Secondary School Admissions in & 2015-16

Important If you do not read the booklet you will not have full information about the school admission process, and may be disadvantaged in getting a place for your child at your preferred school. You can now apply for school places online. Visit the Brighton & Hove City Council website at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/schooladmissions or see inside for more details. Closing date for applications 31 October 2014 Mandarin

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Admissions Team at the address below: for making decisions about how your personal data will The aim of this booklet is to help parents obtain a place in school for their child. It explains the be processed and how it may be used. procedureSi desea recibir to follow una and traducción the timescales de la información and what toque do s ife thereincluye are en any este problems folleto, marqueor difficulties. la casilla For a full translation, please fill in the form at the back of the booklet and post it to the address indicated. correspondiente y anote su nombre y domicilio más abajo. Luego debe enviar este formulario al The purpose for which your data will be processed is to School Admissions Team (Equipo de Admisión Escolar) a la siguiente dirección: Šī bukleta mērķis ir palīdzēt vecākiem iekārtot savu bērnu skolā. Tas izskaidro kāda ir procedūra un make arrangements for school admissions and home termiņi-- ir jāievēro, un kas jādara, ja rodas kādas problēmas vai grūtības. Lai saņemtu pilnu to school transport, establish pupil records to assist informācijas tulkojumu, lūdzu, aizpildiet veidlapu, kas atrodas bukleta aizmugurē, un nosūtiet to uz schools in administrative matters, track pupil progress, norādītoThe aim adresiof this .booklet is to help parents obtain a place in school for their child. It explains the assess pupil entitlement to various benefits and services, procedure to follow and the timescales and what to do if there are any problems or difficulties. For a and, not least, plan future school places and services. full translation, please fill in the form at the back of the booklet and post it to the address indicated. The information you provide will be treated confidentially at all times. El propósito de este folleto es ayudar a los padres a obtener una plaza escolar para sus hijos. Se The data you provide may be disclosed to CACI International who are the explica el procedimiento que es necesario seguir, los plazos y lo que debe hacerse en caso de que hubiese cualquier problema. Para obtener una traducción completa, puede rellenar el formulario que software suppliers of the city council’s admissions software. This will be se incluye en la última página del folleto y enviarlo por correo a la dirección que se indica. purely for the purposes of system development, training and testing, and it will not be disclosed by them to any third party. The data you provide may also be shared with the Department for Education.

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Contents A school place for your child in September 2015

Where you see an asterisk (*) next to a word or term, a definition can be found at the end of the booklet, in the Dear Parent/Carer section titled ‘Explanation of terms and definitions’ on page 38. You will find in this booklet all the information you need about admissions to secondary* school in Brighton & Hove.

Data protection act 3 What to do when you We would encourage you to visit the schools If the council cannot meet any of your receive the decision 23 before you express your preference. We use preferences, we will offer your child a place at the a catchment area system for secondary school nearest school with places available, but this may Introduction: How do I accept my child’s admissions and we would encourage you to apply not be in your catchment area. school place? 23 A school place for your child for the school/schools in your catchment area in September 2015 5 What happens if I am not happy which will give you the best chance of getting You will see on pages 16-22 that after pupils Applying online 6 with the school offered? 23 your preferred school. with exceptional reasons and siblings have been Re-allocation pools* 23 offered places at a school, the next priority is Please read the booklet carefully and keep it in children living within the catchment area. We Decide which schools How to appeal for a place at a safe place so that you can read about what to shall do our best to offer every child a place at you prefer: your preferred school 24 do once you hear which school your child has a school in their catchment area if they want it, Deciding about preferences 7 been offered. It explains how to ensure you have but this may not be possible in every case. If a Please consider your Moving house 25 the best chance of getting the school place you school is oversubscribed* with applicants within preferences carefully 8 What happens if I change address want for your child. In September 2014, 95% of the catchment area, a random allocation process during the admission process? 25 Co-ordinated Admissions 9 on-time applicants were offered a place at one will be used to decide which children should be of their preferred schools. offered the available places. How do I apply for a school place What if I move to the area at a time when my child should not in another Local Authority area? 10 normally change school? 25 The detailed timetable for admission to If you have any queries about the information secondary* schools is shown on page 12. contained in this booklet, please email In year fair access protocol 26 Admissions timetable 11 It is important that you follow the timetable and [email protected] or Moving school if you have School term dates 2015/16 12 that you apply online or return your form before telephone the School Admissions team on not moved house 27 the deadline, as you will then be more likely to get (01273) 293653 for assistance. What do I do with my How will my application for a a place at your preferred school. It is important transfer be dealt with 27 that you and your child visit the school before * 13 completed application? you decide your preferences. Details of visiting We look forward to welcoming your child to What happens if my School transport 28 arrangements for the schools are given in the one of our schools in September 2015. application is late? 13 schools list on pages 30-31. Yours faithfully, List of Secondary Schools How the council deals Please note: parents/carers have the right to in Brighton & Hove 30 with applications* 15 express a preference rather than choose a school. Sometimes there are more applications for a The council’s Admission priorities for school than there are places available there. When this happens we will use the admission priorities* admissions priorities 16 Own Admission Authority Schools 32 described on pages 16-22 to decide which children Catchment Area Maps & Postcodes 20 will be offered a place at that school and which will Catchment Areas 22 be offered an alternative place. First, second and Useful contacts third preferences will all be considered together Telephone numbers and websites 37 Pinaki Ghoshal Cllr Sue Shanks Special educational and we will offer your child a place at the highest ranked preference we can. Director of Chair of Children & needs (SEN) 22 Explanation of Children’s Services Young People’s Committee terms and definitions 38

4 5 Applying online Decide which schools you prefer

If you are a Brighton & Hove resident you will be able to apply for school places Always use the online facility or preference form* online via the City Council’s website if your child is due to start at secondary provided by Brighton & Hove City Council if you are a resident school in September 2015. of Brighton & Hove. If you live anywhere else you must use the preference form or the online admissions If you log into the City Council website at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk you can access facility provided by your local council, even if you would the online admission registration, and then submit up to three school preferences for like your child to attend a school in Brighton & Hove. your child in the same way that you would use the paper form.

The online admissions guidance will answer If you apply online and give a valid email address, Deciding about preferences 1) Samantha lives in questions about applying online. There are links you will receive your decision by email in the the catchment area for to other websites that can provide you with afternoon of the day on which the decision letters You should decide which schools you would Dorothy Stringer and useful information about schools and the school are posted. Depending on your settings, you may prefer your child to attend and then complete . admissions process, such as the Department for find that this email is identified as ‘spam’. the online preference form* or the form enclosed However her parents would like her to attend Education site. There are also links to the Ofsted You will not receive a letter in the post with this booklet listing up to three different Blatchington Mill School. They list the site which can provide information on school unless you specifically request one. preferences. You do not have to express three following preferences: performance and inspections, and to an online preferences, but if you only give one preference, 1- Blatchington Mill version of this booklet. If you decide to apply online we strongly and are not offered a place at that school, you 2- Dorothy Stringer recommend that you do not leave it to the will be offered a place at the nearest school with 3- Varndean When you first register as a new user, you will be last minute. Whilst our technical systems are an available place after everyone else’s three asked to type in your email address and create a robust, high demand could make it difficult for preferences have been considered. This may It is not possible to offer Samantha a place at user name and password so that your application you to access the system if many other parents mean that by the time we look at allocating a Blatchington Mill because the school is filled is secure. You will be able to return to your are trying to log in at the same time. place for your child, your local school may be full up with children who live within the catchment online application to check or amend it right up and your child may have to travel some distance area. Samantha’s name is entered in the random to the closing date for that admission exercise. You can access the website: to get to school. Please remember that each of allocation process for Dorothy Stringer and Varndean The same closing date applies to online your preferences will be considered equally and • At home because both of these schools are oversubscribed admissions as to those returning the paper separately. Listing second and third preferences with children within the catchment area. The result • At an internet café preference form (ie 31 October 2014). will not affect your chance of being offered your of the random allocation process means that she • At a library (if you are a library member first preference. Your first preference will only be You can use the online preference form to can be offered a place at both schools. The council you can get free internet access at any considered above your second or third preference apply for a voluntary aided (church) school, an offers her a place at Dorothy Stringer because it Brighton & Hove library). if we can offer you more than one school place. Academy, a free school or a school in another was higher on her list than Varndean. In that case we will offer you the highest ranked Local Authority area, but you must remember If you experience any problems in accessing or one we can, so please make sure you like your to provide any additional supporting 2) Geraint lives in the catchment area for using the Brighton & Hove online admissions site, first preference more than your second preference documents or information as required by Longhill. His parents want him to attend Cardinal please contact us by email at and your second preference more than your third. that school’s admission priorities. Documents Newman because he currently attends a church [email protected] school, but he is not a Roman Catholic. They list and information must be handed directly to the The following examples are provided to illustrate or telephone on 01273 293653. the following preferences: school, and you must at that point tell the church what may happen based on previous years’ or free school if you have applied online. oversubscription levels. Please note: they are 1- Cardinal Newman only possible scenarios and they are in no 2- Longhill If you are applying online to a community way a guide to this year’s oversubscription* 3- Peacehaven school but are providing supporting levels. Please do not assume that if your documents about exceptional circumstances, The governors of Cardinal Newman School and situation is the same as one of these those documents should be sent to the County Council are notified that examples, your application will inevitably School Admissions Team. (See pages 16-22). Geraint’s parents have listed their schools as have the same outcome. preferences. The governors of Cardinal Newman are not able to offer Geraint a place as he does not fit their religious criteria. He is entered into the random allocation process for Longhill as he lives

6 7 within the catchment area, and can be offered a As her parents have not applied for a place at • Have you seen the school’s OFSTED report? Co-ordinated Admissions place there. East Sussex County Council consider , she cannot be offered a place there This will show the findings of the most Geraint for a place at Peacehaven but are as they all have to be offered to children whose recent independent inspection of the school. not able to offer him a place as he does not fit parents did apply for places there. This means OFSTED reports are available from the school School which are their own their admission criteria. Geraint is offered a that Jacqui has to be offered a place at Brighton and on the internet at www.ofsted.gov.uk. Admission Authority place at Longhill. Aldridge Community Academy, which is the Information about each school’s performance The city council co-ordinates admissions nearest school with vacancies after everyone’s can be found in the DfE performance tables arrangements with BACA, PACA, Cardinal preferences have been considered. which can be found at www.education.gov. 3) Tariq lives in the catchment area for Newman Catholic School and King’s School uk/schools/performance/. These are published by using the same application process for all Dorothy Stringer and Varndean. every year in January and show not just the His parents want him to go to Dorothy Stringer 5) Bradley lives in the catchment area for maintained* secondary schools. If you live in achievement in exams but also the progress Brighton & Hove you should apply online for but they know that in the past children from Blatchington Mill and Hove Park. that children make at the school from their their street have not got in, so they list the However, his parents prefer Dorothy Stringer as it is these schools using the Brighton & Hove online different starting points, the ‘value added’. admissions facility or the Brighton & Hove following preferences: closer to the family home. Their second preference Each of these different measures is important is Cardinal Newman as the family are church preference form*. Cardinal Newman School and when thinking about a school’s performance. King’s School also have supplementary information 1- Varndean attenders. They list the following preferences: 2- Dorothy Stringer • The schools’ maximum intake and last year’s forms, available from the school, which you will 1- Dorothy Stringer need to complete in order to apply for a place. 3- Hove Park 2- Cardinal Newman preference figures are shown with the school lists at the back of this booklet. However, Varndean has space for all applicants living in the 3- Blatchington Mill schools and preferences change and what The governors of BACA, PACA, Cardinal Newman catchment area. Tariq is entered into the random Bradley cannot be entered into the random has happened in the past is not always a and King’s are still responsible for offering places allocation process for Dorothy Stringer. He is also allocation process for Dorothy Stringer as it is reliable guide to what the school is like now. at their establishments (please see pages 32-36 for entered into the random allocation process for oversubscribed from within the catchment area If you want to find out more information details of how Cardinal Newman and King’s will Hove Park as the school has a few spaces for and he lives outside it. However, he is entered into about oversubscription in previous years do this- BACA and PACA use the Brighton & Hove children who do not live in the catchment area, the random allocation process for Blatchington please email the School Admissions Team at admissions priorities on pages 16-22). The Local but is unsuccessful. He is randomly allocated a Mill and can be offered a place. The governors of [email protected] or Authority (LA) will let parents know the school’s place at Dorothy Stringer, but because Varndean Cardinal Newman are able to offer Bradley a place telephone 01273 293653 (see pages 16-22 for decisions. If your child is not offered a place at was higher on his list he is offered a place at as he fulfils their religious criteria and so Bradley’s further information on admission priorities). BACA, PACA, Cardinal Newman Catholic School Varndean and not at Dorothy Stringer, even family receive a letter offering Bradley a place or King’s School, the LA will offer an alternative though his parents would really prefer him to go to at Cardinal Newman, as they placed this school • We strongly recommend that you give place, where possible using your other listed Dorothy Stringer. This shows that using the equal higher on their list than Blatchington Mill. second and third preference schools in preferences. The LA values this joint working with preference system you should always list your case your first preference school cannot be own admission authority schools. It means that preferred schools in the order you really want. offered. Giving second and third preferences all parents will receive one offer of a school place Please consider your will not affect your chance of getting a place at because information about applications is shared. your first preference school. If we can offer you 4) Jacqui lives in the catchment area for preferences carefully more than one of your preferred schools, we Hove Park and Blatchington Mill. will offer you the one you have ranked highest Her parents would like her to go to Blatchington When selecting your preferences you Other Areas in your list of three preferences. Mill and they feel that she is more likely to get in if may want to think about some of the We also share admissions information with they list this as their only preference. They list the following points: • You should not list the same school three neighbouring LAs. If you live in the city, any following preferences: • Have you visited the school? Arrangements times – only different preferences count. applications for schools in the area of another 1- Blatchington Mill for visits and details of open evenings are given If you list the same school three times it will only LA should be made using the Brighton & Hove 2- Blatchington Mill on pages 30-31. be treated as one preference and you will only be online facility or preference form*. We will then 3- Blatchington Mill entered into the random allocation process once. contact that LA on your behalf. • How will your child travel to and from school? Jacqui is entered into the random allocation • If we cannot meet your preference(s) we will You are entitled to apply to different own process for Blatchington Mill. She only has one • Have you looked at the school’s prospectus? offer your child a place at the nearest school to You can get this from the school. It will admission authority and community schools and entry even though her parents have listed the your home address that has a place available. schools in other Local Authorities, but you must school three times. The random process does not give you an idea of the school’s ethos and If you give second and third preferences you character, National Curriculum* test results and do this through Brighton & Hove City Council if offer her a place at Blatchington Mill. may stand a better chance of getting a place you live in Brighton & Hove. public examination results. at one of your preferred schools. 8 9 Admissions timetable

How do I apply for a The addresses of the Local Authorities adjoining The six officers in the School Admissions If you need help to fill in the form, or wish to talk school place in another Brighton & Hove are: Team deal with more than 8000 through the admissions process in more detail, Local Authority area? applications each year. Whilst we can please contact the School Preference Service (see West Sussex County Council provide information about the admissions advert below). • If you apply to other Local Authorities, you County Hall, West Street process and are happy to answer specific At busy times the School Admissions Team must do so on the form you return to the Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1RF may not be able to provide detailed School Admissions Team in Brighton & Hove. Tel: 01243 777100 queries from parents/carers, please do not information immediately. We will then forward your application to that www.westsussex.gov.uk telephone the School Admissions Team to admission authority for a decision, and will let ask about the progress of your application, Telephone opening hours are: you know along with all the other parents who East Sussex County Council as we will not be able to provide this 8.30am - 5pm Monday have applied for Brighton & Hove Schools. Admissions and Transport team information until all applications have been 8.30am - 5pm Tuesday County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent • If you are applying online you should use considered. In addition, this may cause 1pm - 5pm Wednesday Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1UE the Brighton & Hove online facility if you delays in the admissions process. 8.30am - 5pm Thursday Tel: 0345 60 80 190 live within Brighton & Hove, even if you are 8.30am - 5pm Friday www.eastsussex.gov.uk applying for schools outside the city. We will Please be aware that there are no However, during the June-July period when ensure that your application is forwarded to facilities for School Admissions Team we are exceptionally busy we will operate the relevant admission authority. members to meet with parents/carers reduced telephone opening hours of 8.30am - 1pm Monday - Friday. • If you apply to an ‘out-of-city’ school that has face to face. been oversubscribed, the further away you live the less likely you are to obtain a place, even if it is your first preference. Check this with the relevant admission authority before applying. Need help to apply for a • If you are resident in the city and do not apply online to Brighton & Hove or return a Brighton school place? & Hove City Council preference form you will not be allocated a place at a city school. If you are not sure whether you live within the The Family Information Service boundary of Brighton & Hove City Council, has a School Preference Service to support please telephone the School Admissions team parents and carers who may need help in applying on (01273) 293653 for clarification. for a primary or secondary school place. The service is impartial and separate from the School Admissions Team. The service can help Who can use the service? you with Anyone who feels that they need some • Completing the extra help, perhaps application form either • English is not your first language online or on paper • You have recently moved to the city • Ofsted information or are new to the UK • Special needs policy and provision • You just need some • The appeals process extra support Call 01273 293545 Email [email protected] www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/fis 10 11 School Term Dates 2015-16 What do I do with my completed Autumn Term 2015 Thursday 3 September - Friday 18 December application (year 7)? Autumn half-term Monday 26 October - Friday 30 October Apply online or return the preference form to your child’s current school by midnight on 31 October 2014. If you are returning the form to school, you will Spring Term 2016 need to do so before it closes for half term or the form will be treated as late. Tuesday 5 January - Thursday 24 March Spring half-term Monday 15 February - Friday 19 February If your child is not currently attending What happens if my a Brighton & Hove school, but you live application is late? within the Brighton & Hove area, please Summer Term 2016 use the online facility which can be found on If your online application or paper preference Monday 11 April - Friday 22 July the City Council’s website at form is returned after the closing date without Summer half-term www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/schooladmissions good reason, it will be considered after all the Monday 30 May - Friday 3 June Alternatively please return your form to the on time preferences have been dealt with, and School Admissions Team by the same deadline school places allocated to them. This means there (see page 3 for the address). is a much greater chance that you will not get a place at your preferred school, as the places may For Children born between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004 the If you live within the area of another Local already have been given to other children. It will secondary school admission timetable is as follows: Authority, but wish to apply for a Brighton & also mean our response to you is delayed. Hove School, please make sure that you obtain This is the case even if you already have a copy of their preference form, complete it and older children attending the school. September 2014 onwards Opportunity for parents/carers to visit schools. return it to them at the address they give you by If you have a good reason for your form being Prospectuses available from schools the same deadlines. Alternatively you may apply online, but please make sure that you use the late, e.g. you have just moved to Brighton & Hove, 31 October 2014 Deadline for completed online applications or forms to be online facility provided by the Local Authority in your form will be considered if it is received by returned. We strongly recommend that you do not delay whose area you live. 23 January 2015. You must supply independent your application to the last minute in case of technical supporting evidence of the reason why your problems. If you choose to apply on a paper form It is It is your responsibility to ensure that your form is late (e.g. solicitor’s letter confirming your responsibility to ensure that the form arrives at its preference form arrives on time. Please exchange of contracts). This evidence must also destination on time. remember that proof of posting is not proof be received by 23 January 2015. If we agree that of delivery. In all cases, when you return your application is late with good reason, it will be 23 January 2015 Applications received late with good reason up to this the form to the school, please hand it to treated as if it were submitted on time. If we do date will be considered as on time. You must provide a member of staff. If you need a receipt, not agree, it will be treated as a late application. independent supporting evidence of the good reason or please ask for one at the time. We strongly If we receive no independent supporting evidence your application will be treated as late. recommend that forms are completed online, with the form we will assume that you do not January/February 2015 Preference forms analysed. returned to schools or delivered by hand to have a good reason and your application will be King’s House wherever possible. treated as a late application. If you are moving 2 March 2015 Online applicants will be notified by email during the within Brighton & Hove you must still make your Important note: The closing dates afternoon. Decision letters posted first class toonly those application by the deadline and then provide apply to everyone asking for a place in a parents/carers who have requested a hard copy. your revised applications and proof of your new Brighton & Hove school. No decisions will be issued by telephone. address by 23 January 2015. Not knowing about April onwards Independent Appeals Panels meet to consider the closing date, forgetting to hand the form applications from parents/carers who are unhappy in or leaving it in the wrong place are not good with their school allocation. reasons for a form being late. Even if you have a sibling at the school you need to complete April onwards Places offered from the reallocation pool as they an application in the usual way. become available. Please note that other admission authorities September 2015 Children start their new schools. may not treat these forms as on time. Please check with the school or council in question.

12 13 How the council deals with applications

If you change any of your preferences, or their order, Online applications will be treated as late if Please note: where a church aided school or Academy is listed as a preference, it will be after the closing date, and you have not moved to submitted after the closing date (31 October 2014). considered by the governors who will apply that school’s admission priorities. a different catchment area, that change will not be considered until after 30 June 2015. This is to make Example • On time applications will be dealt with using • Sometimes we will not be able to offer a place sure that parents and carers who do this do not Andy lives on the Bristol Estate, which is in the the published admissions priorities listed on at any of your preferred schools. If this happens gain an unfair advantage over others by having the catchment area for Dorothy Stringer pages 16-22. Late applications with good we will offer a place at the nearest school to opportunity to list more than three preferences. and Varndean. His parents want him to attend reason received before 23 January 2015 will be your home that has a place available. Varndean, because his brother Frank already goes Late applications received for oversubscribed treated in the same way. there. They fill in a preference form with Varndean • Priority for on time applications will cease after schools* will be added to the reallocation pool as their sole preference. They give the form to • Other late applications will be dealt with using the initial allocation of school places has been for that school as soon as possible after the Andy and tell him to give it to his teacher. Andy the published admissions priorities listed on made, and late applications for schools which initial school allocations have been made. In the forgets about the form and does not give it to his pages 16-22 after the on time preferences have are full will be added to the reallocation pool. meantime children will be allocated to schools teacher until 3 November, after the closing date been processed. where places are available. of 31 October. This means Andy’s form is late and • If you are unhappy with your allocated school • If we receive more than one application for the or with the preferences you listed on your Please note: the School Admissions Team cannot cannot be considered until after all of the children same child before the closing date, we will use original form, you do have the option to submit accept responsibility for delays resulting from late whose parents applied on time. By the time Andy’s the one which was submitted most recently. a revised form listing different preferences. applications, or late receipt of related papers. form is considered, all the places at Varndean have If they appear to have been submitted by However, if you do this, your new form will not If forms are returned by post to schools or the been offered to other children and Andy is offered different people we will check which one is be considered until after 30 June 2015 unless admissions team and received after the closing date a place at Longhill, which is the nearest school to correct before deciding which one to use. you have moved house and your new home is they will be regarded as late applications. Proof his home which still has space. Andy’s parents do in a different catchment area. This is to ensure of postage is not proof of receipt. We strongly not receive their decision on 2 March, but have • All preferences will be considered, regardless of that parents who change their minds are not recommend that if returning a preference form you to wait some time to find out where Andy will be whether you have listed them as first, second given an unfair advantage by being allowed to deliver it to a school as recommended above. going, because they missed the closing date. or third. If we can offer you a place at more list more than three preferences. than one of your preferred schools, we will offer a place at the one which features highest in your list of preferences. Why not learn to sing Brighton & Hove or play a musical Music & Arts instrument?

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14 15 The council’s admission priorities

Please read the following information carefully. It will help you to decide whether that would be caused if the child had to 3. Sibling link* your child has a good chance of being offered a place at your preferred school. attend another school. It is not essential for the professional supporting your family to have in This will apply where a sibling living in the Please be aware that we cannot guarantee your child a place at one of your same household will be attending the school preferred schools. depth knowledge of your preferred school but the evidence should explain exactly what your child when your child is due to start, providing your home is in the catchment area for the school Where there are more applications received for a community school, BACA, or PACA than there are needs, and what specialist support and/or facilities in question. places available we will use the following five admission priorities to decide who will be given a place. your child requires. If you live in the part of Brighton which Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs will be entitled to a place at the It is vital that you supply any supporting evidence for compelling medical or other exceptional was previously in the catchment area for school named in the statement. If the child for whom you are responsible has a statement, reasons for admission by the closing date. Blatchington Mill and Hove Park but is now please ensure that you tick the box on the form to indicate that this is the case. It is up to you to provide this evidence. in the catchment area for Dorothy Stringer The Admissions team will not seek information and Varndean, or in the part of Portslade about your child or telephone people on your which was previously in the catchment area for Please note: We do not take into account your 2. Compelling medical or other behalf, the decision will be based solely on the Blatchington Mill and Hove Park but is now in child’s current school place, your childminding exceptional reasons to attend information you send in. Online applicants the catchment area for Portslade Aldridge arrangements or workplace address. the school should send supporting documents by post to Community Academy, your child will continue to have a sibling link to the Hove Schools for All allocations are based on the following five the School Admissions team (address below) or If there are medical reasons that make it essential September 2015 and 2016. priorities listed: for your child to attend a particular school, send scanned copies to Schooladmissions@ you must provide supporting information from brighton-hove.gov.uk with a covering email giving The postcodes which have changed catchment your application reference. 1. Children in the care of a a doctor together with any other relevant area are shown on the map in bold. information when you hand in your preference Local Authority (looked after If we do not receive this information by the A sibling link* is only taken into account if form. This must make a compelling case as to closing date, we will not be able to consider children live at the same address and the sibling children) and previously why your child’s needs can only be met at your child under this priority, unless it relates has already been allocated a place at the school. looked after children the preferred school, as a medical condition in to a change of circumstances (such as a new Twins or multiple births do not qualify for the itself will not automatically result in a place being Previously looked after children are children who diagnosis) which has occurred since the sibling link unless one child has already been offered. It is not essential for the doctor to name were looked after, but ceased to be so because closing date. offered a place. they were adopted (or became subject to a the school in question, but the evidence should residence order or special guardianship order). explain exactly what the child’s needs are, and If the evidence you supply is not considered Where a sibling attends a nursery class or a what specialist support and/or facilities your child compelling enough to be included in this priority, sixth form on the same school site, it will not be In order to offer a place under this priority you requires. We will seek advice from the Consultant your application will be considered under priority counted as a link for admissions purposes. will need to supply proof of the child’s status. Community Paediatrician, who in most cases 3, 4 or 5 as appropriate. This could be a copy of the order or adoption will only agree medical need for a school place You may be asked to supply proof that your child All correspondence will be treated as certificate. If you are not sure what to provide, if a child has a Statement of Special Educational has a sibling at the same address who attends private and confidential please contact the School Admissions team at Needs as a result of their medical situation. the school. This will normally be a copy of both [email protected] or on If you do not want your preferred school to see children’s medical cards, showing the same If you want a place at a specific school for (01273) 293653. your supporting medical or other evidence, or if address, or a copy of your Child Benefit letter other exceptional reasons, you must provide you are applying online please send it separately showing both children’s names. independent evidence from a professional to the School Admissions Team, King’s House, who is supporting your family. This should Please note: As Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2LS. demonstrate that it is essential for your child mentioned above, the All information supplied in support of an Sibling to attend the preferred school and no other. sibling link has been application will be dealt with in the strictest Advice will be sought from relevant professionals removed for children link has confidence by senior officers. to determine whether or not the evidence you who do not live in the catchment area. If this changed have provided is sufficiently compelling to qualify Please note: none of the maintained schools* under this category. in Brighton & Hove select children on ability. applies to your child, Please read A child’s aptitude or ability in a particular subject he or she will be carefully The supporting evidence you send needs to set will not be considered as an exceptional reason placed in priority 5. out the particular reasons why the school in for admission. question is the most suitable and the difficulties 16 17 4. Catchment area Tie break Children who live on boats/ be reconsidered based on the correct facts. This travelling children may apply even if your child has started at the This will apply if your child’s home address is If a school is oversubscribed with children school offered. within the catchment area for the school in in any of these priorities, the council If you and your child live on a boat or a travellers’ question. Details of catchment areas can be will use an electronic random allocation site you will be treated as a resident of the After the closing date, if the school you have found on page 20-22. You will only be regarded system to decide which of the children catchment area within which the marina or site applied for is oversubscribed*, and you have given as living in a catchment area if your main within that priority should be offered the is situated. falls within the a home address within its catchment area, you residence is in the area. Ownership of a property available places. catchment area for Longhill School. If you are may be asked for proof of address. If you are in the catchment area is not sufficient. In order to unsure which catchment area applies to your site, asked for this, you will need to supply either: qualify under this priority, the address at which please email Schooladmissions@brighton-hove. 1. A photocopy of your Child Benefit statement, your child is normally resident must be within the Remember… gov.uk or telephone the Admissions Team on showing your name, your child’s name and catchment area. These admission priorities do not apply to (01273) 293653. your home address; or Cardinal Newman Catholic School or King’s School, Further information about how catchment areas which have their own admission priorities. These work can be found on p22. 2. A photocopy of your child’s medical card, are listed on page 32-36. Nor do they apply to Twins/multiple births showing your home address schools in other Local Authority areas. (or siblings* within the same year group applying for the same school) Plus one of the following: The council uses an ‘Equal Preference System’ which means that all the preferences for each No special priority is given for the admission of 3. A copy of a current tenancy agreement or Details of catchment area school are considered at the same time. If you put these children. If it is possible to offer a place at solicitor’s letter showing exchange of contracts, postcodes can be found on the a school down as a third preference, you are just the preferred school to one child and not the if you have just moved house. You must have map on pages 20-21. as likely to be allocated a place there as someone other, both (or all) children will be offered a place. exchanged contracts or entered into a binding who has put it as a first preference, assuming Please indicate clearly on each child’s preference tenancy agreement by 23 January 2015. If you are in any doubt as to both of you fall into the same admissions priority form if they have a twin or other same year sibling also applying. 4. A copy of your Council Tax bill for the the catchment area in which you for that school. However you do need to list your current year live or whether your child qualifies preferred schools in order of preference as we for the sibling link, please email will only offer you a place at one school. If we are 5. A copy of a recent utility bill for your home Home Addresses: address, showing usage Schooladmissions@brighton-hove. able to offer you a place at more than one school, we will choose the one that is highest on your list • The School Admissions Team will allocate 6. A copy of your driving licence gov.uk or telephone the of preferences. school places using the address at which a Admissions Team on child lives on the closing date for preference If you do not provide the above proofs by the Checks are made on information provided by (01273) 293653. forms, although late changes of address will be date asked, we will assume your child does not parents/carers.* If a parent/carer is found to have considered if we receive proof of address by live in the catchment area. Even if you prove that supplied false or misleading information to gain a 23 January 2015 (see pages 13-15). you live at the address yourself, we still need place at a particular school, the council reserves proof that your child lives there as well. the right to withdraw the place, even if the child • If a child regularly lives at more than one has started at the school. An example of false address, the Admissions Team will have to Please note: Providing proof of address information would be the use of an address that make a decision about which should be the does not guarantee your child a place at your is not the child’s normal residence. main address for admissions purposes. preferred school. 5. Other children Please note: It is an offence to give false • The main address is normally taken to be the If none of the above four priorities applies to your information to obtain a place at a school. address to which Child Benefit is paid, and child, he/she will be placed in this category. The council will investigate allegations about where the child is registered with a doctor. false information, and will consider further However, the Admissions Team may ask for action in any such case. other proofs of a child’s address. Please note: It is an offence to give a false address. If we offer your child a school place based on information which then turns out to be false or misleading, we reserve the right to withdraw the offer and your application will then 18 19 Catchment area postcodes Bold type indicates that a postcode has changed catchment area this year. Below is a list of the postcodes which fall within each catchment area. /Varndean School BN1 5AZ BN1 1 BN2 1 Catchment areas are listed from West - East across the city. If you are in any doubt as to the BN1 5E,F,G,H BN1 3TL (Prestonville Road north of BN2 3 the railway line - Nos 1-28) catchment area in which you live, please contact the Admissions team on (01273) 293653. BN1 5JD (even numbers only), BN2 5A BN1 3TS (York Villas) 5JE (even numbers only), JH, JJ, JP, JX BN2 5B BN1 3TT (York Grove) BN1 5L except A, B, D, E, R, S, W BN2 5D except T and some of Z BN1 3TU (New Road) Key BN1 8 BN2 5E except T and some of F, H & L BN1 3TF (Belmont) Roman Catholic BN1 9A BN1 9HT BN2 5FA Secondary School BN1 9BA BN1 9HU BN1 3TH (Russell Crescent) BN2 5FB Secondary School BN1 9E BN1 9JS BN1 4 BN2 5FG part of BN1 5 BN1 9QB BN1 5JS BN2 5GG, H & J Railway Line BN1 9G BN1 8 BN1 9TN BN1 5A except Z BN2 5J Catchment boundary London BN2 5LJ part of BN1 9 BN1 5B, D, N, P, R, S, T BN2 5NA, B & S Road to Brighton Stanmer Village & BN1 5JB, JD (odd numbers only), BN2 5RT, Y & Z railway line the University of JE (odd numbers only), JF, JG, JL, JN BN2 5TA, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, W & X London Sussex are in the BN1 5LA, B, D, E, R, S, W BN2 5UB Road BACA Area BN1 6 BN1 7 Some of BN2 5PA Patcham High Area BN2 0 BN2 9 includes A27 Falmer Brighton Aldridge Community Surrenden Lewes Brighton Village Academy (BACA) Portslade Road BN2 6 Aldridge Peacock Lane Road Aldridge BN2 4 BN1 9J except S BN2 7

Community Community d BN1 9HW BN1 9P BN2 8 Academy (PACA) Academy

Varndean (BACA) BN1 9HX BN1 9Q except B BN2 5DT & some of Z Lane Brighton

Blatchington Tongdean BN1 9HY BN1 9R BN2 5ET & some of F, H & L Hove Park Mill Dorothy to Lewes Lower railway line BN2 4 BN1 9S BN2 5F except A, B & G

Dyke Road Dyke Stringer

Kings R Link part of BN1 9 BN2 5G except G, H & J BN2 5H School BN41 1 Old Hove Park BN2 5L except J BN41 2 Shoreham Rd Upper Cardinal Bear Rd Newman BN2 5N except A, B & S d BN1 1 Hollingdean Rd Warren Rd BN2 6-8 BN2 5P except some of A Railway line part of BN1 3 Warren Rd part of BN2 5 BN2 5Q most of BN1 3 BN1 4 includes East Saltdean part of Boundary R Freshfield BN2 5R except T, Y & Z BN1 2 most of BN1 5 Rd East Sussex County Council BN2 5S BN3 BN1 6-7 BN2 5TN, P, Q, R & S BN2 0-3 Manor BN2 5U except B West Hill part of BN2 5 BN2 5W Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Street Manor Way BN2 9 Marlow Rd Longhill High BN2 5X BN41 2 BN41 1Y Blatchington Mill School Whitehawk BN41 1DY BN41 1A Rd / Seafront BN41 1FX BN41 1D except Y BN3 Wilson Ave BN41 1GR, S, T & U BN41 1E BN1 2 BN41 1LD, E, F, G BN41 1G except R, BN1 3* Marina & H S, T & U * Except BN1 3TL Addresses in BN2 5DZ, BN2 5EF, BN2 5EH/BN2 5EL (Manor Hill)- odd BN41 1N BN41 1H (Prestonville Road north BN2 5EH, BN2 5EL and BN2 5PA numbers are in the DS/Varndean area. of the railway line - Nos 1-28) BN41 1PS BN41 1L except D, Tongdean Lane Odd numbers are in the area for cross the boundary between the Even numbers are in the Longhill area. BN1 3TS (York Villas) catchment area for Longhill and the BN41 1RX E, F, G & H Dorothy Stringer/Varndean. Even numbers BN2 5PA (odd numbers in Wilson area for Varndean/DS. BN41 1S BN41 1OH BN1 3TT (York Grove) Addresses in BN1 5JD and BN1 5JE are in the area for Patcham High School. Avenue)- 1, 3, 5, 7 & 11 are in the BN41 1T BN41 1PB BN1 3TU (New England Road) (Tongdean Lane) cross the boundary The part of Tongdean Lane which is BN2 5DZ/BN2 5EF (Manor Way) - DS/Varndean area. 13 upwards are East of the railway line (ie Windsor Court even numbers 2-34 are in the in the Longhill area. NB. Addresses BN41 1UA, B, Q Part of BN41 1PH BN1 3TF (Belmont) between the catchment area for BN1 3TH (Russell Crescent) Dorothy Stringer/Varndean and the BN1 5JS and Manhattan Court BN1 6XZ) Longhill area. on the Eastern side of Wilson Avenue BN41 1WY BN41 1UY These are in the DS/Varndean area for Patcham High School: is in the catchment area for DS/Varndean. All odd numbers and evens from 36 (BN2 5PB) are all in the Longhill area. BN41 1X BN41 1WA, B, E & R Catchment area onwards are in the DS/Varndean area. 20 21 Catchment areas What to do when you receive the decision

Details of catchment area postcodes can be found on the map on pages 20-21. How do I accept my child’s What happens if I am not If you are in any doubt as to the catchment area in which you live or whether school place? happy with the school my your child qulifies for the sibling link, please email Schooladmissions@brighton- You will receive an email (or a letter) from the child has been offered? hove.gov.uk or telephone the Admissions Team on (01273) 293653. School Admissions Team informing you which You may ask the School Admissions Team school your child has been allocated (see page 12 about places at other schools (email If your child’s home address is within the catchment less happy with, which is further from your home. for a timetable). Please note that decisions will [email protected] area for only one school, and you list this school as not be given over the telephone and there are or telephone 01273 293653). one of your three preferences, we will do our best Parents and carers can apply for any of the no facilities to come and pick up a letter from to ensure that your child is offered a place there, maintained* schools in Brighton & Hove, reception at King’s House. If you want to accept Your child’s name will automatically be entered unless we are able to offer another preference regardless of whether they live in the catchment the place you have been offered, you should in the reallocation pool for your first preference which you placed higher on the list. area. However, please bear in mind that children complete and return the Pupil Registration Form school (see ‘Reallocation pools’). who live within the catchment area will have (a link is provided in the decision email) to the school You may appeal (see ‘How to appeal for a place If your child’s home address is within a priority over children who live outside it. If you at which your child has been offered a place. catchment area which applies to two schools are applying for a school or schools outside the at your preferred school’). (ie Varndean and Dorothy Stringer or Hove Park catchment area in which you live, you should also The school will give you clear information about and Blatchington Mill) we will do our best to consider listing your catchment area school as a arrangements for starting school. ensure that you are offered a place at one of preference in case the school you prefer is filled Reallocation pools these schools, as long as you list preferences with children who live in the catchment area. If your child does not take up his/her school place on the agreed day and you have not informed This is how the admissions team allocates places for both of the schools in your catchment that become available at oversubscribed schools. area. If you only list one of your catchment area Catchment areas are also used to decide priority the school of any special reason for the delay, the in the re-allocation pool (which is how we allocate School Admissions Team may give the place to The admissions team holds reallocation pools for schools on your form, you will only be entered community schools, BACA and PACA only. The into the random allocation process for that school. places which become vacant later in the process). another child. Children are prioritised in the re-allocation pool Governors of Cardinal Newman Catholic School, However, if you cannot be offered a place there, King’s School and the Admission Authorities for or at one of your other preferences, you will not based on the councils admission priorities (see p16-22). schools in other areas may operate reallocation be entered into the random allocation process pools or waiting lists. You should contact the for the other school in your catchment area. This school or council concerned to find out about means that you may be offered a school you are their procedures. How do I get my child’s name into a reallocation pool? If you have applied for your child to start year 7, and you do not get your first preference Special educational needs (SEN) school, your child’s name will be entered in the reallocation pool for that school. Your child’s name will remain in the pool until Christmas 2015 or until a place becomes available if this happens A child or young person has a SEN if they have a In nearly all cases special needs can be sooner. If you would like to be in the reallocation learning difficulty or disability which calls for special met in mainstream schools. Brighton & Hove City pool for any of your other preferences, please educational provision to be made for him or her. Council is committed to this approach wherever inform us in writing or by email and we will alter it is practical. Many children have difficulties at this for you. A child has a learning difficulty or disability if he some stage in their school career, and usually the or she has: problem is temporary and can be dealt with by • A significant greater difficulty in learning than the school. the majority of others of the same age or • Has a disability that prevents or hinders him If you need to talk to someone about special or her from making use of facilities of a kind needs, or if you think your child may need help generally provided for others of the same when they start school, please contact the Special age in mainstream schools or mainstream Educational Needs Team on (01273) 293552. post 16 provision 22 23 Moving house

How does the council manage How does the appeal What happens if I What happens if I am reallocation pools? process work? change address during the temporarily absent from Children will be entered in a reallocation pool for The Appeal Panel will consider your appeal. This admissions process? the city community schools* according to the admission is an independent body that is not bound by the • If you change address during the admissions If a family has a residence in Brighton & Hove priorities listed on pages 16-22. Within each council’s admission priorities, or the published process, you will need to supply proof of your and temporarily lives elsewhere (for example, priority children will be ranked by computer in a admission numbers. You have the right to appeal new address before 23 January 2015 if you a temporary job out-of-area, or abroad), the random order. Each time the council is notified for any of your preferred schools but you may wish us to base your school allocation on your School Admissions Team may seek evidence of that a place (or places) has become available at a only appeal once for each school. The Appeal new home address. Please see page 19 for residence at both addresses, and evidence that you school with a reallocation pool, a randomised list Panel’s decision is binding on the council and on what is acceptable as proof of address. will be returning to the area. Please contact the will be created and the place (or places) allocated parents/carers. School Admissions Team on (01273) 293653 or to the child (or children) at the top of the list. Late • If you change address during the admissions [email protected] You can appeal online at applicants will be added to the pool as soon as process, before the closing date for if you need any advice about filling in your form in www.brighton-hove.gov.uk possible after they are received. Where, after the applications, you must notify the School these circumstances. Admissions Team. If you do not do this, and closing date, parents/carers change preferences If you need to find out more about appeal we offer your child a place at your preferred without changing address, their new application arrangements please contact: will not be added to the reallocation pool until school based on an address where you no What happens if I move after 30 June 2015. (See page 13). The Clerk to the Appeal Panel longer live, this place will be taken away again. to the area at a time when Democratic Services • You should also notify the School Admissions my child would not normally Parents notified that their child has been offered Brighton & Hove City Council Team of changes of address that happen a place from a reallocation pool will have seven Kings House, Grand Avenue change school? after the closing date. If you do not, you may days to reply before the place is offered to Hove, BN3 2LS If you have moved house and it is no longer not receive any information from your child’s another child. (01273) 291228 practical to make the journey to your child’s new school. [email protected] current school, you will need to apply for a place • You must provide proof of all changes of at a different school. If you wish to apply for a How to appeal for a place at Please note: The governors of Brighton Aldridge address. Until we see proof of a change of maintained* school in Brighton & Hove, you will your preferred school Community Academy (BACA), Portslade Aldridge address we will allocate a school place based need to apply via the School Admissions Team, Community Academy (PACA), Cardinal Newman on your existing address. either online or using a School In-year preference How can I appeal? Catholic School and King’s School are responsible If you are unhappy with the school place your form. We will be able to arrange immediate for organising their own appeals. However, this is • If your application is received after the deadline child has been offered, you can appeal to the transfer to the school you prefer if there is a done via the contact details above. and we do not receive proof of a house move Independent Appeal Panel. You should act quickly place available when we receive your In-Year (or other independent supporting information to register an appeal, normally within 20 school preference form. explaining why the form is late), we will days of receiving an email or letter informing you Can I appeal if my child has treat this application as late. It is up to you to of the decision about your allocation. Appeals a statement? provide us with reasons to accept it as late with submitted after this time will only be considered if good reason. there is a good reason for the council to do so. If your child has a Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) and you want to appeal • If you are due to move house within Brighton If your appeal is unsuccessful the authority will not against the school named in the statement, & Hove you must still apply by the deadline normally consider a further appeal for the same or against the fact that no school has been and then provide your revised information and school for entry in the same academic year. named, an appeal should be made to the Special proof by 23 January 2015. Educational Needs tribunal, not an Appeal Panel You can only appeal for a place at a school for (telephone 01273 293552 for further information). Please note: These arrangements refer to which you have expressed a preference. If you community schools. Academies, Free Schools and wish to appeal, it is a good idea to accept the church aided* schools have their own admission place at the school you have been offered, as arrangements that are controlled by the school this will have no effect on the outcome of your governors, and you should contact the relevant appeal, and will prevent you from missing out on Headteacher for further details. a school altogether.

24 25 You can apply for a school place in advance of • Transfers in years 10 and 11 are not usually Moving school if you have not You may wish to discuss alternative places with your move if you wish, however you will not recommended due to likely difficulties in moved house the School Admissions Team. receive a decision more than half a term before G.C.S.E curriculum matches and in the subject • You have the right to appeal to the your child is due to start at the new school. timetabling. If you are considering moving your Sometimes a change of school is unavoidable, Independent Appeal Panel if you do not get child please discuss this with the current school for example where a child has moved house or the place you want. You may appeal after you • No school places are reserved for people and contact the School Admissions Team. has had to leave private school due to a change who move into the area, but we will be of circumstances. However, we would like to have received the email or letter notifying you pleased to advise you about which schools Please note: if it is feasible for your child to travel to take this opportunity to highlight to parents the of the school allocation (see page 24 for details have places available at the time you require and from his or her existing school following a house issues associated with moving children to another about the appeals process). move in year 10 or 11 only, the council may be able to a school. school midway through their education. It has • If you do not contact the school to accept provide help with transport if your new home is more been statistically demonstrated that children and a place offered by the date specified in the than three miles from your child’s current school. • If you have moved house or have been living young people do less well in examinations when allocation email or letter, the place will be given at your current address for less than six they have moved schools outside of normal to another applicant. months, or your child is currently at private transition periods. This is particularly the case for school, please supply proof of address In year fair access protocol movement during Years 10 and 11. The disruption • School transfers normally take two weeks to with your application. If we do not receive As required by law, Brighton & Hove has a fair to education can be particularly detrimental for arrange and places are allocated for the next this with your application, we will write and access protocol with schools. This ensures that GCSE results, as all schools will tend to follow available half term. To ensure this is possible ask you for it, but this may mean that you vulnerable children who need a school place different combinations of syllabuses and (providing a place is available), please make miss out on a place at your preferred school outside the main admission round are offered one offer different courses. sure the School Admissions Team receives your if other children with confirmed addresses as soon as possible. This can sometimes result in form by the last Friday of the school holidays. have also applied for places there. See page schools going above their published admission It is worth noting that each school in the city If your house move does not tie in with this 19 for what is acceptable as proof of address. number for an established year group. has very similar standards and expectations of timescale you will be able to start school in the behaviour, attendance, uniform and conduct. The middle of the term. strategies and sanctions are also similar for each school. We would, therefore, advise that should • To receive a decision before the end of a issues arise in your child’s school that the advised particular half term, you will need to apply course of action would be to resolve these with two weeks before the end of that half term. school staff. If you apply to transfer from one To receive a decision for September allocation Brighton & Hove maintained school* to another, we before the end of the summer term you will will ask you to convene a meeting with a named need to return your form before the third senior staff member at your current school to Friday in June. September allocations will be discuss the implications of this before going ahead. made from summer half term onwards so it fosteror is a good idea to return forms for this type of transfer before that. How will my application for a adopt • If In Year preference forms are received during make a difference transfer be dealt with? term time, the School Admissions team will • Available places at community schools will allocate a place at a school, but this will be for be offered in accordance with the council’s the next available half term. admission priorities (see pages 16-22). Please note: these arrangements refer to Own admission authority schools will use community schools, BACA and PACA. their own admission priorities which can be Cardinal Newman Catholic School and foster or adopt for Brighton and Hove found on pages 32-36. King’s School have their own admission • If we cannot meet any of your preferences we arrangements that are controlled by the school We need a broad range of carers from all cultural and will suggest that your child remain at his or her governors. You should contact the schools for social backgrounds to meet the needs of our children current school. If this is not feasible because further details (see p 30-31 for contact details). you have moved house, we will offer a place Please call us for an informal chat on 01273 295444 at the nearest school to your new home which or visit www.fosteringinbrightonandhove.org.uk has a vacancy in the appropriate year group. 26 27 School transport Can the council provide transport from home to school?

Free transport from • When a customer is first awarded tax credits, Special Needs and special could result in the council reviewing a child’s or following a change in their household transport arrangements. In some cases that could home to school circumstances, HM Revenue and Customs reasons for transport mean the temporary or permanent removal of • The Council has a duty to provide free transport issue a “tax credit awards notice” detailing the • If your child is not entitled to free transport entitlement to travel on a particular route. between home and school for children of breakdown and amount of the award. Part 2 because of distance, help may still be given secondary school age who live over three miles of the award notice gives details of “How we if she/he is not fit to walk to school or attends from the appropriate school (this is termed the work out your tax credits” including details a special school. Complaints about statutory walking distance). The appropriate of the full WTC elements. This is the maximum • The Consultant Community Paediatrician school transport school will be the designated catchment area amount a customer can receive in WTC in any will be asked to confirm that children are Any complaints from parents/carers about school (or schools) for your home address year. It then lists “any reduction due to your not fit to walk. home to school transport will be investigated provided it has a place available – distances are income” and shows the net amount payable. immediately. Where the complaint is upheld, steps • Pupils attending special schools will have measured by the shortest safe walking route. It is therefore readily apparent from the award will be taken to rectify the situation by whatever their transport needs individually assessed in This will be measured by computer. If you are notice whether a person is receiving maximum means necessary. If you have a complaint please consultation with parents/carers. unable to obtain a place at your catchment area WTC or a reduced sum due to income. Only telephone 01273 293501. school then free transport will be provided if those with the maximum WTC will be the council is unable to offer you an alternative entitled to the greater entitlement to free Behaviour on transport Please note that from September 2013 the school within 3 miles of your home. school transport. council no longer provides discretionary transport Children travelling to school both on public assistance to voluntary aided (faith) schools, except • If you choose not to apply for the appropriate • If you are claiming entitlement to school transport transport and in hired vehicles will be expected for students in Year 11 in 2014/15. Free transport school, and apply for a school beyond the on the grounds of low income, you must inform to behave reasonably and treat drivers, other will be provided for any children who are eligible statutory walking distance from your home, the Home to School Transport Team that you are travellers and members of the public with under the criteria that apply to all children ie those you will not be entitled to free transport unless doing so. The phone number is 01273 293501, courtesy and consideration. Any breach of who are attending their nearest school but who you have a low income. (See below) or you can write via the address given for the acceptable behaviour will be dealt with through live more than three miles from the school, or more School Admissions Team at the front of this • Most children living in Brighton & Hove do not the school’s disciplinary procedures, and if serious, than two miles if the family has a low income. booklet. You will need to say whether your child qualify for free transport as they will live within is entitled to free school meals, which we can the statutory walking distance. check against our records, or that you receive the • Children attending schools outside Brighton & maximum WTC. In the case of the WTC you will Hove will only qualify for help with transport if be asked to provide your award notice as proof of How do you travel to school? that school is regarded as the appropriate school. receipt. You should contact the Home to School Transport Team as soon as possible after you know • Help will not be given with transport to which school your child has been allocated. independent schools. The council’s School Travel Team has produced a booklet called Transport to the ‘How do you travel to school?’ Families with a low income appropriate school • Children entitled to free school meals or whose • If a child is entitled to free transport the In this booklet you can find information about travel parents are in receipt of their maximum level council will usually meet the full cost of of Working Tax Credit (WTC) have a greater travel on public services, or provide a seat on choices for the journey to your child’s school. You entitlement to free transport. If any of their 3 a hired vehicle, and will issue season tickets can also find out what travel to school initiatives are nearest schools is more than two miles but not or special travel permits as appropriate. happening at your school – such as Child Pedestrian more than 6 miles from their home, they will be Training, cycle & scooter storage and training, • In exceptional circumstances the council entitled to free transport to that school if they whether your school has a School Crossing Patrol, may agree to pay a mileage rate to parents/ obtain a place there. However they will not be as well as which buses stop near your school. carers who wish to make their own entitled to free transport to any of their 3 nearest arrangements. This will normally be paid To download a copy of ‘How do you travel to school?’ schools which is less than 2 miles from their home. only where there is no public transport to go to www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/schooltravel the appropriate school or the appropriate For a paper copy, please call the School Travel Team school is outside Brighton & Hove, and special on 01273 292357. agreement has been given in advance. 28 29 List of Secondary schools in

Brighton & Hove

A list of all Brighton & Hove schools (excluding private schools), together with Opportunities to Maximum number information about open days and making visits is printed here. School Headteacher on roll Preferences How 2014-15in many each places priority offered 2014-15 Published number admission visit the school Hove Park Mr 1500 1) 181; 2) All 300 Open Evening: D Trimmer 343; 3) preferences Valley Campus, There will also be a new UTC opening in Newhaven which will serve the Valley Campus: Yrs 7-9, 195 allocated Thurs 2 Oct, Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex areas. The UTC will admit students into Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8AA unless 6-9pm. offered Visits by Nevill Campus: Yrs 10-13, year 10 and also into year 12. Details can be found at www.utc.harbourside.org.uk This school has a sixth form a higher appointment Nevill Road, Hove, BN3 7BN see www.hovepark.brighton-hove. preference Mon 6, Tues 7, www.hovepark.org.uk sch.uk/sixth-form Wed 8 Oct. 01273 295002 for details of how to apply

King’s Free School Mr 180 1) 105; 2) Information 125 Open Evening C Mackinlay 54; 3) 77 available Tues 30 Sept High Street, from the 6-8.30pm. Portslade, BN41 2PG school Morning tours Opportunities to www.kingsschoolhove.org.uk governors by appointment Maximum number School Headteacher on roll Preferences 2014-15How in many each places priority offered 2014-15 Published number admission visit the school 01273 840004 Wed 1, Thurs 2, Fri 3 Oct. Blatchington Mill School Ms J Felkin 1765 1) 349; SEN- 13; 300 Open Evening and Sixth Form College (inc 6th 2) 287; 1) 4; Thurs 9 Oct Longhill Mr H Stride 1200 1) 191; 2) All 270 Open Evening form) 3) 212 2) 2; 6:30-9pm. 38; 3) 32 preferences Weds 8 Oct. Nevill Avenue, 3) 83; Open mornings Falmer Road, Rottingdean, allocated School tour dates Hove, BN3 7BW 4) 198; Mon 13 Oct Brighton, BN2 7FR unless All morning slots www.blatchingtonmill.org.uk 5) 0 8:30 -10:10am, www.longhill.brighton-hove. offered between 01273 736244 This school has a sixth form Tues 14 Oct sch.uk a higher 8.45-9.30am: see www.blatchingtonmill.org.uk/our-sixth-form 8:30 -10:10am. 01273 304086 preference Fri 10, Mon 13, for details of how to apply. Tues 14, Weds 15, Thurs 16, Fri 17 and Brighton Aldridge Mr D Davies 1680 1) 68; 2) All 180 Open Evening– Mon 20 Oct. Community Academy 18; 3) 27 preferences Weds 17 Sept allocated 6-8pm. Patcham High Mrs 1035 1) 209; SEN- 7; 210 Open Evening Lewes Road, This academy has a sixth form unless 6th Form Open P Sargent 2) 67; 3) 1) 4; 25 Sept 6- 8.30pm Brighton, BN1 9PW see www.baca-uk.org.uk/academy offered Event – Ladies Mile Road, 222 2) 2; Open morning www.baca-uk.org -information/6th-form/ a higher Thurs 9 Oct 6-8pm. Brighton, BN1 8PB 3) 44; Tues 30 Sept and 01273 691191 for details of how to apply preference www.patchamhigh.brighton- 4) 112; Wed 1 Oct hove.sch.uk 5) 41 8.45-10.30am. Cardinal Newman RC Dr 2213 1) 393; Information 360 Open Evening 01273 503908 Aided J Kilmartin 2) 135; available Weds 1 Oct 3) 296 from the 4 -7.30pm. Portslade Aldridge Mr J Fox 685 1) 85; 2) All 180 Open Evening The Upper Drive, school Organised School Community Academy 38; 3) 39 preferences Mon 6 Oct Hove, BN3 6ND. governors Tours between allocated 6-9pm. www.cncs.co.uk This school has a sixth form 6 and 24 Oct. Please Chalky Road, This academy has a sixth form unless 01273 558551 see www.cardinalnewman.fluencycms.co.uk/ contact the school Portslade, BN41 2WS see www.paca.uk.com/ offered sixthform-home for details of how to apply for dates and times. www.paca.uk.com 6th-form-centre a higher 01273 416300 for details of how to apply preference Dorothy Stringer Mr 1650 1) 493; SEN- 12; 330 Open Evening R Bradford 2) 414; 3) 1) 3; Thurs 9 Oct 6-8pm. Varndean Mr 1350 1) 216; 2) SEN- 1; 270 Open Evening Loder Road, 178 2) 0; School Tours W Deighan 495; 3) 1) 6; Weds 24 Sept Brighton, BN1 6PZ 3) 108; between Balfour Road, 254 2) 1; 5:30-8:30pm www.dorothy-stringer.co.uk 4) 208; Mon 13 and Fri 24 Brighton,BN1 6NP 3) 55; Morning tours 01273 852222 5) 0 Oct Please contact www.varndean.co.uk 4) 207 book in advance: 01273 852222 for 01273 561281 Thurs 25, Fri 26 Sept dates and times. 9:10-10:15am.

30 *Please see school/academies website for details of 31 how to apply for sixth form Admission priorities for Own Admission Authority Schools

Admission arrangements have been edited in some cases for reasons of space. All essential information Priority within the Admission procedure regarding admission priorities has been retained. Full versions are available from each school or at The governing body of Cardinal Newman www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/schooladmissions Oversubscription Criteria: The governors will apply the following order of Catholic School is responsible for determining priorities within any of the above criteria when the admission arrangements of the school, Although Catholic children have priority of Brighton Aldridge applications exceed the number of places available including the priority of admissions to the school. admission, the Governing Body also welcomes and it is necessary to decide between applications When the application deadline has closed, the Community Academy applications from those of other denominations and through a priority ranking: Local Authority (LA) provides to the school a list faiths who support the religious ethos of the school. of all applicants who have applied to the school. (BACA) and Portslade i. For Oversubscription Criteria 2 or 3 above - Having consulted with the Diocese, Local Authority, The school will then rank the applications in The strength of evidence of practice of the Aldridge Community other admission authorities and other relevant strict accordance with its published admission faith as demonstrated by the level of the groups, the Governors intend to admit into arrangements and provide the LA with the ranked Academy (PACA) parent/carer or child’s Mass attendance on Year 7 in September 2015, up to 360 students list. The LA is responsible for coordinating the BACA and PACA will be using the Brighton & Sundays (see note g). This evidence must be without reference to ability or aptitude. allocation of places in its area, offering individual Hove City Council admission priorities to be found provided by the parent/carer (see note f) and places to parents on behalf of the school on pages 16-22 for 2015-16 admissions. be endorsed by a Priest at the church(es) where governors on the common offer date. Oversubscription criteria: the child or parent/carer normally worships. Where the number of applications for admission Applications will be ranked in the order shown To apply for a place at this school, you should Cardinal Newman exceeds 360, and after the admission of students on the Supplementary Information Form, i.e. complete and return the following: with a Statement of Special Educational Needs firstly those attending Mass weekly or at least Catholic School 1. The Common Application Form (CAF) Cardinal Newman Catholic School is a voluntary where the school is named on the Statement, the three times a month, then once or twice a All applications for places must be made on aided school in the Diocese of Arundel & Governors will offer places using the following month, then less than once a month, then the CAF which is available either from the Local Brighton. The school was founded by and is criteria in the order stated: those who do not attend. Authority (where the parent lives) or on that Local part of the Catholic Church and is in Trusteeship 1. Baptised Catholic looked after children or ii. For Oversubscription Criteria 6 and 7 - Authority’s website. For a valid application, the of the Diocese. The school is conducted as a previously looked after children (see notes a) The strength of evidence of practice of the CAF must be returned either in the paper form or Catholic school in accordance with canon law, the and b)). faith as demonstrated by the level of the online. The closing date is 31 October 2014. teachings of the Catholic Church and the Trust 2. Baptised Catholic children attending feeder parent/carer or child’s attendance at Sunday Deed of the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton. It schools named by Cardinal Newman (see notes services. This evidence must be provided by 2. The school’s Supplementary Information seeks at all times to be a witness to Jesus Christ. b) and c)). the parent/carer (see note f)) and be endorsed Form (SIF) The school offers a Catholic education. The 3. Other Baptised Catholic children (see note b). by the minister/faith leader at the parent/ This is available from the school and the school carer’s or child’s designated place of worship. governors expect that parents applying for places 4. Other looked after children or previously website. The SIF allows the governors to put all Applications will be ranked in the order shown for their children will accept and uphold the looked after children (see note a). applicants in order of priority for admission in line Catholic character and ethos of the school. The on the Supplementary Information Form i.e. 5. Siblings of Cardinal Newman children attending with the published admission policy. school was set up primarily to serve the Catholic firstly those who attend services weekly or at the school at the time of admission (see note d)). Please note that while completion of the SIF community in the Brighton and Hove deanery. least three times a month, then once or twice is not mandatory, if a completed SIF is not 6. Children who are members of other Christian a month, then less than once a month, then received, the governing body will only be able denominations that are part of Churches those who do not attend. to consider the application based on information Together in England attending feeder schools iii. Once the PAN for the new intake is reached provided to the Local Authority on the CAF. To named by Cardinal Newman. Evidence of then the deciding factor in any category is put this in practical terms, if a completed SIF is Baptism (or dedication) provided by a Priest or distance from the school: Distance from home not received, it is likely that governors will only Minister of a designated place of worship will (the address at which the child resides) to be able to rank the application within the last i.e. be required. the school (closest proximity receives highest ‘Any other children’ criterion. 7. Children who are members of other Christian priority) (see note e)). Evidence of residence The completed SIF must be returned to the school denominations that are part of Churches may be required. office by 31 October 2014. You are advised to Together in England not attending feeder make a copy of the two forms for your records. schools named by Cardinal Newman. Evidence For details of how the oversubscription criteria of Baptism (or dedication) provided by a Priest were applied in 2014/2015, please see appendix 1 3. Evidence of Baptism or Dedication where or Minister of a designated place of worship applicable (see oversubscription criteria 2, 3, 6, will be required. and 7). 8. Any other children. 4. Proof of Address (see note j). 32 33 Late applications Appeals King’s School If more applications meeting the faith criterion All pieces of paperwork are required on or before Parents whose applications for places are The admissions policy reinforces the educational are received than there are places available, the published closing dates referenced above. Late unsuccessful may appeal to an Independent vision upon which King’s School has been then:- applications (those where it is reasonable that a Appeal Panel set up in accordance with sections established. The school will be inclusive, will meet i. 20% of places will be offered in order parent could have submitted an application by the 88 and 94 of the School Standards and the individual needs of all learners and will be of distance from the home address of the closing date) will only be processed when those Framework Act 1998. Appeals must be made in based on the tenets and beliefs of the Church of applicant to the school, distance being applications have been dealt with. writing and must set out the reasons on which England. It will, through its admissions, promote measured in a straight line from the middle of the front door of the student’s accommodation Any late applications will be considered by the the appeal is made. Appeals should be made understanding among students of all mainstream to the centre of the main entrance of the Governors’ Admissions Committee, in the event of to the Admissions Appeal Clerk at the school Christian churches. school; priority being given to those who live there being any available places using the above address. Parents/carers have the right to make oral The agreed admissions number for Year 7 of the closest to the school. criteria. If all places have been filled, parents will representations to the Appeal Panel. school will be 150. That number of places will be ii. 80% of places will be offered in order be offered the opportunity of placing their child’s offered in Year 7 annually. In year admissions of distance from the home address of the name on the waiting list. This does not prevent The oversubscription criteria in this admission All children with a Statement of Special applicant to the mid-point of the junction parents from exercising their right to appeal policy will also apply to applications made outside Educational Need that identifies King’s School between New Church Road and Richardson against the decision not to offer a place. the normal age of entry to secondary education Hove as the named school will be offered a place. Road; (the grid reference of this point being Letting you know the decision (Year 7), ie in succeeding years or during the 527665:104983 ), distance being measured in a Allocation letters for the New Year 7 Intake will academic year. Please ensure that you contact the Oversubscription criteria: straight line from the middle of the front door be posted by the relevant LA on 2 March 2015 for school and the Local Authority when making an Where the number of applications for admission of the student’s accommodation to the point secondary admissions. In-Year application. is greater than the number of places available for detailed. Priority will be given to those who live closest to the school. If you want to accept the place allocated to your any given intake, the following over-subscription Visiting the school iii. For the purposes detailed in 5.i and 5.ii, the child, you must complete and return the Cardinal criteria will apply, in the order set out below: We encourage parents to visit our school in order ground floor is considered closer than the first Newman Catholic School Student Registration Form to find out more about how we work and the 1. Children who are looked after or have been and so on. enclosed with the letter to the address on the form. education we offer. Organised tours are published looked after by a local authority in accordance If you do not accept the place within 14 days, we on the school website. Parents are welcome to with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989. 6. Other or non-faith places (referred to as ‘open’ places) will send you a reminder to fill in the admission arrange a visit by contacting the school office. 2. Children for whom it is essential to be admitted form. If you no longer wish to send your child to However, such visits do not form part of the If fewer than the designated number places are to this school because of special circumstances taken up by those satisfying the faith criterion, the school, for example you are moving away; process of deciding which children are to be to do with significant medical or social needs please let us know in writing. offered a place at the school. then these remaining places will be added to evidenced by written professional advice those offered to ‘non-faith’ applicants. Waiting lists Giving us the wrong information from a doctor, social worker or other health The places remaining after the ‘faith’ places If a parent/carer is found to have supplied false professional, explaining why these needs can have been allocated will be offered to any If the school is oversubscribed, parents of children realistically only be met by King’s school. who have not been offered a place at the school or incorrect information to gain a place at this other applicants. If there are more applicants may ask for their child’s name to be placed on a school, the governing body reserves the right to 3. Children whose parents have been granted than there are places available in this category waiting list. The waiting list will be operated using withdraw any offer of a place even if the child Founders’ status by the Secretary of State. then:- has already started school. An example of false the same admissions criteria listed above. Placing a 4. Children who, on the date of admission, will i. 20% of places will be offered in order or incorrect information would be the use of an child’s name on the waiting list does not guarantee have a sibling on the roll of the school. Sibling of distance from the home address of the address that is not the child’s normal residence, or that a place will become available. This does not means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered applicant to the school, distance being false date of birth. prevent parents from exercising their right to brother or sister, but not cousin, who will be measured in a straight line from the middle of appeal against the decision not to offer a place. The Please read the full notes and definitions in living permanently with them at the same the front door of the student’s accommodation waiting list will be maintained for one term the full policy available from the school or at address at the date of their entry to the school; to the centre of the main entrance of the school; priority being given to those who live The waiting list will be ranked in line with the www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/schooladmissions the school may require proof of relationship. closest to the school. oversubscription criteria each time a child is added 5. This is an Ecumenical Christian School and ii. 80% of places will be offered in order to the list. For the application to go on the Waiting if oversubscribed, up to 50% of the places of distance from the home address of the List parents should put their request in writing to available after the application of 1, 2, 3 and 4 applicant to the mid-point of the junction the Admissions Officer, Cardinal Newman Catholic above, will be based on a ‘faith’ criterion; this between Richardson Road and New Church School. criterion is detailed in the notes at the end of Road; (the grid reference of this point being this policy. 527665:104983) distance being measured 34 35 Useful contact details

in a straight line from the middle of the front Faith Criterion Brighton & Hove City Council Other Local Authorities door of the student’s accommodation to the The faith criterion is based on regular Church point detailed. Priority will be given to those attendance at a Church which is recognised • Brighton & Hove City Council’s website • East Sussex County Council 03456 080190 who live closest to the school. by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ www.eastsussex.gov.uk or the Evangelical Alliance. A supplementary iii. For the purposes detailed in 5.i and 5.ii, the schooladmissions information form is available for applications • West Sussex County Council 01243 777100 ground floor is considered closer than the first under this criterion; this can be downloaded • School Admissions team 01273 293653 www.westsussex.gov.uk and so on. from our website and must be returned, duly completed and signed by a Minister, Priest or • School Preference Service 01273 290355 Church Leader, to the school by the last day of ‘Tied’ applications November 2014. • Home to School Transport entitlement If two or more applications cannot be separated by Central Government Regular attendance is defined as fortnightly 01273 293501 the criteria set out above then the place or places attendance at a Church, which is a member of will be decided by the drawing of lots carried out by • Department for Education website Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or a • Free School Meals entitlement 01273 293497 someone independent of the school. member of the Evangelical Alliance, for at least www.education.gov.uk two years at the closing date for applications, • Family Information Service (FIS) • Office for Standards in Education (OfSTED) Operation of waiting lists which is the last day in November 2014. 01273 293545 – childcare information A Minister, Priest or Church Leader will need www.ofsted.gov.uk Where in any year the school receives more to sign the supplementary information form, • Special Educational Needs & applications for places than there are places available, confirming the attendance and the form must a waiting list will operate for at least the first year. Pre-School Special Educational Needs, be submitted to the school before the end of 01273 293552 This will be maintained by the school and it will November 2014. be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list following an • Home Education Officer 01273 293431 – unsuccessful application. A child’s position on the Appeals information for parents who educate their waiting list will be determined solely in accordance Parents who fail to gain a place at King’s children at home with the oversubscription criteria set (as applicable). School for their child can appeal to an Where places become vacant they will be allocated Independent Appeals Panel. If needed this • Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS) to children on the waiting list in accordance with the panel will be set up in conjunction with the Brighton & Hove City Council, 01273 292521 oversubscription criteria. Local Authority. • Schools Performance data The parents of students on the waiting list will be www.education.gov.uk/schools/ contacted twice a year to ensure that they wish to performance/ remain on the waiting list.

Home Address The home address is where the child spends the majority of time and is living with the person who has parental responsibility and is the parent as defined in Section 576 of the Education Act 1996 (we may require documentary evidence). If a child regularly lives at more than one address, the Governing Body will have to reach a conclusion about which should be counted as the main address when allocating places. This will normally be the address where the child is registered with a doctor.

36 37 Explanation of terms and definitions

Some of the everyday language used in this booklet has a very specific meaning when used to describe the admissions process. This section explains the meanings of some educational terms.

Academy Community Schools Own Admission Authority Reallocation pool Academies are publicly funded independent Schools which are maintained entirely from School The method the council uses to decide schools, free from Local Authority and national public funds, and are managed locally by the A school whose governors are responsible for who will be offered any places at an government control. Other freedoms include Headteacher and governors together with the taking decisions about admissions. Academies, oversubscribed school that become available after setting their own pay and conditions for council. Formerly known as County Schools. Church Aided Schools and Free Schools fall into initial decisions have been notified to parents. staff, freedoms concerning the delivery of the this category. See page 23. curriculum, and the ability to change the length of their terms and school days. Free School Secondary School Free Schools are all-ability state-funded schools Parent/Carer Admission Authority set up in response to what local people say they Under the terms of the Children Act, 1989, married A school that takes pupils aged between want and need in order to improve education for parents or the unmarried mother of a child have 11 and 16, or 11 and 18 where there is a The body responsible for deciding admission children in their community. parental responsibilities automatically. Other sixth form. priorities* and for allocating school places. people, including unmarried fathers, step-parents, In the case of community schools* this is the grandparents and other relations, foster carers, Local Authority* and in the case of church aided Junior School and others, may acquire parental responsibilities in Sibling link schools*, academies and free schools, it is the a variety of ways. If you are uncertain about your A school that takes pupils aged between seven For the purposes of the school admissions school’s governing body. parental status, the School Admissions Team and eleven. Pupils are normally admitted having process, children are siblings if they live in will be happy to discuss it with you. previously attended an Infant School. the same household. You may be asked to supply Please contact (01273) 293653 for information. Admission priorities proof of this, for example, a copy of your Child Benefit statement showing both The method used by the Admission Authority* Local Authority (LA) children’s names. to decide which children are offered places when Preference form The LA in Brighton & Hove is Brighton & Hove a school has received more applications than it Either a paper form received with the City Council. has places. booklet or an online form.

Church Aided School Maintained School Primary School State-funded school. In Brighton & Hove A school where the buildings are maintained by A school which has pupils aged between these are either academies, community* schools, the Church of England or the Roman Catholic four and eleven, that is, both infant and free schools or church aided* schools. Church, and the governors are responsible for junior age groups. admissions policy. With the exception of the costs of new buildings and maintaining the buildings, the council meets the running costs. Oversubscribed School Published Admission Number A school where there are more applications than The number of pupils a school can admit in available places. its intake year. The figure is set after consultation between the council and the school governing body.

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