Moving on up
A guide for parents with children transferring to secondary school in 2021 Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/ eadmissions
The Pan-London e Admissions site opens on 1 September 2020.
If your child is currently in Year 6 and born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010, you will need to apply for a secondary school place by 31 October 2020. Contents
Introduction School information 4 Welcome 26 Overview 5 About secondary school admissions 27 Ark Burlington Danes Academy 5 Introduction to H&F’s secondary schools 30 The Fulham Boys School 5 Contacting the admissions team 35 Fulham Cross Academy 6 Pan-London system 38 Fulham Cross Girls’ School 7 Before you apply 41 Hammersmith Academy 7 Gathering information 45 The Hurlingham Academy 8 Considering the facts 48 Lady Margaret School 8 Applying for schools outside H&F 52 The London Oratory School 9 Key dates 56 Phoenix Academy 59 Sacred Heart High School The application process 63 West London Free School 11 The information you need 11 Closing date for applications Additional information 11 Proof of address 68 Support services 13 Change of address/preferences 68 In-year admissions 13 Looked After and previously Looked 68 Special Educational Needs and After Children (England and Wales) Education, Health and Care plans 14 Exceptional need 68 Support for school attendance 14 Members of the UK Armed Forces 69 Disabled Children’s Team and Crown Servants 69 Educational Psychology Service 14 Additional forms to complete 69 Fair access protocol 14 Applications for children living abroad 70 Free school meals and school clothing grants 15 Late applications 70 Assistance with home-to-school travel 15 Change of preferences 71 14 to 19 education options 15 Use of your personal information 71 Education choices for 14 to 19 year olds 15 Fraudulent applications 71 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) 16 Completing your application 71 Studio schools 16 Guidance on completing your application 72 Sixth form and post-16 education (paper or online) in Hammersmith & Fulham 18 Apply online and save time 73 Independent schools 18 You can apply online in five easy steps 73 Independent fee-paying schools 19 A step-by-step guide to applying online 21 What will happen next Locations and contacts 21 How decisions are made 75 Other authorities 22 Notifying you of the outcome 75 Contact details for neighbouring boroughs 23 Waiting lists 77 Contact details for diocesan authorities 23 Appeal arrangements 78 H&F schools, nurseries and early years centres 23 Making final arrangements for starting school 78 School locations 24 Frequently asked questions 81 H&F borough map
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 3 Introduction
Welcome
Dear Parents and Carers We have put together this Moving on up information, along with our Hints and tips booklet to help make it as easy as possible for you to find the school that is the right fit for your family. Having been brought up in the borough – going to school here and later spending seven years working in a school – I know we have some of the most dedicated, caring and inspirational teachers and school staff in the country. In striving to attain impressive standards, while also supporting the well-being and development of pupils, they exemplify everything that is great about education. We have a broad range of schools, offering a comprehensive range of opportunities and our secondary school pupils make above national average progress. Competition for places is high, but I’m confident that there is a local secondary in Hammersmith & Fulham that can inspire your child to achieve their best while enjoying a vibrant school community. My strong advice is that you visit as many schools as you can, as every secondary school has something different to offer Councillor Culhane today, your family. Open evenings and mornings give you a valuable and at primary school opportunity to get a feel for the school and meet the headteacher, staff and current students. Dates and times of the open evenings and mornings for each school are in this brochure and online. I really hope you find the information about the borough’s schools, and the advice on how to apply, helpful and wish you all the best in making your decision.
Councillor Larry Culhane Cabinet Member for Children and Education Hammersmith & Fulham Council
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 4 Introduction About secondary school admissions
Introduction to H&F’s secondary schools All the schools in the borough with the exception of the two Catholic schools and Fulham Boys’ School will, This brochure is for parents of pupils aged between however, consider the allocation of all or a percentage 11 and 16, focusing on issues for those with children of their places on the basis of proximity to the school transferring from primary to secondary school. It provides and you should consider carefully how far you live from information about how and when to apply for a place, each school and the distance from the school at which explains how admission decisions are made and gives the last offer was made in previous years. information about each school to help parents decide which schools to apply for. Hammersmith & Fulham’s two Catholic schools have a reputation that extends beyond the borough and Hammersmith & Fulham offers a wide range of recruit pupils from a wide area. Lady Margaret School secondary school options including single-sex Catholic, and Fulham Boys’ School offer places based on church Church of England and non-denominational schools attendance and either on proximity to the school or for both boys and girls and a range of co-educational random allocation, with the former also offering within schools including Academies and Free Schools. bands to receive an equal spread of ability, whilst Ark There are two schools in the borough, Fulham Boys’ Burlington Danes Academy allocates a percentage of its School and Hammersmith Academy, that have a priority places to children who are attending Church of England area. The chances of receiving a place at these schools primary schools. Further on in the brochure you will find if you live outside the priority area are reduced. The fact the admission policy for each school. You must read you live in Hammersmith & Fulham or your child may these to judge the likelihood of your child being offered attend a primary school in this local authority area will a place. not give you priority in terms of gaining admission to one of our schools.
Contacting the admissions team 3rd Floor 145-155 King Street London W6 9XY [email protected] www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 020 8753 1085 Lines are open Monday to Friday 9.00am to 1.00pm
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 5 Introduction About secondary school admissions
It is important to check the admission criteria for Pan-London system each school to assess whether your child is likely to Every year around 80,000 pupils living in London transfer be offered a place. You can also find information on to secondary schools, many crossing borough boundaries the number of applications each school received for to do so. All 33 London boroughs, together with admission in September 2020. The higher the number councils bordering the capital, use a Pan London system of applications, the harder it will be to gain a place, to co-ordinate admissions to their secondary schools. so looking at each school’s criteria becomes even more important. You need to be aware the outcome can This co-ordinated admissions system is fairer and means be different each year, depending on the number of more parents are offered one of their preferred schools applications submitted and the type of cohort that at an earlier stage and fewer parents receive no initial applies (e.g. the number of siblings). This information is offer at all. It is also easier for parents to manage, therefore provided as a guide to help you to make an reducing anxiety for you and your children. informed decision. How the system works When considering your preferences, do not rely Under the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System solely on what you may have heard about a school’s (PLCAS), all parents must list the schools they want to reputation. Visit as many schools as possible on their apply for on their local authority’s common application open days or evenings. Take your son or daughter with form, ranking them in order of preference. This is you and, if you can, visit the school when it is at work. important, as potentially only one offer will be made and Further details about each school can be found this will be for the highest-ranked school able to make on pages 25 to 66. Each school also issues its own the offer. This form (either paper or online) is returned to prospectus, available directly from the school. the local authority for the area in which the child lives. Many of the questions parents raise are answered in The local authorities taking part in the PLCAS then use this brochure, but if you need further information, a secure computerised system to pass on details of the the admissions team will be pleased to help. applications for schools in other areas. They will also co-ordinate the offer of places to make sure no child is offered more than one school place. The decision on whether a place can be offered will continue to be made by the Admission Authority for each school. When a school receives more applications than places available (also referred to as oversubscribed), its published admissions criteria will be used to decide the order in which applicants will be offered places. Schools will not be informed of where they are listed on the application form or other schools that have been applied for. Where a child is eligible to be offered a place at more than one school, the local authority will hold the offer for the highest preference on the parents’ form and release all other lower preference offers. These places can then be offered to other applicants. Potential offers are exchanged between local authorities until they are in a position to make the single best offer to parents using all available places. All offers will be made on the same day: 1 March 2021.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 6 Introduction Before you apply
Gathering information Check how places were offered last year for • schools that offer on distance by viewing To make an informed decision about which secondary the ‘distance maps’ on the council website: schools to apply for, you are advised to read the www.lbhf.gov.uk/offerareas information about the schools in this brochure and research the schools you are interested in applying to. Arrange to attend schools’ open days and evenings. • These can be found in the individual school section. You are advised to: Talk to your child’s primary school headteacher. Contact schools you are interested in directly to ask for • They will have experience of previous transfers. • a copy of their prospectus which will provide you with detailed information. Contact the admissions team for advice if you are • unclear as to how the system works on 020 8753 1085 Visit schools’ own websites to find out more detailed or email [email protected] • information. If you want to find out about Ofsted reports for Hammersmith & Fulham schools visit www.ofsted.gov.uk
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 7 Introduction Before you apply
Considering the facts Within the schools section you will see how many • appeals were submitted for each school and the Many schools receive more applications than they have number that were successful, which will be very places (also referred to as oversubscribed). To avoid few. Be realistic: remember you can state up to six disappointment you should consider whether your preferences. Even after you have researched the child has a realistic chance of gaining a place at your schools and you have decided where to apply, you preferred school/schools. should not assume your child will be offered a place. You are advised to consider the following: You should also consider other schools where you Look at how many applications were made for your know you will have a good chance of gaining a place. • preferred school/schools last year compared to how Naming other schools will not affect your chances of many places were available. This information can be being offered a place at a higher-preference school. found in the individual school section of this brochure Schools are not informed of other preferences you on pages 25 to 66. The same information can be • have made or the order you place them. found for schools in other boroughs in their equivalent The preferences you make are treated equally. This brochure. It is important to note the pattern of • means no matter where you place a school in your admissions can vary from year to year. As an example, list of preferences, it will be treated in the same way living within the distance in which places were offered as all other applicants who also chose that school, in a previous year does not guarantee a place will be regardless of where they have placed the school in offered in this year or future years. their list. As indicated above, you can also view the distance The reason it is so important to list the schools in your • maps located on the council website. • order of preference is that when results are returned • You must read the admission criteria for the to the admissions team, we may receive offers for school/schools you would like to apply to. The criteria more than one of your preferences. As only one offer will determine the order of priority for each applicant. can be made to your child, you will be offered the As an example, church schools will prioritise applicants highest school possible from the list you provided. who meet the respective faith criteria if that school Any offers made lower in your list will be withdrawn receives more applications than places available. and put back in the system. Take special care how you Not all schools give priority to children with siblings order your preferences. • already attending the school so you will need to check the admission criteria. Applying for schools outside H&F All church schools (and some Academies and You may also wish to consider schools outside the • foundation schools outside the borough) have borough. Under the PLCAS, Hammersmith & Fulham additional supplementary forms to complete, which residents can apply for schools anywhere in London and are available directly from the schools. Supplementary this will need to be listed on your application. Detailed information forms must be returned to the school. information about schools outside the borough will be The schools in Hammersmith & Fulham that require available directly from the schools and from the local you to complete supplementary forms will be authority for the area in which they are located. indicated in the school section. The contact details for all London boroughs are provided on pages 75 to 77. Please remember to check the admission criteria to assess whether your child is likely to be offered a place.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 8 Introduction Key dates
From 1 September 2020 You will be able to apply online at: www.lbhf.gov.uk/eadmissions Paper applications will be available from the admissions team on request. The Moving on up brochure will be available online from early September.
31 October 2020 Closing date for applications. If you are applying online, you will have up until 11.59pm on 31 October to submit your application. If you are applying via a paper form you will need to ensure it is received by the admissions team by 5.00pm on 31 October.
1 March 2021 National offer day. All resident applicants that applied online will receive an email notification during the evening of 1 March. Resident applicants who made a paper application will be sent an outcome letter in the post on 2 March.
16 March 2021 Deadline for successful applicants to accept or decline their school offer.
From 30 March 2021 Schools for which the admissions team coordinate their waiting list will have the list made available. Further offers will be made as a result of withdrawals and late applications for schools with vacancies from this date.
10 May 2021 To ensure appeals are heard by the end of the summer term, appeals managed by the admissions team must be lodged by this date. You will need to check with voluntary aided schools, Academies and Free Schools as deadline dates may vary.
June/July 2021 Voluntary aided, Academy and Free Schools manage their own appeals and will arrange for this to be heard before the end of term.
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Closing date for applications Where we are not satisfied as to the validity of an address or we consider this be an address of convenience, further The closing date for applications is 31 October investigations will be conducted. The local authority 2020. For all the reasons detailed on page 18 reserves the right to seek verification of the information it is highly recommended you apply online at: parents have given on the application form and withdraw www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions any offer or application made based on inadequate, If you would prefer to complete a paper form, you must inaccurate or deliberately misleading information. return it by the closing date to the address shown on the Any application found to have misleading information form. If you would like confirmation we have received will be invalid. If this is found after the closing date any your application, please indicate this when you submit subsequent application submitted will be processed the form. Make sure you use the correct postage if you as late. return your form through the post. Incorrect postage may delay your application, preventing it from reaching Address of convenience the admissions team by the closing date. An address of convenience is an address named on a school admissions application which is not your child’s Proof of address habitual residence, and which increases the priority that The child’s home address provided on your application your child will receive for admission to their preferred must be your child’s current permanent place of schools. A child’s habitual residence is the place where residence on close of application, 31 October 2020. your child permanently resides and where your family normally lives at the time of application. You must not use a business address, childminder’s or relative’s address or any address other than your home It is for the admission authority to determine if, on address. Only in circumstances where the relative or the balance of probability, the address given on an carer has legal guardianship and is the main carer will a application is a child’s habitual residence. different address be considered as the main residence. Some examples of the use of an address of convenience Evidence will be requested to support this arrangement. include but are not limited to the following: We will not accept possible future addresses as a An applicant applies from an address where the child basis for allocating school places. If you move after • does not ordinarily reside. This includes a business submitting your application, you must inform the address, a childminder’s address or any other address admissions team within two weeks of your move so that including that of a family member or friend. your application is considered using the correct address A family purchases a new property or rents for school admission purposes. Any change of address • accommodation and uses this address to gain a will not be updated until proof has been provided and school place, whilst continuing to own or rent an if you move after 11 December 2020, your address alternative property. will not be updated as the process for allocating places would have already started. A family owns a property which is or has previously • been used as their home address and apply from Every year there are cases where parents give false another address in order to gain a school place, but information about their home address to get a place at still retains ownership of the initial property. a school. Every effort is made to ensure that this does not happen because this can prevent genuine applicants • A family moves to live with someone else, often a from obtaining a school place. We will carry out address relative/friend/partner, and uses this address to gain verifications against local authority records for all a school place whilst continuing to own or rent an applications made by residents of the London Borough alternative property. of Hammersmith & Fulham. We will not generally consider an address to be a child’s habitual residence if the applicant owns or rents an alternative property that the child previously lived in.
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Where an applicant still owns or rents an address at Shared or joint residence which their child previously lived, they must explain Where a child lives with parents with shared and evidence the permanence of their house move. responsibility, each for part of a week, the address Renting out an owned property or putting it up for sale where the child lives is determined using a joint would not normally deem it unavailable to the family. declaration from the parents stating the pattern of A property would normally only be deemed unavailable residence. If a child’s residence is split equally between to the family from the date it is sold but this would not both parents, then parents will be asked to determine alter the outcome of an application for a school place which residential address should be used for admission where the decision has already been made. to school. If the residence is not split equally between After consideration of the information provided, if we both parents, then the address used will be the address believe that an address of convenience has been used, where the child spends most of the school week. the local authority will decide which address to use for Documentation to confirm the arrangement such as a allocating a school place. residence order or other court order may be required. You will need to provide us with documentary If this is not available or the admissions team is not evidence of your address in the form of Council satisfied with this documentation, Hammersmith & Tax record. If you are not registered to pay council Fulham Council will consider the address of the parent tax, either because you are not liable or have recently who is in receipt of Child Benefit or if Child Benefit is moved, you will be asked to provide: not being received, the address at which the child is registered with a doctor (GP). You must therefore send • A mortgage statement/tenancy agreement us a copy of your latest benefit entitlement notice or and two of the following: your child’s medical card. We may also ask for further evidence if required. • Recent utility bill – gas/electricity/water/TV licence • Driving licence Entitlement to benefits letter e.g. Child Benefit • (pages 1 and 2)/Child Tax Credit/Housing Benefit/ Income Support/Jobseekers’ Allowance • Inland Revenue document • Pay slip/P45/P60 (not more than one of these) • Car/house insurance certificate • Electoral register A letter confirming placement at your address from • social services/National Asylum Support Service/ United Kingdom Border Agency/housing department. Any proof of address provided must show your full name and match the details provided at the time of application. Any supporting information not in English language must be accompanied by a certified translation. If we are not satisfied with the documentation provided, we reserve the right to ask for additional evidence of the address used for your application.
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Change of address/preferences Looked After and previously Looked The admissions regulations do not permit applicants to After Children (England and Wales) change their preferences after 31 October 2020 unless In the admission arrangements for all schools, Looked they have moved to a new house. Updated preferences After and previously Looked After Children will be: due to change of address can be accepted up to 5pm on a looked after child, as defined by Section 22(1) of 11 December 2020. the Children Act 1989, is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with Address changes can only be accepted if suitable new accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of proof of address is provided, and your child is living their social services functions for England and Wales. at the new address by this date. Each case will be Priority is also given under this criterion for Looked considered individually. After Children who ceased to be so because they: If you move after this date or an older child is admitted i) were adopted under Section 46 of the Adoption to one of your preferred schools, changes will not and Children Act 2002. be made until after the offer date. All other new or changed preferences will only be considered after the ii) became subject to a child arrangement order under offer date. Section 8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by s12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child It is your responsibility to let us know about any arrangement orders replaced residence order and changes which could impact your child’s application any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 for a secondary school place within two weeks of the is deemed to be a child arrangements order, which change. Failure to do so could result in your school settles the arrangements to be made as to the person place being withdrawn. with whom a child is to live. If you are considering a change we strongly advise you iii) became subject to a special guardianship order under contact the admissions team on 020 8753 1085 or email Section 14A of the Children Act 1989, which is an [email protected] order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian/guardians.
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Exceptional need Members of the UK Armed Forces All schools have experience in dealing with children and Crown Servants with diverse needs. These may be educational, medical For members of the UK Armed Forces and Crown and/or social needs. However, in a very few exceptional Servants an official letter confirming the address of cases there may be reasons why a child may need to your quarters is required. This can be provided before attend a specific school. you have relocated to ensure your application is not disadvantaged. If you feel there are exceptional reasons for your child to be considered for a priority placement at a particular school, you must indicate this in the area provided in Additional forms to complete your application, giving reasons supporting your case. All Hammersmith & Fulham voluntary aided Please be aware not all schools have this criterion in their schools have additional Supplementary Information policy, so it is advised you check this first. Forms (SIF) and/or a Priest Reference Form or Certificate of Catholic Practice (C C P) to complete, All requests for priority consideration must be which are available directly from the schools or at supported by a professional, such as a doctor or social www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions worker, who must clarify which school you are making a special case for, the reason why it is necessary for your These forms are necessary for the school governors child to attend this school in particular and the difficulties to determine whether applicants meet their faith it will cause your child to attend another school. requirements or other criteria. If you are applying for a place on religious grounds, you will be required to It is for you to decide how to support your case provide proof of your church attendance and/or religious and what documents to provide, but these must be commitment on the SIF. submitted by the closing date 31 October 2020. The admissions team is not responsible for contacting The SIF and all additional documents required must be professionals for information about your case and any returned to the school. The same will apply for church decision will be based on documents you submit by the schools located in neighbouring local authorities. closing date. If you name the school on your application and do not For own Admission Authority schools, and schools complete a SIF, your child will be considered but it will located in other areas, any additional documentation reduce the chance of your child being offered a place. you provide will be passed on for the respective school’s The school will not have any information to consider attention via the secure Pan-London system. when judging your application against its admission criteria and, as such, your application will be ranked very The notification date is 1 March 2021. You will not low when decisions are made. It is therefore important be advised before this date whether your request you complete both forms. for priority is agreed. If priority is not granted, your application will be considered against the remaining criteria for the requested school. Applications for children living abroad Applications submitted by resident families working It is important to be aware that very few cases are or temporarily living abroad will be processed with all agreed under this category. The Admission Authority other applicants and must be submitted by the closing must be able to justify awarding priority for a child date. The address where the child is living at the time above other applicants. It will need to be agreed by of application and at the closing date will be used for those making the decision that the professional support the purpose of processing. The applicant must inform provided clearly makes a case that the needs for the the admissions team on their return for the address child can only be met at the school required as opposed to be updated. Proof of address and occupancy will to another local school. be required.
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Late applications Use of your personal information If you apply after the closing date without a valid The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham reason, your application will only be considered after will handle information you have provided for school the offer date: 1 March 2021. Your child’s name will admission purposes in line with the GDPR 2018. For more be added to waiting lists along with those unsuccessful information on this, please visit our Privacy Notice on applications considered in the initial allocation round. www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions If there is an exceptional reason for applying after the closing date and by 11 December 2020 (for example, Fraudulent applications you have just moved to the area), it may be possible to consider your application with those that were made on Hammersmith & Fulham Council takes very seriously time. Other circumstances will be considered and each any attempt to obtain a school place by fraud. All case decided on its own merit. cases are fully investigated and the use of internal and external agencies has improved detection rates. Examples of reasons that would not be accepted Council officers will carry out unannounced address include failure of a primary school to remind a parent to visits as appropriate. apply, late return from a family holiday or non-receipt of an application form due to postal issues. You are advised If you know someone who intends to or has to contact the admissions team as soon as possible if used a false address to get a school place, submitting an application after the closing date. you can report this confidentially to the admissions team on 020 8753 1085 or email: Change of preferences [email protected] If you wish to change the order of preference of You do not need to give your name but please schools listed on your application form and you provide as much information as possible so we can applied online, you can log back in to your account investigate the matter fully. to change/add/delete preferences up until the closing If we find a school place was obtained using a false date. If you did not apply online, you must email address we will withdraw our offer, even after the [email protected] or write to the child has started school, and give it to the child admissions team before the closing date. who was entitled to the place. If it is decided not to It is not normally possible to accept any changes after remove the offer, normally when the child has been the closing date. If you do want to add preferences on roll for more than one term, any future sibling or change your order of preferences after this date, link will not apply. you must inform the admissions team as indicated above. In most cases, new or changed preferences will be considered only after all other applications have been considered.
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Guidance on completing your application Relationship to child (paper or online) Please indicate your relationship to the child (e.g. mother, The online application is set out in a similar way to the father, grandmother, foster carer). paper form. The following guidance applies to both: Children with an Education, Health and Care Naming only the school you most want for your (EHC) plan • child will not increase his or her chance of being You do not need to complete this application if your offered a place. It is therefore advised you name child has an EHC plan as there is a separate process that further preferences and ones you consider to be is outlined on page 68 in this brochure. If your child realistic options. is in the process of being assessed for a statement or If we receive more than one application for your child, EHC plan, please complete this application and make • the most recently dated application will be the one us aware of the circumstances. Doing so will ensure the we process. school that is eventually offered to your child is fully aware before admission and can plan accordingly to be Because of the demand for places at the most popular able to meet your child’s needs. • schools, your child may not be offered a place at your first preference. Looked After Children Looked After Children (also referred to as in “Public Your child’s name Care”) and children who have been adopted or made Please write your child’s name clearly and use the subject to a child arrangement order or a special same name you have registered with your child’s guardianship order immediately after having been primary school. Looked After receive priority for admission to school. Your child’s date of birth The child’s social worker must submit a letter to the You should only be applying if your child is currently admissions team confirming the legal status of the child in Year 6 in primary school and their date of birth is and the local authority to which the child is/was in care, between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010. quoting the child’s full name and current address. If your child is in Year 6 and does not fall in this birth range, please speak to your primary school headteacher before completing the application.
Your child’s home address The address you give must be your child’s permanent address on the closing date for applications. Please see page 13 for more information.
Your child’s primary school You must include the name of the primary school your child currently attends. If your child is being educated at home, please state this in the space provided.
Details of parent or carer This section needs to be completed by the parent or carer of the child, who will also need to indicate they have parental responsibility. Only one parent needs to complete this section but you can indicate the name of the other parent in the space provided if you wish.
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Exceptional need Siblings of former pupils All schools have experience in dealing with children Some schools give priority to siblings of former pupils with diverse needs. These could be educational, medical in their admission criteria. This does not apply to all and/or social needs. However, in very few exceptional schools, so check the criteria for the school you are cases, there may be reasons why a child may need to applying to. If you are applying under this criterion attend a specific school. Please refer to page 14 for please list the name and date of birth of the former further information. sibling and the school they attended in the relevant box.
School preferences Children of school staff You can list up to six state-maintained schools, including Some schools give priority in their admission criteria to any voluntary aided (church) schools, foundation children of staff. This does not apply to all schools, so schools, Free Schools and Academies, and any schools check the criteria for the school you are applying to. in neighbouring local authorities, in order of your Please indicate in the relevant section if you are applying preference. Please do not name independent/private under this criterion, naming the school you are applying fee-paying schools on this form – applications to these for. You must also provide supporting evidence from must be made separately. the school.
You do not have to name six schools, but it is strongly Reasons for preference advised you should name as many preferences as Please note schools can only use their published possible and include at least one school where you have admission criteria to decide which children qualify for a good chance of being offered a place. a place. It is therefore not necessary to give reasons for You will need to read the admission criteria for the your preferences. If, however, there are medical or social schools to determine the likelihood you have of gaining reasons why your child should attend the school you a place. Applying for only one school will not improve have named, please indicate these, as outlined above. your chances of gaining a place at that school. Declaration and signature of parent or carer Siblings (brothers or sisters) You must sign your application to certify you have If your child has a brother or sister who is currently on parental responsibility for the child for whom you are roll, and will continue to be so, at one of your preferred applying and the address on the application is the schools at the time of admission for the child you are main residence of the child. If you provide any false applying for, you must include their details where or misleading information on the application or in requested. Relatives such as cousins, uncles and aunts supporting papers, or withhold relevant information, are not considered as siblings, even if they are living at it may render your application invalid and lead to the the same address. withdrawal of an offer of a place. Please be aware the definition of sibling can vary, so you are strongly advised to check with relevant boroughs or schools for their definition and if the school gives priority to siblings.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 17 The application process Completing your application
Apply online and save time You can apply online in five easy steps If you are an H&F resident you must complete the Why apply online? Hammersmith & Fulham common application to apply It is quick and easy to do. for a secondary school place. We recommend you apply • online at www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions You can log back on to change or delete preferences • up until 11.59pm on the closing date (ensure you The council will co-ordinate the admission process resubmit your application if making changes). with the other 32 London boroughs and neighbouring authorities to ensure no child receives more than one • You are able to attach additional documents. offer of a place at a secondary school in London on • You can register your mobile phone number to receive 1 March 2021. reminder alerts. The one offer received will be for the highest-preference • You will automatically receive a confirmation email school for which your child is eligible. You will have once you submit your application. the opportunity to express a preference for up to During the evening of 1 March 2021 you will receive six secondary schools, Academies and Free Schools, • an email with the outcome of your application. Please including schools outside Hammersmith & Fulham. wait until you have received the email before logging You must list them in order of preference. This means onto the Pan-London e Admissions website. you should put your first preference (ie the school You will be able to accept or decline an offer of a you most want your child to go to) at the top of the • school place online. list, your second preference below and then continue adding any further preferences you would like to make. It is vital you put your school preferences in the order you would like them.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 18 The application process A step-by-step guide to applying online
To start your online application visit: www.eadmissions.org.uk Or use the link from the council’s website: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 1
If you have used the online system before, log into your account* and proceed to step 2. To create a new account: Enter your details providing your name, address and • contact information by clicking on ‘Register’ in the First Time Visitors area. You will be asked to create a password. You will need • this to get the outcome of your application. Read the privacy policies before ticking the agreement • box and click ‘Create’ to set up your account. You will receive a validation email to activate your account. Next, specify answers for three security questions. • This will help you to reset the account if you forget your password. 2 • Click ‘Start new application’. • Enter your child’s details as accurately as possible. Apply only for a child born between • 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010. Make sure you enter your permanent • address only. This will be verified against council records. If you have twins or triplets, you must remember • to create a separate application for each child. You will need to specify your relationship to the • child and confirm whether you have parental responsibility for them.
*If you have forgotten your log-in details click on the ‘Forgotten username and password’ link on the e Admissions website: www.eadmissions.org.uk
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 19 The application process A step-by-step guide to applying online
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Add your school preferences by first selecting the • local authority that each school falls within. Make sure that you read the schools’ • admission criteria. This will be a guide as to the likelihood of being offered a place at the school you are interested in. Select and add the schools you wish to apply for. • You can apply for up to six schools. For each school selected you will be asked a number • of questions (such as whether there is a sibling at the school). Make sure you answer the questions correctly. If you tick the medical/social box please ensure you • provide additional documents either by attaching them to the application (after submitting) or by sending them to the admissions team. 4 • Check all of the details entered are correct. • Be sure to review the checklist. Read the declaration and the terms and • conditions and tick each box to accept them. Click the ‘Submit Application’ button. • You must click the submit button by the closing date of the 31 October 2020. If you do not do this, your application will not be processed. Once you have submitted your application • you will be able to attach documents. • You will receive an email confirmation.
Remember: If you apply online, you must not complete a paper application form
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 20 The application process What will happen next
How decisions are made information is available for all schools in the respective The process local authority brochure, which can be accessed online (neighbouring London local authority website addresses The admissions team will process any preferences you and contact details can be found on pages 75 to 77). have made for Hammersmith & Fulham schools and pass on your child’s details to schools that are responsible for Example 1 their own admissions. If you have applied for schools that are not located in Hammersmith & Fulham, your Preference School Criteria Outcome rank met? preference/preferences will be passed to the local authority that maintains those schools. At the same 1st Hammersmith Yes Place time, the admissions team will receive applications for Academy offered Hammersmith & Fulham schools from residents in other 2nd Ark Burlington No Withdrawn local authorities. All these operations will be carried out Danes as higher via the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System. Academy offer met The order of your preferences is not revealed to the 3rd Phoenix Yes Withdrawn schools. This information is only known by your home local Academy as higher authority and the authority where the schools are located. offer met If any school has more applicants than places available, 4th Holland Park No Withdrawn School as higher the published admission criteria will be used to decide offer met the order in which applicants will be offered places. The same process is carried out across London and decisions 5th Kensington No Withdrawn are made by all Admission Authorities by a common Aldridge as higher Academy offer met deadline and relayed back to the home local authority. This co-ordinated process eliminates multiple offers and 6th London Yes Withdrawn will result in your child being offered the highest potential Oratory School as higher school you named in your list of preferences (if an offer offer met can be made). Examples are shown in the tables below. Example 2 You need to be realistic when deciding your school preferences. The following are examples of why an Preference School Criteria Outcome offer may not be made to your child if a school is rank met? oversubscribed: 1st Lady Margaret No Placed on • Other applicants live closer to the school and distance School waiting list is the tie-breaker. 2nd Fulham Cross Yes Place • You applied for Church school/schools but other Girls School offered applicants met a higher faith category requirement 3rd Hammersmith No Withdrawn which meant lower categories in the criteria were Academy as higher not reached. offer met You live outside of a priority area for a school. Places can 4th Hurlingham Yes Withdrawn • only be offered beyond the area if places are available. Academy as higher offer met You live close to the school or met the faith criteria • but the tie breaker used is random allocation (lottery). 5th No preference N/A N/A made A breakdown of last year’s admissions to each Hammersmith & Fulham school is included in the 6th No preference N/A N/A made schools section of this brochure. You will find this
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 21 The application process What will happen next
Notifying you of the outcome How to accept the place you have been offered. • You should not reject the place unless you have a If you made your application online, you will be able to place secured elsewhere and should indicate the log on to the e Admissions site using your username and name of the alternative school. password during the evening of 1 March 2021 to view the outcome of your application and accept or decline • If you have not been offered one of your school any offer made. Letters will only be sent in the post to preferences, the reason why and who to contact residents who completed the paper application form. for further information*. Letters will be sent on 2 March first class. • Waiting list and appeal information and who to The email notification or letter will tell you the following: contact for further details. The name of the school that can offer you a place. • The details of schools which have vacancies, if you • If it has not been possible to offer any of the schools did not receive an offer for any of your preferences you applied for, the nearest alternative school will be and you do not want to accept the alternative school offered to you, if there is one available. offered to you. That any preferences for schools listed lower than the • school offered have been withdrawn.
*The email notification or letter does not go into the detail of why a place could not be offered, and can only inform you your child did not receive a high enough priority in the oversubscription criteria. You will be able to obtain more detailed information from the local authority where the school is located or the school itself if it is its own Admission Authority. Please contact the admissions team in the first instance. They will be able to advise you.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 22 The application process What will happen next
Waiting lists You will be contacted at some point during the academic year to indicate continued interest to remain Your child’s name will automatically be added to the on the waiting list. If you do not respond, your child’s waiting list for any Hammersmith & Fulham schools name will be removed from the list unless you inform us that could not be offered. Any schools you named as a otherwise. This exercise is carried out to ensure waiting lower preference than the school offered to your child lists only ever include children who would take up an would have been withdrawn under the co-ordinated offer for a school if it became available. arrangements. You will need to re-apply to these schools if you want your child to be included on a Appeal arrangements waiting list. You can make an appeal to each school where your If you have not been offered a place at a school in application has been unsuccessful. Appeals are heard another borough and require waiting list information, by an independent panel. The school will explain to the you will need to contact the school or the borough that panel why a place could not be allocated to your child. maintains the school. You will then be heard by the panel and will need to Waiting lists are ordered in accordance with the show the school’s published admission arrangements published admission criteria for each school and places were not correctly applied or there are special reasons will be offered to children as vacancies arise with no why your child should be given a place even though the differentiation between on-time or late applications. school is full. The management of the waiting lists for Fulham More detailed information about admission appeals is College Boys’ School, Fulham Cross Girls’ School, available at www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions . Hurlingham Academy and Phoenix Academy are Guidance will also be provided with your appeal form delegated to the admissions team. Waiting list positions should you decide to pursue this right. will be available from 30 March 2021. Waiting lists If you would like to seek independent advice you may wish for the remaining schools in Hammersmith & Fulham to contact the Child Law Advice Service which provides are the responsibility of the respective schools. You will free legal information, advice and representation to need to contact the school directly for an update of children, their families and carers. Please see their website your child’s waiting list position. www.childlawadvice.org.uk/school-admissions As a result of vacancies arising, the governors or for further details or call 0300 330 5485, Monday to admissions team on behalf of the school will determine Friday for advice. who is offered the next place/places in accordance with the published admission criteria and waiting list ranking. Making final arrangements You will be notified of any offer that can be made by for starting school the admissions team from 30 March 2021. The headteacher of the secondary school where your A child’s position on the waiting list can go down child has been offered a place will invite you to visit as well as up. For example, if a new application is the school before the end of the summer term 2021. submitted and they meet a higher priority against the You will have the opportunity to look around the admission criteria for the school, the waiting list will school and to discuss questions such as school uniform, need to be revised to include the new applicant. The books, travel arrangements, midday meals and possible offer of a place does not depend on the length of time financial help. your child’s name has been on the waiting list and there By the start of the summer holidays, the arrangements can never be any guarantee a place will be offered. for your child’s transfer to a new school should have been completed so they can look forward to starting there in September.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 23 The application process Frequently asked questions
What does the law require? Do I have priority for a school place in the Of parents: borough I live in? It is the duty of the parent of every child aged five to 16 No, it is against the law for local councils to give priority to ensure the child receives efficient, full-time education, to their own residents. suitable to his or her age, ability or aptitude (and to any special need), either by regular attendance at school Can I change or withdraw my preferences or otherwise. after I have submitted my application? Of local authorities: Once you have submitted your application, you can It is the duty of every local authority to ensure sufficient change the order of your preferences and the schools primary and secondary schools of appropriate character you have listed up until the closing date. Changes and with necessary equipment are available to provide cannot be made to your application after the closing all pupils in the area with education suitable to their date except in exceptional circumstances. different ages, abilities and aptitudes. The distance you have calculated from my Does the law guarantee my child a place home to the school is further away than the in the school of my choice? distance I have calculated on a measuring system I used on the internet. What do I do? No, the law states parents may express a preference for any school; however, if more parents express a The local authority’s geographical measuring system preference for a school than the number of places is used for calculating distances from home to school. available, there has to be an order of priority to decide Distances measured by other means (e.g. private car, which children to offer places to. The law allows parents pedometer or on the internet) are likely to be calculated to appeal to an independent panel if their child is refused on a different basis and should not be relied upon as a place at a school of their preference. Please refer to the evidence the local authority’s distance calculation is section on appeals on page 23 for further information. incorrect. The local authority’s measuring system is designed to be precise, reliable and consistent, and is used for all applications. Will a school know where I listed it in my application? The school I have applied for has random No, all applications are treated equally against each allocation to decide who is offered a place. school’s published admission criteria. Schools are How does this work? not provided with the preference order as it has no Some schools use random allocation instead of distance relevance to the decision-making process. in order to determine a rank number order when there are more applications than places available. This may If I decide I prefer a school I listed lower than also be referred to as a lottery or ballot. Schools can the school I was offered, can I be considered decide how they apply this method but it must be for a place? supervised by someone independent of the school. Any preferences that are listed lower than the school This can be an individual or an external organisation. offered are automatically withdrawn, so any lower preferences will no longer exist. Any requests after When places become available, random allocation offers have been made for lower preferences will be must be used each time to determine the next offer. treated as a new late application. If the school has a This will mean that there is no ordered waiting list for vacancy, then it will be possible to offer your child a schools that use random allocation. Each time random place and withdraw the original offer made to you. allocation is applied, a record is kept that will show the If the school is full your child’s name will be added to rank number given to the applicants. the waiting list.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 24 School information School information Overview
How to use this section The child living closest to the school will receive the highest priority; accessibility by car or public transport This section contains basic information for each school will be disregarded. If applicants share the same address and a summarised version of the oversubscription criteria. point (for example, those who live in the same block You are advised to read the full admission arrangements of flats or shared house), priority will be given to those for each school you are interested in applying to. These who live closest to the ground floor, then by ascending can be obtained directly from the respective school, flat number order. Routes are measured to four decimal their website and the local authority’s website. places (if necessary). Common definitions If, in the unlikely event two or more applicants live exactly the same distance from the school, the offer of To avoid repetition, the following common definitions a place will be decided by random allocation, which will will apply to each school and Academy in this section be carried out independently of the school. (unless indicated otherwise in the school’s criteria). Please note: Exceptional need For all schools included in this brochure, children If this priority forms part of the school’s admission with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan criteria, the governors may, on an individual basis, give that name the school will be allocated a place priority to applicants who can demonstrate admission to before any other allocations are made. Further the school is necessary on the grounds of professionally information can be found on page 68. supported educational, medical and/or social need and that only this school can meet this need. Parents/carers Looked After Children (also referred to as in must supply details of any such special factors at the “Public Care”) time of the original application, together with recent Children in care of the local authority and children supporting documentation. Such applications will not who have been adopted or made subject to a be considered without professional support – such as child arrangement or a special guardianship order a letter or report from a doctor, consultant or social immediately following having been Looked After. worker. Further guidance can be found on page 14. The child’s social worker must submit a letter to the admissions team confirming the legal status of the child Children from multiple births (e.g. twins, triplets) and the local authority to which the child is/was in care, Each school must set out in its admission arrangements and quoting the child’s full name and current address. how it considers applicants from multiple births when the admission limit may be exceeded to admit all Siblings (brothers and sisters) children. In most cases, places will be offered to all Children already attending the school who will continue children. You are, however, advised to check the full to do so on the date of admission of the applicant. This policy for the school/schools you are applying for if this includes half-brothers or half-sisters, adopted brothers is a concern for you as different rules may apply. or sisters, stepbrothers or stepsisters or the children of the partner of the parent or carer, provided they live at the same address as the applicant.
Distance from home to school Unless indicated otherwise in the individual admission criteria for each school, distances are calculated using a straight line (as the crow flies) measurement from the child’s home “address point” (determined by Ordnance Survey data) to the main school gate (as determined by Hammersmith & Fulham Council using its computerised measuring system).
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 26 School information Ark Burlington Danes Academy
Wood Lane 020 8735 4950 London W12 0HR [email protected] www.burlingtondanes.org
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube station Academy, mixed 205 6905 White City (Circle Line)
Ages Number of pupils to be Bus routes Reception to 18 admitted in September 2021 220, 7, 272, 72 180 Principal Paul Bhatia
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 27 School information Ark Burlington Danes Academy
About our school At Ark Burlington Danes Academy, we believe that We know that a great education encompasses more everyone deserves to be accepted, included and than just grades. For a rich and rounded education, empowered to live a life that is purposeful and fulfilling. we know our students need high quality experiences We believe that through learning to our fullest potential that stretch beyond the classroom. and living a life filled with kindness and thankfulness, Our carefully curated programme helps our students we can be the ones to make the world a better place. to develop their confidence, resilience and character, The Academy has been a beacon of academic excellence enabling them to become the leaders of the future. since 1699, and quite rightly our focus remains on our The commitment to our students’ broader development students achieving exceptional exam results to access is evident throughout the cultural life of our school, the best universities and jobs. and demonstrates why Burlington Danes is such a special place to learn.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.burlingtondanes.org
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 28 School information Ark Burlington Danes Academy
Admission criteria Sixth form The below criteria has been summarised and you Please see the school website for information will need to refer to the school’s website for the on applying to sixth form: full admission policy and arrangements: www.burlingtondanes.org/sixth-form/welcome www.burlingtondanes.org/admissions/ admissions-policy How places were offered in 2020 You can also obtain further information by visiting the Total applications submitted: 358 school on the dates set out below. 5 places allocated to pupils with SEN/EHC plans. After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the admission criteria will be applied in the following order Criterion Offers of priority: LAC priority 2 offers 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. Siblings 48 offers 2. Children of staff at the school where there is a demonstrable skill shortage – children of members of Church of England 15 (list exhausted) staff will have priority in the oversubscription criteria if the staff member is filling a post for which there is Children of staff – No offers no skill shortage a demonstrable skill shortage. Ark Schools is required to approve the principal’s designation of such posts Distance 111 offers up to 3.741 miles and confirm the assessment that a member of staff straight-line distance appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year. Appeals information 3. Siblings*. 2020: 0 appeals 4. Up to 25 per cent of the remaining places will be 2019: 0 appeals allocated to children who attend Church of England 2018: 15 heard, 2 upheld primary schools in the London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster and, where there are more Key dates applications in this category than places, places will Open evenings be offered on distance*. Thursday 24 September, Thursday 1 October and 5. Children of staff in the school – where there is no Thursday 8 October. All at 5.00 to 7.00pm demonstrable skill shortage, priority may be given For further dates and times or information visit where the Academy is oversubscribed to a child of a school’s website. person who will have been employed in the Academy for two or more years at the time the application for admission is made. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year. 6. Distance from home to school*.
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 29 School information The Fulham Boys School
Heckfield Place 020 7381 7100 London SW6 5NL [email protected] www.fulhamboysschool.org
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube stations Free School, Church of England, 205 4001 Fulham Broadway (District line); boys Parsons Green (District line); Number of pupils to be West Brompton (District Line Ages admitted in September 2021 and Overground) 11 to 18 120 Bus routes Headteacher Please refer to school Alun Ebenezer
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 30 School information The Fulham Boys School
About our school The Fulham Boys School has a strong and distinctive We’re an academic school, determined to become one ethos founded on three core pillars. of the best schools in the country through equipping our students with the skills, knowledge and resilience We are geared towards boys – which means everything to flourish in the next stage of their lives. about the school from lunch to lessons to sports afternoons is designed to bring the best out in boys; we’re built on the Christian faith – boys of any faith or none are all welcome but all are expected to respect our Christian values; and we are committed to nurturing enterprise – individual, business and social enterprise – in all our students.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.fulhamboysschool.org
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 31 School information The Fulham Boys School
Admission criteria Open places The below criteria has been summarised and If the open places are oversubscribed, applications will you will need to refer to the school’s website be prioritised in the following order: for the full admission policy and arrangements: a. Boys with a sibling in the school on the date www.fulhamboysschool.org of admission. You can also obtain further information by visiting the b. Boys who are resident in the priority admission zone**. school on the dates set out below. c. Other boys. After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the Tie-break admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: If either category remains oversubscribed after the application of the above criteria, places will be assigned 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. within that category by random allocation. The process 2. Founders’ children. will be conducted independently by computer program. 3. Children of staff. Additional forms to complete 4. Sports aptitude – up to 8 places. Faith Application and Sports Aptitude application to be After the above, the remaining places will be split 50-50 returned direct to the school. between Christian and open places.
Christian faith places If the Christian faith places are oversubscribed, applications will be prioritised in the following order: a. Boys applying for a Christian faith place with a sibling on the date of admission. b. Boys who themselves or their parents are practising members of the Anglican Church residing within the priority admission zone**. c. Boys who themselves or their parents are practising members of other Christian churches and resident within the priority admission zone**. d. Other Christian faith place applicant.
Footnotes *Common definitions can be found on page 26. **An admissions zone has been identified for both faith and open places as two miles radius of the school’s permanent location at Heckfield Place SW6 5NL.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 32 School information The Fulham Boys School
How places were offered in 2020 Sixth form admissions Total applications submitted: 473 The school welcomes applications from external 3 places allocated to pupils with SEN/EHC plans. applicants. For information on applying to sixth form visit: www.fulhamboysschool.org Criterion Offers
LAC priority 1 offer Key dates Children of staff 0 offers Open evening Tuesday 29 September, with talk from Headmaster Sports aptitude 6 offers at 6.00pm, 6.45pm and 7.15pm Open day Faith places Thursday 24 September, with talk from Criterion Offers Headmaster at 9.15am and 11.15am Sports aptitude application deadline Faith siblings 7 offers Thursday 1 October C of E in priority zone 24 offers Sports aptitude test date Tuesday 6 October Christians in priority zone 28 offers
Other Christians outside 2 offers priority zone
Open places
Criterion Offers
Open siblings 11 offers
Open places in priority zone 48 offers
Appeals information 2020: 0 heard, please refer to school for further details 2019: 2 heard, please refer to school for further details 2018: 5 heard, 1 upheld
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 33 School information The Fulham Boys School
The Fulham Boys School priority admission zone map The thick blue line denotes the boundary of the priority admission zone. The site of The Fulham Boys School is marked by a red dot in the centre of the map.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 34 School information Fulham Cross Academy
Kingwood Road 020 7381 3606 London SW6 6SN [email protected] www.fulhamcrosstrust.net
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube stations Academy, mixed 205 4106 Parsons Green, Putney Bridge, Fulham Broadway (District Ages Number of pupils to be Line); Barons Court (District and 11 to 19 admitted in September 2021 Piccadilly Lines); Hammersmith 125 (Hammersmith & City, Circle, Executive Principal District and Piccadilly Lines) Mrs Sally Brooks Specialism Science, Technology, Bus routes Engineering and Technology 74, 220, 430, 295, 190, 211, 424, 14, 414
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 35 School information Fulham Cross Academy
About our school Fulham Cross Academy is an innovative school that We passionately believe that the quality of an education provides a dynamic place to learn and work. We is seen less in the questions children answer than in the provide a stimulating curriculum rooted in Science, questions they ask. When students leave us, we want Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) learning, them to be confident and creative young men and whilst allowing learners and staff to flourish in the arts, women with an unshakeable sense of self-worth who languages and beyond. have fully developed their talents and abilities Our school is driven by a passion to see the young Who we are, what we do, and what we believe in could people who walk through our doors succeed. The not be more important or relevant for young people care, well-being and achievement of all our students growing up in the modern world. is paramount to every member of staff and underpins everything that we do on a day-to-day basis.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.fulhamcrosstrust.net
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 36 School information Fulham Cross Academy
Admission criteria Appeals information The below criteria has been summarised and There have been no appeals lodged over a you will need to refer to the school’s website three-year period. for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.fulhamcrossacademy.co.uk You can also obtain further information by visiting the Key dates school on the dates set out below. Open evening After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the 30 September at 4.30 to 7.00pm admission criteria will be applied in the following order Open mornings of priority: Tuesday 6 October and Thursday 8 October. 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. Both at 9.00 to 10.30am 2. Exceptional need*. 3. Siblings* already on the roll within any of the Fulham College Academy Trust schools: Fulham Cross Academy, Fulham Cross Girls’ and the Fulham Enterprise Studio. 4. Distance from home to school*.
Twins, triplets and multiple births In the case of a tie-break for children of multiple births, offers will be made to the siblings and be considered as an excepted pupil in accordance with the Admissions Code.
Sixth form Please see the school website for information on applying to sixth form: www.fulhamenterprise.net
How places were offered in 2020 Total applications submitted: 291 All applicants were offered a place.
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 37 School information Fulham Cross Girls’ School
Munster Road 020 7381 0861 London SW6 6BP [email protected] www.fulhamcross.net
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube stations Academy, girls 205 4315 Hammersmith (Hammersmith & City, Circle, District and Ages Number of pupils to be Piccadilly Lines); Fulham Broadway 11 to 16 admitted in September 2021 (District Line); Barons Court 135 (District and Circle Lines) Executive Principal Ms Sally Brooks, M A NPQH Specialism Bus routes Languages 74, 220, 430, 295, 190, 211, Head of School 424, 14, 414 Ms Denise Fox, M A NPQH
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 38 School information Fulham Cross Girls’ School
About our school Fulham Cross Girls’ School is in the top two percent of Our EMPOWER ethos is a set of values that underpins the country for progress and is consistently outstanding everything that we do. We aim to educate, empower – but we are so much more than that. and build leaders for the future. We believe in empowering tomorrow’s women and we With an award-winning faculty, our state-of-the-art are committed to equipping young girls with the tools Science and P E building now completed, we continue and knowledge to achieve anything they want. to go from strength to strength. We break down gender barriers and ensure that Fulham Cross Girls’ School will not only deliver on students are confident, reflective women able to providing your daughter/ward with an outstanding, transcend the challenges of modern society. well-rounded education but we will set them up to be the women of tomorrow.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.fulhamcross.net
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 39 School information Fulham Cross Girls’ School
Admission criteria How places were offered in 2020 The below criteria has been summarised and Total applications submitted: 319 you will need to refer to the school’s website 0 places allocated to pupils with SEN/EHC plans. for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.fulhamcross.net/admissions Criterion Offers You can also obtain further information by visiting the Exceptional medical/social 1 offer school on the dates set out below. After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the Siblings 24 offers admission criteria will be applied in the following order Distance Remaining places of priority: offered up to 2.350 miles 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. straight-line distance 2. Exceptional need*. 3. Siblings* already on the roll within any of the Fulham Appeals information College Academy Trust schools; Fulham College Boys, Please refer to the school for further information. Fulham Cross Girls’ and the Fulham Enterprise Studio. 4. Distance from home to school*. Key dates Twins, triplets and multiple births Open evening In the case of a tie-break for children of multiple Wednesday 23 September at 4.00 to 7.00pm, births, offers will be made to the siblings and be with Head of school talk at 4.30pm and 5.30pm considered as an excepted pupil in accordance with the Admissions Code. Open mornings Tuesday 29 September and Thursday 1 October. Both at 9.00 to 10.30am, with Head of school talk at 10.00am
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 40 School information Hammersmith Academy
25 Cathnor Road 020 8222 6000 London W12 9JD [email protected] www.hammersmithacademy.org
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube stations Academy, mixed 205 6906 Goldhawk Road (Hammersmith & City Line) Ravens court Park Ages Number of pupils to be (District Line) 11 to 18 admitted in September 2021 130 Bus routes Headteacher/Principal 94, 207, 228, 237, 260, 266, Gary Kynaston B Ed, M A, NPQH Specialism 283, 607 Creative & digital media and I T
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 41 School information Hammersmith Academy
About our school Hammersmith Academy is different. We are an inspiring The school always aspire to develop highly qualified, and creative school that provides a premium level of aspirational young adults who make outstanding and education that fosters self-confidence in all its students. progressive contribution to the community. Our aim is always to help each student to find their inner purpose and unearth their unique contribution to life.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.hammersmithacademy.org
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 42 School information Hammersmith Academy
Admission criteria own Year 11 and from external schools. Please see the school website for information on applying to sixth form: The below criteria has been summarised and www.hammersmithacademy.org/about-us/ you will need to refer to the school’s website sixth-form for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.hammersmithacademy.org/admissions How places were offered in 2020 You can also obtain further information by visiting the Total applications submitted: 725 school on the dates set out below. 5 places allocated to pupils with SEN/EHC plans. All students who are applying for a place at Hammersmith Academy for Year 7 will be required to Criterion Offers take a fair banding test. The purpose of this non-verbal reasoning test is for the Academy to achieve a genuine Band A 26 offers (including sibling offers outside spread of ability. The results of the test will place the the priority area), last offer up to 1.705 students in one of five ability bands. miles straight-line outside the priority area After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the Band B 26 offers (including 1 LAC), last offer admission criteria will be applied in the following order up to 0.680 miles straight-line inside the priority area of priority: 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. Band C 26 offers, last offer up to 0.785 miles straight-line inside the priority area 2. Pupils living in the Academy admissions priority area on the basis of straight-line distance*. Band D 26 offers, last offer up to 0.800 miles straight-line inside the priority area 3. Siblings outside the academy admissions priority area on the basis of straight line distance. Band E 21 offers, last offer up to 0.701 miles 4. Pupils living outside the Academy admissions straight-line inside the priority area priority area on the basis of straight-line distance*. Appeals information Admissions priority area 2020: Please refer to school for more information A basic map is provided on the next page. Please refer to the school’s website for a detailed priority area map. 2019: 30 heard, 3 upheld 2018: 28 heard, 1 upheld Additional forms to complete Due to the corona virus disruption, the school has been Key dates unable to confirm the banding test details. Please visit www.hammersmithacademy.org for more The corona virus disruption has meant that we have information. Forms are available from the academy been unable to confirm our Open Event dates in website or directly from the academy office. September and October at the time of printing. Please visit www.hammersmithacademy.org Sixth form where we will provide updates on our Open Event schedule, or email our Admissions Department at The Academy will aim to admit 125 students into [email protected] Year 12 each year, who meet the published admissions criteria for sixth form entry, both from the Academy’s
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 43 School information Hammersmith Academy
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Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 44 School information The Hurlingham Academy
Peterborough Road 020 7731 2581 London SW6 3ED [email protected] www.thehurlinghamacademy.org.uk
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube station Academy, mixed 205 4002 Parsons Green (District Line)
Ages Number of pupils to be Bus routes 11 to 16 admitted in September 2021 28, 295, 424, C3, 22, 44 150 Principal Leon Wilson
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 45 School information The Hurlingham Academy
About our school We are very proud of our school and the transformation and therefore they flourish as learners and make that has occurred here since 2015. We remain the top expected progress. We also take our responsibility performing non-selective, co-ed school in the borough to nurture young people seriously and seek to do and we are thrilled to see our students go on to quality this properly and carefully. We invest a lot of time further education institutions each year. Rigorous and thought into creating meaningful and impacting teaching and learning is embedded in all subjects across enrichment, Personal, Social and Health Education and a wide and interesting curriculum and pupils across KS3 pastoral programmes. We want our students to be and KS4 are stretched and challenged on a daily basis. able to explore and think deeply about themselves as Outcomes at KS3 and KS4 are well above average. Pupils citizens, about the world and its issues and about their are expected to respect and engage thoroughly in their own responsibility to their communities. education and to be responsible for their own learning. We are proud of our school and our pupils and we have We are a small school and we hugely benefit from being an open door policy. Parents and visitors are welcome a close-knit, diverse and respect based community to come in and tour our school without the need for in which pupils are known and nurtured individually. an appointment. Please do take us up on this! We look Pupils are happy and safe at The Hurlingham Academy forward to showing you all we are doing each day!
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.thehurlinghamacademy.org.uk
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 46 School information The Hurlingham Academy
Admission criteria Appeals information The below criteria has been summarised and There have been no appeals lodged over a you will need to refer to the school’s website three-year period. for the full admission policy and arrangements: www.thehurlinghamacademy.org.uk You can also obtain further information by visiting the Key dates school on the dates set out below. Open evening After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the Thursday 1 October at 5.00 to 7.30pm. admission criteria will be applied in the following order Principal will speak at 6.15pm of priority: Open mornings 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. Monday 5 October to Friday 9 October, then Monday 12 October, Wednesday 14 October, 2. Exceptional need*. Monday 19 October and Wednesday 21 October. 3. Siblings*. All at 9.00am to 12.00 noon 4. Distance from home to school*. If you are unable to make these dates, please feel free to turn up when convenient for you. How places were offered in 2020 Total applications submitted: 368 All on-time applicants who applied were offered a place.
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 47 School information Lady Margaret School
Parsons Green 020 7736 7138 London SW6 4UN [email protected] www.ladymargaret.lbhf.sch.uk
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube station Academy, Church of England, girls 205 4632 Parsons Green (District Line)
Ages Number of pupils to be Bus routes 11 to 18 admitted in September 2021 14, 22, 414, 424 120 Headteacher/Principal Ms Elisabeth Stevenson
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 48 School information Lady Margaret School
About our school Lady Margaret School is a Church of England academy Established in September 1917, the school seeks to offer for girls aged 11 to 18 in the London Borough of a safe, caring and intellectually stimulating environment Hammersmith and Fulham. It is an outstandingly supported by a strong programme of extra-curricular successful school in welcoming girls of all academic activities that enables students to go on to lead fulfilled abilities and ensuring that they achieve their full potential. and enriched lives. Its success is based on a culture of high expectations A majority of students stay on in the Sixth Form that has and aspirations, excellent standards of teaching and a high academic standards. This enables girls to choose strong commitment to the Christian ethos. However, it undergraduate courses at universities of their choice, remains an inclusive school and girls from other faiths or including Oxbridge, Imperial and UCL as well as art and those who have no religious beliefs at all are welcomed. music colleges.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.ladymargaret.lbhf.sch.uk
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 49 School information Lady Margaret School
Admission criteria 5. Open band 2: 27 open places for girls of average ability. The below criteria has been summarised and you will need to refer to the school website for the full 6. Open band 3: 13 open places for girls of admission policy and arrangements: below-average ability. www.ladymargaret.lbhf.sch.uk/ Priority of applications admissions-year-7 After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the You can also obtain further information by visiting the admission criteria will be applied in the following order school on the dates set out below. of priority: Foundation and open places 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. 67 foundation places will be reserved for girls who 2. Siblings*. A girl does not qualify for sibling priority if: have attended services at a Church of England church a. her older sister will not be a pupil at the school or churches at least fortnightly for a minimum of three in the admission year; or years up to the date of application. We will take up a reference from a vicar in order to assess each application b. her home address is at a greater straight line for a foundation place. distance from the school than the home address of her older sister at the time of the latter’s 53 open places will be reserved for girls of any, or admissions; or no, religion. Unsuccessful applicants for foundation places will automatically be considered for open c. her older sister first joined the school at Year 12. places. There is no need to fill in a separate Additional 3. Distance from home to school*. Information Form – one form covers both foundation and open places. Additional forms to complete Ability bands Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be returned Applications for foundation and open places will be direct to school. separately divided into the three ability bands making six categories, depending on the girl’s ability and the Sixth form admissions nature of her application: For information on applying to sixth form, visit: 1. Foundation band 1: 17 places for girls of www.ladymargaret.lbhf.sch.uk/ above-average ability who are entitled to apply sixth-form-welcome for foundation places. 2. Foundation band 2: 33 places for girls of average ability who are entitled to apply for foundation places. 3. Foundation band 3: 17 places for girls of below-average ability who are entitled to apply for foundation places. 4. Open band 1: 13 open places for girls of above-average ability.
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 50 School information Lady Margaret School
How places were offered in 2020 Appeals information Total applications submitted: 798 2020: 3 heard, none upheld 2 places allocated to pupils with SEN/EHC plans. 2019: 4 heard, none upheld 3 places offered to Looked After or previously 2018: 8 heard, 1 upheld Looked After Children. 36 places offered to girls with siblings. Key dates Criterion Offers Please refer to school’s website for details on Open Days and Banding Test dates. Foundation band 1 17 offers (including 5 siblings), up to 1.302 miles straight-line distance
Foundation band 2 33 offers (including 8 siblings), up to 1.593 miles straight-line distance
Foundation band 3 17 offers (including 3 siblings), up to 1.395 miles straight-line distance
Open band 1 13 offers (including 9 siblings), up to 0.102 miles straight-line distance
Open band 2 27 offers (including 7 siblings), up to 0.397 miles straight-line distance
Open band 3 11 offers (including 3 LAC and 4 siblings), up to 0.272 miles straight-line distance
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 51 School information The London Oratory School
Seagrave Road 020 7385 0102 London SW6 1RX [email protected] www.london-oratory.org
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube stations Academy, Catholic, boys 205 5400 Fulham Broadway (District Line); West Brompton (District Line Headteacher/Principal Number of pupils to be and Overground) Daniel Wright M A admitted in September 2021 160 Bus routes Ages 11, 14, 211, 295, 74, 190, 430, 28, 11 to 18 Specialism 391, 328, C3 Music
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 52 School information The London Oratory School
About our school Trad, but quirky, The London Oratory School is amongst In addition to the more mainstream curriculum subjects, the city’s most prestigious Catholic schools. expect pupils to study a solid intellectual diet of R E, Latin, and Modern Foreign Languages. Outside of the Educating boys from 7 to 18, with girls in the sixth form, classroom, we offer a thriving co-curricular programme it puts a strong emphasis on music with a liturgical that features Rugby, Water Polo, Cricket, Athletics, twist, all as part of a broad, liberal arts curriculum. and even Boxing, where the school is registered as an Sacramental Catholicity sits at the base of the school, amateur club. But that’s not all: whether pupils wish with Mass, Benediction and Confession regular parts of to ‘tread the boards’ in our theatre, or test their mettle a pupil’s experience. Principled pastoral formation takes in the challenges of the Combined Cadet Force, we place within this spirit and tradition, with the school aim to enable every pupil to unearth their talents and taking seriously its role in shaping the character of pupils to actualise their human potential. Enjoying a thriving, through an explicit and intentional approach based on active and supportive alumni community, the school the cardinal virtues and inspired by the greats of the ensures that your association with it will extend well Catholic tradition. beyond your time here.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.london-oratory.org
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 53 School information The London Oratory School
Admission criteria Category C The below criteria has been summarised and Other Catholic children. you will need to refer to the school’s website Category D for the full admission policy and arrangements: Other Looked After and previously Looked www.london-oratory.org After Children. You can also obtain further information by visiting the school on the dates set out below. Category E Catechumens and members of an Eastern After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the Christian Church. admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: Category F The oversubscription criteria below will be applied in Any other children. order of category. Within Category B each criterion Tie-break is applied in the given order to determine which In the event of a tie for a place after the above criteria applications go forward for consideration against the have been applied, a ballot system of random allocation next criterion. This means those who meet criterion will be used with each tied candidate’s name being 1 are carried forward for assessment against 2, then entered into the ballot and names then selected those meeting both 1 and 2 are carried forward for randomly by an independent external organisation, assessment against 3 and so on to produce a ranked list. until a rank of all candidates has been established. Category A If the school is oversubscribed by Catholic applicants Catholic Looked After boys and Catholic boys who have with a Certificate of Catholic Practice, only children from been adopted, or made subject to child arrangements Category B will be included in the tie-break. orders or special guardianship orders, immediately following having been Looked After*. Additional forms to complete Category B Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be returned Catholic boys from practising Catholic families with a direct to school. Certificate of Catholic Practice. Within this category the following candidates will have priority: Sixth form 1. Candidates who have a sibling at the school on the Each year the school admits 40 external candidates to date of admission to the school. Candidates meeting the sixth form for A Level and A S courses. The school this criterion will be placed at the top of Category B. will only consider candidates suitable for the A Level and A S courses published by the school. All places 2. Candidates who are a sibling of a former pupil. will be offered conditional on candidates meeting Candidates meeting this criterion will be placed at the requirements for advanced courses for the year the top of Category B after any candidates meeting concerned. Parents and pupils are advised to attend (1) above. one of the meetings for parents and prospective 3. Candidates who at the time of application attend pupils, which will provide advice on options and entry the Oratory Primary School, Bury Walk, Cale Street, requirements for particular courses. SW3 6QH. Candidates meeting this criterion will be Please see the school website for information on placed at the top of Category B after any candidates applying to sixth form: https://bit.ly/31OJ59u meeting (1) and/or (2) above.
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 54 School information The London Oratory School
How places were offered in 2020 Total applications submitted: 976 5 places allocated to pupils with an EHC plan.
Criterion Offers
Catholic LAC (A) 3 offers
Catholic boys (B) 150 offers based on random ballot to those fulfilling Catholic criteria
Appeals information 2020: 49 heard, 4 upheld 2019: 44 heard, 3 upheld 2018: 52 heard, 0 upheld
Key dates Open evenings Thursday 10 September, Tuesday 15 September and Tuesday 22 September. All at 6.00pm Open afternoon Monday 28 September at 2.00pm
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 55 School information Phoenix Academy
The Curve 020 8749 1141 Shepherd’s Bush [email protected] London W12 0RQ www.phoenixacademy.org.uk
Type of school Principal Nearest Tube stations Academy, mixed Tony Macdowall White City (Central Line); Wood Lane (Circle and Hammersmith & Ages DfE number City Lines); East Acton (Central Line) 11 to 18 205 4004 Bus routes Executive Principal Number of pupils to be 7, 70, 72, 95, 220, 228, 272, 283 Sam Green admitted in September 2021 150
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 56 School information Phoenix Academy
About our school Phoenix Academy has come a long way in two We are also firm believers in students being given the academic years. Recent results from 2018, put us as the chance to thrive outside of the classroom, and our most improved school in London and fourth nationally. programme of free compulsory clubs and an adventure Our recent Ofsted grading of ‘good’ in March 2019 learning programme provide such opportunities. also shows the level and pace of improvement we We’d like to welcome you on our journey to make have undergone. Phoenix a top academic institution for years to come. Our strict, but warm approach to behaviour means that students focus is on their academic progress and they are supported to achieve, while strong teaching and learning enables this to happen.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.phoenixacademy.org.uk
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 57 School information Phoenix Academy
Admission criteria Appeals information Below is a summary of the admission criteria, There have been no appeals lodged over a you will need to refer to the school website for three-year period. the full admission policy and arrangements: www.phoenixacademy.org.uk You can also obtain further information by visiting Key dates the school on the dates set out below. Details of the Open Events for 2020/2021 will be After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, released on the school’s website. the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: 1. Looked After and previously Looked After Children*. 2. Exceptional need*. 3. Siblings*. 4. Distance from home to school by shortest walking route.
Sixth form Please see the school website for information on applying to sixth form: www.phoenixacademy.org.uk
How places were offered in 2020 Total applications submitted: 169 2 places allocated to pupils with an EHC plan. All on-time applicants who applied were offered a place.
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 58 School information Sacred Heart High School
212 Hammersmith Road 020 8748 7600 London W6 7DG [email protected] www.sacredhearthigh.org.uk
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube stations Academy, Catholic, girls 205 4620 Hammersmith (Circle, Hammersmith & City, District and Piccadilly Lines), Ages Number of pupils to be Kensington Olympia (District Line 11 to 18 admitted in September 2020 and Overground) 198 Headteacher/Principal Bus routes Marian Doyle M A Specialism 72, 220, 283, 295, 27, 190, 266, Maths, computing 269, 391, 9, 10, 33, 419, 485, 609
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 59 School information Sacred Heart High School
About our school Sacred Heart High School is an 11 to 18 very high The school prioritises a vibrant learning environment achieving Catholic comprehensive school for girls. where all are valued and challenged to fulfil their unique potential, supported by high quality learning Established by the society of the Sacred Heart, its experiences and opportunities. Through this pupils are mission and vision are underpinned by gospel values, encouraged to take their place in the world as young a community of faith and tradition and the pursuit of women of faith and global citizens, confident in their excellence for all. abilities and talents and with the desire to make a positive difference.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.sacredhearthigh.org.uk
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 60 School information Sacred Heart High School
Admission criteria The random allocation process The below criteria has been summarised and you will If there are more girls in any oversubscription criterion need to refer to the school website for the full admission group than places available, the places within that group policy: www.sacredhearthigh.org.uk/admissions will be allocated on the basis of random allocation within each ability band. You can also obtain further information by visiting the school on the dates set out below. The random allocation process will be carried out electronically by an organisation wholly independent To preserve the school’s comprehensive character by from the school. The independent organisation will establishing a balanced intake across the ability range, electronically create a random order for applicants and the school will allocate all candidates into one of places will be awarded in this order. three bands by means of a non-verbal reasoning test. Admission will be as near as possible to the ratio of Tie-break 25 50 25 of the national ability range. Once allocated Where two applications cannot otherwise be separated to an ability band, the test result will have no further because they live an equal distance from the school, relevance to the outcome of an application. In the event the order in which places will be allocated will be of oversubscription in any band, it will be the admissions determined by the drawing of lots in the presence of an criteria and not the test score which determine whether independent witness. or not a place is allocated. Accordingly, in 2021 the school will admit 198 pupils Additional forms to complete into year 7 divided as follows: Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be returned direct to school. • 49 girls allocated by the school to band 1; • 100 girls allocated by the school to band 2; and Sixth form • 49 girls allocated by the school to band 3. The school’s admission arrangements for its Sixth After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the Form (Years 12 and 13), including the oversubscription admission criteria will be applied in the following order criteria applicable to external candidates; the of priority: academic entry requirements for all sixth form candidates and courses; how to apply and relevant Oversubscription criteria dates, are contained in the separate Sixth Form 1. Catholic Looked After girls and previously Looked Admissions Policy 2021/22. Please see the school After Catholic girls. website for information on applying to sixth form: 2. Catholic girls with a Certificate of Catholic Practice www.sacredhearthigh.org.uk/admissions who have an exceptional medical or social need which makes it necessary for them to attend Sacred Heart High School Hammersmith, and no other school. 3. Catholic girls without a Certificate of Catholic Practice. 4. Other Looked After girls. 5. Members of the Catechumenate of a Catholic Church and members of Eastern Christian Churches. 6. Any other girls.
Footnote *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 61 School information Sacred Heart High School
How places were offered in 2020 Appeals information Total applications submitted: 863 2020: 16 heard, 0 upheld 5 places allocated to pupils with SEN/EHC plans. 2019: 20 heard, 1 upheld 2018: 38 heard, 4 upheld Criterion Offers
Band 1 49 offers (including 6 siblings), based on random allocation to those fulfilling Key dates Catholic criteria within Category 2C Open mornings Band 2 100 offers (including 19 siblings), based Thursday 10 September and Wednesday on random allocation to those fulfilling 16 September. Both at 9.30 to 11.00am Catholic criteria within Category 2C Open evenings Band 3 44 offers (including 1 LAC and 7 Thursday 10 September and Wednesday siblings), based on random allocation to 16 September. Both at 4.00 to 6.00pm those fulfilling Catholic criteria within Category 2C Due to Covid-19 these may be done by taking a virtual tour and Head’s speech via Zoom or pre-recorded. Banding test Saturday 7 November
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 62 School information West London Free School
Palingswick House 020 8600 0670 241 King Street [email protected] London W6 9LP www.wlfs.org
Type of school DfE number Nearest Tube stations Free School, mixed 205 4000 Ravens court Park (District Line) and Hammersmith (Hammersmith Ages Number of pupils to be & City, Circle, District and 11 to 18 admitted in September 2021 Piccadilly Lines) 130 Headteacher/Principal Bus routes Mrs C Wagner Specialism 27, 190, 266, 267, 391, H91 Music
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 63 School information West London Free School
About our school The West London Free School aims to be one of the The aim of such an education is to prepare children to best schools in the country, renowned for academic fully participate in conversations and debates about excellence, high standards of behaviour and a wide contemporary issues, as well as the universal questions choice of after-school clubs in music and sport, that have been troubling mankind throughout history. providing all children with a ‘classical liberal’ education, We want pupils to leave our school with the confidence irrespective of their background. that comes from possessing a treasure trove of essential By a ‘classical liberal’ education, we mean a rigorous knowledge, as well as a deep and lasting respect for and extensive knowledge rich education that draws reason, evidence, civility, honesty, kindness and the its material and methods from the best and most value of hard work and self-discipline. important work in both the humanities and the sciences.
For more detailed information about the school, please visit their website: www.wlfs.org
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 64 School information West London Free School
Admission criteria criteria will be measured from the front gate of Palingswick House, 241 King Street, London W6 9LP, The below criteria has been summarised and you to the child’s home. will need to refer to the school’s website for the full admission policy and arrangements: 7. Children who will have siblings in the school at the www.wlfs.org/year-7 time when they are admitted to the school. If there are more applicants in this category than there You can also obtain further information by visiting the are places, places will be offered to those children school on the dates set out below. who live nearest to the school, measured by the After the allocation of children with an EHC plan*, the straight-line distance from the school gate to the admission criteria will be applied in the following order child’s home. The distance criteria will be measured of priority: from the front gate of Palingswick House, 241 King 1. Looked After Children and children who were Street, London W6 9LP, to the child’s home. previously Looked After but ceased to be so because 8. Children who will have siblings at the West London they were adopted (or became subject to a child Free School Primary at the time when they are arrangements order or special guardianship order). admitted to the school, provided those siblings are 2. Children whose parents are founders of the West due to transfer to secondary school in 2020, 2021 London Free School and who have been granted this or 2022. provision by the Secretary of State for Education. 9. After places have been filled under the first eight 3. Up to 12 children who have applied to be criteria, 50 per cent of any remaining places will be considered under the musical aptitude scheme. offered to those children who live nearest to the More information about how to apply for a school, measured by the straight-line distance from musical aptitude test, as well as an application the school gate to the child’s home. The distance form, can be found on the school’s website at criteria will be measured from the front gate of the www.wlfs.org/admissions/musical-aptitude school, i.e. Palingswick House, to the child’s home. 4. Children who will have siblings in the school at 10. After places have been filled under the first nine the time when they are admitted to the school, criteria, two thirds of any remaining places will provided those siblings joined the school before be offered to children living within a one-mile 31 July 2016. radius of the front gate of the school. Where the number of applicants in this category exceeds the 5. Children of the school’s staff who’ve been employed number of places, offers will be determined by for two or more years at the time at which the random allocation. application for admission to the school is made or who have been recruited to fill a vacant post for 11. After places have been filled under the first ten which there’s a demonstrable skill shortage. criteria, any remaining places will be offered to children living within a radius of between one and 6. All children who are pupils at the West London Free three miles of the front gate of the school. Where School Primary and the Earl’s Court Free School the number of applicants in this category exceeds Primary, provided they are applying in either 2020, the number of places, offers will be determined by 2021 or 2022. If there are more applicants in this random allocation. category than there are places, places will be offered to those children who live nearest to the 12. After places have been filled under the first eleven school, measured by the straight-line distance from criteria, any remaining places will be offered to the school gate to the child’s home. The distance children living beyond three miles from the front gate of the school. Where the number of applicants in this category exceeds the number of places, offers Footnote will be determined by random allocation. *Common definitions can be found on page 26.
Apply online: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 65 School information West London Free School
Tie-break Criterion Offers Random allocation will be applied in the event of two or more applicants tying, e.g. Children with the same LAC 4 offers distance from home to school. Founders’ children 1 offer Twins and same-year siblings Children of staff 5 offers Where applications are received from multiple birth or same-year siblings the following procedure will be Music aptitude 12 offers followed: if one child is selected for a place according to one of the numbered oversubscription criteria, Siblings 33 offers (breakdown includes 9 within criterion 4; 23 within the multiple birth/same-year sibling will be ranked criterion 7; 1 within criterion 8) immediately below Looked After Children. Pupils at West 51 offers Additional forms to complete London Free School
Music aptitude application to be returned to the school. Straight line 9 offers up to a distance of 0.221 miles straight-line Musical aptitude scheme distance (includes an offer made to a multiple birth child) Full details of the specialist music scheme are given on the school’s website: Within a 1 mile 6 offers allocated by www.wlfs.org/admissions/musical-aptitude radius random ballot (includes an additional offer made to a Parents and carers who wish their children to be multiple birth child) considered for a specialist music place must complete a supplementary application form. A candidate for Within a 1 to 3 3 offers allocated by mile radius random ballot a specialist music place will be required to attend a musical aptitude test at the school. Further details of the location and times for tests will be Appeals information sent to applicants for specialist music places. 2020: 7 heard, 1 upheld The results of the aptitude tests will be used to determine 2019: 16 heard, 1 upheld the offer of places under criterion 3. The school will take 2018: 8 heard, 0 upheld all reasonable steps to inform parents of the outcome of selection tests before 31 October 2020. Key dates Sixth form Open day Please see the school website for information on Virtual Tour to include a talk from Mrs Wagner, applying to sixth form: www.wlfs-sixthform.org will go up on the school’s website from mid September to 31 October. How places were offered in 2020 Music aptitude application deadline Total applications submitted: 1,291 Monday 5 October 6 places allocated to pupils with SEN/EHC plans. Music aptitude test date Thursday 22 October
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In-year admissions Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs Assessment www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions with you. This assessment is coordinated by the local authority and as well as education, it involves health and 020 8753 1085 social care assessments. However, the school would An in-year admission is when an application for a school discuss this in detail with you before requesting an place needs to be made outside the normal admission assessment, and an assessment would only take place round (the first year of entry to a school). In most cases with your clear agreement. your reason for making an application will be that you If your child already has an EHC plan, the information have moved to a new address, moved from abroad or relating to the application process set out in this you would like to transfer your child from one school to brochure does not apply to you as the local authority another. There is a separate process for applying in-year needs to work with you to agree the best place for for a school place. your child. To discuss these arrangements, please Special Educational Needs and contact the EHC Planning Service on 020 8753 1021 Education, Health and Care plans or [email protected] 020 8753 1021 Support for school attendance [email protected] 020 8753 6600 Most children and young people with Special After you have been allocated a school place, making Educational Needs (SEN) and/or disabilities will have sure your child attends school regularly and on time their needs met within local mainstream early years every day is really important, not only to make sure settings, schools or colleges. Hammersmith & Fulham they have the best possible chance to get the most works with all settings to help them with identifying, out of their education but also because children who assessing and making provision for pupils with SEN. are not in school are more likely to get into trouble All mainstream school and college settings have funding outside school or be vulnerable. Parents have a legal so that they can meet the needs of pupils with SEN. responsibility to get their children to school, but if you If you are applying to a new school and you think your are having difficulties with this, it is important you talk child may have a special educational need, the first step to school staff, who are there to help you. is to talk with the headteacher and/or SENCO when you You or school staff may feel you need some extra help. visit the school. They will be able to talk to you about Hammersmith & Fulham Council has professional staff the support they provide for children with learning needs who work with families and with children who are not and how they could meet your child’s needs. They must attending school. They are based in the Family Support also publish this information on their websites: this is Service (F S S) www.family-support.org.uk and can usually called their SEN Information Report. be contacted on 020 8753 6600. This multi-disciplinary The local authority expects all mainstream schools to team will work with schools, children and parents support children with special educational needs, and to to improve children’s school attendance and reduce work with parents to develop an SEN Support Plan: unnecessary absence and truancy. this will record what is happening to support your child, There is also a central team – the ACE Team – located and the progress she/he is making as a result. on the 3rd Floor, 145-155 King Street, contact Some children and young people with SEN or disabilities 020 8753 6231. The ACE team concentrate on the may need support that cannot be provided from the following areas of work: statutory action in relation to resources of a mainstream school alone. Once all the school attendance (issuing penalty notices or processing resources and support in the school have been put into legal action on behalf of schools for entrenched place and there has been time to see what the effect is, non-attendance, when F S S are not involved), child the school may then discuss the possibility of an employment and children in entertainment, elective home education and children missing education.
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Disabled Children’s Team progress generally in school. Educational psychologists 020 8753 3321 can only directly work with a named pupil if parents/carers give informed consent. Parents/carers This team offers information, advice, support and themselves may ask for their help through the school. practical help to families with children who have a permanent and substantial disability or long-term illness Educational psychologists can also provide general that affects their everyday living. The team offers advice consultative support and guidance for groups or school on how to access services available for children and wide issues as well as research and training. young people who have disabilities. The initial way to contact the team is through the duty social worker who Fair access protocol is available on 020 8753 3321. www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions 020 8753 1085 Educational Psychology Service Every school is committed to taking its share of 020 8753 6604 vulnerable children who are hard to place in accordance Every school has a link educational psychologist (EP) – with locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, outside a specialist in how children, young people and young the normal round of admissions, the school governing adults develop and learn. bodies are empowered to give absolute priority to a child whose admission is requested under Hammersmith Schools have a limited amount of free access to an EP & Fulham’s fair access protocol, which carries the to support them to manage Special Educational Needs agreement of both the governing body and local processes and systems. In addition schools can buy in authority for the current admission year. School school visits from their link educational psychologist. governing bodies have this power even for cases when Help may be asked for when pupils show difficulties admitting such a child would cause the school to exceed with their social-emotional development (including its published admissions number. wellbeing/mental health), behaviour, learning or
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Free school meals and school This will apply even if your earnings rise above the new clothing grants threshold during that time. Once Universal Credit is fully www.lbhf.gov.uk/contact_counciltax_benefits rolled out, pupils receiving free school meals but who no longer qualify for them because your earnings have 020 8753 6681 (option 4) risen above the new threshold will continue to receive For information about and to apply for free school meals them until the end of their current phase of education and school clothing grants please complete the form at (primary or secondary). www.lbhf.gov.uk/studentbenefits For further advice, you can contact the team by emailing Assistance with home-to-school travel [email protected] or calling 020 8753 6681 www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions (option 4) between 9.00am and 5.00pm. 020 8753 1085 Schools also receive additional funding from the The Free Travel Scheme across London for under 18 is central government based on the number of students being suspended temporarily by Transport for London registered for free school meals (£1,320 per student for (T f L). The reason behind this is to encourage pupils to primary schools and £900 per student for secondary walk or cycle rather than use public transport. schools). This money funds valuable support like The statutory walking distance required for a child extra tuition, additional teaching staff or after school aged up to eight years is two miles, while for children activities. We encourage all families who think they may aged eight to 16 years it is three miles. Parents are be eligible to apply for these benefits. therefore advised to consider this in making their Eligibility choices of schools. Your children qualify for free school meals and/or The admissions team will be able to advise if your child will clothing grants to buy school uniforms if you receive any qualify for a travel support grant. Contact 020 8753 1085 of the qualifying benefits: or email [email protected] • Income Support • Income-based Job Seekers Allowance • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance • Guaranteed Pension Credit You are supported under the National Asylum Seekers • Support System (N A S S) Child Tax Credit, but not Working Tax Credit and have • an annual taxable income of less than £16,190 Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net • earned income of no more than £7,400).
More information on clothing grants If you live outside Hammersmith & Fulham, you should apply to your own authority. The criteria for qualifying for clothing grants are the same as listed above for free school meals entitlement.
Universal Credit transitional protection Pupils currently receiving free school meals will continue to receive them while Universal Credit is rolled out.
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Education choices for 14 to 19 year olds Studio schools A separate brochure is produced which provides A studio school is a type of secondary provision detailed information on the education choices for which is designed to give students practical skills in 14 to 19 years olds in H&F and beyond. Pathways to workplace environments as well as traditional academic Success, Education Options for 14 to 19 year olds is and vocational courses of study. In addition, students available from www.lbhf.gov.uk/14to19pathways can access the National Curriculum academic and vocational qualifications. Hammersmith & Fulham has University Technical Colleges (UTCs) one studio school. UTCs are free, non-selective, high-quality education secondary schools for students aged 14 to 19 years old. Fulham Enterprise Studio Backed by employers and universities, UTCs combine The Studio School is open to boys and girls aged 14 to technical, practical and academic learning in a 19 and offers a different mainstream education, with curriculum offering students first-hand experience of out-of-school learning a key feature. The sixth form will life in the working environment. accept applications from young people attending any school, with priority given to students attending Fulham UTCs specialise in science, technology, engineering and Cross Academy and Fulham Cross Girls’ School. maths (STEM) subjects which are designed to be applied in the workplace. The curriculum will include up to two Address: Kingwood Road, London SW6 6SN specialisms linked to regional skills gaps. In addition, 020 7381 3606 students can study GCSEs, A Levels and other relevant [email protected] qualifications matched to the UTC specialisms. www.fulhamenterprise.net Each University Technical College aims to deliver approximately 600 places for 14 to 19 provision. Grouped under nine regional areas each UTC catchment area may cover more than one local authority. UTCs that will be in reasonable travelling distance for Hammersmith & Fulham residents are provided as follows:
Sir Simon Milton Westminster UTC Transport, Engineering, construction. Address: Sutherland Street, London SW1V 4LD 020 3301 7660 [email protected] www.westminsterutc.co.uk
South Bank Engineering UTC Engineering for building and health sectors. Address: 56 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1QS 020 7738 6115 [email protected] www.southbank-utc.co.uk
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Sixth form and post-16 education The sixth form offers a very wide range of subjects at in Hammersmith & Fulham A S and A Level, B TEC, GCSE and the Extended Project Qualification, as well as an extensive enrichment and Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College sports programme. The sixth form has a long-standing Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College offers reputation for providing a supportive and inclusive sixth form provision along with a range of courses and environment where the needs of each individual student apprenticeship pathways. For more information and to are understood and met. Each year nearly 300 students enrol contact the college. successfully progress to university, including Russell Address: Gliddon Road, London W14 9BL Group universities and Oxbridge. 020 8741 1688 WMSF is able to admit up to 400 new students each [email protected] year and welcomes applications from all students www.wlc.ac.uk who will be aged 16 to 18 on 31 August in the year of starting their programme. WMSF is oversubscribed, so it is strongly advised all students apply before the end of William Morris Sixth Form January to secure an interview. William Morris Sixth Form (WMSF) was established in 1994 as the country’s first 16 to 19 comprehensive Address: St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RB school, providing education to students from 020 8748 6969 Hammersmith & Fulham as well as young people from [email protected] across the whole of London. www.wmsf.ac.uk
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Independent fee-paying schools St James Senior Girls’ School All of the following schools are independent fee-paying St James Senior Girls’ School is an independent day schools, although each one offers some form of school for girls aged 10 to 18. scholarship or bursary scheme. Please contact the Address: Earsby Street, London W14 8SH schools for further information, application forms and 020 7348 1777 any queries about the application process. [email protected] More detailed information is available from the www.stjamesschools.co.uk Independent Schools Directory and Resource at www.independentschools.co.uk and the St Paul’s Girls’ School Independent Schools’ Council at www.isc.co.uk St Paul’s Girls’ School is an independent secondary day or from schools direct. school for girls from 11 to 18 years of age. There are These schools do not form part of the Pan-London approximately 730 pupils, with 200 in the sixth form. Admissions System and you must apply to them directly. Entry at 11+ is by examination and interview. Address: Brook Green, London W6 7BS Godolphin and Latymer School 020 7603 2288 Godolphin and Latymer School is an independent [email protected] school for girls aged 11 to 18. Entry at age 11 is on a www.spgs.org competitive basis. Address: Iffley Road, London W6 0PG 020 8741 1936 [email protected] www.godolphinandlatymer.com
Latymer Upper School Latymer Upper School is an independent, co-educational day school. Girls have been in the sixth form since 1996, and in 2004 girls were admitted to the lower school. The school is now fully co-ed in every year group. Entrance is by examination and interview in the spring term. Address: King Street, London W6 9LR 020 8629 2024 [email protected] www.latymer-upper.org
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Contact details for neighbouring boroughs Barking and Dagenham Detailed information about schools outside 020 8227 3004 Hammersmith & Fulham is available directly from [email protected] schools or the local authority in which they are situated. www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions
Please remember to check the admission arrangements Barnet for your preferred schools to assess whether you are 020 8359 7651 likely to be offered a place. You may also be required to [email protected] complete a supplementary form. www.barnet.gov.uk If you live outside Hammersmith & Fulham but wish to apply for a school in Hammersmith & Fulham, you will Bexley need to apply on the common application form of the 020 8303 7777 local authority where you live. [email protected] www.bexley.gov.uk/admissions
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Harrow Haringey Waltham Forest Redbridge Havering Brent Hillingdon Islington Hackney Kensington Camden Newham Barking and Ealing and Chelsea Dagenham Tower Westminster Hamlets City of London
Southwark Greenwich Hounslow h&f Lambeth Bexley Wandsworth Richmond upon Thames Lewisham
Kingston Merton upon Thames Bromley Sutton Croydon
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Brent Haringey 020 8937 3110 020 8489 1000 [email protected] [email protected] www.brent.gov.uk www.haringey.gov.uk
Bromley Harrow 020 8313 4044 020 8901 2620 [email protected] [email protected] www.bromley.gov.uk www.harrow.gov.uk
Camden Havering 020 7974 1625 01708 434600 [email protected] [email protected] www.camden.gov.uk www.havering.gov.uk
City of London Hillingdon 020 7332 1002 01895 556644 [email protected] [email protected] www.cityoflondon.gov.uk www.hillingdon.gov.uk
Croydon Hounslow 020 8726 6400 020 8583 2711 [email protected] [email protected] www.croydon.gov.uk www.hounslow.gov.uk/admissions
Ealing Islington 020 8825 5511/5522 020 7527 5515 [email protected] [email protected] www.ealing.gov.uk www.islington.gov.uk/admissions
Enfield Kensington and Chelsea 020 8379 5501 020 7745 6432 [email protected] [email protected] www.enfield.gov.uk www.rbkc.gov.uk/schools/admissions
Greenwich Kingston upon Thames 020 8921 8043 020 8547 4610 [email protected] [email protected] www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk www.kingston.gov.uk
Hackney Lambeth 020 8820 7000 020 7926 9503 [email protected] [email protected] www.learningtrust.co.uk/admissions www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions
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Lewisham Wandsworth 020 8314 8282 020 8871 7316 [email protected] [email protected] www.lewisham.gov.uk www.wandsworth.gov.uk
Merton Westminster 020 8274 4906 020 7745 6433 [email protected] [email protected] www.merton.gov.uk www.westminster.gov.uk
Newham 020 8430 2000 [email protected] www.newham.gov.uk Contact details for diocesan authorities
Redbridge The Diocese of Westminster Education Service and London Diocesan Board for Schools provide 020 8554 5000 additional information about education in Catholic [email protected] and Church of England schools respectively. www.redbridge.gov.uk
Richmond upon Thames Diocese of Westminster Education Service 020 8547 5569 (Catholic) [email protected] 020 7798 9005 www.richmond.gov.uk www.rcdow.org.uk/education
Southwark London Diocesan Board for Schools 020 7525 5337 (Church of England) [email protected] 020 7932 1100 www.southwark.gov.uk www.ldbs.co.uk
Sutton 020 8770 5000 [email protected] www.sutton.gov.uk
Tower Hamlets 020 7364 5006 [email protected] www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Waltham Forest 020 8496 3000 [email protected] www.walthamforest.gov.uk
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School locations Listed below are Hammersmith & Fulham’s educational establishments, grouped by type of school and then in alphabetical order. Each school’s location is pinpointed on the map on page 81.
Community primary schools Primary academies and free schools 1 Addison Primary School 13 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy Addison Gardens W14 0DT Bentworth Road W12 7AJ
2 Avonmore Primary School 14 Ark Burlington Danes Primary Academy Avonmore Road W14 8RL Du Cane Road W12 0TN
3 Brackenbury Primary School 15 Ark Conway Primary Academy Dalling Road W6 0BA Hemlock Road W12 0QT
4 Flora Gardens Primary School 16 Ark Swift Primary Academy Dalling Road W6 0UD Australia Road W12 7PT
5 Kenmont Primary School 17 Earl’s Court Free School Primary Valliere Road NW10 6AL Cambridge Grove W6 0LB
6 Melcombe Primary School 18 Fulham Primary School Fulham Palace Road W6 9ER Halford Road SW6 1JU
7 Miles Coverdale Primary School 19 Greenside Primary School Coverdale Road W12 8JJ Westville Road W12 9PT
8 Normand Croft Primary School 20 Langford Primary School Bramber Road W14 9PA Gilstead Road SW6 2LG
9 Old Oak Primary School 21 Queen’s Manor Primary School Mellitus Street W12 0AS Lysia Street SW6 6ND
10 Sir John Lillie Primary School 22 Sulivan Primary School Lillie Road SW6 7LN Peterborough Road SW6 3BN
11 Wendell Park Primary School 23 Thomas’s Academy Cobbold Road W12 9LB New King’s Road SW6 4LY
12 Wormholt Park Primary School 24 West London Free School Primary Bryony Road W12 0SR Cambridge Grove W6 0LB
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Voluntary aided primary schools Voluntary aided primary bilingual schools 25 All Saints C of E Primary School 39 The Fulham Bilingual Bishops Avenue SW6 6ED Clancarty Road SW6 3AA Affiliated with Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 26 Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Gayford Road W12 9BY (location 27 on the map)
27 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Community nursery schools and Basuto Road SW6 4BL early years centres 28 John Betts Primary School 40 Bayonne Nursery Paddenswick Road W6 0UA 50 Paynes Walk W6 8PF 29 Larmenier and Sacred Heart Catholic 41 James Lee Nursery School Primary School Gliddon Road W14 9BH 41a Brook Green W6 9BL 42 Randolph Beresford Early Years Centre 30 St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School Australia Road W12 7PH Disbrowe Road W6 8QE 43 Vanessa Nursery School 31 St John XXIII Primary School Cathnor Road W12 9JA 1 India Way W12 7QT Formerly Pope John Catholic Primary School Special educational needs schools 32 St John’s Walham Green C of E Primary School Filmer Road SW6 6AS 44 Cambridge School (age 11 to 16) 61 Bryony Road W6 0LB 33 St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Masbro Road W14 0LT 45 The T B A P Courtyard Academy (age 5 to 11) Marinefield Road SW6 2LL 34 St Paul’s C of E Primary School Worlidge Street W6 9BP 46 Jack Tizard School (age 5 to 11) South Africa Road W12 7PA 35 St Peter’s C of E Primary School 33 St Peter’s Road W6 9BA 47 Miles Coverdale School Language Impairment Unit (age 5 to 11) 36 St Stephen’s C of E Primary School Coverdale Road W12 8JJ Uxbridge Road W12 8LH 18 Queen’s Manor Primary School Learning 37 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Difficulties Unit (age 5 to 11) Primary School Lysia Street SW6 6ND Estcourt Road SW6 7HB 49 Queensmill School (age 3 to 19) 38 The London Oratory School – Junior House Askham Road W12 0NW Seagrave Road SW6 1RX Woodlane High School (age 11 to 16) Note that this school does not form part of the 50 Du Cane Road W12 0TN primary admissions process, applications are made directly to the school
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Secondary schools 51 Ark Burlington Danes Academy 58 Phoenix Academy Wood Lane W12 0HR The Curve W12 0RQ Academy, Church of England, mixed aged 11 to 18 Academy, mixed aged 11 to 18
52 Fulham Cross Girls’ School 59 Sacred Heart High School Munster Road SW6 6BP Hammersmith Road W6 7DG Academy, girls aged 11 to 16. Part of the Fulham Academy, Catholic, girls aged 11 to 18 College Academy Trust 60 The Fulham Boys School 53 Fulham Cross Academy Temporary site: Heckfield Place SW6 5NL Kingwood Road SW6 6SN Free school, boys aged 11 to 16 Academy, mixed aged 11 to 16. Part of the Fulham College Academy Trust 61 The London Oratory School Seagrave Road SW6 1RX 54 Fulham Enterprise Studio Academy, Catholic, boys aged 11 to 18 Kingwood Road SW6 6SN (mixed sixth form) Academy status studio school, boys and girls aged 14 to 19. Part of the Fulham College 62 West London Free School Academy Trust. King Street W6 9LP Note that the studio school is not part of Free school, mixed aged 11 to 18 the secondary admissions process, students 63 William Morris Sixth Form aged 14 join at Year 10 St Dunstan’s Road W6 8RB 55 Hammersmith Academy Provision for students aged 16 to 19. Cathnor Road W12 9JD Note that this school provides sixth form Academy, mixed aged 11 to 18 provision only and is not part of the secondary admissions process 56 Hurlingham Academy Peterborough Road SW6 3ED Federation Academy, mixed aged 11 to 18
57 Lady Margaret School Parsons Green SW6 4UN Academy, Church of England, girls aged 11 to 18
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5 Willesdon Harrow Road Junction H&F borough map Key: Community primary schools
Scrubs Lane Academies and free schools Voluntary aided primary schools Voluntary aided bilingual schools 9 14 51 Community nursery schools and 50 early years centres East Acton 13 Special educational needs schools Du Cane Road West Way 15 58 16 The address for each map pin is given Old Oak Road 31 44 on pages 78 to 80. 12 42 White City Bloemfontein Road 46 Lane Wood Wood Lane 49 A3220 36 Uxbridge Road Shepherd’s 11 19 47 7 Shepherd’s Bush 55 Bush Market 26 Askew Rd 43 1
Hammersmith Grove Kensington Conningham 3 Goldhawk Olympia Road Road 33 Goldhawk Road 28 17 Paddenswick 4 24 Shepherds Bush Rd Road Ravenscourt 29 2 Park Hammersmith 59 41 Stamford 35 62 Park King Street Hammersmith Rd 34 Great West Road Hammersmith 60 Broadway 63 Talgarth Rd West West Brompton 6 Baron’s Kensington Court 8 Hammersmith Bridge 40 30 10 18 Fulham Palace Road North End Road Lillie Road 48 37 52 61 38 21 Dawes Road Fulham Fulham Road 53 Broadway 54 32 27 Imperial New Kings RoadWharf 57 Wandsworth Bridge Road 25 Fulham Road Parsons 45 23 Green 22 39 20
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The Pan-London e Admissions site opens on 1 September 2020.
If your child is currently in Year 6 and born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010, you will need to apply for a secondary school place by 31 October 2020.
For further information contact: Admissions Team 3rd Floor, 145-155 King Street, London W6 9XY Telephone: 020 8753 1085 Email: [email protected] www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions
© September 2020 (ref 389_5at) On the cover: Fulham Cross Academy students, photo courtesy of the school Designed and published by Hammersmith & Fulham Council 020 8753 6597 Other photos courtesy of: Hammersmith Academy (pages 5, 41, 42); The information provided in this brochure is correct at the time of going Fulham Cross Girls’ School (pages 6, 38, 39, 69); West London Free School to print in September 2020. The admissions process and school admission (pages 7, 10, 63, 64); The Hurlingham Academy (pages 25, 45, 46); arrangements are set out in accordance with the current Admissions Ark Burlington Danes Academy (pages 27, 28, 67); The Fulham Boys School Code (issued December 2014), Section 84 of the School Standards and (pages 30, 31); Fulham Cross Academy (pages 35, 36); Lady Margaret Framework Act 1998. Any corrections, updates and additions will be School (pages 48, 49, 74, 77); The London Oratory School (pages 52, 53); published on our website: www.lbhf.gov.uk/schooladmissions Phoenix Academy (pages 56, 57); Sacred Heart High School (pages 59, 60); Photo credits: pages 12, 13, 16, 18, 70 © iStock; page 22 © Thinkstock; and Fulham Enterprise Studio (page 71) page 72 © H&F Council (A-level results day at William Morris Sixth Form)