Lambeth Primary School In-Year Admissions 2019/20
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Lambeth primary school In-Year admissions 2019/20 Information for parents/carers of children applying for a primary school place from reception to year 6 in the 2019/20 academic year, born between 01/09/2008 and 31/08/2015 Download application lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions Frequently asked questions What are ‘In-Year’ admissions? in order to support your child, as the form of additional support or home/ An In-Year admission is when a child school has invested so much time school agreements being put in place already attends a school but wishes and effort in your child, please make in the new school. to transfer to another school outside every effort to continue with this of the usual transfer time, for example process and work with the current If, however, there is evidence that your because the child has moved to a school to try and overcome the child has been a victim of other pupils’ new address. These transfers take existing issues which are driving the behaviours, we advise that you obtain place during the academic year, transfer request. You may find a new a statement from the head teacher to which is why they are referred to as school is unwilling to resource the support your transfer request. In-Year admissions. same level of support your school is currently offering to your child. If it becomes clear from your transfer A normal admissions round refers to form/additional information that your applications for the start of reception It is normally found that behaviour child has had an unsettling school in a primary school or secondary patterns, and unfavourable history and/or your child has attended transfer from primary school to year 7 associations with other types of pupil two or more primary schools, it may in secondary school. All applications can follow a child from school to not be possible to accept a further outside of normal admissions are school. If the information we receive move unless a change of address regarded as ‘In-Year’ (casual) from your child’s school highlights makes travel to the existing school admissions. that your child has faced difficulties in unreasonable. If this is not the case, complying with its behaviour policies we urge you to work with your child Your application will be considered as and code of conduct, this may be and the school to find a solution In-Year if: taken into account once an offer has that will allow them to successfully • you are applying for a place in been made. This could be in the complete their studies there. years 1 to 6 at a primary school or years 8 to 11 at a secondary school • you are applying for a reception place at a primary school or a year 7 place at a secondary school after school has started in September. Things to consider before requesting a transfer Transferring schools in-year can, for some children, have a negative impact on a child’s achievement. It can take many months for a child to settle into a new school. For this reason transfers are not actively encouraged where possible. If your child’s current school have put a number of measures in place 2 Section 1: Frequently asked questions You must not withdraw your available on our In-Year child from attending a school primary web page via unless you have made other lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions arrangements for them to receive full-time education. You Fair Access Protocol must inform the school in writing The purpose of the Fair Access before your child stops attending Protocol (FAP) is to ensure that, and advise them of the new outside the normal admissions educational arrangements in round, unplaced children who place for your child. The school fall into the specified categories and/or your Local Authority are offered a place quickly, so are required to check that the that the amount of time any child, arrangements you are making especially the most vulnerable, who are in place and are satisfactory. remains out of education is kept to Do I need to complete an iCAF a minimum. The FAP will only be if my child has an Education, Lambeth In-Year process used once the In-Year admissions Health and Care Plan? The majority of primary schools in process has been exhausted. The No. If your child has an Education, Lambeth (i.e. academies, foundation, Fair Access Panel considers all the Health and Care Plan, please contact and voluntary-aided schools) do information available and the child’s Lambeth’s Special Education Needs not participate in Lambeth’s In- individual circumstances to make a and Disabilities (SEND) Team on Year admissions process. If you are decision about what school would 020 7926 9460. You also must interested in securing an In-Year best meet the child’s needs. Further not complete any other school place at any of these schools you will details of the FAP will be available via application without first making need to apply to the school directly. lambeth.gov.uk contact with the SEND Team. If you Parents/carers that are interested in are not a Lambeth resident, then you accessing a place at a community So, who will decide who can will need to contact the SEND Team school and/or Oasis Academy or cannot be offered places in in your home borough. Johanna should apply via Lambeth’s Lambeth schools? In-Year application process. The admissions authority for each My child has been permanently school will decide who gets an offer excluded. Do I complete an Please see the tables on pages of a place, if a place is available, by iCAF for another school place? 10-15 about Lambeth schools and using the school’s admissions criteria. No. If you are a Lambeth resident where applications are to be made – Lambeth is the admissions authority please contact the Inclusion Team the school or Lambeth Council. for all community schools in the on 020 7926 6928 to discuss borough. In simple terms, this means: revised educational arrangements During the 2019/20 academic • Lambeth Council will be the as detailed in the permanent year Lambeth School Admissions deciding body for schools that exclusion letter issued to you. Team will piloting on-line In-Year parents/carers apply for through If you are a non-Lambeth resident, applications for Lambeth community Lambeth School Admissions Team please contact your home Local schools and Oasis Academy • where parents/carers apply directly Authority to find out how they can Johanna. More details and a link to to schools, the schools themselves offer support and guidance regarding the In-Year Common Application will be the deciding body. the next steps for your child. Form via Parent Portal will be Section 1: Frequently asked questions 3 10 Stages parent/carers must follow or be aware of Stage 1 Stage 2 iCAFs can be handed in to Lambeth Research Apply Civic Centre (an appointment to It is important to consider as much As mentioned above the method do this is required and can be information as possible about the of applying for schools vary booked online at lambeth.gov.uk) or schools you wish to apply to and depending on the school. For alternatively sent by post to: how to apply for them. Lambeth community schools and • For Lambeth community schools Oasis Academy Johanna use the Lambeth School Admissions Team and Oasis Academy Johanna – Lambeth iCAF to list up to three PO Box 734 (see list on pages 10-15 and 19) of these schools in the order you Winchester – please use the Lambeth In-Year prefer them. You can apply for In- SO23 5DG Common Application Form (iCAF) Year places to any school regardless of which borough you live in and Please ensure that you use the right • for other Lambeth schools where you are residing at the time postal charge to make sure your (including private (fee-paying of application, even if you have been application reaches Lambeth School schools)), you will need to placed in temporary accomodation. Admissions Team. We recommend apply directly to them using The details of your iCAF may be that you use recorded delivery to their own form shared with your home borough. ensure you have proof of postage. • if you wish to apply for schools However, please do not list schools in other boroughs please check you do not want your child to attend Stage 3 what their processes are for their ‘just to fill up the form’. Further Proof of child’s date of birth schools (details on page 22) copies of the iCAF can be obtained The primary Lambeth iCAF is only for • check whether your child is likely via lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions children born between 01/09/2008 to be offered a place based on and 31/08/2015. Using this form the school’s published admissions A limited amount of paper iCAFs for children outside this age group criteria. The Lambeth community will be available at Lambeth Civic will result in the form being invalid primary schools and Oasis Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London SW2 (and it will not be processed). You Academy Johanna criteria is on 1EG which is open Monday-Friday must attach proof of your child’s pages 19-21. For other Lambeth 9am-5pm. The completed paper date of birth to the iCAF – either schools these can be found by visiting the Lambeth website at lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions • contact the school directly (see pages 10-15 for contact details) for a copy of their prospectus, or visit their website • Visit the school, they may have set open days or you can contact them to arrange an independent visit • read the latest Ofsted report for the schools you are interested in.