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A guide for parents and carers STARTING SECONDARY SCHOOL STARTING SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHOOL SECONDARY STARTING SCHOOL SECONDARY STARTING IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE TIME TO READ THIS BOOKLET WHICH OUTLINES THE APPLICATION PROCESS. What is this booklet about? This booklet contains a wealth of information to help you choose the right schools, make an application and understand how the application process works. It provides a profile of all of Slough Secondary schools alongside information about admission arrangements. Please read it carefully, look at the school websites and take the opportunity to visit the schools in your area before applying.
Who is this booklet for? For children who are transferring from Primary school to Secondary school.
When do I need to apply? You can apply anytime from 12 September 2020. To receive an offer of a school place on national offer day, you must submit an application by 31 October 2020. Please note: In order to maximise your chances of being offered one of your preferred schools • You MUST submit an application with any required documents on time. • Your child MUST meet the admissions criteria of the school to be offered a place. and there is • NO automatic transfer from a Primary into a Secondary school. • NO automatic offer of a sibling place without making an application. Application deadline Tuesday 31 October 2020 How to contact us:
What happens if I miss the closing date? If you want more information about the school Applications received after the closing date will be considered after those that are received on time and after the first round of admissions process, or if you want to comment offers have been made. about this booklet or the admission arrangements, please write to; How do I apply? The Admissions Team The easiest way to apply is online. Go to slough.gov.uk/admissions and follow the instructions on screen. If you do not have internet Slough Borough Council access at home you can still apply online at your local library or at the council offices. Observatory House 25 Windsor Road Who can apply? Slough SL1 2EL Applications must be made by a parent or carer who holds legal parental responsibility for a child. Only one application should be made per child. Telephone: 01753 875728 Telephone opening hours are: 10am - 4.30pm The information in relation to Slough Borough Council Schools was correct at the time of publication (September 2020). However it should not be assumed Monday to Friday that there will be no change before the start of, or during the school year 2021/22. Like many local authorities Slough Borough Council is experiencing a high Email: [email protected] demand for Secondary School places. This means the admission limit shown may change for some schools.
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: Before making an application
This section will provide you with information about what you should know and do before making a school application.
Do talk to your child about your decision Do not be influenced by others. The right school for other children is not necessarily the right school for your child.
1 Read the information in this booklet
Visit schools 2 Ensure that you are entirely happy with your expressed preferences before submitting your application.
Read Ofsted Reports 3 You can view Ofsted reports at www.ofsted.gov.uk
Look at the school’s prospectus 4 You can get this from the school. It will give you an idea about the school’s ethos and character, national test results and public examination results Look to see how many places are available in each school 5 This is called the Published Admissions Number or PAN. This number is set to take account of the number of pupils each site can accommodate in each year group and how many places are needed in an area
Consider how likely it is that your child will be offered a place at your preferred schools 6 Read the oversubscription criteria for each school and look to see which apply to your child.
7 Consider how your child will travel to and from school
8 Use your six preferences
Be aware there is no guarantee of a place at any school 9 even if you live in the catchment area
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For September 2021 Entry Into Year 7 School term dates 2021/22 Application process for transferring to Year 7 begins. Opportunity for parents/ From 12 September 2020 carers to visit individual schools. Term dates are determined by the Local Authority in liaison with its 31 October 2020 Closing date for completed online applications. We strongly recommend that you do neighbours. However, please note Closing date not delay your application to the last minute in case of technical problems. that the governing bodies of Slough schools and academies may decide to vary the dates. Final date for notification of change of address or preferences 10 December 2020 Further details and clarification are available from the school or after the closing date. academy concerned. You are strongly advised to check with your child’s school before making holiday plans or other commitments. December - February Preference forms analysed.
Opens - Wednesday 1 September “National offer day”. . Parents that applied online can log onto the council’s website from 12.30am to see Half term: Monday 25 October to 1 March 2021 which school their child has been offered Friday 29 October Letters will be posted to parents that submitted a paper application form Autumn
. term 2021 . No decisions will be issued by telephone Ends - Friday 17 December
March 2021 Waiting lists established Opens - Monday 4 January
Half term: Monday 21 February Closing date for parents to either accept or refuse the school place offered. If to Friday 25 February 15 March 2021 Spring
the parent does not reply, the offer will be withdrawn. term 2022 Ends – Friday 8 April From week commencing Second round of allocations for late applications received after 31 October 2020. 19 April 2021 Further offers made from this date are subject to places becoming available. Opens - Monday 25 April
Half term: Monday 30 May to Friday 3 June Independent Appeal Panels meet to consider appeals from parents/carers June to July 2021 who are unhappy with their school allocation. Dates for the appeal deadline is Ends - Thursday 21 July Summer
available at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions term 2022 Bank Holiday: Monday 2 May 2022 Monday 30 May 2022 From week commencing Third round of allocations for late applications received by 3 May 2021. Further offers made from this date are subject to places becoming available. 17 May 2021 Near to the time your child is due to start, you will receive a letter from the school you have been offered with uniform details September 2021 Children start school. and information about the school in general. The school will also confirm the date and time your child is expected to start.
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6 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 (All applications willbesubjecttothepublishedadmissionscriteria) Maximise your chance Apply online at 3 1 • • • Use allpreferences • • • • Apply ontime allocate thehighestpreference. of your preferences. We will always are abletooffer you more thanone (1st, 2nd,3rd, 4th,5thor 6th) if we preferences We only lookat theorder of your separate chances. its own right sogive yourself three Each preference isconsidered in schools. to express apreference for three you donot use your opportunity You could disadvantage yourself if (unless your application islate). will bemadeon1March 2021 Notification ofplaces offered to get what you prefer or want. means that you are muchlesslikely A late application therefore places have beenallocated. later date after majority of this date will beprocessed at a All applications received after The closingdate is31October 2020 www.slough.gov.uk/admissions
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31 October 2020 2 4 • • • • Choose wisely • • • Apply on-line one of your preferences. Include your catchment schoolas area of thesecondary school. junior or primary school within the get priority becausethey attend a Don’t assumethat your child will of your preferences. school if you donot state itasone allocated aplace at your closest Don’t assumethat you will be oversubscription criteria. Consider theschool’s to wait for theposttoarrive). the outcome (rather thanhaving and receive emailnotification of acknowledging your application You will receive emailconfirmation be quicker. Communication with you will from 12September 2021. www.slough.gov.uk/admissions You canapply on-lineat
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SECTION 1: Before making an application INTRODUCTION: Myth busters
This section helps to clarify some of the most common misconceptions parents have about the school admissions process.
Myth The schools you list on your application form are preferences only. Each school preference will be processed in accordance with the school’s admission arrangements and the highest possible My child has a right to be given preference will be offered. one of our school choices. When we are unable to offer any school listed on your application, we will allocate the next nearest school to your home address with an available place.
Even if you have an older child at the school, without an application, your child will not be Myth I have an older child already at the considered for a place at the school. Please look at the admissions criterion for the school you are school so I do not need to apply. applying for.
Myth Listing one school will mean that If you list only one school and your child cannot be offered a place under the school’s admission you will have to offer me that school. arrangements, we will offer the next nearest school to your home address with a vacancy.
I live nearer to the school than the Although the information listed in Section 5 can give you an idea of how likely it is that you will Myth last child offered under the distance be offered a place at your preferred school, the ‘last distance’ will change every year. We cannot criterion last year so I’m guaranteed a place. guarantee any child will be offered a place at any school.
The number of pupils offered under each criterion at each school can change every year. Myth Children on my road go to the Therefore, just because you know pupils living near you that go to a certain school does not mean school so my child will too. that your child will be offered a place there.
Listing the same school three times Myth Your child can only be considered once for a school and any duplicated will improve my chances of being preferences will be deleted. offered a school.
8 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Apply online at Myth Myth Myth Myth Myth Myth Myth Myth place at my preferred schoolif Iapply early. responsibility tomake sure that Iapply for Authority will offer to it myanyway. child school as a preference a school as becausetheLocal first served’first basisso my child will get a automatically get aplace at theschool. be taken into consideration before a It doesnot matter if my form islate. Places are offered on a‘first come, at my preferred my school so child My childisinthenursery attached I don’t have my tolist catchment My childcare arrangements will to theschool–somy child will www.slough.gov.uk/admissions I know someone who works a schoolplace for my child. It Local isthe Authority’s will get a place there. I canonly apply for Slough schools. place isoffered
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time anditisvery unlikely thatyou willbeofferedoneofyour preferredschools. If you applyafter31October2020,wewilllookatyour applicationafterallthosethatappliedon oversubscription criteriafortheschools–without favour orprejudice. All applicationsareconsidered by the AdmissionsTeam strictlyinaccordance withthe Applying foraschoolplaceistheparent’sresponsibility. that may notbeyour catchmentschool.Itcouldbeaschoolfurtheraway fromyour homeaddress. preferences, wewillallocatethenext nearest schooltoyour homeaddresswithavailable places and We willonlyconsiderthepreferencesonyour application.Ifweareunabletoofferany ofthe three together irrespective ofwhentheapplicationissubmitted. All submittedon-timeapplicationsreceived by theclosingdate31October2020areprocessed Your childcarearrangements isnottaken intoconsideration whenschoolplacesareallocated. processed inaccordancewiththeschool’soversubscription criteria. The nurseryachildattendsisnotconsideredduringtheapplicationprocess.Allplacesare form You canapplyforbothSloughandoutofareaschoolsby namingthemontheSloughapplication Secondary Admissions Booklet
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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION: Age range of schools
Secondary schools admit children from the ages of 11 delayed or accelerated entry (to start a year later or earlier at form must be made directly to the school concerned. The through to 16. This is known as Key Stages 3 and 4. If the secondary school) in very exceptional circumstances. school will also be able to provide information regarding the school has a sixth form, children can stay there until they courses they offer and the academic entry requirements. If you feel that your child should be considered for early or are 18 years old. late transfer to secondary school, you should first discuss In-Year applications for Secondary Schools this with the headteacher at your child’s primary school. In-year applications for secondary school place outside Starting Secondary School The headteacher will then contact the admissions team to Children born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August the normal round of admissions are referred to as ‘In-Year talk about your circumstances. In all cases the individual Admissions’. Normal round of admissions are a statutory 2010 must apply for a secondary school place. If your child’s educational and social development needs would be process where all parents / carers must apply for a place for child was born between these dates, we are able to offer a considered and a decision made of what is best for the child their child to start school in the school’s ‘year of entry’ at secondary school place at the beginning of the autumn term both now and in the long-term (September 2021) following the receipt of your completed secondary school. application. Your child will be admitted into Year 7 at Post 16 (Sixth Form) If your child has already started school elsewhere or you wish secondary school. Most secondary schools in Slough offer sixth form provision. to move them to another school or if you are new to Slough To apply for Post 16 places your child will need to have been and require a school place, you will need to complete an in- Early or late transfer to secondary school born between 1 September 2004 and 31 August 2005. year application form. Please see Section 11 of this booklet It is very unusual for children not to transfer to secondary The council does not co-ordinate admissions to any post 16 for further information about in-year admissions or contact school at the end of Year 6. You can make a request for establishments. All applications for places in a school’s sixth the School Admissions Team on 01753 875728.
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SECTION 1: Before making an application SECTION 1: How should I decide my preferred schools?
You need to be aware that many schools in Slough are child to attend and apply for a school place online listing up The following examples are provided to illustrate what may heavily oversubscribed. This is important to remember to three different preferences. You don't have to express six happen. Please note: they are only possible scenarios and when deciding on your preferred schools. In previous preferences. However, if you only give one preference, and they are in no way a guide to oversubscription levels. Please years, it has not been possible to meet all preferences at are not offered a place at that school, you will be offered a do not assume that if your situation is the same as one of a number of schools in Slough. When considering your place at the next nearest school with an available place after these examples, your application will inevitably have the same preferred schools, you are strongly advised to look at everyone else’s three preferences have been considered. This outcome. the school’s oversubscription criteria and consider which may mean that by the time we look at allocating a place for Example 1 category you would come under. your child, your local school may be full and your child may 1) Ken lives in Wexham. Her parents are keen for her to have to travel some distance to get to school. attend a local school. They list the following preferences: Think carefully about your preferences Due to the high demand for places, you are advised to . Wexham School The number of preferences that you can make on your include your catchment school where your application can be . St Joseph's Catholic High School application is limited. You need to be realistic in making your considered on home to school distance. preferences. If your child is unlikely to meet the criteria, you . Grove Academy may not receive an offer at any of your preferred schools. The order of preference in which you list your schools is All three of these schools are oversubscribed with first, This could happen if you live too far away from the schools confidential. Schools are not told the preference order in second and third preferences. Ken does not live close enough or if you name a church school but do not attend the church which you have listed them. to Grove Academy to be offered a place there. However he connected to that school. It is therefore important to . Each of your preferences will be considered equally lives close enough to both Wexham School and St Joseph's understand the order in which places are allocated if a school and separately. Listing second, third, fourth, fifth and Catholic High School to be offered a place. As Wexham is oversubscribed by reading the admission policy for the sixth preferences will not affect your chance of being School was higher on his preference list than St Joseph's school - see Sections 8 and 9. offered your first preference. Each school listed on your Catholic High School he is offered a place at Wexham School. You should think carefully about your order of preference application considers your child’s application against its Example 2 when you decide how to list the schools you are applying for. admission criteria only and not according to the order 2) Paula lives near Slough centre. Her parents are not This is because if your child qualifies for a place at a number of preference you put the school on your application. sure whether they live nearer to St Joseph's Catholic High of schools, you will only be made one offer of the school which This guarantees that, for example, an application from a School or Eden Girls School but they would like her to attend you named as a higher preference. parent who has ranked the school as third preference is considered equally to an application on which the school is St Joseph's Catholic High School. They list the following preferences: The law states that you have a right to express a school ranked as first preference. preference and admission authorities are required to . St Joseph's Catholic High School comply with that preference but please be aware that . If we can offer your child a place at more than one of your it is subject to the availability of places at the school. preferred schools, we will offer you the highest ranked . Eden Girls School This is because there will be times when there are more school we can, so please make sure you like your first . Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy applications than places. When there are more applications preference more than your second preference and your The governors of St Joseph's Catholic High School are for a school than places available, oversubscription criteria second preference more than your third. notified of Paula's application. However they are not able (often called admission criteria) are used to determine . If we are not able to offer your child a place at any of the to offer Paula a place as she does not meet their religious priority for admission. schools you applied for, we will offer a place at the next criteria. Although Eden Girls School is closer to the family You should decide which schools you would prefer your nearest school with available places. home than Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy, Paula cannot be
12 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 SECTION 1: Before making an application 1: Before SECTION offered a place there as she lives further away than 300 of the Changing your preference or changing the order date, and wish to change your preferences, you can do so by other children whose parents have applied for a place there. You can make any changes to your application before the completing an amendment form on the council website. However, she does live close enough to Lynch Hill Enterprise closing date. Ordinarily, changes made after the closing date Academy to be offered a place, even though it is slightly will not normally be considered as an on-time application. The Please note further from her home than Eden Girls School. She is offered resultant effect however, of Slough grammar schools delaying If applying for a church school, please check if you need also a place at Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy. the entrance selective test (11+) from September to October to complete the school’s supplementary information form. because of the outbreak of coronavirus will mean that children Completed supplementary information forms (SIF) must be Example 3 will not know the outcome of their entrance test until after the sent direct to the school to be received no later than the 3) Savi lives in Britwell. Her parents list the following deadline for submitting secondary applications (31/10/20). In closing date stipulated by the school. The school governors preferences for a secondary school for Emma: order to accommodate this exceptional circumstance, you will are responsible for admissions to these schools, therefore any . Slough and Eton Enterprise College be permitted/able to change your preferences or amend questions you have about admission to these schools should your preference order up until 10 December 2020 without be addressed directly to the school. . Grove Academy your application being considered late – as long as it was . The Langley Academy initially submitted before the national closing date. BE AWARE: . Living in the catchment area does not automatically Unfortunately Savi does not live close enough to any of the For the avoidance of doubt, all applications submitted guarantee a place in a school. schools to be offered a place. This means that she has to be and received after the closing date (31 October) will be offered a place at the nearest school to her home with an deemed as late applications and considered after all on-time . A sibling link at the preferred school does not available place – so Savi is offered Beechwood School. applications. If you submitted an application after the closing automatically guarantee a place.
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How do I apply?
If you live in Slough and your child is due to start school or password to be able to make changes to your application We also share admissions information with neighbouring transfer to a junior school in September 2021, you must apply before the closing date and to log on to view your offer. Local Authorities. If you live in Slough, any applications for online at: www.slough.gov.uk/admissions Record them here for future use. schools in the area of another Local Authority should be made through Slough Borough Council. You are entitled to apply You are required to use the online system – it is quicker, safer Email address: to different academies, church aided and community schools and provides you with a confirmation receipt. (In the rare cases and schools in other Local Authorities, but you must do this of you not being able to access this, please contact the school through Slough Borough Council Admissions Team if you are admissions team who will talk you through the process.) a Slough resident.
Local libraries, council offices and most schools have public Password: Church aided and academies have their own admission access computers where you can access the website. Most of criteria, (usually including religious requirements in the case our schools will help you access the on-line system if you do of church aided schools). If applying to a church aided or not have a home computer, smart phone or ipad. academy you must still apply online to the council.
. The online facility is available 24 hours a day and 7 days a If you need help with the online system, please telephone: If one of your preferences is a church aided school you may week from 12 September 2020. 01753 875728 between 10am - 4.30pm (Monday – Friday) also be asked to complete a supplementary information form . You can apply at any time from 12 September 2020 to or email [email protected] or provide other information. midnight on 31 October 2020. You can use the online preference form to apply for a Where you are required to complete a supplementary . We will email you confirmation that your application has voluntary aided (church) school, an academy, a free school information form or provide other information to a church been received. or a school in another Local Authority area, but you must aided school or academy, you should provide it to the school remember to provide any additional supporting documents by the closing date stipulated by the school. Please check this . There are clear simple prompts to guide you through or information as required by that school’s admission criteria. with the school. making your application. (Further information is available The supporting documents and information must be handed in this booklet under ‘completing the application form’). directly to the school and you must at that point tell the If you are considering applying to the following schools, church school or academy if you have applied online. please see Section 5c regarding additional requirements: . There is no risk that your application will get lost or be delayed as long as you remember to submit the application Co-ordinated Admissions The Langley Academy . You can change the information online at any time until The council co-ordinates admission arrangements for schools Baylis Court School the closing date, remembering to re-submit if you make in Slough by using the same application form for all church any changes to your account. Once submitted and aided, community schools and academies. This means that St Joseph’s Catholic High School downloaded by us, you need to contact the admissions regardless of whether you wish to apply for a church aided, St Bernard’s Grammar School team to make any changes. You will receive a confirmation community school or academy in Slough or in another local email from us when your application has been downloaded. authority in England, you only need to complete one application Langley Grammar School form. Church aided schools and academies are still responsible . The outcome of your application will be available to view Herschel Grammar School for offering places in their schools (see oversubscription on national offer day criteria for Own Admission Authority Schools). The council will Upton Court Grammar School It is important to keep a record of your email address and let parents know the schools’ decisions.
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you need to be sure that you are willing and able to get your child to that school. If you are offered one of your preferences the council will not pay for transport to school; this is your responsibility.
YOUR CATCHMENT SCHOOL If you do not apply to your catchment area school as one of your preferences, you will not automatically be offered a place there if you are unsuccessful with your other preferences (as your catchment area school may already have been filled with preference requests). You need to consider whether your catchment school should be one of your preferences.
Your reasons for applying for each of your preferences . We need you to give us this information so that the local authority or school governors can correctly apply their over- subscription criteria. If you do not provide us with the correct information in this section it could mean that we cannot Looked after children1 . We strongly recommend you use your options of listing three consider you under a particular criterion, e.g. if you fail to tell Please indicate in the appropriate place if your child is or was schools and that one of these schools should be your catchment us that the child has a sibling (brother or sister) connection a ‘looked-after child’ and the name of the local authority that school. There is no advantage in listing only one school. within the school, then this will not be considered. is or was dealing with your case. . If you choose to list just one school and your application Siblings (brothers and sisters) . Many schools give priority to brothers and sisters. It is Your details is unsuccessful, you will have no say in the school you are important to show on the form if there will be a brother or It is important that this information is correct as we may use allocated to. You could be allocated a school some distance sister at the school when your child starts. Add the names this to contact you about the admissions process. We also need from your home if nearer schools have received more of any brothers or sisters that attend the school and their to know your relationship with the child and whether you have applications than there are places available. parental responsibility as defined by the Children Act 19892. date of birth in the appropriate place. By sibling, we mean . The online system will not allow you to select the same a brother or a sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother Your preferences school/college more than once as we can only process one or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/ Rank the schools you would like your child to attend in order . application per child per school/college. carer’s partner but in every case the child must be living in of preference by writing the name of the school in the boxes the same family unit at the same address. Every effort will with the school you want first in the ‘Preference 1’ section Please note: be made to ensure that twins and those from multiple births and the school you want second in the ‘Preference 2’ box etc. You may be allocated any one of your preferences and can attend the same school.
1. A ‘looked after child or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority, or (c) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application. 2. A parent is any person who has parental responsibility or care of the child. ‘Family members’ include only parents and siblings.
16 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Confirmation would encourage this to be reported, by emailing will be processed with other late applications in subsequent In this section you are confirming that all the information you [email protected]. All reports received will be investigated. rounds of allocations commencing from 19 April 2021. have provided is correct as at the time of application and you Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs) have not deliberately given any false information. ‘At the time Applying for a school place after the allocation process Some schools request additional information from parents of application’ means the closing date for applications unless If you apply for a school place or move into the area after the and will require a SIF as well as the on-line application. SIFs you are in the process of moving house when the second allocation of places, you will still be able to apply and name up are obtainable from the school and should be returned to the deadline applies (see section 6). to three preferences. We will offer you a place at one of your school concerned. SIFs will not be considered on their own. The preferred schools if this is possible. If all the places at your The council, as a responsible admissions authority, reserves the schools must be also be listed on your application. preferred schools have been allocated, your child’s name will be right to verify any address given as the child’s permanent address in Amending/reviewing online applications added to waiting lists in criteria order. Your child will be allocated a order to ensure that it is allocating places appropriately and fairly. If you re-visit your online account for any reason, to make place at the next nearest school to your home with available places. Where a suspected fraudulent application is identified during changes or just to review it, you must re-submit your the allocation process (before allocation day), if relevant application in order for it to be downloaded by ourselves. Changing your application information evidence is not provided and the application is deemed You can change the information at any time until the closing to be fraudulent, the family concerned will be offered the Submitting your application date, but once submitted and downloaded by us you opportunity to provide their correct address and advised The closing date for receipt of your application is would need to contact the admissions team to amend your that the application will now be treated as ’late’. We may also 31 October 2020. Before you submit your application
application. You will receive a confirmation email from us when Application an 2: Making SECTION undertake sample spot checks. please check that you: your application has been downloaded. Failure to provide any document reasonably required by . are familiar with the oversubscription criteria for each Slough council to verify residence after the allocation day will school you are applying for; What happens if my application is late? result in the place being withdrawn. We will then offer a place . are clear on the order you want to list the schools you Late applications received after the closing date of 31 October at the nearest school to the home address with an available are applying for; 2020 will only be considered after all applications received by place. This may be some distance away. the closing date. This means it is much more likely you will not . think carefully about naming a school where your child get a place at your preferred school, as the places may already Multiple applications is unlikely to qualify for a place; and The council can only accept one application per child. If have been given to other children. . do not disadvantage your child by listing only one applications are received from both parents which are not the preference; If you are moving within Slough, you must still make your same, we will accept the application of the main parent/carer application by the deadline. Late applications received for eligible to receive Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit. . have considered naming your nearest school and you have used all three preferences, as this will increase oversubscribed schools will be placed on a waiting list for that False information your chances of obtaining a place for your child at one school. If you deliberately give false information, the school admissions of your preferred schools. code allows for the offer of a school place to be withdrawn. Please note If you re-open your online account to make any changes, Slough Borough Council takes this matter very seriously and Moving into Slough before the allocation process will move to the withdrawal of the place if it is proved to be a If you move into Slough after the closing date, but before 10 you must re-submit. Failure to do so may mean that we are fraudulent application. This applies even after the child has December 2020, and you can provide documentary evidence to unable to download the application and it will not be added to started at the new school. Providing false information could confirm this, your application will be processed at the same time our database. also lead to prosecution. as those applications received by 31 October 2020. Once the closing date has passed and before 10 December Whistle-blowing If you move into the area after 10 December 2020 your 2020 you can only change your preferences if there is genuine If you believe that someone else has given false information, we application will only be considered as a late application and reason to do so, e.g. a change of address.
Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 | 17 SECTION 3: How your application is processed
This section tells you how school places are allocated.
Who decides who is offered places? Grammar Schools If you are applying for a place at a voluntary-aided • Herschel Grammar School There are different types of schools. Decisions about school or academy, you must complete the school’s which children should be offered school places are • Langley Grammar School supplementary information form (if they have one) made by the admissions authority for each school type. • St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School and also submit an application online to the council However, Slough Borough Council notifies applicants of • Upton Court Grammar School for a school place. the decisions of all the admissions authorities for each school. The schools within each school type category that Free Schools You must return the completed supplementary information form directly to the school to enable the make school offer decisions in Slough are as follows: • Ditton Park Academy governing body to assess your application correctly. Community schools • Eden Girls School The council decides who is offered school places and sets • Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Please note that the supplementary form is not an the oversubscription criteria for the school. There is only application form, but it is an important part of the one community secondary school in Slough. process. You can obtain copies of supplementary • Wexham School information from the council’s website or from the school. Academies and Voluntary aided schools The governing bodies of the following schools are the The oversubscription criteria are also known as admission admission authorities for their schools and they set criteria. You will find the oversubscription criteria for each of and publish their own oversubscription criteria as well our secondary school in section 8 of this booklet. The criteria as decide which children to allocate places to. Slough vary depending on the type of school you are applying for. Borough Council informs applicants of the decisions of these schools. How school places are allocated On submission of the application, each one of your Academies preferences is treated as a separate application regardless of • Baylis Court School the order you have listed them in. • Beechwood School Slough Admissions will give your child’s details to each • Grove Academy school/admissions authority. All on time applications will be • Slough and Eton Enterprise College considered at the same time. Schools will not be told which preference number they are or which other schools you have • The Langley Academy applied for. • The Westgate School If you have listed a voluntary aided school, free school or Voluntary Aided (VA) Schools academy we send your application details to the relevant school • St Joseph's Catholic High School as the school governors decide who should be offered places.
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SECTION 3: How your application is processed SECTION 4: Outcome of your application
This section sets out when you will know the outcome of your application and what to do when you find out. When and how will I be told the • you may appeal. on the waiting list for the school(s) you have listed above the one you have been offered. Your child’s name will remain on the outcome of my application? Refusing (declining) the offer of a school/college place waiting list until the end of the academic year, or until a place If you live in Slough and have applied online, you will be able to If you refuse the place you have been offered, that place becomes available if this happens sooner. If you wish your child’s access the school admissions website from 12.30am on the will be offered on to the next child on the waiting list, name to remain on the waiting list for the next academic year, morning of 1 March 2021 and see where we have been able to leaving your child without a school place. you will need to reapply in the July or end of the academic year. offer your child a school place. Notification letters will be posted You will not be able to come back to that offer in on 1 March 2021 to parents that submitted a paper application How is the waiting list managed? the future (unless there are still spare places at that form. If you live outside of Slough, your own local authority will When all available places have been allocated, a waiting list particular school). You are advised to discuss this issue offer you a school place either through their online system and/or will be established for each over-subscribed school. Your with the admissions team before refusing/declining a by letter. child will automatically be added to the waiting list of any school place offer. Please note that decisions will not be given over the school you named on your application that was a higher preference than the school where your child was allocated a telephone and there are no facilities to come and pick up a School waiting lists letter from Council Offices. place. Positions on a waiting list must follow the same order How do I get my child's name on a waiting list? as the oversubscription criteria and are not allocated on a After you receive your school If you have applied for your child to start in reception or year 3 'first come, first served' basis. If new or late applications have admission decision (of a junior school) and you do not get your first, second or third a higher priority under the oversubscription criteria, they will preferred school, your child’s name will be automatically placed be ranked higher than those who have been on the waiting list How do I accept my child's school place? You must accept or refuse the offer of a school place as soon as possible but no later than 15 March 2021. Please contact the school you have been offered to accept the school place by this date. If you wish to refuse an offer, please email [email protected]
If you do not reply to the offer letter, the offer of a school place will be removed and offered to another child on the waiting list.
What happens if I am not happy with the school my child has been offered? • you may ask the school admissions team about places at other schools
• your child's name will be automatically placed on a waiting list for your first preference school
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SECTION 4: Outcome of your application SECTION 5a: List of schools in Slough
Alphabetical list of Slough Secondary Schools.
PAN is the Published Admission Number (the number of spaces available for entry into school).
Category type No. on roll as of Admission Supplementary School details DFE PAN App Form and age range January 2020 Criteria Required
Baylis court School Gloucester Avenue, Slough, SL1 3AH 01753 531760 Academy CEO of Baylis Court Trust: Richard Kearsey 4082 160 891 Page 32 Yes 11-19 Years Principal: Mr Ray Hinds
[email protected] www.bayliscourt.slough.sch.uk
Beechwood School Long Readings Lane, Slough, SL2 1QE 01753 520473 Academy 4085 150 805 Page 32 No Headteacher: Kathleen Higgins 11-18 Years
[email protected] beechwood.slough.sch.uk
Ditton Park Academy
Kings Reach, Slough, SL3 7UX 01753 537594 Free School 4002 180 972 Page 32 No 11-19 Years Principal: Nick Caulfield
[email protected] www.dittonparkacademy.co.uk
22 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Apply online at www.lgs.slough.sch.uk [email protected] Headteacher: John Constable 01753 598300 Reddington Drive, Slough, SL37QS Langley Grammar School www.herschel.slough.sch.uk [email protected] Headteacher: Joanne Rockall 01753 520950 Northampton Avenue, Slough, SL13BW GrammarHerschel School www.edengirlsslough.com [email protected] Headteacher: Sajid Khaliq 01753 351010 183-187 Bath Road, Slough, SL14AA GirlsSchool Eden www.slough.gov.uk/admissions
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5407 5405 4009 DFE PAN 180 150 124 No. onroll asof January 2020 1176 1044 561 Secondary Admissions Booklet Admission Admission Criteria Page 32 Page 32 Page 32 Supplementary
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SECTION 5a: List of schools in Slough SECTION 5a: List of schools in Slough (continued)
Category type No. on roll as of Admission Supplementary School details DFE PAN App Form and age range January 2020 Criteria Required
Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Stoke Road, Slough, SL2 5AY 01753 691583 Free School 4001 180 619 Page 32 No Headteacher: Mr Chris Thomas 11-18 Years
[email protected] www.lhea.org.uk
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College Ragstone Road, Slough, SL1 2PU 01753 520824 Academy 4510 180 1114 Page 32 No 11-18 Years Headteacher: Peter Collins
[email protected] www.slougheton.com
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Langley Road, Slough, SL3 7AF 01753 527020 Voluntary Aided 4700 150 909 Page 32 No Headteacher: Paul Kassapian 11-18 Years
[email protected] www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/
24 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Apply online at www.westgate.slough.sch.uk [email protected] Headteacher: Michelle Cooper 01753 521320 Lane,Slough,Cippenham SL15AH The Westgate School www.langleyacademy.org [email protected] Headteacher: LusuardiAlison 01753 214440 Langley Road, Slough, SL37EF The Langley Academy www.lhpa.co.uk [email protected] Headteacher: Ciran Stapleton 01753 524713 Shaggy Calf Lane,Slough, SL25HW St Joseph's School High Catholic www.slough.gov.uk/admissions
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SECTION 5a: List of schools in Slough SECTION 5a: List of schools in Slough (continued)
Category type No. on roll as of Admission Supplementary School details DFE PAN App Form and age range January 2020 Criteria Required
Upton Court Grammar School Lascelles Road, Slough, SL3 01753 522892 Academy 5408 165 1044 Page 32 No Headteacher: Mark Pritchard 11-18 Years
[email protected] www.uptoncourtgrammar.org.uk
Wexham School Norway Drive, Slough, SL2 5QP 01753 526797 Community 4089 240 844 Page 32 No Headteacher: Lawrence Smith 11-18 Years
[email protected] www.wexhamschool.co.uk
All through school - Primary and Secondary phase
Grove Academy Wellington Street, Slough. SL1 1YG 01753 517359 Academy Executive Principal: Nick Caulfield 4005 150 538 Page 32 No Associate Principal: Natalie Wismayer 4- 19 Years
[email protected] www.groveacademy.co.uk
26 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 SECTION 5b: How places were allocated on offer day 2020
The information we provide in this section about applications and offers is based upon the number of ‘on time’ applications we received and the allocations we made on the allocation day - 16 April 2020.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total number of School PAN Total offers Alternative Pref Pref Pref Pref Pref Pref preferences
Baylis Court School 160 160 100 40 13 3 4 - - 465
Beechwood School 150 150 108 23 10 5 2 2 - 274
Ditton Park Academy 180 180 117 32 11 6 8 6 - 855
Eden Girls School 124 125 110 9 3 1 1 1 - 402
Grove Academy 180 150 38 16 12 8 8 4 64 254
Herschel Grammar School 150 150 48 57 21 17 6 1 - 1130
Langley Grammar School 180 180 131 33 14 1 1 - - 1054
Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy 180 180 81 37 26 11 4 3 18 325
Slough and Eton C of E College 180 180 129 28 14 6 1 2 - 513
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School 150 150 81 36 20 10 - 3 - 711
St Joseph's Catholic High School 135 135 121 6 4 1 - 3 - 552
The Langley Academy 180 180 124 21 9 6 19 1 - 814
The Westgate School 240 240 195 20 14 5 5 1 - 800
Upton Court Grammar School 165 165 123 25 12 4 1 - - 1298
Wexham School 240 254 43 21 10 7 1 2 170 234
Total 2594 2579 1549 404 193 91 61 29 252 9681
Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 | 27 SECTION 5c: Additional requirements
This section sets out additional information you should know if you are considering applying for a place at any of these schools. You should refer to the school’s own website for sight of the full admissions policy or contact the relevant school if you are in any doubt about this.
All information given is up-to-date at the time of printing.
The Langley Academy The supplementary application form (Application for entry St Bernard’s Grammar School, Langley Grammar under the Performing Arts Criteria) must be returned directly School, Herschel Grammar School and Upton Applicants applying for The Langley academy will need to sit to the school no later than 3pm on 1st October 2020. a NFER Non Verbal Reasoning test. It is not an intelligence Court Grammar School test and it does not test the child’s ability in either English or Click below to download the application form or contact the Admission is subject to successful performance in the 11+ Maths. There is no pass mark for the test; it merely allows the school for a copy. entry test. The 11+ test will take place in the week beginning school to put students into one of the 9 ability bands. Monday 12 October 2020. All children will be placed in a band and considered for a Registration form Please contact the relevant school directly for further information. school place. All places will be allocated as detailed in The Langley Academy admissions policy which can be viewed on Or visit www.bayliscourt.slough.sch.uk/226/ For St Bernard’s Grammar School, in addition to the the schools website. school-admissions common application form which you will need to submit to the Local Authority, the school’s supplementary form (A&B) The closing date to register for the test is 31 October 2021. The must also be completed and returned to the school no later entrance test will take place on Saturday 14 November 2020. St Joseph’s Catholic High School than 31 October 2020. Click below to download the registration form for the test or Priority is given to baptised Roman Catholics with a Priest’s contact the school for a copy. reference. Click below for to download the supplementary application form In addition to the common application form, you must also for St Bernard’s Grammar School or contact the school for a copy. Registration form complete St Joseph’s school’s Supplementary form, which must be returned directly to the school by Thursday 31 St Bernard's Registration form Or visit www.langleyacademy.org/our-academy/admissions December 2020. No application can be considered without a completed supplementary Form. Please contact the school for Or visit www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/793/ The Langley Academy will send full details to all applicants that a copy. year-7-admissions-2021-entry-4 register to sit the test giving details of testing procedures. The Certificate of Catholic Practice form OR the Priest’s / Religious Leader’s Reference form should also be completed Baylis Court School if appropriate, given to your priest or minister for signing and Specialist Art places they should then return the form to St Joseph’s by Thursday The school will accept up to 10% of pupils on the basis of 31st December 2020. aptitude for dance, music and / or drama. Applicants who If your child has been baptised or dedicated, the Academy wish to audition for a specialist arts place must complete the Trust insist that a copy of the child’s valid Baptism or school’s supplementary application form in addition to the Dedication Certificate is given in with the supplementary common application form. application form.
28 | Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions | Deadline 31 October 2020 Secondary Admissions Booklet 2021-22 | 29 SECTION 6: Moving House
If you are in the process of moving house or recently changed address, you must still apply by the closing date (to us if you are moving within Slough or to your home local authority if you are currently living outside Slough). You must state your child’s current address at the time of application in order for your application to be considered.
In order for your new address to be used in the allocation, you must be residing at the property by 10 December 2020 and be able to provide the necessary proof of address set out in section 7 of this booklet.
We will be able to use your new address to process your application providing we receive the proof of address by 10 December 2020.
You will also be able to change the schools you have listed on your application form up to this date if a material change in circumstances has taken place. We may ask at a later stage that you support previous evidence by sending us further evidence, for example a utility bill. If you cannot provide this evidence until after 10 December 2020, we will not be able to take your new address into account during our initial allocations. This is because after 10 December 2020 we are unable to make any further changes to our computer systems. However, we will be able to use your new address for any waiting list application you make. What happens if I move to the area at a time when No school places are reserved for people who move into the You must also inform us of any move which makes a material my child would not normally change school? area, but we will be pleased to advise you about which schools change to your application; i.e. if you move out of the have places available at the time you require a school. Please If you have moved house and it is no longer practical to make the catchment area for a school you have requested. bear in mind however, that available places at individual journey to your child’s current school, you may need to apply for schools change from time to time. If you move before we send out the allocation letters, please a place at a different school. If you wish to apply for a maintained send us evidence of your new address (proof) so that we can school in Slough, you will need to apply via the School Admissions make sure that your allocation letter goes to the new address. Team, using an ‘In-Year Application Form’. Fair access protocol As required by law, Slough Borough Council has a fair access Please note: If your proposed house move falls through, then you must inform us so that the correct address can be You can apply for a school place in advance of your move if protocol with schools. This protocol ensures that children used for the allocation. Failure to do so may result in an offer you wish, however you will not receive a decision until you to whom the protocol applies and who are without a school being withdrawn. have moved into the area. place take precedence over children on a school’s waiting list.
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To ensure that offers of school places are made fairly, Slough Borough Council is committed to following strict home address verification procedures. When you apply for a school place, you must have parental responsibility for the child and submit the correct documentary evidence to avoid any unnecessary delay in the child’s admission to school.
The following documentary evidence must be submitted with your application before a school place can be allocated and your child admitted into school:
1. Proof of where you (the parent/carer) live 2. Proof that the child lives with you (the parent/carer) 3. Proof of the child’s date of birth Where there is any doubt about parental responsibility, the school will also ask you to provide proof of parental responsibility.
Acceptable proof of where you live All documents must be dated at or before the time of making a school application . Copy of rent book for a current council tenancy Recently moved house? Please provide any two of the following: . Copy of letter from a housing association confirming that (Original copies only) If you have recently moved house and your present address you and the child reside at the address is different from the address on your application, you must . A copy of a current tenancy agreement signed by all parties provide us with a Closing Council Tax bill or Closing utility bill . Copy of house insurance dated within the last 12 months and arranged through a letting / estate agency or solicitor’s for gas, water or electricity for your previous address to prove letter showing exchange of contracts, if you have just . HMRC Tax notification documentation that you were living at the address at the time of application. moved house. . TV Licence (valid for the current year) with the name and You will also need proof of your new address. . Current private tenancy agreement (not arranged through address If you do not provide the required proofs of address, we will a letting/estate agency) must be supported with three assume your child does not live in the catchment area. Even copies of utility bills. . Benefit letter or Universal Credit notice if you prove that you live at the address yourself, we still need . A copy of your Council Tax bill or letter for the current year . Current driving licence proof that your child lives there as well.
. A copy of a recent utility bill for your home address, . Letter from National Asylum Support Service (NASS) OR Please be aware that irrespective of the proof you provide, showing usage - Gas, Electricity, Water, Telephone (not UK Border Force (UKBA) confirming placement at their we may ask you to supply further evidence to verify your mobile phones) address address or prove a sibling link.
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Proof that the child lives with you For example, having the right to make important decisions . Upon taking office as a formally appointed guardian of the about the child’s life in areas like medical treatment and child We would also require proof that the child lives with you. education. People other than a child’s natural parents can Therefore, please provide at least two documents to prove If none of the documents can be provided acquire parental responsibility through; that your child lives with you. If you can’t provide any of the documents above, a sworn . being granted a residence order affidavit, statutory declaration or affirmation must be provided. For example; a letter from your child’s GP, dentist, hospital, It must state the parent’s and child’s full name, address, the date optician; child’s NHS registration card; medical letter . being appointed a guardian you started living at that address and the child’s date of birth. or prescription within the last 12 months; immigration According to current law, a natural mother always has The document must be signed by a solicitor holding a current documents; child benefit letter for the current financial year parental responsibility for her child. A father however, has practicing certificate issued by the Solicitors Regulation showing the home address and child’s name; letter from this responsibility only if he is married to the child’s mother Authority. Social Care or housing department confirming your child’s or has acquired legal responsibility for this child in a manner placement at the address; or a photocopy of any state benefit detailed below. Please note that Slough Borough Council cannot contribute letter for the current financial year which clearly states your towards the cost of obtaining this documentation. child’s name and address. Changes in the Adoption and Children Act 2002 mean that from 30 December 2005 unmarried and same-sex couples Please note: it is an offence to give a false address. If we offer your child Proof of the child’s Date of Birth that have jointly adopted a child will also have equal rights a school place based on information which then turns out to be false or misleading, we reserve the right to withdraw the offer and your application One of the following documents be provided: with regard to parental responsibility. must will be re-considered based on the correct facts. This may apply even if your . The child’s birth certificate or Others can also acquire parental responsibility by holding a child has started at the school offered. Residence Order, Emergency Protection Order, or the . The child’s passport (this must be valid) or Local Authority via a Care Order. European Economic Area (EEA) identity cards . or Examples of documents that denotes parental . Home Office paperwork including the child’s name and responsibility include: date of birth . The child’s Birth Certificate;
. Prescription or medical letter. . Marriage Certificate;
Proof of Parental Responsibility . Parental Responsibility Agreement entered Where there is any doubt about parental responsibility, we into by birth parents; may ask you to provide proof of parental responsibility. In . Copy of a Court Order giving father parental such cases, whatever you choose to provide will be entirely responsibility up to you. However, it must indicate that you have parental . Child arrangement Order in respect of the child responsibility. . Upon taking office as a formally appointed In law, having “Parental Responsibility” (PR) means all the guardian of the child rights, duties, powers, responsibility and authority that a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property. . Adoption Order
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FOR COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR 2021-2022 Admission arrangements for Slough Community 4. Children of staff – children of any member of staff, regardless Attendance at a nursery does not guarantee a reception place and Voluntary Controlled Primary Schools for of role in the school where at an attached infant or primary school. 2021-22 a. The member of staff has been employed at the school for It may be necessary to use other OS maps or online resources for As the admissions authority, the local authority gives priority two or more years at the time of application or any home address outside of the Slough local authority area not to children whose parents have applied for a school place by b. The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for covered by the local authority’s computerised distance measuring the published deadline. Community and voluntary controlled which there is a demonstrable skill shortage system. In the case of flats, the priority is that of floor level i.e. schools do not always have enough places available for every ground, first, second etc. in that order. - Distance will be measured in a straight line using child whose parents have applied for a place. In this case the 5. Distance the co-ordinates from the National Property Gazetteer from In cases of exactly the same measurement where no local authority will use an order of priority for admissions to all the centre of the child’s home address (including flats) to the differentiation can be established, a lottery will be used to decide Community and voluntary-controlled schools in Slough. school’s main gate.. the allocation of the place. For late applications, the local authority The local authority will admit children with a statement of will allocate places in the same order of priority. In cases of equal *For the purposes of admissions, the Department for Education definition of special educational needs or an education health and care plan merit, priority will be given to the child living nearest the school as sibling is as follows: which names a school. This will be in addition to any specific measured by a straight line as above. arrangements to specialist provision. ‘Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/ Waiting list The order of priority for all other children is as follows: carer’s partner, and in every case, the child should be living in the Slough keeps a waiting list for each school which is 1. A Looked after child (as defined in the Children Act 1989) same family unit at the same address. oversubscribed. To ensure that Slough meets its duty to continue or a child who was previously looked after and has left care Every effort will be made to ensure that brothers or sisters (as to co-ordinate admissions beyond the offer date and comply with under a Child arrangements order, special guardianship defined above) and those from multiple births can attend the the parents’ highest possible preference, Slough will ensure that order or who was adopted; and those children who appear same primary school, understanding that the local authority waiting lists do not contain lower ranked preferences. (to the admission authority) to have been in state care must comply with the Education (Infant Class Sizes) (England) outside of England and ceased to be in care as a result of Regulations 1998. Waiting lists for Slough Community Schools will include those being adopted who have moved to the area and were unable to make an ‘on time’ application. Waiting lists are held in the order of oversubscription 2. Exceptional Medical/Social need – Applicants whose Tie Breaker criteria, not in order of when an application is received. This child’s medical or social circumstances require attendance If there is one place available and two or more children next in means a child’s position can move down as well as up following at a particular school rather than any other school. (See order of priority or next on the waiting list meet the appropriate the addition of any applications that may have a higher priority. Appendix I for further information relating to exceptional criterion equally, the place will be allocated using the distance medical/social need) criterion. Distance will be measured in a straight line using the co- The waiting list will be in operation until the 31 August 2021. ordinates derived from the National London Property Gazetteer 3. Sibling* - Children who will have a brother or sister, including Slough will contact parents/carers in August 2021 to ask from the centre of the child’s home address to the school’s all blood half-, step-, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters of whether they wish their child to remain on the waiting list until 31 main gate. If the distances are equal, a place will be allocated by the child (not cousins) who live at the same home as the child, December 2021. If parents/carers do not respond, their child’s drawing lots in the presence of an independent witness. in the infant, linked junior or primary school in September name will be removed from the waiting list on 31 August 2021. To 2021. This would not apply if the sibling were due to leave in Parents should note that admission to reception classes is remain on the waiting list beyond 31 December 2021, parents/ the July before the younger child would be admitted. determined using the admission criteria for primary schools. carers will be required to complete an in-year application.
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FOR OWN ADMISSION AUTHORITIES
This section sets out the oversubscriptions criteria adopted by the governors of each own admission authority school in Slough. These pages are a synopsis of the individual schools’ admissions arrangements. You should refer to the school’s own website for sight of the full admissions policy or contact the schools if you are in any doubt about this.
All information given is up-to-date at the time of printing.
To see each School's admission policy, please click the relevant button below to visit their website and view their criteria.
Baylis Court School Herschel Grammar School St Joseph's Catholic High School
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Beechwood School Langley Grammar School The Langley Academy
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Ditton Park Academy Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy The Westgate School
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Eden Girls School Slough and Eton Enterprise College Upton Court Grammar School
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Grove Academy St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Wexham School
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SECTION 9: Oversubscription criteria CHECKLIST: Special Schools in Slough Please note: Places at these Have you… schools are allocated through made sure that all addresses (including postcode) on your application are correct? Slough Borough Council’s assessment and review team. checked to make sure your child’s date of birth is correct? Arbour Vale School told us if your child has a statement of special educational needs (or an education and Farnham Road, Slough, SL2 3AE health care plan) or is in care? Telephone: 01753 515560 listed up to three schools in order of preference? Headteacher: Neil Sykes [email protected] told us why you want each of your schools? www.arbourvaleschool.org noted any documents that will need to be supplied and to whom to support your application? Littledown School Queens Road, Slough, SL1 3QW finally, submitted the form and received an acknowledgement email? Telephone: 01753 521734 If you need help with any part of this process, then please contact the admissions team Headteacher: Angela Mumford on 01753 875728 or call/email the relevant people as per the information contained in [email protected] this booklet. www.littledownschool.co.uk
Please remember: Your online application must be submitted by midnight on 31 October 2020
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Please note: This is a very short summary of the Slough Borough council will provide free transport council’s School Transport Policy. for a pupil if they live within the boundaries of Slough If getting to school may be an issue for you, you should read Unitary Authority (the family’s council tax is paid to the whole of the policy before making your preferences for Slough council) and meet one of the following criteria: school places. Full details of the current policy are available at • The nearest suitable school at which the pupil is www.slough.gov.uk/schooltransport or telephone 01753 875728 for a copy to be sent to you. registered is not within walking distance of the pupils home, i.e. more than three miles for secondary pupils It is a parent’s responsibility to ensure that their child can measured by the shortest available walking route get to school. • Where the pupil lives further than the maximum Only a very small number of children qualify for free home to school transport as most catchment schools will be under distances referred to above and is registered at the the two or three mile lower limit (according to the age of the designated school (as designated by the Slough council child). If you make a preference for a school other than your for transport purposes) measured by the shortest catchment school you will be expected to make your own available walking route arrangements for your child’s journey to and from school and to meet any costs involved. • Where the school attended is not the nearest suitable school or the designated school (as designated by When is transport available? Slough council for transport purposes) for the pupil’s Slough Borough Council will provide free transport for a pupil home address, and is further than the qualifying walking if they live within the boundaries of Slough Unitary Authority distances, and the Admissions Team can confirm that (i.e. the family’s council tax is paid to Slough council) and the at the time of transferring to the school there were no nearest suitable school at which the pupil is registered is not within walking distance of home measured by the shortest available places at the designated school or at any school walking route, being: nearer to the pupil’s home.
• More than two miles for primary pupils up to and Secondary-aged pupils from low income families including year 3 (age 8) and qualify for free school transport if they:
• Three miles for primary pupils in years 4, 5 and 6 • Attend one of three nearest suitable schools which are (ages 8 to 11) more than two miles and less than six miles (measured Primary school children from low income families by the shortest available walking route) from the home qualify for free school transport if they: address
• Are aged 8 to 11 years • Attend the nearest school chosen on the grounds of • Go to their nearest suitable school, and live more than religion or belief, and the school is between two and two miles away from school fifteen miles away from their home address.
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In-Year Admissions
If your child is or has been at a secondary school and you want to move them to a different school during an academic year, you need to apply for an in-year admission.
An in-year admission is when you apply for a school outside the normal admissions at a time when your child should already be attending school. You would normally be making an in-year application if you have recently moved, just arrived in Slough or you want to transfer your child to another school.
You can apply to us for schools located in Slough. For some schools, you will need to apply direct.
Schools currently participating in the in-year co-ordination
School name Telephone Website
Baylis Court School 01753 531760 www.bayliscourt.slough.sch.uk
Beechwood School 01753 520473 www.beechwood.slough.sch.uk
Ditton Park Academy 01753 537594 www.dittonparkacademy.co.uk
Grove Academy 01753 517359 www.groveacademy.co.uk
Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy 01753 691583 www.lhea.org.uk
Slough and Eton Enterprise College 01753 520824 www.slougheton.com
www.wexhamschool.co.uk Wexham School 01753 526797
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My child was not offered a place at one of our admissions law, or that the decision was entirely unreasonable in What happens if I don’t accept the school offered to me? legal terms. Unless you think there is a case to be made on any of preferred schools. You can choose how to educate your child. If you have these grounds, it is unlikely that an appeal will be successful. Unfortunately your preferred school was over-subscribed, accepted a place at another school, ie an independent school, and all the children offered a place had higher priority under Why has a child who lives near me been offered a you should inform us that you do not want to accept the the school’s admission criteria. Your child is automatically place at my preferred school, but my child hasn’t? school you have been offered. This will enable another child added to the waiting list for higher preference schools than to be offered the place your child vacates. the school you have been offered. Although a place cannot be Community school, Foundation school, Free school or If the council are unable to ascertain whether you want the made available at the present time, the position may change Academy? school place within a reasonable time (by 15 March), it will over the coming weeks and months as some parents decide • This will be because siblings and children who live nearer be assumed that you do not want the place and it will be not to accept the offers they have received. However, please to the school than your child have been offered all the withdrawn. If, by September, the council has not been notified note any places that become available will be offered from the available places. of your intention to provide your child with education, your waiting list strictly in accordance with the school’s published • Although you may live fairly near to a school, if there case may be referred to Children Missing Education. admission criteria and there is no guarantee that you will be were enough other applicants living closer than you to fill offered a place before September. Please note there is no guarantee that you will be offered a the available places, it will not have been possible to offer place from your preferred school’s waiting list or on appeal. You will have been offered a place has at an alternative school your child a place. If you have been offered a place at another school you should which would have been the next nearest school with available Church or Faith school? therefore accept this in the meantime. places. If you would like information about other schools which may have vacancies or short waiting lists or wish • This will be because children who meet the religious How important is distance from home to school? to make applications for other schools, please contact the criteria more fully, and/or who live nearer to the school Admissions Team. than your child, have been offered all the available places. Distance from home to school is used by many schools to decide • If there are more applicants who meet the religious which children qualify for a place. Unless your application meets I don’t agree with the decision not to offer my child a criteria than there are places, most schools will decide religious criteria for a church school, you are more likely to place at our preferred school. which children will get a place based on how close they be offered a place in a school closer to home than one further away. However, this isn’t always the case, especially if the nearby If your application has been unsuccessful, you will be added live to the school. school is particularly popular. Information about the furthest to the school’s waiting list. You also have the right to appeal Please contact the school if you need more information about distance that places were offered under the distance criterion to an independent appeal panel against the decision made to the religious criteria not offer your child a place at your preferred school. When at each school for the September 2020 intake can be found in Section 5 of this booklet. considering whether to appeal, it is important that you are Last year children living in my area got a place at my aware that although the law allows you have the opportunity preferred school, so why hasn’t my child been offered What is an Admission Authority? to appeal against admission decisions, it does not give your a place this year? child the right to a place at a particular school. There is no The admission authority is the body responsible for setting Usually, distance from the school is used in the case of a tiebreak, guarantee that your appeal will be successful. the admission criteria and deciding which children should be therefore the child you are referring to may meet different offered places at a particular school. This will vary according Most schools will already have a reception class at the legal admission criteria or lives slightly closer to the school than you. to the type of school. maximum of 30 pupils. In such cases, an appeal panel can only The pattern of applications can also vary from year to year, ie there uphold the appeal if they decide that the child has not been may be more pupils living closer to the school or who have a sibling For community schools the admission authority is the council offered a place because of an error in applying the admission already attending the school. This in turn will lead to a change in whilst for foundation schools, voluntary aided schools, academies, arrangements, or that those arrangements do not comply with the allocation of places at a school from year to year. and free schools it is the school’s governing body or academy trust.
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Starting Secondary School in Slough Borough Council 2021/22
The Admissions Team, Slough Borough Council, Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough SL1 2EL Telephone: 01753 875728 (Telephone opening hours: 10am - 4.30pm, Monday to Friday) Email: [email protected] • www.slough.gov.uk/admissions