How to apply Harrow a guide to Admissions secondary schools Open days Map Apply now 2017-2018 Contents Your application How places were offered 2016 How to apply How the application process works School open days Late applications Admissions arrangements Schools information Applying for schools in other boroughs Children with Special Educational Needs University technical colleges and studio schools Appeals Sixth form education Schools map Your application Your application must be received by Monday, 31 October 2016 To avoid any last-minute problems, we strongly recommend you submit your Home application by Friday, 21 October 2016. This is the Friday before the half-term holiday If your child does not live in Harrow, but you wish to apply for a Harrow school, please contact your child’s local authority to make an application. If your child lives in Harrow, and was born between 1 September 2005 and 31 Map August 2006, and is due to start secondary school in September 2017, the full timetable for applications is: 1 September 2016 Website opens, and you can apply online at http://www.eadmissions.org.uk Admissions September / October 2016 Secondary schools hold Open Days / Evenings. Parents applying for a Voluntary Aided school must complete and return a supplementary information form direct to the school. These forms are available from the school or www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions Apply now Friday 21 October 2016 Last Friday before the half-term holiday. We strongly recommend that you submit your application by this date to avoid any delay. Monday 31 October 2016 Closing date for applications. Parents applying for a Voluntary Aided school must complete and return a supplementary information form direct to the school. Wednesday 1 March 2017 Emails sent to parents with the outcome of their application. Please wait until you have received the email before logging on to the e-Admissions website. In some cases, letters will be sent through the post Wednesday 15 March 2017 Deadline for acceptance or decline of offer. Thursday 13 April 2017 Closing date for receipt of appeals. If your child lives in Harrow, and is due to start secondary school in September 2017, but was not born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006, please do not fill out an application form. Instead, contact us on 0208 901 2620 or email [email protected] How places were offered in 2016 This table shows how places were allocated to year. Please do not assume that because to children starting at Harrow’s secondary children in your area attend a particular schools in September 2016. school that your child will also be offered a It shows how many places were available, place. how many people applied for those places Harrow schools do not have catchment areas and how those places were then allocated. as part of their admission arrangements1. Home These are the statistics for last year, and while Schools in Harrow use distance as part of this year’s statistics may be similar, the level their admission arrangements. All schools and pattern of demand for schools changes in Harrow measure distances from home every year. This means that the distances to school in a straight line from the home cited in the table below change from year address to the school. Map Admissions School name Number of applications receieved Number of places available Special Educational Needs - EHC Plans Looked-after children Medical/Social needs child Medical parent Sibling Children of staff school Feeder Random allocation Distance criteria distance offered in miles* Furthest Apply now Avanti House 496 180 3 0 0 0 30 0 22 63 62 1.03 Bentley Wood 716 210 2 1 2 1 47 1 n/a 146 10 0.55 Canons High 708 210 10 1 1 0 65 1 n/a n/a 132 1.36 Harrow High 439 180 1 0 0 0 31 0 n/a n/a 67 5+ Hatch End 479 240 5 0 0 0 43 1 n/a n/a 100 5+ Nower Hill 1479 300 11 3 1 0 139 0 n/a n/a 146 0.97 Park High 843 260 4 3 0 0 94 1 n/a n/a 158 1.35 Pinner High 639 180 3 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 136 5+ Rooks Heath 488 210 7 0 1 0 47 0 n/a n/a 155 3.63 Salvatorian 189 150 Information for Salvatorian College and The Sacred Heart Sacred Heart 418 150 Language College can be obtained directly from the school Whitefriars 192 60 3 0 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a 55 3.70 Whitmore 1307 270 9 2 2 0 81 n/a n/a n/a 176 0.93 * Distance is measured in a straight line from the home address to the centre point of the school 1 Catchment area for the purposes of admissions is a defined geographical area set out in the admission arrangements. Total places available: This is the “PAN” or Published Admissions Number. SEN: These are children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or an Educational, Health and Care Plan. Random Allocation: These are places allocated by random computer selection from the applications received. All applications inside this distance were accepted. Distance is measured in a straight line from the home address to the centre point of the school site as defined by the school using a computerised mapping system based on ordnance survey data. Tables for previous years are available on our website How to apply Apply using our online form Home We ask everyone to apply using secondary school in September the online form with the following 2017 but was not born between 1 exceptions: September 2005 and 31 August 2006, please do not complete an application 1. If your child has a statement form. Please contact us on 0208 901 Map of Special Educational Needs 2620 or email schooladmissions@ or Educational, Health and Care harrow.gov.uk to apply. Plan, please do not complete an 3. You cannot apply for private or application form. independent schools through this 2. If your child wishes to begin process. Admissions Frequently Asked Questions Do I need to register? Do I have to complete the form all at once? Yes, you will first need to register your Apply now details with the website and will be sent No – if you wish, you can complete part a user name and password. of the form, save your position and return later to review, complete or change it. What is the deadline? Every time you change your application you will receive a confirmation email. Your application must be complete and submitted by 31 October 2016. You can Are there any tools online to make changes to your application right help me choose schools? up to the closing date. The online application system has a What happens if I do not search facility to help you find schools submit my application in time? in the local area and offers links to more information about the schools. At the end of the process, you will be invited to “submit” the form. Failure to Can I apply for a Harrow school “submit” will mean that your application if I live outside the borough? has not been sent to us, and will not be considered. You will then have to enter If you live outside Harrow and want the late application process. to apply to a Harrow school you can list the school on the application you Computers with internet access are submit to your local authority. available to use free of charge at any Harrow library and at the Civic Centre. Can I apply to schools in Free internet access is also available at Arqiva WiFi hotspots around the other boroughs? borough. Yes – if you are a Harrow I don’t like using computers. resident you can use the same online form to apply to schools Can I get a paper form in Harrow and also to schools instead? Home maintained by other local authorities. You can apply for No – paper forms will only be issued six schools; however, you may under exceptional circumstances, due only apply to a maximum of to the extra administrative cost and four schools in Hertfordshire. complexity of processing them. Otherwise there is no restriction Map to the mix of schools on your I need help! Can you help? application. Yes – if you need help with your application please contact us on I don’t have the internet at 0208 901 2620 or email Admissions home. Where can I apply? [email protected] Apply now What to do if your details lead to an offer being withdrawn. change Deciding which address to put It is vitally important that you tell us on your application straight away if any of your details change after you have submitted your The only acceptable address to put application. on your application is your child’s permanent address. If you move house and change your address; if your child changes primary Please do not list an address of school; or if any other factual details someone who provides a temporary regarding your application change, care arrangement for your child, a please contact us immediately on business address, childminder’s 0208 901 2620 or email address, a relative’s address or any [email protected]. other address other than the child’s permanent home address. Failure to let us know about changes could invalidate your application or even Where families have recently moved into an address prior to completing including a criminal prosecution.