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Starting in a Hounslow School Nursery in September 2019 Starting in a Hounslow School Nursery in September 2019 Apply on time by 3 May 2019 1 Children born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 can start in a nursery class attached to a primary or infant school in September 2019. Please apply directly to the school of your choice. 2 Apply online: www.hounslow.gov.uk/admissions 2 Content Introduction 3 School Information 11 Introduction School map Types of schools in Hounslow List of schools Understanding the admissions process Admission criteria for Hounslow community infant and primary schools Oversubscription Admission criteria for other schools Myth busters Late applications Key dates Completing your Application 7 Additional Information 21 Closing date for applications Special Educational Needs Proof of address Early learning and childcare entitlement for 2, 3 and 4–year Exceptional medical and social need olds Additional forms – Supplementary information forms Education and statutory school age Duplicate applications Appeals/ Complaints Waiting lists Transfer to reception class Childhood immunisations 3 Introduction Universal 15 hours early education entitlement In the majority of schools, children attend nursery classes for five half days each week in term‐time, either five mornings or All 3 and 4‐year olds are entitled to up to 15 hours of free five afternoons, depending on the organisation of each early education for up to 38 weeks a year. This brochure school. Some schools offer different hours of attendance. provides information about accessing this entitlement in Please refer to the school of your choice for more schools. information. If you choose to access the free 15‐hour entitlement through 30 hours childcare and early education an Ofsted registered day nursery, pre‐school or childminder entitlement for some working families before your child starts their school nursery class place, or while you are on a waiting list for a school nursery place, Some working families are eligible to receive a further 15 please refer to pages 10 and 23 for more information. hours of early education for their 3 or 4‐year old. This is in addition to the universal 15 hours – 30 hours in total. In our schools, children can take up a free 15‐hour place in a nursery class from the September before their fourth Not every school in Hounslow offers the additional 15 birthday. Children born between 1 September 2015 and 31 hours but more than one childcare provider can be used to August 2016 can be admitted to a nursery class attached to a access this entitlement. Please see pages 9 and 23 for more primary school in September 2019. Children cannot be information. admitted to nursery classes before the school year in which they reach the age of 4. All of our maintained infant and primary schools have nursery classes. Enquiries and applications for a nursery class place should be made directly to the school. Applications will be considered according to the admission criteria and offers will be made up to the number of places available at each school. Types of Schools in Hounslow faith school. The governing body of the school sets the All Hounslow primary schools are co‐educational and admit admissions policy and criteria. boys and girls. Most of the primary schools are all‐through primary schools, catering for children from age 3 to age 11. Free schools Free schools are independent of the Local Authority and are There are seven pairs of separate infant and junior schools. The funded directly by the Department for Education. They can be primary schools in Hounslow are community schools, set up by a wide range of proposers, including charities, Voluntary aided (Faith) schools, academies and free schools. universities, businesses, educational groups, teachers and groups of parents. Community schools These are maintained by the council, which sets the Academies admissions policy, including the criteria used for allocating An academy is a school that is run by an academy trust and its places at schools. governors. It is funded entirely by central government and is independent of local authority control Voluntary Aided (Faith) schools These are maintained by the Council but administered by the school’s governing body, in agreement with the Local Authority. The schools serve their faith communities, and applicants will need support from their religious leader, on a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) supplied by each 4 Understanding the Admissions Process Before you complete an application form, it is very important that you understand how the process works. Oversubscription Late applications Most Hounslow Schools are oversubscribed. If there are It is very important that you return your application form to more applications for a school than places available, the the school by the closing date 3 May 2019. Submitting a places will be allocated according to the admissions late application greatly reduces your child’s chance of an criteria for the school. Please check that your child meets the offer of a nursery class place. school’s admission criteria, especially if your preferred school is a faith school. Information regarding the admission criteria If your application is late, it will not be processed until after all for community schools can be found on page 19. Information on time applications have been allocated. regarding the admission criteria for other schools can be found on the school’s website. Key dates Applications open – complete forms and return directly to the schools you wish to apply for. Some schools will also require you to complete their supplementary information forms which can be obtained from the schools. Closing date for applications. Offer day You will receive a letter from the Headteacher of the schools you applied to. This is the deadline to return your acceptance slip for the school place offered. 5 Understanding the Admissions Process Myth Busters application may be withdrawn at any stage of the process. This is We know that the application process can be confusing and even if you have already been offered a school place. See page 7 that rumours can circulate about what is best to do. The facts ........................................................................................ below will give you the information you need to make your MYTH: I should apply to every school and I will definitely get a application correctly. place in one of them. MYTH: I can put my child’s name down for the school nursery FACT: You can apply to more than one school and each school class I would like as soon as they are born. will assess your application based on their admission criteria. There is no guarantee of a place at any school. FACT: Schools do not keep a list of children wishing to attend ......................................................................................... their nursery class until the year in which they can apply for a MYTH: If I get offered a place in more than one school, I can place. decide which one I want nearer to the start of the new term. ......................................................................................... MYTH: Making my application as soon as the application FACT: You need to return your acceptance slip within 2 weeks of system opens means I will have more chance of getting my your offer. If you do not do this, it may be assumed you no preferred school. longer require the place and therefore allocated to someone else. FACT: School places are not allocated on a first come, first ......................................................................................... served basis. All applications received by the specified closing MYTH: One of my children already goes to the school so my date will be allocated based on the admission criteria of the other child will automatically get a place. school and not by date of when it was received. ......................................................................................... FACT: Each child’s school place must be applied for and there is no automatic allocation based on having a sibling at the same MYTH: It will not matter if I miss the application deadline. school. Most schools do offer some priority to siblings in their FACT: Applications submitted after the deadline will not be oversubscription criteria, but this does not guarantee a place if processed until after all those that were submitted on time. there are other children who rank higher in the criteria. See This will delay you getting a school place and the school/s you page19). If your child does have a sibling attending the school prefer may already be full. If your preferred school/s are already, please make sure you indicate this on your application already full, there is a chance you may not be allocated a form. school place. ......................................................................................... ......................................................................................... MYTH: My child is attending the school’s onsite preschool. This MYTH: There is a January intake so if I don’t get a place in means I will get priority for a place in the nursery class. September I can get a place in the following January. FACT: All nursery places must be applied for regardless of FACT: Schools will only take children in January if they have a whether your child is attending the onsite pre‐school. Attending vacancy. The majority of schools would have filled their places the onsite pre‐school does not guarantee you a place in the at the start of the term. nursery class. ........................................................................................
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