Further Information: Secondary School Allocations – Sept 2021

How to appeal for your preferred school(s) You have the right to appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place at any of the schools where you have been refused a place. If you choose to appeal you will need to complete the online appeal form, or request a paper appeal form in writing to the Admissions Authority of the relevant school (see below). You may appeal for a place at more than one school but you must have applied for and been refused a place at the school in the first instance.

FOUNDATION SCHOOLS / ACADEMIES WHERE THE LA IS COORDINATING THE APPEALS

Complete the online appeal form available at: Preferred School: www..gov.uk/appeals Abbeyfield School Campion School or write to request a paper form: School Admissions, Northamptonshire County Council, Angel Street, , NN1 1ED Duston School (The) or email: [email protected] Elizabeth Woodville (The) Ferrers Specialist Arts College (The) Please include your child’s name, date of birth, address and school for which Guilsborough School you want to appeal. Failure to provide this information will result in a delay in sending the appeal pack. Buccleuch Kingswood Secondary Academy An appeal form will be sent within seven days. (The) Your completed appeal form must be submitted to the Appeals Team by 5.00 pm on 29th March 2021. Magdalen College School Academy Manor School and Sports College Moulton School (The) Northampton International Academy Northampton School for Girls Wootton Park School

FOUNDATION / VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES

To request an appeal form please write to: Clerk to the Appeals Panel, Diocesan Board of Education, Bouverie Court, 6 The Lakes, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN4 7YD or email : [email protected]

Write to request a form: The Clerk to the Governors School c/o the school Business Academy School addresses can be found on the Online Schools Directory at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village Kettering Science Academy Northampton School for Boys Academy Sir Christopher Hatton School Southfield School for Girls The Parker E-Act Academy Thomas Becket Catholic School Weavers School

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SCHOOLS IN OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS If you wish to appeal for a school which is in another LA please contact the LA concerned to request an appeal form. Bedford Borough (LA number 822) Lincolnshire (LA number 925) Tel: 01234 718120 Tel: 01522 782030 [email protected] [email protected] Central Bedfordshire (LA number 823) Milton Keynes (LA number 826) Tel: 01908 253338 Education Appeals [email protected] Telephone: 0300 300 8029 www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/schooladmissions Email: Names will not automatically be added to a waiting list when a [email protected] place cannot be offered. To request for your child to be placed on a waiting list, please email secondaryadmissions@milton- School Admissions keynes.gov.uk with your request. Telephone: 0300 300 8037 Email: [email protected] St Paul’s Catholic School – parents must write directly to the school to request a governor’s review by 16 March 2020 St Paul’s Catholic School, Phoenix Drive, Leadenhall Milton Keynes Bucks MK6 5EN For all other Milton Keynes schools, you should make contact with the schools direct to request an appeal pack. Appeal requests must be made to schools by 27 April 2020. Buckinghamshire (LA number 825) Oxfordshire (LA number 931) www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/education/school- Tel: 01865 810180 admissions/ [email protected]

http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/education/school- www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schoolappeals admissions/moving-up-to-secondary-school/ Cambridgeshire (LA number 873) Peterborough (LA number 874) [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 01233 699794 Tel: 01733 452589

Leicester City (LA number 856) Rutland (LA number 857) Allocations Queries Tel: 0116 454 1009 All Secondary Schools in this Authority are Academies who [email protected] have appeals submitted directly to them. Appeals department: 0116 4541410 http://www.leicester.gov.uk/schools-and- Tel: 01572 722577 [email protected] learning/school-and-colleges/school- admissions/school-admission-appeals/ Leicestershire (LA number 855) Warwickshire (LA number 937) Tel: 0116 305 6684 Tel: 01926 414143 [email protected] [email protected]

Contacting us If you require further information, in the first instance please visit our website: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/admissions. If you have any further queries you can contact us by telephone on 0300 126 1000. Our Customer Service Centre is open between 8.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday with the exception of Bank Holidays.

How were places allocated? Details of how the places were allocated for each school and which schools still have places available are on our website: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/admissions. If you wish to be considered for a place at a school which still has places available, please complete a new application form - these are available on our website or can be requested from the School Admissions Team (address overleaf). These applications will be considered on a monthly basis; please see below for more information.

Waiting lists A waiting list will be kept for all oversubscribed community / voluntary controlled schools. If you wish to add your child’s name to a waiting list you will need to put the request in writing or in an email to the School Admissions Team (see overleaf for address). To add your child’s name to a waiting list you must have made an application for the school in the first instance. We will contact you in writing if a place can be offered to your child from a waiting list.

Any places that become available at community / voluntary controlled schools will be reallocated on a monthly basis from April to July 2021 (dates available on our website). If there are more requests than there are places available, places will be allocated according to the school’s oversubscription admission criteria. You should not decline your existing offer of a place on the basis that you have made a further application for another school. Schools with foundation, voluntary aided or academy status operate their own waiting lists. The admissions team will forward any waiting list requests to these schools. 2