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Secondary School Admissions September 2017 for Children Born Between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006 Secondary school admissions September 2017 For children born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006 Important dates to remember September/October 2016 School open evenings 31 October 2016 Closing date for applications 1 March 2017 Offer day 15 March 2017 Acceptance deadline The information provided in this brochure was correct at the time of publication. www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schooladmissions Foreword Dear parent/carer Starting secondary school is a big milestone for I encourage you to attend a selection of open you and your child. In Hillingdon, we are evenings, so that you can tour the facilities, committed to ensuring every child has a high and meet teachers and current pupils. That quality school place as close to home as way, you can be reassured you are selecting a possible. If your child is due to start secondary school that is right for your child, where they school in September 2017, I hope that this will thrive and meet their full potential. Each brochure will help you make an informed school also publishes a prospectus (obtainable choice when deciding which school is right for from the school), which gives information your child. With Hillingdon offering schools that about the school, including its results. Many specialise in subject areas such as music and schools also have websites, and the results of performing arts, sports, languages, science inspections can be found on the Ofsted and technology, you have more choice than ever website. Here in Hillingdon, we are firmly before about where to educate your child(ren). putting our families first to ensure every child If your child is entering year 9 and considering in the borough receives the best possible their options for 14 to 19 provision, Hillingdon education. Our children and young people has a well sought after selection of studio deserve nothing less. schools and new university technical colleges. We want the process of making an application Hillingdon has four establishments that offer for a school place to be straightforward and specialist education and vocational subjects, recommend you do this online, where possible. as well as traditional subjects such as Maths, To ensure you have the best possible chance of English and Science GCSE courses, as a result securing a place in one of your preferred of having a longer school day. schools, it is very important that you make Working with all of the other 32 London your application by 31 October 2016. boroughs, as part of the pan-London I wish you and your child every success in coordinated admissions system, our School education in Hillingdon. Placement and Admissions team co-ordinates applications for Hillingdon residents. The team works hard to ensure that, as far as possible, you are offered your highest-preference secondary school in London. In line with many other parts of London, Cllr David Simmonds Hillingdon is now beginning to experience a CBE growing demand for secondary school places. Cabinet Member Despite a high number of applications last for Education and year, Hillingdon was well above the London Children’s Services average, with 91 per cent of children who applied for a secondary place in the borough being offered one of their top three schools. We have successfully kept pace with the rising numbers of pupils in the borough by delivering a £300 million schools building programme – one of the largest in London. 2 Secondary School Admissions September 2017 Closing date for applications: 31 October 2016 Contents Open evening dates .............................................................................................. 4 Choosing the right school for your child ............................................................. 5 Making an application .......................................................................................... 6 Creating and submitting an online application ................................................... 8 The application criteria ........................................................................................ 10 Address information ............................................................................................ 12 How places are offered ........................................................................................ 14 Offer day ............................................................................................................... 16 Additional information ......................................................................................... 17 Secondary schools in Hillingdon – individual criteria ......................................... 21 Applying for a year 10 school place ..................................................................... 42 September 2016 intake ........................................................................................ 48 Schools contact information ................................................................................ 49 Useful contact information .................................................................................. 52 Closing date for applications: 31 October 2016 September 2017 Secondary School Admissions 3 Open evening dates During the autumn term, each secondary school has an open evening for parents and pupils to visit the school. These evenings usually include a talk by the headteacher and a tour of the school. It will often be possible to see current pupils at work, meet staff and pick up a school prospectus. We recommend you visit the secondary schools on their open evenings if you can. Programme of open evenings for secondary transfer School Date Time Abbotsfield School Wednesday 28 September 6.30pm Barnhill Community High School Wednesday 5 October 6.00pm Bishop Ramsey C of E School Tuesday 11 October 6.00pm Bishopshalt School Wednesday 14 September 6.30pm Guru Nanak Sikh Academy Tuesday 11 October 5.00pm Harlington School Tuesday 4 October 6.00pm Haydon School Thursday 29 September 6.00pm Hewens College Thursday 6 October 6.30pm Northwood School Monday 10 October 5.30pm Queensmead School Wednesday 28 September 6.00pm Rosedale College Tuesday 27 September 6.30pm Ruislip High School Thursday 6 October 5.00pm Stockley Academy Monday 26 September 6.00pm Swakeleys School for Girls Thursday 29 September 6.30pm The Douay Martyrs Catholic School Thursday 22 September 6.00pm The Harefield Academy Tuesday 27 September 6.00pm Uxbridge High School Monday 3 October 6.00pm Vyners School Wednesday 5 October 6.00pm These times were correct at time of publication. If you are unable to attend an open evening, please contact the school for alternative arrangements. To find out the dates of the open evenings for schools outside of Hillingdon, you must contact the local authority (LA) in which the schools are located; alternatively contact the schools direct (see back cover for neighbouring LA contact numbers). 4 Secondary School Admissions September 2017 Closing date for applications: 31 October 2016 Choosing the right school for your child Things to do before making Top tips when choosing your decision your preferences • Attend the schools’ open evenings (see previous page for dates). It is important to Make sure you are realistic when deciding visit as many schools as possible. For your preferences; your child may end up schools outside Hillingdon, please contact without a preference school offer if you do the borough in which the school is located. not meet a high enough criteria for the schools you apply for. This may happen, for • Look at each school’s oversubscription example, if you live too far from the school criteria (pages 21 to 41). The higher the or if you name a faith school and do not criteria your child meets, the greater meet the faith criteria. chance of being offered a place. • Does your child need to take a test? Try and use all six preferences, or as many If you are applying for an out-of-borough as you can. Failure to do so will restrict our grammar school or a school that has a ability to offer you a place at a school of banding criteria, your child will be required your choice, if your other preferences cannot to take a test. Please contact the school for be met. If you only apply to one school, you further details (see page 49 for contact will only be considered for one school. You details). are, therefore, wasting the opportunity to be considered for other schools should • Look at each school’s exam results, which your preference not be successful. If a are published in their prospectus. place cannot be offered at your preference • Check the school’s recent OFSTED inspection school, an offer will be made for a school report online at www.ofsted.gov.uk that is within a reasonable distance from Many schools have their own website; schools your address that has vacancies. web addresses are listed on pages 49 to 51 of Include your local community, foundation this brochure. or academy school in your preferences, even if you list the school as your lowest preference. Failure to apply now may mean the school is full after offer day. Do not make decisions based on other people’s opinions or experiences. Your situation is different and things change every year. Once you have been to the open evenings, you will be able to make your own observations about the school. Closing date for applications: 31 October 2016 September 2017 Secondary School Admissions 5 Making an application If your child was born between 1 September Pan London co-ordinated 2005 and 31 August 2006 and lives in the admissions scheme borough of Hillingdon, you need to apply
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