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Closing date for applications: 31 October 2020 This booklet provides important information about admissions to schools 2021/2022.

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2. Admission Policies Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Foreword

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to the admissions booklet for the Borough of Croydon.

The council believes that every child should have the highest quality secondary education to realise their full potential. We are pleased to say that the quality of education in secondary schools in Croydon has improved significantly over the past few years and a significant number of Croydon’s secondary schools are now judged by Ofsted to be good or outstanding.

We have a sufficient number of high quality secondary school places available to ensure every child can get a place.

In this prospectus, you will find enclosed all the information you need to complete your application for a school place, including information about every secondary school in Croydon.

We strongly encourage you to visit all the schools that you are considering for your child and that you use all six available preferences when you make your application. This maximises your opportunity to secure a school of your preference for your child.

We wish your child all the best for their transfer to secondary school.

Shelley Davies Director of Education and Youth Engagement, Children, Families and Education Division 2. Admission Policies IN TR F O OD U C T ION R E W O R D

2 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Introduction

This booklet is designed to guide Croydon parents and carers through the admissions process for September 2021 and help to make an informed choice of secondary school.

We have included information on the wide range of secondary schools in Croydon as well as information on some of the schools in neighbouring boroughs. Croydon schools’ admissions criteria can be viewed at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools.

Before you make your final selection, we recommend that you visit the schools you are interested in. Details of Open days and evenings can be found in this booklet.

If you live in Croydon, you need to apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk no later than 31 October 2020. IN TR ION T OD C U U C OD T ION TR IN 2. Admission Policies

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 3 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Before you apply 5 Important dates for your diary 6

SECTION 1: APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL – 7 The application process and procedure 8 Step by step guide to applying online 14 List of secondary schools 16 Secondary schools – Map 18 Overview of allocation of places – 2020 entry 19 Open days/evenings timetable 21 Schools outside Croydon and neighbouring local 24 authorities’ contact details

SECTION 2: SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN) 27 SEN guidance information 28 Directory of special schools and ELPs 29

SECTION 3: OTHER ADMISSIONS 31 Applying for a University Technical College

2. Admission Policies 32 or a Studio School In-Year admissions 33 C on t en t s

4 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Before you apply

Read ‘The application process and procedure’. This tells you how Page 8 the admissions process works. Check the list of schools in Croydon and read the admissions Page 16 criteria for the schools you are interested in at www.croydon.gov. uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools

The admissions criteria give you a better idea of which schools are likely to be able to offer your child a place. Check which school requires you to complete a supplementary Page 16-17 information form. Read how places were allocated at each secondary school Page 19-20 last year.

Visit the schools you are interested in. See open Page 21-23 days/evenings dates. Read booklets from other local authorities if you are thinking Page 24-25 of applying for a school outside Croydon.

For more information on admissions to secondary schools in Croydon visit www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Y L U APP O Y E R O F E B 2. Admission Policies

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 5 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Important dates for your diary

1 September 2020 Online application process starts.

10 September to 23 October 2020 Secondary schools’ open days or evenings. It is important that you visit the schools you are interested in before you apply.

31 October 2020 Statutory deadline for receipt of secondary school applications. We recommend you submit your application no later than 23 October 2020 (Friday before half-term)

1 March 2021 National Offer Day Online applicants receive a notification email during the evening. You can then log on to view the result of your application at www.eadmissions.org.uk

15 March 2021 Deadline for acceptance or refusal of school offer. 2. Admission Policies IM P O RTA N T D A T ES

6 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020

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7 7 1.2. A ppAdmissionlying for PoliciesA School Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

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Completing the form school has admitted applicants in previous years, you will All Croydon residents must apply using a Common be offered a place. If there are other criteria under which Application Form (CAF). The form should be completed you could apply for a school, as well as distance, it is online at www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions. recommended that you do so. The form allows you to select six schools, which you must Expressing preferences for schools name in your order of preference. We recommend that The law requires admission authorities to meet parental you use all your preference options as your child can only preference wherever they possibly can. It is not possible be considered for a place at the schools you have listed to guarantee a place at the school of your choice but you on your application. do have the right to express a preference or preferences. For further information on how to complete your Most parents are successful in securing a place at one application see pages 8-12. of their preferred schools but, as there is only a limited Online applications close at 11.59pm on 31 October number of places available in each school, some parents 2020. Applications received by this date will be accepted are disappointed. and treated as on time. All admission authorities (i.e. local authorities, academies, voluntary aided schools) must provide information which Admissions criteria explains how they decide which children will be offered Read the admissions criteria for the schools that you are places if they receive more applications than they have interested in to know how they prioritise applications. A places available. This information is normally called summary of schools’ admissions policies can be found ‘admissions criteria’. The admissions criteria will vary online at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools- from school to school (please refer to www.croydon. new/secondary-schools and on each school’s website. gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools for Find out the furthest distance an offer was made for a schools’ admission criteria) school for entry in September 2020 (please see pages 19- 20). Some schools will have maps on display at their open How are places allocated? sessions showing the location of homes of pupils offered If you have listed six schools in preference order and all places at the school last year. six schools are in a position to offer a place, the system Please note, there is no guarantee that for the September will automatically seek the highest preference, i.e. your 2021 admission, a school will offer to the same distance first preference, and make you an offer at this school. All as they did in the previous year, as each year offers are your lower preferences are withdrawn as these are no subject to the number of applications and where the longer required. applicants live. If you listed six schools in preference order and preferences If you wish to have an indication of the distance between three, four and five are in a position to offer places, the your home and a school, please go to www.croydon. system will automatically seek the highest preferences, i.e. gov.uk and follow the ‘find it’ link on the home page. It your third preference, and make an offer at this school.

The must be emphasised that the measurement given by this Your lower preferences four and five are withdrawn as 2. Admission Policies site will not always be identical to that from the council’s these are no longer required. Your higher preferences one geographic information system (GIS). This is because and two are automatically placed on the waiting list for app this website is a general one for measuring distance to a reconsideration should any places become available. Any

lic range of council facilities, and is not set up to measure for further offers will continue to be made in accordance with school admissions purposes. Under the schools’ admission the schools’ published admissions criteria. at policy, the distance is measured in a straight line from the ion child’s home to the designated main entrance of a school Will I have a better chance of getting my using geographical reference points as provided by the first preference than someone who lists it as

pr National Land and Property Gazetteer. The ‘find it’ site a second or lower preference? doesn’t give measurements to three decimal points either.

ocess No. All preferences are considered equally against the Therefore, you should not assume that, because the schools’ admission criteria. The preference order will only be measurement from your home to school given by this site used when it is possible for more than one school to offer you is the same or less than the minimum distance to which a a place. This is called the Equal Preference System.

8 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

The application process and procedure

The local authority will always try to match your highest Changing your mind preference but many schools are oversubscribed and receive After the closing date 31 October 2020 it will not be more applications than they have places available. To give possible for you to add new school preferences to the you the best chance of getting into a local school, it is very Croydon Common Application Form. If you do make changes important that you use all six preferences and include other after the closing date, your application will be regarded as schools in your area, as schools will use their straight line late. For a detailed explanation of how late applications will distance criterion as the final factor once all their higher be processed please read the paragraph below. priority places have been allocated. If you only apply for one school and a place is not available, Late applications you can only be offered a school with places left once all Croydon will only consider late applications in the initial other parental preferences have been considered. The school allocation round if the application is late for a good offered could be some distance from your home. reason but is submitted before 10 December 2020. Failing to list other preferences on your form can result in Examples of what may be considered a good reason disappointment, as we can only consider the preferences include: when a single parent has been ill for some time or you have listed on your application form. has been dealing with the death of a close relative; or a family has just moved into the area or is returning from How much information from my application abroad (proof of ownership or tenancy agreement will be will be passed onto my preferred schools? required in these cases). Other circumstances will be The list of schools you include on the Common considered and each case will be decided on its own Application Form is confidential. merits. Each school will only be given the information it needs to If you submit an application or change your existing consider your application. preferences, or order of preferences, after 31 October 2020 and before 10 December 2020 with good reason Schools are not told where you named them in your for doing so, the application will be treated as on time. preference list. Otherwise your application will be treated as late and The preference order of schools which are situated this may jeopardise the possibility of your child being outside the Croydon local authority will be released to offered a place at one of your preferred schools. the local authority which maintains the school(s) in the Applications which are late for no good reason and those order that the highest preference can be determined in that are received after 10 December 2020 but before cases where a child is eligible for a place at more than 1 March 2021 will not be considered in the initial one school in that local authority’s area. allocation round but will be allocated available places Considering a school outside Croydon? after all on time applications have been processed. Where a place cannot be offered at a preferred school, your child You can apply for a school in another borough. As a will be offered the nearest school to the application Croydon resident, Croydon Council still processes your address with available places. application. You must include the school as a preference on your Common Application Form. Schools within three Change of address miles of Croydon’s boundary are listed at the back of this Croydon Council must be notified of any changes of

booklet. For information on schools further than three ocess address by 10 December 2020 so that the new address miles please contact the relevant local authority. can be used to prioritise your preferences for schools pr Considering a private/? under the distance criterion. Failure to do so will result in

Independent schools have their own admissions your application being considered from the previous ion address, and your child possibly being denied a place at a arrangements and are not included in our admissions at scheme. If you are considering applying to an independent preferred school. school please contact the school directly. lic Do not list these schools on your Common app Application Form. 2. Admission Policies The

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 9 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

The application process and procedure

All changes of address will be thoroughly investigated to Children of UK service personnel ensure there is a permanent commitment to the new Families of service personnel or Crown servants returning address. Changes of address can only be considered when from overseas to live in Croydon can apply for a place Croydon Council receives documentary evidence that you without the child being resident in Croydon. However the and your child are resident in the property and able to application must be accompanied by an official letter that prove you have no connection with your previous address declares the relocation date and unit postal address or - that is, the new address is not a temporary arrangement quartering area address. to access a preferred school. Examples of documents to be provided are a letter from a solicitor confirming the date of Shared custody completion of contract (not exchange of contract) for It is the local authority’s expectation that where there is the new place of residence or a copy of the new tenancy shared parental responsibility for a child, parents will agree agreement stating the commencement date, together with which parent has the main responsibility before completing evidence of residence, for example a utility bill. their application form. Where parents are separated and If your address changes after 10 December 2020, you share custody, the parent with whom the child spends most must still notify the local authority immediately, of the school week (which will be the address where child providing documentary evidence as described above, so benefit is payable) should make the application. An that your new address can be taken into account when application can only be made from a single address and determining your child’s position on schools’ waiting lists only one application can be made for each child. after National Offer day (that is after 1 March 2021). If the parent making the application lives at a different Child’s permanent address address, a letter of explanation should be given and signed by both parents. Custody issues cannot be resolved by The child’s address should be that of the child’s permanent the local authority. If parents are going through a place of residence. A business address, work place separation or a divorce and do not live together but share address, a childminder’s address will not be accepted. parental responsibility over a child, the local authority will A relative or carer’s address can only be considered if disclose details of a child’s application if one of the parents they have legal custody of the child. In these who shares parental responsibility requests this circumstances, evidence of legal custody/parental information. This will however be subject to the receipt of responsibility, e.g. a court order, must be supplied. legal documentation e.g. court order which confirms the shared parental responsibility. Applications from Overseas Applications with an overseas address will not be accepted Parental responsibility and private fostering for processing unless Croydon Council is satisfied that Parental responsibility is defined by the Children Act 1989 there is evidence of a link to an address in Croydon and and amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002. that a child will be resident at that address on or before Parental responsibility in its simplest form is ‘all the the date of admission (i.e. start of September). The address rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which must not be the address of a friend, relative or other by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and The address of convenience unless there is evidence it will be a his property’. A pp l relatively permanent arrangement. People can obtain parental responsibility by seeking a app

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The overseas address will apply until such time as there not have automatic parental responsibility, and can only f is evidence of a child’s return to the linked address. In the acquire it through a legal agreement or court order. If you pr event that a family does not return to the linked address are a distant relative or no relation to the child you are ing ocess

provided by the start of September, this local authority caring for, it is likely that you are a private foster parent. y will withdraw the application submitted and any In law this means you must tell your local council you are l

offer made. caring for the child and also you must tell the child’s pp parents (or the person with parental responsibility) about A

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The application process and procedure

the application for a school place and obtain their Admission of children outside their age group permission. You can find more information on parental Parents of gifted and talented children, or those who have responsibility at www.gov.uk/parental-rights- experienced problems or missed part of a year, for responsibilities. example due to ill health, may request that their child is Fraudulent applications exceptionally admitted outside their age group. The admission authority of a school must decide whether or CCroydon takes very seriously any attempt to gain an not the individual child’s circumstances make this advantage in the admissions process by giving false appropriate on educational grounds. Such requests will information. Your address will be checked by reference to only be agreed in exceptional circumstances. Parents have your child’s records as well as other council a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place records such as electoral and council tax register record(s) at a school for which they have applied. However, this and, if necessary, by a council officer visiting your address. right of appeal does not apply if parents are offered a The local authority will investigate applications where school place which is not in their preferred age group. there are any doubts about information provided by All requests should include recent professional evidence parents or where information has been received from of the child’s circumstances which make education outside another source. This may lead to prosecution. the age group necessary. Each admission authority will Looked-after children and previously expect to see evidence of an individual child’s educational looked-after children need, rather than general factors which relate to a wider group of children born at a similar time. They will want to Looked-after children are defined as ”children in public care discuss with parents the impact of the child being at the date on which the application is made.’ For educated with children of a different age. secondary transfers, the date will be taken as 31 October. Parents requesting admission to an age group below the Applications from children in public care (looked-after children) child’s actual age should submit an application for the must confirm which local authority is responsible for the child child’s actual age group before the closing date on 31 and be accompanied by a letter from the child’s social worker October 2020. The request for admission to a different confirming their legal status and that he/she will still be year group should accompany the application. This looked-after when the child is admitted to the school. enables the application to be processed and a school place Applications from children who were looked-after, but secured in the child’s actual age group if the request is ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted (or refused by an admission authority. If the admission became subject to a child arrangements order or a special authority approves the request, the parent will be advised guardianship order) must be accompanied by a letter and/ or to re-apply in the following year and provide a copy of the documentary evidence from the child’s social worker, advisory decision. However there can be no guarantee of a place teacher or other relevant professional confirming that the child being available at the school, as this is dependent on the was looked after immediately prior to the order being made as number of applicants that year. It is not possible to reserve well as the date. a place for the following year. Parents are therefore The letter must also confirm the date a previously looked - advised to have alternative arrangements in place. A

pp after child ceased to be looked – after and the date of the adoption order, residence order, child arrangements order When will I know the outcome of my l

y or special guardianship order which led to the cessation of application? ocess ing ‘looked-after’ status. If you applied online and on time you will receive an email pr Any court order must be accompanied by a letter from the notification about the result of your application on

f child’s social worker. 1 March 2021. o ion r o r a school Please note that any confirmation/evidence of looked- after Important Information at

a and previously looked-after status received by this local Please note that an outcome letter will not be sent to you in school

authority will be forwarded on to the school preferences or the lic the post. You will be able to view the result of your local authority where the school is situated in the case of out application online as well as accept or decline the offer made y ing f

of borough schools. app to your child, by logging into your e.admissions account. 2. Admission Policies A pp l The

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 11 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

The application process and procedure

Accepting or declining your offer Parents/carers need to be aware that if their child’s name is You must accept or decline the offer by the specified on a school’s waiting list, their place may go up or down the date to ensure you secure a school place for your child. list depending on how the admissions criteria applies to others on the waiting list. If you receive an offer at your first preference school, we will automatically record this offer as accepted unless Appeals we receive notification from you that you wish to decline If you have been refused a place at your preferred school, the place. you are entitled to appeal and attend an appeal hearing The online outcome information will give you important in front of an independent appeal panel. advice on what to do next if you have been unsuccessful The panel will be made up of three or five members and in securing an offer at one of your preferred schools or none of the panel members will have any connection with have been offered an alternative school which you did not the local authority or any of the schools in your case. The list on your Common Application Form. panel will include at least one person who has experience Waiting lists in education (non-lay member) and at least one person who does not have experience in education (lay member). Oversubscribed Croydon schools will maintain waiting lists. Your child’s name will automatically be placed on the waiting If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer list for any school which was a higher preference on your your child a place at a Croydon school you must contact application form than the school you have been offered. the school for details of their appeal arrangements. Please note it is your responsibility to inform the local Any school admission appeal must be in writing. If you authority if you do not want your child to be on the waiting decide that you wish to appeal you must do so by the for a higher preference school. In the event that a place deadline date stated by the school or by the local becomes available at one of your higher preference schools, authority for an out of borough school. the place offered at your lower preference school will • Set out as many reasons as you can for wanting a automatically be withdrawn. place at your preferred school. Applicants’ requests to be added to the waiting list for lower • T ry to explain your reasons as fully as possible as to preference schools when a first preference school has been why your child should be given a place despite the fact offered can only be made in exceptional circumstances. Any the school is full. change in circumstances will need to be supported with • Y ou should also attach copies of any written relevant evidence. supporting information, letters, documents, or If you need to find out your child’s position on the waiting list, evidence which you would like the appeal panel to please contact the admission authority for the school or the consider at the hearing. borough in which the school is situated after 19 April 2021. Special arrangements apply to children with an Education, If you would like more information about the reason why Health and Care Plan – see page 28. your child was not offered a place at a higher preference To obtain an appeal form for a Croydon school please school you should contact the admission authority that is contact the school. The

2. Admission Policies responsible for admissions to the school. Details of the different admission authorities for schools in Croydon are Further questions app listed in this prospectus (see pages pages 24-25). If the If you have any questions or if there is anything you do school is outside this borough, the admission authority will not understand, the school admissions team will be lic be either the local authority in which the school is situated or pleased to help you. the school itself. Contact telephone numbers for neighbouring at [ 020 8726 6400 local authorities are also included in this prospectus. ion k Write to: Croydon Council, school admissions The School Admissions Code requires admission authorities team, Bernard Weatherill House, 8 Mint Walk, to order waiting lists on the basis of the priorities of the

pr Croydon CR0 1EA published admissions criteria and not, for example, on a first ocess come first served basis. / [email protected] Each individual admission authority decides how long their waiting list will be held but must keep a waiting list open until at least 31 December 2021. Please refer to each school’s admission policy.

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How places are allocated

Schools & Other You Our Admissions Team Councils

Your application The home local authority (council in whose area you live) will form is submitted. manage the coordination process to ensure that you receive no more than one offer.

If you have applied Only pupil details from the application form for free, voluntary aided S chools receive details of applications to a free, voluntary schools and academies within the area of the home local authority from the local authority. Schools will aided school or will be passed to the schools concerned. have no knowledge of where they are in Croydon ranked in your list of preferences.

If you have applied Pupil details and school preferences on the application form for Decisions on whether places can be to a school in schools in other boroughs will be sent to the local authorities offered will be taken by the admission another borough, i.e. which maintain those schools (maintaining local authorities). authorities for each of the schools on outside Croydon This will be done via a computerised system called the Pan- your list. How they decide which pupils London Register. These local authorities will ensure that the will be offered places at their schools is application details reach the admission authorities for the explained in their admissions criteria. schools in their areas, making no reference to the rank position the school is listed on your application form.

Obtaining your Croydon Council will then determine the preference offer to be This process of the home local authority highest possible made to its resident pupils from all the schools applied to. Lower allocating the highest preference offer preference preference offers will be released for allocation to other pupils and releasing preference offers for who are next on the schools’ lists. reallocation by the maintaining local authority will continue between local authorities until there are no further changes and all places have been allocated.

All places are Croydon Council identifies which children are potentially in a allocated position to be offered a place at more than one of its schools. In such cases, we will only hold the offer of a place at the school the parent has ranked highest on their form. Other lower ranked offers will be released, allowing further offers to be made to children who are next on the schools’ lists. ed at lloc a e ar ces a l p

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The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 13 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions APPLYING ONLINE – STEP BY STEP GUIDE

BEFORE YOU START 04. Follow the website prompts and enter your details.

• Decide your order of preference before you start 05. You will be sent a confirmation by email. Open the the online application. email and click the link to validate your email address. • Get an email address – you need one to apply Save this email for future reference – you will need and you need to be able to access it in March 2021. to log back into the system to make changes and If you don’t have one go to www.googlemail.com on offer day. and click ‘Create an account’. 06. Click the link in the email, enter your username or • If you have trouble with computers get a friend, email address and password, then click ’Login’. relative or your child to help you make the application. CHILD DETAILS AND PREFERRED SCHOOLS

LOGIN OR REGISTER 07. If you have applied before you must check and update your details if they have changed – 01. Go to www.eadmissions.org.uk particularly your address. Click on the purple ‘My Account’ button at the bottom of the screen, update any details as necessary then click ‘Save’. 08. Click ‘Start Application’ button.

02. If you have applied before (e.g. for an older child), click ‘Returning visitors’ and login with your email and password from your previous application. Skip to number 07 and check your details are still correct. If you can’t remember your username or password, click ‘Returning visitors’ then click the ‘Forgot username or 9. Enter your child’s details and click password?’ link. ‘Save and continue’.

03. If this is the first time you have applied you must register your details and email address. Click ‘First time visitors’. A pp l y ing online

10. Choose your preferred school from the list. Change the local authority if the school is outside Croydon. Click ‘Add school’.

14 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions APPLYING ONLINE – STEP BY STEP GUIDE

11. A dd specific information about the school (e.g. brothers or sisters already attending) then click ‘Next’. 12. Repeat steps 10 & 11 to list more schools until you have listed all your preferences. 13. Change the order of preferences by clicking the up and down arrows by each school. 14. Once all your preferred schools are listed click ‘Confirm selection’. You will also need to click ‘Continue’ if you have listed fewer than six preferences.

MAKE CHANGES AND ATTACH DOCUMENTS • You can make changes and attach supporting information up to the closing date by logging into the system with your username or email address and your password. • Each time you make a change you must re-submit your application. You will receive a confirmation email each time you successfully change your application. • Y ou will also receive a confirmation email for each document you attach.

YOUR APPLICATION DETAILS

Note your application details below for future reference and keep this information safe and secure Email address: FINAL CHECK AND SUBMIT

15. Check your application carefully. To make changes click ‘Back’ at the top of the page. Username: 16. Read and agree the declaration by clicking in the box. Password: 17. Click ‘Submit Application’. 18. You will receive a confirmation email with your Application Reference Number: application reference number (e.g. 306-2018- 09-E-001234). This email is proof that you have submitted your application successfully.

HELP AND SUPPORT If you need help logging into your online application or registering to apply online you can contact the London eAdmissions support helpdesk on 020 8255 5555 (option 1 or 4) or email [email protected] ing online y l If you have any other problems or questions please contact Croydon Council on 0208 726 6400 pp A

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 15 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions List of secondary schools in Croydon

All Croydon secondary schools are their own admissions authorities and determine their own admission criteria. For a copy of schools’ admission policies, please visit www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools or the individual school’s website. The information in these tables and the schools’ pages within this booklet are correct at the time of printing.

Academies and Free Schools Year 7 Applications DFE School name Admissions received 2020 Supplementary Number Number admissions form required? Ark Blake Academy, (boys and girls 11-18) 306 4014 2 Morland Rd, Croydon, CR0 6NA 180 307 No / [email protected] [ 020 7430 8876 Coombe Wood School (boys and girls 11-18) 30 306 4012 Melville Avenue, , CR2 7HY 180 1361 Yes** [ 020 8289 4745 (boys and girls 11-18) Kendra 306 6908 Hall Road, South Croydon CR2 6DT 190 910 No* [ 020 8681 1141 Harris Academy South Norwood (boys and girls 306 6905 11-18) 2 Cumberlow Avenue, South Norwood 390 709 No* SE25 6AE [ 020 8405 5070 Harris City Academy Crystal Palace (boys and girls 306 6906 11-18) Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, SE19 2JH 180 1525 No* [ 020 8771 2261 Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, (boys and girls 306 4002 11-16), 88 London Road CR0 2TB 180 659 No* [ 0203 371 3002 Meridian High School (boys and girls 11-16) 306 4000 Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington CR0 0AH 180 158 No [ 020 3943 1328 Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College for Girls (girls 11-19; all girls Sixth Form) 306 5406 224 453 No Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath CR7 8BT [ 020 8679 0062 , (boys and girls 11-16) 306 2045 180 148 No Albert Road, London SE25 4QL [ 020 8240 6700 Oasis Academy (boys and girls 11-16) 306 6907 Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1ES 180 655 No [ 01737 551161 Oasis Academy Shirley Park (boys and girls 3-19) 306 6909 180 687 No lis Shirley Road, Croydon CR9 7AL [ 020 8656 0222

t Orchard Park High School (boys and girls 11-16) 306 4004 150 380 No o Orchard Way, Shirley CR0 7NJ [ 020 8776 0220 f

schools (boys and girls 11-18) 306 5400 328 1458 No Honister Heights, Purley, CR8 1EX [ 020 8668 5136 Performing Arts College 306 5407 (boys and girls 11-18) Shirley Church Road, 180 397 Yes Croydon, CR0 5EF [ 020 8656 9755

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Academies and Free Schools (continued) Year 7 Applications DFE School name Admissions received 2020 Supplementary Number Number admissions form required? St Joseph’s College (Boys 11-18 and mixed sixth 306 5402 form) Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, SE19 3HL 180 351 Yes [ 020 8761 1426 The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy 306 4003 (boys and girls 11-16) Road, Croydon, 200 322 No CR9 3AS [ 020 8689 1255 The Quest Academy (boys and girls 11-18) 306 6910 Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 8HD 180 405 No [ 020 8657 8935 (boys and girls 11-18) 306 4031 Meadow Rise, Coulsdon CR5 2EH 216 1208 No [ 020 8668 6464 *  Parents are only required to complete a supplementary information form if their child has special educational needs and/or requires special assistance in undertaking the test. Please see the school policy for full details. **Parents are only required to complete a registration form which is on the Coombe Wood School website if they wish their child to take the Health-Related Fitness Assessment. This is an optional test. **Coombe Wood opened in September 2018 and will have five operational year groups during 2021/22– Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12.

V olUNTARY aided These schools' admissions criteria usually give priority to pupils of that faith. Year 7 Applications DFE School name Admissions received 2020 Supplementary Number Number admissions form required? Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School (boys and 306 4600 girls 11-18) Selborne Road, Croydon CR0 5JQ 150 577 Yes [ 020 8688 4014 Coloma Convent Girls’ School (girls 11-18) 306 5405 Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS 150 744 Yes [ 020 8654 6228 St Mary’s Catholic High School (boys and girls 306 4702 11-16) Woburn Road, West Croydon CR9 2EE 120 210 Yes [ 020 8686 3837 Thomas More Catholic School (boys and girls 306 5403 11-19) Russell Hill Road, Purley CR8 2XP 150 279 Yes [ 020 8668 6251 Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School (girls 11-16) 306 5900 147 Central Hill, Upper Norwood SE19 1RS 120 147 Yes [ 020 8670 6917

Schools in other boroughs Independent/private schools If you wish to apply for a school in another borough Applications for places at independent/private schools (i.e. outside Croydon) the school must be included in the are not covered by the arrangements outlined in this schools

online application form. The admission arrangements and prospectus. If you are interested in applying for places f admission criteria for schools in other boroughs are not at independent schools you should find out about the included in this prospectus. We strongly advise you to application arrangements by contacting the schools o t contact the schools directly to check their arrangements and concerned. is

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The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 17 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Location of secondary schools in Croydon

13 St Joseph’s College 18 Virgo Fidelis Convent School

9 Harris City Academy: Crystal Palace Norbury Manor 19 Business & Enterprise 11 Harris Academy South Norwood College for Girls 10 (including Upper Norwood) The Archbishop 22 Oasis Academy: Arena Lanfranc – Pegasus Academy Trust 2 Oasis Academy: Shirley Park Harris Invictus 24 4 Academy Croydon 21 7 Orchard Park High School St Mary’s Catholic 14 High School Shirley High School 15 Performing Arts College 5 Coloma Convent Girls’ School Archbishop Tenison’s 3 CE High School Coombe Wood School 23 proposed site Harris Academy Purley 8 16 The Quest Academy

Thomas More 17 Catholic School 1

Meridian High School Woodcote 20 High School 12 Riddlesdown Collegiate

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Meridian High School 1 Harris City Academy Crystal Palace 9 Thomas More Catholic School 17 The Archbishop Lanfranc – Harris Academy South Norwood 10 Virgo Fidelis Convent School 18 Pegasus Academy Trust 2 Norbury Manor Bus. & Ent. College for Girls 11 Harris Academy Upper Norwood 19 Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School 3 Riddlesdown Collegiate 12 Woodcote High School 20

ap Oasis Academy: Shirley Park 4 Coloma Convent Girls’ School 5 St. Joseph’s College 13 Harris Invictus Academy Croydon 21 6 St. Mary’s Catholic High School 14 Oasis Academy Arena 22 Orchard Park High School 7 Shirley High School Performing Arts College 15 Coombe Wood School 23 Harris Academy Purley 8 The Quest Academy 16 Ark Blake Academy 24

18 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Transfer to Secondary School 2020 Overview of allocations

The following table indicates how many places were allocated to each Croydon school under each criterion and, where relevant, how far places were allocated to under the distance criterion. LAC Staff Faith Feeder Banding Siblings (in miles) Distance Distance Open Places Faith siblings Faith Medical/ Social to SEN children to Ability / Aptitude Ability Furthest Distance Furthest Distance Number allocated

0.955 Archbishop Tenison’s 5 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A 64 26 N/A 20 N/A 1 (Open Places)

Coloma Girls’ Convent 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 114 39 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A

Coombe Wood School 8 0 90 1 18 N/A N/A N/A 17 N/A 40 6 0.849

Harris Academy 1 0 N/A N/A N/A 129 N/A N/A 60 N/A N/A 0 N/A Purley Harris City Academy 2 N/A N/A N/A 18 106 N/A N/A 54 N/A N/A 0 N/A Crystal Palace Harris Invictus 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 183 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5 N/A Academy Harris Academy South 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 290 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A Norwood

Meridian High School 1 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 35 N/A 59 0 6.282

Norbury Manor 3 0 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 47 N/A 183 0 6.009 Business

Oasis Academy Arena 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 N/A 30 0 4.563

Oasis Academy 3 0 N/A 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A 173 2 2.211 Coulsdon

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The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 19 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Transfer to Secondary School 2020 Overview of allocations continued.. LAC Staff Faith Feeder Banding Siblings (in miles) Distance Distance Open Places Faith siblings Faith Medical/ Social to SEN children to Ability / Aptitude Ability Furthest Distance Furthest Distance Number allocated

St Joseph’s Boys’ 0 N/A N/A N/A 18 N/A 130 38 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A College St Mary’s 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A Catholic High

Shirley High School 0 0 N/A 0 14 N/A N/A N/A 52 N/A 71 2 4.623

The Archbishop 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 N/A 102 0 6.216 Lanfranc

The Quest Academy 1 1 N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 43 N/A 119 0 4.863

Thomas More School 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 13 10 N/A 21 0 4.539

Virgo Fidelis Convent 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A

Woodcote High School 4 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 73 N/A 153 11 1.336 Pl a ce a lloc at ion ove r vie w

20 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Open days/evenings for secondary schools Please note that it is possible that some of the events listed below may be impacted by Covid-19. Please make sure that you visit the website for the school(s) you are interested to visit nearer the time for further updates. 2021 admissions

School Date Time Archbishop Tenison’s Wednesday 16 September 2020 5.30pm – 8.30pm (open evenings) CE High School Thursday 8 October 2020 Headteacher presentations will take place at 5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Ark Blake Academy Wednesday 30 September 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Wednesday 7 October 2020 9.30am – 11.00am (open morning) Tuesday 13 October 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Tuesday 20 October 2020 9.30am – 11.00am (open morning) Coloma Convent Girls’ Thursday 24 September 2020 5.00pm - 7.00pm (open evening) School Coombe Wood School Wednesday 23 September 2020 3.30pm – 7.30pm (open evening) Tuesday 6 October 2020 9.00am – 12.00pm (school tour) Wednesday 14 October 2020 9.00am – 12.00pm (school tour) Thursday 22 October 2020 9.00am – 12.00pm (school tour) Harris Academy Purley Thursday 24 September 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening – last admission at 7.30pm) Monday 28 September 2020 9.00am – 10.00am (school tour) Tuesday 6 October 2020 9.00am – 10.00am (school tour) Wednesday 14 October 2020 9.00am – 10.00am (school tour) Thursday 15 October 2020 9.00am - 10.00am (school tour) Friday 16 October 2020 9.00am – 10.00am (school tour) Harris Academy South Wednesday 23 September 2020 Norwood Beulah Hill Campus 4.30pm – 7.30pm (open evenings) Wednesday 30 September 2020 C locktower Campus

S aturday 10 October 2020 Beulah Hill Campus 10.00am –11.30am (open Saturday)

Tuesday 13 October 2020 Beulah Hill Campus 9.00am-10.30am (open morning tours) Tuesday 13 October 2020 Clocktower Campus Harris Invictus Thursday 8 October 2020 4.15pm – 7.30pm (open evening) Academy Croydon Wednesday 14 October 2020 9.00am – 9.45am (open morning) Thursday 15 October 2020 9.00am – 9.45am (open morning) Wednesday 21 October 2020 9.00am – 9.45am( open morning)

Meridian High School Thursday 17 September 2020 5.45pm – 8pm (open evening (Doors open at 5.45pm) Head Teacher’s presentation at 6.00pm

Monday 21 September 2020 9.30am – 11am (open mornings) Wednesday 23 September 2020 Leadership presentation followed by tour. Friday 25 September 2020 Please contact the school to book your place. Monday 19 October 2020 s / evenings y

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School Date Time

Norbury Manor Wednesday 23 September 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm Business & Enterprise (Virtual tour will also be available) (open evening – Year 7 and 6th Form combined) College for Girls Saturday 26th September 2020 by appointment

Monday 28 September 2020 9.00am – 11.00am (open morning by appointment) Wednesday 30 September 2020 9.00am – 11.00am (open morning by appointment) Thursday 1 October 2020 9.00am – 11.00am (open morning by appointment)

Oasis Academy Arena Wednesday 23 September 2020 5.00pm – 7.30pm (open evening) Wednesday 7 October 2020 5.00pm – 7.30pm (open evening)

Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday 23 September 2020 9.00am – 10.30am (tours of the academy) Wednesday 30 September 2020 Wednesday 7 October 2020 Wednesday 14 October 2020

Oasis Academy Wednesday 23 September 2020 5.00pm – 7.00pm Coulsdon (Principal’s talk and self-guided tour) Saturday 10 October 2020 10.00am – 12.00pm (Principal’s talk and self-guided tour) Tuesday 13 October 2020 5.00pm -7.00pm (Principal’s talk and self-guided tour)

Oasis Academy Shirley Thursday 24 September 2020 6.00pm – 8.30pm (open evening) Park Wednesday 30 September 2020 9.30am – 10.30am Monday 5 October 2020 (student led tours; Q&A with the Principal) 9.30am – 10.30am (student led tours; Q&A with the Principal) Arrival from 9.15am is recommended

Orchard Park High Wednesday 23 September 2020 5.30pm – 8.00pm (open evening) School Monday 28 September 2020 8:45 – 10:30am

Op Friday 2 October 2020 8:45 – 10:30am To attend Open Mornings please contact en d the school by email: [email protected] a or by telephone: 020 8776 0220 y s / evenings Riddlesdown Thursday 24 September 2020 5.30pm-8.30pm (open evening) Collegiate Monday to Friday 14-18 September 2020 9.15am –10.45am (open mornings) Tuesday 29 September 2020 To attend open mornings, please contact Wednesday 7 October 2020 the school Reception on 020 8668 5136 Thursday 15 October 2020

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School Date Time

Shirley High School Monday 21 September 2020 All day - Social distance tours by appointment Performing Arts Thursday 1 October 2020 5.00pm – 7.30pm (open evening) College Saturday 17 October 2020 10.00am – 12.00pm (open morning)

St Joseph’s RC College Tuesday 22 September 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening-last admission 7.30pm) Saturday 26 September 2020 10.00am – 12.00pm (open morning)

Wednesday 30 September 2020 Please call to book an appointment Thursday 1 October 2020 on 020 8761 1426 or email Tuesday 6 October 2020 [email protected] Wednesday 7 October 2020 Thursday 8 October 2020 St Mary’s Catholic Monday 21 September 2020 9.00am – 10.00am (open morning High School Tuesday 22 September 2020 for all dates) Wednesday 23 September 2020 To attend an open morning, or arrange a Thursday 24 September 2020 more convenient time please Friday 25 September 2020 phone 020 8686 3837 or email [email protected] Tuesday 6 October 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) The Archbishop Wednesday 30 September 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Lanfranc Academy Wednesday 7 October 2020 11.10am – 11.50am (Academy at work tour) Tuesday 13 October 2020 11.10am – 11.50am (Academy at work tour) Wednesday 21 October 2020 11.10am – 11.50am (Academy at work tour) *Tours must be booked in advance by contacting the Academy directly. The Quest Academy Tuesday 22 September 2020 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Monday 28 September 2020 11.00am – 12noon (tour) Monday 5 October 2020 11.00am – 12noon (tour) Monday 12 October 2020 11.00am – 12noon (tour) Thomas More Catholic Monday 14 September 2020 9.00am – 10.15am (open morning) School Tuesday 15 September 2020 9.00am – 10.15am. Open days to see the Wednesday 16 September 2020 school in action will be available throughout Thursday 17 September 2020 the Autumn term by appointment only. Friday 18 September 2020 To attend an open morning, please phone 020 8668 6251 or email admissions@tmore. org.uk. The Headteacher will talk to parents at 10.00am each morning. Tuesday 6 October 2020 6.00pm – 9.00pm (open evening) s / evenings

Virgo Fidelis Convent Thursday 24 September 2020 9.00am – 10.30am (open morning) y Senior School Wednesday 14 October 2020 4.30pm – 7.30pm (open evening) a Woodcote High School Wednesday 16 September 2020 9.00am – 10.30am (open morning) Thursday 17 September 2020 6.30pm – 9.00pm (open evening) en d

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The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2020 23 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Secondary schools outside Croydon The following secondary schools are situated within three miles of Croydon’s boundary. They can be contacted direct for their admissions policies, and for information about other schools in these boroughs please contact the relevant local authorities directly. A = Academy C = Community F = Foundation VA = Voluntary Aided VC = Voluntary Controlled London Borough of London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Lewisham Bromley Civic Centre PO Box 734 Laurence House, 1 Catford Road Stockwell Close Winchester London SE6 4RU Bromley BR1 3UH SO23 5DG 020 8314 8282 - (open from 9.00am 020 8313 4044 020 7926 9503 to 1.00pm Monday to Thursday) Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley (A) Bishop Thomas Grant School Bonus Pastor Catholic College (VA) Lennard Road, Beckenham, (RC) (VA) Winlaton Road, Bromley Kent, BR3 1QR Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2 HY BR1 5PZ 020 8778 5917 020 8769 3294 020 8695 2100 DfE Code No: 305 4002 DfE Code No 208 5401 DfE Code No 209 4802 (A) City Heights E-Act Academy Sydenham School, (Girls) (C) West Common Road, Hayes (mixed) (A) Dartmouth Road, SE26 4RD Bromley, BR2 7DB 33 Abbots Park, SW2 3PW 020 8699 6731 020 8462 2767 020 3691 4600 DfE Code No 209 4204 DfE Code No: 305 5407 DfE Code No: 208 6907 Forest Hill School, (Boys) (C) Langley Park School for Boys (A) (A) Dacres Road, London, SE23 2XN Hawksbrook Lane, 94-98 Leigham Court Road SW16 2QB 020 8699 9343 South Eden Park Road, 020 8696 5600 DfE Code No 209 4289 Beckenham, BR3 3BP DfE Code No 208 5402 (C) 020 8639 4700 Sedgehill Road DfE Code No: 305 5402 The (A) Elmcourt Road, London, SE27 9BZ SE6 3QW The Ravensbourne School (A) 020 8766 5020 020 8698 8911 Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9EH DfE Code No 208 4731 DfE Code No 209 4267 020 8460 0083 La Retraite Roman Catholic DfE Code No: 305 5413 Girls’ School (VA) Merton Civic Centre (A) Atkins Road, London SW12 0AB London Road Jail Lane, , Kent, TN16 3AU 020 8673 5644 01959 574043 DfE Code No 208 5400 Morden SM4 5DX DfE Code No: 305 5409 020 8274 4906 St Martin’s-in-the-Fields High (A) School for Girls (A) (A) Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3SJ 155 , London SW2 3UP Wide Way, Mitcham, CR4 1BP 020 8650 8694 020 8674 5594 020 8623 1000 DfE Code No: 305 4000 DfE Code No 208 5404 DfE Code No 315 6905 Langley Park School for Girls (A) (A) (C) Hawksbrook Lane, South Eden Park Rd Lilleshall Road, Morden, SM4 6DU, Crown Dale, London, SE19 3NY Beckenham, BR3 3BE 020 8663 4199 020 8687 1157 020 8670 9382 DfE Code No: 305 5412 DfE Code No: 315 4000 DfE Code No 208 4223 (Boys) (A) St Mark’s Church of S

econd (A) o Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HP Academy (A) ut 01689 856050 Elms Road, Clapham SW4 9ET Acacia Road, Mitcham, CR4 1SF DfE Code No 305 5403 020 7819 4700 020 8648 6627 side DfE Code No 208 6905 Bishop Justus Church of DfE Code No 315 6906 ar England School (A) Trinity Academy (mixed) (A)

y 56 Hill, SW2 1QS Cr Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HZ schools 020 8315 8130 020 3126 4993 o DfE Code No 305 4604 DfE Code No: 208 4003 y don (C) Woodmansterne Road London, SW16 5UQ 020 8764 1825 DfE Code No: 208 2657

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Secondary schools outside Croydon (continued) The following secondary schools are situated within three miles of Croydon’s boundary. They can be contacted direct for their admissions policies, and for information about other schools in these boroughs please contact the relevant local authorities directly. A = Academy C = Community F = Foundation VA = Voluntary Aided VC = Voluntary Controlled London Borough of Southwark Wallington High School Southwark Children’s and Adults’ St Nicholas Way for Girls (A) Services Sutton Woodcote Road, Wallington, PO Box 64529 SM1 1EA Surrey, SM6 0PH London SE1P 5LX 020 8770 5000 020 8647 2380 DfE Code No 319 5405 020 7525 5337 Carshalton Boys’ Sports Kingsdale Foundation School (A) College (A) (A) Alleyn Park, Dulwich Winchcombe Road SM5 1RW 2 Chiltern Road, Sutton SM2 London SE21 8SQ 020 8714 3100 020 3962 4500 020 8670 7575 DfE Code No 319 4000 DfE Code No: 319 4005 DfE Code No. 210 4265 (A) Grennell Road, Sutton, SM1 3DY London Borough of Wandsworth Surrey County Council 020 8715 1001 Education & Social Services 35 Quadrant Court DfE Code No 319 4007 Department, Town Hall Extension Guildford Rd, Woking St Philomena’s Catholic Wandsworth High Street GU22 7QQ High School for Girls (VA) London SW18 2PU 0300 200 1004 Pound Street, 020 8871 7316 The Beacon School (A) Carshalton SM5 3PS Burntwood School (Girls) (A) 020 8642 2025 Picquets Way, Banstead Burntwood Lane, London DfE Code No 319 5406 Surrey SM7 1AG SW17 0AQ 01737 359103 Wallington County Grammar 020 8946 6201 DfE Code No 936 5406 School (Boys) (A) DfE Code No 212 5401 Croydon Road, Wallington Warlingham (A) Surrey, SM6 7PH Chestnut Grove Academy (A) Tithepit Shaw Lane, 020 8647 2235 Chestnut Grove Warlingham CR6 9YB DfE Code No 319 5407 Balham SW12 8JZ 01883 624067 020 8673 8737 DfE Code No 936 4153 Wilson’s School (Boys) (A) DfE Code No 212 4328 Mollison Drive, Wallington De Stafford School (A) Surrey SM6 9JW Graveney School (A) Burntwood Lane, Caterham, 020 8773 2931 Welham Road, Surrey CR3 5YX DfE Code No 319 5400 Tooting SW17 9BU 01883 347818 Carshalton High School (Girls) (A) 020 8682 7000 DfE Code No 936 5408 West Street, Carshalton, SM5 2QX DfE Code No 212 5400 020 8647 8294 DfE Code No 319 4002 (Boys) Roman Catholic (VA) Peaks Hill, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3YP 020 8660 4555 DfE Code No 319 5402 Oaks Park High School (A) don

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2. Admission Policies 28 needs & Disabilit (SENd) SEND Service.ForfurtherinformationpleasecontactEnquiries: Admission toCroydonspecialschoolsandenhancedlearningprovisionsismanagedbyLocalAuthority0-25 learning provisions (ELPs) Directory ofspecialschools andenhanced The closing schoolapplications is 31 October datefor 2020 secondary Apply onlineat: Address: Age range: 5. or 4 Stages Key in are who behaviour challenging and needs health mental emotional social, with people young For Beckmead College 3BZ BR3 Kent Beckenham, Road, Orchard Monks Address: Age range: 3. or 2 Stages Key in are who behaviour challenging and needs health mental emotional social, with children For Beckmead School schools. following the across education specialist of range a providing trust multi-academy Beckmead FamilyofSchools:A Special SchoolsandSpecialistCollege Norwood, London, SE25 5RR SE25 London, Norwood, Tennison Road, South South Road, Tennison 14-19 7–13 www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions needs. health mental or emotional social, associated additional, and disorder spectrum autistic with children Y / [ 7BN CR7 Croydon Road, Ecclesbourne Address: Age range: difficulties. learning moderate with girls and boys for school community special Bensham ManorSchool:A Y / [ Address: Age range: Tharreo House: Address: Age range: Chaffinch BrookSchool: Addington, CR0 0NA CR0 Addington, Kent, BR3 3BZ BR3 Kent, Beckenham, Road, Orchard Monks And 6NA CR0 Croydon, those disengaged from education. from disengaged those and self-harming phobia, school including anxieties, and needs health mental and/or emotional with 5 and 4 3, Stages Key in people young

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Directory of special schools and enhanced learning provisions continued... Admission to Croydon special schools and enhanced learning provisions is managed by Croydon Local Authority 0-25 SEND Service. For further information please contact SEND Enquiries: [020 8604 7263 [email protected]

Enhanced Learning Provisions (ELPs) in Croydon secondary schools and specialist hearing provision.

Meridian High School Oasis Coulsdon (The Ozone): Shirley High: Provision for pupils (Spectrum Centre): Provision Provision for pupils with autistic with hearing impairment. for pupils with Autistic Spectrum spectrum disorder. Age range: 11–16 Disorder (ASD). Age range: 11-16 Address: Shirley Church Road, Age range: 11-18 Address: Homefield Road, Croydon CR0 5EF Address: Fairchildes Avenue, Old Coulsdon CR5 1ES Contact: Croydon Sensory New Addington, [ 01737 551 161 Support Service. This provision is Croydon, CR0 0AH / [email protected] managed directly by the Croydon [ 020 3943 1328 Y www.oasisacademycoulsdon.org LA Sensory Support Service / [email protected] [ 020 8760 5783 Y www.meridianhigh.london Orchard Park High School: Provision / sensorysupportservice@croydon. for pupils with developmental gov.uk Oasis Academy Arena: Provision language disorder. for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Age range: 11–16 Woodcote High: Provision for Disorder (ASD). Address: Orchard Way, Shirley, pupils with medical and physical Age range: 11-16 Croydon CR0 7NJ sensory needs. Age range: Address: Albert Road, SE25 4QL [ 020 8776 0220 11–16 / [email protected] Address: Meadow Rise, Purley, [ 020 7921 4263 Coulsdon, Croydon CR5 2EH Y www.orchardparkhigh.co.uk / [email protected] [ 020 8668 6464 Y www.oasisacademyarena.org / [email protected] Y www.woodcote.croydon.sch.uk needs & Sp eci a l ed D is ab u c ili at t ion ( SEN a l d)

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section 3 31 31 31 2. Admission3. OTHER ADMISSIONS Policies Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Applying for a place at a University Technical College or at a Studio School

Children born between 1 September 2006 and 31 August How to apply 2007 and who are currently in Year 9 are eligible to apply Applications to some UTCs and Studio schools are for a place at a University Technical College (UTC) or a coordinated by Croydon local authority and can be made Studio School for the September 2021 intake. online at www.eadmissions.org.uk by 31 October 2020. Croydon does not currently have any UTCs or Studio You will receive the result of your application on 1 March Schools but a full list of all 14+ schools in London and the 2021 by logging into your eAdmissions account. Please surrounding area can be viewed at www.croydon.gov.uk/ ensure you keep your login details safe so you can access education/schools-new/utc your account. A few UTCs and Studio Schools require parents to apply University Technical Colleges (UTCs) directly to them and therefore you must contact them for www.utcolleges.org/utcs/ details of the application process and closing dates. Please refer to the list at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/ University Technical Colleges are set up by universities as schools-new/utc for more information. business and specialise in one or two technical subjects. In years 10 and 11, they offer a similar GCSE curriculum to a typical secondary school, including English and Maths, as well as their specialist subject.

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Applications for a secondary school place outside Supplementary Information Form (SIF) the normal admissions round are treated as ‘in-year’ Some schools also require a SIF to be completed. Please admissions. The process for making such applications refer to the school’s website for information on their depends on whether you are applying for a place in: requirements for a SIF. Where a school does require a SIF • A secondary school(s) in Croydon (excepting to be completed, these forms are available on the school’s Harris Academies), in which case you will need to website. A paper copy can also be requested from the complete an ‘in-year’ Common Application Form school. However, a SIF will only be considered valid if you (iCAF) from Croydon Council, as set out below. have named the school on Croydon’s iCAF. • A Harris Academy in Croydon, in which case you must apply direct to the academy, as set out on the Croydon’s school admissions team academy’s website. Croydon’s school admission team check the iCAFs to • A school outside of Croydon, in which case you will ensure they have been completed properly. They then need to contact the home local authority, who will forward the child’s details to the Croydon schools named provide information on how to apply. on the form.

Croydon’s iCAF Governing bodies’ decisions Croydon’s online iCAF is available to complete through The school’s governing body considers each application our online portal at: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/ in accordance with their published admissions criteria, as education/schools-new/school-admissions/in-year- set out on their website. secondary

The iCAF must be fully completed for it to be treated as a Outcome of your in-year application valid application. The school will notify the local authority of the outcome of your application. The admission authority considers each application and, if a vacancy exists at a school named on the application, If your child is offered a place at a school which you makes an offer to the next child on the waiting list have listed as a lower preference school on your in-year which is ordered strictly in accordance with the schools’ application, he/she will not automatically be placed on published admissions criteria, as set out on the respective the waiting for your higher preference schools. Parents/ school’s website or Croydon Council’s website at https:// carers must re-apply if they wish to be added back to the www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/ waiting list for those schools https://www.croydon.gov. secondary-schools uk/education/schools-new/school-admissions/in-year- secondary.

Appeals There is a right of appeal if your application is unsuccessful to any of the schools you have applied. The appeals process is described in this booklet and on the Council/ school websites.

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Croydon Council will handle the information you have Croydon Council has a duty under the Children’s Act 2004 provided in line with the provisions of the General to work with partners to provide and improve services to Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Any personal children and young people in the area. Therefore, Croydon information will be held in confidence with only the Council may also use this information for other legitimate necessary people able to see or use it. For the purpose purposes and may share this information where necessary of processing your application for a school place we may with other bodies responsible for administering services share information you provide to deal with your requests, for children and young people. Croydon Council also has a administer departmental functions and meet our statutory duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this obligations; this may include sharing your information end, it may use the information you have provided on this with schools, other local authorities, children’s services form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It should and London Grid for Learning (LGfL) who process data on be noted that where fraudulent information is submitted our behalf. Where we are unable to secure a school place this may lead to prosecution. through the normal admission procedures, we may also share the information you provide with the Fair Access For a full copy of the Education and Youth Engagement panel. Under the General Data Protection Regulations, Division’s Privacy Notice please see: www.croydon.gov. you have the right to make a formal request in writing for uk/democracy/data-protection-freedom-information/ access to personal data held about you or your child. privacy-notices/education-youth-engagement- service-privacy-notice. The School Admissions Team’s main method of communication with you will be via email and where the information sent to you contains personal data it will be will sent using secure email. It is your responsibility to provide the School Admissions Service up-to-date contact details and to keep them informed of any change of circumstances. P r iv a c y

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