Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Directory by School Name Directory by Adeyfield School Marlborough Science (The) School Area – A Sports College Astley Cooper School (The) Meridian School (The) Baldock Barclay School (The) Monk’s Walk School Berkhamsted Bishop’s Stortford Beaumont School Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School Nobel School (The) Brookmans Park Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School Onslow St Audrey’s School Broxbourne Bishop’s Stortford High School (The) Parmiter’s School Buntingford Broxbourne School (The) Bushey Bushey Academy (The) Priory School (The) Cheshunt Queens’ School Cavendish School (The) Ralph Sadlier School Garston Chancellor’s School Reach Free School (The) Hatfield Cheshunt School School Da Vinci Studio School of Creative Enterprise Hertford Da Vinci Studio School of Science and Engineering Roysia Middle School Hitchin Dame Alice Owen’s School Edwinstree C of E Middle School Kings Langley UTC (The) Sele School (The) Maths and Computing College Sheredes School Potters Bar Francis Combe Academy Radlett Sir Frederic Osborn School Rickmansworth Goffs School Royston Greneway School (The) Girls’ School Sawbridgeworth Harperbury Free School St Albans Hemel Hempstead School (The) St George’s School (Day) & Essex High School (The) St George’s School (Boarding) St Joan of Arc Catholic School Ware Highfield School (The) St Mary’s Catholic School Hitchin Boys’ School St Mary’s Church of High School Welwyn Garden City Hitchin Girls’ School St Michael’s Catholic High School Hockerill Anglo-European College (Day) Stanborough School Hockerill Anglo-European College (Boarding) Thomas Alleyne School (The) John F Kennedy Catholic School Townsend Church of England School John Henry Newman RC School John Warner School (The) Turnford School UTCs Studio Schools Knights Templar School (The) Watford Grammar School for Boys Middle Schools Leventhorpe Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford UTC (The) Loreto College Yavneh College

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The Directory Section

Every maintained secondary, upper, studio What happened in previous years school and UTC in Hertfordshire is listed in the This information is to help you see how likely it is online directory. The school directory includes that your child will be offered a place at the information to help you with your application. school. The information is correct as at allocation This directory covers all the towns in day in each year and gives you an indication of Hertfordshire. what has happened in the last two years.

The entry for each school gives the contact 2012 2013 details including the school website address. Number of places available 210 210 More information about school types is on page 4 of the Moving On booklet. A number of schools Total number of applications 350 352 Total number of places have applied for academy status. Where 210 210 possible this is indicated in the individual school offered entry. Academy status will not change a school’s published admission arrangements for The table shows you how many places were September 2014. The number on roll shows the available, how many applications the school had total number of children attending the school in in total and how many places were offered. January 2013. The published admission number Other information includes how many children shows the total number of children that can be were offered places under each rule. Additional admitted to the school for September 2014. The information about allocations in previous years is denomination will be given if applicable and will available at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions be Catholic, Church of England or Jewish. Specialist status will list any specialism’s the Please note these statistics only include school has. The School Code listed for each applications made prior to allocation day. The school must be given on the paper application total places offered also show the position as at form if you apply on paper. allocation day. Many schools receive late applications and make additional allocations Example through the continuing interest process which Headteacher: Mr Head are not reflected in these figures. School Street, Fieldford, AB1 2CD Tel: Fax: Summary of admission rules 01234 567890 01234 567891 The admission rules in the directory are a [email protected] summary of the full rules. They are correct as at www.school.sch.uk the time of going to press. However, objections Type: Community (mixed) have been made to the admission arrangements Published Admission Number: 30 of the following schools and therefore there may Specialist Status: Sports, Arts be changes: School Code: 9991110 Leventhorpe - Please contact the school for further information. Open Event details Information about the open events being held at The directory contains a summary of each the school. school’s admission rules. For voluntary aided, foundation schools and Application form academies, you should read the full admissions This section will tell you if you need to complete policy which is available on a supplementary information form as well as www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or from the applying online or on the paper application form school. in this booklet.

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* In 2012 places were allocated in accordance Baldock with Hertfordshire County Council’s admission rules. In 2013 the school changed their

admission criteria to the current set of rules. The Knights Templar School Summary of admission rules Headteacher: Andrew Pickering 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Park Street, Baldock, SG7 6DZ and children who were looked after, but Tel: Fax: 01462 620700 01462 620701 ceased to be so because they were adopted [email protected] (or become subject to a residence order or www.ktemplar.herts.sch.uk special guardianship) Type: Academy (co-educational) 2. Medical or social needs: Children for who it Number on Roll: 1326 can be demonstrated that they have a Published Admission Number: 210 particular medical or social need to attend Knights Templar. School Code: 9194016 3. Siblings living in the Priority area: Children who have a sibling at the School at the time Open Event details of application, unless the sibling is in Year 13. Wednesday, 2nd October 2013 and Thursday, 4. Children living in the Priority area who live 3rd October 2013: 9.30am to 12.00 noon nearest to the school who do not already

have a sibling attending the school. Application form 5. Children of Staff. Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 6. Siblings living outside the Priority area: or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Children who have a sibling at the school at

What happened in previous years the time of application, unless the sibling is in Year 13.

2012 2013 7. Children living outside the Priority area who Number of places available 210 210 live nearest to the school. Total number of applications 591 693 Total number of places Children of Staff - are defined as children of 210 210 offered employees who have been employed at the school for two or more years on the date of the Places offered under each rule* application.

2012 Tie-break SEN/CLA and social medical 2 If more children qualify under a particular rule Siblings 83 than places available, a tie break will be used by In priority area, nearest school 114 applying the next rule to those children. In the cases of two applicants with exactly the same In priority area, nearest to school 0 priority under the same admission rules, but only Outside priority area, nearest school 11 one place being available, the school will offer to Outside priority area, nearest to both families. 0 school Parishes in the priority area for this school are : 2013 Ashwell, Baldock, Bygrave, Caldecote, Clothall, Edworth, Hinxworth, Newnham, Radwell, SEN/CLA and social medical 5 Rushden, Sandon, Wallington and Weston. Siblings in priority area 79 In priority area, nearest to school 89 Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were Children of staff 1 applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Siblings outside priority area 17 County Council. Outside priority area, nearest to 19 school

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Queries about the outcome of applications to Berkhamsted this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire

County Council.

Ashlyns School Headteacher: Mr James Shapland Bishop’s Stortford Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 3AH Tel: Fax: 01442 863605 01442 876292 [email protected] Birchwood High School www.ashlyns.herts.sch.uk Headteacher: Dr. Chris Ingate Type: Foundation (co-educational) Parsonage Lane, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 5BD Number on Roll: 820 (but we expect to have Tel: 01279 655936 Fax: 01279 757459 1250 students on roll from September 2013) [email protected] Published Admission Number: 210 www.birchwood.herts.sch.uk School Code: 9195406 Type: Academy (co-educational) Number on Roll: 1339 Ashlyns has changed its age range and is now a Published Admission Number: 240 secondary school taking children from year 7. School Code: 9194200 Open Event details Thursday 3 October 2013 Time: 6.30pm to Open Event details 9pm. Headteacher talks 7.15pm and 8.00pm. Open Day details Thursday 3 October 2013 Time: 4.30 pm to 8.00 pm. Application form Talks by the Headteacher will be at 5.00 pm, Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Please be aware, only very limited parking on site. What happened in previous years 2013 Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Number of places available 210 or on the Hertfordshire paper application form Total number of applications 36 AND complete the Supplementary Information Total number of places offered 28* Form (SIF) available from the school.

*Ashlyns School offered places to all children What happened in previous years who were on roll in Year 6 at Bridgewater and 2012 2013 Thomas Coram Middle schools before making Number of places available 240 240 additional offers. Total number of applications 690 822

Total number of places Places are allocated in accordance with 255 240 Hertfordshire County Council’s admission offered rules – see page 19 – 22 of the Moving On booklet. Places offered under each rule 2012 2013 Parishes in the priority area of the school are: SEN/Looked After 1 1 Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamsted, Siblings 60 84 Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Children of Staff N/A 1 Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Priority Area 120 95 Maple Cross, Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten Geographical distance 74 59 End, Northchurch, Rickmansworth, Sarratt,

Tring, Tring Rural, Watford, Wigginton.

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Children with statements of educational needs Queries about the outcome of applications to naming the school will be admitted regardless this school and how the admissions rules were of the school’s oversubscription criteria. applied should be addressed to the school direct.

Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Looked After Child (children in public care) or The Bishop’s Stortford High School a child who was previously looked after but, Acting Headteacher: Mr Paul Noble immediately after being looked after, became Road, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 3LU subject to an adoption, residence or special Tel: 01279 868686 Fax: 01279 868687 guardianship order. [email protected] 2. Siblings: Children who, at the closing date for www.tbshs.org applications, have a brother or sister currently attending Birchwood High School in years 7 – Type: Foundation* (Boys) 12 who are living at the same permanent Number on Roll: 1082 address from Monday to Friday and who Published Admission Number:155 have joined the school during years 7 – 12. Specialist Status: Maths and Computing; ‘Brothers and sisters’ includes stepbrothers, Leading Edge with Gifted and Talented stepsisters, half brothers, half sisters and School Code: 9195405 adopted brothers and sisters who are living at the same permanent address as the *Pending application to convert to Academy applicant. ‘Currently attending’ means status. children who are actually at the school, or children who have been offered or accepted Open Event details a place but have not yet started at the school. Thursday 19th September 2013, 6pm with 3. Staff: Priority may now be given to all Headteacher’s presentations at 6.15pm, 7.00pm Birchwood employees provided that they & 7.45pm have been employed for a minimum of two years and/or are recruited to fill a vacant Application form post for which there is a demonstrable skills Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions shortage. or on the Hertfordshire paper application 4. Priority Area: Children who, at the closing form AND complete the Supplementary date for applications, live in the chosen urban Information Form. priority area of Bishop’s Stortford, Thorley Parish and the area North West of Bishop’s What happened in previous years Stortford namely; Albury, Birchanger, Brent 2012 2013 Pelham, Farnham, Furneux Pelham, Little Hadham, Much Hadham and Stocking Number of places available 155 155 Pelham. Addresses are routinely checked Total number of applications 407 526 and places may be withdrawn if a false Total number of places 155 155 address has been given. Tie break will be offered made on the basis of shortest distance from their permanent residence to the School as Places offered under each rule determined by Hertfordshire County Council. 2012 2013 5. Geographical distance: Places will be offered SEN/CLA/Medical/Social 0 5 on the basis of shortest distance from their permanent residence to the school as Current siblings 43 45 determined by Hertfordshire County Council, Primary Schools Group A 22 16 with those who are closer being accorded a Primary Schools Group B 26 25 higher priority. Addresses are routinely checked and places may be withdrawn if a Primary Schools Group C 14 9 false address has been given. Primary Schools Group D 8 14 Primary Schools Group E 6 8

Primary Schools Group F 14 8

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Proximity 11 14 students, those being furthest away having priority. Music/Sport 11 11 5. Any places remaining will be allocated according to the proximity of the School to Summary of Admissions Rules the pupil’s normal place of Monday to Friday 1. Children looked after or previously looked residence, those nearest (as determined by after (children who ceased to be looked after the LA’s distance measuring system), being because they were adopted or became given priority. Up to 10% of places will be subject to a residence order or special allocated using the following criterion. guardianship order). 6. Up to 5% of places (i.e. 8) will be allocated to 2. Children in respect of whom there are pupils with a proven aptitude in one or more compelling medical grounds for admission (in of the sports in which the School specialises. which respect supporting evidence will be Aptitude will be assessed using an required in the form of a letter from an appropriate sporting aptitude test. Up to 5% appropriate registered health professional, of places (i.e. 7) will be allocated to pupils setting out why the School is the most with a proven aptitude in music. Aptitude will suitable. be assessed by an appropriate musical 3. Pupils with a brother or sister (natural or aptitude test. adopted) at the School at the time of admission, or a half brother, half sister, Queries about the outcome of applications to this stepbrother, or stepsister living at the same school and how the admissions rules were address and going to the School at the time applied should be addressed to the school direct. of admission. 4. Places will be allocated to the following groups of primary schools. The percentages The Hertfordshire & Essex High allocated to each group of primary schools School and Science College will reflect the proportion of remaining applications received from those primary Headteacher: Cathy Tooze, MEd (Cantab) schools. Warwick Road, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 5NJ Tel: Fax: Group A: Northgate, St Michael’s, Summercroft, 01279 654127 01279 508810 All Saints. [email protected] Group B: Richard Whittington, Thorley Hill, www.hertsandessex.herts.sch.uk Windhill Primary, St Joseph’s, Manor Fields, Type: Foundation* (Girls) Thorn Grove, Hillmead. Number on Roll: 1156 Group C: Albury, Furneux Pelham, Little Published Admission Number: 180 Hadham, Little Hallingbury, Manuden, St Specialist Status: Science, Leadership Partner Andrews Much Hadham. School and Teaching School Group D: High Wych, Mandeville, Matching Green, Reedings, Rodings, Spellbrook. School Code: 9195420 Group E: Bentfield, Clavering, Elsenham, Henham & Ugley, Rickling, St Mary’s Stansted. *Pending conversion to academy status on 1 Group F: St Mary’s hatfield Broad Oak, Hatfield November 2013 Heath, Sheering, Birchanger, Takeley, Farnham, Hunsdon, churchgate, Widford Open Event details Thursday, 26 September, 5.30pm - 8.30pm. OVER SUBSCRIPTION FROM ANY PRIMARY Mrs Tooze and her staff look forward to SCHOOL GROUP A TO F welcoming girls and their families to the school Recent experience is that applications from any and introducing them to ‘Excellence for All’. group of primary schools will exceed the number of places available. In these circumstances, Application form places will be allocated to pupils who live furthest Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions from the nearest alternative community or on the Hertfordshire paper application form foundation or academy school with male AND complete the Supplementary Information Form available from the school, the school website or the above website.

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If a SIF is not completed, the Governing Body d) Albury, Furneux Pelham, Little Hadham will apply its admission arrangements using the and St Andrew’s (Much Hadham) information submitted on the Secondary Transfer Form only, which may result in your application In the case of over-subscription under either 4 being given a lower priority. a), 4 b), 4 c) or 4 d), the number of places assigned to each group will be in proportion to What happened in previous years the number of applicants in each group – see 2012 2013 example in school’s full rules. Priority for the places assigned to each group of Number of places available 160 160 schools will be given to the girls from that group Total number of applications 478 495 who live nearest to the school. In the case of Total number of places 160 161 under subscription in any of the above groups, offered any places vacant will be given to the students in any of the other groups 4 a – d who live nearest Places offered under each rule to the school. 2012 2013 5. 13% of further places (criteria 1 – 5) will be SEN/Looked After 2 2 allocated to any other applicants. Siblings 37 37 Children of Staff N/A 0 In the case of over-subscription under criterion 5 Primary School/distance 105 105 priority will be given to the girls who live nearest to the school. Aptitude in Music/Sport 16 16

Multiple Birth 0 1 In the event of a tie-break (not including multiple- birth siblings at the same address, who would be Girls who have a statement of Special admitted) a random allocation would be made. Educational Needs naming the school will be admitted. 6. For applicants who have not been allocated a place under criteria 1 – 5, up to 5% of the Summary of Admissions Rules places (9) will be allocated to girls with a 1. Looked after children (children in public care) proven aptitude in music and up to 5% (9) to and those previously in care who, girls with a proven aptitude in sport. Aptitude immediately after leaving care, became tests taken on 12 October 2013. In the event subject to an adoption, residence or special of a tie-break under criterion 6, the place will guardianship order. be allocated to the student who lives closest 2. Girls with a sibling at the school at the time of to Herts & Essex application, unless the sibling is in the last year of the normal age-range of the school (ie Queries about the outcome of applications to this Year 13). school and how the admissions rules were 3. Daughters of a parent who works at the applied should be addressed to the school direct. school as a teacher, administrator or member of the support staff, directly employed by the school on contract for two or more years at Hockerill Anglo European College – the date of application; or to fill a vacant post Day places for which there is a demonstrable shortage. Headteacher: Richard Markham MA (Oxon) 4. 87% of further places (i.e. of the 90% Dunmow Road, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 5HX available under criteria 1 – 5) will be allocated Tel: 01279 658451 Fax: 01279 755918 to the following groups of schools: [email protected] a) All Saints, Richard Whittington, St www.hockerill.herts.sch.uk Joseph’s, St Michael’s, Summercroft, Thorley Hill and Thorn Grove Type: Academy (co-educational) b) Hillmead, Manor Fields, Northgate and Number on Roll: 842 Windhill Published Admission Number: 68 c) Little Hallingbury and Spellbrook Specialist Status: Languages and Music

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School Code: 9195427 (day) Act 1989 and children who were looked after 9199909 (boarding) and ceased to be so because they were adopted under the terms of the Adoption and This school has day places and boarding places. Children Act 2002 or became subject to a If you apply online, please choose whether you residence order or special guardianship want to apply for a day place or a boarding order. place. If you apply on paper you should use the 2. Children who have a sibling as a day student code 9195427 for a day place and 9199909 for a at the College at the time of application boarding place. unless the sibling is in the last year of the normal age range of the school, [Year 13] or Open Event details the sibling has already indicated that he or Saturday 28th September 2013 she will not be attending the school at the Time: 08.45 – 12.00 (Principal’s speech date of admission. A sibling means the sister, 09.00,10.00 and 11.00) brother, half brother or sister, or child of the parent /carer permanently living at the same PLEASE NOTE: Aptitude tests are to be held on address as that brother or sister. Saturday, 21 September (prior to open morning). 3. Children who are successful in gaining one of Details of how to enter are on the college the places available to those who website. demonstrate the greatest aptitude for modern foreign languages and/or music. 12 places Application form may be allocated in this way. 7 of these Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions places will be based solely on aptitude for or on the Hertfordshire paper application form languages, 3 will be based solely on AND complete the Supplementary Information aptitude for music and 2 on a combination Form available from the school or the above of both languages and music. website. 4. Children of staff directly employed by the school in either or both of the following What happened in previous years circumstances: 2012 2013 • where the member of staff has been Number of places available 68 68 employed for two or more years at the Total number of applications 627 784 time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or Total number of places 68 68 • the member of staff is recruited to fill a offered vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Places offered under each rule Children of staff are those where the staff 2012 2013 member is the child’s parent by blood or Statement of SEN 3 4 adoption, or the member of staff has legal Looked after children 0 2 parental responsibility for the child. The child must have lived at the same address as the Siblings 30 30 parent employed by the school for at least Aptitude 12 12 one year at the time of application. Medical 0 N/A 5. Any further places will be allocated in the Future boarding need 4 N/A following manner: • Up to 33% of these places will be Children of Staff N/A 1 allocated to pupils attending the following Distance 19 17 schools: All Saints, St.Joseph’s, Twin 0 2 Summercroft, Thorn Grove, Windhill. • Up to 33% of these places will be Summary of Admissions Rules allocated to pupils attending the following 1. Children who are looked after by a Local schools: Hillmead, Manor Fields, Richard Authority in England and Wales, in Whittington, Northgate, St. Michael’s, accordance with Section 22 of the Children Thorley Hill.

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• Up to 33% of these places will be Places offered under each rule allocated to pupils attending other 2012 2013 schools. Looked after children 0 0

Queries about the outcome of applications to this Boarding Need 52 52 school and how the admissions rules were Sibling 0 0 applied should be addressed to the school direct. Random Allocation 0 0

In considering applications for admissions the Hockerill Anglo European College – College, in common with all other schools, is Boarding places required to admit any child with a statement of Headteacher: Richard Markham MA (Oxon) special educational needs that names the Dunmow Road, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 5HX College. Tel: 01279 658451 Fax: 01279 755918 [email protected] Summary of Admissions Rules www.hockerill.herts.sch.uk 1. Children who are looked after by a Local Authority in England and Wales, in Type: Academy(co-educational) accordance with Section 22 of the Children Number on Roll: 842 Act 1989 and children who were looked after Published Admission Number: 52 and ceased to be so because they were Specialist Status: Languages and Music adopted under the terms of the Adoption and School Code: 9195427 (day) Children Act 2002, or became subject to a 9199909 (boarding) residence order or special guardianship order. This school has day places and boarding places. 2. Children of members of the UK Armed If you apply online, please choose whether you Forces who qualify for Ministry of Defence want to apply for a day place or a boarding financial assistance with the cost of boarding place. If you apply on paper you should use the school fees. code 9195427 for a day place and 9199909 for a 3. Candidates who have satisfied the Governing boarding place. Body that they have a significant degree of boarding need (see below). Open Event details 4. Children who have a sibling as a boarding Day and Boarding places student at the College at the time of Open Morning: Saturday 28th September 2013 application unless the sibling is in the last Time: 08.45-12.00 year of the normal age range of the school, Principal will speak at 09.00, 10.00 and 11.00. [Year 13] or the sibling has already indicated that he or she will not be attending the school Tours of the College will be available and at the date of admission. A sibling means the opportunities to visit the boarding houses. sister, brother, half brother or sister, or child There is no need to register interest. of the parent /carer permanently living at the same address as that brother or sister. Application form 5. Should any places remain after applying the Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions above criteria the Governors will use a or on the Hertfordshire paper application form random allocation system. AND complete the supplementary form available from the school or the above website. Boarding Need Places allocated under this criterion will first be What happened in previous years offered to children of members of the UK Armed 2012 2013 Forces, who because of high family mobility, Number of places available 52 52 qualify for Ministry of Defence financial assistance with the cost of boarding school fees. Total number of applications 159 194 This category includes, but is not limited to, Total number of places 52 52 children of Crown Servants serving abroad; offered children at risk or with an unstable home

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions environment; children whose parent/s spend Places offered under each rule much of the year abroad for work purposes; 2012 2013 children whose parent/s is/are temporarily or SEN 1 2 permanently resident abroad; children who will be subject to a high degree of mobility Catholic Looked after children 0 0 over the next 7 years; children whose parents’ Catholic Siblings 49 67 work pattern compromises their effective care Catholics with priests outside the normal day school hours. reference in designated 73 60 parishes Queries about the outcome of applications to Catholic applicant who is this school and how the admissions rules were son/daughter of a member of N/A 0 applied should be addressed to the school staff at the school direct. Catholics with a baptism certificate in designated 5 8

parishes St Mary’s Catholic School Catechumens or members of 0 1 Headteacher: Mr Anthony Sharpe BA (Hons), an Eastern Christian Church M.Mus, NPQH, MBA Catholics attending a primary 10 4 Windhill, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 2NQ in designated areas Tel: Fax: 01279 654901 01279 653889 Catholics outside designated 8 6 [email protected] area www.stmarys.net Any other Catholic applicant N/A 0 Type: Voluntary Aided (co-educational) Non Catholic Looked after N/A 0 Number on Roll: 892 children Denomination: Catholic Applicants with a sibling or Published Admission Number: 155 son/daughter of a member of 0 5 School Code: 9195422 staff Non Catholics attending a Open Event details Catholic primary in 0 N/A Date: Monday 23 September 2013 designated areas Time: 6pm to 8:30 pm. Headteacher Talks at Other practising Christians 3 2 6:30pm and 7:30pm Any other applicant 6 0

Application form Summary of Admission Rules Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 1. Catholic Looked After Children and Catholic or on the Hertfordshire paper application form children who have been adopted (or made AND complete the Supplementary Information subject to residence orders or special Form available from the school or the above guardianship orders) immediately following website. having been looked after; Looked After

Children are defined as children in public What happened in previous years care within the meaning of s22 of the 2012 2013 Children Act 1989. Number of places available 155 155 2. Catholic applicants who have provided a Total number of applications 344 539 Certificate of Baptism and who have a sibling Total number of places who attends (or attended up to Yr13 and has 155 155 offered now left) the school. 3. Practising Catholic applicants with no sibling

connection, who have provided a Certificate

of Baptism and a Parish Priest’s Reference,

in the following proportions:

• 42½% of the remaining places to those living in the Catholic parishes that are

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based in Bishop’s Stortford, school. The member of staff must be a direct Sawbridgeworth and Much Hadham. employee of the governors, and have been in • 42½% of the remaining places to those this employment for at least 2 years. living in other parts of the Lea Valley 12. Any applicant who is a practising Christian of Deanery. another denomination. Evidence of regular • 15% of the remaining places to those church or chapel attendance will be required living in the Catholic parishes that are from the appropriate priest or minister of based in Dunmow, Bardfield and Thaxted, religion. This evidence should state that the Saffron Walden and Stansted. priest or minister knows the applicant as a These areas are defined in the maps found at member of the faith community who regularly http://www.stmarys.net worships. A baptismal certificate is not If any of the three designated areas is under- required but a birth certificate is required as subscribed, the places will be redistributed proof of identity. among the designated areas in the relative 13. Any other applicant, including those proportions above, before any offers are submitting incomplete applications. made to applicants in Criterion 4. 4. A Catholic applicant who is the son/daughter Queries about the outcome of applications to this of a member of staff at the school. The school and how the admissions rules were member of staff must be a direct employee of applied should be addressed to the school direct. the governors, and have been in this employment for at least 2 years. 5. Catholic applicants with no sibling Borehamwood connection, who have provided a Certificate of Baptism, who live in the three areas designated in Criterion 3. The allocation of Hertswood Academy places between the three areas will be such Headteacher: Peter Gillett that the cumulative number of places in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, WD6 5LG Criterion 3 and Criterion 4 taken together are Tel: 0208 238 7200 Fax: 0208 238 7290 in the “42½-42½-15” proportions described in [email protected] Criterion 3. www.hertswoodacademy.org If any of the three designated areas is under- subscribed, the places will be redistributed Type: Academy (co-educational) among the designated areas in the relative Number on roll: 1395 proportions above, before any offers are made to Published admission number: 240 applicants in Criterion 6. Specialist Status: Visual and Performing Arts 6. Any Catholic applicant who at the time of School Code: 9194001 application is attending any primary school located within one of the areas designated in Open Event details Criterion 3. Date: Monday 23rd September, Time: 6pm 7. Any Catholic applicant who has provided a Headteacher talks 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Certificate of Baptism and who lives outside Group tours from 24 September to 4 October. the areas designated in Criterion 3 Please telephone to make an appointment. 8. Any other Catholic applicant Please note: that no on-site parking is available. 9. Non-Catholic Looked After Children and non- Catholic children who have been adopted (or Application form made subject to residence orders or special Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions guardianship orders) immediately following or on the Hertfordshire paper application form having been looked after. 10. Any applicant who is a catechumen or member of an Eastern Christian Church. 11. Any applicant with a sibling who attends (or attended up to Yr13 and has now left) the school, or an applicant who is the son/daughter of a member of staff at the

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What happened in previous years Parishes in the priority area for this school are: 2012 2013 Aldenham, Bushey, Elstree and Borehamwood and . Number of places available 280 280

Total number of applications 233 212 Queries about the outcome of applications to Total number of places 265 207 this school and how the admissions rules were offered applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council. Hertswood School was able to offer places to all children who applied to them in 2012 and 2013. Yavneh College The Academy will meet its legal obligation to Headteacher: Mr Spencer Lewis BA (Hons) MA offer a place to a student who has a statement of NPQH special educational need that names the school Hillside Avenue, Borehamwood, WD6 1HL in his or her statement. Students with statements Tel: 0208 7365580 Fax: 0208 9532749 are not admitted within the ordinary admissions [email protected] process but count towards the Academy’s www.yavnehcollege.org published admission number. Type: Academy (co-educational) Summary of Admission Rules Number on Roll: 842* Where applications for admission exceed the Published Admission Number: 150 number of places available, the following criteria Denomination: Jewish will be applied, in the order set out below, to Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise decide which children to admit: School Code: 9194802 1. Children looked after and previously children looked after. *Yavneh College opened in September 2006 and 2. Children with a sibling on the Academy’s roll the school will grow incrementally. in years 7 to 10 at the time of application and who are reasonably expected to be on the Open Event details Academy’s roll in September 2014. Booking is essential for security, please see 3. Priority to children of all staff employed by the www.yavnehcollege.org to book Academy who, at the deadline for application, October 2nd 2013, 6.00pm – 9.00 pm have been employed for two years or more or You are also invited to tour Yavneh College have been recruited to fill a vacant post for during the school day on 7, 8, 9, 10 and 15 which there is a demonstrable skills shortage October 2013. Please book via our website. and in both cases will be working at Hertswood in September 2014. Application form 4. Other children by distance from the Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Academy, with priority being given to those or on the Hertfordshire paper application form children who live nearest to the Academy. (If AND complete the Supplementary Information two children live the same distance from the Form available from the school or the above Academy random allocation will be used as a website. tie break and this random allocation process will be independently supervised.) using the What happened in previous years home-school measurement system used by 2012 2013 Hertfordshire County Council as outlined in the County's admission arrangements and Number of places available 150 150 application literature which can be found at: Total number of applications 451 459 http://www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Total number of places 150 150 offered Tie-break Distance will be used as a tie-break, if required, in criteria 1-3 above.

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Places offered under each rule 2. Children attending Hertsmere Jewish Primary 2012 2013 School or Clore Shalom Primary School at the deadline for application. LAC 0 0 3. Children of members of teaching staff. For SEN 1 0 these purposes, a member of teaching staff Sibling 61 78 means an individual whom, at the deadline of Feeder Schools 32 32 application, has a full-time permanent teaching contract of employment with Yavneh Children of members of N/A 1 College and i) has been employed at the teaching staff school for two or more years or ii) has been Nearest maintained Jewish 56 39 recruited to fill a vacant post for which there Schools is a demonstrable skill shortage, and in both

Summary of Admissions Rules cases i) and ii) will be working at Yavneh A. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was College in September 2013. previously looked after but ceased to be so 4. Children for whom Yavneh College is their due to an adoption, residence or special nearest maintained Jewish secondary school. guardianship order. A looked after child is one who is a) in the care of a local authority In the event of over-subscription after each of the or b) being provided with accommodation above criteria 1- 4 has been applied, proximity to by a local authority in the exercise of their the School of the child’s home address as at the social services function (within the meaning deadline for application will in each of the above of section 22 of the Children Act 1989) who categories be the determining factor. Where the obtain a minimum of three points on the child lives with parents with shared responsibility, Yavneh College Certificate of Religious each for a part of the week, the child’s home Practice. address will be defined as the address at which B. Other children who obtain a minimum of they spend the greater part of the week. three points on the Yavneh College Certificate of Religious Practice. Queries about the outcome of applications to C. Any other ‘looked after child’, or child who this school and how the admissions rules were was previously looked after but ceased to applied should be addressed to the school direct.

be so due to an adoption, residence or

special guardianship order, who obtained fewer than 3 points on the Yavneh College Brookmans Park certificate of Religious Practice. D. Any other children who obtain fewer than three points on the Yavneh College Chancellor’s School Certificate of Religious Practice. Headteacher: Mr David Croston (BSc) Pine Grove, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, In the event of over-subscription within each of AL9 7BN the above categories B and D, places will be Tel: 01707 650702 Fax: 01707 663204 offered in accordance with the following further [email protected] criteria: www.chancellors.herts.sch.uk

Type: Foundation (co-educational) 1. Siblings of pupils attending Yavneh College Number on Roll: 1067 at the deadline for application and who i) will Published Admission Number: 180 still be attending Yavneh College in Specialist Status: Maths & Computing, September 2013 or ii) have formerly attended Languages Yavneh College for a period of at least two academic years. For these purposes a sibling School Code: 9195419 means the sister, brother, half-brother or sister, step-brother or sister, adopted brother Open Event details or sister, and in every case living Open Evening :Thursday 19 September. permanently in the same house from Monday Time: 6 - 9 pm Headteacher will talk at 6.10pm, to Friday. 7.00pm and 7.45pm

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Application form St Mary’s N. Essendon 4% 5% Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Mymms or on the Hertfordshire paper application form St Philip Ladbrooke 6% 3% AND complete the supplementary information Howard form available from the school or the Little Heath 6% Wroxham 4% above website.

Northaw 3% What happened in previous years 2012 2013 6. Any remaining places will be allocated by proximity to the school using the home school Number of places available 180 180 measurement system used by Hertfordshire Total number of applications 588 623 County Council as outlined in the County’s Total number of places admission arrangements and application 180 180 offered literature. Ten per cent of places (i.e. 18) will be allocated on the basis of a musical Places offered under each rule aptitude test. 2012 2013 In the event of a tie for the final place(s) priority SEN/LAC 3 3 will be given to pupils living closest to the Siblings 82 74 school, using the home-school measurement Children of Staff N/A 0 system used by Hertfordshire County Council. In the case of over-subscription under criterion 5, Music Aptitude 18 18 the number of places assigned to each listed Feeder Primary Schools 66 80 school will be by fixed percentages to the Proximity 11 5 remaining available places. The percentages have been set with regard to the size of the Summary of Admissions Rules school and the historical acceptances from the 1. Looked after Children and children who were individual school. looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a Within each listed school’s application, proximity resident’s order or special guardianship to Chancellor’s using the home school order. measurement system used by Hertfordshire 2. Children with a sibling attending the school at County Council from each applicant’s registered the time of admission. home address to Chancellor’s will be used to 3. Children of staff at the school where the decide priority. Where the number of applicants member of staff has been employed at the from the named school is less than the school for two or more years at the time at allocation, the excess places will be distributed which the application is made, or the member according to criterion 6. of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Queries about the outcome of applications to 4. Pupils with a proven aptitude in Music. this school and how the admissions rules were 5. Children attending the following primary applied should be addressed to the school direct. schools.

Brookmans Oakmere 11% 6% Broxbourne Park Countess Oakview 3% 5% Anne Ponsbourne Cuffley 14% 4% Headteacher: Ms Paula Humphreys St. Mary’s High Road, Broxbourne, EN10 7DD Cranborne 14% Pope Paul 3% Tel: 01992 411060 Fax: 01992 411061 St Giles, S [email protected] De Havilland 6% 3% Mimms www.broxbourne.herts.sch.uk

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Type: Academy (co-educational) Summary of Admissions Rules Number on Roll: 1283 1. Children who are or have been in public care Published Admission Number: 206 (Children, Looked After). Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise, 2. Children for whom it can be demonstrated Languages and Science that they have a particular medical and/or social need which makes Broxbourne School School Code: 9194101 the most suitable school for that child.

3. Children of staff at the school where the Open Event details Tuesday 10 September, 5.45pm to 9.00 pm member of staff has been employed under a Headteacher talks 6.30pm and 7.30pm. contract of employment with the school for two or more years at the time at which the In the three weeks after the Open Evening, application for admission to the school is parents and children may visit the school during made or the member of staff is recruited the working day for a group tour - please under a contract of employment to fill a telephone the school to make an appointment. vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 4. Children who have an older brother or sister Aptitude Test Saturday 5 October 2013 (a sibling) at the school living at the same The deadline for Aptitude Test applications is address at the time of application, unless it is Tuesday 24 September 2013. anticipated that the sibling will have left the school before the date of proposed admission of the applicant. Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 5. Home to school distance. The ‘Tie-breaker’. or on the Hertfordshire paper application After places have been allocated using form AND complete the supplementary criteria 1, 2, 3 and 4 home to school distance information form available from the school or is used as the ‘tie-breaker’ to allocate any the above website. remaining places within the 90% of places (186) allocated to criteria 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. 6. The remaining 10% of places (20) will be What happened in previous years allocated for children who show an aptitude

2012 2013 for languages on the basis of an assessment Number of places available 206 206 of aptitude carried out by the school. Priority Total number of applications 870 1013 will be given to those with the highest score Total number of places in this test. In the event of a tie-break being 206 208 offered required under this criterion, places will be allocated using criteria 5 (home-school Places offered under each rule distance using the home-school measurement system used by Hertfordshire

2012 2013 County Council as outlined in the County’s SEN/Medical Social/Looked 5 3 admission arrangements and application After literature). In the event that applications for Children of Staff N/A 0 places under this criterion are less than 10% Siblings 76 91 of the total (20), any remaining places will be added to the places available under criteria 1, Geographical 105 94 2, 3, 4 and 5 (in that order until all the places Aptitude 20 20 have been allocated).

90% of allocations (186) will be made using the Queries about the outcome of applications to this following criteria (1 to 5) in the order set out school and how the admissions rules were below and the remaining 10% of allocations will applied should be addressed to the school direct. be made using criterion (6).

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time of application, will be considered in the Buntingford following order: a. Students with a sibling attending the

college at the time of application with a Freman College reasonable expectation they will be attending at the time of the start of the Headteacher: Ms Helen Loughran new academic year; then Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, SG9 9BT b. Students living closest to the college Tel: Fax: 01763 271818 01763 273467 according to the definition of ‘home to [email protected] school distance’ given in Hertfordshire www.freman.org.uk County Council’s current Determined Type: Academy (co-educational) Schools Admissions Arrangements. Number on Roll: 900 3. Applications from students who do not attend Published Admission Number: 210 the Edwinstree Church of England Middle School or Ralph Sadleir Middle School at the School Code: 9194141 time of application, will be considered in the following order: This is an upper school which takes children a. Students with a sibling attending the from Year 9. college at the time of application with a reasonable expectation they will be Open Event details attending at the time of the start of the Wednesday 25th September at 6.30pm new academic year; and then b. Students living closest to the college Application form according to the definition of ‘home to Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions school distance’ given in Hertfordshire or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. County Council’s current Determined Schools Admissions Arrangements. What happened in previous years 2012 2013 Tie-break Number of places available 210 210 In the event that there are more applicants Total number of applications 342 284 meeting any of the oversubscription criteria above than remaining places available, the Total number of places 211 210 tie-break described in Hertfordshire County offered Council’s current admissions arrangements will be applied to allocate the remaining places. Places offered under each rule 2012 2013 Queries about the outcome of applications to SEN/LAC 7 0 this school and how the admissions rules were Feeder School Sibling 69 83 applied should be addressed to the school direct.

Feeder School Distance 122 113 Non Feeder School Sibling 13 9 Bushey Non Feeder School Distance 0 5

Summary of Admissions Rules The Bushey Academy 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Principal: Mr A Hemmings and children who were looked after, but London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA ceased to be so because they were adopted Tel: 0208 950 9502 Fax: 0208 420 4038 (or became subject to a residence order or [email protected] special guardianship order). www.thebusheyacademy.org 2. Students at the college’s partner middle schools, Edwinstree Church of England (VC) Type: Academy (co-educational) Middle School in Buntingford and Ralph Number on Roll: 686 Sadleir Middle School in Puckeridge, at the Published Admission Number: 210

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School Code: 9196906 3. Pupils who, on the date of admission, will have a sibling (i.e. a natural brother or Open Event details adopted brother or sister or half-brother or Thursday 19 September 5.30pm – 9pm sister, or step brother or sister who will be Principal’s speeches: 6pm, 6.45pm, 7.30pm, living with them at the same address at the 8.15pm date of their entry to the Academy) on the roll of the Academy. Application form 4. The remaining places will be offered to pupils Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions with the nearest distance measurement on or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. the basis of proximity; i.e. pupils who live the AND complete the Supplementary Information nearest distance at the close of the Form available from the school or the above Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) website. admission application date.

What happened in previous years Tie-break 2012 2013 Siblings: In the event of a tiebreak under the sibling criterion, (4) will be used as a tiebreak. Number of places available 210 210 Distance: In the event of a tiebreak under the Total number of applications 303 368 distance criterion, random allocation will used. Total number of places 225 183 Multiple Births: Children from multiple births will offered be considered under the admissions criteria as individual children. The Bushey Academy was able to offer places to all children who applied to them in 2012 and Queries about the outcome of applications to 2013. this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to the school After the admission of students with statements direct. of Special Educational Needs where the Bushey Academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set Bushey Meads School out below: Headteacher: Keith Douglas Coldharbour Lane, Bushey, WD23 4PA Summary of Admissions Rules Tel: 0208 950 3000 Fax: 0208 950 6208 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked [email protected] After Children in accordance with Section 22 www.busheymeads.org.uk of the Children Act 1989. Previously Looked After Children are children who were Looked Type: Academy (co-educational) After, but ceased to be so because they were Number on Roll: 1065 adopted under the terms of the Adoption and Published Admission Number: 170 Children Act 2002, section 46 (or became Specialist Status: Technology subject to a residence order under the terms School Code: 9195408 of the Children Act 1989, Section 8 or Special Guardianship order, defined by Section 14A Open Event details of the Children Act 1989). Thursday 26 September, 6:30pm - 9:00pm 2. Pupils for whom it is essential to be admitted Headteacher talks at 6:45, 7:25, 8:05 and 8:45 to the Academy because of special There is no parking available on the school site. circumstances to do with significant medical Following the open evening, parents and or social needs. The application will need to children may visit the school during the working be supported by a letter from a hospital day by joining a group tour - please telephone consultant, social worker or similar the school after open evening to make an professional. The information should appointment. demonstrate why the Academy is the only school able to meet the child’s specific needs.

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Application form Band D: applicants taken from Band C Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form If there are no further applicants in the adjacent AND complete the Supplementary Information band, places will be allocated to applicants with Form available from the school or the above scores in the next band. Notes: A child who is website. the twin of a child offered a place will also be offered a place in the appropriate ability band. What happened in previous years 2012 2013 Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires the governing bodies of schools to admit a child Number of places available 170 170 with a statement of special educational needs Total number of applications 710 876 that names their school. Total number of places 170 170 offered Oversubscription to any band In the event of oversubscription to any band, Places offered under each rule places will be offered by applying the following 2012 2013 criteria in the order given below:

Technology Aptitude 17 17 1. Children currently in public care (Children SEN/LAC 12 13 Looked After); children who were in care but Siblings 54 49 have since been adopted, or subject to a Medical Reasons 2 0 residence/special guardianship order. 2. Children with a brother or sister already at the Past siblings N/A 9 school and still expected to be at the school Distance to School 85 82 when the transfer takes place. (A sibling means the sister, brother, half brother or 2012 2013 sister, adopted brother or sister, or child of Band A 39 39 the parent/ carer or partner). 3. Children who have a compelling medical Band B 38 38 reason attested by a Medical Practitioner or Band C 38 38 Consultant, which makes attendance at Band D 38 38 Bushey Meads School essential. It would also be helpful to provide a letter from your Summary of Admissions Rules child’s current school explaining how his/her 1. 17 places will be allocated on the results of a medical condition or disability impacts on standardised test of abstract reasoning to his/her school life. Please note that the letter assess technological aptitude, places being from the Medical Practitioner must explain offered in descending order of test score. clearly WHY the child’s severity of illness or 2. 39 places will be allocated to Band A disability makes attendance at only Bushey applicants, Meads School essential. 38 places will be allocated to Band B 4. Children who have a brother or sister who applicants, attended the school in the past or who 38 places will be allocated to Band C currently attends but who will have left by the applicants, time the transfer takes place. For the purpose 38 places will be allocated to Band D of criterion 4, a sibling means the sister, applicants, brother, half brother or sister, adopted brother In the event of under subscription to any band, or sister, or child of the parent/carer or applicants with the highest score in the adjacent partner. band will be allocated as follows: 5. Children in order of preference relating to the Band A: applicants taken from Band B distance of their home from Bushey Meads Band B: applicants taken alternatively from School. When only one place remains in a Bands A and C band and the remaining applicants live an Band C: applicants taken alternatively from equal distance from the school, the place will Bands B and D be allocated to the child with the higher score

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in the cognitive abilities tests. The distance Places offered under each rule from an applicant’s house to the school is a 2012 2013 straight line distance measurement provided SEN/LAC 2 7 by Hertfordshire County Council’s GIS system as outlined in the Moving On Siblings 108 91 publication. Aptitude for Sport or Music 26 26 Assessment Test 92 92 The band in which a child is placed is Distance 34 49 determined by the results of a set of standardised Maths and Verbal Reasoning tests. • Children with a score equivalent to the top Summary of Admissions Rules 25% of the population taking the tests are 1. Children who are currently, or have placed in band A. previously been, in the care of the Local • The next 25% taking the test are placed in Authority. band B. 2. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission (a sibling means the • The next 25% are placed in Band C and brother/sister, half brother/sister, adopted next 25% are placed in Band D. brother/sister, or a child of the parent or

partner, in every case living in the same Queries about the outcome of applications to house from Monday to Friday). this school and how the admissions rules were 3. Children whose permanent residence is applied should be addressed to the school direct. located within postcodes WD3-7, WD17-19, WD23-25, AL2 (south of M25),HA6, HA5 3, Queens’ School HA5 4, HA3 6, HA7 3, HA7 4.

Headteacher: Terence James If category 3 is oversubscribed, the following Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TY Tel: Fax: criteria will be used: 01923 224465 01923 223975 4. (a) up to 5% of places (13) for children with a [email protected] particular aptitude in sport. www.queens.herts.sch.uk up to 5% of places (13) for children with a (b) Type: Academy (co-educational) particular aptitude in music. Number on Roll: 1656 5. Up to 35% of places (92) will be available by Published Admission Number: 265 ability, in strict order of merit, based on the Specialist status: Sports and Science. results of the assessment test. 6. Any remaining places, not less than 10% School Code: 9195410 (27), for those qualifying under 3 above will be allocated by the shortest distance to the Open Event details school. and finally for any further places Thursday 3rd October available: 3.00pm - 5.00pm and 6.45pm - 9.15pm 7. Children whose permanent residence is outside the postcode areas in 3 above, Application form preference being given to those living closest Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions to the school. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form AND complete the Supplementary Information Queries about the outcome of applications to Form available from the school or the above this school and how the admissions rules were website applied should be addressed to the school direct. What happened in previous years 2012 2013 Number of places available 262 265 Total number of applications 1186 1389 Total number of places 262 265 offered

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www.goffs.herts.sch.uk Cheshunt Type: Academy (co-educational) Number on Roll: 1289 Published Admission Number: 210 Cheshunt School Specialist Status: Languages Headteacher: Andy Stainton School Code: 9195415 College Road, Cheshunt, EN8 9LY Tel: 01992 624375 Fax: 01992 643411 Open Event details [email protected] Thursday 26th September 5.00 – 8.00pm www.cheshunt.herts.sch.uk Principal's talk 6.00pm and 7.00pm

Type: Foundation (co-educational) Application form Number on Roll: 737 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Published Admission Number: 176 or on the Hertfordshire paper application form Specialist Status: Technology AND complete the supplementary information School Code: 9195425 form available from the school or the above website. Open Event details Wednesday 18th September 2013 What happened in previous years Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm 2012 2013 Headteacher’s talk at 7pm Number of places available 210 210

Application form Total number of applications 578 681 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Total number of places 210 210 or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. offered

What happened in previous years Places offered under each rule 2012 2013 2012 2013 Number of places available 176 176 SEN/Looked after 5 1 Total number of applications 202 268 Medical/social 0 1 Total number of places 71 69 Siblings 69 70 offered Language Aptitude 21 21

Cheshunt School was able to offer places to all Distance by Feeder School 113 117 children who applied to them in 2012 and 2013. Shortest distance 2 0

Places are allocated in accordance with Summary of Admissions Rules Hertfordshire County Council’s admission 1. Looked After Children as defined in section rules – see page 19 – 22 of the Moving On 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and booklet for details. previously Looked After Children. Children are previously looked after if they were Queries about the outcome of applications to looked after but ceased to be so because this school and how the admissions rules were they were adopted or became subject to a applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire special guardianship order or residency County Council. order. 2. Children who can prove that they have a particular medical or social reason why they Goffs School must go to the school. Headteacher: Ms Alison Garner 3. Children who have an older brother or sister Goffs Lane, Cheshunt, EN7 5QW at the school at the time of admission, as Tel: 01992 424200 Fax: 01992 424201 defined by the County Council’s admissions [email protected] policy.

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4. Children of staff employed by Goffs. Type: Academy (co-educational) 5. Children with an aptitude in languages up to Number on Roll: 802 a maximum of 10% for the year, as measured Published Admission Number: 240 by the school’s testing procedures. Denomination: Church of England 6. The remaining children will be allocated Specialist Status: Mathematics and Computing places at the school on a strict quota basis. School Code: 9195423 Children attending the named feeder primary

schools, in the following proportions: Open Event details a) Andrews Lane School 5% Thursday 3 October from 6.00-9.00pm b) Bonneygrove School 15% Head Teacher’s presentation at 6.45pm and c) Cuffley School 10% 7.30pm d) Dewhurst St Mary’s School 3% Allsorts Crèche available. To reserve a space e) Fairfields School 22% call 01992 412649 - Car parking on site f) Flamstead End School 22% Open Mornings details: g) Goffs Oak School 10% 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th September and 1st, h) St Paul’s School 3% 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th October. Tour of the school i) Woodside School 10% 9.00am. To reserve a place call 01992 629124 In the event of over-subscription within

criterion 6, a tiebreak of the applicant living Application form closest to the school will be used based on a Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions straight line distance measurement provided or on the Hertfordshire paper application form by Hertfordshire County Council’s GIS AND complete the supplementary information system as outlined in the Moving On form available from the school or the above publication. If there are two identical website. measurements for different addresses of

separate applicants, the tie break will be What happened in previous years random. If a named feeder primary school

does not use its full allocation, any surplus 2012 2013 places will be allocated under this criterion to Number of places available 180 180 children from the other feeder schools in Total number of applications 319 442 proportion to the above percentages. Total number of places 178 180 7. Any remaining places will be allocated to offered children living closest to the school, using a straight line distance measurement provided Places offered under each rule by Hertfordshire County Council’s GIS

system as outlined in the Moving On 2012 2013 publication. All remaining applicants to the SEN/Looked after 3 1 school will be considered under this criterion. Medical/social 0 0 In the event of a ‘tie break’ random allocation Siblings 30 48 will be used (please note this will be F1 Regular worship in the supervised by an independent adjudicator). 25 13 Church of England Queries about the outcome of applications to F2 Regular worship in this school and how the admissions rules were another recognised Christian 20 30 applied should be addressed to the school direct. church F3 Regular worship or regular participants in the activities of 5 10 St Mary’s Church of England High a non-Christian faith School F4 Church Primary School 18 19 Headteacher: Ms Stephanie Benbow F5 Active participation in church-led activities either in Lieutenant Ellis Way, Cheshunt, EN7 5FB 1 3 Tel: 01992 629124 Fax: 01992 643354 the C of E or in another [email protected] recognised Christian church www.st-maryshigh.herts.sch.uk C1 Church Primary School 1 12

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C2 Other applicants who F3. Regular worship or regular participants in indicate that they wish for a the activities of a non-Christian faith 34 40 Church School education for Children or parents who regularly take part their child in the activities of a non-Christian faith and C3 Other applicants 19 4 whose participation is confirmed by their appropriate faith leader. Active membership A child with a statement of special educational or regular participation in the activities of a needs that names the school will be admitted. non-Christian faith means taking part in faith-sponsored worship or activities at least Summary of Admissions Rules once a month and for at least the last two 1. Children looked after or previously looked years at the closing date for applications. after. F4. Church Primary School. Children who 2. Children for whom it can be demonstrated attend a Church of England or Roman that they have a particular medical or social Catholic Primary School. The child must be need to go to the school. on the roll of the Church Primary School at 3. Children who have a sibling (brother or sister) the closing date for receipt of applications in Years 7 to 12 at the school at the time of and known to the Church. application. The governors use the same F5. Active participation in Church-led activities definition of sibling as the LA as explained in either in the Church of England or in their booklet ‘Moving On’. another recognised Christian Church. 4. The remaining (residual) places will be Parents/Carers or children who regularly allocated within two categories: 60% of the take part in church sponsored activities and places available will be allocated as whose participation is confirmed by their Foundation/Faith Places; 40% of the places minister. Regularly take part in Church available will be allocated in the ‘Community sponsored activities means at least once a Places’ category. In the event of under- month and for at least the past two years at subscription in either category, the remaining the closing date for applications in activities places will be given to the other category. directly organised by the Church. Should there be oversubscription within any one priority group the shortest distance from COMMUNITY PLACES home to school – measured by the County (40% of the residual places) Council’s computerised mapping system – C1. Church Primary School. Children who will be used. attend a Church of England or Roman Catholic Primary School. The child must be FOUNDATION/FAITH PLACES on the roll of the Church Primary School at (60% of the residual places) the closing date for receipt of applications F1. Regular worship in the Church of England. and not necessarily known to the Church. Parents/Carers or children who regularly C2. Other applicants who indicate on the school worship at a Church of England Church and application form that they wish for a Church whose attendance is verified by their School education for their child. minister. Regular worship means attending C3. Other applicants. at least once a month and for at least the past two years at the closing date for Queries about the outcome of applications to applications. Worship as part of school this school and how the admissions rules were activities would not be considered sufficient. applied should be addressed to the school direct.

F2. Regular worship in another recognised

Christian Church. Parents/Carers or Turnford School children who regularly worship at another Christian Church and whose attendance is Headteacher: Mrs Jo Gant verified by their minister. Regular worship Mill Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 0JU Tel: Fax: means attending at least once a month and 01992 308333 01992 304999 for at least the past two years at the closing [email protected] date for applications. www.turnford.herts.sch.uk

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Type: Community (co-educational) Published Admission Number: 208 Number on Roll: 1009 Specialist Status: Languages, Science Published Admission Number: 182 School Code: 9195421 Specialist Status: Sports

School Code: 9194105 Open Event details Monday, 7 October, 3.30pm – 8.30pm Open Event details Parking on site is restricted and car sharing is Tuesday 17th September encouraged. The Headteacher will speak at Doors open 5.30pm Headteacher’s speech 5.00pm, 6.00pm, 7.00pm and 8.00pm. Following 6.15pm and 7.15pm the Open Evening there will be morning tours by appointment only. Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Application form or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form What happened in previous years AND complete the Supplementary Information 2012 2013 Form available from the school or the above website. Number of places available 182 182

Total number of applications 338 377 What happened in previous years Total number of places 182 180 2012 2013 offered Number of places available 208 208

Turnford School were able to offer places to all Total number of applications 765 850 Total number of places children who applied to them in 2012 and 2013. 208 208 offered Places are allocated in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council’s admission Places offered under each rule rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On 2012 2013 booklet for details. SEN/CLA 0 1

Parishes in the Priority area for this school are 10% Closest to the School 21 N/A Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Nazeing, Siblings 83 85 Northaw and Cuffley, Stanstead Abbotts and Children of Staff N/A 0 Waltham Cross. Aptitude in Music 21 21 Queries about the outcome of applications to Academic Ability 21 21 this school and how the admissions rules were Proximity to School within 62 80 applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire WD3 County Council. Proximity to School outside 0 0 WD3

Chorleywood Summary of Admissions Rules 1. The Governors will fulfil their legal obligation to allocate a place to a child in Public Care or St Clement Danes School a child who was in care, but ceased to be so Headteacher: Josephine Valentine because they were adopted. Chenies Road, Chorleywood, WD3 6EW 2. Children whose brother or sister is in Tel: 01923 286680 Fax: 01923 284828 attendance at the school at the time of Email [email protected] application. www.stclementdanes.org.uk 3. Children of staff who are permanently employed by the Governors of St Clement Type: Academy (co-educational) Danes School. Number on Roll: 1370

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4. Up to 10% of places will be for students Published Admission Number: 210 demonstrating musical aptitude as Specialist Status: Arts and Media/English determined by test during the autumn term. School Code: 9196905 5. Up to 10% of places will be for students

demonstrating academic ability. This will be Open Event details determined by test during the autumn term Tuesday, 8th October 2013, 5.00 pm – 8.30 pm. and places will be awarded in merit order. The Principal will talk at 5.15 pm, 6.30 pm and The new School Admissions Code, which came 7.45 pm into force on 1 February 2012, requires all schools that use aptitude and academic tests as Application form part of their admission arrangements, to inform Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions parents of the outcome of these tests before the or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. secondary transfer application deadline. This is to ensure parents are able to make an informed What happened in previous years choice of school.

6. Distance places will be allocated on the basis 2012 2013 of proximity to the school, with priority given Number of places available 210 210 to WD3 postcodes only. The distance from Total number of applications 285 328 the school to an applicant’s home address is Total number of places 210 225 calculated using a straight line distance offered measurement provided by NLPG. 7. Any remaining places will be allocated on the Francis Combe Academy were able to offer basis of proximity to the school, outside the places to all children who applied to them in WD3 postcode area. The distance from the 2012 and 2013. school to an applicant’s home address is calculated using a straight line distance Summary of Admissions Rules measurement provided by NLPG. Students with statements of Special Educational Needs where Francis Combe Children with Statements of Special Educational Academy is named on the statement. Needs are not subject to the above criteria and 1. Children in public care (children looked after) parents are advised to read the Secondary and children who were looked after, but Transfer Admissions Policy. Parents are strongly ceased to be so because they were adopted advised to read the school’s prospectus, (or become subject to a residence order or a admissions policy and information regarding the special guardianship order). Musical Aptitude test and Academic Ability test 2. Students with siblings currently attending the before submitting their application. Academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission. Queries about the outcome of applications to this 3. On the basis of proximity to the school using school and how the admissions rules were straight line measurement. applied should be addressed to the school direct.

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this school and how the admissions rules were Garston applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council.

Francis Combe Academy Principal: Ms Deborah Warwick Parmiter’s School Horseshoe Lane, Watford, WD25 7HW Headteacher: Mr N J Daymond Tel: 01923 672964 Fax: 01923 620828 High Elms Lane, Garston, Nr Watford, [email protected] WD25 0UU Tel: Fax: www.franciscombeacademy.org.uk 01923 671424 01923 894195 Type: Academy (co-educational) [email protected] Number on Roll: 1148 www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk

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Type: Academy (co-educational) child who is in the care of the local authority Number on Roll: 1332 or being provided with accommodation by a Published Admission Number: 206 local authority. 2. 10% of places will be allocated based on the School Code: 9195404 straight line distance measurement provided

by Hertfordshire County Council’s GIS Open Event details Date: Thursday, 10 October 2013 system as outlined in the Moving On/Under Time: 1.30pm – 3.30pm and 5.30pm – 9pm 11s publication. Headmaster will talk at 1.45pm, 6pm, 7pm and 3. Students with an elder brother or sister 7.45pm. attending the school at the time of The school will be open for visits during late application. (The twin or other full brother or September/October. Please contact Reception sister, born in the same academic year as an to book a place. applicant offered a place, will qualify under this criterion. A sibling means the brother, sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or sister, or a child of the parent or partner, in or on the Hertfordshire paper application form every case living in the same house from AND complete the Supplementary Information Monday to Friday). Form available from the school or the above 4. Students for whom it can be demonstrated website. that there is a compelling medical reason for attending the school (supported by independent medical evidence). What happened in previous years 5. 25% of places shall be available in merit

2012 2013 order by reference to academic ability. All Number of places available 186 206 applicants for places under criterion 5 must Total number of applications 1425 1492 have taken a verbal reasoning test and a Total number of places mathematics test, which will be used to 206 206 offered assess their academic ability. No minimum score will be required to gain admission; Places offered under each rule places being offered strictly in descending order of each applicant’s standardised test

2012 2013 score. Information about the tests and the SEN 2 3 arrangements, including. examples of the CLA 2 0 questions, are available on the school Proximity 21 21 website. 6. Up to 10% of places to be allocated on the Siblings 82 89 basis of proven aptitude in Music to be Medical 1 2 determined by prescribed tests. All applicants Academic 52 52 for places under criterion 6 must have taken a written test of musical aptitude. Further Music 21 21 details are available on the school website. Distance 25 18 With reference to Criteria 5 and 6: If an applicant has not taken the admission tests and received Governors will fulfil the legal obligation to results prior to applying for a place at the school, allocate a place to an applicant who has a then it will not be possible for the application to Statement of Special Educational Needs which be considered under aptitude and academic names this school. testing. In order to distinguish between applicants who attain the same, lowest ranking Summary of Admissions Rules score, which would qualify them for admission, 1. Children Looked After. A “looked after child” the proximity of the home address to the School or child who was previously looked after but will be the deciding factor. immediately after being looked after became 7. Remaining places will be allocated on the subject to an adoption, residence or special basis of proximity to the school. guardianship order. A “looked after child” is a

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Parents who are applying under Criteria 2, 4, 5, Places offered under each rule 6 or 7 will need to provide proof that the home 2012 2013 address quoted is the permanent residence of SEN/CLA 0 0 the applicant. For applicants who satisfy Criteria 4, 5 and 6, 95% of the places available will be Baptised Catholic siblings 72 74 allocated to applicants from the following post Baptised practising Catholic code areas: WD3 to WD25 inclusive, AL1, AL2, children attending feeder 108 95 AL3,HP1, HP2, HP3 and HA6. schools Baptised practising Catholic The full admissions policy can be viewed on the children resident in Watford 0 11 school website: www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk Deanery

Queries about the outcome of applications to this Summary of Admissions Rules school and how the admissions rules were 1. Catholic looked after children and Catholic applied should be addressed to the school direct. children who have been adopted (or made subject to residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following St Michael’s Catholic High School having been looked after. (Academy) 2. Baptised Catholic children whose siblings are Headteacher: Mr Edward Conway on the school roll on the student’s first day of High Elms Lane, Watford, WD25 0SS their first academic year. Tel: 01923 673760 Fax: 01923 680511 3. Baptised practising Catholics who are [email protected] attending the following feeder schools: Divine www.stmichaelscatholichighschool.co.uk Saviour, Abbots Langley; Holy Rood, Watford; Sacred Heart, Bushey; St Adrian’s, Type: Academy (co-educational) St Albans; St Anthony’s, West Watford; St Number on Roll: 1115 Catherine’s, Garston; St Joseph’s, South Published Admission Number: 180 ; St Theresa’s, Borehamwood. Denomination: Catholic 4. Baptised practising Catholics who are Specialist Status: Humanities resident in the Watford Deanery (Parishes of School Code: 9195417 Abbots Langley, Bushey, Carpenders Park, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Open Event details Garston, Mill End, Rickmansworth, Watford, Open Evening Wednesday 25th September Watford North). 2013 6pm to 9pm 5. Baptised practising Catholics who are Open Morning Friday 4th October 2013 9.15am resident outside the Watford Deanery for to 11.15am whom St Michaels is the nearest Catholic school. Application form 6. Baptised Catholics who are resident in the Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Watford Deanery. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form 7. Baptised Catholics who are resident outside AND complete the Supplementary Information the Watford Deanery. Form available from the school or the above 8. Other looked after children and children who website. have been adopted (or made subject to residence orders or special guardianship What happened in previous years orders) immediately following having been 2012 2013 looked after. 9. Baptised Christians whose siblings are on the Number of places available 180 180 school roll on the student’s first day of their Total number of applications 446 481 first academic year and who produce an Total number of places original Baptismal Certificate or Certificate of 180 180 offered Baptism.

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10. Baptised Christians who produce an original Places offered under each rule Baptismal Certificate or Certificate of 2012 2013 Baptism. SEN/CLA and Social Medical 4 2 11. Any other children Siblings 104 92 In priority area, Nearest Tie-break 88 98 In case of over subscription in each of the school criteria, a proximity measurement will be applied In priority area, Nearest to 0 4 with priority given to children who live nearest to school the school with measurements carried out by Outside priority area, 0 0 Hertfordshire County Council. Nearest school Outside priority area, 0 0 Queries about the outcome of applications to Nearest to school this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to the school Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires direct. the governing bodies of all maintained schools to admit a child with a statement of special educational needs that names the school. Harpenden Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Roundwood Park School and children who were looked after, but Headteacher: Mr Alan Henshall ceased to be so because they were adopted Roundwood Park, Harpenden, AL5 3AE (or became subject to a residence order or a Tel: 01582 765344 Fax: 01582 461404 special guardianship order). [email protected] 2. Medical or social needs: Children for whom it www.roundwoodpark.co.uk can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to that Type: Academy (co-educational) specific school. Number on Roll: 1203 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the Published Admission Number: 196 school at the time of application, unless the Specialist Status: Maths, Computing and sibling is in the last year of the normal age Languages. range of the school. Note: the ‘normal age School Code: 9194070 range’ is the designated range for which the school provides, for example Years 7 to 11 in Open Event details a 11-16 secondary school, Years 7 to 13 in a Date: Thursday 26 September 2013 11-18 school. Time: 6pm-9pm 4. Children of Staff. Child of a member of staff who has been employed at the school for two Application form or more years at the time of application or Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions where the member of staff is recruited to fill a or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. What happened in previous years 5. Children who live in the priority area and for 2012 2013 whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire maintained school or academy that is non- Number of places available 196 196 faith, co-educational and non-partially Total number of applications 646 709 selective. Note: Non-partially selective means Total number of places that the school does not offer any places 196 196 offered based on academic ability. 6. Children who live in the priority area who live nearest to the school. 7. Children living outside the priority area and for whom it is their nearest maintained school

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or academy that is non-faith, co-educational Places offered under each rule and non-partially selective. 2012 2013 8. Children living outside the priority area on the SEN/CLA and Social Medical 11 4 basis of distance, with those living nearest to the school given priority. Siblings 75 90 In priority area, Nearest 110 102 Parishes in the priority area for this school are: school Ayot St Lawrence, Colney Heath, Flamstead, In priority area, Nearest to 0 0 Harpenden, Harpenden Rural, Kimpton, Kings school Walden, London Colney, Markyate, Redbourn, Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Ridge, , Shenley, St Albans, St school Michael, St Paul’s Walden, St Stephen and Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Wheathampstead. to school

Queries about the outcome of applications to Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires this school and how the admissions rules were the governing bodies of all maintained schools to applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire admit a child with a statement of special County Council. educational needs that names the school.

Summary of Admissions Rules Sir John Lawes School 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Headteacher: Claire Robins and children who were looked after, but Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QP ceased to be so because they were adopted Tel: 01582 760043 Fax: 01582 463170 (or became subject to a residence order or [email protected] special guardianship order). www.sjl.herts.sch.uk 2. Medical or social needs: Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a Type: Academy (co-educational) particular medical or social need to go to that Number on Roll: 1212 specific school. Published Admission Number: 196 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the Specialist Status: Arts, Science, Teaching school at the time of application, unless the School sibling is in the last year of the normal age School Code: 9194028 range of the school. 4. Children of Staff. Open Event details 5. Children who live in the priority area and for Open Day details whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire Date: Tuesday 1 October 2013 maintained non-faith, co-educational, non- Time: 6 – 9pm partially selective school or academy. Note: Non-partially selective means that the school Application form does not offer any places based on academic Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions ability. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. 6. Children who live in the priority area who live nearest to the school. What happened in previous years 7. Children living outside the priority area and 2012 2013 for whom it is their nearest maintained non- Number of places available 192 196 faith, co-educational, non-partially selective school or academy. Total number of applications 646 789 8. Children living outside the priority area on the Total number of places 196 196 basis of distance, with those living nearest to offered the school given priority.

Tie-break If more children qualify under a particular rule than places available the tiebreak will be by

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions applying the next rule to those children. In the What happened in previous years case of two applicants with exactly the same 2012 2013 priority under the admissions rules, but only one Number of places available 160 160 place available, the Governing Body will offer places to both families. Total number of applications 562 641 Total number of places 166* 166* Parishes in the priority area for this school are: offered Ayot St Lawrence, Colney Heath, Flamstead, *Following late In-year adjustment Harpenden, Harpenden Rural, Kimpton, Kings Walden, London Colney, Markyate, Redbourn, Places offered under each rule Ridge, Sandridge, Shenley, St Albans, St 2012 2013 Michael, St Paul’s Walden, St Stephen and SEN/LAC 2 4 Wheathampstead. Children of Staff N/A 8 Queries about the outcome of applications to Siblings 81 81 this school and how the admissions rules were Previous Siblings N/A 2 applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Christian Commitment 83 71 County Council.

Tie break criteria: 2012 2013 St George’s School – Day places Medical/Social 7 1 Headteacher: Mr Raymond McGovern Multi-denominational 7 2 Sun Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4TD Distance 69 68 Tel: Fax: 01582 765477 01582 469830 [email protected] The Governors will give priority to children who www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk have a Statement of Special Educational Needs Type: Academy (co-educational) nominating St George’s School, Harpenden Number on Roll: 1322 Academy Trust as the named school. Published Admission Number: 160 Denomination: Christian Summary of Admissions Rules Specialist Status: Technology, Languages 1. Children looked after or were previously looked after. School Code: 9194614 2. Children of a member of staff. 3. Children who have a brother or sister at the This school has day places and boarding places. school as a day pupil at the time of If you apply online, please choose whether you application. want to apply for a day place or a boarding 4. Children who have previously at any time had place. If you apply on paper you should use the a brother or sister at the school as a day code 9194614 for a day place or 9199901 for a pupil. boarding place. 5. Children living with a parent or parents with a

Christian commitment shown by membership Open Event details of a Christian Church. Date: Friday 4th October 2013 a) 80% of places available under this Time: 6.15-9.30pm criterion will be allocated to children living

in the Harpenden Area (the civil parishes Application form of Harpenden). Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions b) 20% of places available under this or on the Hertfordshire paper application criterion will be allocated to those living in form AND complete the supplementary the civil parishes of Ayot St Lawrence, information form available from the school or Flamstead, Harpenden Rural, Kimpton, the above website. Kings Walden, Markyate, Redbourn,

St.Paul’s Walden and Wheathampstead.

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If there are insufficient applications to match any What happened in previous years of the above allocations, the places will be 2012 2013 transferred to other allocations in priority order Number of places available 20 20 (a), then (b), until they are all allocated. 6. Children whose parent or parents can prove Total number of applications 22 23 Total number of places that they have a particular medical or social 9 7 reason that makes St George’s School offered uniquely well suited for the child. 7. Children whose parents can prove that they Places offered under each rule are of different Christian denominations, and 2012 2013 are currently active members of their LAC 0 0 separate Churches. 8. Children whose normal residence is nearest Boarding Need 9 7 the School, using the straight line home- school distance measurement provided by Summary of Admissions Rules Hertfordshire County Council’s GIS system It is essential to view a full copy which contains as outlined in their Moving On publications. important additional explanation (available on line at www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk or from the Queries about the outcome of applications to this school) before applying for a boarding place. school and how the admissions rules were 1. Boarders at St George’s must be UK or EU applied should be addressed to the school direct. citizens or have full UK passports with the right of abode in the UK. 2. All children applying for a boarding place St George’s School – Boarding places must attend for an interview to establish Headteacher: Mr Raymond McGovern suitability for boarding according to the Sun Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4TD government’s published guidelines. Tel: Fax: 3. Children whose parent or parents do not 01582 765477 01582 469830 [email protected] normally live in the UK or who travel www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk frequently away from home must have a suitable guardian over the age of twenty-one Type: Academy (co-educational) who resides within approximately an hour’s Number on Roll: 1322 journey of the school. Published Admission Number: to be advised 4. All applicants for boarding places will need to Denomination: Christian satisfy the School as to their ability to pay the Specialist Status: Technology, Languages boarding fees and expenses incurred at the School Code: 9199901 School and to pay a deposit on receipt of an offer. This school has day places and boarding places. 5. Boarders and their parents and guardians If you apply online, please choose whether you must also agree to the statement of want to apply for a day place or a boarding Principles, Aims and Practice. place. If you apply on paper you should use the 6. Children who would qualify for a day place code 9194614 for a day place or 9199901 for a according to their normal residence at the boarding place. date of application will not be given priority to board. Application form Applications may be made for EITHER a day OR Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions a boarding place at the school, but not for both. or on the Hertfordshire paper application 7. Siblings of boarders on the school roll at the form AND complete the supplementary time of application will not be given priority for information form available from the school or day places. the above website. The criteria for boarding admission to year 7 are: (applied at the time of application). 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children.

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2. Children of members of the UK Armed Published Admission Number: 124 Forces who qualify for Ministry of Defence Specialist status: Humanities financial assistance with the cost of boarding School Code: 9194099 school fees.

3. Children with a need to be considered for a Open Event details Boarding place and where circumstances Tuesday October 1st 2013, 6pm - 9pm clearly point to a benefit from Boarding. The Head will speak at 6.30pm & 7.30pm

Open Mornings Over-subscription Criteria Monday 7th October - Thursday 10th October - 1. Children who have a brother or sister in tours at 9.20am and 11.20am are by boarding at the school at the time of appointment only admission.

2. Children who have previously at any time had Application form a brother or sister in boarding at the school. Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 3. Children of parents working outside the UK or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. for a recognised Christian missionary society

or children of ordained ministers and leaders What happened in previous years of recognised Christian churches in the UK or

serving in parishes and church areas outside 2012 2013 the UK. Number of places available 122 124 4. Children who have satisfied the Governing Total number of applications 285 344 Body that they have a significant degree of Total number of places 122 120 boarding need according to one of the offered following Criteria: • Children of Crown Servants serving Places offered under each rule abroad; 2012 2013 • Children at risk or with an unstable home environment; SEN/CLA/Medical/Social 1 0 • Children of service personnel who have Siblings 20 23 died while serving or who have been Living in the Priority area, 39 20 discharged as a result of attributable Nearest School injury; Living in the Priority area, 62 52 If there are more applications that fulfil the above Random criteria than spaces available, the Governors will Living outside the Priority 0 19 apply a random allocation system to allocate the area, Random available places. Places are allocated in accordance with Queries about the outcome of applications to this Hertfordshire County Council’s single sex school and how the admissions rules were admission rules – see page 19 – 22 of the applied should be addressed to the school direct. Moving On booklet for details.

Parishes in the priority area for this school are: Hatfield Codicote, Hatfield, Knebworth, North Mymms, Potters Bar, Welwyn, Welwyn Garden City and Woolmer Green. Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School Headteacher: Ms Theodora Nickson Queries about the outcome of applications to Woods Avenue, Hatfield, AL10 8NL this school and how the admissions rules were Tel: 01707 275331 Fax: 01707 270244 applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire [email protected] County Council, however queries about the www.bishophatfield.herts.sch.uk outcome of Social/Medical applications should be addressed to the school direct. Type: Academy (Girls) Number on Roll: 691

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Onslow St Audrey’s School Headteacher: Paul Meredith Hemel Hempstead Old Rectory Drive, Hatfield, AL10 8AB Tel: 01707 264228 Fax: 01707 262332 [email protected] Adeyfield School www.onslow.herts.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Scott Martin Type: Academy (co-educational) Longlands, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4DE Number on Roll: 487 Tel: 01442 406020 Fax: 01442 406025 Published Admission Number: 150 [email protected] Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise www.adeyfieldschool.org School Code: 9194154 Type: Community* (co-educational) Number on Roll: 696 Open Event details Published Admission Number: 150 Monday 23rd September 2013 Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise and 6.00pm – 9.00pm Applied Learning Headteacher will speak at 7.30pm in the Main School Code: 9194029 Hall Open Mornings: 25th and 26th September at *Pending conversion to academy status on 1 9.30am October 2013

Application form Open Event details Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Thursday 3 October 2013 - 7.00pm or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Open Mornings Friday 4 October 9.30am – 10.30am What happened in previous years Monday 7 October 9.30am – 10.30am 2012 2013 Number of places available 150 150 Application form Total number of applications 126 137 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Total number of places 102 86 offered What happened in previous years

2012 2013 Onslow St Audrey’s School were able to offer places to all children who applied in 2012 and Number of places available 150 150 2013. Total number of applications 230 270 Total number of places 111 91 Places are allocated in accordance with offered Hertfordshire County Council’s admission rules – see page 19 – 22 of the Moving On Adeyfield School was able to offer places to all booklet for details. children who applied in 2012 and 2013.

Parishes in the priority area for this school are: Places are allocated in accordance with Ayot St Peter, Codicote, Essendon, Hatfield, Hertfordshire County Council’s admission North Mymms, South Mymms, Potters Bar, rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn and Woolmer booklet for details. Green. Parishes in the priority area for this school Queries about the outcome of applications to are; Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamsted, this school and how the admissions rules were Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel County Council. Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten End,

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Northchurch, Rickmansworth (part)/Maple Cross, Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford and Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Wigginton. Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Nash Mills, and Nettleden with Potten End, Queries about the outcome of applications to Northchurch, Rickmansworth (part) /Maple this school and how the admissions rules were Cross, Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford and applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Wigginton. County Council. Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Headteacher: Mr Edward Gaynor County Council. St. Agnells Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7HL Tel: Fax: 01442 394141 01442 401407 [email protected] The Cavendish School www.astleycooper.herts.sch.uk Headteacher: Susan Forde Type: Community (co-educational) Warners End Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW Number on Roll: 397 Tel: Fax: Published Admission Number: 180 01442 404333 01442 404378 Specialist Status: Performing and Visual Arts [email protected] www.cavendish.herts.sch.uk School Code: 9194499 Type: Community (co-educational)

Number on Roll: 1115 Open Event details Wednesday, 2 October 2013 Published Admission Number: 210 6.45pm - 9pm. Headteacher to speak at 7pm Specialist Status: Sports Open Mornings School Code: 9194100 Friday, 4 October and Tuesday, 8 October 9.15am - 11am Open Event details Saturday 28th September, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm Application form Coffee mornings will also take place during Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions second week of October for parents unable to or on the Hertfordshire paper Application form. attend the Open Day on 28th September.

What happened in previous years Application form 2012 2013 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Number of places available 180 180

Total number of applications 96 141 What happened in previous years Total number of places 81 86 2012 2013 offered Number of places available 210 210

The Astley Cooper School was able to offer Total number of applications 426 494 Total number of places places to all children who applied in 2012 210 149 and 2013. offered

Places are allocated in accordance with The Cavendish School was able to offer Hertfordshire County Council’s admission places to all children who applied in 2012 rules – see page 19-22 of the Moving On and 2013. booklet for details. Places are allocated in accordance with Parishes in the priority area for this school Hertfordshire County Council’s admission are: Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamsted, rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On booklet for details.

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Parishes in the priority area for this school Places offered under each rule are : Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamstead, 2012 2013 Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley SEN/CLA and Social Medical 7 2 Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Siblings 90 68 In priority area, Nearest Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten End, 83 65 Northchurch, Rickmansworth(part)/Maple Cross, school Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford and In priority area, Nearest to 0 45 Wigginton. school Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Queries about the outcome of applications to this school school and how the admissions rules were Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire to school County Council. Places are allocated in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council’s admission The Hemel Hempstead School rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On Headteacher: Mr Patrick Harty booklet for details. Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TX Fax: 01442 390100 01442 233706 Parishes in the priority area for this school [email protected] are: Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamsted, www.hhs.herts.sch.uk Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Type: Community (co-educational) Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Number on Roll: 1159 Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten End, Published Admission Number: 180 Northchurch, Rickmansworth(part)/Maple Cross, Specialist Status: Performing Arts, Science and Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford and Mathematics. Wigginton. School Code: 9194005 Queries about the outcome of applications to this Open Event details school and how the admissions rules were Saturday 5th October 2013 9.30am – 12.30pm. applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Headteacher talks will be at 9.30am, 11am and County Council. 12 noon. Please note that there is no parking on the school site. Please park in the town car parks John F Kennedy Catholic School and walk to the school. Headteacher: Mr Paul Neves Hollybush Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH There will also be two Open Mornings on 9th and Tel: 01442 266150 Fax: 01442 250014 11th October between 9am and 11am, giving the [email protected] opportunity to visit the school during a working www.jfk.herts.sch.uk day. Please telephone the school to arrange a place on one of these tours. Type: Voluntary Aided (co-educational) Number on Roll: 1120 Application form Denomination: Catholic Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Published Admission Number: 180 or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Specialist Status: Technology, Languages School Code: 9194619 What happened in previous years 2012 2013 Open Event details Number of places available 180 180 Tuesday, 1st October, 6.30 pm - 9.00 pm Wednesday, 9th October, 9.30 am - 12.00 noon Total number of applications 807 816

Total number of places offered 180 180

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Open Evening - The Headteacher will speak at will be expected to be in attendance at the 6.30 pm and 8.00 pm. There will be guided tours time of admission. of the school from 6.30 pm onwards. Visitors are 3. Practising Catholic children from St. Cuthbert invited to park on the school site but are Mayne, St. Albert the Great and St. Thomas encouraged to share transport where possible. More Schools. 4. Other practising Catholic children. Open Morning will begin with a talk from the 5. Other Catholic children. Headteacher at 9.30 am followed by guided 6. Other looked after children and children who tours. If you wish to visit the school on any other have previously been looked after and since working day, please telephone to make an adopted (or made subject to residence orders appointment. or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after. Application form 7. Other children with a sibling at John F Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Kennedy Catholic School, where the sibling or on the Hertfordshire paper Application form. will be expected to be in attendance at the In addition please complete the Supplementary time of admission. Information Form and Priest’s/Minister’s 8. Other children from St. Cuthbert Mayne, St. Reference Form available from the school or Albert the Great and St. Thomas More the above website. Schools. 9. Children from other Christian families What happened in previous years (supported by confidential written 2012 2013 confirmation of commitment to their faith from a minister, with Baptismal Certificate where Number of places available 180 180 applicable). Total number of applications 528 578 10. Children from other faith backgrounds whose Total number of places 180 180 parents wish them to have a Catholic offered education (supported by confidential written confirmation of commitment to their faith from Places offered under each rule a religious leader). 2012 2013 11. Any other applicants. SEN 3 1 Queries about the outcome of applications to Catholic CLA 0 1 this school and how the admissions rules were Catholic siblings 59 68 applied should be addressed to the school direct. Catholics from feeder 54 52 schools Other practising Catholics 57 51 Longdean School Other Catholic children 2 7 Headteacher: Mr Graham Cunningham Rumballs Road, Bennetts End, Other CLA 0 0 Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8JB Other siblings 5 0 Tel: Fax: 01442 217277 01442 233098 Other from feeder schools 0 0 [email protected] www.longdeanschool.co.uk Summary of Admissions Rules Type: Academy (co-educational) 1. Catholic children looked after and Catholic Number on Roll: 1250 children who have previously been looked Published Admission Number: 218 after and since adopted (or made subject to Specialist Status: Mathematics and Computing residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been School Code: 9194080 looked after. 2. Catholic children with a sibling at John F Open Event details Kennedy Catholic School, where the sibling Open Evening is on Monday 7th October 6.00pm-9.00pm. The Headteacher will speak at 6.30pm and 7.45pm.

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Open mornings, 8th, 9th and 10th October, Open Event details 9.45am-11.00am. Please arrive by 9.30am. Monday 14th October 2013 6.30pm – 9.00pm and Application form Tuesday 15th October 2013 4.30pm – 7.00pm Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Headmaster speaks at 8.30pm on Monday and or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. 6.30pm on Tuesday. Visits during the working day from Wednesday What happened in previous years 16th to Friday 18th October at 9.15am please 2012 2013 book. Please note there is no wheelchair access other than to the Main Hall. Number of places available 218 218

Total number of applications 406 473 Application form Total number of places 198 199 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions offered or on the Hertfordshire paper application form.

Longdean School was able to offer places to all What happened in previous years children who applied in 2012 and 2013. 2012 2013

Number of places available 165 165 Places are allocated in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council’s admission Total number of applications 525 579 Total number of places rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On 165 165 booklet for details. offered

Parishes in the priority area for this school Places offered under each rule are: Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamstead, 2012 2013 Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley SEN/CLA/Social Medical 2 1 Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Siblings 46 36 Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Children of Staff N/A 0 Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten End, Living in the Priority area, 16 19 Northchurch, Rickmansworth(part)/Maple Cross, Nearest School Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford and Living in the Priority area, 101 109 Wigginton. Random

Living outside the Priority 0 0 Queries about the outcome of applications to this area, Random school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council. Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Boys in public care (children looked after) and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted Hertford (or became subject to a residence order or a special guardianship order). 2. Boys for whom it can be demonstrated that Richard Hale School they have a particular medical or social need Headteacher: Stephen M Neate to go to the school. Hale Road, Hertford, SG13 8EN 3. Boys with a sibling attending Richard Hale at Tel: Fax: 01992 583441 01992 503413 the time of application, unless the sibling is in [email protected] the last year of the normal age range of the www.richardhale.herts.sch.uk school. Note: the ‘normal age range ‘ is the Type: Academy (Boys with mixed sixth form) designated range for which the school Number on Roll: 1116 provides, i.e. Years 7 -13 in an 11-18 school. Published Admission Number: 165 A sibling is defined as a brother or sister Specialist Status: Science, Applied Learning (adopted or natural), half brother or half sister, or the child of a partner living at the School Code: 9194006

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same address, and in every case living in the the school, and must clearly demonstrate why same house Monday to Friday. it is the only school that can meet the child’s 4. Boys of staff at the school. needs. The professional evidence should be in the form of a letter from a professional involved Children who live in the Priority area: Places will with your family such as a doctor, psychologist, be allocated to each parish/ unparished area or social worker, or police officer, and should set town in proportion to the number of applications out reasons why Richard Hale is the most made. In the event of there being more suitable school. Evidence pertaining to the need applications than places available to a particular of the family or child to attend Richard Hale parish/unparished area or town, places will be School because of an aptitude or interest in our allocated as follows:- specialism will not be considered under this criterion. 5. Boys for whom it is the nearest Hertfordshire non-faith, non partially selective maintained Queries about the outcome of applications to school or Academy, making provision for this school and how the admissions rules were children of the relevant gender. If more applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire children qualify under rule 5 than places County Council, however queries about the available, the tiebreak would be those that outcome of Social/Medical applications should live closest to the school. (Using the straight be addressed to the school direct. line distance measurement provided by Hertfordshire County Council’s GIS system as outlined in the Moving On Publication). 6. Any remaining places available to a parish/ Headteacher: Nicholas Binder unparished area or town. Places will be Welwyn Road, Hertford, SG14 2DG allocated on a random basis [Every boy will Tel: 01992 581455 Fax: 01992 500408 be given an individual random number when [email protected] entered onto the database]. www.sele.herts.sch.uk

Children who live outside the priority area: Type: Academy (co-educational) Number on Roll: 420 7. Places will be allocated on a random basis. Published Admission Number: 120 [Every boy will be given an individual random Specialist Status: Sports and Performing Arts number when entered onto the database]. School Code: 9194117

These rules are applied in the order they are Open Event details printed above. If more children qualify under Thursday 26 September criteria 1, 2 and 3 than there are places 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm available; a tie break will be used by applying the Headteacher’s talk at 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm next rule to those children. Car parking available on site. Tours of the school will be arranged during The Priority Area for the school is comprised of: October at times convenient for parents. Please Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bramfield, Brickendon telephone the school to make an appointment. Liberty, Datchworth, Essendon, Gt Amwell, Hertford, Hertford Heath, Hertingfordbury, Application form Hunsdon, Little Berkhamsted, Great Munden, Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Little Munden, Sacombe, Stanstead Abbotts, or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Stanstead St Margarets, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware, Wareside, Watton-at-Stone, What happened in previous years Welwyn, Widford, Woolmer Green. 2012 2013 Notes - Medical Need The Governors will determine whether the Number of places available 150 150 professional evidence provided is sufficiently Total number of applications 220 304 compelling to meet the requirements for this Total number of places offered 86 96 rule. The evidence must relate specifically to

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The Sele School was able to offer places to all What happened in previous years children who applied in 2012 and 2013. 2012 2013

Number of places available 160 165 Places are allocated in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council’s admission Total number of applications 758 874 Total number of places rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On 160 165 booklet for details. offered

On conversion to Academy, the Governing Body Places offered under each rule agreed The Sele School would not then change 2012 2013 the parishes in its priority area. Parishes in the SEN/CLA and Social Medical 2 4 priority area for this school are: Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bramfield, Brickendon Liberty, Siblings 60 62 In priority area, Nearest Datchworth, Essendon, Great Amwell, Hertford, 75 86 Hertford Heath, Hertingfordbury, Hunsdon, Little school Berkhamsted, Little Munden, Sacombe, In priority area, Nearest to 23 13 Stanstead Abbotts, Stanstead St. Margarets, school Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware, Wareside, Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Watton-at-Stone and Welwyn. school Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Queries about the outcome of applications to to school this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire As required by Section 324 of the Education Act County Council. 1996, and the Admission of Looked After Children, [England] Regulations 2006, Simon Balle School will give priority to applications on Simon Balle School behalf of children with a Statement of Special Headteacher: Alison Saunders Education Needs for whom the school is named. Mangrove Road, Hertford, SG13 8AJ Tel: Fax: 01992 410400 01992 410401 Summary of Admissions Rules [email protected] 1. Children in public care (children looked after) www.simonballe.herts.sch.uk and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted Type: Foundation* (co-educational) (or became subject to a residence order or a Number on Roll: 1053 special guardianship order). Published Admission Number: 165 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can Specialist Status: Humanities be demonstrated that they have a particular School Code: 9194067 medical or social need to go to the school. A panel of officers will determine whether the * pending application to convert to Academy evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to Status on 1 October 2013 meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the Open Event details school applied for under Rule 2 and must Saturday 28th September 9am-12.30pm. Please clearly demonstrate why it is the only school see school website for full details. that can meet the child’s needs. 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the school at the time of application, unless the Application form sibling is in the last year of the normal age- Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions range of the school. Note: the ‘normal age or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. range’ is the designated range for which the school provides, for example Years 7 to 13 in an 11-18 school. 4. Children of Staff. A member of staff is defined as a person who has a permanent contract of

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employment with the Governing Body of the Published Admission Number: 165 School at the time of application. Qualifying Specialist Status: Technology, Languages by either: School Code: 9194008 (a) the member of staff has been employed at

the school for two years at the time at Open Event details which the application for admission to the Tuesday 24 September 9.15am to 12.15pm school is made, or Tuesday 24 September 6.30pm to 8.30pm (b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a Thursday 26 September 9.15am to 12.15pm vacant post for which there is a

demonstrable skill shortage. Application form 5. Children who live in the priority area for Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. maintained school or academy that is non-

faith, co-educational and non-partially What happened in previous years selective.

Note: Non-partially selective means that the 2012 2013 school does not offer any places based on Number of places available 165 165 academic ability. Total number of applications 427 552 6. Children who live in the priority area who live Total number of places 165 165 nearest to the school. offered 7. Children living outside the priority area and for whom it is their nearest maintained school Places offered under each rule or academy that is non-faith, co-educational

and non- partially selective. 2012 2013 8. Children living outside the priority area on the SEN/CLA/Medical/Social 3 3 basis of distance, with those living nearest to Siblings 35 39 the school given priority. Living in the Priority area, 53 65 Nearest School The Priority Area for the school: Living in the Priority area, 74 58 Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bramfield, Brickendon Random Liberty, Gt Amwell, Hertford, Hertford Heath, Living outside the Priority Hertingfordbury, Hunsdon, Little Berkhamsted, 0 0 area, Random Little Munden, Sacombe, Stanstead St

Margarets, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware, Places are allocated in accordance with Wareside, Watton-at-Stone and Widford. Hertfordshire County Council’s single sex

admission rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Queries about the outcome of applications to Moving On booklet for details. this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Parishes in the priority area for this school are: County Council. Baldock, Codicote, Graveley, Hexton, Hitchin, Holwell, Ickleford, King’s Walden, Knebworth, Langley, Letchworth, Lilley, Offley, Pirton, Hitchin Preston, St Ippolyts, St Pauls Walden, Weston and Wymondley.

Hitchin Boys’ School Queries about the outcome of applications to Headteacher: Mr M Brown this school and how the admissions rules were Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, SG5 1JB applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Tel: 01462 432181 Fax: 01462 440172 County Council. [email protected] www.hbs.herts.sch.uk

Type: Academy (Boys) Number on Roll: 1005

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Hitchin Girls’ School Children of Staff 1 Headteacher: Mrs Frances Manning Children living in Hitchin parish 66 Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RS Children living in rest of priority area, Fax: 9 01462 621300 01462 621301 Nearest School [email protected] Children living in priority area, 49 www.hgs.herts.sch.uk Random Living outside the Priority area, Type: Academy (Girls) 0 Number on Roll: 1065 Random Published Admission Number: 165 Specialist Status: Science * In 2012 places were allocated in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council’s community School Code: 9194009 single sex admission rules. The school changed

their admission criteria in 2013. Open Event details

Open evening: Tuesday 24 September 5.30pm - Summary of admission rules 8.00pm. Tours run between 5.30 and 8.00 p.m. 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Headteacher talks 6.30pm, 7.30pm. and children who were looked after, but

ceased to be so because they were adopted Open mornings: Thursday 26 September - (or became subject to a residence order or a 9.30am – 11.30am and Tuesday 01 October special guardianship order). 9.30am – 11.30am 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can An opportunity to see the school in action. Tours be demonstrated that they have a particular from 9.30. No formal talk at the morning medical or social need to go to the school. sessions, but the Headteacher will be available 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the for questions throughout the morning. school at the time of application, excluding

sisters who a) first entered the school in the Application form Sixth Form (Year 12 ) or b) are in Year 13 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions which is the last year of the normal age range or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. of the school.

4. Children of Staff: Children of permanent What happened in previous years members of staff whose permanent home 2012 2013 address is in the Priority Area for Hitchin Number of places available 165 165 Girls’ School and who are a) directly Total number of applications 467 561 employed by Hitchin Girls’ School and b) will Total number of places have been employed at the school for a 166 165 offered minimum of two years at the time the applicant would be admitted to the school or

have been recruited to fill a vacant post for Places offered under each rule* which there is a demonstrable skills shortage,

2012 such shortage to be determined at the SEN/CLA/Medical/Social 1 Headteacher’s absolute discretion. Siblings 41 Living in the Priority area, Nearest Children who live in the priority area 61 School Places will be allocated to each parish/ unparished area or town in proportion to the Living in the Priority area, Random 63 number of applications made. In the event of Living outside the Priority area, 0 there being more applications than places Random available to a particular parish/unparished area or town, places will be allocated as follows: 2013 SEN/CLA/Medical/Social 1 5. Children who live in the Hitchin Parish. If, under proportionality, fewer than 65 places Siblings 39 would be available to girls living in Hitchin,

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the school will allocate 65 places to children Type: Community (co-educational) whose permanent home address is in the Number on Roll: 1011 parish of Hitchin. In the event of more than 65 Published Admission Number: 180 applications for consideration under this rule, Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise places will be allocated as follows: Applied Learning • to girls for whom it is their nearest School Code: 9194000 Hertfordshire maintained school or academy that is non-faith and non Open Event details partially selective and makes provision Open Evening Monday 23rd September 2013. for children of the relevant gender. Headteacher presentations: 6.45pm & 8pm. If more children qualify under this rule than Open Morning: Monday 30th September 2013 – places are available, the tiebreak would be 9.00am to 11.00am. those that live closest to the school. If fewer Headteacher presentation: 10.15am. than 65 places are allocated, the balance will be added to the places available to applicants Application form from the rest of the priority area and Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions distributed under rule 6 and 7 or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. 6. Children who live in the rest of the priority area by parish, on a proportional basis. What happened in previous years Those for whom it is their nearest

Hertfordshire maintained school or academy 2012 2013 that is non-faith and non partially selective Number of places available 180 180 and makes provision for children of the Total number of applications 430 487 relevant gender, (if more children qualify Total number of places 180 180 under rule 6 than places, the tiebreak would offered be those that live closest to the school). 7. Any remaining places available to a parish/ Places offered under each rule unparished area or town. Places will be 2012 2013 allocated on a random basis. SEN/CLA and Social Medical 3 1 Children who live outside the priority area Siblings 55 66 In priority area, Nearest 76 78 8. Places will be allocated on a random basis. school In priority area, Nearest to 22 16 Parishes in the priority area for this school are: school Baldock, Codicote, Graveley, Hexton, Hitchin, Outside priority area, Nearest 3 7 Holwell, Ickleford, Kings Walden, Knebworth, school Langley, Letchworth, Lilley, Offley, Pirton, Outside priority area, Nearest Preston, St Ippolyts, St Pauls Walden, Weston 21 12 to school and Wymondley.

Places are allocated in accordance with Queries about the outcome of applications to Hertfordshire County Council’s admission this school and how the admissions rules were rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire booklet for details. County Council.

Parishes in the priority area for this school are: The Priory School Hexton, Hitchin, Holwell, Ickleford, Langley, Lilley, Offley, Pirton, Preston, St Ippolyts and Headteacher: Mr Geraint Edwards Wymondley. Bedford Road, Hitchin, SG5 2UR Tel: Fax: 01462 622300 01462 622301 Queries about the outcome of applications to this [email protected] school and how the admissions rules were www.priory.herts.sch.uk

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school. These children are included in the Hoddesdon admission number.

90% of allocations will be made using Rule 1 to 3

in the order set out below and the remaining 10% of allocations will be made using Rule 4. Headteacher: Mr David J Kennedy BA, ACIM, FRSA Summary of Admissions Rules Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0QF 1. Children in Public Care (Children Looked Tel: Fax: 01992 462889 01992 470679 After) and children who were previously [email protected] looked after, but ceased to be so because www.johnwarner.org.uk they were adopted (or became subject to a Type: Academy (co-educational) residence order or special guardianship Number on Roll: 1255 order). Published Admission Number: 210 2. Children who have a sibling at the same Specialist Status: Science address who is a pupil at the school at the time of application. For the purpose of this School Code: 9195426 clause siblings would include sister, brother, half, step, adoptive children provided they Open Event details also live at the same address. 19 September 6.00pm to 9.00pm 3. Children who would have the longest extra The Headteacher will speak at 6.00pm and journey to get to their next nearest state 7.30pm. During the week following the event, the school. Proof of residence will be required school will be offering daytime tours. Please (this must be the permanent address). The contact the school directly to book your place. offer of a place maybe withdrawn if proof of residency is not met. Application form 4. 10% of remaining places will be allocated to Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions children who show an aptitude for or on the Hertfordshire paper application Technology on the basis of an assessment of form AND complete the supplementary aptitude carried out by the school. Test can information form available from the school or be taken by any child in Year 6 who is due to the above website. transfer to secondary school.

What happened in previous years Tie-break 2012 2013 Rankings will be sorted by using the straight line Number of places available 192 192 distance measurement from the applicant’s Total number of applications 559 721 home to The John Warner School.

Total number of places 192 192 Queries about the outcome of applications to this offered school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to the school direct. Places offered under each rule 2012 2013 SEN/CLA 0 5 Sheredes School Social/Medical 5 3 Headteacher: Mr Michael Smith Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8JY Siblings 89 96 Tel: Tel: 01992 410800 01992 410801 Distance 79 69 [email protected] Technology Aptitude 19 19 www.sheredes.herts.sch.uk Type: Community (co-educational)

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Tel: Fax: Number on Roll: 671 01923 264504 01923 260564 Published Admission Number: 171 [email protected] www.kingslangley.herts.sch.uk School Code: 9194137 Type: Academy (co-educational) Open Event details Number on Roll: 1071 Open Evening - Thursday 12th September 2013 Published Admission Number: 186 at 5.30 p.m. Specialist Status: Arts Headteacher's speeches will take place at 6.30 School Code: 9194096 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.

Open Mornings on:- Open Event details 16th September until 27th September parents Open Evening: and children may visit the school during the Wednesday 2nd October 7pm-9pm morning by prior arrangement. Please telephone Open Morning: the school to make an appointment. 8th October 2013 11am-12.15pm Time: 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Open Afternoon: 10th October 2013 2pm-3.15pm Application form Open Morning: Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 16th October 2013 11am-12.15pm or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. The open mornings and Afternoon are strictly by appointment only to be made with the school What happened in previous years in advance. 2012 2013 Number of places available 171 171 Application form Total number of applications 252 338 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Total number of places 137 130 offered What happened in previous years

Sheredes School was able to offer places to all 2012 2013 children who applied in 2012 and 2013. Number of places available 186 186 Total number of applications 530 587 Places are allocated in accordance with Total number of places 186 186 Hertfordshire County Council’s admission offered rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On booklet for details. Places offered under each rule

Parishes in the priority area for this school are: 2012 2013 Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Nazeing, SEN/CLA and Social Medical 2 4 Northaw and Cuffley, Stanstead Abbotts and Siblings 82 57 Waltham Cross. In priority area 6b, Nearest 71 63 school Queries about the outcome of applications to this In priority area 6a & 6b, 31 62 school and how the admissions rules were Nearest to school applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Outside priority area, Nearest County Council. 0 0 school Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 to school Kings Langley Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires

the governing bodies of all maintained schools to Kings Langley School admit a child with a statement of special Headteacher: Mr G Lewis educational needs that names their school. Love Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 9HN

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Summary of Admission Rules: 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Letchworth Garden City and children who were looked after, but

ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or a Fearnhill School Maths and Computing special guardianship order). 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can College be demonstrated that they have a particular Headteacher: Mr Jed Whelan medical or social need to go to the school. Icknield Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4BA Tel: Fax: 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the 01462 621200 01462 621201 school at the time of application, unless the [email protected] sibling is in the last year of the normal age www.fearnhill.herts.sch.uk range of the school. Type: Community (co-educational) 4. Children who live in priority area 6b and for Number on Roll: 867 whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire Published Admission Number: 180 maintained, non-faith, co-educational, non- Specialist Status: Mathematics and Computing partially selective school or academy in the priority area. Where more children qualify School Code: 9194010 under this rule than there are places available, places will be allocated to those Open Event details who live nearest to the school or academy. Open Evening: Thursday 3rd October from 5. Children who live in the whole priority area 6.00pm to 8.30pm. The Headteacher will speak (6a and 6b) who live nearest to the school. at 6.30pm and 7.15pm. 6. Children who live outside the priority area Open Mornings will take place all week from and for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire Monday 7th October to Thursday 10th October maintained, non-faith, co-educational, non- between 9.00am and 10.30am. partially selective school or academy. Where more children qualify under this rule than Application form there are places available, places will be Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions allocated to those who live nearest the school or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. or academy. 7. Children living outside the priority area who What happened in previous years live nearest to the school. 2012 2013 Number of places available 180 180 These rules are applied in the order they are Total number of applications 202 226 printed above. If more children qualify under a Total number of places particular rule than there are places available, a 112 79 tiebreak will be used by applying the next rule to offered those children. Fearnhill School was able to offer places to all Parishes in the priority area for this school are: children who applied in 2012 and 2013. 6a: Aldbury, Berkhamsted, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Little Gaddesden, Nash Places are allocated in accordance with Mills, Nettleden with Potton End, Northchurch, Hertfordshire County Council’s admission Tring, Tring Rural, Wigginton. rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On 6b: Kings Langley, Abbots Langley, Watford, booklet for details. Chorleywood and Rickmansworth, Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Sarratt, Flaunden, Croxley Green Parishes in the priority area for this school are: and Rickmansworth (part) /Maple Cross. Letchworth Garden City.

Queries about the outcome of applications to Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council. County Council.

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were Headteacher: Mr Ian Morris applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA Tel: Fax: County Council. 01462 620500 01462 620501 [email protected] www.highfield.herts.sch.uk Potters Bar Type: Community (co-educational) Number on Roll: 1022 Published Admission Number: 180 Dame Alice Owen’s School School Code: 9194122 Headteacher: Dr Alan Davison Dugdale Hill Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2DU Tel: Fax: Open Event details 01707 643441 01707 645011 Monday 7th (evening) and Tuesday 8th [email protected] (Morning) www.damealiceowens.herts.sch.uk Time: 6pm to 8.30pm and 9am to 10.45am. Type: Academy (co-educational) Headteacher talks 7.00pm and 8.00pm on Number on Roll: 1443 Monday and at 10.00am on Tuesday. Published Admission Number: 200

Specialist Status: Languages, Science Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions School Code: 9195407 or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Open Event details What happened in previous years Open Afternoon 18 July 2 – 5 pm. 2012 2013 24, 26, 27 September tours of school at 9:30am.

Number of places available 180 180 Application form Total number of applications 573 596 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Total number of places or on the Hertfordshire paper application form 180 180 offered AND complete the Supplementary Information Form (if applying for entrance examination or Places offered under each rule musical aptitude test) available from the school 2012 2013 or the above website.

SEN/CLA and Social Medical 3 3 If your child has a sibling that previously Siblings 54 49 attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, please In priority area, Nearest contact the school direct. 39 34 school In priority area, Nearest to What happened in previous years 66 72 school 2012 2013 Outside priority area, Nearest 13 6 Number of places available 200 200 school Total number of applications 1259 865 Outside priority area, Nearest 5 16 Total number of places to school 200 211 offered Places are allocated in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council’s admission Places offered under each rule rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On 2012 2013 booklet for details. SEN/CLA 2 5

22 Closest 22 22 Parishes in the priority area are: Letchworth Garden City. Siblings 98 109 Musical aptitude 10 10

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Academic ability 65 65 total not more than 65 children. Subject to these Admission Arrangements, places will Children of staff N/A 0 be offered in merit order with priority to those Children in priority area, 3 0 children obtaining the highest total score from Nearest to school all three papers. Any other child 0 0 6. Children of Staff. A member of staff is defined as a person who has a permanent contract of Summary of Admissions Rules employment with the Governing Body of the 1. Looked after children. A looked after child is a School at the time of application, and child who is in the care of the local authority qualifies in the following circumstances; (a) or provided with accommodation by a local the member of staff has been employed at authority in the exercise of its social service the school for two or more years at the time functions. Priority under this criterion will also at which the application for admission to the be given to a formerly looked after child who school is made, or (b) the member of staff is has ceased to be so because they were recruited to fill a vacant post for which there adopted or became subject to a residence is a demonstrable skill shortage. order or special guardianship order. 7. Children whose permanent home address is 2. The 22 children whose permanent home closest to the school within the Local Priority address is closest to the school and who Areas. would not be allocated a place under any 8. Any other child. other criterion. 3. Children with a sibling who is at the School or If a tie-break is needed between children who who have a sibling who is a former pupil of are equally qualified within any particular the School, and for whom the School has a priority criterion, the place will be offered to record as held on the School’s management the child whose permanent home address is system. All multiple birth siblings will be closest to the school. If there are two identical admitted, provided that at least one of the distance measurements for different addresses siblings gains a place at the School under of separate applicants, the tie break will be any other criterion. Such additional places will random. be counted as sibling admissions. Places will be allocated under oversubscription criteria 4 Local Priority Areas - The Local Priority Areas & 5 only to children who have their referred to above consist of the following permanent home address within one of the parishes, towns, London Post Code sectors and Local Priority Areas for the School or are Borough. educated within the London Borough of Islington. Parishes and towns within Hertfordshire 4. Children demonstrating musical aptitude as Aldenham, Essendon, Northaw and Cuffley, determined by the Governors’ Assessment Bayford, Hatfield, Potters Bar, Brickendon Procedure (not more than 10 places).The Liberty, Little Berkhamsted, Ridge, Colney Governors’ Assessment Procedure consists Heath, London Colney, Shenley, Elstree and of a musical aptitude test. A limited number of Borehamwood, North Mymms, Welwyn Garden children will be invited back for an individual City. test. 5. Up to 65 children selected by academic London postcodes within the London ability having taken the Governors’ Entrance Boroughs of Barnet and Enfield Examination. Of these we will admit: As many EN2 sectors 7, 8 N11 sectors 1, 3 children from the Islington priority area as N12 all sectors N13 sectors 4, 5 when added to the number from that area N14 all sectors N20 all sectors already admitted under criteria 1 to 4, will N21 all sectors EN4 all sectors ensure that at least 20 children are admitted EN5 all sectors from Islington. As many children from the non- Islington Local Priority Areas as, when Within Islington- Children who have their added to the number from Islington already permanent home address in the London admitted under the paragraph above, will

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Borough of Islington or are being educated in Summary of Admissions Rules that Borough. 1. Children in public care. If you are applying on behalf of a child in public care or a child Queries about the outcome of applications to previously looked after, please send a this school and how the admissions rules were supporting professional letter from the child’s applied should be addressed to the school direct. social worker and/or the child’s advisory teacher to the school. If you apply online, please ensure that the letter includes the Mount Grace School child’s full name, date of birth and Unique Headteacher: Peter Baker Application Code (UAC). Church Road, Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ 2. Children for whom it can be demonstrated Tel: Fax: that they have a particular medical or social 01707 655512 01707 621298 [email protected] need to go to the school. A panel from the www.mountgrace.herts.sch.uk Governors’ School Admissions’ Committee will determine whether the evidence provided Type: Academy (co-educational) is sufficiently compelling to meet the Number on Roll: 1003 requirements for this rule. If you think your Published Admission Number: 174 child has a particular medical or social need Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise and to go to Mount Grace School, you must Applied Learning provide supporting evidence from a doctor, School Code: 9195411 psychologist or other professional involved with your child. The supporting evidence Open Event details must relate specifically to Mount Grace Thursday 26th September 2013 School under Rule 2 and must clearly 5:00pm - 8:00pm and Open mornings 1st, 3rd, demonstrate why it is the only school that can 8th and 10th October by appointment only. meet your child’s needs. Please ring the school. 3. Children who have a sibling at the school at the time of application, unless the sibling is in Application form Year 13. Note: A sibling means the sister, Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions brother, half brother or sister, adopted brother or on the Hertfordshire paper application form or sister, or child of the parent/carer or AND complete the Supplementary Information partner, and in every case living in the same Form (if applying for Aptitude for Modern Foreign house from Monday to Friday. Languages test) available from the school or the 4. Children living nearest to the school. The above website. school uses home school measurements provided by Hertfordshire County Council What happened in previous years which measures the distance between the 2012 2013 child’s address point and the school’s address point. Number of places available 174 174 5. Aptitude in Modern Foreign Languages, MFL Total number of applications 363 334 The remaining 10% of places (17 places) will Total number of places be allocated for children who show an 174 125 offered aptitude for MFL on the basis of an assessment carried out by the school. Priority Places offered under each rule will be given to those with the highest score 2012 2013 in this test. In the event of a tie-break being required under this criterion, places will be SEN/CLA 0 1 allocated using criteria 4. (Home-school Social/Medical 0 0 distance using the home-school Siblings 53 50 measurement system used by Hertfordshire Children living nearest to the County Council as outlined in the County’s 118 69 school admission arrangements and application literature). In the event that applications for Technology Aptitude 3 1 places under this criterion are less than 10%

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of the total (17), any remaining places will be Common Applications online system. added to the places available under criteria 1, Applications for places starting in September 2, 3 and 4 (in that order until all the places 2014 must be made directly to the school have been allocated). using the online form or downloadable form from their website at If you are applying online and applying under www.harperbury.org.uk/admissions These will Rule 2, please send your supporting evidence, be available from 1 September 2013. Paper which should include your child’s name, date of forms should be posted to Harperbury Free birth and Unique Application Code (UAC), to the School, c/o 255 Watling Street, Radlett school. We give medical priority to children who Hertfordshire WD7 7AL (Please note this is a have an exceptional illness or disability which temporary address being used for these means that they can only go to Mount Grace applications and is not a school building). School. We give social priority to children whose education would be seriously affected if they did All applications, whether online or on paper not go to Mount Grace School. must be received by 11.59pm 31 January 2014 at the latest. Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were If there are fewer applications than our Published applied should be addressed to the school direct. Admissions Number (PAN) in a particular year, all applicants will be offered a place.

Radlett If there are more applications than our Published Admissions Number (PAN) in a particular year, then the following Over-subscription rules will be Harperbury Free School applied:

Headteacher: To be appointed Children with a Statement of Special Education Address: c/o 255 Watling Street, Radlett, Needs (SEN) where Harperbury Free School is WD7 7AL named on that statement will be admitted. [email protected] www.harperbury.org.uk Summary of Admissions Rules Type: Academy 1. Students who are in public care (looked after Published Admission Number: 120 children) and children who were looked after School Code: 9199903 but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence Harperbury Free School is a new secondary order or a special guardianship order). school opening in September 2014 at 2. Students who have a sibling on the roll of the Harperbury, Harper Lane, Radlett. It is expected school at the time of admission. that the Head will be appointed before 3. Students who are children of the Founder September 2013 and will address the Open Day Members of the school. Note: Application of meetings in Borehamwood, Shenley and London this rule will be contingent on securing the Colney. approval for this rule from the Secretary of State. Open Event(s) Details: 4. Students who are children of a member of As our school buildings will not be available, we staff employed at the time of admission. will be holding Public meetings at Fairways Hall, 5. Students whose permanent address is in one Borehamwood on Saturday 28 September 2013 of the priority areas and who live nearest to (10 am to 12 noon), Shenley Chapel, Shenley the school. Park on Monday 30 September (6 to 9 pm) and 6. Students whose permanent address is London Colney Community Centre, Caledon outside one of the priority areas who live Road, London Colney on Wednesday 2 October. nearest to the school. Note: Distances will be calculated as for Rule 5. Application form You cannot apply using the Hertfordshire

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Priority Areas are the administrative parishes of What happened in previous years Aldenham, London Colney, Shenley and St 2012 2013 Stephen plus the Borehamwood wards of Number of places available 185 185 Brookmeadow and Cowley Hill. Total number of applications 808 1043 Total number of places For information on how distances will be 186* 186* measured please refer to the home-school offered measurement system used by Hertfordshire * an additional non-qualifying twin was allocated County Council as outlined in the County's taking the school over the Published Admission admission arrangements and applications Number literature. Places offered under each rule Queries about the outcome of applications to 2012 2013 this school and how the admissions rules were SEN/CLA 0 3 applied should be addressed to the school direct. Distance 10% 18 18 Siblings 80 66 Rickmansworth Musical aptitude 18 18 Academic ability 46 46

Rickmansworth School Distance 24 35

Executive Head: Dame Helen Hyde* The Education Act 1996 requires the governing Acting Head: Mark Allchorn* bodies of all maintained schools to admit a Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ Tel: Fax: child with a statement of special educational 01923 773296 01923 897314 needs that names their school. [email protected] www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk Summary of Admissions Rules Type: Academy (co-educational) 1. Looked after children and previously looked Number on Roll: 1245 after children. Published Admission Number: 190 2. Not more than 19 (10%) places will be allocated to children who do not qualify under School Code: 9195400 any other criterion based on the nearness of

their home to the front gate of the School at * Dame Helen is the Headteacher of Watford the time applications are required. Girls Grammar School, and she will undertake 3. Children with a brother or sister on the her role on a part time basis providing leadership School’s roll in Years 7 to 12 at the time and strategic advice to the school. applications are required and who are * Mark is the Deputy Headteacher at Watford reasonably expected to be on the School’s Boys Grammar School and will be responsible roll in September 2013. for all of the duties associated with a head 4. Not more than 19 (10%) places will be teacher. available for applicants with a proven aptitude

in music in descending order of merit as Open Event details Tuesday, 8 October, 5.30pm – 9.00pm determined by the School’s assessment No parking available on school premises. arrangements. 5. Not more than 47 (25%) places will be

available by reference to academic ability in Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions descending order of merit as determined by the School’s assessment arrangements. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form 6. Nearness of the child's home to a central AND complete the Supplementary Information point in the school grounds. Form available from the school or the above website. Queries about the outcome of applications to

this school and how the admissions rules were

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Summary of Admission Rules St Joan of Arc Catholic School 1. Catholic children looked after by a local Headteacher: Mr Peter Sweeney authority. A child who is looked after by a High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG local authority is: Tel: 01923 773881 Fax: 01923 897545 (a) in their care; or [email protected] (b) provided with accommodation by the www.joa.herts.sch.uk authority in the exercise of any functions; or Type: Academy (co-educational) (c) children looked after and children who Number on Roll: 1261 were looked after, but ceased to be so Published Admission Number: 210 because they were adopted (or became Denomination: Roman Catholic subject to a residence order or a special Specialist Status: Mathematics, Computing and guardianship order). Science College and a HPSS Centre for Gifted 2. Children from practising Catholic families. and Talented Pupils (a) ‘Catholic’ means a member of a church School Code: 9195418 in full communication with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Open Event details churches. Normally evidenced by a Opening Evening Thursday 3rd October, 6.00pm certificate of baptism in a Catholic church – 9.00pm (the Headteacher will speak at 6.30pm or a certificate of reception into the full and 7.30pm). communion of the Catholic Church. Open Morning Friday 4th October, 9.00am – (b) The term ‘practising Catholic’ means a 11.30am the Headteacher to speak at 10.30am. Catholic child from a practising Catholic family where this practice is verified by a Please note that there is no parking available on reference from a Catholic Priest using the the school site. Please park in the town centre Diocese of Westminster Priests car parks and walk to the school. Reference Form (‘Family’ normally includes the Catholic or Catholics who Application form have legal responsibility for the child.) Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 3. Children from other Catholic families. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form Catholic means a member of a church in full AND complete the Supplementary Information communion with the See of Rome. This Form available from the school or the above includes the Eastern Catholic churches. website. Normally evidenced by a certificate of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate of What happened in previous years reception into the full communion of the 2012 2013 Catholic Church. (a) ‘Catholic’ means a member of a church Number of places available 210 210 in full communication with the See of Total number of applications 601 711 Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Total number of places churches. Normally evidenced by a 210 210 offered certificate of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate of reception into the full Places offered under each rule communion of the Catholic Church. 2012 2013 (b) The term ‘practising Catholic’ means a SEN 6 4 Catholic child from a practising Catholic family where this practice is verified by a Catholic CLA 0 1 reference from a Catholic Priest using the Social Medical for practising 1 1 Diocese of Westminster Priests catholic family Reference Form (‘Family’ normally Practising catholic siblings 98 73

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includes the Catholic or Catholics who of the parent/carer or partner and in every have legal responsibility for the child.) case living in the same house Monday to 4. Other children looked after. A child who is Friday. looked after by a local authority is a (iii) Children of staff. Providing that the staff reference to a child who is: member is the child’s parent by blood or (a) In their care; or adoption, or have legal parental (b) Provided with accommodation by the responsibility for the child and has been authority in the exercise of any functions employed by the school for a minimum of (in particular those under this Act) which two years at the time of application. stand referred to their social services (iv) Nearest Catholic school. Home address is committee under the (1970 c.42.) Local the child’s current permanent address at Authority Social Services Act 1970; or the time of application (applicable only to (c) Children looked after and children who Criterion 1, 2 & 3). were looked after, but ceased to be so (v) Distance. because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or a special Please ensure that you read the full admission guardianship order) rules – available from the school’s website or the 5. Siblings of all children others than those school itself. covered in criterion (1) to (4). The term ‘sibling’ means the sister, brother, half Queries about the outcome of applications to brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, or this school and how the admissions rules were the child of the parent/carer or partner, and in applied should be addressed to the school direct. every case living in the same house Monday to Friday. The definition of a ‘Sibling’ is a brother or sister attending the school in years The Reach Free School 7 to 13. To qualify as a sibling the Headteacher: Mr Richard Booth Admissions Committee will need confirmation Wolsey Business Park, Tolpits Lane, that the student currently on roll at the school Rickmansworth, WD18 9BL will still be attending the school at the time of Tel: 07552 358200 admission of the sibling. Reasonable [email protected] expectation would exist in year groups 7 to www.thereachfreeschool.co.uk 10 and in 12 where a student was on the first year of a two year course. In year 11 Type: Free school (co-educational) expectation could only exist of entry into St Number on Roll: Planned 840 Joan’s Sixth Form seemed likely and in year Published Admission Number: 120 13 if the student was on the first year of a two School Code: 9194007 year course. Parents need to declare the sibling link at the time of application. In September 2014, The Reach Free School will 6. Baptised children of other Christian be housed in a temporary site and location while denominations. The term ‘Christian’ refers to its permanent home is under construction. As a child baptised in the non-Catholic Christian such, the central point for measuring distance tradition e.g. Anglican, Eastern Churches not from pupils’ homes, for 2014 admissions, will in communion with Rome and/or Orthodox remain the Mill End Sports and Social Club and Churches. will not be measured from pupils’ homes to the 7. Applications from children not covered by school itself. criterion 1 – 6. Open Event details Within each criterion applications will be Date: Tuesday 15th October 2013 considered in the following preference order. Time: 6.00pm - 9.00pm (i) Exceptional social, medical and pastoral See website for further details: needs. Please provide compelling recent www.thereachfreeschool.co.uk professional supporting evidence. (ii) Siblings. Sister, brother, half-brother or Application form sister, adopted brother or sister, or the child Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions

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Pupils will be admitted who have statements of This is an upper school which takes children Special Educational Needs where the Reach from year 9. Free School is named on the Statement.

Open Event details Summary of Admission Rules Tuesday 1 October 1. Looked After Children or previously Looked Time: 6.30 - 8.30 After Children. Tours of the school are available by appointment 2. Children who currently have a brother or from 23 September to 4 October. Please call the sister as a pupil on roll at The Reach Free School Office on 01763 242236 to arrange a School and who will be still attending at The tour. Reach Free School at the time of admission.

This includes: legally adopted Application form brothers/sisters, half brothers/sisters and step Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions brothers/sisters living at the same address or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. from Monday to Friday. It does not include

cousins or any other children or family What happened in previous years members living at the same address.

3. Children living nearest The Mill End Sports 2012 2013 and Social Club, Penn Road, Mill End, Number of places available 213 213 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8QN Total number of applications 235 172 (measured in a straight line from the NLPG Total number of places 155 113 address point of the home address point to offered the address point for the school (The Mill End Sports and Social Club). The Meridian School was able to offer places to

all children who applied in 2012 and 2013. Tie-break

In the event of two or more pupils having equal Places are allocated in accordance with priority, the decision on the allocation of the Hertfordshire County Council’s admission place will be determined through random rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On allocation, which will be conducted by an booklet for details. independent third party.

Parishes in the priority area for this school Queries about the outcome of applications to are: Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Barkway, this school and how the admissions rules were Barley, Braughing, Brent Pelham, Buckland, applied should be addressed to the school Buntingford, Cottered, Great Munden, direct. Hormead, Kelshall, Meesden, Nuthampstead,

Reed, Royston, Standon, Therfield, Westmill and Wyddial. Royston Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were The Meridian School applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Headteacher: Dr Michael Firth County Council. Garden Walk, Royston, SG8 7JH Tel: 01763 242236 [email protected] www.meridian.herts.sch.uk

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Distance 0 0 Sawbridgeworth Musical Aptitude 18 18

Summary of Admissions Rules Leventhorpe (a) 90% of allocations will be made using the Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Locke following five criteria in the order set out below: Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY 1. Looked after children (children in public care) Tel: Fax: and those previously in care who, 01279 836633 01279 600339 [email protected] immediately after leaving care, became www.leventhorpe.net subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. Type: Academy (co-educational) 2. Children who, at the closing date for Number on Roll: 1193 applications, have a brother or sister currently Published Admission Number: 180 attending Leventhorpe . They also need to Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise; live at the same permanent address from Training School Monday to Friday.‘Brothers and sisters’ School Code: 9195416 includes stepbrothers, stepsisters, half brothers, half sisters and adopted brothers Open Event details and sisters. Currently attending’ means Wednesday 26 September 6.00pm – 9.00pm children who are actually at the school, or Mr Locke will speak at 6.00pm, 6.40pm, 7.20pm children who have been offered a place, but and 8.00pm. Visits during the school day can be have not yet started at the school. arranged – please contact the school for details. 3. Children of staff who are directly employed by the governing body of Leventhorpe Trust on a Application form permanent basis for two or more years or to Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions fill a post for which there is a skills shortage. or on the Hertfordshire paper application 4. Children who, at the closing date for form AND complete the supplementary applications, attend one of the following information form available from the school primary schools: Hatfield Heath, High Wych, or the above website. Little Hallingbury, Mandeville, Reedings, Sheering, Spellbrook, St Andrews (Much Parents wishing their child to sit our musical Hadham). aptitude test will need to get their 5. Should there be places unfilled after applying supplementary form back to us by 4th 4, then places will be offered on the basis of October. shortest straight line distance between permanent residence to the School as What happened in previous years determined by Hertfordshire County Council, 2012 2013 with those living closer being accorded a higher priority. Addresses are routinely Number of places available 168* 180 checked and places may be withdrawn if a Total number of applications 535 752 false address has been given. Total number of places 180 180 offered In the event of being oversubscribed within any *In 2012 the school had an agreement with the criterion then selection will be determined by LA to admit 180 places. applying criterion 5 (distance).

Places offered under each rule (b) After applying (a) above, up to 10% of places 2012 2013 will be allocated from all of the applications remaining using criterion 6 below: SEN/CLA 0 4 6. Students who can demonstrate a proven Siblings 63 90 aptitude in music - this will be determined on Children of Staff N/A 3 the basis of an aptitude test. Priority will be Feeder Schools 99 65 given to those with the highest scores in this

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test. Parents should apply for their child to What happened in previous years take the test on Leventhorpe’s 2012 2013 Supplementary Information Form (returned to Number of places available 180 180 school by 4 October 2013). Total number of applications 788 1018 Total number of places In the event of a tie-break being required under 180 180 criterion 6 then places will be allocated using offered criteria 1 – 5 in order. Should less than 10% of places be allocated under criterion 6 then any Places offered under each rule remaining places will be allocated using criteria 1 2012 2013 – 5. Students with a statement of Special SEN/CLA and Social Medical 5 1 Educational Needs which names the school will be admitted. Siblings 86 85 In priority area, Nearest 89 94 Please ensure that you read the full admission school rules – available from the school’s website or the In priority area, Nearest to 0 0 school itself. school Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Queries about the outcome of applications to school this school and how the admissions rules were Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 applied should be addressed to the school direct. to school

Children with a statement of special educational St Albans needs that names the school will be admitted and will count towards the school’s published admission number. Beaumont School Headteacher: Mrs Elizabeth Hitch Summary of Admissions Rules Oakwood Drive, St Albans, AL4 0XB 1. Children in Public Care and children Tel: Fax: previously looked after but who ceased to be 01727 854726 01727 732932 [email protected] so because they were adopted or became www.beaumontschool.com subject to a residence order or a special guardianship order. Type: Academy (co-educational) 2. Exceptional medical or social need. Children Number on Roll: 1187 for whom it can be demonstrated that they Published Admission Number: 180 have a compelling medical or social reason Specialist Status: Languages, Maths and for attending the school. Computing 3. Sibling. Children with a sibling already at the School Code: 9194043 school at the time of application unless the sibling is in Year 13. Open Event details 4. Children of staff. Wednesday 9 October 2013, 5.45pm to 8.45pm. 5. Children who live in the priority admission Headteacher’s talks will be at 6.00pm, 6.40pm, area for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire 7.20pm and 8.00pm by ticket on arrival. Please maintained school or academy that is non- walk to the school to avoid parking and faith, co-educational and non-partially congestion problems. selective. 6. Children who live in the priority admission Application form area who live nearest to the school. Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 7. Children living outside the priority area and or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. for whom it is their nearest maintained school or academy that is non-faith, co-educational and non-partially selective.

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8. Children living outside the priority admission Places offered under each rule area on the basis of distance, with those 2012 2013 living nearest to the school given priority. SEN 0 3

Tie-break Catholic CLA 0 0 If more children qualify under a particular rule Practising Catholic siblings 42 35 than there are places available, a tie-break will Practising Catholic children 3 0 be used by applying the next rule to those with Social Medical reason children. Practising Catholic children attending feeder schools in St 33 29 Parishes in the priority area for this school are: Albans Ayot St Lawrence, Colney Heath, Flamstead, Practising Catholic children Harpenden, Harpenden Rural, Kimpton, Kings attending other feeder 72 83 Walden, London Colney, Markyate, Redbourn, schools Ridge, Sandridge, Shenley, St Albans, St Baptised Catholic girls 0 0 Michael, St Paul’s Walden, St Stephen and Wheathampstead. Summary of Admissions Rules Queries about the outcome of applications to 1. Looked-after girls and girls who have been this school and how the admissions rules were adopted (or subject to residence orders or applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire special guardianship orders) immediately County Council following having been looked after. 2. Girls from practising Catholic families with a Sibling who is, or was, a pupil at the school. Loreto College 3. Girls from practising Catholic families and who have a compelling social or medical Headteacher: Mrs M Lynch reason for attending the school which is Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3RQ Tel Fax demonstrated by written evidence from a : 01727 856206 : 01727 833794 doctor, social worker, or other suitably [email protected] qualified professional person. www.loreto.herts.sch.uk 4. Girls who have a parent who is a member of Type: Academy (Girls) staff at the school. who meets the conditions Number on Roll: 893 laid down. Published Admission Number: 150 5. Girls from practising Catholic families who Denomination: Catholic attend the following primary schools in the city and district of St Albans: St Adrian’s; St School Code: 9194620 Alban and Stephen; St John Fisher; St

Bernadettes, London Colney. Open Event details 6. Girls from practising Catholic families. In Tuesday 24th September 2013, 6pm - 9pm. applying this priority the Governors will,

provided there are sufficient applicants, Application form allocate places to girls from each named Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions feeder school so that the total number of or on the Hertfordshire paper application form places for each school, including those AND complete the supplementary information allocated under earlier priorities, is as form available from the school or the above indicated: website. (i) Sacred Heart, Bushey 5 places

(ii) St Theresa’s, Borehamwood 8 places What happened in previous years (iii) St Joseph’s, Hendon 8 places

2012 2013 (iv) St Vincent’s, Mill Hill 11 places Number of places available 150 150 (v) St Joseph’s, Luton 7 places Total number of applications 372 417 (vi) St Philip Howard, Hatfield 4 places Total number of places (vii) Our Lady, Welwyn Garden City 4 places 150 150 offered (viii) Pope Paul, Potters Bar 5 places

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(ix) Sacred Heart, Whetstone 5 places What happened in previous years (x) St Robert Southwell, Kingsbury 4 places 2012 2013 (xi) Our Lady of Lourdes, New Southgate 4 Number of places available 205 205 places. In the event of there being insufficient places Total number of applications 474 530 Total number of places to meet the total required for this list the 205 192 number for all schools listed will be reduced offered by one. 7. Baptised Catholic girls. The Marlborough Science Academy was able to 8. Any girls with a sibling who is, or was, a pupil offer places to all children who applied in 2012 at the school. and 2013. 9. Any girls who have a compelling social or medical reason for attending the school Students who have a Statement of Special which is demonstrated by written evidence Education Needs which names The from a doctor or other suitably qualified Marlborough Science Academy. professional person. 10. Any other girl. Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Students who are in public care or were Queries about the outcome of applications to previously in public care (children looked this school and how the admissions rules after or children previously looked after who were applied should be addressed to the ceased to be looked after because they were school direct. adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). 2. Students for whom it can be demonstrated The Marlborough Science Academy that they have a particular medical or social Headteacher: Ms A F Thomson need to go to the Academy, (evidence must Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA be provided by a professional dealing with Tel: 01727 856874 Fax: 01727 855285 the child’s case). [email protected] 3. Students who have a sibling on the roll of the www.themarlboroughscienceacademy.co.uk Academy at the time of admission. 4. Students whose permanent address is Type: Academy (co-educational) closest to the Academy address point. Number on Roll: 1178 Published Admission Number: 205 Queries about the outcome of applications to Specialist Status: Science School this school and how the admissions rules were School Code: 9195414 applied should be addressed to the school direct.

Open Event details Thursday 19th September, 3.00pm – 5.00pm Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School and 6.00pm – 9.00pm Headteacher: Phil Jakszta The Headteacher’s and Heads’ of School talks Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TT Tel: Fax: will take place at 3.45pm, 6.15pm, 7.15pm and 01727 860079 01727 848912 8.15pm. [email protected] Tours from 9.15am – 10am from Monday 23rd www.nicholasbreakspearschool.co.uk September Type: Academy (co-educational)

Number on Roll: 817 Application form Published Admission Number: 180 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Specialist Status: Sports College or on the Hertfordshire paper application form AND complete the supplementary School Code: 9195412 information form available from the school or the above website. Open Event details Wednesday 2nd October 2013, 6.00pm–9.00pm Headteacher Speaking at 6.15pm and 7.30pm

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Open Mornings: Monday 7th Oct until Friday Samuel Ryder Academy 25th October from 9.00am until 10.00am This Headteacher: Mr Matthew Gauthier will include a meeting with the Headteacher and Drakes Drive, St Albans, Herts AL1 5AR a tour of the school. Appointments must be Tel: Fax: 01727 859382 01727 810199 made by telephone. [email protected]

Application form School type: Academy (co-educational) Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Number on Roll: 430 or on the Hertfordshire paper application Published Admission Number: 180 form AND complete the supplementary Specialist Status: English, New Technologies information form available from the school or School Code: 9194003 the above website. Samuel Ryder is a new all-through school (4-19). What happened in previous years It opened in St Albans in September 2012 and is 2012 2013 part of the Sir John Lawes Academies Trust. Number of places available 180 180 Total number of applications 262 314 Open Evening Details Thursday, 26 September, 6.00pm – 9.00pm Total number of places 87 88 The Headteacher’s talks will take place at offered 6.15pm and 7.15pm. Tours from 9.15am – 10.15am from Monday 30th September. Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School was able to offer places to all children who applied in 2012 Application form and 2013. Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Catholic looked after children and Catholic What happened in previous years children who have been adopted (or subject 2012 2013 to residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been Number of places available 180 180 looked after. Total number of applications 70 207 2. Children baptised into the Catholic faith. Total number of places 67 91 (supporting documentary evidence will be offered required see full rules). 3. All other looked after children and other Samuel Ryder Academy was able to offer places children who have been adopted (or subject to all children who applied in 2012 and 2013. to residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires looked after. the governing bodies of all maintained schools 4. Children of other Christian denominations, to admit a child with a statement of special whose parents wish them to have a Catholic educational needs that names the school. education and whose application is supported by a minister of religion, or other religious Summary of admissions rules leader. 1. Children in public care (looked after children) 5. Children of non-Christian faiths, whose and children who were looked after, but parents wish them to have a Catholic ceased to be so because they were adopted education and whose application is supported (or became subject to a residence order or a by a religious leader. special guardianship order). 6. Any other applicants. 2. Medical or social: children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular Queries about the outcome of applications to this medical or social need to go to the Academy. school and how the admissions rules were A panel of officers will determine whether the applied should be addressed to the school direct. evidence is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The vidence

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must relate specifically to the Academy Headteacher’s speeches: 6.00pm, 6.45pm, applied for under rule 2 and must clearly 7.30pm and 8.15pm demonstrate why it is the only school that can Open Mornings – Wednesday 9th October 2013 meet the child’s needs. – 9.00am – 10.45am 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the Friday 11th October 2013 - 9.00am – 10.45am Academy at the time of application, unless the sibling is in the last year of the normal Application form age range of the Academy. Note: the Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions “normal age range” is the designated range or on the Hertfordshire paper application form, for which the Academy provides, years R to AND complete the supplementary information 13. form available from the school in relation to Rule 4. Children of staff 2 and Rule 4 applications only. 5. Children who live in the priority area for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire What happened in previous years maintained non-faith, co-educational, non- 2012 2013 partially selective school or academy. Number of places available 180 180 6. Children who live in the priority area who live nearest to the Academy. Total number of applications 771 1031 Total number of places 7. Children who live outside the priority area for 200 180 whom it is their nearest maintained non-faith, offered co-educational, non-partially selective school or academy. Places offered under each rule 8. Children who live outside the priority area 2012 2013 who live nearest to the school. SEN/CLA and social medical 2 2 The priority area consists of: Ayot St Lawrence, Siblings 68 59 Colney Heath, Flamstead, Harpenden, Children of Staff N/A 2 Harpenden Rural, Kimpton, Kings Walden, In priority area, nearest 126 117 London Colney, Markyate, Redbourn, Ridge school Sandridge, Shenley, St Albans, St Michael, St In priority area, nearest to 4 0 Pauls Walden, St Stephen, Wheathampstead. school Outside priority area, nearest 0 0 Queries about the outcome of applications to school this school and how the admissions rules were Outside priority area, nearest 0 0 applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire to school County Council.

Children with statements of special educational

Sandringham School needs that name the school must be admitted and will count towards the admission numbers. Headteacher: Alan Gray The Ridgeway, St Albans, AL4 9NX Summary of Admissions Rules Tel: Fax: 01727 759240 01727 759242 1. Children in Public Care. [email protected] 2. Medical. Children for whom it can be www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk demonstrated that they have a compelling Type: Academy (co-educational) medical reason for attending the school. Number on Roll: 1240 3. Sibling. Children with a sibling already at the Published Admission Number: 180 school at the time of application where there Specialist Status: Arts, Science, Leading Edge is a reasonable expectation that the sibling will continue to be attending the school at the School Code: 9194197 start of the new academic year. 4. Children of staff. Open Event details 5. Children who live in the priority admission Open Evening – Monday 7th October 5.45pm – area for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire 8.45pm maintained school or academy that is non-

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faith, co-educational and non-partially What happened in previous years selective. 2012 2013 6. Children who live in the priority admission Number of places available 196 196 area who live nearest to the school. 7. Children living outside the priority area and Total number of applications 597 748 Total number of places for whom it is their nearest maintained school 196 196 or academy that is non-faith, co-educational offered and non-partially selective. 8. Children living outside the priority admission Places offered under each rule area on the basis of distance, with those 2012 2013 living nearest to the school given priority. SEN/CLA/Social Medical 0 2 Siblings 40 38 Parishes in the priority area for this school are; Children of Staff N/A 1 Ayot St Lawrence, Colney Heath, Flamstead, Living in the Priority area, 42 51 Harpenden, Harpenden Rural, Kimpton, Kings Nearest School Walden, London Colney, Markyate, Redbourn, Living in the Priority area, 114 104 Ridge, Sandridge, Shenley, St Albans, St Random Michael, St Paul’s Walden, St Stephen, Living outside the Priority 0 0 Wheathampstead. area, Random

Queries about the outcome of applications to Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires this school and how the admissions rules were the governing bodies of all maintained schools to applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire admit a child with a statement of special County Council, however queries about the educational needs that names their school. outcome of Social/Medical applications should be addressed to the school direct. Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Children in public care (children looked after) St Albans Girls’ School and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted Headteacher: Mrs Margaret Chapman (or became subject to a residence order or a Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, AL3 6DB Tel: Fax: special guardianship order). 01727 853134 01727 831157 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can [email protected] be demonstrated that they have a particular www.stags.herts.sch.uk medical or social need to go to the school. Type: Academy (Girls) Governors will determine whether the Number on Roll: 1141 evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to Published Admission Number: 196 meet the requirements for this rule. The Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 2 and must School Code: 9194083 clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child’s needs. Open Event details 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the Thursday 3rd October, 6:00-9:00pm school at the time of application, unless the Headteacher’s speeches at 6:00pm, 7:00pm, sibling is in the last year of the normal age 8:00pm range of the school. Note: the ‘normal age Working Day visits: Tues 8th Oct, 8:30-11:00am; range’ for our school is Years 7 to 13 as we Thurs 10th Oct, 12noon-2:20pm; are an 11-18 school. Mon. 14th Oct, 8:30-11:00am. 4. Children of staff: Children of members of staff Please telephone the school to arrange a visit. who have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the Application form application is made, whether full time or part Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions time, teaching or education support staff; or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. and/or Children of a member of staff recruited

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to fill a vacant post for which there is a Type: Voluntary Aided (co-educational) demonstrable skill shortage. Number on Roll: 767 Children who live in the priority area Published Admission Number: 150 Places will be allocated to each parish/ Denomination: Church of England unparished area or town in proportion to the School Code: 9194606 number of applications made. In the event of there being more applications than places Open Event details available to a particular parish/unparished area Wednesday, 25th September 2013. or town, places will be allocated as follows:- 6.00pm – 9.00pm Headteacher talks at 5. Those for whom it is their nearest 6.15pm, 7.15pm and 8.15pm. All rooms open Hertfordshire maintained school or academy with students and staff present. Car parking on that is non-faith and non partially selective site or in local roads. Day time tours by and makes provision for children of the appointment welcome - please telephone the relevant gender, (if more children qualify school to book 01727 853047. under rule 5 than places, the tiebreak would

be those that live closest to the school). Application form 6. Any remaining places available to a parish/ Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions unparished area or town. Places will be or on the Hertfordshire paper application form allocated on a random basis. AND complete the supplementary information Children who live outside the priority area form available from the school or the above 7. Places will be allocated on a random basis, website. based on the principle that every child will be

allocated an individual random number once What happened in previous years their name has been entered onto the

database. If a preference is expressed for a 2012 2013 single sex community school, this number will Number of places available 150 150 be used in the random process. Total number of applications 296 266 Total number of places 144 126 These rules are applied in the order they are offered printed above. If more children qualify under Rules 1, 2, and 3 than there are places available, Townsend Church of England School was able a tie-break will be used by applying the next rule to offer places to all children who applied in 2012 to those children. The same tiebreak will be and 2013. employed as for coeducational community schools. A child with a statement of special educational needs that names the school will be admitted. Parishes in the priority area for this school are Aldenham, Colney Heath, Harpenden, Summary of Admissions Rules Kimpton, London Colney, Redbourn, Sandridge, 1. All “looked after” children or children who Shenley, St Albans, St Michael, St Stephen, were previously “looked after” but Wheathampstead. immediately after being “looked after” became subject to an adoption, residence or Queries about the outcome of applications to special guardianship order. this school and how the admissions rules were 2. Children for whom it can be demonstrated applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire that they have a particular medical or social County Council. reason to go to the school.

3. Children who have a sibling in Years 7 to 12

Townsend Church of England School at the school at the time of application.

Headteacher: Mr Wellbeloved FOUNDATION/FAITH PLACES High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6DR (60% of the residual places) Tel: Fax: 01727 853047 01727 834523 F1. Parents or children who regularly worship [email protected] at a Church of England Church and whose www.townsend.herts.sch.uk application is supported by their minister.

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F2. Parents or children who regularly worship What happened in previous years at another Christian Church and whose 2012 2013 application is supported by their minister. Number of places available 178 178 F3. Parents or children who regularly take part in church-sponsored activities and whose Total number of applications 516 659 Total number of places application is supported by their minister. 178 178 F4. Children who attend a Church of England offered Primary School. The child must be on the roll of the Church of England Primary Places offered under each rule School at the closing date for receipt of 2012 2013 applications. SEN/CLA/Social Medical 3 2 Siblings 39 41 COMMUNITY PLACES Children of Staff N/A 0 (40% of the residual places) Living in the Priority area, 47 53 C1. Children or parents who regularly take part Nearest School in the activities of a non-Christian faith and Living in the Priority area, 89 82 whose participation is confirmed by their Random appropriate faith leader. Living outside the Priority 0 0 C2. Other applicants who indicate on the school area, Random application form that they wish for a Church

School education for their child. Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires C3. Other applicants. the governing bodies of all maintained schools to

admit a child with a statement of special Queries about the outcome of applications to this educational needs that names their school. school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to the school direct. Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Verulam School and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted Headteacher: Mr P A Ramsey (or became subject to a residence order or Brampton Road, St Albans, AL1 4PR Tel: Fax: special guardianship order). 01727 766100 01727 766256 2. Medical or social: Children for whom it can be [email protected] demonstrated that they have a particular www.verulamschool.net medical or social need to go to the school. Type: Academy (Boys) 3. Siblings: Children who have a sibling at the Number on Roll: 1088 school at the time of application, unless the Published Admission Number: 178 sibling is in the last year of the normal age range of the school. School Code: 9194011 4. Children of staff rule. 5. Those for whom it is their nearest Open Event details Hertfordshire non-faith, non-partially selective Saturday 28th September, 9 -12 noon maintained school or academy, making The Headmaster will speak at 9.30am, 10.15am provision for children of the relevant gender. and 11am. The school will be open for tours 6. Any remaining places available to a parish/ during the mornings from 30th September - 18th unparished area or town. Places will be October. Please phone reception to book a tour. allocated on a random basis. Application form 7. Children who live outside the priority area. Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Allocated on a random basis. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Parishes in the priority area for the school are: Aldenham, Colney Heath, Harpenden, Kimpton, London Colney, Redbourn, Sandridge, Shenley,

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St Albans, St Michael’s, St. Stephen and rules – see page 19 - 22 of Moving On booklet Wheathampstead. for details.

Queries about the outcome of applications to Parishes in the priority area for this school are: this school and how the admissions rules were Aston, Benington, Datchworth, Knebworth, applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Graveley, Great Ashby, Stevenage and Walkern. County Council, however queries about the outcome of Social/Medical applications should Queries about the outcome of applications to this be addressed to the school direct. school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council. Stevenage

Barnwell School The Barclay School Headteacher: Mr A Fitzpatrick Barnwell, Shephall Green, Stevenage, SG2 9XT Headteacher: Ms Debbie Upton Tel: Fax: Walkern Road, Stevenage, SG1 3RB 01438 222500 01438 222501 Tel: Fax: [email protected] 01438 232221 01438 232300 [email protected] www.barnwellschool.co.uk www.barclayschool.co.uk Type: Community (co-educational) Type: Community (co-educational) Number on Roll: 1379 Number on Roll: 1093 Published Admission Number: 300 Published Admission Number: 196 Specialist Status: Business and Enterprise Specialist Status: Technology School Code: 9194066 School Code: 9194047 Open Event details Open Event details Tuesday, 24 September 2013, Thursday 3rd October 2013, 6:30pm - 9.00pm 6.00pm-9.00pm Headteacher talks will be at Headteacher speaks at 6:45pm and 7:45pm 6.30pm, 7.15pm and 8.00pm. Tours of the school during w/c 7th October: Monday, Wednesday and Friday Barnwell is a secondary school, and from between 9.00am and 10.00am and Tuesday and September 2013 years 7,8 & 9 will be situated Thursday between 10.00am and 11.00am. on the newly opened Barnwell Middle School By appointment - please book with reception or Campus (the former Heathcote School site, complete a card on open evening. Shephall Green, SG2 9XT). Years 10, 11, 12, 13 (Barnwell Upper School) are currently Application form situated on the East Campus, Collenswood Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Road, SG2 9HQ but will relocate to Barnwell or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. West Campus, SG2 9SW from September 2014.

What happened in previous years All home to school measurements, for admissions purposes, will be made from the 2012 2013 Barnwell West Campus site. Number of places available 196 196 Total number of applications 462 514 The Open Evening will be held on the Middle Total number of places School Campus, (Shephall Green SG2 9XT), 186 154 offered However, due to new build construction work, parking for the evening will be available a short The Barclay School was able to offer places to walk away on the Barnwell School West Campus all children who applied in 2012 and 2013. (Barnwell, Stevenage, SG2 9SW).

Places are allocated in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council’s admission

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Tours of the school: These begin w/c Monday, or on the Hertfordshire paper application 30 September: three tours per day, to book a form AND complete the supplementary place contact the school by telephone or email. information form available from the school or the above website. Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions What happened in previous years or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. 2012 2013

Number of places available 210 210 What happened in previous years Total number of applications 535 697 2012 2013 Total number of places Number of places available 300 300 210 210 offered Total number of applications 425 422 Total number of places 260 220 Places offered under each rule offered 2012 2013 SEN/CLA 6 7 Barnwell School was able to offer places to all Baptised, fully practicing, 89 87 children who applied in 2012 and 2013. sibling & at feeder primary Baptised, fully practicing & at 115 116 Places are allocated in accordance with feeder primary school Hertfordshire County Council’s admission rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On Places will be allocated to pupils with a booklet for details. Statement of Special Educational Needs where The John Henry Newman Catholic School is Parishes in the priority area for this school are: names in the Statement of Entitlement. Aston, Benington, Datchworth, Knebworth, Graveley, Great Ashby, Stevenage and Walkern. Summary of admission rules 1. Catholic looked after children and Catholic Queries about the outcome of applications to children who have been adopted (or made this school and how the admissions rules were subject to residence orders or special applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire guardianship orders) immediately following County Council. having been looked after.

2. Catholic Children: In considering applications

in Category 2 the following criteria will be John Henry Newman RC School applied in the following order: Headteacher: Mr C Mathew i. Catholic Children from practising Catholic Hitchin Road, Stevenage, SG1 4AE families; Tel: 01438 314643 Fax: 01438 747882 ii. Other Catholic Children. [email protected] 3. Other looked after children and children who www.jhn.herts.sch.uk have been adopted (or made subject to Type: Academy (co-educational) residence orders or special guardianship Number on Roll: 1593 orders) immediately following having been Published Admission Number: 210 looked after. Denomination: Catholic 4. Catechumens and baptised children of Specialist Status: Arts Eastern/Orthodox Churches (i.e., one which is not in communion with the See of Rome) School Code: 9195413 where the application is supported by their priest. Open Event details 5. Children from Christian families where the Open Evening 26th September 2013 from application is supported by a reference from 6.00pm. Headteacher’s speech at 7.30pm a minister of religion. 6. Children from families of other faiths where Application form the application is supported by a reference Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions from a religious leader.

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7. Any other children. [email protected] www.marriotts.herts.sch.uk Prioritising Applications Type: Community (co-educational) Priority will be applied within Categories in the Number on Roll: 885 order set out below: Published Admission Number: 240 (i) attendance of a sibling at the School AND by the child at a Feeder Primary School School Code: 9194116 (ii) attendance by the child at a Feeder Primary School BUT no sibling at the School Open Events (iii) attendance of a sibling at the School BUT Tuesday 17 September, 6.00pm-9.00pm. the child does not attend a Feeder Primary Headteacher, Bethany Honnor will speak at School 6.30pm and 7.30pm. (iv) no attendance at a Feeder Primary School and no sibling at the School Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions The Governing Body will give top priority to an or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. application within a category where compelling evidence is provided at the time of application of What happened in previous years an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need 2012 2013 of the child that can only be met at The John Number of places available 210 210 Henry Newman School. Evidence of such factors must be provided from an appropriate Total number of applications 458 456 Total number of places professional at the time of application. 144 109 offered Tie-break Where the offer of places to all applicants in any Marriotts School was able to offer places to all of the categories or subcategories listed above children who applied in 2012 and 2013. would lead to oversubscription the places up to the admissions number within that category or Places are allocated in accordance with sub category will be offered to those living Hertfordshire County Council’s admission nearest the School. rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On booklet for details. The home to school distance will be measured using the home-school measurement system Parishes in the priority area for this school are: used by Hertfordshire County Council as outlined Aston, Benington, Datchworth, Graveley, Great in the County’s admission arrangements and Ashby, Knebworth, Stevenage and Walkern. application literature. Home is defined as the place where the child is resident for at least Queries about the outcome of applications to 50% of the School week. If two or more children this school and how the admissions rules were have equal priority after applying all the criteria applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire then a drawing of lots will determine who gains County Council. the place.

Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were Headteacher: Mr Martyn Henson applied should be addressed to the school Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, SG2 0HS Tel: Fax: direct. 01438 222600 01438 222606 [email protected] www.nobel.herts.sch.uk Marriotts School - A Sports College Type: Community (co-educational) Headteacher: Bethany Honnor Number on Roll: 1237 Brittain Way, Stevenage, SG2 8UT Published Admission Number: 240 Tel: Fax: 01438 726999 01438 318560 Specialist Status: Science and Performing Arts

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School Code: 9194104 Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were Open Event details applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Thursday 19th September 2013 County Council. Time: 6.00pm-9.00pm Headteacher will speak at 6.30pm, 7.15pm and 8.00pm. Access to each talk will be limited and The Thomas Alleyne School will be by ticket only, available on the door upon Headteacher: Mark Lewis arrival. High Street, Stevenage, SG1 3BE Tel: Fax: 01438 344344 01438 344340 Guides will be available for tours and [email protected] departments will have displays and hands on www.tas.herts.sch.uk activities for visitors to enjoy. There will be no parking on site apart from those who are Type: Academy (co-educational) registered disabled and require a designated Number on Roll: 592 parking space. To minimise disruption to Published Admission Number: 180 learning we are unable to offer daytime tours. Specialist Status: Science School Code: 9194201 Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Open Event details or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Tuesday, 1st October Time: 6.00 - 9.00 Head's talks 6.15, 7.00 and 7.45 What happened in previous years 2012 2013 Application form Number of places available 240 240 Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Total number of applications 684 763 Total number of places 240 240 What happened in previous years offered 2012 2013

Places offered under each rule Number of places available 181 180 2012 2013 Total number of applications 338 546 Total number of places SEN/CLA and Social Medical 1 5 106 180 offered Siblings 85 83 In priority area, Nearest 121 118 Places offered under each rule school 2012 2013 In priority area, Nearest to 33 34 school SEN/CLA and Social Medical 1 3 Outside priority area, Nearest Siblings 22 29 0 0 school In priority area, Nearest 20 34 Outside priority area, Nearest school 0 0 to school In priority area, Nearest to 52 114 school Places are allocated in accordance with Outside priority area, Nearest 2 0 Hertfordshire County Council’s admission school rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On Outside priority area, Nearest 1 0 booklet for details. to school

Parishes in the priority area for this school are: Places are allocated in accordance with Aston, Benington, Datchworth, Graveley, Great Hertfordshire County Council’s admission Ashby, Knebworth, Stevenage and Walkern. rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On booklet for details.

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Parishes in the priority area for the school are Religious grounds 6 8 Aston, Benington, Datchworth, Graveley, Great Siblings 85 97 Ashby, Knebworth, Stevenage and Walkern. Specific parishes 106 108 Queries about the outcome of applications to Nearest to school 41 22 this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Summary of Admissions Rules County Council. 1. Children in public care (children looked after) and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted Tring (or became subject to a residence order or a special guardianship order). 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can Tring School be demonstrated that they have a particular Headteacher: Susanna Collings medical or social need to go to the school. Mortimer Hill, Tring, HP23 5JD 3. Up to a maximum 10 places are available for Tel: Fax: children who can prove that they have 01442 822303 01442 890409 [email protected] specific religious need to attend the school. www.tring.herts.sch.uk Children will be of parents/carers who worship at church at least once a month Type: Academy (co-educational) having done so for the past year in a church Number on Roll: 1503 which is eligible for membership in Churches Published Admission Number: 240 Together in England or the Evangelical Denomination: Church of England Alliance. A Supplementary Information form Specialist Status: Humanities for those claiming a church place will need to School Code: 9194504 be submitted. This form is available on request. If there are more than ten Open Event details applications which meet this criteria, priority Tuesday 24 September: 5.30p.m. - 8.30p.m. will be given to those who live nearest the Open Morning details: school. Thursday 26 September: 9.00a.m. - 12.00p.m. 4. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the Open Morning - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - We school at the time of application, unless the kindly ask that ONLY PARENTS/GUARDIANS sibling is in the last year of the normal age attend as it is a working day for Tring School. range of the school. Note: the ‘normal age range’ is the designated range for which the Application form school provides, Years 7 to 13 in a secondary Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions school. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form 5. Children who live in the parishes of Tring, AND complete the supplementary information Tring Rural, Aldbury, Wigginton and Little form available from the school if applying under Gaddesden. If there are more children living Rule 3 (Religious reasons) only. in these parishes than there are places then priority will be given to those who live nearest What happened in previous years to the school. 2012 2013 6. Children who live nearest to Tring School.

Number of places available 240 240 Queries about the outcome of applications to Total number of applications 381 368 this school and how the admissions rules were Total number of places applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire 240 240 offered County Council. For queries about the school’s religious rule parents should contact the Student Places offered under each rule Information Manager at Tring School. 2012 2013 SEN/CLA and Social Medical 2 5

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Places are allocated in accordance with Ware Hertfordshire County Council’s single sex admission rules – see page 19 – 22 of the

Moving On booklet for details. Presdales School Parishes in the priority area for this school are: Headteacher: Mrs Janine Robinson Aspenden, Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bramfield, Hoe Lane, Ware, SG12 9NX Brickendon Liberty, Datchworth, Essendon, Tel: Fax: 01920 462210 01920 461187 Great Amwell, Great Munden, Hertford, Hertford [email protected] Heath, Hertingfordbury, Hunsdon, Little www.presdales.herts.sch.uk Berkhamsted, Little Munden, Much Hadham, Type: Academy (Girls with mixed Sixth Form) Sacombe, Stanstead Abbotts , Stanstead St Number on Roll: 1081 Margarets, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware, Published Admission Number: 168 Wareside, Watton-at-stone, Widford. Specialist Status: Languages, Music, Mathematics and Computing (with a Gifted and Queries about the outcome of applications to Talented focus) this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire School Code: 9194013 County Council.

Open Event details Monday 21 October, 7.00pm to 9.30pm Chauncy School Tuesday 22 October, 4.30pm to 7.00pm. The Headmistress will talk at 8.30pm on 21st Headteacher: Dennis O’Sullivan nd Park Road, Ware, SG12 0DP and at 6.00pm on 22 Tel Fax: : 01920 411200 01920 411201 Application form [email protected] Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions www.chauncy.org.uk or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Type: Academy (co-educational) Number on Roll: 978 What happened in previous years Published Admission Number: 160 2012 2013 Specialist Status: Arts and Maths & Computing (with a Gifted & Talented focus) Number of places available 165 165 Total number of applications 509 576 School Code: 9194498

Total number of places 165 168* Open Event details offered Wednesday 9th October, 6.15pm – 9.15pm

Mr O’Sullivan will speak at 6.30pm and 7.45pm. *Although the school’s PAN was 165 for 2013 Refreshments and parking will be available. the governing body agreed to admit 168 pupils

We would like to invite parents and children to Places offered under each rule tour the school during the working day from 2012 2013 September onwards. Telephone the school SEN/CLA/Medical/Social 1 1 reception to arrange an appointment. Siblings 34 36 Living in the Priority area, Application form 36 33 Nearest School Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. Living in the Priority area, 94 98 Random What happened in previous years Living outside the Priority 0 0 area, Random 2012 2013 Number of places available 160 160 Total number of applications 311 399

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Total number of places or on the Hertfordshire paper application form 160 151 offered AND complete the Supplementary Information Form available from the school. The Chauncy School was able to offer places to all children who applied in 2012 and 2013. What happened in previous years 2012 2013 Places are allocated in accordance with Number of places available 190 190 Hertfordshire County Council’s admission rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On Total number of applications 758 904 Total number of places booklet for details. 190 191 offered The priority area consists of: Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bramfield, Brickenden Liberty, Great Places offered under each rule Amwell, Hertford,Hertford Heath, 2012 2013 Hertingfordbury, Hunsdon, Little Berkhamsted, SEN/CLA 4 6 Little Munden, Sacombe, Stanstead St Proximity 19 19 Margarets, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware, Wareside, Watton-On-Stone, Widford. Children of Staff N/A 5 Sibling at Watford Boys 50 54 Queries about the outcome of applications to Sibling at Watford Girls N/A 39 this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire Distance 50 1 County Council, however queries about the Musical Aptitude 19 19 outcome of Social/Medical applications should Academic Ability 48 48 be addressed to the school direct. The school will designate 123 places (65% of the whole) as Community Places and 67 places Watford (35% of the whole) as Specialist Places.

Summary of Admissions Rules Watford Grammar School for Boys 1. Children Looked After. A Child Looked After means a child who is or has been looked Headteacher: M Post after by a local authority in accordance with Rickmansworth Road, Watford, WD18 7JF Tel: Fax: Section 22 of the Children Act 1989[2] at the 01923 208900 01923 208901 time an application for his admission to the [email protected] school is made and who the local authority www.watfordboys.org has confirmed will still be looked after at the Type: Academy (Boys) time when he is admitted to the school. Number on Roll: 1289 Children who were looked after will be treated Published Admission Number: 190 as a Child Looked After if they have been Specialist Status: Mathematics, Science and adopted, subject to a Residence Order or Languages Special Guardianship Order. School Code: 9195401 2. Applicants whose permanent home address is nearest to the school and would not be Open Event details allocated a place under any other criterion Saturday 5th October 2013 (19 places, 10% of the total admissions). Time: 9.30am to 12.00 noon 3. Applicants who are children of a parent who The Headmaster will speak at 9.30am, 10.30am is a permanent member of the school staff and 11.30am. (as defined in the Admissions Code). A There is limited parking on the school site member of staff must either have been employed at the schools for two or more Application form years at the time at which the application for Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions admission to the school is made; and/or have

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions been recruited to fill a post for which there is Watford Grammar School for Girls a demonstrable skill shortage. Headteacher: Dame Helen Hyde DBE 4. Applicants with a brother enrolled at the Lady’s Close, Watford, WD18 0AE school, excluding brothers who first entered Tel: Fax: 01923 223403 01923 350721 the school in the Sixth Form (Year 12 or Year [email protected] 13). www.watfordgrammarschoolforgirls.org.uk 5. Applicants with a sister enrolled at Watford Grammar School for Girls, excluding sisters Type: Academy (Girls) who first entered the school in the Sixth Form Number on Roll: 1306 (Year 12 or 13). Published Admission Number: 180 6. Places will then be allocated to applicants Specialist Status: Visual Arts, Maths and living closest to the school. Computing School Code: 9195403 SPECIALIST PLACES 7. Applicants selected on the basis of aptitude Open Event details for music as measured by the school’s Monday 14th October 2013 assessment procedures (19 places, 10% of Time: 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm total admissions). (NO PARKING AVAILABLE) 8. Applicants selected by academic ability as measured by the school’s assessment Application form procedures, in merit order (48 places, 25% of Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions total admissions). or on the Hertfordshire paper application form AND complete the Supplementary Information The Admission Area comprises the Watford Area Form available from the school. and the Rest of the Admission Area. What happened in previous years Watford Area Rest of the 2012 2013 Admission Area WD17 1 to 4 WD3 1, 4 to 9 Number of places available 180 180 WD18 0, 6 to 9 WD4 8 and 9 Total number of applications 754 821 Total number of places WD19 4 to 7 WD5 0 180 180 offered WD23 1 to 7 and 9 WD6 3 WD24 4 to 7 and 9 WD7 7 and 8 Places offered under each rule WD25 0, 5, 7 to 9 HA3 6 2012 2013 WD3 3 HA5 1 to 5 SEN/CLA 2 2 HA6 1 to 3 Proximity 18 18 HA7 3 and 4 Children of Staff N/A 1 Sibling at Watford Girls 36 38 The school will reserve 40 specialist places (60% of the total specialist places) for applicants Sibling at Watford Boys N/A 32 whose permanent address lies within the Distance 61 26 Watford Area. The school will reserve 27 Musical Aptitude 18 18 specialist places (40% of the total specialist Academic Ability 45 45 places) for applicants whose permanent address lies within the rest of the Admission Area. Summary of Admissions Rules Queries about the outcome of applications to this 1. Children Looked After. school and how the admissions rules were 2. Applicants whose permanent home address applied should be addressed to the school direct. is nearest to the school and who would not be allocated a place under any other criterion (18 places, 10% of the total admissions).

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions 3. Applicants who are children of a parent who Westfield Academy is a permanent member of the school staff Headteacher: Tim Body (as defined in the Admissions Code). Tolpits Lane, Watford, WD18 6NS 4. Applicants with a sister enrolled at the school, Tel: Fax: 01923 231560 01923 210568 excluding sisters who first entered the school [email protected] in the Sixth Form (Year 12 or Year 13). www.westfield.herts.sch.uk 5. Applicants with a brother enrolled at Watford Grammar School for Boys, excluding brothers Type: Academy (co-educational) who first entered the school in the Sixth Form Number on Roll: 1107 (Year 12 or 13). Published Admission Number: 240 6. Places will then be allocated to applicants Specialist Status: Technology living closest to the school. School Code: 9194111

SPECIALIST PLACES Open Event details 7. Applicants selected on the basis of aptitude Thursday 10 October, 6:00pm - 8:00pm. for music as measured by the school’s There is no entry before 6:00pm. assessment procedures (18 places, 10% of Principal's speech will be at 6:20pm and total admissions). 7:20pm. Car parking is available on site. 8. Applicants selected by academic ability as measured by the school’s assessment Application form procedures, in merit order (45 places, 25% of Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions total admissions) or on the Hertfordshire paper application form.

The Admission Area comprises the Watford Area What happened in previous years and the Rest of the Admission Area. 2012 2013

Watford Area Rest of the Number of places available 240 240 Admission Area Total number of applications 261 295 WD17 1 to 4 WD3 1, 4 to 9 Total number of places 304 265 WD18 0, 6 to 9 WD4 8 and 9 offered WD19 4 to 7 WD5 0 Westfield Academy was able to offer places to all WD23 1 to 7 and 9 WD6 3 children who applied in 2012 and 2013. WD24 4 to 7 and 9 WD7 7 and 8 WD25 0, 5, 7 to 9 HA3 6 Places are allocated in accordance with WD3 3 HA5 1 to 5 Hertfordshire County Council’s admission rules - see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On HA6 1 to 3 booklet for details. HA7 3 and 4 Parishes in the priority area for this school are: Specialist places offered on a 60:40 ratio Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamsted, between ‘Watford Area’ and ‘Rest of Admissions Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Area’. Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Queries about the outcome of applications to Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten End, this school and how the admissions rules were Northchurch, Rickmansworth (part)/Maple Cross, applied should be addressed to the school Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford and direct. Wigginton.

Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were

applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council.

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Summary of Admissions Rules Welwyn Garden City 1. Children in Public Care (children looked after), and children who were looked after,

but ceased to be so because they were Monk’s Walk School adopted (or became subject to a residence order or a special guardianship order). Headteacher: Kathleen Smith 2. Medical or social needs: Children for whom it Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL can be demonstrated that they have a Tel: Fax: 01707 322846 01707 375080 particular medical or social need to attend [email protected] Monk’s Walk School. www.monkswalk.herts.sch.uk 3. Siblings: Children who, at the closing date for Type: Academy (co-educational) applications, have a brother or sister currently Number on Roll: 1266 attending Monk’s Walk School in Years 7-12. Published Admission Number: 226 They also need to live at the same Specialist Status: Science permanent address from Monday to Friday and to have joined the School during Years School Code: 9194118 7-11. ‘Brothers and sisters’ includes step brothers, stepsisters, half brothers, half Open Event details sisters and adopted brothers and sisters who Thursday 3 October are living at the same permanent address as Time: 5.00pm-8.30pm the applicant. Tours each morning from Monday 7 October 4. Children who live in the priority area and for until Friday 19 October. No appointment whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire necessary arrive at reception at 9.00am. If you maintained school or academy that is non- wish your child to accompany you on the tour faith, co-educational, non-partially selective. please ask permission from their headteacher. The priority area consist of the following: Ayot St Peter, Codicote, Essendon, Hatfield, North Application form Mymms, South Mymms, Potters Bar, Welwyn Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Garden City, Welwyn, and Woolmer Green. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. 5. Children who live in the priority area who live nearest the School. What happened in previous years 6. Children living outside the priority area who 2012 2013 live nearest the School. Number of places available 210 226 Total number of applications 620 658 Tie-break A tie-break will be used by applying the next rule Total number of places 210 226 to those children. Where there is a need for a tie offered break where two different addresses measure the same distance (e.g., in a block of flats), the Places offered under each rule place will be offered by random selection. 2012 2013 SEN/CLA and Social Medical 8 4 Queries about the outcome of applications to Siblings 64 63 this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire In priority area, Nearest 96 86 County Council. school In priority area, Nearest to 42 73 school Sir Frederic Osborn School Outside priority area, Nearest 0 N/A Headteacher: Sue Lewis school Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AF Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Tel: 01707 351350 01707 351357 to school [email protected] www.sfosborn.herts.sch.uk

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Type: Community (co-educational) Published Admission Number: 188 Number on Roll: 683 Specialist Status: Maths and Computing Published Admission Number: 215 School Code: 9194014 Specialist Status: Sports

School Code: 9194087 Open Event details Thursday 26th September Open Event details Time: 6.00pm to 9.00 pm Thursday 19 September; 6.00pm until 8.30pm. Headteacher's speeches at 6.30pm and 7.30pm Headteacher talks 6.30pm and 7.15pm. Open mornings: Monday 30th September, Open mornings: Monday 23 September – Wednesday 2nd October and Tuesday 8th Wednesday 25 September at 9.00am. October at 8.45 am.

Application form Application form Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. or on the Hertfordshire paper application form.

What happened in previous years What happened in previous years 2012 2013 2012 2013 Number of places available 215 215 Number of places available 188 188 Total number of applications 282 324 Total number of applications 511 581 Total number of places Total number of places 157 140 188 188 offered offered

Sir Frederic Osborn School was able to offer Places offered under each rule places to all children who applied in 2012 and 2012 2013 2013. SEN/CLA and Social Medical 2 6

Places are allocated in accordance with Siblings 71 66 In priority area, Nearest Hertfordshire County Council’s admission 41 61 rules – see page 19 - 22 of the Moving On school booklet for details. In priority area, Nearest to 74 55 school Parishes in the priority area of the school are: Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Ayot St Peter, Codicote, Essendon, Hatfield, school North Mymms, South Mymms, Potters Bar, Outside priority area, Nearest 0 0 Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn and Woolmer to school Green. Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires Queries about the outcome of applications to this the governing bodies of all maintained schools to school and how the admissions rules were admit a child with a statement of special applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire educational needs that names their school. County Council. Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Stanborough School and children who were looked after, but Headteacher: Mr Peter Brown ceased to be so because they were adopted Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR (or became subject to a residence order or a Tel: Fax: 01707 321755 01707 387701 special guardianship order). [email protected] 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can www.stanborough.herts.sch.uk be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school. Type: Academy (co-educational) Governors will determine whether the Number on Roll: 1076

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evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 2 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child’s needs. 3. Sibling: Children who have a sibling at the school at the time of application, unless the sibling is in the last year of the normal age range of the school. 4. Children of staff who work at the school at the time of application. Either full time or part time permanent contract of employment at the School at the time of application. Where the staff member has been employed for two or more years or has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 5. Children who live in the priority area for whom it\ is their nearest Hertfordshire maintained school or academy that is non- faith, co-educational and non-partially selective. 6. Children who live in the priority area who live nearest to the school. 7. Children living outside the priority area and for whom it is their nearest maintained school or academy that is non-faith, co-educational and non-partially selective. 8. Children living outside the priority area on the basis of distance, with those living nearest to the school given priority.

Where there is a need for a tie-break where two different addresses measure the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random.

Parishes in the priority area of the school are: Ayot St Peter, Codicote, Essendon, Hatfield, North Mymms, South Mymms, Potters Bar, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn and Woolmer Green.

Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council.

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Three areas of Hertfordshire have a three tier school system of first, middle and upper schools. Middle schools accept children between the ages of 8-13 (Years 5-8). You can not apply for a middle school on the secondary transfer form. If you are interested in a Year 7 place at a middle school for your child you will need to apply on an In Year application form. In Year forms are available from each school or by calling 0300 123 4043.

Edwinstree C of E Middle School Ralph Sadleir School Headteacher: J. D. Michael Headteacher: Mrs E M Hinton Norfolk Road, Buntingford, SG9 9AW Station Road, Puckeridge, SG11 1TF Tel: Fax: Tel: Fax: 01763 271446 01763 274005 01920 821042 01920 822663 [email protected] [email protected] www.edwinstree.herts.sch.uk www.ralphsadleir.herts.sch.uk Type: Voluntary controlled (co-educational) Type: Community* (co-educational) Number on roll: 454 Number on Roll: 337 Denomination: Church of England Published Admission Number: 90 Published Admission Number: 112 School Code: 4146 School Code: 4506 *Pending application to Academy status Open Events Open evening will be Thursday 10th October Open Events 6.15 for 6.30 start Evening closes at 8.00 p.m. Open Evening: Monday 30th September Open Day Wednesday 16th 10.30-11.30. Time: 7.00pm - 8.30pm Headteacher will speak at 8.00pm Open Mornings: Roysia Middle School Wednesday 2nd October and Tuesday 26th Headteacher: Miss Z J Linington November 10.30am - 12.00 noon Burns Road, Royston, SG8 5EQ Tel: Fax: 01763 241555 01763 246928 [email protected] The Greneway School www.roysia.herts.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs Laura Rawlings Garden Walk, Royston, SG8 7JF Type: Academy (co-educational) Tel: Fax: Number on Roll: 192 01763 243650 01763 241499 Published Admission Number: 90 [email protected] www.greneway.herts.sch.uk School Code: 4149 Type: Academy (co-educational)

Number on Roll: 431 Open Events Tuesday 8 October Published Admission Number: 120 Time: 3 tours - 9.15am, 10.15am, 11.45am. School Code: 4145 Evening 7 - 9pm Headteacher's address at 7pm followed by school tours Open Events Wednesday 9 October Time: 9.00am - 10.30am Tour of school. 6.30pm - 8.00pm Headteacher's talk followed by an opportunity for school tours. Please use the school playground for car parking

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Studio Schools Studio Schools are state funded schools which accept students via transfer at Year 10 or Year 12. They are smaller than traditional secondary schools and have a different approach to curriculum delivery, based on offering practical, enquiry based projects and real work experience. Studio Schools offer specialist subject areas which result in a suite of academic qualifications including GCSE’s, BTEC awards and ‘A’ Levels.

University Technical Colleges UTCs are a new concept in education. They are sponsored by a university and offer clear progression routes into higher education or further learning in work. They offer 14-19 year olds technically- oriented full time courses. Students learn in a very practical way, integrating national curriculum requirements with technical and vocational elements. The UTC ethos and curriculum is heavily influenced by local and national employers who also provide support and work experience for students. ______

The Elstree UTC For Year 12 applications, please approach the UTC direct. Studio Way, Borehamwood, WD6 1WD

Moira Green, Principal This is a new school which opens in September [email protected] Tel: 2013 offering 150 places in Year 10 and 150 07789680512 places in Year 12. Stephen Boffey, Pro Vice-Chancellor at The

University of Hertfordshire Students apply to join this school in Year 9 to [email protected] Tel: start at the beginning of Year 10 or in Year 11 to 01707285201 start at the beginning of Year 12. www.elstreeutc.co.uk

Type: UTC (co-educational 14 - 19 years) What happened in previous years Planned number on roll: 600 2013 Proposed admission number for 2014: Year 10 – 150 Number of places available 90 Year 12 – 150 Total number of applications 63 Specialism: Entertainment Technologies and Total number of places offered 48 Crafts; Electronic Engineering and Digital Technologies The Elstree UTC was able to offer places to all School Code: 9194004 children who applied in 2013.

Open Event details The Elstree UTC is sponsored by the Meller Year 10 and Year 12 entry only. Dates and Educational Trust and The University of times for events will be published on the UTC's Hertfordshire and will have many Industry website www.elstreeutc.co.uk partners who will be offering projects, work experience and apprenticeships to the students. Application form For Year 10 applications, apply online at They include Elstree Studios, the BBC, www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or using the Ambassador Theatre Group, Universal Music Hertfordshire paper application form. Group, Greenhouse, Endemol and Lifecast. Information about Studio Schools and University Technical Colleges (UTCs)

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Summary of Admissions Rules Application form 1. Looked after children and previously looked For Year 10 applications, apply online at after children; www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or using the 2. Preference will be given to children who are Hertfordshire paper application form. eligible for the pupil premium from inner and outer catchment area. For Year 12 applications, please approach the 3. A maximum of 60% of remaining places UTC direct. (after SN children and those allocated under i & ii))will be allocated by random allocation This is a new school which opens in September to applicants whose home address is within 2014 offering 80 places in Year 10 and 100 the inner circle outlined in green: the Inner places in Year 12. Students apply to join this Catchment Area, a radius of 9 miles from school in Year 9 to start at the beginning of Year WD6 1HY; 10 or in Year 11 to start at the beginning of Year 4. A maximum of 40% of places will be 12. allocated by random allocation to applicants whose home address is outside the The Watford UTC is sponsored by the Meller catchment area outlined in green, but within Educational Trust and The University of the catchment area outlined in yellow: the Hertfordshire and will have many Industry Outer Catchment Area, a radius of 15 miles partners who will be offering projects, work from WD6 1HY (The Elstree UTC). experience and apprenticeships to the students. It is a ‘sister’ UTC to the Elstree UTC. Partners Queries about the outcome of applications to include Hilton Worldwide, CAE Technologies, this school and how the admission rules were Twin Technologies, the Grove, Watford Football applied should be addressed to the UTC direct. Club, TNT, Warner Bros and Cisco.

Queries about the outcome of applications to The Watford UTC this school and how the admission rules were Proposed address: applied should be addressed to the UTC direct. Link house, Colonial Way, Watford, Herts Valerie Bragg, Project Director [email protected] The Da Vinci Studio School of Tel: 07786394242 Creative Enterprise

Stephen Boffey, Pro Vice-Chancellor at The Executive Principal: Donna Lodge University of Hertfordshire Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3NX Tel: [email protected] 01462 4243040 Tel: 01707285201 [email protected] www.watfordutc.org.uk www.davinci-school.co.uk www.watfordutc.co.uk Type: Studio (co-educational 14-19 years) Planned number on roll: 400 Type: UTC (co-educational 14 - 19 years) Published admission number for Year 10: 80 Planned number on roll: 600 Specialism: Creative Enterprise, incorporating Proposed admission number: Design and Technical Production, Digital Media Year 10 - 80 and Marketing and Creative Arts. Specialism: Computer Science, Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management. School Code: 9194012

School Code: 9199902 Open Event details Year 10 and Year 12 entry. 15th October 2013, Open Event details 11th December 2013. See website for details Dates and times for events will be published on www.davinci-school.co.uk the school’s website.

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Application Form Da Vinci Studio School of Creative For Year 10 applications, apply online at Enterprise above all others because of the www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or using the child’s particular needs and/or family Hertfordshire paper application form. circumstances. 3. Children of Staff: Children of current For Year 12 applications, please approach the permanent members of staff who: have been school direct. directly employed at the school for a minimum of two years at the time that the What happened in previous years application is made (this rule cannot be 2013 applied until staff have been employed at the school for two years), or have been recruited Number of places available 40 to fill a vacant post for which there is a Total number of applications 52 demonstrable skills shortage. This shortage Total number of places offered 31 will be determined by the absolute authority of the Board of Trustees of The Da Vinci The Da Vinci Studio School of Creative Studio School of Creative Enterprise. The Enterprise was able to offer places to all child in question must reside permanently children who applied in 2013. with the member of staff and must have been doing so for two years by the time of This is a new school which opens in September application. 2013 offering, 40 places in Year 10 and 50 4. Random allocation: the remaining places will places in Year 12. be allocated as follows: 5. 75% of places allocated randomly to those At capacity the school will offer 80 places in living within a 10 mile circular radius of the Year 10, 80 places in Year 11, 120 places in school entrance. This will be determined by Year 12, 120 places in Year 13. Hertfordshire County Council’s measuring system. 25% of places will be allocated to Students apply to join this school in year 9 to those outside of this 10 mile radius. After this start at the beginning of year 10 or in year 11 to allocation all unsuccessful applicants will be start at the beginning of year 12 pooled and the remaining places will be allocated randomly from both inside and This business-focused school is ideal for outside the 10 mile radius. Random students who thrive on ‘learning by doing’. allocation will be overseen by a body Students apply what they learn to real-life independent of the school, this will be business contexts. Qualifications are taught Hertfordshire County Council. In the case of through innovative enterprise projects. a tie break situation children’s names will be drawn at random and the first ones drawn The School is fully inclusive. out will be offered a place. This process will be independently verified. Summary of Admissions Rules 1. Children in public care (children looked after) Applications from sets of twins or other children and children who were looked after, but from multiple births will be treated as individual ceased to be so because they were adopted applicants, this may result in one child being (or became subject to a residence order or a allocated a place under random allocation and special guardianship order). another not. 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular Queries about the outcome of applications to medical or social need to go to the school. this school and how the admissions rules were Applicants should supply evidence at the applied should be addressed to the school time of application. The evidence must direct. comprise the following: a doctor or social worker report and letter supporting the application on the basis that for medical or social reasons the child needs to go to The

Previous page Return to Contents Next page Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions The Da Vinci Studio School of Science Summary of Admissions Rules and Engineering 1. Children in public care (children looked after) and children who were looked after, but Executive Principal: Donna Lodge ceased to be so because they were adopted Monkswood Way, Stevenage, SG11LA Tel: (or became subject to a residence order or a 01462 443040 special guardianship order). [email protected] 2. Medical or Social: Children for whom it can www.davinci-school.co.uk be demonstrated that they have a particular Type: Studio (co-educational 14-19 years) medical or social need to go to the school. Number on roll: 120 Applicants should supply evidence at the (planned number on roll 400). time of application. The evidence must Published admission number for Year 10: 80 comprise the following: Specialism: STEM subjects (Science, • a doctor or social worker report and letter Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) supporting the application on the basis that for medical or social reasons the School Code: 9194002 child needs to go to The Da Vinci Studio

School of Science and Engineering Open Event Details: above all others because of the child’s Year 10 and Year 12 entry. See website for particular needs and/or family details www.davinci-school.co.uk circumstances.

3. Random allocation : the remaining places will Application Form For Year 10 applications, apply online at be allocated as follows: www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or using the • 50% of places allocated randomly to Hertfordshire paper application form. those living within a circular area enclosed by a 10 miles circular radius of For Year 12 applications, please approach the the school entrance. This will be school direct. determined by Hertfordshire County Council’s measuring system from the What happened in previous years postal address point of The Da Vinci Studio School of Science and 2012 2013 Engineering to the postal address point of Number of places available 40 90 the student’s registered permanent postal Total number of address. 53 97 applications • After this allocation, the remaining 50% of Total number of places applicants, irrespective of their home 42* 78 offered address (including outside the 10 mile * Although the school’s PAN was 40 for 2012 radius), will be pooled and the remaining the governing body agreed to admit 42 pupils places will be allocated randomly within this group of applicants. This is a new school which opened in • Random allocation will be overseen by a September 2012. body independent of the school, this will be Hertfordshire County Council. It plans to increase in size taking a maximum of 80 students in Year 10, 80 students in Year 11, Queries about the outcome of applications to 120 students in Year 12,120 students in Year this school and how the admissions rules were 13. applied should be addressed to the school direct. This business-focussed school is ideal for students who thrive on ‘learning by doing’. Students apply what they learn to real-life business contexts. Qualifications are taught through innovative enterprise projects.

The School is fully inclusive.

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