APPLYING FOR A

2019/2020 Foreword

Dear Parent / Carer Whichever schools you choose to apply for, If you have any questions that are not you will need to visit our website to make covered in this booklet, then please We understand that moving from primary an application. If you do not have computer take a look at our website to secondary school may be an anxious access at home then you can use the www..gov.uk/admissions, time for parents and children. We know facilities in your local library or the Customer contact the School Admissions Team that you will want to choose the school Service Centre on Granby Street, free of on 0116 454 1009 (Option 1) or email that is right for your child and that enables charge. You can also contact The Choice [email protected]. them to reach their true potential as well Advice Service who run a series of support Please note that the closing date for as benefit from the range of activities each sessions for parents who need help with applications is midnight on 31 October 2018. school has to offer. This booklet aims to help making an application – more details can be We will write to you on 1 March 2019 with a you to do that by giving you information found on page 18. school place offer. about local secondary schools, how to make an application and how school places are Please take the time to read this booklet Finally, we would like to wish your child a allocated. carefully and also visit the schools that happy and successful time at their new you are considering so that you and your secondary school. You can list up to three different schools on child can make up your own mind about your application form – your first, second what they have to offer. All secondary and third school preferences. We will always schools have open days and / or evenings try to offer you the highest preference we for children and their families and these are can. It is always best to use all three of your detailed in this booklet on pages 10 - 16. preferences and to include a school near The schools also have information on their to where you live as one of your preferred websites, including exam results and Ofsted options. Demand for school places is high, information, which you may find useful. in some areas greater than others, and this helps towards you being offered a local school.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 2 Everything you need to know

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BEFORE APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL PLACE ...... 5 HOW WE PROCESS YOUR APPLICATION ...... 20 Important dates to remember ...... 6 SECTION 4 Different types of secondary schools in Leicester and the surrounding area ...... 8 HOW PLACES ARE ALLOCATED ...... 21 Details of school locations ...... 9 Supplementary information forms ...... 22 Maximise your chances ...... 14 Choose your preferred schools carefully ...... 15 SECTION 5 Your catchment area school ...... 15 Priority for children who have a brother or sister RECEIVING YOUR OFFER OF A SCHOOL PLACE ...... 23 already in attendance at one of their preferred schools . . . . 15 What can I do if I am not happy with the school place offered? �����������������23 How does the appeals process work? ...... 24 SECTION 2

MAKING AN APPLICATION ...... 16 APPENDIX 1 - Your home address and what to do if you’re moving house ...... 25 Applying online ...... 17 The Choice Advice Service ...... 18 APPENDIX 2 - Fair Access Protocol ...... 28 What happens if my application is late? ...... 19 APPENDIX 3 - Travel and transport to school ...... 29 Special educational needs (SEN) ...... 19 What if I want to change my preferences after APPENDIX 4 - How places were allocated at schools within submitting my application? ...... 19 Leicester City on 1 March 2018 ...... 31

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 3 Data protection

We have a legal requirement to make sure you know what we intend to do with your information and who it will be shared with. In order to provide you with a school admissions service, there may be occasions when your information is shared with schools, other council departments and the Department of Education. The details you provide on your form will also be shared with other council departments, including the Corporate Investigations Contact information Team. They will compare the details you provide against If you need more information about the records held by the council , including council tax records, and admissions process, please contact us using one those held by other organisations including credit reference of the methods shown below: agencies. They will check that the details provided match. Any You may find the answer on our website: applications identified that are deemed to be fraudulent or otherwise questionable will be investigated further. www .leicester .gov .uk/admissions We have a duty to: Email: admissions-online@leicester .gov .uk • keep sufficient information to provide services and fulfil our By telephone to our Customer Service Centre: legal responsibilities 0116 454 1009 (option 1) • keep your records secure and accurate Telephone opening hours are: 8.30am – 5pm on Monday to Thursday • only keep your information as long as is required 8.30am – 4.30pm every Friday • collect, store and use the information you provide in a Visit our Customer Service Centre: manner that is compatible with the General Data Protection 91 Granby Street Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 Leicester City Council We will always try and keep your personal data secure, LE1 6FB whether it is held on paper or electronically. Please see our privacy notice for more details.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 4 SECTION BEFORE APPLYING 1 FOR A SCHOOL PLACE

1 Visit the schools and have a look on their admission number. This number takes websites into account how many pupils each Arrange to visit schools during their school can accommodate and how many open days and evenings. The dates for children in Leicester need a school place. these are given on pages 10 to 13 of this Read the admissions criteria for each booklet. Also, visit the school websites - school and look to see the priority that The web addresses for each school are applies to your child. This will give you The policies that apply to school shown on pages 10 to 13. an idea of how likely it is you will gain a admissions and transport to school place at a preferred school. You can also operate separately. In particular, if a pupil 2 Read useful reports about the schools find out about how places were allocated is offered a place in a preferred school You can find information on school last year which can be found on our this does not in any way guarantee that performance at www.education.gov.uk/ website here. transport will be available. If transport to schools/performance. To view the most school is an issue for you when applying recent Ofsted report for a school, please 4 Consider how your child will travel to for a school, you are strongly advised to visit www.ofsted.gov.uk and from school contact us before stating your preference. It is your responsibility as a parent/ carer 3 Consider how many places are available 5 Do use all three of your preferences to get your child to school. You must think at each school and who these are very carefully about the distance and Carefully consider three different offered to how your child will travel to school. The schools to list. If you only list one school, Each school has a limited number of majority of children are not eligible for you may end up with one that is much places and this is known as the published free transport to school. further away.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 5 Important dates to remember

From 12 Application process begins September 2018 Online system opens for applications to be submitted. Schools hold open events so that you can visit and look round – details can be found on pages 10 to 13.

Midnight 31 Closing date for applications October 2018 Please ensure that you apply ahead of this date as leaving it until the last minute may mean you miss the closing date if there are any technical issues. If you miss the deadline, this will significantly reduce your chances of getting a place at the school you want.

24 November 2018 If you have missed the deadline we may still accept your application as on-time but only if there are good reasons for this and if it is submitted up to this date. See page 19 for more details.

January and All on-time applications are processed February 2019

1 March 2019 Offers of school places are sent out for all on-time applications We will send you an email with your application outcome. We will also send offers letters by second class post. Please be aware that some email providers may delay sending the messages to account holders – applicants will need to check with their own email service suppliers in this regards. Leicester City Council has no control over email delivery times once they have left our servers.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 6 Important dates to remember

29 March 2019 If you want to appeal for a place at one of the schools we manage the appeals process for, you will need to do so by this date to ensure that it can be considered by an independent panel before the start of the new term. The appeals will usually be heard between early May and late June each year. 1 April 2019 We will start to make further offers from the waiting list to those who were considered as applying on time. 8 April 2019 First round of late applications will be considered (new applications received between 1 November 2018 and 1 March 2019). 6 May 2019 Second round for late applications to be considered (those received between 2 March 2019 and 30 April 2019) including change of preference requests. 29 August 2019 Children start at their new school.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 7 Different types of secondary schools in Leicester and the surrounding area

If you live in Leicester City, we will process your application for any school, even if the school is outside of Leicester City. Community schools Community schools are run by the local authority, which employs school staff, owns the land and buildings, and sets the entrance criteria (such as catchment area) that decide which children are eligible for a place. Trust schools Trust schools are similar to community schools but are run together with an outside body – usually a business or charity – which has formed an educational trust. Voluntary aided schools Voluntary-aided schools are religious or faith schools. The governing body of these schools employs the staff and sets the entrance criteria. School buildings and land are usually owned by a charity, often a church. Academies Academies are independently managed schools set up by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups in partnership with the local authority and the Department of Education. Free Schools Free schools are funded by the government but aren’t run by the local council. They have more control over how to do things. Free schools can be set up by groups like charities or community faith groups.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 8 Details of school locations

Please refer to the map for details Secondary Schools of where schools are located 32 1 Avanti Fields Secondary School* both within Leicester City and just 2 Babington 3 across the border in 4 School County. All of these schools are 28 5 within a reasonable travelling 24 6 , Groby 27 7 Castle Mead Academy distance from the centre of the 8 Countesthorpe Leysland Community College City and there are good public 9 Crown Hills Community College transport links that will enable 10 English Martyrs Catholic School your child to travel to and from 2 19 11 Fullhurst Community College 22 12 school safely. 6 4 13 Hamilton Academy 1 13 14 Judgemeadow Community College In your application to Leicester 10 15 Madani Boys / Madani Girls City Council, you are entitled to 18 16 Manor High School 17 apply for schools both within 18 Leicester City and those in the 7 17 19 Academy 9 20 surrounding area. 15 25 20 Saint Paul’s Catholic School 11 21 Sir Jonathan North Community College We will then send your details to 14 22 29 23 South High School the relevant authority and will let 24 you know if they can offer your 21 25 The City of child a place. 26 16 26 The 27 The Martin High School, Anstey We recommend that you visit the 30 28 schools individual websites where 3 29 5 12 30 Tudor Grange Samworth Academy you can find more information 31 31 that will help you decide which 23 32 schools to apply for. You can also * Until Avanti Fields move to their permanent site in Hamilton, their temporary site will be at the Bede Island Campus, visit the schools on their open Narborough Road/Upperton Road, Leicester, LE3 0BT days - details of these can be found on pages 10-13. 8

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 9 Details of schools in the area For details on the lowest admissions criterion we met last year for schools within Leicester City, please see page 31.

Admission Admission Oversubscribed Map ref School name Age range School Open Days Contact details limit Arrangements for 2018 entry no .

Avanti Fields 3-16 Wednesday Tel: 0116 2419880 Free school (boys and girls) (NEW school Please click 180 26 September Email: [email protected] No 1 Principal: Ms E Taplin opened from here 5.30pm Web: www.avanti.org.uk/avantifields Address: 147 Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 0BT Sept 18)

Babington Academy Thursday Tel: 0116 222 1616 Academy (boys and girls) Please click 210 11-16 20 September Email: [email protected] No 2 Principal: Ms Sara Fletcher here 3pm - 6pm Web: www.babington.leicester.sch.uk Address: Strasbourg Drive, Leicester, LE4 0SZ

Beauchamp College Tel: 0116 271 5454 Academy (boys and girls) Wednesday Please click 240 11-19 Email: [email protected] Yes 3 Principal: Ms Kelly 19 September 2018 here Web: www.beauchamp.org.uk Address: Ridge Way, , Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 5TP

Beaumont Leys School Thursday Tel: 0116 234 4480 Community school (boys and girls) Please click 210 11-16 27 September Email: [email protected] Yes 4 Headteacher: Mrs D Parkinson here 6pm – 8pm Web: www.beaumontleys.leicester.sch.uk Address: Anstey Lane, Leicester, LE4 0FL

Brockington College Tel: 0116 286 3722 Academy (boys and girls) Please check directly Please click 240 11-16 Email: [email protected] Yes 5 Headteacher: Mr Southall with the school here Web: www.brockington.leics.sch.uk Address: Blaby Road, Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 4AQ

Brookvale High School Groby Tel: 0116 287 9921 Academy (boys and girls) Thursday Please click 240 11-14 Email: [email protected] Yes 6 Headteacher: Ms Rush 4 October 2018 here Web: www.brookvalegroby.com Address: Ratby Road, Groby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE6 0FP

Castle Mead Academy Tuesday Academy(boys and girls) 11 September Tel: 0116 268 9739 Please click Not Address: City Centre 240 11-16 6pm - 8pm Email: [email protected] 7 here applicable *NEW SCHOOL DUE TO OPEN FROM SEPTEMBER 2019 - (Held at Rushey Mead Web: www.castlemead-rmet.org.uk PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY FOR APPLICATION DETAILS* Academy)

Countesthorpe Leysland Community College Academy (boys and girls) Tel: 0116 277 1555 Thursday Please click Headteacher: Mrs Aitcheson 300 11-19 Email: [email protected] No 8 20 September 2018 here Address: Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicester, Web: www.clcc.college Leicestershire, LE8 5PR

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 10 Details of schools in the area

Admission Admission Oversubscribed Map ref School name Age range School Open Days Contact details limit Arrangements for 2018 entry no .

Crown Hills Community College Wednesday Tel: 0116 273 6893 Community school (boys and girls) Please click 240 11-16 12 September Email: [email protected] Yes 9 Principal: Mr Farhan Adam here 3.30pm – 6pm Web: www.crownhills.com Address: Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FT

English Martyrs Catholic School Thursday Tel: 0116 242 8880 Voluntary aided Academy (Catholic) school (boys and girls) Please click 180 11-18 4 October Email: [email protected] Yes 10 Head teacher: Mr M T Carney here 5pm – 7pm Web: www.englishmartyrs.org Address: Anstey Lane, Leicester, LE4 0FJ

Fullhurst Community College Thursday Tel: 0116 282 4326 Trust school (boys and girls) Please click 300 11-16 20 September Email: [email protected] Yes 11 Principal: Mr S Piggot here 5pm – 7.30pm Web: www.fullhurst.leicester.sch.uk Address: Imperial Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1AH

Gartree High School Tuesday Tel: 0116 271 7421 Academy (boys and girls) Please click 155 11-16 18 September Email: [email protected] Yes 12 Headteacher: Ms Singleton here 6pm Web: www.gartree.leics.sch.uk Address: Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 5TQ

Hamilton Academy Tuesday Tel: 0116 241 3371 Academy (boys and girls) Please click 240 11-16 25 September Email: [email protected] No 13 Principal: Ms J Gair here 6pm – 8pm Web: www.hamilton-college.co.uk Address: Keyham Lane West, Leicester, LE5 1RT

Judgemeadow Community College Tel: 0116 241 1920 Thursday Academy (boys and girls) Email: [email protected] Please click 240 11-16 20 September No 14 Principal: Mr Jason Smith Web: www.judgemeadow.org.uk here 6pm – 7.30pm Address: Marydene Drive, Leicester, LE5 6HP

Madani Boys’ School Thursday Tel: 0116 249 8080 Voluntary aided (Muslim) school (boys) Please click 60 11-16 20 September Email: [email protected] Yes 15 Head of Schools: Mr R Laher here 4pm – 6pm Web: www.madani.leicester.sch.uk Address: 77 Evington Valley Road, Leicester, LE5 5LL

Madani Girls’ School Thursday Tel: 0116 249 8080 Voluntary aided (Muslim) school (girls) Please click 60 11-16 20 September Email: [email protected] Yes 15 Head of Schools: Mr R Laher here 4pm – 6pm Web: www.madani.leicester.sch.uk Address: 77 Evington Valley Road, Leicester, LE5 5LL

Manor High School Thursday Tel: 0116 271 4941 Academy (boys and girls) Please click 180 11-16 20 September 2018 Email: [email protected] Yes 16 Headteacher: Mr Powell here 6pm-8pm Web: www.manorhigh.leics.sch.uk Address: Copse Close, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 4FU

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 11 Details of schools in the area

Admission Admission Oversubscribed Map ref School name Age range School Open Days Contact details limit Arrangements for 2018 entry no .

Moat Community College Thursday Tel: 0116 262 5705 Community school (boys and girls) Please click 210 11-16 27 September Email: [email protected] Yes 17 Principal: Mr B Killeen here 4pm – 6pm Web: www.moat.leicester.sch.uk Address: Maidstone Road, Leicester, LE2 0TU

New College Leicester Thursday Tel: 0116 231 8500 Trust school (boys and girls) Please click 180 11-18 20 September Email: [email protected] No 18 Principal: Mrs J Brown here 4pm – 7pm Web: www.newcollege.leicester.sch.uk Address: Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN

Rushey Mead Academy Tuesday Tel: 0116 266 3730 Academy (boys and girls) Please click 378 11-16 18 September Email: [email protected] Yes 19 Principal: Ms G Kader here 6pm – 8pm Web: www.rushey-rmet.org.uk Address: Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 7AN

Saint Paul’s Catholic School Thursday Tel: 0116 241 4057 Voluntary aided (Catholic) school (boys and girls) Please click 180 11-18 20 September Email: [email protected] Yes 20 Principle: Mrs M Gillespie here 6pm – 8pm Web: www.st-pauls.leicester.sch.uk Address: Spencefield Lane, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6HN

Sir Jonathan North Community College Thursday Tel: 0116 270 8116 Community school (girls) Please click 240 11-16 13 September Email: [email protected] Yes 21 Principal: Mrs A Merrills here 5.30pm – 7.30pm Web: www.sjncc.leicester.sch.uk Address: Knighton Lane East, Leicester, LE2 6FU

Soar Valley College Wednesday Tel: 0116 266 9625 Community School (boys and girls) Please click 255 11-16 19 September Email: [email protected] Yes 22 Principal: Mrs J Robinson here 6pm – 8pm Web: www.soarvalley.leicester.sch.uk Address: Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7GY

South Wigston High School Tuesday 11 Tel: 0116 278 2388 Academy (boys and girls) Please click 160 11-16 September 2018 Email: [email protected] Yes 23 Headteacher: Mrs Webb here 6pm-8pm Web: www.southwigston.leics.sch.uk Address: St Thomas Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 4TA

The Cedars Academy Tel: 0116 267 7107 Academy (boys and girls) Tuesday 11 Please click 180 11-19 Email: [email protected] No 24 Headteacher: Mr Smith September 2018 here Web: www.thecedarsacademy.org.uk Address: Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 4GH

The City of Leicester College Thursday Tel: 0116 241 3984 Community school (boys and girls) Please click 240 11-18 27 September Email: [email protected] No 25 Principal: Ms A Gregory here 4.30pm – 7pm Web: www.cityleicester.co.uk Address: Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 12 Details of schools in the area

Admission Admission Oversubscribed Map ref School name Age range School Open Days Contact details limit Arrangements for 2018 entry no .

The Lancaster Academy Tel: 0116 270 3176 Monday Academy (boys and girls) Email: [email protected] Please click 240 11-16 17 September No 26 Principal: Mrs A Fisher Web: www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk here 4.30pm – 7.30pm Address: Knighton Lane East, Leicester, LE2 6FU

The Martin High School Anstey Tel: 0116 236 3291 Academy (boys and girls) Monday Please click 180 11-16 Email: [email protected] No 27 Headteacher: Mrs Sanchez 24 September 2018 here Web: www.martinhigh.org Address: Link Road, Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 7EB

The Roundhill Academy Academy (boys and girls) Tel: 0116 269 3896 Monday 17 Please click Headteacher: Mr Tickle 150 11-16 Email: [email protected] Yes 28 September 2018 here Address: 997 Melton Road, , Leicester, Web: www.roundhill.leics.sch.uk Leicestershire, LE4 8GQ

The Winstanley School Tel: 0116 289 8688 Academy (boys and girls) Please check directly Please click 120 11-16 Email: [email protected] No 29 Headteacher: Mr Parkinson with the school here Web: www.winstanleyschool.org.uk Address: Kingsway North, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 3BD

120 Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, (60 Year 6 children at A Church of School Thursday Tel: 0116 278 0232 the school Please click Academy (boys and girls) automatically 11-16 20 September Email: [email protected] No 30 here Headteacher: Mr Alan Wilkinson go through to 3.30pm – 6.30pm Web: www.samworth.tgacademy.org.uk year 7 leaving Address: Trenant Road, Leicester LE2 6UA 60 places for new applicants)

Wigston Academy Tel: 0116 288 1228 Academy (boys and girls) Please check directly Please click 300 11-16 Email: [email protected] No 31 Headteacher: Mr Wilson with the school here Web: www.wigstonacademy.org Address: Station Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2DT

Wreake Valley Academy Week Commencing Academy (boys and girls) Tel: 0116 264 1080 1st October - contact Please click Principal: Mr Pinnock 240 11-19 Email: [email protected] No 32 school for further here Address: Parkstone Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire, Web: www.wvacademy.org details LE7 1LY

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 13 Maximise your chances Make a note of the important Use all three of your preferences Research how places are allocated dates shown on page 6 • Do use all three of your preferences as at your preferred schools • Make sure you apply and submit your this will maximise your chances of gaining • Take the time to read the admissions application before midnight on a place at a preferred or nearby school. criteria and consider which criterion your 31 October 2018 otherwise most of the • If you only use one preference and you child will meet. You can find out the available places will have already been are unsuccessful in gaining a place here, lowest criterion we met for Leicester City allocated. Details of how to apply can be other nearby schools may have been filled schools last year on page 31. This will found on pages 16 and 17. and you may have to travel to a school only give you a rough guide as each year much further away. is different and the allocations can be • Applying late may mean that you are affected by the number of applications offered a school much further away than • All three preferences are considered as if received, the areas applicants live in etc. your preferred ones. they are separate applications and so you • If you apply on time, we will let you know will not be disadvantaged for a place at of your school place offer on 1 March 2019. your highest preference in any way.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 14 Choose your preferred schools carefully

Choosing a school needs careful consideration. Selecting either your catchment school and/ or a school where you already have a child attending may place you in a higher category and mean that you have a better chance of getting a place at that school.

• Priority for children who have a brother or sister already in attendance at one of their preferred schools For some schools, children who have a brother or sister already attending their preferred schools are given priority over those who live in the catchment area but without a sibling in attendance at their preferred school. • Your catchment area school It may not always be possible to offer your child a place at one of your preferred schools. However, if you include your catchment area school in your list we are more likely to be able to offer a place at a school which is local to you rather than one which may be much further away. Details of your catchment area school can be found on our website.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 15 We are unable to offer a place at either of SECTION these schools because all of the available places have been offered to children who MAKING AN meet a higher oversubscription criteria. An alternative offer of a school place is APPLICATION made at Babington College which is much 2 further away. We are unable to offer a place at their catchment school of Soar Valley College as all of the available places have been filled with applicants who stated this school as a preference. Make sure you read this section in full as preferences are refused because they fall An example application: it is very important. Even if you have been into a lower priority or were unsuccessful in Martin lives in the catchment area of Rushey through the process before there are likely the random allocation tie break. Mead Academy. His parents would most like to be things that are different. It is essential The below examples are intended to give an for him to attend Moat Community College that you make your application correctly, as this is the school that both of his parents and on time, as this can significantly affect illustration on how the application process works and do not reflect the actual position attended. Martin’s parents state three your chances of being offered a place at the preferences as follows: school you are interested in. of the school in any way. 1. Moat Community College It is important to get lots of information An example application: 2. before deciding on your preferred schools Anita lives in the catchment area of Soar and the order you would like to put them Valley College. Her parents would most 3. Soar Valley College on your application. We will offer you the like a place for her at the girl’s school - We are unable to offer a place at the highest ranked school we can, so please Sir Jonathan North Community College. highest preference of Moat Community make sure you like your first preference Otherwise they would like a place for her at College as all of the available places have more than your second preference and your a school with a religious denomination been filled with children who meet a second preference more than your third. – English Martyrs Catholic School. higher oversubscription criteria. We are Please remember that each of your Anita’s parents only state two preferences able to offer a place for Martin at Rushey preferences will be considered equally and as follows: Mead Academy as he fulfils a high enough separately. This means that some places oversubscription criteria to qualify for a 1. Sir Jonathan North Community College may be allocated to second and third place. The third preference of Soar Valley preference applicants, whilst some first 2. English Martyrs Catholic School College is then automatically withdrawn.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 16 Applying online Please apply online at Here to help with your www.leicester.gov.uk/admissions application • You can apply any time up to midnight on If you do not have an email account, you 31 October 2018. will need to set one up. For help with this, go to www.learnmyway.com and follow the • You will receive a confirmation email instructions. once you have submitted your application. If you do not have access to a computer • You can make changes to your application or the internet, you can attend one of our right up to the deadline, 31 October 2018, support sessions. Full details and dates can but if you do so you must remember to be found in the online booklet - ‘Applying for re-submit your application, if you do not a secondary school: Key facts’. Your child’s your application may be considered as late. primary school may also provide help. Complete all questions asked Which council do I apply to? There will be questions about you and about You need to apply to the council that you the child needing the school place including pay your council tax to – no matter which details of any brothers or sisters already schools you wish to apply for. Accessing our attending the school(s) you prefer. It will online site you will be able to include schools ask you to list your preferred schools in order out of our area as part of your preferences of preference. It will also ask you about (we then co-ordinate with all other councils anything else relevant to the child and their to see if they can meet your request). application for a school place (such as any special educational needs or if they are a ‘looked after’ child).

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 17 The Choice Advice Service

The Choice Advice Service offers free impartial guidance, support and information to parents choosing a school for their child in Leicester. The choice adviser cannot guarantee school places or influence the allocation process. However, they can guide you through the admissions process, and help you to make an application for a school place. They can also support you with the admission appeal process. The Choice Advice Service also run a number of support sessions across local primary schools. Full details and dates can be found in the online booklet - ‘Applying for a secondary school: Key facts’. Choice Advice Service Website: www.choiceadvice.org.uk Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0116 257 4990

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 18 What happens if my Special educational What if I want application is late? needs (SEN) to change my If your application is late, there is a much All schools make provision to support preferences after greater chance that you will not get a place children who have special educational at one of your preferred schools. Those needs. Some children have an Education, submitting my who applied on time will be allocated a Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and may school place before late applications are attend either a mainstream school or a application? considered. special school. If your child has an EHCP, You can make as many changes as you the Educational Psychologist at your child’s like to your preferences up until the closing If you have an exceptional reason for current school will start the process of their date. Please remember you will need to applying late, and if the application is annual review in Autumn 2018 to establish re-submit your application each time you received before 24 November 2018, along which school they will be attending in make a change. We will not normally with the evidence described below, we may Autumn 2019. consider it as if it was received on time. consider any changes of preferences You can also discuss this with the SENCo at received after the closing date unless You must supply independent supporting your child’s current school. this is due to an exceptional change of evidence of this reason, for example a circumstances, for example, a house move. solicitors letter confirming exchange of If your child is undergoing statutory Exceptional circumstances will only be contracts or an unexpected hospital stay assessment please contact your Case considered if the application is received where you are the sole carer. Officer for further advice. If your child has before 24 November 2018. special educational needs but does not If we agree that your reasons are currently have an EHCP you should apply in If you change any of your preferences, or exceptional, we will consider it as an on-time the normal way. their order, after the closing date, without application otherwise it will be treated as an exceptional reason for this, that change late and we will write to you to confirm this. will not be considered until after 6 May 2019. This is to ensure that parents and carers who do this do not gain an unfair advantage over others by having the opportunity to list more than three preferences.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 19 SECTION HOW WE PROCESS 3 YOUR APPLICATION

We treat each of your preferences as if it was a separate application. Each school has a limited number of places and this When we send your application details to It is important that you use all of your is known as the published admission any other school or local authority we do preferences as if we cannot offer you one of number. This is the number of pupils who not send them information relating to any your preferred schools, we will offer you a can be admitted to the intake year (year 7). of your other preferences including how place at the next nearest school to your home Places are allocated against the published you have ranked them. address that still has places available. This may be a much further away school if nearer admissions criteria for each school. We make sure that there is only one Applications that were made on time are schools have been filled by those requesting a offer of a school place for each child . processed first and late applications are place here. dealt with afterwards. If your child qualifies for a place at more If you have applied for a school outside than one of the schools you have asked Leicester city we will electronically send for, we will look at how you ranked your details of your application to the local preferences first, second and third. We will authority in which the school is located. offer the highest preference school at which The other local authority will then tell us your child has qualified for a place. All lower if they can allocate your child a place, preferences will then be withdrawn with but it is us who will write to you on the right of appeal for this preference being 1 March 2019. withdrawn at the same time.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 20 SECTION Step one HOW PLACES ARE Application received ALLOCATED 4 Step two Admissions criteria are applied to each of your preferences

Where there are more applications received than places available, the admission criteria for each school is applied to the application. Step three Please refer to pages 10-13 for links to the Places are offered up to the admissions criteria for each school. admission number at each school Please be aware that we cannot guarantee your child a place at one of your preferred schools. Step four Children with an Education, Health and Care The highest possible preference is Plan (EHCP) will be entitled to a place at offered to each child the school named in the plan. If the child for whom you are responsible has an EHCP, please ensure that you tick the box on the form to indicate that this is the case. Please note: we do not take into Step five account your child’s current If it has not been possible to allocate school place, your childminding your child a place at any of your arrangements or workplace address. preferred schools, we will allocate a All allocations are based on the place at the nearest school to your priorities listed. home address with spaces at the time

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 21 Supplementary information forms

Voluntary aided schools, academies and free schools all have their own admissions criteria and the school governors are the admitting authority for these schools. For some of these schools you are required to complete a supplementary information form (SIF) as well as applying on the city council’s website. SIFs are available from the school, on the school’s website or on the council’s website. The deadline for receipt of the SIF by the school is 31 October 2018. Please ensure that a receipt is collected from the school as proof of submitting your SIF as the school cannot be held responsible for applications lost in the post or for the late submission of a SIF.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 22 SECTION RECEIVING YOUR OFFER 5 OF A SCHOOL PLACE

What can I do if I am not happy with the school place offered? We will add your child to the waiting These schools maintain their own waiting list(s) for your preferred school(s) . lists: If you have been refused a place at any of English Martyrs Catholic School your preferred schools your child’s name Madani Boys’ School will be added to the waiting list and we will Madani Girls’ School contact you if a place becomes available. Saint Pauls Catholic School. Waiting lists are held in oversubscription For schools that fall under Leicestershire criteria order. If a place becomes available County Council, please visit their website at it will be offered to the first child on www.leics.gov.uk for details on how their the waiting list. We are not allowed to waiting lists are maintained. distinguish between on-time and late applications when compiling waiting lists so a child can move down the list when a child being added to the list has a higher priority. We will hold and maintain the waiting lists for all schools that fall under Leicester City, except those listed below, up until July 2020.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 23 How does the appeal process work?

If you have been refused one or more of your highest preferred schools, you can appeal to an independent appeal panel. You can only appeal for a place at a school for which you have a current live preference. If you wish to appeal, it is a good idea to accept the place at the school you have been offered, as this will not affect the outcome of your appeal and will ensure that your child has a school place for the start of term. During an appeal hearing, you will have the opportunity to put forward your case to an independent appeal panel who will carefully consider the reasons you put forward for seeking a place at your preferred school. This is an independent body that is not bound by the council’s admission priorities, or the published admission numbers. The panel’s decision is binding on the council and on parents/carers. If your appeal is unsuccessful the authority will not normally consider a further appeal for the same school for entry in the same academic year unless there has been a significant change in your circumstances. Full details of the appeal process, including deadlines for appealing can be found on our website at www.leicester.gov.uk/admissions.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 24 Appendix 1: Your home address and what to do if you’re moving house

Evidence of your home address Additionally, a child’s home address is where • A child moves to a home other than he or she spends most of the school week. with their parent or carer, unless it The address you give us on your application We would not normally accept an address in was due to a formal fostering or care must be your child’s permanent address as the following circumstances: arrangement through social services at the closing date and where you are still etc. We will require you to submit planning on living when they join the school. • You keep a home elsewhere or you have official letters from the professionals two homes. We will check which is your involved confirming this and these Your home address must be where you live main home and will refuse to accept an with your child, unless you can prove that must be submitted at the time of address that might be considered to be application. your child lives elsewhere with someone only a temporary address for the purpose who has legal care and control of your child. of obtaining a place at a popular school. We will check the home address given by We expect a child’s home address to be a you against our records and those held residential property that is the child’s only • The original home is still owned, the new by other organisations as described or main residence, not an address at which address is a rented property within the earlier. If we discover that a school your child may sometimes stay or sleep due area of a popular school and where the place was offered on the basis of false or to your domestic arrangements. distance between the original home and misleading information provided by you, chosen school is easily commutable. The property must be owned / leased or for example - false information given by rented by the child’s parent/carer or person • Only part of the family moves unless you regarding a home address to get a with legal care and control of the child. this was due to a divorce or permanent place at a particular school, the offer of a separation arrangement. We will need place will be withdrawn. legal evidence of this.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 25 If you have any concerns or suspicions about Moving House fraudulent addresses, please contact the school admissions team. Any information If you are planning on moving, an application you give us will be treated in strict must still be made on time using the address confidence. you are living at the time of application. You must then contact the School Admissions Please tell the school admissions team Team as soon as possible, attaching proof of immediately about any change of address. the change of address. To be able to use a new If you do not do this, your application will address for allocating places during the first become invalid and this may lead to any round of allocations, you must be living at the offer of a school place being withdrawn. If new address on 24 November 2018 and you we have any doubts about the information must have sent evidence by this date. you have provided on your application, we For house moves/changes of address taking will refer your application to our corporate place after 24 November 2018, we will use investigations team for further detailed the new address for the second round of checks to be carried out. Please note that allocations from 16 April 2019. we have the right to withdraw any offer of a school place up to one term after Remember, you must notify us of any change admission if it is shown that it was obtained of address at any time before the school term on the basis of a fraudulent or misleading starts in September 2019 . application. When moving house the evidence required is: The address given on the application must • Confirmation that the house purchase is legally be your permanent address as at the closing binding (i.e. contracts have already been date. exchanged and completed); or • A formal lease agreement which shows that the property leased is suitable for the family’s needs; and • Evidence that the previous property has been sold or rental ceased at; and • Utility bills to prove that the family is resident in the new property.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 26 What if I move to the area when my child would not normally change school? If you have moved house and it is no longer practical to make the journey to your child’s current school, you will need to apply for a place at a different school. If you wish to apply for a Leicester school, you will need to make an In-Year application online. We will be able to arrange a transfer to the school you prefer if there is a place available when we process your application. You can apply for a school place in advance of your move if you wish, however you will not receive a decision more than half a term before your child is due to start at the new school. For a place at the start of a new academic year, applications can only be made 4 weeks before the end of term. School places are not reserved for people who move into the area, but we will be pleased to advise you about which schools have places available at the time you require a school. Transfers in years 10 and 11 are not usually recommended due to likely difficulties in GCSE curriculum matches and in the subject timetabling. If you are considering moving your child please discuss this with the current school and contact the school admissions team.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 27 Appendix 2: Fair Access Protocol

In-year fair access protocol As required by law, Leicester City Council has a fair access protocol with schools. This ensures that vulnerable children who need a school place outside the main admission round are offered one as soon as possible. This can sometimes result in schools going above their published admission number for an established year group. Please contact the admissions team if you would like more detail on how this operates.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 28 Appendix 3: Travel and transport to school

Will I be offered free transport to school?

It is your responsibility as a parent or carer You will be eligible for free to get your child to school. You must think transport to school if: very carefully about the distance and how your child will travel to school. The majority • Your child is of statutory school age; of children are not eligible for free transport and to school. • The school attended is the nearest The policies that apply to school admissions appropriate one as determined by and transport to school operate separately. Leicester City Council; and In particular, if a pupil is offered a place in • The distance between home and a preferred school this does not in any way school is more than the statutory guarantee that transport will be available. walking distance of three miles. If transport to school is an issue for you when applying for a school, you are strongly Note: Transport is provided only at the advised to contact us before stating your beginning and end of the normal preference. school day.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 29 Arrangements for Children with an Useful websites Leicester City Council, schools low income families Education, Health admissions Children from families entitled to free school Ofsted (The Office for Standards in meals or who are in receipt of the maximum and Care Plan (EHCP) Education) level of Working Tax Credit will be entitled to Children with an EHCP (formerly known as free transport if they are aged between 11 statements of Special Educational Needs) Office of the School’s Adjudicator and 16 and are attending one of their three who may have no entitlement on distance Local Government Ombudsman nearest qualifying schools, and live between grounds or normal borough policies will be two and six miles from that school. The two considered under a separate policy. Independent Schools Council information miles is measured in the same way as the service statutory walking distance; the six miles is Transport is provided to the nearest (DfE) along road routes. appropriate school, as defined by Leicester City Council, with regard to a child’s A low income criterion has been introduced particular needs. Other information for faith based home to school travel. For Free school meals children aged 11- 16 from low income families, free travel must be arranged to Application forms For information regarding eligibility, please the nearest suitable school preferred on visit our website. the grounds of religion or belief where they for school transport Children of UK service personnel live more than two miles but not more than Apply online here. fifteen miles from the school. We will follow the School Admissions Code in allocating places for armed forces personnel.

Don’t forget to apply by the closing date - midnight 31 October 2018 30 Appendix 4 - How places were allocated, at schools within Leicester City, on 1 March 2018

Number of Places Allocated against the published Admissions Criterion A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (1, 2, or 3) Temporary Temporary allocated at allocated carers fleeing carers or an EHC Plan Number (PAN)* 1st March 2018 1st March address is in the address address is in the address protection plans protection to high demand* Children who are who are Children secondary school Statement of SEN Statement Number of places Total Preferences Preferences Total Agreed additional Agreed domestic violence Children allocated allocated Children the subject of child places for Yr7 only* Yr7 places for over-allocation due over-allocation Children of parents/ of parents/ Children sibling at the school Children who have a who have Children Published Admission Published last place allocated to last place allocated Children whose home Children Children whose home Children Children whose home Children Children whose home Children address is outside the address were previously in the previously were address is outside the address a sibling at the school local authority or who local secondary school with catchment area of the area catchment catchment area of the area catchment catchment area of the area catchment of the area catchment non-preference school non-preference Distance from school of from Distance have requested a place requested have care of a local authority of a local care Children in the care of a in the care Children secondary school with a over-subscribed schools) over-subscribed School (for on-time applications secondary school and who 414 210 60 8 10 0 0 0 36 24 117 68 n/a 23 278 460 210 0 12 1 1 0 0 30 34 81 75 1.033 0 222 Crown Hills CC 652 240 60 13 2 0 0 0 28 56 109 118 1.365 0 313 English Martyrs C School 446 180 60 0 Please refer to the school's website for details of how places were allocated. 240 Fullhurst CC 418 180 120 4 2 2 0 0 49 8 167 76 1.847 0 304 Hamilton Academy 193 240 0 0 2 3 0 0 28 11 66 24 n/a 46 180 Judgemeadow CC 630 240 60 8 2 2 0 0 23 52 44 125 n/a 6 254 Madani Boys School 219 60 0 0 Please refer to the school's website for details of how places were allocated. 60 Madani Girls' School 235 60 0 0 Please refer to the school's website for details of how places were allocated. 60 Moat CC 374 210 0 11 0 1 0 0 43 35 80 62 0.576 0 221 New College Leicester 216 180 0 20 0 2 0 0 38 4 84 6 n/a 66 200 Rushey Mead Academy 763 312 66 4 2 1 0 0 69 47 171 92 1.318 0 382 Saint Paul's C School 388 180 60 0 Please refer to the school's website for details of how places were allocated. 240 Sir Jonathan North CC 401 240 0 14 2 4 0 0 19 31 102 96 2.565 0 254 Soar Valley College 793 270 42 6 2 1 1 0 87 11 216 0 1.753 0 318 The City of Leicester College 595 240 60 7 0 0 0 0 21 37 80 140 n/a 18 296 The Lancaster Academy 115 240 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 21 32 n/a 40 105 Tudor Grange Samworth 50 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 12 8 n/a 10 38 Academy, A CofE School

NOTES * The Published Admission Number (PAN) for the schools is shown in column A above. However as a result of a particularly high requirement for places, certain schools have agreed to take additional Students in Year Group 7 and this is shown in column B. Also, we have made additional offers on National Offer Day as shown in column C. This is a temporary over allocation and the schools will revert back to the original or agreed PAN from Autumn 2018 following some non-acceptance of offers.

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