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Transfer to Secondary School 2017/18 A guide for parents Transfer to Secondary School 2017/18 This booklet is for pupils entering Y7 for the first time. You must apply by 31 October 2016 Save Time - Apply online The Secondary Admissions Team can be contacted on (0114) 273 5790 or by email at [email protected] Contents 1 Introduction Top Tips and Frequently Asked Questions 4-7 2 Making an application for a school place Oversubscription Criteria for Community, Voluntary Controlled Schools and Academies 8-9 Admissions Committee 9 ONLINE Admissions 10 Expressing preference over the telephone 11 Fraudulent applications 12 When will the process start? 13 What decisions do I have to make? 13 When do I have to make my decision? 14 What happens if my application is late? 14 What happens next? 15 What happens if I change my mind about the preferences I have made? 15 What happens if I don’t get a place at one of my preferred schools? 16 What can I do if I am unhappy with the outcome? 16 3 Detailed Information Admissions Terminology 17 Eligibility for a School Place 19 Eligibility for Schools Outside of Sheffield 19 Sheffield’s Co-ordinated Admission Scheme 19 Consideration of Preferences 21 Offer Date 21 Late Applications 21 Waiting List (For Sheffield Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools) 21 Change of Address 22 Entry Outside of the Normal Year group 22 Fair Access Protocol 22 Admission to School for Children of UK Service Personnel 23 Statutory Appeal 23 Map of Sheffield Schools 25-26 APPLY ONLINE - www.sheffield.gov.uk/pupiladmissions 1 Sheffield Secondary Schools 27 Feeder Schools 36-38 Important notes to assist you in applying for a place in a Catholic Secondary School 39 Oversubscription Criteria for All Saints Catholic School 41-44 Oversubscription Criteria for Notre Dame High School 45-48 Oversubscription Criteria for UTC City Centre 49-50 Oversubscription Criteria for UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 51-52 Admission to Sixth Form 53 4 Other Useful Information Sheffield Special Schools (Secondary) 64 Sheffield Integrated Resources (Secondary) 65 Sheffield’s Admission Website 66 School Terms and Holidays 2017/2018 66 Complaints 66 School Transport Entitlement for Secondary School 66 Special Educational Needs (SEN) Section 70 Secondary Admissions In Sheffield - Contact Details 70 Addresses of Neighbouring Authorities 70 2 ENTRY INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL 2017 - 2018 Introduction 1 Next year your child will be moving to secondary school. It is natural that you should find this an anxious time, as you will want to make the right decision in the best interests of your child. This Guide applies to all community, voluntary aided, foundation trust, schools and the Academies in Sheffield and is designed to explain the procedures for applying for a secondary school place for your child. Please read through the Guide, so that you understand what will be happening and when. If you are unsure about any part of the process, there are several places you can ask for help. These are listed in the Guide. To contact Secondary Admissions, please call 0114 273 5790 or email ed- [email protected]. For more information about how to contact Secondary Admissions, see page 70. APPLY ONLINE - www.sheffield.gov.uk/pupiladmissions 3 Admissions – Top Tips 4. Remember, whilst you can apply for any school, that does not 1 A high number of parents are offered a mean that your child will receive a place at one of their preferred place there secondary schools. To help you through the system we have produced the If a school is oversubscribed we have to following top tips as a result of apply the oversubscription criteria which experience in previous years: are provided on page 8 of this booklet. These criteria determine which children 1. You must apply online, over the have priority for admission, please read telephone or complete a Common and understand them. If you are Application Form (CAF) applying for a Church Aided school their criteria are also contained in the booklet. If you do not submit an application your chances of being allocated a place at a 5. Make sure you know who is school you prefer, will be limited. If you making the decision about do not apply for a school place the admissions Admissions Team will allocate a school For Community Schools the City Council for your child. Places are not “reserved” makes the decision. For Voluntary Aided at your catchment area school. If you do (Church), Trust, Foundation Schools and not make an application, you will not be Academies it is the Governing Body. offered a place. 6. Consider your options carefully 2. Complete the Form or apply over The Authority cannot advise you to apply the telephone by 31 October 2016 for your catchment area school. If you or apply on line by 21 October do not include your catchment area 2016 school as one of your preferences and We will receive over 6000 applications you are unsuccessful in obtaining a for entry to Secondary School in place at another school, you will not be September 2017. If you apply late, your automatically offered a place there. If for application will be considered after all example your catchment school has others so you will have less chance of become full with pupils whose parents obtaining a place at your preferred applied there, you may be offered the school. nearest school to your home address 3. Be realistic in expressing your that has available places. This may be preferences some distance away. You may wish to consider applying for your catchment You are free to apply for whichever school as your second or third school(s) you wish. You are strongly preference. advised to read the information in this booklet about outcomes in previous years although there is no guarantee that outcomes will be the same as in past years. Admissions staff are available at open evenings to ask for advise. You need to work out where you are on the list of priorities for entry for any school you wish to consider. Please make informed choices. 4 ENTRY INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL 2017 - 2018 7. Select three different schools 12. Keep all correspondence You are strongly advised to use all Keep all letters you receive in relation to three preferences. Selecting a second your application as you may need them 1 and third preference does not weaken at a later appeal. your first preference, it does however 13. Finally – ASK! give you a possible fall back position if your first preference is unsuccessful. Do Our experienced team of Officers are not select the same school twice, it will here to help you. We know what an not increase your chances. important time this is and we want you to obtain a place at your preferred school. 8. Consider your ranking carefully Contact details are provided on page 70. You will be offered a place at your highest ranked school with available places. If you are eligible for all three schools you will be offered the first Frequently Asked ranked school. It is important therefore that you rank your schools carefully Questions 9. Previous years provide no 1. Is a place reserved for me at my guarantee catchment area school? If any of your other children or No, it is unlawful to reserve places. If you neighbours obtained places at a school do not apply for your catchment school in previous years, that is no guarantee as one of your 3 preferences a place is that the same outcome will occur for the not reserved for you there. year you are applying to. This can be 2. Am I guaranteed a place at my affected by the number of children in the catchment school if I apply there? year group and by application patterns No, places cannot be guaranteed even in any given year. for catchment area residents, who have 10. Provide any additional information applied for a place. You are responsible for providing 3. Do I have a better chance by supporting information to your applying early? application. This may include factors No, all applications received up to the such as medical information from a closing date will be considered equally. relevant professional, family circumstances or any other factors that are relevant to you. There are no rules on this matter, if you think it is important include it in your application. 11. We use a straight line measurement as a tie-breaker We do not use bus routes or walking routes. This may change the school that you consider to be your nearest. APPLY ONLINE - www.sheffield.gov.uk/pupiladmissions 5 4. Am I guaranteed a place at the allocated, speak to the SEN Department secondary school if I have another on 0114 273 6394. 1 child there, or if my child attends 8. What happens if I am not offered a feeder primary school? a place at my first preference No, there are no guarantees. Outcomes school? will depend on the number of We will consider your second and third applications received. preferences and if possible offer a place 5. What if I want to apply for a at one of these. You will be placed on a school outside Sheffield or to a waiting list for any higher ranked school Church Aided School? where you have been refused a place. All Sheffield residents must return 9. What happens if I am offered applications to Sheffield Local Authority. none of my three preferences? We will liaise with neighbouring You will be offered a place at the nearest Authorities or church schools on your school to your home address that has behalf so simply complete your available places.
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