Starting Secondary School in Hillingdon September 2009
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Starting Secondary School in Hillingdon September 2009 09www.hillingdon.gov.uk 2 Contents School Terms and Holdays 2009/10 Open evening dates 3 Applying for a school place on-line 4Bank Holidays 2009/2010 How to apply 5Good Friday 2 April 2010 Important points to note 7Easter Monday 5 April 2010 Information on admissions criteria 8May Day 3 May 2010 Application Form 9 Spring Bank Holiday 31 May 2010 Frequently asked questions 11 Assistance for children who live in Hillingdon 15 Autumn Term 2009 72 Days Secondary schools in Hillingdon 17 Term Starts Thursday 3 September 2009* Questionnaire 37 Half Term Holiday 26 - 30 October 2009 Statistical information 39 Term Ends Friday 18 December 2009 Further information Spring Term 2010 59 Days Further information and advice is available Term Starts Monday 4 January 2010 during normal office hours on 01895 556644 Half Term Holiday 15 - 19 February 2010 www.hillingdon.gov.uk Term Ends Thursday 1 April 2010 [email protected] Summer Term 2010 61 Days Admissions Team Term Starts Monday 19 April 2010 4E/09 Civic Centre Half Term Holiday 31 May - 4 June 2010 Uxbridge Term Ends Friday 23 July 2010 Middlesex UB8 1UW Total 195 Days Application form can be found *NB: Thursday 3 September and Friday 4 September 2009 – training days; three further training days to be determined by on page 9 of this brochure schools within the dates established. The term dates for some Voluntary and Foundation schools may vary slightly from those shown above. Starting Secondary School in Hillingdon - September 2009 3 StartingOpen evening Secondary dates Schools in Hillingdon Each secondary school has an open evening during the Autumn Term for parents and pupils to visit the school. These evenings usually include a talk by the headteacher and a tour of the school. Often it will be possible to see current pupils at work and meet staff. We suggest you visit the secondary schools on their open evenings if you can: Date School Time If you are unable to attend an open Monday 15 September Stockley Academy 6.00pm evening, please contact the school for alternative arrangements Tuesday 16 September Bishopshalt 6.30pm Wednesday 17 September Northwood 6.00pm Thursday 18 September The Douay Martyrs 6.30pm Monday 22 September Uxbridge High 6.30pm Tuesday 23 September Vyners 6:30pm Tuesday 23 September Rosedale College 7.00pm Wednesday 24 September Queensmead 6:00pm Wednesday 24 September Abbotsfield 6:30pm Thursday 25 September Swakeleys 6:30pm Thursday 25 September Haydon 7:00pm Wednesday 1 October Barnhill 6.30pm Thursday 2 October Ruislip High 5:00pm Thursday 2 October Mellow Lane 6:30pm Tuesday 7 October Guru Nanak 5:00pm Tuesday 7 October The Harefield Academy 6:30pm Thursday 9 October Harlington 6.30pm Thursday 9 October Bishop Ramsey 6.00pm These times were correct at time of publication. Important Dates to Remember To find out the dates of the open September/October 2008 School open evenings evenings for schools outside of Hillingdon, you must contact the local 24 October 2008** Closing date for applications authority in which the schools are 2 March 2009 Offers sent to parents located or alternatively contact the 16 March 2009 Acceptance deadline schools direct (see back cover for LA contact numbers). 24 March 2009 Appeals deadline ** If your child attends a Hillingdon Primary School then you must return the paper application form to the Hillingdon Primary School by noon on 22 October 2008. If you apply on line this must be submitted by midnight on 24 October 2008. 4 Applying for a school place on-line You can apply for a school place on-line *Internet access is free at your local library, however PCs are Some of the benefits of applying for your child’s Secondary in high demand so it is advisable to book PC access in advance School place on-line for September 2009 are: and you should call the library you wish to visit directly to do this. If you are a library member you can book up to 2 hours • You will receive confirmation that we have received internet access at a time, non-members can book up to 1 hour. your application if you supply an e-mail address. For information on joining your local library you should call into • You can view your application at any time during your local library or visit the website www.hillingdon.gov.uk/ the admission process. libraries. You will be asked to provide two proofs of address one • You can change the details of your application of which should show your signature i.e. driving licence, utility i.e. which school you choose, right up to midnight bill etc. on 24 October 2008. • You can find out which school your child has been offered If you have any questions about applying on-line please visit our from 8:30am on 3 March 2009. The offer letters will be website www.hillingdon.gov.uk or call 01895 556644. posted on 2 March 2009 and not received until 3 March at the earliest. The closing date for Secondary School applications is Friday 24 October 2008 whether you apply on-line or fill in the paper The website to apply on-line for a Secondary School place for application form. September 2009 is: www.eadmissions.org.uk Please note: If you make an on-line application you should not complete a paper application form. You can access this website wherever you have access to a computer • Home • Internet Café • Work • Local Library* For more information and to apply on-line visit www.eadmissions.org.uk Use this space to record your unique number, and the username and password you have used to make your application: Unique number Username Password It is important that you keep this information to be able to access your application and look up the school offered to your child on-line. If you require further information or assistance call 01895 556644. Starting Secondary School in Hillingdon - September 2009 5 How to apply Hillingdon Residents Only The Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme Children normally transfer to secondary school in the Every year around 60,000 pupils living in London transfer to September following their 11th birthday. So if your child was secondary school, many crossing borough boundaries to do so. born between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 1998, he or she The co-ordinated admissions system used to process secondary should transfer in September 2009. school applications is fairer, with more parents being offered one of their preferred schools earlier and fewer getting no initial The Local Authority does not assist with fees for independent offer at all. All parents should list the schools that they want schools. If you wish to apply for a place at an independent to apply for on one form, ranking them in order of preference. school, you should apply direct to the school of your choice. This form should then be returned to the council in which the child lives. All the councils taking part in the Pan-London If you reside outside of the London Borough of Hillingdon you Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme will then pass on details must contact that Authority for details of their procedures of applications for schools in other areas and coordinate the and to obtain an application form. offer of places to make sure that nobody gets offered more than one school place. The decision on whether a place can If your child resides in the London Borough of Hillingdon you will be offered will continue to be made by the admission authority find information on the application process in this booklet. for each school listed. Where a school is over subscribed, its published admission criteria will be used to decide the order You can now apply on-line by visiting the website in which applicants will be offered places. Unless specifically www.eadmissions.org.uk. Many parents will find this a more required to do so by the published admissions criteria of the convenient method of application and you can find details of how school, councils will not pass on details of where the school was to make an application on-line as well as some of the benefits ranked, and no school will be told about other schools a parent of applying online on page 4 of this brochure. has applied for. In the London Borough of Hillingdon each Hillingdon secondary school will consider themselves as a first For information about Secondary Schools in other Boroughs or preference. All offers will be sent out on the same day – 2 March Counties you will need to contact each individual Borough or 2009. If you have made an on-line application the offer made County (see back cover). to your child will be available on the eadmissions website from 8.30am on 3 March 2009 (see page 4 for details of how to make On either the paper or the on-line application you are invited an on-line application). to state up to 6 schools that you are interested in sending your child to including any schools outside of the London Borough The following pages give you details of how to apply to a of Hillingdon. You must put the schools in the order that you Secondary School both within and outside of the London would most wish your child to attend. Unless specifically Borough of Hillingdon. There are 18 state funded schools in required to do so by the published admissions criteria of the the London Borough of Hillingdon. Two are Academies, which school, councils will not pass on details of where the school was are funded by a direct grant from the Department for Children, ranked, and no school will be told about other schools a parent Schools and Families (DCSF), three are voluntary aided has applied for.