Moving on 2016 Information for Parents with Children in Year 5 at Primary Schools and Year 7 at Middle Schools
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Moving On 2016 Information for parents with children in year 5 at primary schools and year 7 at middle schools. School open events and key dates for secondary/upper transfer For further information about your child’s move to secondary or upper school in September 2016, please visit www.hertsdirect.org/admissions Important Dates The timetable below gives you an idea of what will happen over the next few months. Admissions information is available online for parents First week of September 2015 to read or download Online application system opens and Moving On leaflet Tuesday 1 September 2015 distributed via children’s’ current school September and October Schools hold their open events Saturday 31 October 2015 Closing date for applications (online and paper) Aptitude/academic testing Some details have been provided under the individual entries, but please see schools own websites for full details of their aptitude and academic testing arrangements. Open Events at secondary and upper schools The following pages give details of the open events at secondary and upper schools which take place in the autumn term. Schools are listed in alphabetical order. If you have any queries about any of the information, please contact the schools direct. Secondary / Upper Adeyfield - Hemel Hempstead there will be open morning tours, please contact the school Thursday 1 October, 7.00pm. office 01707 650702 to book an appointment. Friday 2 & Monday 5 October, 10.00 – 11.00am. Chauncy (The) - Ware Ashlyns - Berkhamsted Wednesday 7 October, 6.15 - 9.15pm. Mr O’Sullivan will speak Thursday 1 October, 5.30 – 8.30pm. Talks by the Headteacher at 6.30pm & 7.45pm. We would like to invite parents and will be at 5.45pm, 6.45pm & 7.45pm. W/c 5 October, there will children to tour the school during the working day from be open morning/afternoon tours – please see the school’s September onwards. Telephone the school reception to arrange website for more details on how to book a place. an appointment. Astley Cooper (The) - Hemel Hempstead Cheshunt - Cheshunt Wednesday 7 October, 6.45 - 9.00pm. Headteacher to speak at Wednesday 16 September, 5.30 - 8.30pm. Headteacher’s talk 7.00pm. Friday 9 & Tuesday 13 October, 10.00 - 11.00am. at 6.15 & 7.15pm. Barclay (The) - Stevenage Da Vinci Studio School of Creative Enterprise - Letchworth Tuesday 15 September, 6.00 - 9.00pm. Headteacher to speak Year 10 and Year 12 entry. Dates to be confirmed. Please at 6.15pm, 7.00pm & 7.45pm - guided tours available on the check school website for details www.davinci-school.co.uk evening. We welcome parents and students during normal Da Vinci Studio School of Science and Engineering – school hours by appointment, w/c 5 October, Monday, Stevenage Wednesday & Friday 8.50 – 09.50am. Tuesday & Thursday Year 10 and Year 12 entry. Dates to be confirmed. Please 9.50 – 10.50am. Please book with reception on 01438 232221 check school website for details www.davinci-school.co.uk. or complete a card on the open evening. Dame Alice Owen - Potters Bar Barnwell - Stevenage Thursday 16 July, 2.00 - 5.00pm. 30 September, 2 & 3 October, Tuesday 29 September, 6.00 - 9.00pm. Headteacher talks tours of school at 9.30am only. 6.30pm, 7.15pm & 8.00pm. Years 7, 8 & 9 The Barnwell Middle School Campus, Shephall Green (SG2 9XT). Years 10, 11 and Elstree UTC (The) - Elstree Sixth Form Barnwell Upper School, Barnwell (SG2 9SW). The Year 10 and Year 12 entry. Dates to be confirmed. Please check school website for details www.elstreeutc.co.uk. open evening will be held on the Middle School Campus (Shephall Green SG2 9XT). Parking will be available. Tours w/c Fearnhill School - Letchworth Monday 5 October, three tours per day, to book a place contact Thursday 24 September, 6.00 - 8.30pm. the school. Friday 25 September, 9.00 - 10.45am. Beaumont - St Albans Francis Combe Academy - Garston Wednesday 7 October, 5.45 to 8.45pm. Headteacher’s talk Thursday 15 October, 5.00 – 8.30pm. times will be at 6.00pm, 6.40pm, 7.20pm & 8.00pm by ticket on The Principal will talk at 5.15pm, 6.30 pm & 7.45pm. arrival. Please walk to the school to avoid parking and Freman College - Buntingford congestion problems. Wednesday 7 October, 6.30pm. Please contact the college Birchwood High - Bishop’s Stortford office for a tour during the working day. Thursday 1 October, 4.30 - 8.00pm. Headteacher Dr. Chris Goffs - Cheshunt Ingate to speak at 5.00pm, 5.45pm, 6.30pm & 7.15pm. Thursday 24 September, 5.00 - 8.30pm. Principal's speech at Bishop's Hatfield Girls' - Hatfield 6.00pm & 7.00pm. School in action tours on 29th- 30th Tuesday 6 October, 6.00 - 9.00pm. September and 1st October mornings only, please contact the The Headteacher will speak at 6.30pm & 7.30pm. Open school directly to make an appointment Mornings will take place on Monday 12 to Thursday 15 October, Harperbury Free School - Radlett tours of the school at 9.20 & 11.20am are by appointment only. Shenley: Monday 29 Sept – Shenley Chapel, Porters Park Bishop's Stortford High (The) - Bishop’s Stortford Drive, WD7 9DW (evening) / Radlett: Monday 6 Oct – St John’s Thursday 17 September, 5.45 – 8.45pm. Church Hall, Watling Street WD7 7JJ (evening) / London Headteacher Presentations -6.00pm, 6.45pm & 7.30pm. Colney: Tuesday 7 Oct – London Colney Community Centre, Aptitude tests: Music – 10 October Sport – 13 October. Caledon Road, AL2 1PU (evening) / Borehamwood: Saturday Broxbourne (The) - Broxbourne 18 Oct – Fairway Hall, Brook Close, WD6 5BT (morning). See Tuesday 8 September, 5.45 - 9.00pm. The Headteacher will website for times http://www.harperbury.org.uk/admissions/open-days-evenings/ speak at 6.30pm & 7.30pm. In the two weeks following the Open Evening, parents and children may visit the school during Hemel Hempstead (The) - Hemel Hempstead the working day for a group tour. Please telephone the school Saturday 3 October, 9.30 - 12.30pm. There will be two open to make an appointment. mornings on Wednesday 7 and Friday 9 October between 9.00am and 11.00am. Bushey Academy (The) - Bushey Thursday 17 September, 5.30 – 9.00pm. Principal’s speeches Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College at 6.00pm, 6.45pm, 7.30pm & 8.15pm. Tours can be booked by (The) - Bishop’s Stortford contacting the academy office. Thursday 24 September, 5.30 - 8.30pm. Information about entry to the school at www.hertsandessex.herts.sch.uk. Please park Bushey Meads - Bushey considerately of our neighbours, approaching the school up Thursday 24 September, 6.30 - 9.00pm. Headteacher’s Warwick Road and exiting along Pine Grove. speeches will take place at 6:30pm, 7:15pm and 8:00pm. There is no parking available on the school site. Hertswood Academy - Borehamwood Cavendish (The) - Hemel Hempstead Monday 21 September, 5.30 - 8.00pm. Headteacher’s Saturday 26 September, 10.00 - 1.00pm. Coffee mornings will speeches at 6.00pm & 7.00pm. Group tours 22 September until be arranged during October for parents unable to attend on the 2 October, please telephone to make an appointment. Please note that there is no on-site parking. 26 September. Chancellor’s - Brookmans Park Highfield (The) - Letchworth Thursday 17 September, 6.00 - 9.00pm. The Headteacher will Monday 5 October, 6.00 - 8.30pm and Tuesday 6 October, 9.00 speak at 6.10pm, 7.00pm & 7.45pm. Parking on the school site - 10.45am. Headteacher talks 7.00pm & 8.00pm on Monday is restricted and car sharing is encouraged. W/c 21 September and 10.00am on Tuesday. Hitchin Boys' - Hitchin Meridian – (The) Royston Tuesday 22 & Thursday 24 September, 9.15 - 12.00 noon. Tuesday 29 September, 6.30 - 8.30pm. Tours of Meridian are Tours from 9.30am. The Headteacher will be available for available by appointment with the school office w/c 21 questions throughout the morning. Tuesday 22 September, September between 9.10 - 10.10am Monday to Thursday & 6.00 - 8.30pm. First tour starts at 6.00pm and last tour starts at 9.00 - 10.00am Friday. 7.30pm. Headteacher talks in the Main Hall at 6.30 & 7.00pm. Monks Walk – Welwyn Garden City Hitchin Girls' - Hitchin Thursday 8 October, 5.00 - 8.30pm. Tuesday 29 September, 5.30 - 8.00pm. Headteacher talks at Tours each morning from 12 - 23 October. No appointment 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Two Open Mornings from 9.30 - 11.30am necessary by please arrive promptly at reception for 9.00am. If on the 1 October and 7 October. you wish your child to accompany you on the tour, please ask permission from their Headteacher. Hockerill Anglo-European College (Boarding Place) and (Day place) - Bishop’s Stortford Mount Grace - Potters Bar Saturday 19 September, 8.45 -12.00 noon. The Principal’s Wednesday 16 September, 5.00 – 8.00pm. Headteacher to speech will take place at 9.00am, 10.00am & 11.00am with speak at 6.00pm & 7.00pm. Open mornings by appointment tours running throughout the morning. Last tour 11.30am. only Tuesday 22 and 29 September, Thursday 24 September & Language and Music aptitude test, Saturday 26 September, 1 October all at 9.00 - 10.30am. Please contact the school on registration for the aptitude tests is on the College website. 01707 655512 for an appointment. www.hockerill.com. Nicholas Breakspear Catholic - St Albans John F Kennedy RC - Hemel Hempstead Thursday 8 October, 5.30 – 8.30pm. The Headteacher’s speech Tuesday 6 October, 6.30 – 9.00pm. Headteacher’s talk 6.30pm at 7.30pm. Guided tours are available on the evening.