Applying for a school place for September 2020 at

Application deadline 31 October 2019 Foreword

Dear Parents and Carers As a Council we are working to give every child in Haringey the best Once you have read this booklet, visited the schools and read their possible start in life: having an excellent education is part of that. So we are prospectuses (which are available on individual school websites at delighted that all of the borough’s secondary schools are rated as ‘good’ or www.haringey.gov.uk/secondary-schools, please apply online at ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. I know that every school is committed to providing www.eadmissions.org.uk. the very best for its students. If you don’t have access to a computer, you can use a computer and access Our schools have tremendous facilities, exceptional teaching and dedicated the internet for free at any one of Haringey’s nine staff - and you Alternatively, you can request a paper application using the information in can be confident that, wherever your child goes to school in Haringey, they this booklet. will enjoy an exceptionally high standard of education. We understand that The deadline for submitting applications is 31 October 2019. Please be making the move to secondary school is a very important time for your aware that if your application is received after this date, it is very unlikely that child and for you. The information in this online booklet should help you your child will be offered one of your preferences. to carefully consider your options, so you make an informed decision in selecting the right preferences for you and your child. We look forward to receiving your application and wish your child every success at secondary school and beyond. Each of our secondary schools will hold an open event, and we strongly encourage you to attend these to help you get to know your local school Cllr Zena Brabazon Eveleen Riordan and in making your choices. Details of these open events can be found on Cabinet Member for Children and Assistant Director, our website at www.haringey.gov.uk/secondary-school-open-events Families Schools and Learning and in the school section of this booklet. It is important to remember that expressing a preference is not the same as choosing which school your child will attend – Haringey’s secondary schools are very popular, and many receive more applications than there are places available in Year 7. The admissions criteria set out in this booklet explain how decisions on offers of places will be reached. Contents

Admissions 2020 In-year admissions Deciding on a school 14-19 Schools (UTCs and Studio Schools) Myth busters Education Welfare Service Applying online Free School Meals Fraudulent applications Independent (private fee paying) schools The results of your application LGO Frequently asked questions Ofsted Special Educational Needs Schools in other authorities Types of schools in Haringey Useful contact details Admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled schools How the criteria were applied last year Schools A-Z Don’t be late!

Apply online by 31 October 2019 www.eadmissions.org.uk

;; It’s secure and easy ;; You will receive email confirmation that we have received your application ;; You can make changes to your application until the deadline ;; You find out the result of your application before paper applicants Getting ready: Prepare, protect & practise

As your child gets ready for secondary school: Benefits: • Prepare. Immunisation protects. Is your child’s immunisation record • Better protected children as they grow & learn complete? If partially or fully vaccinated in another country, check with • Less risk of illness & fewer absences from school your practice nurse who can advise if this is sufficient for the UK. • Healthy parents, healthy child • Protect with FREE immunisation. Girls and boys in Year 8 will routinely be offered the HPV vaccine. All children in Year 9 will be offered the 3-in-1 teenage booster and the meningitis vaccine. More information Practise. Fruit and vegetables are always the best snack. Healthy swaps • Haringey parks are among the best in the country. To find your nearest make a difference. Children should be active for at least 60 minutes a day. • park, visit www.haringey.gov.uk/parks Parents, start now! A healthy lifestyle is important for parents too. One • Use www.walkit.com to find safer and healthier journeys. You Haringey is a lifestyle service that includes weight management, • smoking cessation and physical activity sessions. • Vaccine info at nhs-vaccinations-and-when-to-have-them • The HPV vaccine helps protect against cancers and it’s important to have • One You Haringey https://www.oneyouharingey.org or call 020 8885 both doses. MenACWY vaccine prevents meningitis and septicaemia. 9095 Before any vaccine is given, consent will be sought from parent or child. • Download the free Change4Life Food Scanner app to find out what’s in your food and find healthier options. Applying for a school place

Admissions 2020 Deciding on a school Myth busters Applying online Fraudulent applications Frequently asked questions The results of your application Applying for a school place

Secondary Admissions 2008 If your child was born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009, you will need to apply for your child to start secondary school in September 2020.

Sixth Form Admissions Admissions to sixth form are dealt with directly by schools or by the Haringey Sixth Form College. You can find out more about the admission criteria for sixth form in .

SEND Admissions Haringey provides a range of specialist facilities and support services for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The special educational needs of most children are met in mainstream schools where additional help is available. In certain cases a special school or unit may be appropriate. Information about provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is available from the SEN team. If your child has a statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education Health and Care Plan, their transfer to secondary school will not be via the normal admissions procedure set out in this booklet. The SEN Service will write to you in September and explain the procedure for applying for a secondary school for your child. If you have any questions about this process please contact the SEN team. Tel: 020 8489 1913

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Key dates for Secondary Admissions Date What will happen?

1 September 2019 Applications open

31 October 2019 Application deadline

Offer day/online outcome Online applicants will receive notification of their 2 March 2020 offer in an email Paper applicants will be sent an offer letter

Acceptance deadline - online applicants should 16 March 2020 accept their offer online

2 April 2020 Appeal deadline Applying for a school place

Deciding which school place you would like to apply for

1. Consider how likely it is that your child will be offered a place at your preferred schools. If you live outside Haringey and you would like to find out your home to Read the admissions criteria for each school and look to see which criteria school distance measurement for a Haringey school then please email your apply to your child. See the for Haringey community distance request to [email protected] schools. See how the was applied last year, including the 2. Look to see how many places each school has available. This is called distance of the last child offered a place at a particular Haringey School. the Published Admission Number (PAN). Please remember that although this information can be used to give you an idea The admission number for each school is listed under each school’s entry in of how likely it is that you will be offered a place at your preferred school, the ‘last distance’ will change every year. We can never guarantee any child will be offered a place at any school. 3. Please use Haringey’s online Distance Calculator to find your home to school distance measurement. 4. Visit schools. If you are a Haringey resident then you can use the online tool to find out Please contact each school directly to arrange a visit. your home to school distance. Please note that this tool will only work for 5. Read Ofsted reports. Haringey schools. You can view reports at www.ofsted.gov.uk If you are applying to schools outside Haringey you will need to contact the borough where the school is located for your home to school distance 6. Consider how your child will travel to school measurement. The cost of home to school travel is covered by free transport provided by Transport for (TfL). Visit the TfL website to find out more about

Do: Talk to your child about the decision Don’t: Let others influence your decision – the right school for your friend’s child may not be the right school for your child. Applying for a school place Myth busters Myth: I live nearer to the school than the last child offered under Myth: Listing one school will the distance criterion last year so I’m guaranteed a place. Myth: Children in my road go to mean that you will have to offer the school so my child will too. me that school. If you list only one school and your child Although the information listed in the cannot be offered a place under the table can give you an school’s admission arrangements, we idea of of how likely it is that you will be offered a The number of pupils offered under will offer the nearest school to your place at your preferred school, the ‘last distance’ each criterion at each school can home address with a vacancy. will change every year. We cannot guarantee any change every year so just because child will be offered a place at any school. you know pupils living near you that go to a certain school, it does not mean that your child will be offered a place there.

Myth: It does not Myth: My child has a right to be matter if my form is given one of our school choices. late.

The schools you list on your If you apply after 31 October application form are are not choices 2019, we will look at your but preferences. . Each school application after all those that preference will be processed in applied on time and it is very accordance with the school’s unlikely that you will be offered admission arrangements and the one of your preferred schools. highest possible preference will be offered. When we are unable to offer any school listed on your application, we will allocate the nearest school to your home address with an available place. Applying for a school place Myth: Listing the same school six times will improve my chances of being offered a school. Your child can only be Myth: I have an older child already considered once for a at the school so I do not need to Myth: If I apply to a school in school and any duplicated apply. preferences will be deleted. another borough, their residents Even if you have an older child at will have priority over me. the school, without an application you will not be considered. Also, An admissions authority cannot give some schools do not have a priority to its own residents and published sibling criterion. Please look at the admissions criteria cannot include the admissions criteria for the school borough of residence. Haringey cannot and you are applying for. does not discriminate between applicants who live in the borough and those who do not.

Myth: Our is very near to the Secondary school we want and all my child’s classmates will be going there so we will also automatically go there.

Myth: I can only apply There is no guarantee that you for Haringey schools. will be offered the Secondary school near to the primary You can apply for both school your child attends. Your Haringey and out of application will be processed in borough schools by naming accordance with the school’s them on the Haringey admission arrangements. Please application form. be aware that most children are considered under the distance criterion. Applying for a school place

Key information to consider

• We recommend that you list six schools on your application • You must check if any of the schools you are applying for require form. This will maximise the possibility of your child being a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to be completed. We offered a school you would like them to go to. have clearly shown in the of this booklet • The schools can be in Haringey or elsewhere. which Haringey schools have a SIF. You will need to ask the school for the SIF. • Please list the schools in the order you most prefer them. • Please do not list any private fee-paying schools on the form.

Before you make your application

• Before starting your application please ensure you have a valid email address.

• Apply online from 1 September 2019 at www.eadmissions.org.uk

• Please read all the information on our School Admissions page before clicking on

• Once selected, you will be taken to the eAdmissions website hosted by the London Grid for Learning

• Before you make your online application you must register with the London Grid for Learning website. Applying for a school place

Register to Registerapply to online apply online If you do not already haveSelect an ‘Register existing to applyaccount, online select’ or ‘Create ‘Register a new account to apply’. online’ or ‘Create a new account’.Enter your name and contact details, then click Next. 1. Enter your name and2. contactSelect your details, home address. then click You Next.may need to scroll down on the address list as it is not always displayed in numerical 2. Select your home address.order. You Then may click Nextneed. to scroll down on the address list as it is not always displayed in numerical order. Then click Next.  Create a password for your account. It must be between 6 and 16 characters long. Then click Next. 3. Create a password for Completeyour account. the answers It must to 3 besecurity between questions, 6 and then 16 click characters long. Then clickNext. Next. 4. Complete the answers Your to 3 account security has questions, now been created. then Makeclick aNext. note of your password and username, then click where it says ‘Click 5. Your account has now herebeen to created. continue Makeyour eAdmissions a note of application’ your password and username, then click where it says ‘Click here to continue your eAdmissions application’ Log in to the eAdmissions website to start your child’s ap- plication. 6. Log in to the eAdmissions website to start your child’s application.  You will be sent a validation email after you login to the 7. You will be sent a validationeAdmissions email website.after you You login MUST to click the the eAdmissions link in this email website. You MUST clickto validate the link your in account. this email If you to do validate not validate your your ac- account. If you do not countvalidate then your you will account not be able then to youmake will an applicationnot be able for to make an applicationyour for yourchild child Applying for a school place

Confirm your personal details

 If you can see this message on your account then you have Confirm your personalnot yet validated yourdetails email address.  You MUST visit your email account first and click the link in If you can see this message on your account then you have the email which has been sent to you to validate your ac- not yet validated your email address. count. If you do not validate your account then you will not You MUST visit your email accountbe able first to continueand click withthe yourlink inapplication. the email which has been sent to you to validateThen return your to account.the eAdmissions If you site do to not create your applica- validate your account then you willtion. not be able to continue with your application.

Then return to the eAdmissions Check site tothat create all the informationyour application. you have provided is correct. Check that all the information youPlease have ensure provided the address is correct. you provide is your child’s per- manent address. This will be checked against council rec- Please ensure the address you provideords. is your child’s permanent address. This will be checked against council records.  You may need to scroll down on the address list as it is not You may need to scroll down onalways the address displayed list in numericalas it is not order. always displayed in numerical order. If you are unable to locate your address do not use an ad- If you are unable to locate your addressdress which do is not not youruse own.an address Instead, please call 020 8489 which is not your own. Instead,1000 please or email call [email protected] 8489 1000 or email . [email protected].  For more infor- mation about address- • For more information aboutes, addresses,see see Applying for a school place

Starting your application

• Select ‘Start a new application for a child that is not listed below’. Starting your application

 Select ‘Start a new application for a child that is not listed below’.

Applying for a school place

Entering your child’s details

Entering your Makechild’s sure you enter details the information accurately.  Make sure you only apply for a child born between • Make sure you enter the01/09/07 information 31/08/2008 accurately.  Parents with multiple birth children must complete a sep- arate application form for each child. See • Mke sure you only apply for a child born between

01/09/08 - 31/08/2009  Click ‘Save and Continue’ to continue with your applica- tion. • Parents with multiple birth children must complete

a separate application form for each child. See

• Click ‘Save and Continue’ to continue with your application. Applying for a school place

Adding your school preferences Adding your school preferences • Select the Local Authority the school is located in (e.g. Haringey).  Select the Local Authority the school is located in (e.g. Ha- ringey). • Select and add the school you wish to apply for. You can apply for  Select and add the school you wish to apply for. You can up to six schools.apply for up to six schools.  Make sure that you have read the school’s admission cri- Make sure that you have read the school’s admission criteria. This • teria. This will act as a guide as to the likelihood of being will act as a guideoffered as to thea place likelihood at your preferredof being school.offered a place at your preferred school.For each school selected, you will be asked a number of questions (such as whether there is a sibling at the school • For each schoolor selected, if you wish you to applywill be under asked the a social/medical number of criterion). questions (such For as more whether information there is see a sibling at the school or if you wish to applyClick under ‘Next the’ to social/medicalcontinue with your criterion). application

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Submitting your application

• Check that all of your details are correct.

• Read the declaration and tick the box to accept it.

• Click the button.

• Once you have submitted your application you will be able to attach documents.

• You will receive an email confirmation with your Application Reference Number - 309- 2020- E - XXXXX

• If you do not receive an email confirmation with your Application Reference Number contact us to check if your application has been submitted correctly.

Don’t forget! You must click the submit button by the closing date of 31 October 2019. If you do not do this, your application will not be processed. Applying for a school place

Fraudulent Applications Haringey Council takes any attempt to obtain If it is different from the address on the All cases will be investigated. a school place through fraudulent means very application form, we will check whether the If we find that a place has been obtained using seriously. We reserve the right to undertake previous address was a temporary address, used fraudulent information, there will be no sibling checks to verify any information provided on your for the purposes described above. connection available to subsequent children from application form. If we find out that a school place If the place is obtained for an older child using that family. We may also withdraw the place even was obtained using a false or misleading address, fraudulent information, there will be no sibling after your child has started school. we will withdraw the offer and give it to the child connection available to subsequent children from who was entitled to the place. More information on how and the reasons why that family. we investigate suspicious applications is available We consider that every school place obtained If you suspect someone intends to use, or has online in our address of convenience protocol at by deception is unfair, as other children are being used, a false address to obtain a school place, www.haringey.gov.uk/fraudulent-applications deliberately denied their legitimate claim to take please complete the fraudulent address up that place. Rigorous checks will be carried out referral e-form on the Haringey website. to ensure that applications are not fraudulent. Alternatively, you may wish to call the Haringey We carry out random checks on a number of Fraud hotline on applications and we reserve the right to carry out 0500 500 7777 or email [email protected]. home visits to the address used on an application uk in confidence. You may also wish to write to the form. Admissions Service, Haringey Council, 7th Floor We will also ask the new school to check the River Park House, 225 High Road, London N22 child’s home address at the time of admission. 8HQ. Applying for a school place

What happens if my application is being investigated? If you receive an Address of Convenience form asking you to complete the relevant sections and to provide supporting documentation please do not be alarmed and read all the information enclosed carefully. You must ensure that you provide all the required evidence you wish to submit in support of your application as this evidence will be crucial in deciding which address we will use for the purpose of your school application. Your evidence will only be considered once before National Offer Day and any further evidence will not be looked at until after national offer day.

First panel meeting – January 2020 All the relevant evidence you submit will be considered by the relevant admission authority before national offer day in January 2020.

Second panel meeting – April 2020 Any new applications under investigation or further evidence not considered because it was supplied after the January deadline will be looked at in April 2020. The decision made by the relevant admission authority on which address to use for the purpose of your school application will be final.

Withdrawing places even after your child has started school Your school and Haringey will revisit all cases investigated to ensure that your child is still living at the address supplied on your application. We reserve the right to withdraw your child’s school place even after your child has started school. Applying for a school place

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a ‘main residence’? Do you accept temporary address? What if my child lives at two addresses? The address you provide must be your child’s only or We will not accept a temporary address if you still If parents are separated, the application should be main residence on the closing date of the application. possess a property that was previously used as made by the parent the child normally lives with. The only or main residence is considered to be the a home address, nor will we accept a temporary Where a child spends equal time during the school place where the child sleeps and spend most of address if it is used solely or mainly to obtain a week with each parent, the exact arrangements their time, from Monday to Friday. Parents are not school place. If you own a property but are living at must be made clear in a letter with a copy of any permitted to use a temporary address to secure a and apply from a different address, the council will custody or residency order submitted with the school place for their child. A business address, a consider that the second address is temporary and application. It is the parents’ responsibility to agree childminder’s address or any address including a that the property you own is where the child normally between themselves and make clear which address family member’s address other than the child’s only lives. Where the owned property is being renovated, will be used and to provide supporting evidence in or main residence will not be accepted. Proofs of this will still be considered the child’s only or main respect of that address. Your application for a school address will be sought in all cases and if there is any residence. place can only be processed from one address. The doubt about the validity of the address given the final decision about which address is to be used application will be the subject of further investigation. Evidence will otherwise be required that the property for admission purposes rests with the admission has been disposed of. If a family own more than one authority. Please provide the following evidence: property, the council will request further evidence to demonstrate where the family normally live to What if I change my address after • Council tax reference number (as shown on your determine the address we will use for the child’s annual bill or direct debit statement), and/or application. applying? tenancy agreement. We can only accept changes of address once they • A copy of your gas or electricity bill dated within 3 have taken place. We will not be able to process months of 31 October 2019 your application from an intended address. Notice We will use council records to verify addresses. of an actual change of address must be provided to the Haringey Admissions team in writing with the appropriate evidence. If you move address, please let us know immediately Applying for a school place

and provide the evidence set out above. If you do Please indicate on your application form if your child For your application to be considered under the social not tell us about a move, or about a declared house is looked after or previously looked after. Where a medical criterion you must provide written evidence move that has failed to take place, we may withdraw child is in care we will need a letter from your child’s from a doctor, social worker or other independent your application or any offer of a school place we have social worker or Local Authority to confirm this. professional. In each case, the connection between made. Where a child is previously looked after we will need a your child’s need and the specific school must be copy of the adoption, child arrangements or special made and you must clearly demonstrate why this one All changes of address will be thoroughly investigated guardianship order and documents or a letter showing specific school can meet your child’s needs in a way and for a change of address to be taken into account your child was previously in care. This only applies to that no other school can. for your admission application, you must have taken children who were previously looked after by a Local up residence before 12 December 2019. If we receive Authority in or Wales. Evidence relating to the social or medical the required proof of address on or before the 12 circumstances of the parent can be considered, but December 2019 then we will be able to use your new For your application to be considered under the looked only if this impacts on the child and their need to address to measure your home to school distances. after or previously looked after criterion please make attend one specific school. If we receive the information after the 12 December sure you provide all the evidence outlined above. If 2019 we will not be able to update your home to you do not provide this information your application Please ensure that you submit all relevant information, school distances until after 2 March 2020 (national may not be considered under this criterion. It is your including professional evidence with your application offer day). responsibility to provide all the relevant evidence and for a school place. A panel of officers will determine to arrange for a letter to be sent to us from the social whether the evidence provided is sufficiently What if my child is a Looked After or worker, if applicable. compelling to meet the above requirements. You will previously Looked After child? be notified of the panel’s decision in writing and the What is an exceptional social/medical letter will indicate what criterion we will use to process Please let us know if your child is in care to a Local reason? your application. Authority or previously looked after. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, All schools in Haringey have experience in dealing with Please provide evidence by the application deadline of but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or children with diverse social and medical needs. 31 October 2018. Any evidence submitted following became subject to a child arrangements order or the application deadline will not be considered until special guardianship order. However, there may be exceptional cases where there after 1 March 2019. are compelling reasons why a child needs to attend one specific school. Applying for a school place

Priority under this criterion can only be given for one For your application to be considered under the sibling This tool only works if you would like your home to specific school but we still recommend that you do list criterion please make sure you include the details of school distance measurement for a Haringey school. 6 schools on your application form to maximize your any brothers or sisters who are already attending the chances of securing one of your preferences. We may school. If you don’t tell us you may lose out on the If you are applying for a school outside Haringey, have to share the information you have provided with sibling connection. please contact the borough where the school the offered school. is located for your home to school distance What is a ‘distance criterion’? measurement. What is defined as a ‘sibling’? The vast majority of school places in Haringey are Contact details for our neighbouring boroughs can be If your child has a brother or sister already attending offered under the distance criterion. Haringey found in . any of the schools you must tell us this in your measures distance in a straight line from the application and give the relevant details. In Haringey Ordnance Survey address point of the child’s home We do not provide measurements to an intended a sibling is defined as a full brother or sister, a step/ address to the Ordnance Survey address point of the or temporary address; please provide your child’s half brother or sister, a foster brother or sister or an school, calculated using a computerised mapping only or main address when making your request. adopted brother or sister living at the same address system. Where applicants have identical distance as the child for whom the application is being made. measurements, priority will be determined at random See how the was applied The term does not include cousins or any other family using the Haringey computerised mapping system. last year, including the distance of the last child member. offered a place at a particular Haringey school. This There are a number of websites that calculate information can be used to give you an idea of how For community schools, priority under the sibling distances to and from different addresses. The likely it is that your child will be offered a place at your criterion will only be given to children with a sibling measurements on these websites can only serve as a preferred school. The furthest distance changes every attending in years 7-11 on the date of admission. It guide and will provide approximate distances. year and we can never guarantee that any child will be does not apply to children with a sibling attending the offered a place at any school. school nursery. Full details on the sibling criterion for Haringey does not use these websites to calculate other types of schools can be found under each of the distances in relation to offering school places. Start your home to school distance individual schools on If you are a Haringey resident then you can use the measurement here: Haringey online distance measurement tool to find www.haringey.gov.uk/distance out your home to school distance. Applying for a school place

What if I have twins or triplets (multiple You must apply by the deadline and provide For Armed Forces applications we will use the unit birth children)? information about where you are living and when you posting address when considering the application. For intend to return/arrive. You may be asked for evidence Crown Servants a UK address can only be used if there Parents with multiple birth children must complete a of your intention to return to/enter the UK. is evidence of the address the child is returning to. separate application form for each child. If only one place There is no guarantee that a place will be available at a is available at a community school and the child who We will consider the application based on your child’s preferred school; each application will be considered in qualifies for that place is one of multiple birth, we will ask address overseas and any subsequent change will be accordance with the school’s admissions criteria. the school to go over their published admission number. considered in line with our change of address policy. If this happens at an , foundation, voluntary For more information on our change of address policy, What if I make more than one application? aided or free school the council will ask the governing see our . Parents can only submit one application. If two or more body of the school if an additional place can be offered, A United Kingdom address will only be used once your applications are submitted, we will process the latest but the decision will rest with the governing body. child is residing at that address, and evidence will be dated application and any earlier ones will be disregarded. required of this. Can I apply if my child lives overseas? What if I submit my application late? For other children without automatic right of entry to If your child lives overseas, you may only apply for a the UK, an application can only be made once the child Applications received after 31 October 2019 will be school place if your child holds a full British Citizen is in the country. classed as late. Late applications will be considered after passport (but not a British Dependent Territories all the other applications that were received on time. or British Overseas passport) or is an EEA national It is your responsibility to notify Haringey once your (all member states of the European Union together child is resident in the UK. If there are exceptional circumstances why your with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein); or is a Swiss application was received after the deadline, please national (Swiss nationals have the same right to live Can I apply as a Member of the Armed provide independent written evidence by 12 and work in the United Kingdom as EEA nationals); or Forces or Crown Servant? December 2019 (from someone who is impartial) has a passport which has been endorsed to show that explaining why the application was late. This Members of the Armed Forces and Crown Servants they have the right of abode in the UK. information will be considered by a panel and we will let with automatic right of entry to the UK, who are able you know if your application will be processed as late or If you have a property in the UK you should contact the to provide evidence of their relocation, may apply for ‘on time’. local authority for that address for more information. If a school place ahead of a move. An application can you do not have a UK property, you should contact the be made as soon as confirmation of the relocation is Late applicants are very unlikely to be offered one of local authority where your preferred school is located available. their preferred schools. for more information. Applying for a school place

Can I change my preference before the • Our computer system works out who can be application deadline? offered a place at Haringey community schools. See for Haringey community Summary of application process If you have applied online you can make changes schools. up until the closing date by returning to the online Application received e-admissions website and editing your application. • The governors of academies, foundation, voluntary You must re-submit your application each time you aided and free schools apply their criteria to all their  edit your application online. applicants and let us know who should be offered a place. Criteria applied to each preference If you send in a paper application before 31 October Other boroughs apply their criteria and let us know 2019 and then decide to make changes, you can still • which Haringey residents can be offered places at  do this as long as we receive written requests by 31 their schools. October 2019 Places are offered up to the Admissions Each school has a set number of places that can be Number at each school Changes requested over the telephone will not be offered (the published admission number) and places accepted. Preferences cannot be changed after 31 are offered until the school is full or there are no more  October 2019 unless you move to a new permanent applicants for that school. address and you will need to let us know and provide Highest possible preference the relevant proofs by 12 December 2019. If a child can be offered more than one place then the offered to each child highest possible preference will be offered. How will you process my application? Places are offered in accordance with the schools’ Each school you list is considered at exactly the same admissions criteria and your child may qualify for more time. This includes schools in Haringey and schools than one school. Please see Table A below. Please located in other boroughs. therefore list your schools in the order you prefer them. This is very important because only one offer The published admissions criteria (also called will be made and this will be for the highest preference admission rules or admission arrangements) will be school for which your child has qualified under the applied to every school you list. admission criteria. Applying for a school place

What happens if my child is not offered one of my preferred schools? Sometimes we cannot offer any school listed because in every case other applicants met the admissions criteria better than your child did. For example, other applicants lived closer to the school. If this happens we will offer a place at the nearest school with an available place. With the governors’ agreement, it may be possible to allocate places at academies, foundation, voluntary aided and free schools, if there are any available.

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List Does my child Which school Preference qualify for this preferences school? is offered 1 School A  2 School B   3 School C  4 School D  5 School E  6 School F  The place at school D would be offered to the next child who best meets the admissions criteria. Applying for a school place

The results of your application Accepting the offer Online applicants will NOT receive an offer letter on 1 March 2020. You will receive Please accept your offer online by 16 March 2020. If you do not accept your offer, an email notification and you will be directed to our website to view your letter. you will be asked what arrangements you are making for your child’s education in Waiting list information and the information on your right of appeal set out below September. Please email schooladmissions@haringey. gov.uk with any further will be included in this letter. questions regarding your offer. Remember that the offer you receive will be either: Date What will happen? 1. The highest preference school your child qualified for (offer) Online applicants will receive notification of their offer in an email 2. The nearest school with an available place (allocation) 2 March 2020 Paper applicants will be sent an offer Accepting the offer will not influence your waiting list position or appeal outcome. letter Please note we will not give out any offer information over the phone. Acceptance Deadline - Online 16 March 2020 applicants should accept their offer online Applying for a school place Appeals

Appeals are heard by an independent appeal panel of three members of the public. Waiting lists You can only make one appeal for each school listed on your form. If you did not If we cannot offer you your first preference school, your child’s name will get a place at more than one school you listed on your application, you can make a automatically be added to the waiting list for any schools on your form listed separate appeal for each school. higher than the school you have been offered. Waiting lists are ordered strictly in Please be aware that if one of these schools is a voluntary aided school, free school accordance with the school’s admissions criteria. or an academy, you have to appeal to the school direct as they are responsible for Waiting list positions can change at any time depending on other applicants’ organising their own appeals. circumstances and it is important to note that your child’s position may go down as When you indicate your wish to appeal for a secondary school place you will be well as up if other applicants join the waiting list. contacted by the Appeals Administrator 10 days before the hearing to confirm Waiting lists are renewed each academic year and we will write to you to ask you to the date. Details of the appeals timetable will be published on our website in 28 complete a new application form if you would like your child to be placed back on February 2020. school waiting lists. If you would like your child to remain on the waiting list for any You are able to submit additional evidence or documentation that might be outborough schools, please contact the borough the school is located in for more relevant to your appeal. Please submit any evidence as soon as possible and information. before the hearing. This is so that all the other participants have time to read your School admission appeals information. Where possible, appeals for late applications will be included with those being heard If your child is not offered a place at one of the schools you listed on your form for the same admissions round. However, if this is not possible, appeals for late you can appeal against this decision to an independent appeal panel. You will be applications will be heard during the 2020 autumn term. given details of how to make an appeal in your offer letter. The deadline to appeal is 2 April 2020. Applying for a school place

Appeals for admission to secondary classes in 2017 – 2019

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Name of School Lodged Heard Upheld Lodged Heard Upheld Lodged Heard Upheld Alexandra Park 50 39 3 37 33 2 49 42 4 Gladesmore 16 14 0 12 12 0 18 15 1 Community Heartlands High 23 21 3 14 9 2 15 12 2 Highgate Wood 12 4 0 10 7 0 9 3 0 Secondary Total 101 78 6 73 61 4 91 72 7

For appeals information for Fortismere, Greig City Academy, Woodside High, St Thomas More Catholic School and , please contact the schools directly. Haringey Schools

Location of Haringey secondary schools

Types of schools in Haringey

Admission criteria for Haringey community schools

Schools A-Z

Sixth Form admissions criteria Location of Haringey Landsdowne Road

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Types of schools in Haringey We co-ordinate applications for all schools in Haringey. Brief definitions of the types of schools in Haringey are given below along with information about how the admission arrangements are set and applied for each school.

Community Schools COM Academies ACA Haringey Council set and apply the admission arrangements for community Academies are publicly funded independent schools. The governors of the school schools. set and apply the admissions arrangements. The following schools are academies and may require you to complete a supplementary information form SIF • Gladesmore School • Highgate Wood Secondary School • • Hornsey School for Girls • Duke’s Aldridge Academy • Park View School • Greig City Academy • Foundation Schools F • St Thomas More Catholic School A foundation school is a state funded school. The governors of the school set and apply the admission arrangements. Land and buildings are usually owned by the • Woodside High governing body or a charitable foundation. Free Schools FREE • Free schools are non-profit making, independent, state-funded schools. The governors of the school set and apply the admission arrangements. • Harris Academy Tottenham Haringey Schools

Admissions criteria for community schools If we receive more applications than spaces available at Haringey community schools then we will apply the following admissions criteria. Oversubscription criteria 3. Brother or Sister (sibling) Children with a brother or sister already attending the school and who will still When the school is oversubscribed, after the admission of pupils with an Education, be attending in years 7-11 on the date of admission. Health and Care plan or statement of special educational needs naming the school, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out If a place is obtained for an older child using fraudulent information, there will below, in priority order: be no sibling connection available to subsequent children from that family. 1. Children in Care/ Looked After Children 4. Children of staff Children who are looked after by a local authority or were previously looked Children of teaching staff of the school where the member of staff has been after but immediately after being looked after, became subject to an adoption, employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application and/or child arrangements, or special guardianship order. children of a member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social 5. Distance services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). Children whose home address is closest to the preferred school. 2. Social Medical Distance will be measured in a straight line from the Ordnance Survey address Children who the Authority accepts have an exceptional medical or social point of the child’s home to the Ordnance Survey address point of the school, need for a place at one specific school. Applications will only be considered calculated using a computerised mapping system. under this category if they are supported by a written statement from a doctor, social worker or other relevant independent professional. The information must confirm the exceptional medical or social need and demonstrate how the specified school is the only school that can meet the defined needs of the child. Haringey Schools

Tie breakers Notes The tie breaker to decide between two applications that cannot otherwise be • Home address is defined as the child’s only or main residence. separated is children whose home address is closest to the school measured in A sibling is a full brother or sister, a step/half brother or sister, a foster brother or a straight line from the Ordnance Survey address point of the child’s home to the • sister or an adopted brother or sister living at the same address as the child for Ordnance Survey address point of the school, calculated using a computerised whom the application is being made. mapping system. • Priority for children of staff will be limited to one place for each form of entry in The tiebreak for two or more applications whose home address is exactly the same any year. Exception to this will apply to children of multiple birth or those born in distance from the school (and who are not from multiple births) will be random the same academic year. All such applications must be submitted to the local allocation using a computerised system. authority and must be accompanied with the relevant paperwork supporting an application on these grounds. The applicant must take sole responsibility to Multiple births provide such paperwork. Without the provision of the relevant papers, priority If only one place is available and the next child to be offered is from a multiple birth, will not be given on these grounds. we will ask community schools to go over their published admission number. • Haringey measures distance in a straight line from the Ordnance Survey address point of the child’s home to the Ordnance Survey address point of the school, calculated using a computerised mapping system. Measurements by alternative systems or to other points will not be taken into account in any circumstances. Where applicants have identical distance measurements, priority amongst them will be determined at random using a computerised system. Applying for a school place

How was the oversubscription criteria applied last year? The schools in this table received more applications than places available and this means places could not be offered to every applicant. The table gives information about on time offers as at 1 March 2019. These figures will change if places are declined and then offered to other pupils from the waiting list.

Number of on- Number Children with Looked-after Exceptional Siblings Children of Children Distance of last child offered time applica- of places statements of children social or Staff offered (straight-line, miles) tions received offered SEN or EHCPs medical need under Distance Alexandra Park 1847 232 11 3 0 103 9 106 0.4300 Fortismere 1574 270 9 2 2 114 4 139 0.4718 Gladesmore* 826 270 6 0 1 70 1 192 1.1984 Harris Academy 578 210 5 2 Last child offered attended the banding test and was considered under the Distance Tottenham* criterion. For full admissions criteria details contact the school directly. Heartlands High 925 240 10 1 0 60 n/a 169 0.9348 Highgate Wood* 1110 271 6 1 3 78 0 182 0.8172 St. Thomas More 697 219 3 1 Last child offered under ‘Christian children of other denominations…’ criterion - 2.0812 Catholic* miles. For full admissions criteria details contact the school directly. Woodside High 806 240 4 2 8 57 n/a 169 0.9627 Places could be offered to every applicant who applied on-time to: Duke’s Aldridge Academy, Greig City Academy*, Hornsey School for Girls* and Park View School*. *These schools admitted additional children above their published admission number (PAN). Haringey Schools Schools A - Z

Alexandra Park School ACA Duke’s Aldridge Academy ACA

Head teacher: Michael McKenzie (formerly Northumberland Park Community School) Bidwell Gardens, N11 2AZ (Pedestrian School address: access via Albert Road recreation ground Principal: Monica Duncan or Rhodes Avenue.) School address: Trulock Road, N17 0PG School tel: 020 8826 4880 School tel: 020 8801 0091 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website address www.alexandrapark.school Website: www.dukesacademy.org.uk Contact: Ms Serap O’Flynn Contact: Mr C Cameron DfE number: 309 4036 DfE number: 309 4031 Gender: Boys & Girls Gender: Boys & Girls Age range: 11-18 Age range: 11-16 Published admission number: 232 Published admission number: 210 Ofsted rating: Outstanding Ofsted rating: Good Open Evening: Thursday 26th September 2019 6-8pm Open Evening: Monday 7th October 2019, 5.30-8pm Open Mornings: Tuesday 1st October and Wednesday 2nd October 2019 Principal’s Talks: 6.30 & 7.15pm This is not a drop in session. Spaces are limited to 250 for each morning and Book by appointment by email or phone: need to be booked via the school website. [email protected] Tel: 020 8275 4806 Haringey Schools

Fortismere School F Gladesmore Community School COM

Head teacher: Zoe Judge & Jo Davey Head teacher: Tony Hartney CBE School address: Tetherdown, Muswell Hill, N10 1NE School address: Crowland Road, N15 6EB School tel: 020 8365 4400 School tel: 020 8800 0884 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.gladesmore.com Website: www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk Contact: Ms S Naidoo Contact: Miss Pia Larsson DfE number: 309 4033 DfE number: 309 4032 Gender: Boys & Girls Gender: Boys & Girls Age range: 11-16 Age range: 11-18 Published admission number: 243 Published admission number: 243 Ofsted rating: Outstanding Ofsted rating: Outstanding Open Evening: Open event Wednesday 2nd October 2019 – from 5pm Wednesday 2nd October 2019. Time to be confirmed. Please check Open Mornings: website for booking system www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th October 2019 from 9am

Oversubscription criteria

The oversubscription criteria for this school is given in the for community schools. Haringey Schools

Greig City Academy ACA Harris Academy Tottenham FREE

Principal: Paul Sutton OBE Executive Principal: Nick Soar School address: High Street, Hornsey N8 7NU Head of Academy: Tom Howells School tel: 020 8609 0100 Ashley Road, School address: Email: [email protected] London N17 9LN www.greigcityacademy.co.uk/407/how- School tel: 020 3772 4243 Website: to-apply Email: [email protected] Contact: Mrs E Ward Website: https://www.harristottenham.org.uk/ DfE number: 309 6905 Contact: Ms Emma Connolly

Gender: Boys & Girls DfE number: 309 4000

Age range: 11-18 Gender: Boys & Girls Published admission number: 200 Age range: 4-18 Ofsted rating: Good Published admission number: 180 Open Evening: Ofsted rating: Outstanding Tuesday, 24th September 2019 5.30-7.30pm Open Evening: Wednesday 9th October 2019. Open Mornings: Please check the school website for further details. Friday 4th and 18th October 2019 at 9am Haringey Schools

Heartlands High School ACA Highgate Wood School COM

Executive Head teacher: Simon Garrill Head teacher: Patrick Cozier Head of School: Elen Roberts School address: Montenotte Road, N8 8RN School address: Station Road, Wood Green, N22 7ST School tel: 020 8342 7970 School tel: 020 8826 1230 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.hws.haringey.sch.uk Website address www.heartlands.haringey.sch.uk Contact: Ms Gemma King Contact: Admissions Officer DfE number: 309 4030 DfE number: 309 4705 Gender: Boys & Girls Gender: Boys & Girls Age range: 11-16 Age range: 11-18 Published admission number: 240 Published admission number: 243 Ofsted rating: Good Ofsted rating: Good Open Evening: Open Evening: Tuesday 8th October 2019, 6-8pm Tuesday 1st October 5.30-8.00pm Open Mornings:Tuesday 15th, Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th Open Morning: October 2019, 9:15-10:30am Tuesday 8th and Thursday 10th October 2019 from 8.30-10.30am Booking not required Book by appointment through the school’s website Oversubscription criteria www.heartlands.haringey.sch.uk The oversubscription criteria for this school is given in the for community schools. Haringey Schools

Hornsey School for Girls COM Park View COM

Head teacher: Kuljit Rahelu Head teacher: Andrew Webster School address: Inderwick Road, N8 9JF School address: West Green Road, N15 3QR School tel: 020 8348 6191 School tel: 020 8888 1722 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.hsg.haringey.sch.uk Website: www.parkview.haringey.sch.uk [email protected] Please Contact: use ‘Admissions’ in the subject line Contact: Ms M Da Costa of emails DfE number: 309 4037 DfE number: 309 4029 Gender: Boys & Girls Age range: 11-16 Gender: Girls Published admission number: 216 Age range: 11-18 Ofsted rating: Good Published admission number: 162 Open Mornings: Ofsted rating: Good Monday 30th September 2019 9am – 10:30am & Tuesday 1st October Open Evening: 2019 9am – 10:30am Thursday 3rd October 2019 5.30pm to 7.30pm Open Evening: Open Mornings: Thursday 10th October 2019 5pm- 8pm 30th September 4th October, 9th October, 11th October 2019 9am to Oversubscription criteria 10.30am The oversubscription criteria for this school is given in the for community schools. Oversubscription criteria The oversubscription criteria for this school is given in the for community school. . Haringey Schools

St Thomas More Catholic School ACA

Executive Head teacher: Martin Tissot Head of School Mark Rowland Glendale Avenue, School address: N22 5HN School tel: 020 8888 7122 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stthomasmoreschool.org.uk Ms Eugenie Denchfield Contact: [email protected] DfE number: 309 4703 Gender: Boys & Girls Age range: 11-18 Published admission number: 192 Ofsted rating: Outstanding Open Morning: Tuesday 8th October 2019, 9.30-11am Open Evening: Tuesday 8th October 2019, 5.30-8pm Talks by the Executive Headteacher: 5:45pm and 6:45pm on 8th October 2019 Haringey Schools

Woodside School ACA

Head teacher: Ms Gerry Robinson Open Evening: Deputy Head teachers: Ms Tracy Rollings Mr Huw Lewis Wednesday 25th September 2019, 5-7.30pm School address: White Hart Lane, N22 5QJ Last Tour: 6.45pm Open Mornings: School tel: 020 8889 6761 Monday 30th September, Tuesday 1st October & Friday 4th October 2019, Email: mail@woodsidehighschool. co.uk 9-10am Website: www.woodsidehighschool. co.uk Last Tour: 9.30am Headteachers talk: 9.45am Loulla Goulas Contact: 020 8829 2549 Loulla.goulas@ woodsidehighschool.co.uk DfE number: 309 4034 Gender: Boys & Girls Age range: 11-16 Published admission number: 240 Ofsted rating: Outstanding Haringey 6th form

Ada, National College for Digital Alexandra Park Sixth Form Skills Head teacher: St John Starkie School address: Bidwell Gardens, London, N11 2AZ Head teacher: Stuart Noss School tel: 0208 826 4921 Deputy Head teachers: Ms Tracy Rollings Mr Huw Lewis Email: [email protected] School address: Broad Lane, London, N15 4AG School tel: 0203 1050 125 Contact: Jenifer Porter Email: [email protected] DfE number: 309/4036 Contact: Vicky Clarke Published admission number: 240 DfE number: 143540 Ofsted rating: Outstanding Published admission number: 240 Open Event: Thursday 14 November Ofsted rating: Good with Outstanding feature

Open Event: 9th October and 19th November 2019 Haringey 6th form

The College of Haringey, Enfield Fortismere Sixth Form and North East London (CONEL) Head teacher: Jo Davey & Zoe Judge Deputy Head teachers: Ms Tracy Rollings Mr Huw Lewis Head teacher: Kurt Hintz School address: Tetherdown, London N10 1NE Tottenham Centre: High Road N15 4RU, School address: Enfield Centre: 73 Hertford Road EN3 5HA School tel: 020 8442 3055 School tel: 020 8442 3055 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Contact: Mrs J Patel, Sixth Form Administrator Open Event: DfE number: 309/4032 Contact the college directly for this information. Ofsted rating: Outstanding Open Event: 6th November 2019 – Sixth form – time tbc – please check website for booking system www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk Haringey 6th form

Greig City Academy Sixth Form Harris Academy Tottenham Sixth Head teacher: Paul Sutton OBE Form School address: High Street, Hornsey, N8 7NU Head teacher: Nick Soar School tel: 020 8609 0100 Head of academy: Tom Howells Email: [email protected] School address: Ashley Road, Tottenham. N17 9LN Contact: Jon Holt, Head of Sixth Form School tel: 0203 772 4243 Email: [email protected] DfE number: 309 6905 Ofsted rating: Good Contact: Emily Barker, Assistant Principal, Sixth Form

Open Evening: DfE number: 140935 December 5th, 4:30- 6:30pm Ofsted rating: Outstanding Open Event: Wednesday 20th November 2019 , Saturday 1st February 2020, Saturday 8th February 2020 Haringey 6th form

Haringey Sixth Form College Highgate Wood Sixth Form

Head teacher: Russell B Lawrance School address: White Hart Lane, London, N17 8HR Head teacher: Mr Patrick Cozier School tel: 020 8376 6000 School address: Montenotte Road, London N8 8RN Email: [email protected] School tel: 020 8342 7970 Contact: Marcella Kirby Email: [email protected] Contact: Ms Lindsay Pinnick DfE number: 309/4704 Ofsted rating: Good DfE number: 3094030 Open Event: Ofsted rating: Good and Improving 16 October 2019, 07 December 2019, 12 February 2020 & 07 March 2020 Open Event: Wednesday 20th November, 6-8pm Haringey 6th form

Hornsey Sixth Form College London Academy of Excellence Head teacher: Kuljit Rahelu Tottenham School address: Inderwick Road, Hornsey, London N8 9JF Head teacher: Mr Jan Balon School tel: 020 8348 6191 Lilywhite House, 780 High Road, London, N17 School address: Email: [email protected] 0BX Contact: Ms Hewitt School tel: 020 8352 6020 Email: [email protected] DfE number: 309 4029 Karel Lockhart, karel.lockhart@laetottenham. Contact: Ofsted rating: Good ac.uk Open Event: DfE number: 309/4002 Thursday 7 November 2019 - 5.30 -7.30pm Ofsted rating: No data available Open Event: Open mornings on the first Friday of every Month at 9am. Open Days are: Thursday 07 November 2019, Thursday 21 November 2019 Haringey 6th form

St Thomas More Catholic Sixth Form

Executive Principal: Mr Martin Tissot Head of Academy Mr Mark Rowland School address: Address Glendale Avenue, N22 5HN School tel: 020 8888 7122 Email: [email protected]

Contact: Mr Dean Saunders – Head of Sixth Form

DfE number: 309 4703

Ofsted rating: Outstanding Open Event: 12th November 2019 Additional information

In-year admissions 14-19 Schools (UTCs and Studio Schools) Education Welfare Service Free School Meals Independent schools Local Government Ombudsman Ofsted Private fostering Schools in other authorities Useful contact details Additional information

In-Year Admissions

Admissions to schools at other times Applications for a school place at any other time than transferring to secondary schools are called ‘In-year’ admissions. To apply for a Haringey school, please complete our online in-year e-form. Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs), required by some schools, will be available directly from the schools. These schools will use the information on the SIFs to apply their admissions criteria. See for Haringey community schools If you would like to apply for a school outside Haringey, please contact the borough the school is located in for details on how to apply. Please note, this is different from the process for applying to start secondary school.

Waiting lists If the school you are interested in has a vacancy in your child’s year group we will be able to offer a place. If there are no places, your child‘s name can be added to the waiting list. If a place becomes available at a school, all the children on the waiting list are considered and the place is offered in accordance with the school’s admissions criteria. Waiting lists for community schools will be held in the order of the admissions criteria.

School admission appeals If your child is not offered a place at one of the schools you listed on your form you can appeal against this decision to an independent appeal panel. See . Please note for applications for in year admissions there is no appeal deadline. Appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged. Additional information

Requests to transfer between schools getting on with other pupils, you should speak to your child’s Form Tutor or Head of Year first, to resolve any problems your child may be having. If you have moved into the local area, your child can join a school in the appropriate If you’ve done this and still have concerns, or are unhappy about the way the school year group for their age. Moving your child from one primary or secondary school is dealing with your concerns, you should make an appointment to speak to the to another (also known as an in-year move) is a big decision for you and for your Head teacher of the school. child. If you’re not moving address and would like to change your child’s school, you should consider the following before you make your decision: Please remember, a decision to move a child from one school to another should not be taken without careful consideration. 1. Why are you moving your child and can you resolve any concerns you have with the school or with your child without changing school? Harris Federation 2. How will your child cope with learning new rules and having to do things If you are interested in applying for a place at Harris Academy Tottenham, an differently, or possibly having missed important work? Children who transfer application will be available from both the school and the Haringey Admissions schools after their exam subjects have been chosen in Year 9 may find that Service. If you are applying for more than one school, we recommend that you they can’t do the same subjects, or that the exam board and courses are complete the Haringey in-year application so that your child can be considered for different. other schools. You are still able to list Harris Academy Tottenham on your Haringey 3. If your child has brothers or sisters at the same school, transferring one child in-year application but you will also be asked to contact the school directly. may affect his or her sibling(s). Fair access 4. Will it be difficult for you to have children attending different schools, for example with drop off at the beginning of the day or pick up in the afternoon, or We have a protocol in place which ensures that vulnerable young people who apply because the schools have different term dates? for a place outside the normal round of admissions, and who are not on You also need to bear in mind that most schools in Haringey are full and we may not the roll of a school, are offered a place quickly. Fair Access admissions are shared be able to offer you the school that you want straight away or indeed at all. fairly across all schools and Academies. Further information is available on our website: www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions To make sure that you are taking the decision in the best interests of your child we recommend that you sit down with your child and ask them whether or not they want to move to another school. If they tell you that they are being bullied or not Additional information

14-19 Schools (UTCs and Studio Schools) 14-19 Schools - such as University Technical Colleges (UTCs) and Studio Schools - are state schools which admit children in year 10. They are a new educational concept offering different approaches to the curriculum. The application process for these schools starts while your child is in year 9 and the closing date for most applications is 31 October 2019, however you should check with each school what their individual admission arrangements are. A list of all of these schools in and around London can be found here on the Haringey website. What are University Technical Colleges (UTCs)? University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are set up by universities and business and specialise in one or two technical subjects. In years 10 and 11 they offer a similar GCSE curriculum to a typical secondary school, including English and Maths, as well as their specialist subject. You can find out more atwww.utcolleges.org/utcs What are Studio Schools? Studio Schools are similar to UTCs in that they have employer involvement in the curriculum and focus on developing skills needed for employment, involving personal coaching and work experience. They have a similar curriculum to a typical secondary school. Additional information

Useful Contact Details Children’s Centres Haringey’s Children’s Centres offer access to the following services: early Haringey Customer Service Centres education integrated with childcare; family support and outreach to parents and child and family health services. Information about these is available at 020 8489 1000 www.haringey.gov.uk/childrenscentres Wood Green Customer Service Centre (DfE) 187-197A High Road Wood Green N22 6XD The government department responsible for schools and education. Opening times: Tel: 0370 000 2288 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-5pm Website: www.education.gov.uk Wednesday 10am-5pm Education Welfare Service South Tottenham Customer Service Centre The Education Welfare Service works with schools, pupils and families to encourage good Marcus Garvey Centre - school attendance and high standards of pupil welfare. There is a very clear link between Library and Customer Services Tottenham Green Pools and Fitness good school attendance and good academic achievement. There are also clear links 1 Philip Lane Tottenham N15 4JA between poor school attendance and risk of being involved in antisocial behaviour, crime Opening Times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 5pm, and and poor life outcomes generally. Wednesday 10am to 5pm The Education Welfare Officer (EWO) will work with young people who find regular school attendance problematic. This may mean directly working with young people themselves or ACE Advice and Information Service referral to other agencies (with parental agreement). They will ensure that parents / carers are fully aware of their responsibilities to ensure regular school attendance. They can give A voluntary organisation which offers advice and information on education issues. advice on a range of issues such as matters relating to child protection and bullying. Tel: 0300 0115 142 (Mon-Wed 10am-1pm term time only) However, where such work has failed to improve school attendance, the school based Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk EWO will refer cases to the central Education Welfare Service which may use its full range of statutory powers, including legal action where there is no good reason for absence from school. Tel: 020 8489 1000 Website: www.haringey.gov.uk/ews Additional information

Free school meals and clothing grants Independent (private fee paying) schools If your child attends a Haringey school and you are in receipt of one of the following Now called the Independent Schools Council Information and Advice Service benefits or NASS support, you are eligible to apply for free school meals for your (ISCias) this provides information and advice for parents interested in an children: independent school education for their children. • Income Support Tel: 0845 724 6657 email: [email protected] Income Based Job Seekers Allowance • Website: www.isc.co.uk • Income Related Employment and Support Allowances ESA(IR) • Child Tax Credit providing you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and your Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) annual income as assessed by Revenues and Customs is below £16,190 The Local Government Ombudsman looks at complaints about councils and some • Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit other authorities, including education admissions appeal panels. Their job is to investigate complaints in a fair and independent way - they do not take sides. If you Or if you are supported by NASS and supported under Part VI of the Immigration • have a problem with a council service, you should first complain to the council, but if and Asylum Act 1999. You must provide your NASS reference number. you are still not satisfied, they may be able to help. We will also need to see the child benefit letter or the children’s long birth certificate. You must renew the entitlement every 12 months. Tel: The LGO Advice Team: 0300 061 0614 Website: website: www.lgo.org.uk Please contact your child’s school or ring customer services on 020 8489 1000 to get an application form. Website: www.haringey.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals Additional information

Ofsted Ofsted inspect and report on standards of schools and childminders. Reports can be viewed online at www.ofsted.gov.uk Email: [email protected]

Data Protection Act Haringey Council will handle the information you have provided in line with the provisions of the Data Protection Act. Any personal information will be held in confidence with only the necessary people able to see or use it. Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to make a formal request in writing for access to personal data held about you or your child. Haringey has a duty under the Children’s Act 2004 to work with partners to provide and improve services to children and young people in the area. Therefore Haringey may also use this information for other legitimate purposes and may share this information where necessary with other bodies responsible for administering services to children and young people. Haringey also has a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end it may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud Additional information

Private fostering If a child is living with someone outside their family, this is what is known as a private fostering arrangement.

� Do you know what private fostering is? Private fostering is when a child under the age of 16 (or 18 if disabled) is cared for by someone who is not their parent or a ‘close relative’. This is a private arrangement made between a parent and a carer, for 28 days or more. Close relatives are defined as step-parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, uncles or aunts (whether of full blood, half blood or marriage/affinity). It is a legal requirement that you contact Haringey Council on 020 8489 4470 or email [email protected] � Do you know about the duty to notify? There is a duty on the part of parents and carers entering into private fostering arrangements to notify the council. This is in order to safeguard and protect the child’s welfare as well as ensuring that the child, carer and parent are receiving appropriate support and help. If you know or suspect that a child is being cared for by someone outside their family please call us on 020 8489 4470 or email [email protected] Additional information

Schools in other authorities Barnet Enfield Islington Barnet Education & Skills Enfield Schools Admission Service, School Admissions Team, 2nd Floor, 2 Bristol Avenue Colindale London NW9 Civic Centre, Silver Street, 222 Upper Street, London N1 1XR 4EW Enfield EN1 3XQ Telephone: Telephone: Telephone: 020 7527 5515 020 8359 7651 020 8379 5501 Email: Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Website: Website: Website: www.islington.gov.uk/admissions www.barnet.gov.uk/school-admissions www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions

Waltham Forest Camden Hackney School Admissions Service, School Admissions The Learning Trust, School Admissions, Walthamstow Town Hall, Town Hall 1 Reading Lane, Forest Road, London E17 4JF Jude Street London E8 1GQ WC1H 9JE Telephone: Telephone: 020 8496 3000 Telephone: 020 8820 7000 (option 3) Email: 020 7974 1625 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: [email protected] Website: www.walthamforest.gov.uk Website: www.learningtrust.co.uk/admissions www.camden.gov.uk/admissions Telephone Number: 0208 489 4560 Haringey libraries Free internet access available at all libraries

Alexandra Park Highgate Library Marcus Garvey St Ann’s Library Wood Green Library 1 Shepherd’s Hill Centre Cissbury Road Library and Alexandra Park Road N6 5QJ Library and N15 5PU Customer Services N22 7UJ Opening hours: Opening hours: Customer Services 187-197A High Road, Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Wood Green, N22 6XD Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Wed: 10-7 1 Philip Lane Wed: 10-7 Opening hours: Wed: 10-7 Sat: 9-5 N15 4JA Sat: 9-5 Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Sat: 9-5 Sun: Closed Opening hours: Sun: Closed Wed: 10-7 Sun: 12-4 Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Sat: 9-5 Hornsey Library Wed: 10-7 Stroud Green and Sat: 9-5 Sun: 12-4 Coombes Croft Harringay Library Haringey Park Sun: 12-4 Library N8 9JA Quernmore Road Tottenham High Road Opening hours: Muswell Hill Library N4 4QR N17 8AG Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Opening hours: Queens Avenue Opening hours: Wed: 10-7 Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 N10 3PE Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Sat: 9-5 Wed: 10-7 Opening hours: Wed: 10-7 Sun: 12-4 Sat: 9-5 Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-7 Sat: 9-5 Sun: Closed Wed: 10-7 Sun: Closed Sat: 9-5 Sun: Closed Credit Union Additionalthe savings information & loans co-operative

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