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APPLY ONLINE BY 31 OCTOBER 2016 Choose a Wandsworth SECONDARY SCHOOL A guide for admission to secondary schools in Wandsworth in September 2017 Contents Introduction 1 About this booklet 2 Before you apply 2 Section 1 Choosing and applying How and when to apply 3 Online application - step by step 4-5 The variety of schools in Wandsworth and location map 6 The variety of school places 7 Open days and evenings 8 The transfer timetable 9 Applying for places - step by step 10 Frequently asked questions 16 Section 2 The schools The schools - Detailed information on all the schools including admission criteria and appeal arrangements 17-39 Admission of children already of secondary school age 40 Section 3 Facts and Figures Facts and figures 41 GCSE results 2015 42 Policies 44 Children with special educational needs 45 Special Schools 46 Financial assistance 49 Education for 16-19 year olds 50 Section 4 The Wandsworth Year 6 Test The Wandsworth Year 6 Test 51 Schools in other boroughs 54 If there are any further questions you want to ask, or if there is anything you do not understand, staff in the Pupil Services Section will be pleased to help you. You can contact them by: • Telephoning: (020) 8871 7316 • Email: [email protected] Website: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions • Writing to: Pupil Services Section Education and Social Services Department Town Hall Extension Wandsworth High Street London SW18 2PU • Visiting: The Customer Centre, Town Hall Extension, Wandsworth High Street, London SW18 2PU Introduction This booklet is intended to guide Wandsworth parents and their children through the admissions process for September 2017 and to help them to make well-informed Meetings For Parents choices from the wide range of excellent secondary schools in the borough. You are invited to attend one of the council’s information meetings Choose a Wandsworth Secondary School gives details of each Wandsworth school where our staff will explain the and the criteria that are used to decide which children will be admitted when there secondary transfer application are more applications than places. Please read these carefully as they will give you process and answer questions. an idea of the likelihood of being offered a place. Dates: Tuesday 6 September We have also included information on some schools outside of the borough Wednesday 7 September boundary that are within easy travelling distance. You can list up to six schools in your application and this can include out-of-borough schools. We recommend, Time: 7pm until 8.15pm however, that at least one of these six schools is close to your home. Venue: Civic Suite, If you live in Wandsworth please apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk or if you Wandsworth Town Hall, cannot apply online, by using the form available from the council on request. You will Wandsworth High Street, need to submit your application by 31 October 2016 at the very latest. SW18 2PU If you do not live in Wandsworth, you will need to contact your own council for their Due to the numbers involved, child booklet and form, or visit their website. supervision will not be available. Please do not bring children unless Before you make your final decision, please take the opportunity to visit the schools they are able to sit with you you are interested in. Details of open days for parents are included in this booklet. throughout the meeting. Year 6 Arrangements for the Wandsworth Year 6 Test have been moved forward this year. children are welcome to attend if This will enable potential applicants to receive their test score prior to finalising their you feel it will be helpful to them. school preferences and submitting their application. Further information is provided For further information, telephone on pages 52-53. Pupil Services on The council is also holding two information meetings for parents and you are invited (020) 8871 7316. to attend. The details are set out opposite. We recommend that you also We hope that this booklet will help you to make decisions at this important time in attend any meetings arranged by your child’s life. your child’s primary school. Please note: a separate meeting will be held in September for parents of children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)* Parents will be notified by letter of the relevant details. * Parents/carers of children with a Councillor Kathy Tracey Dawn Warwick Statement of Special Educational Executive Member for Director of Needs or an Education, Health and Education and Children’s Services Children’s Sevices Care plan (EHC plan) do not apply online or on the paper form. Please see page 45 for a description of the process. www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions Choose a Wandsworth Secondary School 2017 1 About this booklet This booklet provides information for parents and carers of children born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006 who are due to transfer to secondary school in September 2017. If your child was born outside of these dates, please see page 40 for further information. Please read it carefully if you live in the Borough of Wandsworth and have a child transferring to secondary school, or live elsewhere and wish to apply for a secondary school in Wandsworth. The booklet contains details of the eleven state-funded secondary schools in Wandsworth. To apply for a place at any of these schools you must apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk or by visiting the borough’s website. If you can’t apply online, complete the form provided by the borough in whose area you live. Details of how to apply online or on paper are on the page opposite. Before you apply: • Read this booklet carefully, especially: - Information about changes to the Wandsworth Year 6 Test and specialist testing. - Pages 10-15: The Step by Step Guide. This tells you how the admission process works. - Pages 18-39: The admission criteria that are used to decide which children are offered places at each Wandsworth school. This gives you a better idea of which schools are likely to be able to offer your child a place. Please note that there have been some changes to admission criteria for 2017 admissions. The Wandsworth Year 6 test Applicants for a Year 7 place at a • Read the booklets issued by other Local Authorities if you are Wandsworth school will be invited applying for schools in different boroughs. Information about to take the Wandsworth Year 6 test if required. other boroughs and schools is on pages 54-56 of this booklet. Pupils attending a Wandsworth • For more information about schools in the area, log on to primary school will take the test at www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions. their school on Thursday 22 September 2016. • Visit any schools you are interested in. Dates and times of Open Pupils attending a school in Days are on page 8 of this booklet. another borough* or in an independent School will be invited to take the test on Saturday 24 September 2016. For more information about the Wandsworth year 6 test, please turn to page 51. * Register for the test between 1 July and 9 September 2016 2 Choose a Wandsworth Secondary School 2017 www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions How and when to apply SECTION ONE Choosing and applying for schools • You may apply for up to six state schools in your application. The Completing a paper form schools can be in Wandsworth or elsewhere. At least one should • If you can’t apply online and you be near where you live. live in the borough of Wandsworth, complete the green • Please apply online (see Step 4. page 11) or, if you can’t apply Common Application Form online, complete a paper form. available from the council on request. If you live in another • You must check if any of the schools you are applying for require borough, you will need to use the a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be completed (see form issued by your own council. page 12). SIFs for Ashcroft Technology Academy, Chestnut Grove • Supplementary Information Academy and Saint Cecilia’s Church of England School must be Forms for Wandsworth schools returned in early September.* are in the back of this booklet. • Return supplementary • Your application and any supplementary forms must be received information forms to the school.* by 31 October 2016 (see page 14), except as above.* • Return the blue Common Application Form to Pupil Services Section Please apply online Education and Social Services Town Hall Extension Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk. Find out about our easy Wandsworth High Street and secure system on pages 4-5. London SW18 2PU Download the free ParentComms app from the Apple Appstore or * NB Specialist place SIFs must be returned to the school by the early Google Play Store to receive notifications from the eadmission September dates listed on the website and stay connected with your child’s school. forms and on pages 21, 27 and 35. www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions Choose a Wandsworth Secondary School 2017 3 Online application - step by step To start your online application please visit the website www.eadmissions.org.uk You can also use the link from the council’s website www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions 1 • Click on ‘Register to apply online’ and enter your email address. If you have previously applied using the online system you will be able to log in without the need for registration. • You will receive an email with a username and a link. You must click on the link to validate your email address.