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Part 1 General Information Types of School Status of Schools List of Schools Standard Number Defined Area Compulsory School Age Visiting Schools School Prospectus Admission to Schools outside Milton Keynes Moving Home Timeline for Admissions Procedures Part 2 Admission to Primary School Part 3 Admission to Secondary School Part 4 Children with Special Needs Part 5 Allocations, Reviews and Appeals Part 6 Home to School Transport Part 7 Governing Bodies, The Education Welfare Service and Other Useful Information Part 8 Map of Milton Keynes and Lists of Schools This booklet is available on the Milton Keynes Council website on www.mkweb.co.uk 1 ….. PART 1 GENERAL INFORMATION PREFERENCE AND CHOICE In Milton Keynes the admissions policy for all schools operates on a first preference basis. This means that parents must complete a preference (or application) form. Parents do not have a right to choose a school for their child. They can however state a preference. If you live within the school’s defined area your application will be given priority. The Council and Schools will do everything possible to allocate a place at your preferred school. There is, however, no guarantee of a place at the school serving the area where you live. TYPES OF SCHOOLS In Milton Keynes, if you pay your Council Tax to Milton Keynes Council, there are five types of mainstream school that children can attend dependent on their age: - Nursery school or class 3 or 4 years - First school One point of entry to 8 years - Middle school 8 to 12 years - Combined schools One point of entry to 12 years - Secondary school 12 to 18 years These schools are co-educational and admit girls and boys of all abilities within the age range shown above. There are also special schools providing support for children with moderate and/or severe learning difficulties, communication difficulties and emotional and behavioural difficulties. The age range varies. Further information on those schools is available from the Special Educational Needs Section, Milton Keynes Council, telephone 01908 253414. STATUS OF SCHOOLS The schools maintained by Milton Keynes Council are identified within the four categories shown below: Community schools where the Council, Local Education Authority, is the admissions authority. The majority of schools come within this category. Voluntary schools (Aided) where the governing body is responsible for all admission arrangements. All the Catholic combined schools, the one Catholic secondary school and one C of E middle school in Milton Keynes are voluntary aided. These schools are: St Mary & St Giles CE Middle School, Stony Stratford St Mary Magdalene RC Combined School, Greenleys St Monica’s RC Combined School, Neath Hill 2 ….. Bishop Parker RC Combined School, Bletchley St Paul’s Catholic Secondary School, Leadenhall St Thomas Aquinas RC Combined School, Bletchley Voluntary controlled schools where the Council, Local Education Authority, is the admissions authority. These schools are: Cold Harbour Combined School, Bletchley Newton Blossomville First School, Newton Blossomville Sherington First School, Sherington Stoke Goldington First School, Stoke Goldington St Andrew’s First School, Great Linford Wavendon First School, Wavendon Foundation schools where the governing body is responsible for all admission arrangements. These schools are: Two Mile Ash Middle School, Two Mile Ash Denbigh School, Shenley Church End Lord Grey School, Bletchley The Radcliffe School, Wolverton Stantonbury Campus, Stantonbury The following schools have applied for Foundation Status. If approved by the Department for Education and Skills, is likely to come into effect for January 2002: Stanton Middle School, Bradville Ousedale School (secondary), Newport Pagnell Shenley Brook End School (secondary), Shenley Brook End The Council works closely with all these schools so that parents have access to relevant information about admissions policies and criteria. SCHOOL DETAILS Part of this information booklet contains a list of primary and secondary schools. The following information about each school is provided: Headteacher’s name, school address, telephone number, standard number, age range and description of the school’s defined area Also provided is a list of nursery schools and classes attached to mainstream schools and details of special needs provision in primary and secondary schools. STANDARD NUMBER All mainstream schools have a standard number related to its accommodation. Schools must admit up to this limit each year, assuming there are enough applications. The standard number for each school is shown along with other details about Milton Keynes schools later in this booklet. 3 ….. Overall the Council provides sufficient places in the primary and secondary schools for all children in the transfer year groups. If you are unable to obtain a place at your preferred school then you will be advised which schools have vacancies and how to ask for a review or an appeal. DEFINED AREA Each school has a defined area, which is detailed in the lists of schools provided later in this booklet. There is no guarantee of a place at the school serving the area where you live. The admissions policy operates on a first preference basis. This applies to admissions at One Point of Entry, 8+ and 12+ and at any other time. All parents must complete a form stating their first preference. Priority will then be given to children living in the defined area. If there are more “in-area” applications for the available places then it may not be possible to offer all children a place. Admissions procedures are detailed more fully later in this booklet. Every effort will be made to provide places at parents’ preferred school and for the majority of children that will be possible. Over 98% of parental preferences for primary school places were met in 2000 and 92% of secondary school places (figures for 2001 to be confirmed). COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE Children are considered to be of statutory school age when they have reached the age of 5 years and be in school on a full time basis. VISITING SCHOOLS Each autumn term all the secondary schools arrange open days or evenings for the parents of children due to transfer the following September. Primary schools do not usually have an open evening although that is a matter for individual schools. If you contact the school direct the school secretary or administrator will be able to confirm what arrangements are made for parents to visit schools. It is important that you visit the school which serves the area where you live, the “defined area”, as well as any other schools in which you might be interested, even if you already have an older child attending that school. Each school’s individual circumstances can change year on year and you should not assume that the information, which you received in a previous year, will be the same this year. Visits at other times are at the discretion of the schools and should be arranged directly with the individual schools. 4 ….. SCHOOL PROSPECTUS In addition to the information contained in this booklet parents should obtain a copy of the prospectus for the school which serves the area where they live. The prospectus may be supplied with this information. If not, please contact the school direct. If you are interested in considering other schools then the prospectuses are available by telephoning the school direct or by collection at the open evenings for secondary schools. You may also want to see annual school performance tables, which should be available at the school. The published reports of recent school inspections may also be helpful in giving additional information. Where schools have been identified as giving some cause for concern, the Headteacher, Governors and Council will be working hard to resolve any difficulties and ensure that children attending the school are not disadvantaged. APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL PLACE Please refer to the sections on admission of children at One Point of Entry, transfer at 8+ or transfer at 12+ detailed later in this booklet. ADMISSION TO SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF MILTON KEYNES You may request a place at a school run by a neighbouring authority. Requests should be directed to that school or authority who will decide if a place can be made available. The cost of any home to school transport is the responsibility of the parent. CHILDREN FROM OTHER AUTHORITIES If you live outside Milton Keynes and wish your child to be admitted to a Milton Keynes school you should contact the Admissions Section, whose address and telephone numbers are given at the front of this booklet. Any application made will be considered in line with the admissions criteria detailed in the booklet. You should note that your child’s attendance at a Milton Keynes nursery school or class or attendance at a first, middle or combined school does not guarantee admission to another Milton Keynes primary or secondary school. MOVING HOME Moving home within Milton Keynes If you move home during your child’s last year at first school i.e. Year 3 or the last year at middle or combined school i.e. Year 7 but your child remains at the same school, you must let that school know as soon as possible. Alternatively, if you move home within Milton Keynes and there is a change of primary school involved, you should let the Admissions Section know as soon as possible. In both these cases it is important that any application for transfer at the end of Year 3 or at the end of year 7 is re-considered. 5 ….. When the admissions staff have checked whether your change of address and/or your child’s change of primary school have affected your application you will be contacted as soon as possible. If these changes occur before the closing date for applications i.e.

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