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USEFUL INFORMATION 1 St Leonards Useful Information 2016/17 St Leonards Admissions Policy / General Admissions Procedure ST LEONARDS ADMISSIONS POLICY Notes: Students are admitted to St Leonards regardless a) A further charge is made for learning support in the of native language, ethnicity, gender, religion and Senior School and Sixth Form. disability (where practicable) as long as other b) The School reserves the right to request a confidential entrance requirements are met. report from any prospective student’s current school, whether or not a student has additional support needs. As it is essential that all students at St Leonards c) Applications by the siblings of students already at have the opportunity to develop their full St Leonards will be treated in the same way as any potential, parents are required to disclose any other applications. difficulties which their child is known to have. To ensure everyone has maximum information and GENERAL ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE opportunity, there is a more detailed admissions Although the main intake is at the start of each procedure for those students where a specific academic year, applications can be considered at learning difficulty is already known. any time during the school year. All prospective The selection procedures for all applicants are based students are interviewed by the Headmaster of St on ability and aptitude. Those with additional Leonards or the Headmaster of St Leonards Junior support needs are admitted according to the same School. International students who cannot attend criteria as other students, including performance in for interview will be asked to submit a detailed entrance examinations, provided that admission is personal statement. compatible with: There will be an entrance test day (normally in a) the provision of efficient education for the November or January) for students entering the students with whom he/she will be educated; Senior School or Sixth Form, although dates can be arranged individually at other times. Parents are b) the efficient use of resources and the level of expected to have advised their child’s current school support the School is able to provide. by this stage of the application to St Leonards. A Prospective students are expected to complete any formal offer will be made once the outcome of the entrance papers without the aid of a reader, a scribe tests is known and, if required, a confidential report or a word processor. This will give the relevant has been received from the applicant’s current departments, including Support for Learning, school. Payment of a deposit is required at least one maximum information on both the writing ability month after receipt of offer. of each candidate and the ability of the candidate to process written material unaided. 2 St Leonards Useful Information 2016/17 General Admissions Procedure Applications are considered strictly in chronological St Leonards Senior School Years 8, 9, 10 and 11 order of receipt of both the completed application (Pre-IB) form and payment of the application fee of £100. Entry is by means of St Leonards Entrance A waiting list will be established when a year group Examination or Common Entrance. Students becomes fully subscribed. Once a place becomes seeking entry are also recommended to spend a day available it will be offered, subject to the usual in school. This helps to establish the correct level of entry procedures, to the first applicant on the entry for each student. waiting list. Entrance Examinations are held at individually The Registrar is happy to discuss with parents a) arranged times. Candidates sit papers in English any decision not to offer a place to a candidate and and Maths. Any support for learning issue b) the admissions policy in general. If parents still highlighted by these papers or otherwise is have concerns, they may write to the Headmaster investigated further using the same procedures as requesting a meeting. those where an additional support need is already St Leonards Junior School (Years 1-7) known (see later). Children seeking entry are normally required to St Leonards Sixth Form spend either a morning or afternoon in school Students entering the Lower Sixth Form Year 12 are to enable teaching staff to assess their abilities in usually expected to have gained: reading, language and numbers, as well as their social skills. This helps to establish the correct level • At least GCSE Grade B for Higher Level of entry for each child. Those wishing to enter Years subjects and grade C for Standard Level 4 – 7 are also given formal entrance tests in English subjects or the SQA National 5 equivalent; and Maths, either during the day in school, or at some other agreed time. • An acceptable international equivalent to those mentioned above. Any support for learning issue highlighted is investigated further using the same procedures as All students will also be required to sit St Leonards those where an additional support need is already own tests in Maths and English. Students for known (see later). whom English is not their first language are expected to have obtained a standard of English equivalent to the Cambridge First Certificate or IELTS academic grade 6. 3 St Leonards Useful Information 2016/17 Admissions Procedure For Students With Known Specific Learning Needs ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE FOR STUDENTS • Parents will then be invited to a meeting with WITH KNOWN SPECIFIC LEARNING NEEDS the Registrar/Head of Support for Learning / Headmaster to discuss the outcome. (This may Where a child has a known specific learning need, be necessary only if the informal assessment previous psychological assessments, IEPs/CSPs indicates a possible need for a level of support and school reports will be studied carefully in greater than the school can provide or where conjunction with the entrance tests taken. Where further discussion is desirable following review appropriate, further assessment will be carried out of all the information gathered to date.) to ensure that such prospective students are not disadvantaged by a disability, provided the criteria • If parents wish to proceed with registration for admission are sustained. after informal assessment, a report will be requested from the child’s current school The admissions procedure is as follows, whether or and a date set for formal entrance tests, if not a child has already been formally registered for appropriate. entry: • Once the entrance tests have been marked, • Where the school deems it necessary, the child comments on the tests and a recommendation will spend a day with the relevant Year Group as to the level of support required by the child for an informal assessment of how they cope will be made by the Head of Support for with the work of the class and fit in with Learning, taking into account the entrance the other students. The Head of Support for tests and all other oral and written evidence Learning will meet with the child during the gathered during the admissions process. course of the day and carry out any informal assessments appropriate to this stage in the • Parents will again be invited to a meeting to admissions process. discuss the outcome. At this stage an offer of a place in school may, or may not, be made. • Parents may be asked to provide samples of the books used/work done by the child for Please note that the Admissions Policy of St Leonards is the Head of Support for Learning and other monitored and reviewed regularly and may be subject appropriate members of staff to review. to change. • The Head of Support for Learning/Head of School/Head of Year Group will provide the Registrar with a report in writing for discussion with the Headmaster. 4 St Leonards Useful Information 2016/17 Scholarships SCHOLARSHIPS Length of award Context The award remains with the scholar until he/she leaves St Leonards. A Scholarship may be withdrawn if Scholarships are solely awarded as means of performance falls to an unsatisfactory level. recognising achievement and excellence whether academic or in art, drama, music, sport or golf. Requirements for award Scholarships are not associated with any remission The standards required are deliberately high. on fees. Most remissions offered by the School take the form of Academic Bursaries. For more Academic: A scholarship award winner is expected information contact the Registrar or Bursar. to be a likely candidate for entry to Oxford or Cambridge or another elite University. Scholarships will be awarded: Art: A Scholarship award winner needs to • At the end of Year 7 for entry into Year 8; demonstrate an excellent understanding of the • At the end of Year 8 for sustained excellent basic visual elements, compositional accuracy and performance through the year; outstanding artistic ability. An accompanying • At the end of Year 9 for entry into Year 10; portfolio is desired. • At the start of Year 12 after the publication of Music: A scholarship award winner is expected GCSE results in August; to demonstrate a high degree of proficiency or • Following the end of Year 12 exams for entry potential on one or preferably more instruments into Year 13; (or voice). Composition specialists may also be • For entry into the one year Pre-IB course considered, with an appropriate portfolio. Award (Year 11) (non-academic only). winners must be prepared to commit themselves Scholarships will be awarded in the following areas fully to the life of the Music Department through of achievement: participation in choirs and ensembles. • Academic Drama: A scholarship award winner is expected • Drama to display outstanding theatrical knowledge and • Music skills as well as proficiency for devised drama. An • Art accompanying portfolio is desired. • Sports • Golf 5 St Leonards Useful Information 2016/17 Scholarships Sports: A scholarship award winner is expected Year 11 by the Headmaster and Head of Year to have national or regional honours in one or Group (for external candidates – entrance possibly more sports or be likely to achieve them.