Directory of Schools in Suffolk for Upper and High Schools for the 2014/2015 school year List of Schools • How places are offered Oversubscription Criteria for all Schools • Application Forms Introduction Introduction This booklet provides information about upper and high schools in Suffolk in the 2014/2015 school year. It does not cover independent schools. It also explains how Suffolk County Council decide who is offered a place when a school gets too many applicants. There is a separate directory which provides information for primary, infant, junior and middle schools. Please read the booklet ‘ Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2014/2015 ’ for information on how and when to apply for a school place. A copy is available from: The Admissions Team Constantine House, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2DH Phone: 0845 600 0981 (local rate) Fax: 01473 260991 Email: [email protected] Online: www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools . Upper and high schools by locality Key Town/village Town/village with one or more upper or high schools 2 Directory of Schools in Suffolk for High Schools for the 2014/2015 school year Contents Contents Introduction 2 Section 1 4 Schools in Suffolk 4 Key admission dates 4 Section 2 5 How we offer school places 5 How the allocation process works 5 Admissions oversubscription criteria 6 Distance tie breaker 7 Twins, triplets and other multiple births 7 Waiting lists 7 Making another application for a place at the same school 7 Section 3 8 School details 8 Upper and high schools in Suffolk 9 Sixth form colleges 28 Special schools 28 Pupil referral units (PRU’s) 29 Section 4 31 Application form for the normal year of entry with guidance notes (CAF1) 31 In-year application form with guidance notes (CAF2) 35 Own admission authority application form with guidance notes (ADM1) 41 Section 5 45 Comments, compliments and complaints 45 Directory of Schools in Suffolk for High Schools for the 2014/2015 school year 3 Section 1 Section 1 Schools in Suffolk All schools in Suffolk are day schools for both boys and girls of all abilities. The age range of pupils at schools varies, depending on which part of Suffolk they are in. Further information can be found in the booklet ‘Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2014/2015’ . This is available by contacting the Admissions Team or online at: www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools . We deal with applications for all types of schools, acting on behalf of the governors in the case of voluntary aided, foundation/trust, academy and free schools. Key admission dates It is very important that you apply by the closing date. Late applications will not normally be considered until after school places have been offered to those who applied on time. We recommend you apply online at: www.suffolk.gov.uk/onlineadmissions . Timetable for applications to the normal year of entry at upper and high schools in September 2014 Thursday If you are a Suffolk resident you can apply online or fill in a CAF1 paper application form for a 12 September 2013 school place Thursday Closing date for upper and high school applications for September 2014 31 October 2013 Monday If we agree that there are very exceptional reasons for an application being late we will consider it as 6 January 2014 on time if it is received by this date and evidence is provided with your application Monday We will post you an offer of a school place. If you applied online you will also receive an email on 3 March 2014 this date offering a school place. After Monday We will consider all other late applications 3 March 2014 Friday We will assume that you have accepted the place offered, unless you let us know in writing by 14 March 2014 this date. Full details of the admissions timetable for the 2014/2015 school year can be found in the secondary co-ordinated admissions scheme for upper and high schools in Suffolk, which is available online at: www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools . Alternatively a hard copy is available on request from the Admissions Team (contact details on page 2 of this booklet). 4 Directory of Schools in Suffolk for High Schools for the 2014/2015 school year Section 2 Section 2 How we offer school places It is important that all schools are able to provide education for their pupils in suitable accommodation, which is not overcrowded. This means that schools can only offer a set number of places in any one year. This number is called the published admission number (PAN), which is based on a national formula for deciding how many children can go to a school, without causing overcrowding. Although the PAN applies to the year of entry we would normally apply this number across all year groups in the school. However, there may be occasions for other year groups where it is not possible to admit up to this number. If the number of applicants is less than the PAN all applicants will be admitted. For any of your preferred schools, there may be more applications for that school than there are places available. Suffolk County Council makes decisions about admissions for community and voluntary controlled schools. If the number of applications for a school is greater than its PAN, we use our oversubscription criteria to decide who gets a place. In the case of voluntary aided schools, foundation/trust schools, academies and free schools governing bodies determine the order in which applications should be ranked according to their oversubscription criteria. The offer of places is made on their behalf by Suffolk County Council. For in-year applications the governing body will also advise us whether a place can be offered in the relevant year group. We will use this information to make the offer of a place to parents/carers. However, East Bergholt High School and Ormiston Sudbury Academy will write to you directly. Where a voluntary aided school, foundation/trust school, academy or free school has their own admissions oversubscription criteria this is displayed underneath the school details in this directory. The wording in this booklet may be a summary of the full admissions policy and therefore you must refer to the school’s own full admissions policy, which sets out how places will be prioritised. You can get a copy of the full policy from the school or online at: www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools . There is a separate directory for the oversubscription criteria for primary, infant, junior and middle schools. If you are applying for a place at a voluntary aided school, foundation/trust school, academy or free school you may also need to complete a supplementary information form (SIF) and send it directly to the school. How the allocation process works Step 1 If we can meet your first preference, we will offer you a place at that school. Step 2 If we cannot meet your first preference but can meet your second preference, we will offer you a place at that school. For the normal year of entry only, we will also place your name on the waiting list for your first preference school. Step 3 If we cannot meet your second preference but can meet your third preference, we will offer you a place at that school. For the normal year of entry only, we will also place your name on the waiting list for your first and second preference schools. Step 4 If we cannot meet any of your preferences, we will offer you a place at your catchment area school (if you have not included it in your preferences and if there is still a place available there) or at the next nearest school which has a place available. This will take into consideration the availability and cost of home to school transport. The next nearest school is measured by walking distance. Walking distance is from the front door of the home to the nearest school gate. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure from the main entrance of the building. For the normal year of entry only, we will also place your name on the waiting list for your first, second and third preference schools. Directory of Schools in Suffolk for High Schools for the 2014/2015 school year 5 Section 2 Admissions oversubscription criteria If there are more applications than places available the following oversubscription criteria shows the order of priority for places at community and voluntary controlled schools (and at those foundation/trust schools, academies and free schools where it has been agreed that Suffolk County Council will manage their admissions arrangements). For applications to the normal year of entry at a school, these criteria will be applied according to the circumstances existing on or before the closing date. We will offer you a school place on the following basis: Children who have a statement of special educational needs which names the school must by law be offered a place at that school. 1 Looked after children (children in care) and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). 2 Children who are brothers and sisters of, or who live as a family at the same address as, pupils who are already at the school or who have already been offered a place, and who will still be there at the time of admission (but not in the sixth form). Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap.