the distance a place due to given Number of children criterion Distance the last from the child given place lives (in kilometres) the school 5) (see note Number of appeals received 5) (see note Number of appeals allowed preference school; Community schools • 1.3% received their fifth- Barking Abbey 1,231 360 0 0 N/A N/A 360 2.112 5 0 preference school; Dagenham Park 427 270 0 0 N/A N/A 156 N/A 2 0 • 0.5% received their sixth- Eastbrook 356 270* 0 0 7 N/A 86 N/A 0 0 preference school; and Eastbury 705 300 0 1 N/A N/A 224 N/A 5 0 • 3.3% were given the nearest Jo Richardson 1,105 300 0 2 N/A N/A 297 1.662 12 1 school to their home with a Robert Clack 1,356 480 0 4 N/A N/A 480 2.673 23 3 vacancy Own admission authority schools 4 The appeals information is based on the appeals heard between All Saints 683 240 0 0 N/A 168 72 2.721 8 0 April and July 2020. Goresbrook 415 120 0 0 N/A 30 48 N/A 3 0 5 Please see pages 9, 14 and 16 Greatfields 394 240* 0 0 N/A N/A 155 N/A 0 0 for more details about how we Riverside 592 300 1 1 N/A N/A 276 N/A 0 0 allocate places at ‘All-through schools’ Sydney Russell 1,466 360 0 2 24 N/A 334 1.434 24 1 Warren 436 240 0 1 N/A N/A 169 N/A 4 0 SEN or EHC – Special educational needs or EHC plan LAC – Looked-after children in the care of a local authority Criterion – Individual admission criteria * – The school’s number of places available changed from what was published in the 2020 e-booklet

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What you need to know The admissons process

What are co-ordinated It is important that you rank Why are there six admissions? the schools in your true order preferences? I want to of preference. This is important choose one school. Every year, thousands of pupils because if we can offer your child living in London transfer to a place at two or more of the Under section 86 (1) of the secondary-phase schools, crossing schools you have listed, we will Schools Standards and Framework borough boundaries to do so. give your child a place at the one Act 1998, we must make In the normal round of admissions, you ranked the highest out of these arrangements so that parents of all councils co-ordinate admissions schools, and release all other lower children in our area can express to their schools. Under the preferences. These places are then a preference for the schools they co-ordinated admissions system, offered to other parents who do would want their child to go to. you can only receive one offer not have a school place for their Every year, more people apply for from your borough or council. child. Councils will inform parents places at our schools than we have Parents of Year-6 children must (who applied by the closing date) places available. In that situation, list the schools they want to apply on 1 March 2021 and tell them the not everybody will be given a place for on one form, known as the results of their application. at the schools they have asked for. common application form (CAF), The co-ordinated process will end We need information to help us ranking them in your true order of on 31 August 2021. After this date offer you another school, and preference. you will need to follow the the more schools you list the greater the chance of your child You must return the common ‘in-year’ admissions process which going to a school you prefer. application form to the council in is published on our website. the area where you and your child The schools on your form are live. All the councils will then use a Where can I get help and your preferences – they cannot be computerised process to: advice about applying for your choices because we cannot guarantee everyone a place at any • pass on details of applications a school place? of the schools they have listed. for schools in other council If everybody named the same areas; and Watch our presentation, which is available on our website. The school, we would not be able to • co-ordinate the offer of places aim of the presentation is to increase the number of places to make sure that nobody gets give you important information there. offered more than one school about applying for a place at a place. Simply naming one school or secondary-phase school. repeating the same school does The admission authority for each You may email us with any not increase your child’s chance of school you have listed on the questions you have which are not getting a place there, and may lead application will decide whether or answered in our presentation or us to giving your child a place at a not to offer your child a place. If a listed in this e-booklet. school you have not listed. school is oversubscribed (receives more applications than available You may also get advice from The admission number of places), the admissions authority the Family Information Service each school and the number will use its published conditions (FIS Team) and their advice of applications made for those (admission criteria) to decide the is independent of the School places last year are shown on order in which to offer places. We Admissions Team. They will the statistical information will not tell the schools where you explain how the admissions page 7. This information will ranked them in order of preference procedures affect your individual show you which schools are likely on your application form or tell a circumstances and will also help to be oversubscribed (receive school about other schools you you fill in the necessary forms more applications than there are have also applied to. However, if to make sure your application is places available). you appeal for a place, we will pass complete. Contact details for the this information to the admission FIS Team on page 48. authorities (the school or the local authority) at the appeal stage. 8 Apply online for a secondary-phase school place: www.eadmissions.org.uk

My child goes to an when a child is born and this application process, but the ‘all-through’ school, remains in force until a court order other parent can be named and determines otherwise. For births provided with copies of information do I still have to apply registered in England and Wales, a we issue. If one parent has for a school place? child’s father will also have parental parental responsibility, we must responsibility if: receive documents to prove this If your child goes to an ‘all-through’ and that parent’s address must be school before the closing date • he was married to the child’s used. If both parents have parental and you would like them to mother when the child was born responsibility, we must receive stay at the same school for the (even if they later divorce or documents to prove this. We secondary phase, you do not need separate); will normally accept the parents’ to do anything else. Your child • the child was born after address used by the child’s will automatically continue at their 1 December 2003, and he is primary or junior school as the current school in September 2021 named on the birth certificate; or child’s permanent home. as they are already registered there. • he has a parental responsibility However, if you would prefer your agreement from a court or Do I need to send proof of child to go to a different school, by agreement with the child’s you must apply and follow the my address? mother. instructions in this e-booklet. If we We check addresses to prevent cannot offer your child a place at fraudulent applications. To do this, another school, they will stay on What does guardianship we need to check where you and at the all-through school they are mean? your child are living. We already currently attending. have these details if your child is at If a child is not living with their a Barking and Dagenham primary If we can offer your child a place at natural parents and another adult or junior school. However, we will a different school, we will give their is looking after the child, we need need proof of you and your child’s place at the all-through school to documentary evidence that you current address if: another child. are the guardian and have parental • your child’s address on the responsibility for that child. That is, If your child joins an all-through application form is different from you have the legal right to make school after the closing date, you the address your child’s Barking decisions on the child’s behalf. will need to apply for a Year-7 and Dagenham primary or junior Evidence includes a will or a court school place for them as described school has on their records (as order and Child Benefit payments. in this e-booklet. of 11 July 2020); or Guardianship only applies if you This process affects Eastbrook, can prove that you have full care • your child goes to a primary Goresbrook and Sydney Russell and the normal, permanent home or junior school outside the Schools. See page 14 and 16 for is not at their parents’ address. borough. more details. Guardianship does not apply when In either of these cases, we will need picking up children to and from to see one document from each of school, or looking after them until Who can fill in the the three document lists below. application forms? their parents collect them. List A – (proof of child’s name, The person or people with parental What if my child lives date of birth and address) responsibility for the child must fill • HM Revenue & Customs in the application forms. Parental with both parents at two documents such as a letter responsibility for the child is different addresses? showing your entitlement to defined by the Children Act 1989 When a child lives with their Child Benefit letter, Working Tax and amended by the Adoption natural parents, legal guardian or Credit or Child Tax Credit and Children Act 2002. Please foster parent, we will consider that remember to provide proof that • Your child’s medical registration address to be the child’s normal, you are the child’s legal guardian if card permanent home. However, you are not their natural parent. when a child has parents who • Your child’s IND card (issued A child’s mother is automatically are separated, the parents may by the Home Office with photo given parental responsibility name only one address for the attached)

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List B – (proof of the parent’s or people applying for a school place and may take legal action. carer’s address) place are entitled to stay as permanent residents • Your current Council Tax bill. What happens if my child Your current Council Tax Benefit If you are not able to provide proof has additional needs? letter or notice. of your and your child’s address when you make your application, All Barking and Dagenham • A solicitor’s letter showing the you have until 31 January 2021 schools, including those with completion details if you have to provide documents as proof. specialist services, offer an just bought your home (the letter However, these documents must environment in which everyone is must be dated within the last show your family were living at the treated fairly and equally. Pupils three months) property on the closing date for with special educational needs, List C – (proof of the parent’s or applications. disabilities or any other needs are carer’s address) encouraged and supported to If you are not able to provide the make the most of the curriculum • Your utility bill (gas, electricity documents by 31 January 2021, and all the available facilities. or water) from the last three we cannot offer your child a place months (we will not accept a at an oversubscribed school. If For children with a full statement mobile-phone bill or bills for your child lives in Barking and of special educational needs or an internet connection). Dagenham, we will then offer them Educational Health and Care Plan a place at the nearest school to (EHC), the local authority’s EHC • A statement from your bank, your home with a vacancy. If you Team would have written to you building society or a credit-card live outside the borough, you will during the 2020 school summer company from the last three need to contact the local education break. If you are not sure whether months. authority of the borough you live in your child has a final statement If you do not own or rent your own for a school place. of special educational needs home, but are living with someone or EHC plan, fill in the common Please check that both your and who owns their home or rents it application form and tick the box your child’s name and address from the council or from another in (section 2 of the paper form) match the information you give on landlord, you will need to prove which asks ‘Does your child have your application form and on the that you live there. If your current an EHC plan or a final statement of documents in list A. Similarly, the address means you are living special educational needs?’. The guardian named on the application with someone who lives in either admissions service will consult must be listed on the documents privately rented or council property, with the EHC Team and tell you you provide from lists B and C. If we need their current Council Tax if they will be processing your you change your address at any bill or Council Tax Benefit letter or application. time in this process, you must notice with written confirmation also give us proof of your new If your child has an EHC plan, or from the legal landlord, of all those address by sending us the above statement of special educational people who are authorised to documents. needs or is having an assessment live at the premises and for what to find out whether they need one, period of time. The letter must If we have questions about proving and you need further help with the contain the following information: your and your child’s address, secondary transfer process, please we will ask for other documents • The address of the property contact the EHC Team by phoning not listed in this e-booklet. If 020 8227 2400. • The names of all legal tenants we discover that we have given and authorised residents your child a place based on false, inaccurate or misleading • A statement confirming that the information, we will withdraw the

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What happens if my What happens if my child How do I apply for a child is or was in the care is from a UK Armed Forces school outside Barking of a local authority family (crown service)? and Dagenham? (a looked-after child)? Under Government rules, If you live in this borough and would like your child to go to a We consider applications for applications from families of the UK school in another borough (not children who are or used to be in Armed Forces can be considered private schools), you must list the care of a local authority before at the posting address before the those schools on your Barking we consider all other applications. family have moved to the area. and Dagenham common A looked-after child is a child who However, we do not give automatic application form. Please apply is or was: priority to these children over other children. If you are moving to our online, checking that the school • in the care of a local authority; or borough, please apply online by the you want to apply for is on the list of schools. If it is not on the list of • being provided with closing date and use the address of schools please contact the School accommodation by a local your posting. Admissions Team by 5pm on authority under their social Please tick the relevant box to 30 October 2020 on how to apply, services functions (see the show that you are either: otherwise we will not consider definition in Section 22(1) of the your application in the first round Children Act 1989). • a UK Armed Forces family with a confirmed posting to the area; or of offers. For admission purposes we It is important that you know the consider a ‘looked-after child’ • a crown servant returning from admission criteria for the schools to be a child who is currently in overseas to live in the area. you are asking for, and you may care or a child who was in care Your application must also need to fill in supplementary previously at any point in their life include an official letter that information forms and provide and then became subject to an declares a relocation date and a further information for these adoption, residence, or special unit postal address or quartering schools. Please contact the guardianship order immediately area address. If your posting admissions authority (school or after leaving care. changes, please follow the advice LA) of the school you have in mind If your child is in the care of a local in the ‘What if my circumstances for more information. It is your authority, you must also include change?’ section. We will process responsibility to give the school with the common application form your application using your posting or LA the information they need. a letter from the social worker address and in line with each Page 44 lists the contact details confirming the legal status of the school’s admission criteria. for all London local authorities. child and the local authority which For details of other local authorities the child is in the care of. The letter that are not listed, please see the should also provide the reasons Department for Education (DfE) for the preferred schools you have website at www.gov.uk/dfe. listed. If you live in this borough and If your child is in the care of a local you do not fill in the Barking and authority and you would like to Dagenham common application discuss the secondary transfer of form, you will not be considered for your child with a member of Virtual any schools, either inside or outside School for Looked After Children, the borough, even if you fill in their please phone 020 8227 2691. supplementary information forms. If the child used to be in the care of a local authority and you want to apply under this priority, we will need to see evidence that the child was in the care of a local authority.

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Can I change the How do I return the forms? If you need to create an email information on my address you need to have a mobile Supplementary information phone number and have that same application form? forms (SIFs) mobile phone with you when you Please see page 27. create the email address. Keep a Important note Common application form (CAF) note of your new email address Applying online is reliable and and the password to access the If your information changes, secure. All local authorities in email you have now created. you must alter the relevant London have worked together sections on your online Making an application is easy once to make it possible for parents to application form by the you have a valid email address. apply online for a school place closing date. The eAdmissions Team will send in London and its surrounding you a ‘validation’ email to check counties. This service is available that your email address is correct. We will send you an email with a through the ‘eAdmissions’ website. Log in to your email account and new version number every time The person with parental click on the ‘validation link’ in the you change your application. If email you have received from the you cannot make these changes responsibility for the child named must register to use the eAdmissions Team. Once you to your online application, have confirmed your email, the you must tell us in writing and ‘eAdmissions’ site by setting up an account. If you don’t already have application should take no more include supporting documents if than 10 minutes. The site gives full necessary. The new details that an email address, you will need to create one before you apply online. instructions on its guidance pages, you give us will replace those to help you make your application. on your previous form. The last Although you can use any email application you make before the address, we recommend you use closing date (on paper or online) ‘Google Mail’ or ‘gmail’. This is is the one that we use to process because other email providers your preferences. may treat the email we send you After the closing date, any changes as spam (electronic junk mail). should be made in writing to the If this happens you will need to School Admissions Team. Fill in check your ‘spam’ or ‘junk mail’ Apply a paper form or fill in the ‘change box for our email, and then follow my school place application’ form, the instructions to add us to your www.eadmissions.org.uk which is available on our website safe senders list. After doing this, from 2 March 2021. If we receive all future emails from us will go any of your changes after the straight into your inbox. closing date, we will treat those changes as ‘late’ as we offer places based on all information available on the closing date. Any changes www.eadmissions.org.uk you make after the closing date will If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact not appear on your eAdmissions address in the list provided, or the schools you want to account. Instead, we will reply to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School your enquires by post or email. Admissions Team by 5pm on 30 October 2020, Please see the question ‘What if otherwise your application will be late. Our contact my application is late?’ on pages 15 to 16 for more details. details are on page 27.

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Quick steps to apply online

‘validation link’ in the email you have given, accept the declaration and 1 received from the eAdmissions Team. ‘submit your application’. STEP You can then make your application. d) Once you have submitted your Where to begin application, you will be able to STEP 4 upload any documents we need If you have already registered to make to see. This may be proof that you an application using the eAdmissions Making your application are the child’s guardian, proof of site, please go to step 4. If you are address, or proof that your child applying for the first time, follow steps Once you have your username and is or was in the care of a local 1 to 5. password, you will be able to ‘start authority. your application’. First you need an email address. If you don’t already have an email address, If you already have an account, select you will need to create one before ‘Returning visitors’ and enter your STEP 5 you apply online. Once you have this, username and password to ‘sign in’. go straight to the eAdmissions site at Your home page will show you the www.eadmissions.org.uk to make your following options. Confirmation of your application. • Start application application You will be issued with an application 2 • My Account (to check and update STEP reference number (ARN) when your details) you have submitted your form. The Registration • Find schools eAdmissions Team will then send you a second email which will include all The person with parental responsibility • Help and tutorials for the child must register to use the the details of the application you have ‘eAdmissions’ site by setting up an Select ‘Start application’. This section just made along with your ARN. is split into four parts. Your application account. Select ‘First time visitors’ You should make a note of your only becomes valid when you click and follow the instructions given. At application details on page 25 of this on ‘Submit application’ on the ‘Check this stage you will also need to create e-booklet as you will need to refer to and submit’ page. a password. Your password must have it when checking your results. We will eight characters. a) The first part of your form asks for send you an email with a new version your child’s details. Click on ‘Save number every time you change your and continue’. application. STEP 3 b) The second part, ‘Preferences’, If you have any technical difficulties asks you to add the six schools while making your application online, Validating (confirming) you want to apply for. You must the online admissions helpdesk is your email then click on ‘Confirm selection’ available from 9.30am to 5.30pm if you are happy with the schools Monday to Friday. Please phone The eAdmissions Team will send you you have added. 020 8255 5555 and select option 1. a ‘validation’ email to check that your For all other non-technical queries, email address is correct. Log in to c) The third part, ‘Check and submit’, please contact the School your email account and click on the asks you to check the information Admissions Team.

Important notes purple, and a new page will open to give you an explanation or advice about the question you • Please carefully read all dialogue boxes. These have selected. boxes explain information about the questions • If you have twins, triplets and so on, make sure you have just been asked. Ignoring these boxes you tick ‘yes’ to the ‘multiple birth’ question so could mean you risk not getting a place for your that you can fill in a new form for each child. Each child at your preferred school. child must have a separate ARN number. • Help is available if you have problems at any • If you are not sure of any stage of the process, stage of the application process. Just click on please. get advice from the School Admissions any text that is underlined and highlighted in Team

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Is my information How are places given? Year-7 places issued within protected? the co-ordinated admissions Year-7 places issued outside process We will deal with your personal the co-ordinated admissions We process all other applications information in line with the General process using the equal-preference model. Data Protection Regulation 2018 1. Under DfE rules, all-through This is explained below. (GDPR). For security purposes schools must not allow their we ask you for a password. If you Year-6 pupils to apply for their • We consider each of your apply online, your application Year-7 place within the same preferences as if it were your reference number (ARN) will be school. This is because these only preference. your password. If you apply on a children are already registered at • For each of your preferences, paper form, we will need you to that school. Instead, all-through the admission authority will use give us a password between 8 schools publish the number the admission criteria to see if and 12 letters long. Without your of places that are available to they can offer your child a place. password or ARN we cannot give children who do not already out information on your application go to the school. For example, • If we can then offer your child if you visit or phone us. if the admission number for a a place at two or more of the schools you have listed, we will As part of the admissions school is 360 and 90 places give your child a place at the procedure, we may share the have been given to Year-6 pupils one you ranked the highest of information you give on your at the school, we will publish the these schools. application forms with schools remaining 270 places and issue and other departments in the those places in line with the We do not make decisions to council (such as the Child and school’s published admission offer places based on the date we Family Service, Children’s Social criteria. received the applications. Instead, Care Democratic Services, the 2. The School Admissions Code we group all the applications Educational Health Care Team, 2014 says that schools are we receive on time and process educational psychologists, the ‘required to admit children them together. If there are more Family Information Service, the with statements of special places available than there are Inclusion Service, the Looked-After educational need or EHC plans, applications for those places, we Children Team, the police and where the school concerned agree all the applications. However, Youth Offending Services). is named on the statement or if there are more applications for a school than there are places We will also share your plan’. As a result, we process available in that school (that is, information with other schools and these children’s applications the school is oversubscribed), departments outside the council first. If the school has been we will use the admission criteria (such as the Child and Adolescent named in the child’s statement, to decide which applications are Mental Health Service (CAMHS), we must take places off the successful. The notes that follow the Department for Education school admission number for the admission criteria, are there to (DfE), Ofsted, and other local that year group. The admission explain particular points about the authorities) and with the school authority then issues the rest of criteria we use. your child goes to, where it will the places using the admission form part of the school’s pupil criteria. For example, if the In Barking and Dagenham, the database. admission number for a school local authority is the admissions is 180 and three places have authority for the five community For more information about been given to children whose schools and for Dagenham Park how we will use your personal statements or EHC plans name Church of England Voluntary- information please visit that school, we will issue the Controlled School. The criteria www.lbbd.gov.uk/privacy, where other 177 places in line with the for these schools are listed on you can see a full copy of our admission criteria. page 22. Privacy Notice.

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Goresbrook School is an academy What is the timetable? What if my application governed by The United Learning is late? Trust who are the admissions The closing date for ‘on-time’ authority and set their own applications made online is If we receive your application after admission criteria. The School midnight on 31 October 2020. the closing date (31 October 2020) Admissions Team processes Do not wait until the last minute we will treat your application as applications for this school, and we to make your application in late. will offer places on its behalf. case your computer crashes or your address or the schools you In exceptional circumstances, Both Greatfields and Riverside are are applying for are not available senior officers may consider free schools with academy status, on the online system. Our offices whether we can process a late and Sydney Russell is an academy. close for enquiries at 5pm on application as ‘on time’ in the first All three schools are run by the 30 October 2020. If we receive round, if there is enough time to Partnership Learning Trust. Warren your application after this, it will process the application. These School is an academy governed be treated as a late application. If circumstances include the death by The Loxford Trust. These four you intend to move address during of a close relative, or a family schools are their own admissions the admissions process, please recently moving into the area authority, but they will follow the apply to the borough that you will (in which case we need proof). same admission criteria as Barking be living in on the closing date If you send us your application and Dagenham community and follow the advice in the ‘What after the closing date but want us schools. The School Admissions happens if my circumstances to consider it in the first round of Team processes applications for change?’ section. There is a full offers, please send a letter with these schools, and we will offer timetable of events on page 42 . your application explaining the places on their behalf. exceptional circumstances you want us to consider, together with All Saints Catholic School and What happens if my any supporting evidence. We will Technology College is our only circumstances change? make a decision on each case voluntary-aided school, and for individually and let you know the that school, the governing body You will need to contact the outcome within 10 working days of are the admissions authority. They Admissions section in your receiving your request. set their own admission criteria borough if your circumstances and process the applications they change. We offer places based If we receive your application receive. We then offer places on on the information available at the late, we will deal with it after we their behalf. closing date and you may change have dealt with the applications your preference or the order of that we received on time. We will Before you make your your preferences up until that date. deal with late applications in the application, please make sure order we receive them (in line you read and understand these If we have given your child a with the admission criteria). We criteria and notes and check place, we will not withdraw it if will deal with the first round of how places were distributed your circumstances change (such offers and send decision letters at each school. See our website as your address), as long as you on 1 March 2021. We will have for copies of previous editions of can show that the information was given most places to pupils whose this booklet. The booklets include correct on the closing date. applications we received by the statistics for previous years. However, if we discover that we closing date. Late applications have given a place based on received between 1 November false, inaccurate or misleading and 31 January will be processed information, we will withdraw it and together and we will offer places may take legal action. We will treat on 1 March 2021. Applications as late any changes to preferences received after 1 February will or their ranking, conditions, then be processed in weekly circumstances or applications we batches. We will offer places for receive after the closing date. the applications we receive in February on the first Friday after national offer day. After this date, applications will be processed within 10 working days of the

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School Admissions Team receiving need to send a new application Information System from the centre your form. form to your local authority’s of the child’s home to the school’s school Admissions section. main gate. Some addresses have If we have not received your different entry points and so we will application form by 14 March 2021 The local authority you live in use the designated co-ordinates and your child lives in the borough will make offers for places at provided from Local Land and we will automatically give your child all Barking and Dagenham Property Gazetteer (LLPG). a place at the nearest school to secondary-phase schools on you which has a place available. At national offer day (1 March 2021). Do I have to accept the this stage, other schools will be full If you applied between place you offer my child? with children whose applications 1 November 2020 and we received by the closing date. 28 February 2021, offers will be Schools outside the borough We send letters to tell parents who made from national offer day Yes Please use the eAdmissions have not applied for a school place onwards, but you will need to website to accept the place we which school we have allocated check how your home borough have offered your child at an their child by 31 March 2021. handles late applications. If we out-of-borough school. These receive your application after If you then want to apply for boroughs will withdraw the place if national offer day, we will process it a school place after we have you do not accept their offer. As all within 10 working days of receiving offered your child the nearest children must receive an education, it. We send any preferences we school to your home with a place if you turn down the place at the receive for schools outside this available, you will need to fill in an out-of-borough school we will give borough to the relevant school or application form listing the schools your child a place at the nearest LA every Friday. We will contact you would like for your child. school to your home with space. you if we can offer your child a place at one of these schools. To accept the place, log on to the When will I know the result Any changes you make after eAdmissions site with the username of my application? the closing date will not appear and password you received when on your eAdmissions account. you registered to make your If you apply online, you can find Instead, we will reply to your application. If you have forgotten out the results of your application enquires by phone, post or email. your details, you can enter your on 1 March 2021. We will send email address and get a reminder you an email late that evening From 1 September 2021, local sent to you. letting you know the outcome of authorities no longer co-ordinate All-through schools the application. You can also log applications and parents will have in to the eAdmissions website after to follow the in-year admissions Yes Children cannot hold offers 7pm to see your results. If you process. Full information about at more than one school. If your were not able to apply online but our in-year process is available on child goes to an ‘all-through’ school applied direct to the Admissions our website within our e-booklet (for children aged four to 16), but Team by the closing date, we will ‘Finding a school place’. you accept a place for them at a send you the results by first-class different school, we will offer their post on 1 March 2021. Please Will you pay for my child’s automatic place at the all-through allow up to two days for your letter school to the next child on the costs to travel to and from interest list for that school. to be delivered. We cannot tell you school? the results of your application over Barking and Dagenham schools the phone. If you have not received We will only pay for your child’s No Because your child is of legal your letter by 5 March 2021, please bus pass for travelling to and from school age, we automatically contact us and we will send you school if Transport for London or accept the place on your behalf at another copy. London councils no longer provide our schools. If you turn down the If you do not want the place we free travel for children and we give place at one of our schools, we will have offered, you will need to your child a place at a school that not withdraw the place unless you write and let us know what other you have not listed as a preference provide evidence that you have been arrangements you are making for and which is more that 4.82803km offered a place at another school. your child’s education. If you want from your home. All distances to change your preferences or the are measured in a straight line order of your preferences, you will using Synergy’s Geographical

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What happens after my schools on your application date of your appeal. The appeal child is given a school form which are listed as a higher will be heard by an independent preference than the one we have appeal panel, which will be made place? offered you. For example you can up of three people. None of these Once we have given your child a appeal for preference 1 and 2 if we people will have any connection school place, we tell the relevant have offered you preference 3. with the school or the School school. They will contact you later Any schools listed lower than the Admissions Team. The appeal in the summer term to tell you school offered have not been panel will accept comments in about the admission arrangements turned down but rather have writing, in person or by electronic and the uniform you need for your been withdrawn based on how network applications (eg MS child. Some schools will want to you have ranked the schools on Teams) at your appeal hearing. your application form. As a result interview your child, either with If you made your application on you cannot appeal for a lower you by appointment at the school time, we will hear your appeal preference or a school that you given, or at your child’s current within 40 school days of the have not listed on your form. If primary or junior school. Some deadline of 31 March 2021. If your you want to apply for a school that schools will invite your child to application was late, we will hear you did not list on your original spend a day at their offered Barking your appeal with the appeals for application form or you want to and Dagenham secondary‑phase applications we received on time change the ranking of the schools school on 25 June 2021. if possible. If this is not possible, on your original application form, None of these visits are part of we will hear it within 30 school you need to confirm this in writing the application process. It is to days from the deadline for making to us by filling in a new application make sure your child can move to appeals (as shown on your offer form which you can get from your secondary-phase school as easily letter). as possible local authority. If you change your preferences and do not reselect At any time during the school year Why have I been offered a schools which you are appealing (now until mid-July 2022), you have school that was not one of for, your appeal will be withdrawn. the right to appeal our decision to refuse your application for your my preferences? All the available places for Year-7 child to attend the schools listed at your preferred school will The admissions authority for each on your application, which we have been distributed in line with of the schools you have listed will received during that school year. the local authority’s published use their published conditions However, if your appeal cannot admission criteria. No places (admission criteria) to decide the be heard within that time because are left unfilled for any reason, order in which to offer places. If you made your appeal late in including appeals. we are unable to offer a place for the school year and there is not your child at one of the schools If you decide to appeal for a place enough time left for your child to you listed as your preferences, at any Barking and Dagenham start the school before the end of this is because there were more school, fill in our online appeal that school year, you will need to applicants for the schools you form. If you applied on time, and fill in an in-year application (ICAF) requested than there are places would like your case to be heard for the next school year. If we turn available. If you live in Barking and in the first round of appeals, you down that application, you will Dagenham and it is not possible must submit the appeal form by be able to make a new appeal. to offer your child a place at one of 31 March 2021. Or you can For example, if you appeal at the your preferred schools, we will give download and fill in the paper end of June for your Year-7 place, your child a place at the school appeal form and send it to the but your appeal cannot be heard which is nearest to your home with independent appeal panel clerk, by the time schools close in July, a space. whose address is printed on the you will need to fill in an ICAF for front of the form. a Year-8 place for the new school year beginning in September 2022. Do I have the right to appeal? For late applications the deadline Barking and Dagenham schools for appealing is 21 school days You have a right to appeal to an from the date of our offer letter. independent appeal panel if we Once you send your form, the do not offer your child a place independent appeal panel clerk at the Barking and Dagenham will write or email and tell you the

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You can make your application for If you still want to stay on the We do not take into account the a Year-8 place from 1 July. If we interest list after this date, you will date we received your application. turn down that application, you can need to fill out a new application If you want to apply for a school appeal that decision. form for the new academic year you did not list on your original and you will have the opportunity application form or you want to Schools outside the borough for a new appeal. change the ranking of the schools If you want to appeal against not on your original application form, being offered a place in a school All other Barking and Dagenham you need to confirm this in writing outside Barking and Dagenham, schools to us by filling in a new application you will need to contact the We will automatically put your form which you can get from your relevant admission authority (local child on an interest list for any local authority. Forms received authority or school) for more other preferred Barking and after the closing date will be details about how to appeal. Dagenham schools that we turned processed as a late application. down but are listed higher than Further appeals the school we have offered you. Schools outside the borough We can only consider one For example, if we have offered You will need to contact the school application for each child, at you preference number 3, your or the local authority concerned to each school within the same child will automatically be placed follow their procedure for offering school year. If we turn down your on the interest list for preference any places that become available. application, you have the right 1 and 2, if these are Barking If places become available at to appeal. The appeal panel’s and Dagenham schools. The those schools for our residents, decision is final and both the LA interest list will be updated on the school will tell us who to offer and you must accept it. a weekly basis and your child those places to. In normal circumstances, you may therefore move up or down cannot make a second appeal for the interest list according to the What happens if my the same school within the same criteria and other children applying school year. However, if there has for oversubscribed places. child starts a Barking been a significant change in your We maintain the interest list for and Dagenham family’s circumstances which you each of these oversubscribed secondary‑phase school think changes your application’s schools until 23 December 2021. but wants to transfer to priority level, for example if your We delete the interest lists for another school in the family has moved house, we may these schools at the end of each consider a second application borough? term (December, April and July). as long as you can prove your If places become available before First, make an appointment circumstances have changed. If this date, we offer them to children to discuss the matter with the we accept your second application on the interest list using only the pupil’s current head teacher, as but a place is still not available at admission criteria. If at the end of many situations can be dealt the school for your child, you will the term you have not received with without the disruption that be able to make a second appeal. an offer from the interest list, you a change of school can cause. If will need to write to us at that time your child still wants to transfer Can I go on an to place your child’s name on and you have not put your child’s interest list? the fresh interest list for the next name on the interest list for term. If you still want to stay on the another school, please follow All Saints school interest list after July 2022, you will the guidance in the information All Saints will automatically put need to fill in an in-year common e-booklet ‘Finding a school your child on the school’s interest application form (ICAF) for the place’. From 1 September 2020, list with other children whose new academic (school) year and applications or transfers for Year- applications were turned down but you will have the opportunity for a 7 school places fall under the are listed higher than the school new appeal. in-year admissions process and your local authority offered you. for more information about this If places become available, we please see our website or phone then offer these using the schools’ 020 8215 3004. You must make admission criteria. Your child will sure that your child continues to stay on the interest list for a school regularly attend their current school year (until August 2022). while we are considering your transfer request. 18 Apply online for a secondary-phase school place: www.eadmissions.org.uk

Admission criteria

Admission criteria for All Saints Catholic School in order of priority

Before you apply, please read the Tie-breaker admission criteria and notes on this page and the next page. Also If two or more children have an Admission criteria read the procedures for filling in equal claim to a place in any one category, we will give priority to If there are more applications than and sending in the certificate of there are places available at the Catholic practice form, baptism the child who lives closest to the school, measured in kilometres in school, we will use the admission certificate and the cover note on criteria in the following priority page 51. If you do not provide a straight line (as the crow flies). The Barking and Dagenham order, to decide who to offer the information we and your local places to. authority need by the closing date, School Admissions Team measure your child’s application will not all distances using a geographical 1. Catholic looked-after and be processed under the relevant information system from the centre previously looked-after children. admission criterion and you risk of the child’s home to the school’s (See notes B and C.) main gate. Some addresses not getting a place at this school.If 2. Catholic children with a you have any questions about the have different entry points and so they will use the designated certificate of Catholic practice. admission criteria or appeals, or if (See notes C and D.) you need more information, please co-ordinates provided from Local contact the school. Land and Property Gazetteer 3. Other Catholic children. (See (LLPG). If you live outside the note C.) All Saints Catholic School was area, they will use the same system 4. Other looked-after and founded by the Catholic Church to to measure distances. provide an education for children previously looked-after children. of Catholic families. If there are If two or more children have an (See note B.) equal claim to a place because the more applications than places 5. Children who will have a parent measurements from their homes available, priority will always be employed at All Saints Catholic to the school are the same (for given to Catholic children in line School (either as teaching or example, because they live in a with our admission criteria. support staff) on the date they block of flats), we will use a lottery are enrolled at the school. (See As a Catholic school, we aim to system (random allocation) to offer note G.) provide a Catholic education, places to children. This process and Catholic beliefs and practice will be supervised by a person 6. Any other children. to every aspect of our school’s independent of the school. All the activities for all our pupils. It pupils’ names will be put into a is essential that the Catholic hat and the appropriate number of character of the school’s education names will be drawn out. is fully supported by all families in the school. We hope that all parents will fully and positively support the aims and ethos of the school. This does not affect the rights of any child who is not Catholic who applies for or is given a place at our school in line with our admission arrangements.

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Important notes D. ‘Certificate of Catholic practice’ means a certificate issued by the family’s parish priest (or the A. We first process applications from pupils with priest in charge of the church where the family an education, health and care plan (EHCP) or a attends Mass) in the form set by the Bishops’ statement of special educational needs (SEN), as Conference of England and Wales. A priest will these applications are dealt under a completely issue a certificate if he is satisfied that at least one separate procedure. If an EHCP or SEN names Catholic parent or carer (along with the child, if he our school, we must offer the child a place. After or she is over seven years old) has (except when we have given these pupils a place we will offer it was impossible to do so) attended Mass on the remaining places to other applicants, using our Sundays and holy days of obligation for at least admission criteria. five years (or, in the case of a child, since the age An EHCP made by the local authority under of seven, if this is a shorter time). The priest will section 324 of the Education Act 1996, specifying also issue a certificate if the family’s practice has the special educational provision a child needs. been continuous since they were received into An EHCP is a plan made by the local authority the Church if that was less than five years ago. It under section 37 of the Children and Families Act is expected that most certificates will be issued 2014, specifying the special educational provision based on the family’s attendance at church. The a child needs. priest may also issue a certificate if the family is not able to attend church regularly due to B. A ‘looked-after child’ has the same meaning as in exceptional circumstances. (For more details of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989. It means these circumstances, please see the guidance that any child who is in the care of a local authority or is issued to priests at www.dioceseofbrentwood. is being provided with accommodation by them in net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Guidance-for- line with their social services duties (for example, Clergy-2017.pdf.) children with foster parents) at the time of their application for a school place. A ‘previously looked- E. Within each category we will give priority to after child’ is a child who was in the care of a local children who have a (sibling) brother or sister at authority but is no longer in their care because he or the school (Years 7 to 11) at the time of admission. she was adopted or a child arrangements order or ‘Brother or sister’ includes: special guardianship order has been put in place. (i) all full brothers or sisters, half-brothers or C. ‘Catholic’ means a member of a church in full half-sisters, adopted brothers or sisters, communion with the See of Rome. This includes stepbrothers or stepsisters, and foster brothers the Eastern Christian Churches including or sisters, whether or not they are living at the Orthodox. Members of the Catholic Church will same address; and normally have a certificate of baptism in a Catholic (ii) the child of a parent’s partner if, for at least Church or a certificate of reception into the full part of the week, that child lives in the same communion of the Catholic Church. For the family unit at the same address as the child the purposes of this policy, ‘Catholic children’ includes application relates to. looked-after children who are part of a Catholic family if a letter from a priest states that the child F. A ‘parent’ means all natural parents, any person would have been baptised or received into the who is not a parent but who has parental Catholic Church if they were not a looked-after responsibility for a child, and any person whose child (for example, a looked-after child who is in the care the child is in. process of being adopted by a Catholic family). G. Priority will be given to children of staff who: For a child to be treated as Catholic, we will need evidence that they have been baptised or received • have been employed at the school for two or into the Catholic Church. If you have difficulty getting more years at the time of the application for written evidence of your child’s baptism, contact admission to the school; or your parish priest. He will consult the relevant •have been recruited to fill a vacant post for which diocese and decide how written evidence will be there is a skill shortage. produced in line with the laws of the Church.

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Admission criteria for Goresbrook School in order of priority

Priority 1: Children who are or were in the care of a local authority. Priority 2: Children who have a sibling (brother or sister) at the school. Please see note 3. Priority 3: Children who live closest to the school, measured in kilometres in a straight line (as the crow flies).

If there are more applications than there are places available at a school, we will use the above criteria, in priority order, for deciding which applications to accept.

Important notes special guardianship order school, measured in kilometres immediately after leaving care. in a straight line (as the crow 1 Children with statements of flies). We (the Barking and special educational needs are 3 ‘Sibling’ means: Dagenham School Admissions dealt with under the terms of the • a full brother or sister; Team) measure all distances Education Act 1996 and are not using Synergy’s Geographical referred to in the criteria above. An • a half-brother or half-sister; Information System from the EHCP is a plan made by the local • a stepbrother or stepsister; centre of the child’s home to authority under section 37 of the and the school’s main gate. Some Children and Families Act 2014, addresses have different entry specifying the special educational • an adopted or long-term points and so we will use provision a child needs. Children fostered brother or sister; the designated co-ordinates with a statement of special living at the same address and provided from Local Land and educational needs or an EHC plan going to the named school Property Gazetteer (LLPG). will go to the school named. (not including the school’s If you live outside the area, nursery). Please make sure 2 A looked-after child is a child we will use the same system you name all siblings on who is or was: to measure distances. When your application form. If they children have an equal claim • in the care of a local authority; are not listed on your form, to a place because their or we cannot take them into measurements are the same (for account. • being provided with example, from a block of flats), accommodation by a local 4 The child’s home must be the our database will automatically authority under their social permanent address where they use a lottery system (random services functions (see the live with their legal guardian. allocation) to offer places to definition in Section 22(1) of This should be the address for children. the Children Act 1989). the parent’s or carer’s Council 6 We are unable to consider other Tax bill and where Child Benefit circumstances not listed in the For admission purposes is addressed. we consider a ‘looked-after criteria. It is essential that we are child’ to be a child currently 5 If two or more children have an consistent in our judgement and in care or a child who was in equal claim to a place in any one use only the criteria that have care but became subject to category, we will give priority to been agreed. an adoption, residence, or children who live closest to the

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Admission criteria for all our other secondary-phase schools in Barking and Dagenham in order of priority

Priority 1: Children who are or were in the care of a local authority. Priority 2: Children who live closest to the school, measured in kilometres in a straight line (as the crow flies).

If there are more applications than there are places available at a school, we will use the above criteria, in priority order, for deciding which applications to accept. Dagenham Park, Greatfields, Riverside, Sydney Russell and Warren School will also use these admission criteria.

Important notes in care or a child who was in when deciding on places. When care but became subject to measurements are the same (for 1 Children with statements of an adoption, residence, or example from a block of flats), special educational needs are special guardianship order our database will automatically dealt with under the terms of immediately after leaving care. use a lottery system (random the Education Act 1996 and allocation) to offer places to are not referred to in the criteria 3 The child’s home must be the children. above. An EHCP is a plan made permanent address where they by the local authority under live with their legal guardian. 6 We are unable to consider other section 37 of the Children and This should be the address for circumstances not listed in the Families Act 2014, specifying the the parent’s or carer’s Council criteria. It is essential that we are special educational provision Tax bill and where Child Benefit consistent in our judgement and a child needs. Children with a is addressed. use only the criteria that have statement of special educational been agreed. 4 All distances are measured needs or an EHC plan will go to using Synergy’s Geographical 7 If a school has a split site, the the school named. Information System from the distance from the child’s home 2 A looked-after child is a child centre of the child’s home to to the school will be measured who is or was: the school’s main gate. Some to the main site. The main site addresses have different entry is the entrance through the • in the care of a local authority; points and so we will use the main door at the site where the or co-ordinates provided from head teacher’s office is. This • being provided with Local Land and Property measurement affects Barking accommodation by a local Gazetteer (LLPG). If you live Abbey and Robert Clack authority under their social outside the area, we will use schools, who will decide which services functions (see the the same system to work out site the child goes to. definition in Section 22(1) of distances. 8 If we discover that we have given the Children Act 1989). 5 We will use the distance from your child a place at a school For admission purposes home to school for pupils who based on false or misleading we consider a ‘looked-after have equal claim for a place. information, we will withdraw the child’ to be a child currently Those children living nearest to place and may take legal action. the school will be given priority

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How to fill in your forms Common application form

If you want your child to stay on at Child’s details Children in care the all-through school they already go to, do not fill in an application Child’s name – This should be Please select the relevant box to form. If you want your child to your child’s legal name given on show if your child is or was ‘in move to a different secondary- their birth certificate or passport. the care’ of a local authority. If so, phase school, you must apply You are responsible for making please attach a letter from the social for a place. If you do not fill in the sure that you have used the same worker confirming the legal status common application form, we may name on all forms needed for your of the child and the local authority not be able to give your child a child’s application. If you do not, the child is in the care of. The letter place at the school you prefer. we may not be able to process should also provide the reasons for your child’s application. the preferred schools listed. • Please use all your six preferences and rank (list) Child’s date of birth – Please select If the child was in care but is no them in the order you prefer. the day, month and year. longer being cared for by a local authority, tick ‘yes’ and provide Child’s sex – Please select the • Some schools may need documents to show the child relevant box to show if your child you to fill in and send them was previously in the care of a is male or female. supplementary forms and local authority. See page 10 for other documents (see page 26 Child’s address – This must be more details. for details). the permanent address where the The information you need to put child lives with their parents or Preferences for on your form is as follows, but the legal guardians and where Child secondary‑phase order of the information is different Benefit is addressed. Please see on the online form. Please see page 9 for full description. school page 25 for details of how Child’s current school – Please School name to send us any documents we select the name of your child’s Please select the name and ask for if you cannot attach your primary or junior school from the borough (if outside the London documents online. menu. If the school is not listed, borough of Barking and Details we ask for you may type this information in Dagenham) of six different Whether you fill in an online or the space given. secondary-phase schools you paper form we need the following want to apply for. You must list the details. You need to fill in a Children with schools in the order you prefer them. Number 1 is the school you separate form for each child. In additional needs the case of twins, triplets and so most prefer and number 6 is the on, make sure you have a different • Please select the relevant box school you least prefer. You must ARN for each child when you to show if your child has a final list all state-maintained schools or apply online. To do this, make sure statement of special educational academies (not private schools) you tick ‘yes’ to the ‘multiple birth’ need or an EHC plan. you are applying for, including question so that you can fill in the any schools outside the borough extra online forms for each child. • Please select the relevant box of Barking and Dagenham. If the to show if your child has any schools you want to apply for are additional needs and give not listed, you must contact the details in the box provided. School Admissions Team before See page 11 for more details. 5pm on 30 October 2020 or your application will be late. Our contact details are on page 27. Please make sure you select the correct school as there are many schools with the same or similar names.

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Siblings (brothers and sisters) you are applying for to see if their UK Armed Forces – Please tick The only LBBD schools that offer admission criteria take account the relevant box to show that you sibling priority are All Saints and of exceptional medical or social are either: Goresbrook Schools. For these reasons. These might include • a UK Armed Forces family with a and other schools outside the religious, philosophical or any confirmed posting to the area; or borough that have a sibling other reasons. criterion, please select the relevant • a crown servant returning from box to show that your child has a If you think there are exceptional overseas to live in the area. brother or sister at the school you medical or social reasons why are applying for. Give the name, your child should go to a particular Please see page 11 for more date of birth and sex of any brother school, select the relevant box details. on your online form to show this or sister who is already at the Password – We need a password (or section 4 of the paper form). school you are applying for. for security purposes only. When With your application, you also This includes a full, half, step, you apply on a paper form, we will need to provide proof to the relevant adopted or long-term fostered need you to give us a password school or LA that is supported by brother or sister living at the same between 8 and 12 letters long. a professional (such as a doctor’s address. If you do not put the Without this information we cannot report). brother’s or sister’s name and date give out information on your of birth in the correct section, we application if you visit or phone us. will not see the information on our Parent’s or carer’s details If you apply online, we will need computer system and so will not Parental responsibility – your application reference number give your child priority under the for security purposes. sibling criterion. The adult listed on the form should be the person or people with We do not consider qualifying parental responsibility for the child Declaration brothers and sisters who are not named. Please give your full name The person with parental named in the correct section on and contact details, and tick the responsibility for the child named your CAF. relevant box to show your title and in section 1 must tick the box in relationship to the child named Children of staff at the school the declaration to confirm that they (for example, tick ‘other family If you are applying to a school for have read and understood the member’ if you are a sister caring your child and that school gives information in this e-booklet and for the child). Please remember to priority to children of staff members, that the information they give is provide documentary evidence of please include the name and job title accurate. If you are filling in a paper legal guardianship if you are not the of the staff member employed by the form, you must sign it in section 6. school and the number of years they child’s natural parent. have worked at the school. Parental address – The only Barking and Dagenham The online form automatically ticks school that uses the ‘children of the box to show that you and your staff’ criterion is All Saints Catholic child share the same address. School (see pages 19 to 20 for If your address is different from the more details). The admission criteria child’s address (for example parents for our other schools are listed on share custody), please un-tick pages 21 to 22. the question box ‘Use your home address?’ and enter your and your Reasons for your preference child’s address details. If you fill in Some local authorities consider a paper form, please explain why social and medical reasons as your address is different from the part of their admission criteria. child’s and give both addresses on We do not do this for our schools. a separate sheet of paper. If we ask If you are applying for a school for proof of address, please make outside the borough, it is very sure you send us the information important that you check the listed on pages 9 to 11. admission criteria of each school

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Getting a receipt days of posting your information, it Providing us with is likely that we did not receive it. In If you apply online and successfully that case, we strongly recommend extra information submit (make) your application, that you apply online and we will If you are providing extra you will get an email confirmation email you a receipt. information or evidence to support and be given an application an online application, you may do reference number. This is your During the Covid-19 pandemic, this online. If you choose to provide receipt. Please make a note of your do not send your documents paper evidence either by scanning application reference number (use by post. Please call or email us and sending the documents the space below) and keep it in a if you have difficulties sending us by emailing us direct, please safe place as you will need to tell it information. remember to include your child’s to us if we have any questions we name, date of birth and application need to ask you. reference number. This will make We cannot accept documents sure that we can match your extra by post this year due to the information to your application. In Covid-19 pandemic. In normal most cases you will need to send circumstances (that is, in other any extra information to the relevant years), if you post your documents school or LA. Please check to us, proof of posting is not carefully with the relevant school or proof that we have received your Apply LA what you need to provide and documents as neither you nor we who needs to receive it. During can prove what was included in www.eadmissions.org.uk the Covid-19 pandemic, do not the envelope. If your documents send your documents by post. are lost in the post at any stage, you will need to contact the Post Please call or email us if you have Office. We accept no responsibility difficulties sending us information. for documents lost in the post. If you do not hear from us within 14

Receipt details Use the space below to record the username, email address and passwords you have used to make your application. Without them you will not be able to go online and see which school place we have offered your child. Your application is only valid when you press the ‘Submit application’ button at the end of the ‘Check & submit’ page. You will then be issued with an application reference number (ARN). The eAdmissions Team will then send you a confirmation email. The email will include all the details of the application you have just made along with your ARN. In the case of twins, triplets and so on, make sure you have an ARN for each child.

Email details used eAdmissions details used

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This is a receipt that shows you have successfully submitted (made) your application.

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Extra documents for All Saints Catholic School

All Saints Catholic School is a Cover note CCP which you must send with the voluntary-aided secondary school You must fill in our cover note baptism certificate straight to All and there are extra steps which (on page 51) if you want to apply Saints Catholic School to confirm Catholics or baptised applicants under our admission criteria 1, 2 whether your child meets the must take. Do not attach your or 3. You should fill in one cover definition of a practising Catholic. cover note, CCP and other note for each child, and send the If your priest is not local and is documents All Saints ask for online notes, with either or both of the unfamiliar with these requirements, − you must send them direct to the documents listed below, to The please ask him to contact the school. Admissions Officer, All Saints All Saints’ Admissions Officer on 020 8270 4247. Common application form (CAF) Catholic School, Terling Road, you must fill in the CAF and list Dagenham RM8 1JT. All Saints Catholic School as one Important notes Baptism documents of your preferences. You must If you want your child to be • If you miss our deadlines, return the form to your home local recognised as a Catholic (under we will class your application authority by the closing date. our admission criteria 1 to 3) as late. The co-ordinated admissions you should send All Saints a photocopy of your child’s • If you are applying through system operated by all local another borough and miss authorities in England works by baptism certificate (or certificate of reception into the Catholic their deadlines, we will class offering an applicant one place your application as late. only, which, if available, will be at Church) by 30 October 2020. If the highest preference school on you want to be recognised as a • We will not deal with any your CAF that has a place to offer practising Catholic, your local late applications until after your child under its criteria. If you priest must also fill in a CCP form. 1 March 2021. We will then want to have a Catholic education Please see the ‘Certificate of place your child on the for your child, you need to put Catholic practice’ section below. school’s interest list along All Saints high up on your list of Certificate of Catholic practice with other children whose preferences to avoid being offered form (CCP) applications were late, and a place at a higher preference If you want to be considered as if places become available school that is not Catholic. a practising Catholic (under our we will offer them using the admission criteria 1 and 2), you admission criteria. Your local must arrange to meet with your authority will tell you which parish priest in time to request a school has offered your child a place. Supplementary information forms SIFs for schools outside Barking and Dagenham

If you are applying to schools If a school or LA asks for outside Barking and Dagenham, a supplementary form and you need to fill in the common documents but you do not send application form from your child’s it direct to them, your application home borough and then check will not be considered under the whether the school needs you to correct criterion for that school Important note fill in a supplementary form and because you did not give them all We will not pass on any forms provide any other documents. If the information they asked for. and documents you attach to so, you must send the information Your application will not be your online form to the school each school has asked for direct to considered if you fill in a school’s or LA on your behalf. You must the relevant school or LA. supplementary form but not send these direct to the school your local authority’s common or LA. application form.

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Returning your information

Supplementary information forms Important notes Please see pages 12 and 13 for details of how to return your forms. • If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list Common application form presented, or the schools you want to apply for are not If you live in this borough you can make your application by going to the listed, you must contact the link on our website at www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions or you can go straight School Admissions Team by to the eAdmissions site at www.eadmissions.org.uk. You must make your 5pm on 30 October 2020. application no later than midnight on 31 October 2020. Do not leave it until Our contact details are on the last day to apply. this page. If you live outside Barking and Dagenham you must fill in the common • Please make sure you application form available from the borough or county council area that you attach all other forms and live in and return that form, to that council by their closing date. documents we ask for. This may be proof that you Late applications are the child’s guardian, Applications we receive after the closing date are late. These late proof of address, or proof applications are processed after applications that are on time. Late that your child is or was in applicants are less likely to get a place at their preferred school. the care of a local authority (pages 9 to 11). • Make sure you read page 25 of our admissions e-booklet for Contacting us details of how to get a receipt and how to send us By phone: additional information. You can call us for information on 020 8215 3004 • It is your responsibility to fill in any extra supplementary By email: information forms (SIF) for any schools or local Email us for information at [email protected] authorities that ask you to do this and send these forms By post: and documents back to them before the closing date. During the Covid-19 pandemic, do not send documents by post. We will not pass on any SIF Please call or email us if you have difficulties sending us information. forms and documents you attach to your online form.

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www.eadmissions.org.uk

If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list provided, or the schools you want to apply for are not listed, you must contact the Apply School Admissions Team by 5pm on 30 October 2020, www.eadmissions.org.uk otherwise your application will be late.

The closing date for your online application and the other information we ask for is 31 October 2020

Apply online for a secondary-phase school place now: www.eadmissions.org.uk

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Our schools and colleges

Barking Abbey – a specialist Dagenham Park All Saints Catholic School sports and humanities college Church of England School

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Eastbury Eastbrook School Community School Goresbrook School

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Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college The Sydney Russell School The Warren School

Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Your child’s secondary education you. This information along with Each of the schools will be able is very important. We believe the virtual school tours should help to give you: that the successful education of you list your preferences (for up • the school prospectus; children greatly depends on a to six schools) on your common good working partnership between application form. Visit as many • the most recent Office for schools and families. We support schools as you can to help you Standards in Education (Ofsted) and encourage this partnership decide your preferences. There will inspection report for the school and want you to become well be no visits to our schools this year (www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports); informed about our schools. We due to the social-distancing rules • the school’s examination and all the schools are committed that are in place because of the results (www.gov.uk/school- to promoting equal opportunities Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, you performance-tables); and and opposing all forms of should visit each school’s website • the governing body’s annual discrimination and prejudice. (listed on the next few pages) and report. watch the virtual tours available at Each school has a page in this most of our schools. booklet to provide information for 29 All Saints Catholic School

Head teacher: Clare Cantle Virtual school tour available. Address: Terling Road, Dagenham, RM8 1JT See our website for details Phone: 020 8270 4242 Travel information Fax: 020 8595 4024 Buses: 5, 87, 103, 128, 129, 173 and 175 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Dagenham East and Dagenham Web: www.allsaintsschool.co.uk Heathway Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4703 Rail: Chadwell Heath

This is All Saints – (Progress 8 is a measure designed based on gospel values. “Pastoral ‘An outstanding Catholic School’ to encourage schools to offer a care is exceptional and the – Ofsted Section 48 Inspection broad and balanced curriculum at community feels like a big family” January 2019 KS4.) (Excellence in Inclusion Report Welcome to All Saints Catholic 2018). The worth of each person Modern learning School. We are the only Catholic is at the heart of all our policies, voluntary-aided secondary school As a National Teaching School, we including our anti-bullying and in Barking and Dagenham and are are at the forefront of researching equal opportunities policies. and developing strategies to oversubscribed every year. We are Our in-house mentoring schemes proud of our reputation as a warm raise the standards of teaching and learning, not only within and trained counsellors make sure and safe community, committed to that students can be given extra dignity and respect. “An inclusive this school, but across a wider network. Catholic Inspectors emotional and academic support ethos is a central pillar of the when necessary. school” (Ofsted 2018). Every have accredited the school for student is equally valued. They all excellence and providing an The exciting future outstanding education. We work bring their own special gifts to the We are a popular school with a school. We value and encourage closely with our main Catholic primary schools in an attempt to bright future. We set challenging, the strong partnership between the but achievable, academic targets. school and parents, all of whom raise standards of achievement and to make the move from primary We also offer a wide range of we invite to play a full role in the life after-school and outside school of the community. As a Catholic to secondary school easier. Our vision sees education as an activity activities. We are ready to meet the school, we principally serve the learning needs of all students. Catholic parishes of Barking and which stretches beyond our own Dagenham. We also have the boundaries and has a significant Should I apply? support of other local deaneries contribution to help develop For 2020, we received 683 and parishes. a more united and successful wider community. “There is a real applications for the 240 places Outlooks learning culture in the school and available. If you want a place for We are in the top 14 schools students want to learn” (Excellence your child at All Saints, it is vital that nationally for progress and the top in Inclusion Report 2018) you follow all the steps carefully by 5% of schools in the country for the deadline dates. Care within our community progress in English. Our Progress 8 score of 0.5 ranks us beside some The pastoral (support and of the best schools in the country. guidance) system of our school is

30 30 InformationBarking for Abbey parents aboutSchool children (a movingspecialist to secondary sports schools and in humanities 2016 college)

Head teacher: Tony Roe Virtual school tour available. Address: Sandringham Road, Barking, See our website for details IG11 9AG Travel information Phone: 020 3967 7030 Buses: 5, 62, 145 and 387 Fax: 020 8270 4090 Underground: Upney and Barking Stations E-mail: [email protected] Rail: Barking Station Website: www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk Admission number: 360 DfE number: 301-4021

Our head boy, head girl and Our school motto sixth-form student leadership system Give and expect the best. encourage students to develop a sense of responsibility. We have an outstanding record of success in the number of students going on to higher education, including to the highest-ranked Tradition of success Some of the highlights of the universities. A heavily subscribed inspection report included: Our beliefs dual-campus school, we are a mixed “Pupils are keen to do well and seize comprehensive for 11- to 18-year- the opportunities given by teachers Our vision is to provide a happy, olds. We have 2000 students and to work hard.” caring and stimulating environment a long history of academic, cultural “Subject leaders and teachers where all students will recognise, and and sporting success. endeavour to ensure that all pupils, be given opportunities to achieve, their potential – academically, An exciting future regardless of their starting points, are helped to achieve their potential.” spiritually and socially – and make The school has nearly completed sure that they are well equipped to “The Sixth Form is a strength of the its exciting expansion programme meet the challenges of education, school.” which has increased the school size work and life. to 12 forms of entry. The school has Success with students Barking Abbey aims to: benefited from improved facilities We have a support and guidance and buildings on both campuses • develop confident, articulate, structure that sees every student as following this significant capital assertive young people; an individual in their own right. funding. • develop well-rounded, Our active school council gives empowered, resilient, independent Success in the classroom students a ‘voice’. young people; The school’s current Progress We provide a disciplined • nurture young people who will go 8 score (a measure designed to environment where students feel out and change the world for the encourage schools to offer a broad comfortable, safe and valued. better; and balanced curriculum at KS4) is We are committed to getting rid of all • increase opportunities through +0.31, which is significantly above forms of bullying. the national average. In 2019, 67% creating an inspirational learning of students achieved grades 9 to 4, Success in the sixth form environment where all students want to achieve their potential and including in maths and English. We have a large and successful sixth making sure that no student is left form with 450 students. behind; Our unique Sports Academy Barking Abbey was inspected by • raise students’ aims – giving them Programme has successfully Ofsted in March 2017 and retained the tools they need to explore and developed the model of the student its ‘Good with Outstanding be who they want to be; features’ judgement. athlete. This leads to many students gaining prestigious scholarships in • encourage individuals to be the USA, and many others following adaptable, ambitious and unafraid an academically challenging pathway to question and evaluate; and while developing their sporting talent. • bring about a sense of belonging We have a highly successful High and a sense of pride in the school, Performance Programme for those themselves and their wider aiming for Oxbridge and Russell community. Group universities.

31 Dagenham Park Church of England School

Head teacher: Chris Ash Virtual school tour available. Address: School Road, Dagenham, RM10 9QH See our website for details Travel information Phone: 020 8270 4400 Buses: 129, 145, 173, 174, 175, 287, 364, 687 and 721 Fax: 020 8270 4409 Underground: Dagenham Heathway and E-mail: [email protected] Dagenham East Stations Website: www.dagenhampark.org.uk Admission number: 270 DfE number: 301-4704

As a school that has a reputation Creative subjects are given The school received its Ofsted for outstanding pastoral care and an equal profile, with uptake inspection in January 2020. We excellent academic achievement, increasing year-on-year. were delighted with the outcome we are delighted that examination and we encourage parent and results show the outstanding Pupils at our Sixth Form carers to read this highly positive progress our students are making. Partnership, which is made up report. of five schools, are provided with Our Progress 8 scores over the a wide selection of courses. We Head teacher, Chris Ash, said: last three years have been 0.18, follow the traditional value of strong “We have worked hard over the 0.05 and 0.14. This shows that discipline and expect pupils to take past two years to put systems students at Dagenham Park are pride in belonging to their school and values in place that will keep making better progress than similar by wearing correct school uniform. improving Dagenham Park. We students nationally. were delighted with the recent The school develops the spiritual, Ofsted report which ratified all our The school has recently undergone moral, social and cultural hard work”. a change in leadership. Chris education of pupils exceptionally Ash, who has been acting head well through the curriculum, a of school for the past two years, is range of assemblies and other now the new head teacher (from enrichment activities. The school September 2020). has recently launched its new vision and values – Believe, Grow, Dagenham Park has been Succeed. Pupils and staff of all recognised nationally for the faiths and backgrounds take part in outstanding work that is taking a wide range of Christian worship place. The school won English each day. Team of the Year at the 2017 TES Awards and was shortlisted for Pupils are well prepared for Creative School of the Year at the life in modern Britain by their 2018 Awards. tutorial lessons, which help them to understand democracy, The school delivers a broad and tolerance of other religions and the balanced curriculum, making sure importance of the rule of law. that the English Baccalaureate is delivered to 60%-80% of students.

3232 InformationEastbrook for parents School about children moving to secondary schools in 2016

Head teacher: Paul Frith Virtual school tour available. Address: Dagenham Road, Dagenham, See our website for details RM10 7UR Travel information Phone: 020 3780 3609 Buses: 103, 129 and 174 Website: www.eastbrookschool.org Underground: Dagenham East Station E-mail: [email protected] Admission number for new pupils: 255 (see note below) DfE number: 301-4023

At Eastbrook we believe that a Schools have different personalities ‘The curriculum is broad and truly outstanding school is one too, and suit different types of balanced, and supported by a that makes it possible for all pupils learners and young people. At wide range of extra-curricular to achieve their best and where Eastbrook School our students activities. These range from academic attainment is high. It is learn to express their own opinion subject learning to sports clubs a place where all pupils develop with respect, and have a voice and wider learning opportunities, the personal qualities that lead to that is heard and valued. We work including a debating club and success in school and university, closely with our students and their challenging outdoor learning in work and in life beyond. If you families to make sure they achieve programmes. Pupils visit places believe this too, then Eastbrook is excellent results and gain the skills of interest, such as museums the school for your child. and characteristics they will need and theatres, and recreate a to enter the adult world confident, high standard of performance Through our unique Character and considerate and able to cope with when they are learning in school. Academics Curriculum, your child life’s challenges. Teachers evaluate the curriculum will be able to follow high-quality regularly and adjust it during the learning pathways, both academic Your child may need additional year, thus helping to maintain and vocational. We will support and support. Our inclusive approach pupils’ interest and motivation. challenge them, and do all we can to education, our excellent Special ‘Pupils say that they are proud to help them be successful. Educational Needs team and our and happy here. They appreciate outstanding support for speakers of how the teachers help them learn Our students have positive attitudes English as an additional language and to enjoy school. The pastoral towards learning, and feel safe make sure that all our students care is of high quality.’ in school. Our results continue excel as valued members of to improve, with many students the school community. In-class OFSTED January 2016 achieving the very top grades at support, small group or individual GCSE and A level and progress programmes and a high priority measures above the national placed on promoting regular Important note average. We encourage our reading makes sure that every The school can admit 270 students to be ambitious and go student achieves their full potential. pupils to Year-7 but 15 places on to university, college, sporting have already been given to excellence, apprenticeships, a wide There has never been a better time Year-6 pupils at the school. range of work, and careers with to join Eastbrook School, where The remaining 255 places training and overseas opportunities. you choose excellence, safety will be issued in line with the and a commitment to working in Your child is unique. Their needs partnership with families. school’s published admission and personality are individual. criteria. See pages 9, 14 and 16.

33 Eastbury Community School Eastbury Community School

Executive Head teacher: Eastbury Mr David Community Dickson School Virtual school tour available.Executive Head teacher: Open evening: BSC (Hons), MA, NPQH See our website for details Executive Head teacher: Open evening: Mr David Dickson BSC (Hons), MA, NPQH Wednesday, 25th September 2019, 5pm to 8pm Address: Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW Travel information Eastbury CommunityMr David Dickson BSC School (Hons), MA, NPQH Wednesday, 25thAddress: September 2019, 5pmHulse to 8pm Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW Travel information Phone: 020 8507 4500 Address: Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UWBuses: 5,Travel 62 informationEL2 and EL3 Fax: 020 8507 4501 Phone: 020 8507 4500 Buses: 5, 62, EL2 and EL3 Executive Head teacher:Phone: 020 8507 4500 OpenUnderground: evening:Buses: 5, Barking62, EL2 and and EL3 Upney Stations E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 020 8507 4501 Underground: Barking and Upney Stations Mr David Dickson Fax:BSC (Hons), MA,020 NPQH8507 4501 Wednesday,Underground: 25th September Barking and 2019, Upney 5pm Stations to 8pm Website: www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.ukE-mail: [email protected]: BarkingRail: Barking Station StationE-mail: [email protected] Rail: Barking Station Address: Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW Travel information Admission number:Website: 300 DfE number:www.eastburyschool.co.uk 301-4024 Website: www.eastburyschool.co.uk Phone: 020Admission 8507 4500 number: 300 DfE number: 301-4024 Buses: 5, 62, EL2 and EL3 Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301-4024 Fax: 020 8507 4501 Underground: Barking and Upney Stations ‘Pupils make good progress overall. In a number E-mail: [email protected]‘Pupils make good progressRail: overall. Barking In a Stationnumber of of subjects in thesubjects secondary in the secondary phase, phase,pupils pupils make make Website: www.eastburyschool.co.uk outstanding progress. This is because of highly ‘Pupils make good progress overall. In a number of outstanding progress.effective subject This leadershipis because and teaching.’of highly Ofsted effective 2018 subjects in the secondary phase, pupils make Admission number: 300 DfE number:subject leadership 301-4024 and teaching.’ Ofsted 2018 outstanding progress. This is because of highly prestigious Universities in the Country stage. Character Education has now effective subject leadership and teaching.’ Ofsted 2018 including Cambridge, Kings College become embedded in all aspect of the ‘Pupils make good progress overall. 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34 InformationGoresbrook for parents School about children– the moving best to insecondary everyone schools in 2016

Principal: Megan Harris Virtual school tour available. Address: Cook Road, Dagenham, RM9 6XW See our website for details Phone: 020 3597 6666 Travel information Email: [email protected] Buses: 145, 173 and 287 Website: www.goresbrookschool.org.uk Underground: Becontree Station

Admission number for new pupils: 60 (see note below) DfE number: 301-4003

A unique journey The Goresbrook Guarantee State-of-the-art building Goresbrook School opened in The Goresbrook Guarantee is In 2016 we moved into our response to significant demand our commitment to help children exceptional new school building. from the local community for develop with a range of different Our secondary wing has state-of- more high-quality school places activities and real-life experiences. the-art techology, science labs, for children aged three to 18. Our secondary students should sports facilities and a library. It is We are the first all-through school expect, as a minimum, to: bright and welcoming with plenty in Barking and Dagenham and aim of space for whole-school events. • read for pleasure daily; to provide a seamless education Come and see for yourself at one from the moment children join us • play a musical instrument; of our open events. until they head off to university. Our secondary-phase students • attend clubs and try out Dedicated care and attention have made an exceptional start to new ones; As a new school, we have been school life, and we look forward • meet inspirational people; able to hand-pick a team of to welcoming our next intake in outstanding staff to teach and September 2021. • go on cultural and activity trips support our students. So, as To university and beyond in London and beyond; well as enjoying our brand new building, our students will have a Our curriculum is broad and deep, • visit universities; superb opportunity to receive truly offering a full range of aspirational, • take on leadership and focused care and attention that academic courses. From music volunteering roles; is not often available elsewhere. to French and maths, we aim to Our priority is making sure that our develop students’ knowledge • gain work experience; and students make a happy, successful of subjects that universities and start to secondary-phase school. employers are really looking for. • give presentations to real When they leave us, our students audiences in real-life situations. will have the knowledge, skills and Important note attributes they need to earn places at the top universities and be The school can admit 120 successful in rewarding careers. pupils to Year-7, but 60 places have already been given to Year-6 pupils at the school. The remaining 60 places will be issued in line with the school’s published admission criteria. See pages 9, 14 and 16.

35 Greatfields School

Head teacher: Richard Paul BA (Hons), MA Virtual school tour available. Address: St Marys, Barking, IG11 7TD See our website for details Phone: 020 3946 5900 Travel information E-mail: [email protected] Buses: 62, 287, 368 and 387 Website: www.greatfieldsschool.com Underground: Barking Station

Admission number: 180 DfE number: 301-4006

Why choose Greatfields? in lessons as this is how they will We offer an extended curriculum, Greatfields is a school for the local learn best. with a number of different clubs community and our mission is running every night after school, Behaviour in the school is excellent to provide the young people of including football, netball, table and is built on three simple the community with a first-class tennis, basketball, STEM (science, principles: education. We have state-of-the-art technology, engineering and maths facilities, and our site is due to be 1. high expectations; subjects), art, photography, dance, drama, debate and cooking clubs. completed by September 2021. 2. clear routines; and The school was rated ‘good’ by Ofsted in June 2019, with both the 3. positive relationships between leadership and behaviour being staff and students. judged as ‘outstanding’. The report We want our students to feel describes the school as a place safe and happy in school and “where outstanding behaviour and we achieve this by setting clear good-quality teaching are the norm”. boundaries for students and making We are extremely proud of what the sure staff and students respect each school has already achieved and other. We care deeply about our are excited about building on this students and want the very best for success in the years to come. them. Teaching and learning is at We have high ambitions for our the heart of everything we do students and believe that they can at Greatfields. We are a highly compete with any other child in inclusive school and believe that the country. Starting in Year-7, we all students need to be challenged provide high-quality careers advice and stretched, regardless of their and experiences for our students so starting points. We make sure our that they start thinking about their curriculum meets the needs of futures from an early age. Students all of our students. Our approach have the opportunity to visit to teaching and learning is that universities, colleges and a variety students should be working harder of businesses, both in London than the teacher in lessons, should and beyond, in order to start have the opportunity to work understanding what life beyond with their peers in lessons, and school looks like. should feel safe to make mistakes

36 Jo Richardson Community School

Head teacher: Ges Smith BA (Hons) Virtual school tour available. Address: Castle Green, Gale Street, See our website for details Dagenham, RM9 4UN Travel information Phone: 020 8270 6222 Fax: 020 8270 6223 Buses: 62, 145, 173 and 287 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Becontree Station Website: www.jorichardson.org.uk Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301-4029

‘The school offers an exceptionally caring and challenging education to enable all its students to ACHIEVE.’ Ofsted

Why Jo Richardson Community in every aspect of their school lives. • ‘students feel very safe and School? We also expect our students to secure. The school has a strong At JRCS we are committed to pass those high standards onto our approach to anti-bullying. All reaching the highest standards in local community. students consider that bullying is extremely rare and believe the everything we do. We want all our The school places great emphasis school deals with it quickly and students to achieve the best possible on the pastoral care and social successfully when any incidents examination results as well as have education of the students. This is occur’. the opportunity to take part in a wide based on traditional values that range of extra-curricular activities. encourage responsibility, self-respect All these judgements support our We strongly believe this can only and a commitment to hard work. commitment to making sure that happen in a well-ordered and every student achieves their full We have developed a modern respectful environment where only potential while attending our school. uniform that promotes the positive the highest standards of behaviour image and reputation of the JRCS, Our systems are set up to regularly are acceptable, and where teachers while reflecting the practical needs monitor students’ achievements are fully committed to making sure of the students. to make sure everyone is reaching these goals become a reality. the expected academic standards. In May 2013, Ofsted judged that Our £30 million building on Castle We offer an extensive range of JRCS was a good school with Green offers outstanding facilities, extra-curricular activities, including outstanding leadership and and we would encourage all many foreign trips, to build on our governance. This judgement was students and parents to come and students’ educational and social reinforced by a further Ofsted see the site. With the excellent experience at school. inspection (section 8 inspection) in reputation we have created, and November 2017. Our sixth form is part of a highly the facilities available, there could successful partnership operating not be a more exciting time to be Ofsted also commented that: with four other local schools joining the school. • ‘the head teacher is relentless in offering our students access to an his drive for high standards and ‘Success for All’ extensive range of academic and provides strong leadership’; vocational courses. Central to our work is the motto • ‘relationships between staff and ‘Success for All’, supported by our Jo Richardson was Barking’s MP students are very positive and for 20 years and gave great service ‘ACHIEVE’ agenda, a commitment supportive’; to student progress that is to the borough. We are determined • ‘the support and care offered to highlighted by positive, effective that this school will continue to students by all the staff are a real support systems and productive provide a lasting reminder of her strength of the school’; and partnerships between all members contribution to the area. of the school community. We expect our students to set themselves the highest standards

37 InformationRiverside for Schoolparents about children moving to secondary schools in 2016

Head teacher: Andrew Roberts BSc (Hons) Virtual school tour available. Address: Renwick Road, Barking IG11 0FU See our website for details Phone: 020 3946 5888 E-mail: [email protected] Travel information: Website: www.riversidecampus.com Bus: EL1 and EL3 Twitter: @RiversideCampus Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301-4001

Excellence for all ‘High aspiration is an expectation Riverside School opened in 2013. for everybody at Riverside By 2019 it will have over 1000 School.’ Ofsted 2015 students, including 120 sixth- Traditional values form students in Years 12 and 13. Riverside will eventually grow to We follow the traditional values of its full capacity of 1800 students, strong discipline, a school uniform including a large sixth form, by and a demanding classroom 2022. Riverside students achieved environment. Our first priority is to develop every child’s academic Clubs, activities, sports, their first set of examination results arts and music in 2017. In 2018 Riverside achieved potential to the maximum. All At Riverside, a vast choice of an outstanding Progress 8 score of students follow a broad and after-school clubs offers students +0.91, placing Riverside School in balanced academic curriculum an opportunity to further develop the top 2% of schools in England. from Year-7 to Year-11. We set very high standards and receive full wider essential skills. As well as the “Your inclusive approach to backing from parents. highest academic qualifications, sharing your vision and driving these wider skills get students ‘Students’ behaviour around change results in pupils’ school and in lessons is ready for success when applying impressive outcomes by the end exemplary. They are eager to to highly selective universities. of Year-11.” Ofsted 2019. learn and contribute very well to These clubs include STEM lessons.’ Ofsted 2015 (science, technology, engineering Learning at its core and maths subjects), computer Riverside students love learning. Best classrooms and exceptional programming, drama, dance, We place students in one of three sports and music facilities debating, football, netball, athletics, bands and all lessons take place basketball, handball, various other within these bands. From Year-8 Riverside’s newly built £45 million campus on Barking Riverside sports, choir and the school band. onwards, we also put students into We strongly encourage all students sets, for core subjects (English, has exceptional facilities. Every general classroom is 50% bigger to take individual music tuition, maths and science). Excellent by providing one-to-one weekly teaching means all learners are than average. All subjects benefit from this outstanding new building, instrument lessons provided by our always challenged, so all students own music tutors. make exceptional progress which includes state-of-the-art compared with national standards. music studios, science labs, a ‘We were impressed with your We regularly review each student’s four-court sports hall, a fitness suite, ambitions for Riverside School and its pupils, particularly your progress to make sure they are in a dance studio and a library. The interest in improving not just the correct band or set. outdoor sports facilities include a full-size 4G Astroturf pitch and four their academic outcomes but multi-use games areas. their wider skills.’ Sir Peter Lampl, Executive Chairman – The Sutton Trust.

38 Robert Clack School of Science (a specialist college)

Head teacher: Russell Taylor Virtual school tour available. Address: Gosfield Road, Dagenham, RM8 1JU See our website for details Phone: 020 8270 4200 Travel information Fax: 020 8270 4210 Buses: 5, 87, 103, 128, 129, 173, 175 and 499 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Heathway Station Website: www.robertclack.co.uk Rail: Chadwell Heath Station Admission number: 540 DfE number: 301-4027

Robert Clack School is a mixed who work at our school are sport, extra-curricular activities (such comprehensive school for 11 to completely committed to delivering as debating) and educational visits, 19 year olds with around 2200 an outstanding education to our both in the UK and abroad. Among students, including a thriving and pupils so that they become the many recent successes, our junior successful sixth form of over 400. best people they can be. We athletics squad came second in believe in our pupils, and we are the national athletics final, and we The school educates students determined to make sure that have competed in several borough, across three sites. The Green Lane they believe in themselves by county and national finals across site is for pupils in Years 7 to 9 and embracing the original school a range of sports. Our debating also hosts a number of sixth-form motto: ‘forti difficile nihil’ - ‘for the society won both the winter and lessons. Students move on to the brave, nothing is difficult’. summer Model United Nations Gosfield Road site in Year-10 and conferences, which are prestigious stay there for Years 11, 12 and Pupils across the school international debating competitions. 13. The new Lymington Fields site demonstrate respect and tolerance opened in September 2020 to towards each other, staff and Continued success, continued provide an additional 180 places visitors. They are proud of their investment for students in Year-7. school, their sporting and cultural ‘…senior leaders and governors are Values accolades and their achievements.’ ambitious for the young people in Ofsted, October 2016 [their] care and passionate about the At Robert Clack School, we strive quality of education that [the school] for excellence in all that we do ‘Pupils move around the large provides.’ Ofsted, October 2016 to give our pupils the knowledge, school site in an orderly way and skills and attributes they need to wear their uniform with pride.’ The school continues to benefit fulfil their potential and make a Ofsted, October 2016 from significant investment in new valuable contribution to society. The school has a national reputation buildings on all sites. During the We are proud of our calm and for sport, extra-curricular activities 2018-2019 academic year, two new ordered learning environment, such as debating, and educational state-of-the-art classroom blocks which is built on the traditional visits (both in the UK and abroad). were opened, one on the Green values of: Academic and vocational Lane site and one at Gosfield Road. As a result of our huge popularity, • mutual respect; excellence our third site opened in September • compassion for others; Our pupils achieve excellent 2020 as part of a local authority • discipline; outcomes in a broad range of and government school-expansion • high expectations and ambitions; academic and vocational subjects, programme. This new site is known and and go on to pursue careers in as Robert Clack Lymington Fields • hard work. a wide variety of industries. The and by 2024 will provide education The teaching and support staff school has a national reputation for for students in Years 7 to 11.

39 InformationThe Sydney for parents Russell about children School moving to secondary schools in 2016

Principal: Janis Davies BA Virtual school tour available. Address: Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT See our website for details Phone: 020 8270 4333 Travel information Fax: 020 8270 4377 Buses: 5, 62, 87, 145, 364, 129, 173, 175 and 499 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Becontree and Dagenham Heathway Station Website: www.sydneyrussellschool.com Admission number for new pupils: 330 (see note below) DfE number: 301-4028

Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ 2013 Traditional values • “Teaching at the school is We follow the traditional values of outstanding” strong discipline, school uniform and a demanding classroom • “Students make outstanding environment. Our first priority is to progress” develop every child’s academic • “Students’ GCSE attainment potential to the maximum. We set is high because the school high standards and we expect full encourages all students to be backing from parents. aspirational” Best classrooms and computer • “Students take their learning facilities in the country very seriously” • “Relationships between staff Sydney Russell has been entirely and students are positive and rebuilt or refurbished at a cost respectful” of £25 million. Every general classroom is 50% bigger than Grouping by ability normal with 32 computers in every single one, so that all students We have no mixed-ability classes have access to a computer at all – we believe students learn best times. All subjects benefit from when they work with students of superb facilities. similar ability to themselves. We place students in one of three ability Clubs, activities, sports, bands and all lessons take place arts and music within these bands. As a result, teachers are able to develop every A wide range of clubs and activities child at the right pace, with high- is on offer, including chess, ability students moving ahead very science, humanities, mathematics, Important note quickly and those who need extra computers, languages, art, football, The school can admit 360 support getting the help they need. cricket, netball, rugby, basketball, pupils to Year-7 but 30 places We regularly review each student’s volleyball, athletics, choir and have already been given to progress to make sure they are orchestra. We strongly encourage in the correct band. Students of individual music tuition, and we Year-6 pupils at the school. The exceptional ability are placed in one have one of the highest take-ups in remaining 330 places will be of our ‘High Achievers’ tutor groups. the borough. issued in line with the school’s published admission criteria. See pages 9, 14 and 16.

40 The Warren School

Head teacher: Ms Jennifer Ashe Virtual school tour available. Address: Whalebone Lane North, Chadwell See our website for details Heath, RM6 6SB Travel information Phone: 020 8270 4500 Buses: 62, 66, 86, 173, 251, 362 and 551 Fax: 020 8270 4484 Rail: Chadwell Heath Station E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thewarrenschool.net Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4004

Values Pastoral support to India, to musicals in the West End, At The Warren School we prepare our Our pastoral systems are supportive the Lord Mayor’s Show, Tate Modern, students for the changing demands and rigorous and our mentoring the Natural History Museum, Warwick of the future. We value character system makes sure that any student University, ongoing workshops with alongside academic success and who needs extra support to reach the Metropolitan Police, Safe Drive foster both of these to mould our their potential receives this. We take Stay Alive and to the Globe Theatre. students for the opportunities they behaviour for learning very seriously We also have a series of activities will face. Each student develops as and expect students to take part in all throughout Years 7 to 13 that help to an individual, a partner, a member lessons wholeheartedly. We take pride create well-rounded young people of a team and as a citizen. We are in our school and our students show who take part in and contribute to their committed to the success of all this by wearing our uniform correctly. wider community, including visiting our students. places of worship, raising funds for Student leadership charity and performing in front of an Curriculum audience. More than 400 students Student leadership is at the heart of our have been trained in first aid and CPR. We offer a broad and balanced school. Each year group has its own curriculum that will prepare our elected council that meets regularly Sixth form students for any career. Alongside and makes decisions and takes the compulsory core subjects of actions to put them into practice. This Our sixth form is growing both in size English, maths and science, students leadership feeds into a whole-school and its academic profile. We have can choose a range of options to council led by the elected head girl and a stand-alone sixth form that caters interest them and prepare them head boy and the school parliament for all of our students. Our students for success in the workplace. As group. We take the opinions of our were awarded places in Russell Group well as our focus on exam success students seriously and mould students universities, such as Kings College, and student progress, we focus on to be leaders of the future. London. All students who applied for developing character and resilience university places were successful and, that will stand our students in good Enrichment for the first time, a student was awarded stead, whatever their career path. a place at Oxford University. Students We have an extensive enrichment are mentored on their pathways to programme that develops our students Attainment and progress university and take part in many beyond the classroom. Students have programmes, including the Futures Year-on-year, the school has made worked in school with Drum Works Programme where they shadow improvements in attainment at drumming project and Arc Theatre students at Cambridge University and both GCSE and A level. Group. We also took students on a are allocated an Oxbridge graduate as range of trips, including a recent trip a personal mentor.

41 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2021

The timetable of events

Date What happens

1 September 2020 The admissions process starts and parents may apply online.

Virtual tours – There will be no visits to schools this year due to the social- distancing rules that are in place because of the Covid-19 pandemic. 1 September 2020 Instead, you should visit each school’s website (listed on pages 30 to 41) and watch the virtual tours available at most of our schools. Deadline for extra documents and the certificate of Catholic 30 October 2020, 5pm practice (CCP) to arrive at All Saints Catholic School, Terling Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM8 1DS. Deadline for written documents to arrive at the School Admissions Team. 30 October 2020, 5pm If we receive your application or any documents after this date and time, we treat them as late. National closing date. Deadline for on-time applications submitted 31 October 2020, 12 midnight online. If we receive your application or any documents after this date and time, we treat them as late. National offer date. We send results to parents to tell them our decisions on applications. We cannot tell you decisions over the phone. If you have 1 March 2021 applied online, you can see the results of your application after 7pm on 1 March 2021, otherwise you must wait up to two days for your letter to be delivered if you filled in paper form. Deadline for accepting the offer of a school place at All Saints Catholic 15 March 2021 School, All-through schools and schools outside the borough. Deadline for receiving filled-in appeal forms for all Barking and Dagenham 30 March 2021 schools for the first round of appeal hearings. We send letters to parents who have not applied for a school place to tell 31 March 2021 them what school has been allocated to their child.

April to July 2021 Appeals will be heard for all schools. Parents are invited to these appeals.

www.eadmissions.org.uk

If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list provided, or the schools you want to apply for are not listed, you must contact the Apply School Admissions Team by 5pm on 30 October 2020, www.eadmissions.org.uk otherwise your application will be late.

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Map of secondary-phase schools in the borough

Key 1 All Saints Catholic School 2 Barking Abbey School – a specialist sports college (Sandringham Road site) 2a Barking Abbey School – a specialist sports college (Longbridge Road site) 3 Dagenham Park Church of England School 4 Eastbrook School 5 Eastbury Community School 6 Goresbrook School 7 Greatfields School 8 Jo Richardson Community School 9 Riverside School 10 Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (Goresfield Road site) 12 10a Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (Green Lane site) 10b Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (Lymington Fields site) 11 The Sydney Russell School 10b 12 The Warren School 10 10a 1

4 11 2a

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Other London authorities’ school admissions sections

London Borough of London Borough of Hammersmith London Borough of Newham Barking and Dagenham Admissions and Fulham Education Department Admissions Town Hall, Barking, Essex, IG11 7LU Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, Newham dockside, 1000 Dockside Phone: 020 8215 3004 London, W8 7NX Road, London, E16 2QU Phone: 020 7745 6434 Phone: 020 8430 2000 London Borough of Barnet Admissions Haringey Education Authority London Borough of Redbridge Building 2, North London Business River Park House, 225 High Road, Admissions Park, Oakleigh Road South, N11 1NP London, N22 8HQ 255-259 High Road, lIford, Phone: 020 8359 7651 Phone: 020 8489 1000 Essex, IG1 1NN Phone: 020 8708 3562 Bexley Council Admissions Harrow Council Admissions Civic Offices, 2 Watlin Street, PO Box 22, Civic Centre, Harrow, London Borough of Richmond upon Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT Middlesex, HA1 2UW Thames Admissions Phone: 020 8303 7777 Phone: 020 8901 2620 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ Phone: 020 8891 7514 Brent Education Authority London Borough of Havering Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Education Service London Borough of Southwark Wembley, HA9 0FJ Town Hall, Main Road, PO Box 64529, London, SE19 5LX Phone: 020 8937 3110 Romford, RM1 3BD Phone: 020 7525 5337 Phone: 01708 434 600 London Borough of London Borough of Sutton Bromley School Admissions London Borough of Hillingdon Admissions Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Admissions Civic offices, St Nicholas way, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3UH Civic Centre, High Street, London, SM1 1EA Phone: 020 8313 4044 Uxbridge, UB8 1UW Phone: 020 8770 5000 Phone: 01895 556 644 Camden Education Authority Tower Hamlets Education Authority 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG London Borough of Hounslow Pupil services, Mulberry Place, Clove Phone: 020 7974 1625 Admissions Crescent, London, E14 2BG Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow, Phone: 020 7364 5006 City of London Education Service TW3 4DN London Borough of Waltham Forest PO Box 270, Guildhall, Phone: 020 8583 2721 London, EC2P 2EJ School Admissions Service, Town Hall Phone: 020 7332 1002 London Borough of Islington School Complex, Forest Road, London, E17 4JF Admissions Section Phone: 020 8496 3000 Croydon Council 222 Upper Street, London, N1 1XR Education Department Phone: 020 7527 5515 Bernard Weatherill House, 8 Mint Walk, Wandsworth Council Admissions Croydon, CR0 1EA Royal Borough of Kensington and Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, Phone: 020 8726 6400 Chelsea London, SW18 2PU Kensington Town Hall, Horton Street, Phone: 020 8871 7316 Ealing Council Admissions London, W8 7NX Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Phone: 020 7745 6432 / 6432 / 6434 Westminster Education Authority London, W5 2HL Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, Phone: 020 8825 5511 Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Admissions London W8 7NX London Borough of 42 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BW Phone: 020 7745 6432 Enfield Admissions Phone: 020 8547 4610 PO Box 56 Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, EN1 3XQ London Borough of Lambeth Neighbouring authorities’ Phone: 020 8379 5501 Admissions school admissions 10th Floor, International House, sections London Borough of Canterbury Crescent, SW9 7QE Greenwich Admissions Phone: 020 7926 9503 Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Essex County Council London, SE18 6HQ London Borough of Lewisham PO Box 4261, Chelmsford, CM1 1GS Phone: 020 8921 8043 Admissions Phone: 0345 603 2200 3rd Floor, Laurence House, 1 Catford Email: [email protected] Hackney Education Authority Road, SE6 4RU The Learning Trust (Hackney), Phone: 020 8314 8282 (9am-12pm) Thurrock Council 1 Reading Lane, London, E8 1GQ PO Box 118, Civic Offices, Grays, Essex, Phone: 020 8820 7000 London Borough of Merton RM17 6GF Civic Centre, 100 London Road, Phone: 01375 652 883 Morden, SM4 5DX Email: [email protected] Phone: 020 8274 4906

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Glossary Definitions of the words used in this e-booklet

Term Definition Academy and Free Schools that receive funding directly from central government, but have independence from Schools day-to-day local authority (LA) and government control. They may receive extra support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financial or other types of support. The school is its own admission authority and governors are responsible for setting the admission criteria and arranging appeals. Admission Entry to a school. Admission authority The organisation that draws up the admission arrangements and sets out the admission criteria for the schools that it maintains. The LA is the admission authority for community schools, and each voluntary aided school is its own admission authority. All admission authorities within an LA must link together to co-ordinate their admission arrangements. Admission criteria Conditions set by the admission authority which are used to decide whether or not a place can be offered to a child. Admission number The maximum number of children that may go to the school within a school year. Appeals procedure The process for questioning a decision not to offer your child a place at the school you have applied for. Certificate of Catholic The form that the priest signs to confirm your commitment to your faith as shown by your links practice (CCP) with your local church. It is used by voluntary-aided schools to apply their admission criteria. This form is only valid if you also fill in the CAF, and give that school all the information they need. Common application The name of the LA form used by anyone applying for a school place. form (CAF) Community schools Schools within an LA which are maintained by the LA. The LA is responsible for admitting children to these schools. Department for The central government department responsible for making appropriate laws and developing Education (DfE) guidance to help the education of children and young people in England and Wales.

Educational Health The statement is prepared for children who have special educational needs. The statement is Care (EHC) plan prepared in line with the Education Act of 1996 and gives details of the child’s special needs and what should be done to meet these needs. This process is now called the EHC plan (Educational Health Care) under the Children and Families Act 2014. English baccalaureate Certificate for students who achieve grades A*- C in English, mathematics, two sciences, a foreign language and history or geography. Governing bodies Responsible for making sure that the school is managed in line with laws and follows policies in line with the conditions set by the DfE. Infant, junior or ‘Infant schools’ provide education for children aged four to seven, ‘junior schools’ for children primary schools aged seven to 11 and ‘primary schools’ for children aged four to 11. Interest list A list containing the names of every applicant who has been declined a school place but who is still interested in a place at that school. Some LA’s will call these waiting lists. Local authority (LA) The council is responsible for many services and this includes providing education across schools within the council’s boundaries. Office for Standards The central government department responsible for inspecting the quality of education and in Education (Ofsted) welfare provided by schools and organisations that provide childcare. Preference The list of schools you would like your child to go to. You write these schools on your CAF. Prospectus A booklet or document which contains information describing a school, its day-to-day life and its way of teaching and learning. Sibling Either a full, half, step or long-term fostered brother or sister living at the same address.

Voluntary aided (VA) LA schools run in partnership with ‘voluntary bodies’ (usually religious organisations). schools The voluntary sector (the Catholic or Church of England Diocese) are responsible for maintaining the buildings, and the governors of the schools are responsible for setting the admission criteria and arranging appeals (the schools’ admission authorities). Voluntary controlled Can be called a religious or faith school, but the LA is responsible for running the school. schools The LA is responsible for setting the admissions criteria and arranging appeals. 45 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2021

Options for 14 to 19-year-olds (Techical and training schools)

Children do not need to spend Studio schools are for 14 to 19 year How to apply for a Year-10 the whole of their school life olds. Backed by local businesses place for September 2021 at secondary-phase schools. and employers, they are small When your child reaches Year-9, schools which are open all year First contact the techical and there are other types of schools round and have a 9 to 5 working training schools that you would available that your child can move day, so they feel more like a like your child to go and ask to, called technical and training workplace than a school. Working how to apply for a place at their schools. These schools fall within closely with local employers, school. Some schools accept the category of either university studio schools will offer a range of applications direct but others only technical colleges (UTCs) or studio academic and vocational (work- accept applications from the local schools. They are open in some based) qualifications including authority you live in. If the school areas to provide 14 - to 19-year-olds GCSEs in English, maths and or college you are interested in with technically based courses of science, as well as paid work only accepts applications from the study or learning that is based on placements linked directly to local authority you live in, please the skills they will need for work. employment opportunities in the follow the process set out in our local area. Students will gain a wide information e-booklet ‘Techical and UTCs have university and employer range of life skills to improve their training schools’. (This process is sponsors who offer techically chances of employment through summarised below.) based courses to combine national the ‘CREATE skills framework’. curriculum requirements with From 1 September 2020, fill in Pupils will have the option to go on techical and vocational elements. our Common Application Form to university or further training, and UTCs must specialise in subjects (CAF) and list up to three different into employment. that require techical and modern schools. The closing date is equipment (such as engineering We have a UTC school in our 31 October 2020. See page and construction), that will be borough. It is called ELUTEC 13 for how to apply online. taught alongside business and ICT and is on Rainham Road South, The instructions are the same as (information communication and Dagenham RM10 7XS. you would use for applying for a techology) skills. UTCs should offer secondary-phase school place for There is a list of other UTCs or clear routes into higher education your child. studio schools in the south-east or further learning in work. area on the next page of this We will pass on your request to the e-booklet. relevant school or local authority and exchange all possible offers. If a place is available, you will receive an offer from the local authority at the school you ranked highest on your application form. If you make your application on time, all local authorities will send the results on national offer day, which is 1 March 2021.

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Techical and training schools in the south-east area BMAT STEM Academy Logic Studio School Specialism: Computing, Science, Engineering Specialism: Computing Location: Velizy Avenue, Harlow, Location: Browells Lane, Feltham, Essex, CM20 3EZ Middlesex, TW13 7EF Phone: 01279 307254 Phone: 020 8831 3000 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.btmatstem.org.uk Website: www.logicstudioschool.org De Salis Studio College London Design and Engineering UTC Specialism: Business and Finance Specialism: Design and Engineering Location: Hewens Road, Hayes End, Location: Docklands Campus, University Way, Middlesex, UB4 8JP London, E16 2RD Phone: 020 8573 2097 Phone: 07714 255 193 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.desalisstudiocollege.co.uk Website: www.ldeutc.co.uk Mulberry UTC Elstree UTC Specialism: Health, science, business, media Specialism: Multimedia, Production Arts, and theatre Digital technology and communication for Location: Parnell Road, Bow, London, E3 entertainment industries Phone: 020 3137 7024 Location: Studio Way, Borehamwood, Email: [email protected] Hertfordshire, WD6 5NN Website: www.mulberryutc.co.uk Phone: 020 8386 6220 Email: [email protected] Parkside Studio College Website: www.elstreeutc.co.uk Specialism: Creative Media, Construction, Health and Social Care, Hospitality and Catering, Hairdressing and Elutec Beauty Therapy, Sport and Leisure Specialism: Product Design and Engineering Location: Wood End Green Road, Hayes, Location: Yew Tree Avenue, Rainham Road South, Middlesex, UB3 2SE Dagenham East, RM10 7XS Phone: 020 8573 2097 Phone: 020 3773 4670 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.parksidestudiocollege.co.uk Website: www.elutec.co.uk Sir Simon Milton Westminster UTC Global Academy UTC Specialism: Transport Engineering and Construction Specialism: Creative, Techical, Broadcast and Location: Westminster Digital Media Phone: 020 3506 9277 Location: The Old Vinyl Factory, Blyth Road, Email: [email protected] Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1HA South Bank Engineering UTC Phone: 020 7766 6000 Specialism: Engineering for Building and Health Sectors Email: [email protected] Location: Brixton Website: www.globalacademy.com Phone: 020 7815 8181 Heathrow Aviation Engineering UTC Email: [email protected] Specialism: Aviation Engineering Website: www.southbank-utc.co.uk Location: Potter Street, Northwood, Space Studio West London Middlesex, HA6 1QG Specialism: Space, Aerospace, Science and Maths Phone: 01923 602 130 Location: Letchworth Avenue, Feltham, Email: [email protected] Middlesex, TW14 9RY Website: www.heathrow-utc.org Phone: 020 3696 8140 Leigh UTC Email: [email protected] Specialism: Computer science and Engineering Website: www.spacestudiowestlondon.org Location: Brunel Way, The Bridge Development, Watford UTC Dartford, Kent, DA1 5TF Specialism: Computer science, Travel and tourism, Phone: 01322 626 600 Hospitality, and Event management Email: [email protected] Location: Colonial Way, Watford, Website: www.theleighutc.org.uk Hertfordshire, WD24 4PT Phone: 01923 905 240 Email: [email protected] Website: www.watfordutc.org 47 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2021

Useful information and services

Important note: Choice advice from the Council Tax Section Family Information Service (FIS) The Covid-19 pandemic means If you live in the borough of Barking some of our council buildings Moving from primary to and Dagenham and you need a listed in this document may secondary-phase school can copy of your recent Council Tax not be open for you to access. be one of the most difficult bill, please apply in plenty of time Please call the relevant times for families and children. before the closing date to get the department or check our The choice adviser is independent documents you need. of the Admission Team and will be website regularly for the most Address: PO Box 48, RM10 7DE up-to-date information. able to: Phone: 020 8227 2926 • offer you help, advice and The Advisory Centre for support in understanding the E-mail: [email protected] admissions process when you Education (ACE) Website: make an application for your ACE is an independent registered www.lbbd.gov.uk/council-tax charity which offers advice for child’s secondary-phase school; parents, and gives information and Department for Education (DfE) about state education in England • access information on your and Wales for children aged five behalf and explain how the You can get useful information, to 16. They offer free advice over procedures affect your individual such as performance tables and the phone on many subjects such circumstances. information on the curriculum, on as exclusion from school, bullying, their website. This should make sure you have special educational needs and Phone: 0370 000 2288 school admission appeals. enough information to help you make a realistic decision about Website: www.education.gov.uk General advice line: your preferences. Phone: 0300 0115 142 The Family Information Service also Eaststreet (information shop for (Open Monday to Wednesday provides information and advice young people) to help people make informed 10am to 1pm, term time only). This offers valuable advice, choices about finding and paying information and support for people Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk for childcare, after-school and in the borough aged 13 to 25. holiday activities for children and Child Benefit Agency young people, and a range of other Phone: 020 8270 4646 extended services in and through If you need to contact this agency Address: 20 East Street, Barking, schools. It offers professional, for a copy of your Child Benefit IG11 8EU impartial information and advice allowance, please give yourself on services for children and young plenty of time before the closing people aged 0 to 19. date to get the documents you need. Address: The Maples, 80a Gascoigne Road, Barking, Address: Child Benefit Office, Essex, IG11 7LQ PO Box 1, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE88 1AA Phone: 020 8227 5395 Phone: 0300 200 3100 E-mail: [email protected] Website: Website: www.lbbd.gov.uk/fis www.gov.uk/contact-child-benefit- office

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Education and training EHC Team Housing Benefit Service opportunities from age 14 The team works closely with The service provides free school All pupils must stay in education or parents, schools, the Community meals and clothing grants for training until they are 18. Educational Psychology Service children who live in Barking and (CEPS) and the Education Dagenham. Year-9 pupils may apply for a place Inclusion Team. Requests for Free school meals – If you are at a university techical college or Special Educational Needs receiving Income Support, income- studio school. Please see page 46 Assessments and placements in based Jobseeker’s Allowance, the or our website about how to apply mainstream schools or specialist guaranteed part of Pension Credit for places. schools (if needed) are carried or Child Tax Credit, you can apply out by the EHC Team. They also For information, applications and for free school meals. appeals about further education provide advice to parents, school in our schools’ sixth forms or staff and other professionals Email: [email protected] colleges, apprenticeships, or within the assessment and review Phone: 020 8227 2970 employment with training, please process. You can contact the team contact our 14 -19 Careers as follows. Guidance & Information Service. Email: [email protected] If the child is refused a place in Phone: 020 8227 2400, further education, you have the Address: EHC Team, right to appeal. We can accept EHC Team, Town Hall, Apply appeal forms separately from Barking, Essex, parents and students above 16 IG11 7LU years old. www.eadmissions.org.uk

Careers Guidance & Information Service Barking Learning Centre – Room G06 www.eadmissions.org.uk 2 Town Square Barking IG11 7NB Monday 9.30am to 5pm If you try to apply online and you cannot see your Thursday 9.30am to 12.30pm exact address in the list provided, or the schools you Phone: 020 8724 8870 want to apply for are not listed, you must contact the Dagenham Library – School Admissions Team by 5pm on 30 October 2020, Either Room 3 or F02 1 Church Elm Lane Dagenham otherwise your application will be late. RM10 9QS Meeting Room 3 Tuesday 9.30am to 12.30pm Wednesday 2pm to 5pm The closing date for your online application Room F02 Wednesday 9am to 12pm and the other information we ask for is Thursday 2pm to 5pm Phone: 31 October 2020 020 8724 2629 020 8724 3763 Apply online for a secondary-phase school place now: 020 8724 3764 www.eadmissions.org.uk

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Library services Office for Standards in for children (between the ages of It costs nothing to join the public Education (Ofsted) 13 and 16 only) who are taking library service in Barking and Ofsted is a government department up part-time employment. Other Dagenham. The library service is set up under the Education responsibilities include protecting for all ages and young children are (Schools) Act 1992. It is responsible the rights of children in care and welcome. Children do not have to for inspecting all schools in certain responsibilities related to know how to read to benefit from England, whether they are funded children who have been reported joining the library. Public libraries by the Government or independent. missing to the police. offer all sorts of books for children To see the most recent report of Address: Town Hall, Barking, from board books and picture a school’s inspection, please visit Essex, IG11 7LU. books to books for advanced Ofsted’s website. readers. Toy libraries will be based Phone: 020 8227 2151 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk. in the Central Library and several E-mail: other libraries in the borough. A [email protected] toy library is a toy equipment and Parents in Partnership Service loan service where parents, carers and children can play together If your child has special educational Virtual School and borrow toys. There are also needs, you may contact the Parents The local authorities’ Virtual School cassettes, CDs, DVDs, videos and in Partnership Service (PIPS). is for Looked After Children and is free access to the internet. Most PIPS is part of ‘Carers of Barking committed to working with others libraries have collections of books and Dagenham’, which offers to: for parents and carers. They also information and support to carers. • overcome disadvantage; provide learning activities during The service is independent from us. • provide equal access to school holidays. The School Library Address: 334 Heathway, learning, and better educational Service provides schools with loans opportunities; of books and audio-visual material. Dagenham, RM10 8NJ • raise levels of achievement; and Phone: 020 8590 6544 The addresses for each of our • promote the health, wellbeing libraries are listed below. and life chances for all children The opening and closing times School Attendance Service in care. are different for each branch. Phone 020 8724 8725 for details. Attendance Service Team If you require any information or assistance please contact the Barking Library – This team provides advice, guidance and support to schools, virtual school for looked after Barking Learning Centre, 2 Town children. Contact details below. Square, Barking, Essex, IG11 7NB parents, carers and children on how to improve school attendance. Address: Town Hall, Barking, Dagenham Library – Good school attendance is linked to Essex, IG11 7LU. 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, good educational achievement. The Essex, RM10 9QS service enforces the laws relating to Phone: 020 8227 2691 Marks Gate Library – school attendance. Email: [email protected] Marks Gate Community Centre, Education Statutory Service Rose Lane, Marks Gate, Chadwell Team Youth Support and Heath, RM6 5NJ This team is responsible for Development Service Robert Jeyes Library – working with families who have This service provides a range Chadwell Heath Community Centre, decided to educate their child (or of educational and personal High Road, Chadwell Heath, children) at home (also known as development programmes for RM6 6AS elective home education or EHE). young people between the ages of Thames View Library – It is also responsible for locating 11 and 19. Sue Bramley Community Centre, children who are missing from Bastable Avenue, Barking, education (those not enrolled at Address: The VIBE, 195-211 IG11 0LG a school and not EHE). The team Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, issues entertainment licences for Essex, RM8 2UT Valence Library – children involved in all forms of Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, Phone: 020 8227 5891 entertainment, and work permits RM8 3HT

50 All Saints Catholic School Cover Note (SIF) Barking & Dagenham Cover note for extra documents All Saints Catholic School – September 2021 entry

Why you should fill in this form If you want to apply for a place at All Saints under the faith criterion, please return this form along with any documents you send us. We set out the admission criteria for our school (see pages 19 to 20 and page 26) in the ‘Moving to secondary school in 2021’ admission e-booklet. If we do not receive this filled-in form with the relevant documents, we will consider your child under criterion 6. If we discover that we have offered your child a place based on false information, we will withdraw the place. What you need to do • The common application form (CAF) – If you want to apply for a place at this school you need to fill in, by 31 October 2020, the CAF provided by the borough you live in. School office stamp Date received • Baptism documents – If you want your child to be recognised as a Catholic or as being baptised, you should send us a photocopy of your child’s baptism certificate (or certificate of reception into the Catholic Church) by 30 October 2020. • Certificate of Catholic practice (CCP) form – If you want to be considered as a practising Catholic, you must arrange to meet with your parish priest in time to request a CCP which you Staff initials must then send, with the baptism certificate photocopy, to the school by 30 October 2020. If your priest is not local and is unfamiliar with these requirements, please ask him to contact the All Saints’ Admissions Officer on 020 8270 4247.

To be filled in by the parent or carer (child’s details given on your CAF)

Child’s first names:

Child’s last name:

Date of birth: Day Month Year

Home address and postcode: (The child’s home is the permanent address where they live with their legal guardian.)

Borough you live in:

Does the child have any siblings (brothers or sisters) at All Saints School? Yes No If yes, you must give the relevant sibling’s name on the CAF provided by your home borough. Parent’s or carer’s full names:

Home phone number: Daytime phone number:

Email address:

You will need to use one cover note for each child. When you have filled in this page, please return it to our school’s admissions officer, with relevant documents below, by 30 October 2020. Please tick which document you have included with this form. The child’s baptism certificate The child’s certificate of reception into the Catholic Church The certificate of Catholic practice from your parish priest 19395 (Only needed if you are applying under our admission criteria 1 and 2.) Our address: Admissions Officer, All Saints Catholic School, Terling Road, Dagenham RM8 1JT 51 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2021

Notes

52 Apply online for a secondary-phase school place: www.eadmissions.org.ukThe closing date for all forms and information Checklist we ask for is 31 October Please read the checklist below before you return your form. 2020 Read the admission process on pages 6 to 27 in this e-booklet.

Fill in and submit your common application form (CAF) online. If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list presented, or the schools you want to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School Admissions Team by 5pm on 30 October 2020 or your application will be late. If your application is late, you are not likely to get a place at an oversubscribed school.

Your online application is only valid when you press the ‘Submit’ button at the end of the ‘Submit your application’ page. You will then be issued with an application reference number (ARN). The eAdmissions Team will then send you a confirmation email which will include all the details of the application you have just made along with your ARN. In the case of twins, triplets and so on, make sure you have a different ARN for each child.

Please make sure you attach all other forms and documents we ask for. This may be proof that you are the child’s guardian, proof of address, or proof that your child is or was in the care of a local authority.

Fill in and return the supplementary information forms if you are applying for schools in or outside the borough, if those schools have asked for them.

Give all relevant documents that have been asked for directly to the school or LA concerned. We will not pass on documents on your behalf.

Please make sure you tell us if any of your or your child’s details change.

www.eadmissions.org.uk Apply If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list provided, or the schools you want to www.eadmissions.org.uk apply for are not listed, you must contact the School Admissions Team by 5pm on 30 October 2020, otherwise your application will be late.

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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Phone. 020 8215 3000

Out of hours emergencies only Phone. 020 8215 3024 Fax. 020 8227 3470 E-mail. [email protected] Website. www.lbbd.gov.uk

We have tried to make sure that this information is correct at the time of going to print. However, information may change from time to time.

You must not copy this document without our permission. © 2020 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Date: August 2020

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