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Admission to Kingston's Secondary Schools for Children with An Admission to Kingston’s secondary schools for children with an education, health and care plan Admission in September 2020 Starting in Year 7 1 Dear parents and carers, This booklet is for parents and carers of children with an education, health and care plan (EHC plan) in Year 5. Moving to a new school can be an anxious time for families, so this brochure aims to help guide you through the school admissions process for children with an EHC plan as it is different to the usual admission process. All children with EHC plans have their phase transfer from primary school to secondary school dealt with by the special educational needs and disability (SEND) Team, who are here to help and support you through this important transition. If your child is undergoing assessment please follow the mainstream admissions process and your child’s education setting will be considered when the EHC plan is agreed. More information can be found at www.kingston.gov.uk/info/200342/apply_for_a_school_place. This brochure provides details of the how the process works, key dates and advice in approaching this achievable yet daunting task. For the majority of children with an EHC plan their needs can be met in their local mainstream secondary school. All our maintained mainstream secondary schools have a SEND department and have experience supporting children with a range of diverse special educational needs and disabilities. Mainstream secondary schools SEND support will include but is not limited to: ● experienced and qualified teachers providing quality first teaching ● differentiated curriculum ● small group activities or learning opportunities ● targeted and specific interventions ● access to external agencies: EPS, SALT specialist outreach, etc ● a qualified special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) ● differentiated application of school policies in line with children’s SEND Some children’s needs are more complex and they will require more support in mainstream or will need to be educated in a maintained specialist school. The type of provision the local authority believes would best suit your child’s needs will be discussed through the annual review process. Working in partnership I believe the correct placement can be secured for your child where they can make social, emotional and academic progress to move forward on their journey to reaching their aspirations and becoming more independent. Whichever school your child transfers to in September 2020, I wish them every success in their future education. Yours sincerely Charis Penfold Director for Education Services 2 Contents Section 1: Types of schools in Kingston and key dates Types of schools 4 Timeline for the admission process for children with an EHC plan for September 2020 5 Section 2: The Year 5 annual review process 6 Section 3: Applying for a secondary school place Step 1: Collecting information on schools 7 Step 2: Consider how your child will get to school 7 Step 3: Deciding which school best fits the needs of your child detailed in the EHC plan 8 Step 4: Parental preferences for secondary schools 8 Step 5: Submitting your parental preferences 8 Section 4: The local authority process Step 1: Consulting the secondary school 9 Step 2: The paperwork sent to secondary schools 9 Step 3: How places are allocated 9 Step 4: Finding out what school your child has been given 10 Step 5: Appeals 10 Section 5: Secondary schools in other local authorities 10 Section 6: Independent schools and non-maintained special schools 10 Section 7: Advice and support 11 Section 8: The Year 6 annual review process 11 Section 9: Frequently asked questions 13 3 Section 1 Types of school in Kingston and key dates There are 11 secondary schools and three special schools in the Kingston Borough. Academies An academy is a state-funded school that is run by an academy trust, funded entirely by central government and sets its own admissions policy. There are nine secondary academies in the borough: Coombe Boys’, Coombe Girls’, The Hollyfield, The Holy Cross (for girls), Richard Challoner (for boys), Southborough High (for boys), The Tiffin Girls’, Tiffin School (for boys) and Tolworth Girls’. Free schools Like academies, free schools are independent of the local authority and are funded directly by central government. The Kingston Academy opened in September 2015. Community schools Community schools are maintained by the Council. For community schools, the Council sets the admission policy. Chessington School is the only community secondary school in the borough. Grammar schools Grammar schools are state-funded secondary schools where children are admitted on the basis of passing an entrance exam. There are two grammar schools in the borough: Tiffin School (for boys) and The Tiffin Girls’ School Enhanced Specialist Teaching Arrangement (ESTA): only for children with an EHC plan A specialist team of staff will support children within their mainstream classes. Richard Challoner has such an arrangement for boys with autism and mild learning difficulties. Specialist Resourced Provisions (SRP): only for children with an EHC plan Within some maintained secondary schools there is a provision specialising in supporting children with particular special educational needs, for example, moderate learning difficulties and autism. Children have access to additional specialist staff, learning spaces and personalised times which may include small group and individual work. There are usually only a few places per year group. Coombe Girls’ is for girls with communication needs including hearing impairment. The Kingston Academy supports children with social communication needs including autism and mild to moderate learning needs. The Hollyfield School is for children with social communication needs including autism and mild to moderate learning difficulties and sensory and emotional needs. Richard Challoner supports children social, emotional and mental health needs. Tolworth Girls’ supports girls with their emotional health including girls with autism. Academy special schools: only for children with an EHC plan An academy special school is run by an academy trust and its governors. It is funded entirely by central government and specifically caters for children with more moderate to complex learning and/or physical and/or medical needs. Kingston has three special schools: Bedelsford, Dysart and St Philip’s. 4 Section 2 The Year 5 annual review process Before the review meeting ● The school must invite the local authority (Achieving for Children), parents, carers, your child and any other professionals (for example, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, educational psychologist and physiotherapist, etc) currently working with your child. The local authority is prioritising its attendance at this review and will attend as many as possible. ● Everyone invited (including parents and carers) are asked for any advice and information to be given to school. The school should send this advice to everyone at least two weeks before the meeting. ● For children looked after, the social worker will also be invited. It may be appropriate for annual reviews to coincide with one of the reviews in their care plan. The personal education plan (PEP) meetings serve to drive forward academic progress and enable students to close their gaps in learning. At this annual review meeting ● The end of Key Stage 2 outcomes from the EHC plan should be reviewed. If any are no longer appropriate or have been met, suggestions and amendments can be made. ● Key Stage 3 outcomes should be agreed. ● The targets from the past 12 months should be reviewed and new ones set for the next 12 months. ● If you did not submit information when requested, your views of the year, progress, etc can be recorded from the meeting. ● The meeting should centre on your child. The child must contribute, their views must be sought and they may attend the meeting if appropriate. ● Review any health and social care provision and its effectiveness in good progress towards outcomes. ● A discussion should be held about what type of secondary school could meet the needs of your child. ● It should be discussed what preparation can be done to support your child be more independent learner to begin preparing for secondary school and make a successful transition. Following the review meeting ● The school must send a report of the annual review meeting within two weeks of the meeting. Parents or carers should see and sign this before it is sent to everyone invited to the meeting. ● The local authority must send parents or carers a letter to say whether it proposes to amend, cease or maintain the EHC plan, within four weeks of the annual review meeting. ● Parents or carers should continue to research secondary schools (see further advice in this booklet). 5 Primary to Secondary School Phase Transfer for children with an EHC plan Timeline for September 2020 (Kingston and Richmond) September 2018 to July January 2019 May to July 2019 September 2019 October 2019 18 November 2019 to September 2019 to 2019 (ideally January to 15 February 2020 July 2020 (ideally May) (Statutory deadline January to May) when all EHC plans must be final) Year 5 annual reviews Phase transfer Secondary school Preferences for Consultations sent to Final EHC plan issued Year 6 annual reviews At this meeting you will: (Primary to secondary showcase (parents, Secondary Schools secondary school The amended final EHC At this meeting you will: • Review progress towards school) information carers and children) The local authority will The child’s papers will plan sent to parents or sessions for parents • Review progress end of Key Stage 2 A chance to meet send an amendment be sent to all the carers with secondary towards end of Key outcomes and carers of children secondary schools notice or proposed schools that you school place named and in Year 5 with an EHC Stage 2 outcomes • Review 12 month targets and to ask questions amended EHC plan to expressed a preference any amendments from plan • Review 12 month and write new 12 month about the provision you and seek your for (not independent the Year 5 review.
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