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Choose a Wandsworth Secondary School A guide for admission to secondary schools in Wandsworth in September 2010

Apply on paper or online

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Contents Translations

Introduction 1 About this booklet 2 2010.

Section 1

Choosing and applying for schools 3 2010 The variety of schools in Wandsworth & location map 4 The variety of school places 5 Open days and evenings 6 2010 The transfer timetable 7 The transfer process 8 Bengali

Section 2 2010 9 The schools 16-37 Detailed information on all the schools including admission criteria and appeal arrangements 2010.

Section 3

Facts and figures 39 2010 GCSE results 2005-2008 40 Pupil absence records 2005-2008 41 Policies 42 Children with special educational needs 43 Financial assistance 44 2010. Education for 16-19 year olds 45

Section 4 2010. The Wandsworth Year 6 Test 47

Schools in other boroughs 50 Translations 53 2010.

If there are any further questions you want to ask, or if there is anything you do not understand, staff in the Pupil Services Section will be pleased to help you. You can contact them by: 2010. • Telephoning: (020) 8871 7316 • Writing to: Pupil Services Section Children’s Services Department 2010 Town Hall Extension Wandsworth High Street London SW18 2PU • Email: [email protected] • Visiting: The Children’s Services Department 2010 4th Floor Reception Town Hall Extension Wandsworth High Street London SW18 2PU OR: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions

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Introduction

There are many good secondary schools to choose from in Wandsworth. This booklet guides parents and their children through the admission process for Meetings For Parents September 2010. You are invited to attend one of the As well as giving details of all Wandsworth schools, we have also included brief council’s information meetings information on others outside the borough boundary but within easy travelling where our staff will explain the distance for most children. secondary transfer application process and answer questions. The London-wide applications system means that wherever you live, you can list up to six schools on a single form. These do not all have to be schools in the Dates: Tuesday 8 September borough where you live - although it is always a good idea to include at least one Wednesday 9 September that is close to home. Time: 7pm until 8.15pm If you live in the borough of Wandsworth, you can apply using the printed Venue: Civic Suite, application form at the back of this booklet or online at Wandsworth Town Hall, www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions. Whichever method you choose, your Wandsworth High Street, application must be received by 23 October 2009. SW18 2PU If you live elsewhere, you need to contact your own council for their booklet and Due to the numbers involved, child form, or visit their website. supervision will not be available. In the weeks leading up to 23 October you should take every opportunity to visit Please do not bring children unless individual schools. You will be able to speak to staff and form your own opinion they are able to sit with you of the school’s suitability for your son or daughter. throughout the meeting. Year 6 children are welcome to attend if you It is also very important to read the admission criteria for the schools you are feel it will be helpful to them. interested in, to get an idea of whether your child is likely to be offered a place. For further information, telephone The Council is holding two information meetings for parents, which you are Pupil Services on encouraged to attend. The details are set out opposite. 020 8871 7316. The final year at primary school is an important time in the life of every child. We recommend that you also attend We hope that this booklet will help you prepare for the choices ahead. any meetings arranged by your child’s primary school. Please note: a separate meeting will be held in September for parents of children with Statements of SEN. Parents will be notified by letter of the relevant details. Councillor Kathy Tracey Paul Robinson Cabinet Member for Children Director of Children’s Services and Young People’s Services

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About this booklet

This booklet provides information for parents and carers of children born between 1 September 1998 and 31 August 1999 who are due to transfer to secondary school in September 2010. If your child was born outside of these dates, please see page 42 for further information. Please read it carefully if you live in the Borough of Wandsworth and have a child transferring to secondary school, or live elsewhere and wish to apply for a secondary school in Wandsworth. The booklet contains details of the eleven state-funded secondary schools in Wandsworth. To apply for a place at any of these schools you must complete the form provided by the borough in whose area you live, or apply online by visiting the borough’s website. Details of how to apply on paper or online are on the page opposite.

Before you apply: • Read this booklet carefully, especially: - Pages 8-13: The Step by Step Guide. This tells you how the admission process works. • - Pages 16-37: The admission criteria that are used to decide which children are offered places at each Wandsworth school. This gives you a better idea of which schools are likely to be able to offer your child The Wandsworth Year 6 test a place. All applicants for a Year 7 place at a Wandsworth school will need to take • Read the booklets issued by other boroughs, if you are the Wandsworth Year 6 test. applying for schools in different boroughs. Information Pupils attending a Wandsworth about other boroughs and schools is on pages 50-52 primary school will take the test at of this booklet. their school on Thursday 26 November 2009. • For more information about schools in the area, log on Pupils attending a school in another to www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions and click on borough will be invited to take the ‘Search for Schools’. test on Saturday 28 November 2009. For more information about the • Visit any schools in which you are interested. Dates Wandsworth year 6 test, please turn and times of Open Days are on page 6 of this booklet. to page 48.

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Section one Choosing and applying for schools

How to apply: • You may apply for up to six schools on your application. The schools can be in Wandsworth or elsewhere. At least one should be near where you live. • You may complete a paper form or apply online (see below) • You must check if any of the schools you are applying for require a supplementary information form to be completed (see page 10 of this booklet) • Your application and any supplementary forms must be received by 23 October 2009 • You will be sent a letter to confirm that your application has been received

Completing a paper form • If you live in the borough of Wandsworth, complete the green application form in the back of this booklet. If you live in another borough, you will need to use the form issued by your own council. • Supplementary information forms for Wandsworth schools are also in the back of this booklet. • Return the green application form and any supplementary information forms to your child’s Wandsworth primary school or to Pupil Services (address on form).

Applying online • Log on to www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions and click on ‘apply online’ • Click on ‘Register to apply online’ and enter your email address • You will receive an email with a username and a link. You must click on the link to validate your email address • You will then receive a second email with your username and password to apply online (a link to the start of the application process is available in this email) • Follow the simple instructions on the screen to complete the online form and submit your application • The system will tell you if a school you have selected requires a supplementary information form. You can complete and post a paper form in the back of this booklet. Alternatively, you can download a form from the website and scan or save it in ‘PDF’ or ‘jpeg’ format and send it electronically with your online application. • You will be taken to a confirmation page and given an application reference number. You may like to keep a note of the number here:

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The variety of schools

Wandsworth Council offers you Types of school: Voluntary Aided school a wide variety of secondary Community school A faith school or college where the schools. There are various A school or college where the council is governors are responsible for the types of school, and within responsible for the admissions policy. admissions policy. these there are also different The council funds and maintains all Foundation school types of places available. three types of school in broadly the A school or college where the same way. governors are responsible for the admissions policy. Academy A state funded independent school where the governors are responsible for the admissions policy.

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The variety of school places

Types of school place: Non-selective Banding Selective Places offered to children who have Some schools also divide children Places offered to children who score highest priority under criteria other applying for non-selective places into highest in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. than those for selective or specialist ability bands. They offer an equal places (see section 2 for details on number of places in each band, based Specialist each school). on children’s scores in the Wandsworth Places offered to children who score Year 6 Test, to make sure that children highest in an assessment process to of all abilities are admitted. decide whether they have a particular aptitude for a specialist subject.

School Type For Places Type of places Number Admission criteria

Ashcroft Technology Academy boys & girls 210 Specialist (Design & 21 page 16 Academy Technology and ICT) 189 Non-selective (banding)

Battersea Park School Foundation boys & girls 150 Non-selective 150 page 18

Burntwood School Foundation girls 283 Selective 71 page 20 Non-selective 212

Chestnut Grove School Foundation boys & girls 150 Specialist (art & design) 30 page 22 Specialist (languages) 30 Non-selective (banding) 90

Elliott School Foundation boys & girls 210 Specialist (languages) 21 page 24 Non-selective (banding) 189

Ernest Bevin College Community boys 180 Selective 60 page 26 Non-selective 120

Graveney School Foundation boys & girls 250 Selective 63 page 28 Non-selective 187

John Paul II School Voluntary Aided boys & girls 135 Non-selective 135 page 30 (Catholic)

Saint Cecilia’s, Voluntary Aided boys & girls 150 Specialist (music) 15 page 32 Wandsworth Church of Non-selective 135 England School Salesian College Voluntary Aided boys 120 Non-selective 120 page 34 (Catholic)

Southfields Foundation boys & girls 249 Non-selective 249 page 36 Community College

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Open days and evenings

All the schools and colleges hold special open days and evenings for prospective parents and pupils. You are encouraged to attend these events, to find out more about the schools and ask specific questions. The dates and times for each school or college are listed below. For further details, please see Section Two: The Schools, starting on page 15.

Ashcroft Technology Academy Monday 21 September 6pm - 8pm Tuesday 22 September 6pm - 8pm

Battersea Park School Thursday 17 September 9am - 10.30am Tuesday 22 September 9am - 10.30am Thursday 24 September 6pm - 8pm Tuesday 29 September 9am - 10.30am Wednesday 7 October 9am - 10.30am Wednesday 21 October 9am - 10.30am

Burntwood School Wednesday 7 October 6pm - 8pm Thursday 8 October 9am - 11am Saturday 10 October 10am - 12noon Tuesday 20 October 9am - 11am

Chestnut Grove School Tuesday 22 September 8.45am - 10.30am Wednesday 30 September 5.30pm - 8pm Thursday 1 October 8.45am - 10.30am

Elliott School Wednesday 23 September 9.15am - 10.30am Thursday 24 September 6pm - 8pm Friday 25 September 9.15am - 10.30am

Ernest Bevin College Thursday 8 October 6.30pm - 8.30pm Monday 12 October 9am - 10.30am Tuesday 13 October 9am - 10.30am Friday 16 October 9am - 10.30am

Graveney School Wednesday 14 October 9.30am - 12.30pm Thursday 15 October 9.30am - 12.30pm Thursday 15 October 5.30pm - 8.30pm

John Paul II School (Catholic) Tuesday 22 September 6pm - 8pm Wednesday 23 September 9am - 10.30am Thursday 24 September 9am - 10.30am

Saint Cecilia’s, Wandsworth Thursday 17 September 7pm presentation only Church of England School Monday 21 September 8.30am - 12.30pm Thursday 24 September 7pm - 9pm tour only

Salesian College (Catholic) Wednesday 23 September 5.30pm - 7.30pm Wednesday 30 September 5.30pm - 7.30pm Wednesday 7 October 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Southfields Community College Thursday 1 October 5pm - 8pm Thursday 8 October 8.45am - 11am Thursday 15 October 8.45am - 11am

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The transfer timetable

Please read this page very carefully. It gives you important dates to remember. Make sure you don’t miss a deadline or appointment for a school you are interested in.

Date Event

8 & 9 September 2009 Borough-wide Year 6 parents’ meetings (see page 1).

17 September to 21 October 2009 Secondary School Open days or evenings.

September to October 2009 Primary school headteachers will invite you to discuss transfer.

23 October 2009 Deadline for returning application forms to Wandsworth Council (or to your local council if you do not live in Wandsworth). Deadline for submitting online applications (midnight). Deadline for submitting supplementary information forms where relevant.

16, 17 & 18 November 2009 Ashcroft Technology Academy aptitude test.

November to December 2009 Saint Cecilia’s, Wandsworth CE School music aptitude assessments.

Thursday 26 November 2009 Children at Wandsworth primary schools take the Wandsworth Year 6 Test in schools.

Saturday 28 November 2009 Children not in Wandsworth primary schools take the Wandsworth Year 6 Test in test centres.

5 December 2009 Chestnut Grove School art and languages aptitude assessments.

January 2010 Elliott School languages aptitude assessments.

1 March 2010 The council posts outcome letters to parents.

2 March 2010 Online application outcomes available to view on website.

May to June 2010 Appeals are heard.

June to July 2010 Your child’s new secondary school will write to you with information about transfer arrangements.

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The transfer process - step by step

STEP 1: STEP 2: Understanding Collecting the process information Wandsworth Council is working with all • Your child will be considered It is important to collect as much other London borough councils to co- separately for each school you apply information as possible about the ordinate applications and the offer of for, using the published admission schools you want to apply for and the places for all state schools in London. criteria alone to decide whether or admission procedures. not they can be offered a place. Before you decide which schools to You can do this by: Details of other schools you have apply for and fill in the form, it is very applied for will not be revealed to • Reading this booklet (also available at important that you understand how the individual schools, nor will they be told www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions process works: the order in which you prefer the with links to school websites). • You apply for any state school in any school. • Attending one of the borough-wide area on one form by 23 October 2009. • Before places are offered, Wandsworth information evenings (see page 1). • You complete the form issued by the Council will check whether your child • Contacting schools for a copy of council in whose area you live. If you can be offered a place at more than their prospectus. live in the borough of Wandsworth, the one of the schools you applied for. If form is included with this booklet. If you have applied for schools in other • Visiting schools’ own websites you live elsewhere you will need to boroughs, we will also check with (details on pages 16-37). contact your local council for their those councils whether your child can • Going to open days or evenings booklet and form. Alternatively, you can be offered a place. (see page 6). apply online at • If your child can be offered a place www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions • Talking to your child’s primary school in more than one school, you will be headteacher. • You apply for up to 6 state schools on offered a place at whichever one the form and must put them in the of these schools you said you would If you are applying for schools in other order you prefer them. most prefer. boroughs, you are strongly advised to read the booklets issued by those • If any of the schools you apply for • Wandsworth Council, or your local councils. The telephone numbers of are in other boroughs, Wandsworth council if you live elsewhere, will post a neighbouring councils are included Council will pass the details to the letter to you on 1 March 2010 with the on pages 50-52 of this booklet. other borough councils. If you live in outcome of your application for all another borough and apply for any the schools you applied for. You should Wandsworth schools, your local council receive this on 2 March. If you apply will pass the details to Wandsworth online you can view the outcome on Council. the morning of 2 March, but you will also receive a letter giving full details. • If you are not offered a place at a school which you listed as a higher preference than the school you are offered, you will be able to be placed on the waiting list and will have the right to appeal against the decision.

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STEP 3: STEP 4: Considering Completing the facts the form Most schools receive more applications You can either apply online at than they have places to offer. Before www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions or completing your form it is important to you can use a paper form. get a realistic idea whether or not your You will find information about applying child is likely to be offered a place online on page 3 of this booklet. The at each of the schools you are online system includes notes to help you interested in. through the process. You can do this by: Alternatively, provided that you live in the • Carefully reading the admission criteria borough of Wandsworth, you can which will be used to decide the order complete the green application form at in which children will be offered the back of this booklet. There are help places. notes on the form. • Checking how many applications were If you live elsewhere, and are not made last year and how the places applying online, you will need to were allocated using the admission complete the application form issued by criteria. your own borough. You must include any The transfer Wandsworth schools you wish to apply process On pages 16-37 of this booklet you for on that form. Contact details for will find this information for each other boroughs are on pages 50-52 of step by step Wandsworth school. You will find similar this booklet. information for schools in other boroughs in the booklets issued by Children with a statement those councils. (See pages 50-52 of this If your child has a statement of special Step 1: booklet for how to contact neighbouring educational needs, please do not Understanding the process boroughs). complete an application form or apply online. Please follow the advice on page You might also want to think about: Step 2: 43 of this booklet. • Whether the curriculum and aims suit Collecting information your child’s needs. The school The following notes will help you to prospectus will give you the complete the form correctly: Step 3: information you need. SECTION A - Personal details Considering the facts • The exam results and attendance • Your child’s date of birth Step 4: figures for previous years (see pages If your child’s date of birth is between 40-41). Completing the form 1 September 1998 and 31 August 1999 • Reports on the school by OFSTED they are the right age to transfer to Step 5: inspectors (available from libraries secondary school in September 2010. Returning the form or at www.ofsted.gov.uk). Younger children may only transfer in • How your child will travel to school and exceptional circumstances which are Step 6: the likely cost (see page 44). supported by the primary school and are Taking the Wandsworth approved by the secondary school. Year 6 test You can search for information about Details must be included with the all schools in Wandsworth and application form. Parents of older Step 7: surrounding areas at children who have not transferred to www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions secondary school, will find that some Being offered a place schools insist that children are taught Step 8: with others of the same age group, even though the child would miss a year. Deciding whether to appeal Parents are advised to contact individual schools before making applications.

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The transfer process - step by step

STEP 4: (continued) Completing the form • Your child’s address SECTION B - School preference SECTION C - Supplementary The address you give must be your Please follow these 5 important Information Forms child’s permanent address on the rules when you complete this part Some of the schools in Wandsworth and closing date for applications. This must of the form. in other boroughs may require parents not be a business address, childminder’s and guardians to complete a or relative’s address, or any address 1. Include up to 6 state schools. Supplementary Information Form (SIF) in which is not the child’s permanent They can be in Wandsworth or addition to listing the school as a home. anywhere else. Don’t include preference on the Common Application The information you give will be checked private schools. Form. In these cases, your application and you may be asked to provide will be given lower priority unless both 2. Make your choices carefully. forms are completed and submitted by satisfactory proof before your application Read the admission criteria for can be processed, particularly if you give the closing date of 23 October 2009. each school and check how the a different address to that held by your places were allocated last year. The schools in Wandsworth that may child’s primary school. If a place is require a Supplementary Information (See pages 16-37 of this booklet offered on the basis of false or Form (SIF) are: misleading information, the place will be or the booklets for schools in other withdrawn. boroughs). Ashcroft Technology Academy Where parents share custody, only one 3. Apply for at least 4 schools. • All applicants for Specialist Technology address must be provided and parents This will increase your options. places must complete the dark blue will need to prove the child’s residency at Specialist Technology place SIF. this address. 4. Include at least one school near to your home. Distance is Chestnut Grove School If you change address after submitting used by many schools to decide • All applicants for Specialist Art & your application, you must inform Pupil which children are offered places. Design or Specialist Modern Foreign Services straight away. Changes will only Languages places must complete the be accepted for admission purposes if 5. List the schools in the order purple Specialist Art & Design or satisfactory proof is provided that the you prefer them. If more than one Specialist Modern Foreign Languages child has moved to a new address. Such school can allocate your child a place SIF. proof must be provided by 11 December place, the council will use this 2009 in order that the new address can Elliott School information to offer whichever of be used for deciding the offer of a place • All applicants for Specialist Modern these you most prefer. The order on 1 March 2010. A change of address Foreign Languages places must after 11 December 2009 will not be cannot be changed later. complete the gold Specialist Modern used for admission purposes until after Foreign Languages place SIF. places have been offered on 1 March 2010. However, the new address will be John Paul II School & Salesian College used for correspondence. • All applicants must complete the blue Religious Affiliation SIF. • Children in Public care Children in public care (looked after Saint Cecilia’s, Wandsworth Church of children) receive priority for admission to England School school. If the child for whom you are • All applicants for Foundation places applying is in the care of a local authority must complete the brown Foundation or provided with accommodation by that Place SIF. authority in accordance with section 22 • All applicants for Specialist Music of the Children Act 1989, you must give Places must complete the red details on the application form and Specialist Music Place SIF. provide a letter from the social worker confirming this.

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Section one

SECTION C - Supplementary A sibling is defined as: STEP 5: Information Forms (continued) • a full brother or sister Only applicants for the types of place • a step/half brother or sister living Returning the form, detailed on page 10 must complete at the same address don’t be late! a SIF. • a child who is living at the same The Supplementary Information Forms address as part of the family, by Whether you decide to apply online or for all schools in Wandsworth are in the reason of a court order use the paper form, your application back of this booklet. If you apply online • a child who has been placed with must be received no later than Friday you will be directed to a page on our foster carers as a result of being 23 October 2009. If you are using the website which will advise if you need to looked after by a Local Authority. paper form and your child lives in the complete a SIF and you can download a borough of Wandsworth and attends a copy and print it out. You must ensure • Multiple births Wandsworth primary school, please that the paper SIF is posted in time to If you are applying for a place for more return the form to the school no later be received by 23 October 2009. than one child as a result of multiple than Friday 23 October 2009. The births, you must complete a separate school will pass all forms to the council If you live in the borough of Wandsworth, form for each child. Occasionally, the last no later than 23 October 2009. please return your completed place available at a school is offered to Supplementary Information Forms with If your child lives in Wandsworth the first child from a family with multiple your Common Application Form to but does not attend a Wandsworth births. If this happens, the council will Wandsworth council. Return primary school, you must return ask the governing body of the school if Supplementary Information Forms for the form direct to Pupil Services, an additional place can be offered, but schools in other boroughs to the school Wandsworth Council, Children’s the decision will rest with the governing direct. If you live in another borough, Services Department, Town Hall body. If a place is not available, you will please return your completed Extension, Wandsworth High Street, need to decide whether to accept the supplementary information forms to SW18 2PU by Friday 23 October 2009. place offered, or secure places for the the school direct. The address is on children in another school. We will acknowledge all paper and the form. on-line forms received in our office. Due • Medical or social circumstances to the volume of applications this may Applying for schools in other take a few days, so please be patient. boroughs If your child has an exceptional medical or social reason for needing a place at a We recommend that you keep a copy of If you have included any school(s) particular school, you must state this on all paper or on-line forms you submit. outside the borough of Wandsworth in the form. Applications on exceptional Contact us if you have not received your list of preferences, you are strongly medical or social grounds must be an acknowledgment letter after 10 advised to check whether you also need supported by a current letter from a working days. to complete a Supplementary specialist health professional, or a social Information Form. We have included this worker/care professional working with Late applications information on pages 50-52, but you are the family. The letter must give reasons If your application is not received at your advised to also contact the school. why the child’s condition or child’s Wandsworth primary school or by If you are applying online, the system circumstances make it essential for the Council’s Pupil Services Section by will advise you if you select a school in them to attend a particular school and 23 October 2009, your child will not be another borough for which a the difficulties that would be caused by considered for a place until after the supplementary information form may them attending an alternative school. initial offer of places on 1 March 2010. need to be completed and posted. If evidence is received after the closing If the schools you have applied for are date, it will not be taken into account full at that time, your child’s name will be until after places have been offered on put on a waiting list in the order of the SECTION D - Additional information 1 March 2010. school’s admission criteria. • Siblings • Reasons for preference The council reserves the right to accept If your child has a brother or sister Please note that schools can only use a late application where it considers already attending any of the schools you their published admissions criteria to that there are exceptional reasons for have applied for and who will still be on decide which children qualify for a place. the application not being submitted roll there in September 2010, please It is therefore not necessary to give on time. give details on the form. reasons for your preference(s) unless you want to.

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The transfer process - step by step

STEP 6: STEP 7: Taking the Being offered Wandsworth Test a place • Children in Wandsworth • Therefore if you have applied for On 1 March 2010 Wandsworth Council primary schools several Wandsworth schools, your (or your local council if you do not live child only has to take one test. The in Wandsworth) will post a letter to you • If your child attends a Wandsworth results of the test will be sent directly with the outcome of your application for primary school they will need to take to all the schools you have applied for. all the schools you listed on the form. the Wandsworth Year 6 Test, whether You should receive this on 2 March. If • The only exceptions are children or not you are applying for a place in you have applied online you will be able applying for specialist places at a Wandsworth secondary school. to view the outcome on the system Ashcroft Technology Academy (Design from the morning of 2 March, but you • Your child will take the test in their and Technology and ICT), Chestnut will also get a letter with full details. primary school during school time on Grove School (art or languages), Elliott Thursday 26 November 2009. The School (languages) and Saint Cecilia’s, • You will be offered a place at no school will make all the arrangements Wandsworth Church of England School more than one of the schools you for this. (music). These children will have to applied for. take the school’s aptitude test as well • Children not in Wandsworth • The place offered will be at whichever as the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. primary schools of the schools is able to allocate your • If your child does not attend a • For more information about the test child a place using the published Wandsworth primary school and you please turn to page 47. admission criteria. have applied for a place in any • If more than one of the schools is able Wandsworth secondary school, your to allocate your child a place, you will child will need to take the Wandsworth be offered whichever one of these you Year 6 Test. said you would most prefer on your • Your child will take the test at one of application form. the borough’s test centres on Saturday • If none of the schools you applied for 28 November 2009. We will write to is able to offer a place, you will be you in November with details of where offered a place at the nearest and when your child will take the test. Wandsworth school to your home • Please ensure that your child takes the which has a place available at that test on the set date. Unless there are time. This is only likely to happen if exceptional reasons, it will not be you applied for too few schools or did possible for an alternative date to be not include any near to your home. arranged. • Please be aware that your child’s • As well as being a way of assessing details will be sent to the offered the progress of all year 6 pupils, the school and the school may contact you test has been designed to provide with details of their admission Wandsworth secondary schools with arrangements. the information they need before The letter you receive will tell you: offering places, if testing is part of the school’s admission arrangements. • How to accept the place you have been offered. Please return the reply slip promptly to the address on the letter. Do not reject the place unless you have a place arranged elsewhere. • How to find out more about why your child was not offered a place at a particular school and his or her position on the waiting list.

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STEP 8: Deciding whether to appeal • Your child can stay on the waiting list You have a legal right to appeal against for any school which you put higher not being offered a place at a school you in your order of preference than the applied for. You can appeal for more than school at which you have been offered one school if you wish. a place. If a place becomes available • If you want to appeal, contact the later, you will be given the opportunity Wandsworth Education Appeals to accept that instead. Service ((020) 8871 7554) for schools The letter you receive will also in Wandsworth (except Saint Cecilia’s, tell you: CE Wandsworth, which you must contact directly). For schools in other • How to appeal against not being boroughs, contact the local council or offered a place at any of the schools the school. you applied for and the date by which you must do this. • You must send in your appeal within 10 school days of the date of the • How to make a late application for council’s letter telling you that your schools that have, or are likely to have child was not offered a place, unless The transfer places available. Late applications you are given a later date. must be made to the borough in process whose area you live. • Your appeal will be heard by an independent panel of people who step by step How waiting lists operate have no connection with the school Wandsworth Council will maintain the which you wish your child to attend. You will be told the date of the waiting lists for each Wandsworth Step 1: school. Applicants not offered a place at hearing and invited to attend. a school which they listed as a higher • When considering whether or not to Understanding the process preference than the school which they appeal, you need to think about Step 2: have been offered, are automatically whether your reasons for wanting your placed on a waiting list in the order of child to attend the school are likely to Collecting information the school’s admission criteria. For some stand out from those put forward by schools there will be a separate waiting other parents. If not, the likelihood of Step 3: list for each type of place or ability band. an appeal being successful may not Considering the facts be very high. Places are allocated to children at the Step 4: top of the waiting list as vacancies arise. • To help you, the number of appeals Late applications are also inserted into heard and the number which were Completing the form the waiting list in criteria order. This successful last year are given for each Step 5: means that a child’s position on the list Wandsworth school on pages 16-37 of can move down as well as up. this booklet. Returning the form Applicants can remain on the waiting • Please note that the panel will only Step 6: list for at least one term from consider your reasons for wanting a Taking the Wandsworth September 2010. place at that particular school. They should not be influenced by whether Year 6 test or not you have a place at any other school. If you decide to appeal, you Step 7: must still accept a place in another Being offered a place school in case your appeal is not successful. Do not leave it until after Step 8: your appeal has been heard, as there Deciding whether to appeal will be fewer places available by then.

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Frequently asked questions

1 Does the law guarantee my child a processed on 1 March. The 8. Is my child guaranteed a place place in the school of my choice? alternative schools you could have in one of the schools I have applied for may already be full by this applied for? No. The law says that parents may time, so you are advised to include express a preference for any school. No. However, if you read the them on your form now. However, if more parents express admission criteria and see how the a preference for a school than the 4. Can I change my preferences or the places were allocated last year, it will number of places available, there has order of my preferences after the give you a better idea of whether the to be an order of priority to decide application closing date? school is likely to offer your child a which children to admit. The law place. The more schools you apply If you add or change preferences after allows parents to appeal to an for at which your child has a realistic the application closing date the independent panel if their child is chance of a place, the more likely it changes will be considered to be a refused a place at a school of their will be that you will be offered a late application unless there are preference. place. exceptional reasons why the changes 2. Does the co-ordinated system were not included on the original 9. What can I do if I am not offered a mean that I have more chance application form. Late applications are place in a school of my preference? of getting a place at my first not considered until after the initial Your child can remain on the waiting preference school? offer of places on 1 March. list for any school. Waiting lists are No. The aim of the co-ordinated 5. Will a school know where I listed it held in the order of the admission system is to ensure that nobody gets in my order of preferences? criteria, irrespective of when the more than one offer from amongst the application was made. No. They will decide whether your child schools they applied for, so that more qualifies for a place using their This means that later applications people will get the offer of a school published admission criteria alone. can sometimes be placed above place. those received before the original 6. Will I get priority for a school in the This does not mean that there will be closing date. You also have the right borough where I live? more places available at any to appeal against the decision not to particular school than previously. No. The law does not allow local offer a place at any school. Schools can only admit as many councils to give priority for places in 10. Is it possible that my child will be pupils as they can accommodate. schools in their area to children who without a school place on 1 March? The places will still be allocated to live in their area. No. If none of the schools you those who have the highest priority 7. How important is distance from applied for is able to offer a place, under the school’s published home to school? admission criteria. you will be offered a place at the Distance from home to school is used nearest Wandsworth school to your It is therefore important that you read by many schools to decide which home that has a place available at the admission criteria carefully so that children qualify for a place. Unless that time. you do not waste your preferences by your child qualifies for a selective or only listing schools where your child is You will also be given details of other specialist place or meets religious unlikely to get a place. schools with places available and criteria for a church school, they are how to apply for a place at these 3. Do I have to use all 6 preferences? more likely to be offered a place in a schools. school closer to home than one No. However, unless you are certain of further away. However this isn’t always Please be aware that your child’s getting a place in a particular school, the case, especially if the nearby details will be sent to the offered you are strongly advised to apply for school is particularly popular. school and the school may contact as many schools as you can. Please you with details of their admission bear in mind that your 6 preferences For Wandsworth schools, distance arrangements. can be for state schools in any area. from home to school is measured using the shortest walking route along If you apply for one or two schools lit roads or paths using the council’s only, it does not improve your chances Geographical Information System. of being offered a place. If your The furthest distance that places application is unsuccessful, you will were offered under this criterion in be offered a place at the nearest the previous year is given on pages school to your home which has a 16-37. place after applications have been

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Section two The schools

This section gives you information about all the state-funded schools in Wandsworth. As well as general details such as the size and location of each school, it also gives you their admission criteria. These tell you how schools decide who to offer places to if they have more applications than they can accept. Please read the admission criteria carefully, because they will give you an idea of whether or not your child is likely to be offered a place at a school of your choice. If you need any more advice you can either ring Pupil Services or the school concerned. There is a separate booklet for information on independent schools. If you need a copy please ring Pupil Services and ask for ‘Choose an Independent School’.

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Ashcroft Technology Academy

Ashcroft Technology Academy is a state-funded school, independent of local authority control. The Academy is sponsored by Lord Ashcroft, KCMG, who was also the founder sponsor of ADT College. Building on the highly successful tradition and reputation of ADT College, Ashcroft Academy, with £14 million of new buildings and refurbishment, offers new and wider opportunities to achieve the highest possible standards of learning for our students. The Trustees of the Academy are responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The Academy will admit 210 students in 2010. Up to 21 places will be offered to children who show aptitude for Technology. After the admission of the specialist places and students with a Statement of Special Educational Needs where the Academy is the named school, the remainder of the places will be offered to children from across the full range of ability with priority given to those in public care, those with siblings and then to those living nearest to the Academy.

Specialist Places How to apply Up to 21 places will be allocated on the basis of an aptitude for Design and Technology and Please see page 9 of this booklet. Information Technology. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. All applicants for specialist places must complete a supplementary information form. They will then be invited to the Academy to take a short test for aptitude in Technology. How places were offered last year General Places The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might be All children applying for admission to the Academy in Year 7 will be required to take the offered a place for September 2010. The Wandsworth Year 6 Non Verbal Reasoning Test. Children who have not taken the test will only situation can change from year to year. be considered for a place at the Academy after those who have taken the test. In the case of continued oversubscription after the full allocation of places, a place will only become • Total number of applications received: 1,390 available to a child who has not taken the test once all other children remaining on the • Total number of places offered: 210 oversubscription waiting list for places have been offered a place. • Number of appeals heard: 45 All applicants will be placed in one of five bands, based on their score in the Wandsworth Year • Number of successful appeals: 7 6 Non Verbal Reasoning Test. Once the specialist places have been allocated and places have been allocated to children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs in which the Academy is the named school, the remaining places will be allocated on the basis of the oversubscription criteria detailed below, so that equal numbers of applicants are admitted from each band.* The criteria will be applied to applicants in each band in the order set out below: 1. Children in public care (A child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority under section 22 of the Children Act 1989). 2. Students whose siblings currently attend the Academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission. For admission purposes a sibling is defined as being a full brother or sister, a half/step brother or sister living at the same address, a child living as part of the family by reason of a court order, or a child placed with foster carers as a result of being looked after by a local authority. 3. Students living nearest to the Academy using the shortest walking route with street lighting from the child’s home to the Academy, as measured by the Wandsworth Council Geographical Information System. Where there are insufficient applicants remaining to fill the available places within any band, places will be allocated alternately from adjacent bands. * Where the number of places remaining is not equally divisible by five, an additional place will be allocated in one or more bands.

Appeal arrangements Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal against the decision to an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards & Framework Act 1998.

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Section two The schools

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Battersea Park School Battersea Park School is the new name for Battersea Technology College, which became a Foundation school in January 2009. There are nearly 700 boys and girls aged 11-18 on roll. The school has consistently been recognised as one of the most improved schools in the country and each year builds on the improvements to academic achievement, as the rising percentages of GCSE passes show. The school has performing arts school status and has newly refurbished performing arts spaces. The school has recently won two awards from the Specialist Schools Trust for sustained improvement of academic results. Since January 2009, the governors of the school have been responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The school will admit 150 pupils in September 2010. All places are offered to children across the full range of ability, with priority given to siblings and to those who live nearest to the school.

Admission Criteria Notes: Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria 1. A child looked after is a child in the care of will be applied in this order: a local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority, in 1. Children looked after (see note 1). accordance with Section 22 of the 2. Applicants with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at Children Act 1989. the school, as decided by the Governing Body, advised by a School Placement Panel (see note 2). 2. Applications made on exceptional medical grounds must be supported by a current 3. Applicants who have a brother or sister attending the school on the date of admission (see letter from a specialist health note 3). professional. Applications made on 4. Applicants who live nearest to the school by the shortest walking route with street lighting exceptional social grounds must be as measured by the Council’s Geographical Information System. supported by a current letter from a social Appeal Arrangements worker or other care professional working with the family. The letters must give Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal against the decision to reasons why the child's condition or an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards and circumstances make it necessary for the Framework Act 1998. child to attend the school applied for, and the difficulties that would be caused if the How to apply child had to attend an alternative school. If Please see page 9 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. this information is not provided by the application closing date, the application How places were offered last year will not be considered under this criterion. The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might The information will be considered by a be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. School Placement Panel who will advise the Governing Body on the decision. The All those who applied were offered places for September 2009. Panel reserves the right to request further professional advice where necessary. 3. A sibling is a full brother or sister, a step/half brother or sister living at the same address, a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a court order, or a child who has been placed with foster carers as a result of being looked after by a local authority.

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Burntwood School Burntwood School is a foundation school for girls aged 11-18. It has 1,624 pupils on roll. The governors of the school are responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The school will admit 283 pupils in September 2010. 71 places are offered to girls who receive the highest scores in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. 212 places are offered to siblings* and then to those who live nearest to the school.

*The priority given to siblings of children attending this school has changed. The change affects younger sisters of girls who were admitted under category 1 since September 2008. Please read the criteria below carefully.

Admission criteria Notes: Category 1 places 1. A child looked after is a child in the care of a local authority or provided with 71 places will be allocated by reference to general ability to those applicants with the highest accommodation by that authority in scores in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. accordance with section 22 of the Category 2 places Children Act 1989. 212 places will be allocated as follows, in this order: 2. Applications made on exceptional medical grounds must be supported by a current 1. Girls Looked After (see note 1). letter from a specialist health 2. Applicants with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at professional. Applications made on the school, as decided by the Governing Body, as advised by the Wandsworth Council exceptional social grounds must be School Placement Panel (see note 2). supported by a current letter from a social * 3. Girls not admitted under Category 1, who have a sibling (see Note 3) attending the school worker or other care professional working on the date of admission, and whose sibling was: with the family. The letters must give reasons why the child’s condition or a) admitted under Category 1 or Category 2 before September 2008; or circumstances make it necessary for the b) admitted under Category 2 from September 2008; or child to attend the school, and the c) admitted under Category 1 from September 2008, but whose address was within the difficulties that would be caused if the distance from the school which would have qualified for a Category 2 place on the date child had to attend an alternative school. of their admission. If this information is not provided by the 4. Proximity of the girl’s home to the school, measured by the shortest walking route with application closing date, the application street lighting as measured by the council’s Geographical Information System, with those will not be considered under this criterion. living nearest being given the highest priority. The information will be considered by a School Placement Panel who will advise All applicants will apply on an equal footing, and will not need to specify under which category the Governing Body on the decision. The they are applying. Panel reserves the right to request further Appeal arrangements professional advice where necessary. Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal to an independent 3. A sibling is a full sister, a step/half sister admission appeal panel established under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. living at the same address, a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a How to apply court order, or a child who has been placed with foster carers as a result of Please see page 9 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. being looked after by a local authority.

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How places were offered last year The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. • Total number of applications received: 832 • Total number of places offered: 283 • Places offered to siblings: 42 • Places offered on medical/ social grounds: 0 • Places offered on distance (up to 2.57 miles): 170 • Places offered on ability test: 71 • Number of appeals heard: 11 • Number of successful appeals: 0

The arrangements relating to partial selection were determined by the Schools Adjudicator on 9 January 2004.

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Chestnut Grove School Chestnut Grove School is a foundation school for boys and girls aged 11-19. It has 874 pupils on roll. The governors of the school are responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The school will admit 150 pupils in September 2010. 30 places are offered to children who show an aptitude for Art and Design and 30 places to children who show an aptitude for Modern Foreign Languages. 90 places are offered across the full range of ability to siblings* and then to those who live nearest to the school.

*The priority given to siblings of children attending this school has changed. The change affects younger brothers and sisters of children who were admitted to a Specialist place since September 2008. Please read the criteria below carefully.

Admission criteria Notes: Specialist places 1. A child looked after is a child in the care of • Up to 30 places will be allocated on the basis of an aptitude for a specialist course in a local authority or provided with Art and Design. accommodation by that authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children • Up to 30 places will be allocated on the basis of an aptitude for a specialist course in Act 1989. Modern Foreign Languages. Places will be offered to the first 30 students scoring 40% or more on a written test and oral 2. Applications made on exceptional medical assessment of their aptitude for each specialism. grounds must be supported by a current letter from a specialist health Applicants will need to complete a supplementary information form if they wish to be professional. Applications made on considered for a specialist place. Those not offered a specialist place will automatically be exceptional social grounds must be considered for a place under the general admission criteria. supported by a current letter from a social General places worker or other care professional working with the family. The letters must give 90 places (or more, in the event of fewer than 60 specialist places being allocated), will be reasons why the child’s condition or allocated as follows: circumstances make it necessary for the In order to admit students across the whole ability range, all applicants will be placed in ability child to attend the school, and the groups A – E (where A = the top 20%, B = the next 20%, and so on), according to their scores difficulties that would be caused if the in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. child had to attend an alternative school. If Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be this information is not provided by the offered within each ability group in the following order of priority: application closing date, the application will not be considered under this criterion. 1. Children looked after (see note 1). The information will be considered by a 2. Applicants with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at School Placement Panel who will advise the school, as decided by the Governing Body, advised by the Wandsworth Council school the Governing Body on the decision. The placement panel (see note 2) . Panel reserves the right to request further * 3. Applicants not admitted to a Specialist place, who have a sibling (see note 3) attending the professional advice where necessary. school on the date of admission, and whose sibling was: 3. A sibling is a full brother or sister, a a) admitted to a Specialist or General place before September 2008; or step/half brother or sister living at the b) admitted to a General place from September 2008; or same address, a child who is living as part c) admitted to a Specialist place from September 2008, but whose address was within the of the family by reason of a court order, or distance from the school which would have qualified for a General place on the date of a child who has been placed with foster their admission. carers as a result of being looked after by a local authority. 4. Applicants who live nearest to the school measured by the shortest walking route with street lighting as measured by Wandsworth Council’s Geographical Information System. Waiting lists will be held for each ability group. In the event of undersubscription for any particular group, places will be filled by applicants from alternative adjacent groups. Appeal arrangements Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal against the decision to an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards & Framework Act 1998.

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How to apply Please see page 9 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. How places were offered last year The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. • Total number of applications received: 777 • Total number of places offered: 150 • Places offered to siblings: 33 • Places offered on distance: 93 • Specialist places offered in art: 15 • Specialist places offered in languages: 9 • Number of appeals heard: 18 • Number of appeals successful: 4

The arrangements relating to selection by aptitude were determined by the Schools Adjudicator on 16 July 2004.

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Elliott School Elliott School is a foundation school for boys and girls aged 11-18. It has 979 pupils on roll. It has Language College status and an Artsmark Award. The governors of the school are responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The school will admit 210 pupils in September 2010. 21 places are offered to children who show an aptitude for Modern Foreign Languages. 189 places are offered to children across the full range of ability with priority given to siblings and then to those who live nearest to the school.

Admission criteria Notes Specialist places 1. A Looked After Child is a child in the care of a local authority or provided with Up to 21 places will be allocated on the basis of an aptitude for Modern Foreign Languages. accommodation by that authority in Places will be offered after written and oral assessment of aptitude. accordance with section 22 of the Applicants will need to complete a supplementary information form if they wish to be Children Act 1989. considered for a specialist place. Those not offered a specialist place will automatically be 2. Applications made on exceptional medical considered for a place under the general admissions criteria. grounds must be supported by a current General places letter from a specialist health professional. Applications made on 189 places (or more in the event of fewer than 21 specialist places being allocated), will be exceptional social grounds must be allocated as follows: supported by a current letter from a social All applicants will be placed in one of five ability groups A – E (where A = top 20%, B = the next worker or other care professional working 20% and so on) according to their scores in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. Where applications with the family. The letters must give for admissions exceed the number of places available, places will be offered within each reasons why the child’s condition or ability group in the following order of priority: circumstances makes it necessary for the child to attend the school, and the 1. Looked after children (see note 1). difficulties that would be caused if they 2. Children with a professionally supported exceptional medical need or social need for a had to attend an alternative school. If this place at the school, as decided by the Governing Body, advised by the Wandsworth Council information is not provided by the School Placement Panel (see note 2); application closing date, the application 3. Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of admission (note 3); will not be considered under this criterion. 4. Children living nearest to the school by the shortest walking route with street lighting as The information will be considered by the measured from the home to the school by the Wandsworth Council Geographical Wandsworth Council School Placement Information System. Panel who will advise the Governing Body on the decision. The Panel reserves the Appeal arrangements: right to request further professional advice where necessary. Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal against the decision to an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards & 3. A sibling is defined as a full brother or Framework Act 1998. sister, a step/half brother or sister living at the same address, a child who is living How to apply at the same address as part of the family Please see page 9 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. by reason of a court order, or a child placed with foster carers as a result of How places were offered last year being looked after by a local authority. The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. All those who applied were offered places for 2009.

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Ernest Bevin College Ernest Bevin College is a community college for boys aged 11-18. It has 1,115 pupils on roll. Wandsworth Council is responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The College will admit 180 pupils in September 2010. 60 places are offered to boys who receive the highest scores in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. 120 places are offered to siblings* and then to those who live nearest to the college.

*The priority given to siblings of children attending this school has changed. The change affects younger brothers of boys who were admitted under category 1 since September 2008. Please read the criteria below carefully.

Admission criteria Notes Category 1 Places 1. A child looked after is a child in the care of a local authority or provided with 60 places will be allocated by reference to general ability to those applicants with the highest accommodation by that authority, under scores in the Wandsworth Year 6 test. Section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989. Category 2 Places 2. Applications made on exceptional medical 120 places will be allocated without reference to general ability. Where applications for grounds must be supported by a current admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in this letter from a specialist health order: professional. Applications made on exceptional social grounds must be 1. Children looked after (see note 1); supported by a current letter from a social 2. Applicants with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at worker or other care professional working the college, as decided by the Director of Children's Services, advised by a School with the family. The letters must give Placement Panel (see note 2); reasons why the child's condition or 3. Applicants not admitted under Category 1, who have a sibling (see note 3) attending the circumstances make it necessary for the college on the date of admission, and whose sibling was: child to attend the college, and the a) admitted under Category 1 or Category 2 before September 2008; or difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend an alternative school. If b) admitted under Category 2 from September 2008; or this information is not provided by the c) admitted under Category 1 from September 2008, but whose address was within the application closing date, the application distance from the college which would have qualified for a Category 2 place on the date will not be considered under this criterion. of their admission. The information will be considered by a 4. Applicants who live nearest to the college by the shortest walking route with street lighting, School Placement Panel who will advise as measured by the Council’s Geographical Information System. the Director of Children's Services on the decision. The Panel reserves the right to All applicants will apply on an equal footing and will not need to specify under which category request further professional advice where they are applying. necessary. Appeal Arrangements 3. A sibling is a full brother or sister, a step/half brother or sister living at the Applicants refused a place at the college will have the right to appeal to an independent same address, a child who is living as part admission appeal panel established under the School Standards & Framework Act 1998. of the family by reason of a court order, or a child who has been placed with foster carers as a result of being looked after by a local authority.

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E r i l d e se Common l t r R e B o ssite r n oad B Ba Ro to R m R alh R a n h am Ba o g lham nlea R n Pa Sta R Fer a d o tti rk d o a Ro d N ad Balham

d R s ie ar d E Trinity R n lmf u ie o ld d B Roa By B e d O d s f e w o a n B r r La e d d R d e d o c H o h i Ernest Bevin College Open days and evenings tw ll cr R rn o ville ton Rithe B u ft Ea rdon Road Ro ad s Tooting Beechcroft Road • Thursday 8 October ie n ur nb Bec le G ad Tooting SW17 7DF 6.30pm - 8.30pm Ro ne D r r u J o o b h n lm s E o n d A Telephone: (020) 8672 8582 • Monday 12 October d B a r v a u e o o den R R e s g ll To d Ro oting n in a B 9am - 10.30am o t d ec Email: mail@ernestbevin. p o h s o y B i a ro F T W adw r n hu ate e D ca wandsworth.sch.uk • Tuesday 13 October r r R p e is 9am - 10.30am Website: www.ernestbevin.org.uk Nearest stations: Principal: Mr M C Chivers BSc, ACA • Friday 16 October Tooting Bec (Northern Line), Principal: Ms R Sheikh BSc, MA 9am - 10.30am Wandsworth Common, (Southern Trains). DCSF number: 212 4297 Bus routes: 155, 219, 249, 319, 355, 689, 690.

How to apply Please see page 9 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. How places were offered last year The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. How places were offered last year •Total number of applications received: 443 •Total Number of places offered: 180 •Places offered to children looked after: 0 •Places offered on medical/social grounds: 0 •Places offered to siblings: 22 •Places offered on distance (up to 3.050 miles): 98 •Places offered on ability test: 60 •Number of appeals heard: 1 •Number of successful appeals: 0

The arrangements relating to partial selection were determined by the Schools Adjudicator on 9 January 2004.

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Graveney School

Graveney is a foundation school for boys and girls aged 11-18. It is also an information and communication technologies college. It has 1,936 pupils on roll. The governors of the school are responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The school will admit 250 pupils in September 2010. 63 places are offered to children who receive the highest scores in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. 187 places are offered to children looked after, siblings*, those with special social/medical needs and then to those living nearest to the school.

*The priority given to siblings of children attending this school has changed. The change affects younger brothers and sisters of children who were admitted under category 1 since September 2008. Please read the criteria below carefully.

Admission criteria Notes i A “Looked After Child” is a child in the Category 1 care of a local authority or provided with 63 places will be allocated by reference to general ability. accommodation by that authority in All applicants applying to any Wandsworth School will take the Wandsworth Year 6 Test accordance with section 22 of the consisting of three papers – Abstract Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning. Children Act 1989. ii A sibling is defined as a full brother or 63 places will be offered to those applicants scoring the highest aggregate score in the Non- sister, a step/half brother or sister living Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning papers, including applicants who would otherwise at the same address, a child who is living qualify under Category 2. at the same address as part of the family, Applicants with an equal score will be prioritised by distance order with those applicants living by reason of a court order, or a child who nearest the school given higher priority (note iv). has been placed with foster carers as a result of being looked after by a local If there are fewer than 63 applications under this category, the balance will be allocated under authority. Category 2. iii Applications made on exceptional medical Category 2 grounds must be supported by a current 187 places will be allocated in the following order: letter from a specialist health professional. Applications made on 1. Children Looked After (note i). exceptional social grounds must be supported by a current letter from a social 2. Applicants not admitted under Category 1, who have a sibling (note ii) attending the school worker or other care professional working on the date of admission, and whose sibling was: with the family. The letters must give a) admitted under Category 1 or Category 2 before September 2008; or reasons why the child’s condition or circumstances make it necessary for the b) admitted under Category 2 from September 2008; or child to attend the school/college, and the * c) admitted under Category 1 from September 2008, but whose address was within the difficulties that would be caused if they distance from the school which would have qualified for a Category 2 place on the date had to attend an alternative school. If this of their admission. information is not provided by the application closing date, the application 3. Applicants with an exceptional medical or social need who in the opinion of the Governing will not be considered under this criterion. Body would be suitably provided for in the school (note iii). iv Distance is measured by Wandsworth 4. Proximity of the applicant’s home to the school, with those living nearest being accorded Council on behalf of the school, using the the highest priority (note iv). GIS computerised system. The distance is measured from the applicant’s home to All applicants will apply on an equal footing and will not need to specify under which category the gates of Lower School, Welham Road, they are applying. using the shortest route along a Appeal Arrangements: recognised public highway. It does not take into account pedestrian short cuts. Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal against the decision to The child’s home will be deemed to be an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards & that of the principal carer. The school Framework Act 1998. reserves the right to verify applicants’ addresses with primary schools and electoral registers.

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Bus routes: 44, 57, 77, 127, 133, 201, 249, 270, 280, 319, 333, 355, G1.

How to apply Please see page 9 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009.

How places were offered last year The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. • Total number of applications received: 2,103 • Total number of places offered: 250 • Places offered to children looked after: 2 • Places offered to siblings: 111 • Places offered on medical/ social grounds: 8 • Places offered on distance (up to 0.38 miles): 66 • Places offered on ability test: 63 • Number of appeals heard: 58 • Number of successful appeals: 2

The arrangements relating to partial selection were determined by the Schools Adjudicator on 9 January 2004.

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John Paul II School John Paul II is a Catholic voluntary aided school for boys and girls aged 11-16. It has 390 pupils on roll. The governors of the school are responsible for the arrangements for admitting pupils. The school will admit 135 pupils in September 2010, with priority given to those who meet criteria based on the Catholic ethos of the school. A new mixed catholic secondary school, Saint John Bosco, will open in 2011. Both John Paul II and Salesian College will close, and all pupils will be guaranteed places at the new school. Between now and 2011, John Paul II School and Salesian College will work with the promoters of Saint John Bosco School to ensure that the transfer of their pupils to the new school is as smooth as possible. From 2011, the new Year 7 will all be taught at the Surrey Lane (Salesian) site and will remain there. All other pupils will initially be based in their previous school’s buildings. When the new buildings are finished at the Surrey Lane site, the Wimbledon Park site will close and all pupils will be educated at Saint John Bosco School in Battersea.

Admission criteria Notes Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria 1. Catholic children include members of will be applied, in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit. Churches which are in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church; a full 1. Looked After Catholic Children (see note 2) or Looked After Children in the care of Catholic list of such Churches is available from carers the school. 2. Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of Baptism will be required. 2. A Looked after Child is a child in the care 3. Children enrolled in the catechumenate. Evidence of enrolment in the catechumenate will of a local authority or provided with be required. accommodation by that authority in 4. Other Looked After Children accordance with Section 22 of the 5. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox Churches. Evidence of Baptism will be Children Act 1989. required. 3. A full list of members of Churches 6. Children who are members of other Christian (see note 3) denominations that are part of Together in England is available from Churches Together in England. Evidence of Baptism (or dedication) provided by a priest or the school. minister of a designated place of worship will be required. 4. Priority will be given to applicants whose 7. Children of other faiths. Evidence of religious commitment provided by a priest, minister or nominated priest confirms that they are in religious leader of a designated place of worship will be required. regular attendance at Mass (i.e. weekly); then to those in occasional attendance at 8. Any other children whose parents wish them to attend the school. Mass(i.e. at least once a month); then to If there are more applications than places within any of the categories above, priority will be those whose attendance is irregular (i.e. gven in the following order: less than once a month). 1. For Category 2 above - The strength of evidence of commitment to the faith as 5. The Supplementary Information Form demonstrated by the level of the child’s Mass attendance on Sundays (see note 4). This provided by parents/carers will be sent by evidence must be provided by the parents/carers on the Supplementary Information Form the school to the nominated parish priest. (see note 5) and be endorsed by a priest (see note 6) at the church where the child Parents/carers should not themselves normally worships. ask their parish priest to endorse the 2. The applicant is a child with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need form. for a place at the school, as decided by the Governing Body (see note 7). 6. If the parish priest is new to a parish, he 3. The applicant will have a sibling (see note 8) on the school roll at the time of admission. may wish to seek assistance from a Evidence of the relationship may be required. deacon or parish sister in providing evidence. The parish priest should 4. The distance from the applicant’s home to school. Evidence of residence may be required countersign evidence endorsed by a (see note 9). deacon or parish sister. Appeal arrangements 7. Applications made on exceptional medical Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal against the decision to grounds must be supported by a current an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards & letter from a specialist health Framework Act 1998. professional. Applications on exceptional social grounds must be supported by a current letter from a social worker or other care professional working with the family. Such letters must give reasons why the child’s condition or circumstances make it

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tton G W n ro d v R e R h o s W u a b e d s lm t o Road H d Hill e R ill olm H sh t Ru s th e S a Pu u e tney W eyH He t d tn at h u e h La R e d k i r r R l a a Putney B P s n ’ e t d Heath a lle Road e Granvi u G John Paul II School Open days and evenings b m d b d R r n i o o r R o o o oad T rdw v d G n Gi r e e e r i D t l il n v b r Cn ee lk K Hill e e Bau s m v h ’ Skeena Southfields i l T t C ld S Princes Way • Tuesday 22 September o a fie e g R W B Lon b o o m St b an i a den T d b Rd e m Wimbledon SW19 6QE 6pm - 8pm a r t d Rd i n R Pir ght P b r i r Rd in gham ce lin V s Rep Telephone: (020) 8788 8142 • Wednesday 23 September In ic d t a n o o E e er r sR l i tu s a s e d u i Pa g W n s u A a h k r y a 9am - 10.30am r k m

a email: R D P o S o r R iv t m a ha r en d k v e r e La on a e [email protected] • Thursday 24 September imbledon d P 9am - 10.30am Headteacher: Mr Edward Conway MA NPQH Nearest station DCSF number: 212 5404 Southfields (District Line).

Bus routes 39, 93, 170, 424, 493 639, 670.

necessary for the child to attend the school and the difficulties that would be caused if they had to attend an alternative school. If this information is not provided by the closing date for applications, the application will not be considered under this criterion. 8. A sibling is defined as a full brother or sister, a step or half brother or sister living at the same address, a child who is living at the same address by reason of a court order, or a child who has been placed with foster-carers as a result of being looked after by a local authority. 9. Children living nearest to the school by the shortest walking route with street lighting as measured from the home to the school by the Wandsworth Council Geographical Information System. How to apply Please see pages 9-10 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. How places were offered last year The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. All those who applied were offered places for September 2009.

New mixed catholic secondary school in Wandsworth If you would like to find out more about the new school mentioned on page 30, you are very welcome to visit John Paul II School or Salesian College and meet the headteacher or senior staff. Please contact the schools on the telephone numbers provided to arrange an appointment.

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Saint Cecilia’s, Wandsworth CofE School

Saint Cecilia’s, Wandsworth Church of England School is a voluntary-aided comprehensive school for girls and boys aged 11-18. It is the lead school in a federation with Blackheath Bluecoat School in Greenwich under the leadership of an Executive Headteacher. The governors of the school are responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The school will admit 150 pupils in September 2010. 90 places are offered to children who meet criteria based on the Church of England ethos of the school and 45 places are offered to those of other faiths and none. 15 places are offered to children who show an aptitude for music.

Admission criteria Notes Foundation places a) Attendance at a Christian church which is 100 places will be offered to children who themselves or whose parents/carers are practising a full member of “Churches Together in members of a Christian church [see Note (a)] in the following order of priority: Britain and Ireland” at least twice a month for three years is required to be eligible to apply 1. Looked After Children [see Note (c)] for a Foundation place. 2. those who attend an Anglican church within the deaneries of Battersea, b) A reference will be sought from the Tooting and Wandsworth minister or religious leader at the place of 3. those who attend other Anglican churches in the Diocese of Southwark worship for applicants for Foundation places. 4. those who attend other Anglican churches c) A Looked After Child is defined as a child 5. those who attend other Christian churches in the care of a Local Authority or provided Within each of the above criteria, priority will be given in the following order to: with accommodation by that Authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children i. children with a sibling in the school on the date of admission [see Note (f)] Act 1989. ii. children living nearest to the school measured by the shortest walking route [see Note (g)] d) Any unfilled Foundation places will Applicants will need to complete a supplementary information form if they wish to be become additional Open places. considered for a Foundation place. e) All unsuccessful applicants for Foundation places will be considered for Open places. Open places However, where the applicant does not meet 50 places will be offered to children irrespective of their religious background. the criteria for eligibility for a Foundation Priority will be given in the following order to: place but has a sibling in the school on the i. Looked After Children [see Note (c)] date of admission who accepted a Foundation place, the sibling link will be ii. children with a sibling in the school on the date of admission, providing the disregarded. sibling accepted an Open Place [see Note (f)] f) A sibling is defined as a full brother or iii. children living nearest to the school measured by the shortest walking route [see Note (g)] sister, a step/half brother or sister living at Specialist music places the same address, a child who is living at the same address as part of the family by 10 Foundation and 5 Open places will be offered to children who demonstrate that they have reason of a court order, or a child who has the aptitude to benefit from a specialist course in music. Places will be allocated on the basis been placed with foster carers as a result of of an aptitude test carried out in November/December to include performance either as a being looked after by a Local Authority. vocalist or instrumentalist and a test of aural perception and awareness. Applicants will be placed in rank order according to their total score in the aptitude test. g) Distance will be measured from home to school using the shortest walking route with Applicants will need to complete a supplementary information form if they wish to be street lighting. Measurement will be provided considered for a specialist place. Those not offered a specialist place will automatically be by the Wandsworth Borough Council considered for a place under the general admission criteria. Geographical Information System. Appeal arrangements How to apply Applicants refused a place at the school will have the right to appeal against the decision to Please see pages 9-10 of this booklet. an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards and Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. Framework Act 1998.

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G n ro G H d i R v R a e d r h W o a s King r e l o u m il a a k l e R c b ho H d t V m s ts George’s t u e l u s t d rm o R l L B e oaSd R o H l a l o d Pu W Hi u Park R t h e ney l n n m iHl e t k d e tR l at h c ho e H h La R u d s t e u d s k R i r B r e S t R l a r Pu W u a fa utneytne B P ll y s t He ’ n d A a e h th t d R La a ad Heath e ille Ro e k Granv u G b r r m l a a Rd r n B b d P i o o r o n o o e T rdw v d G oa n d Gi r R a r e Road e e e e r vill i b D t Gran l im u il G n K w e v b r S m Cn Ke ll e ulk K Rd r Hi n e Ba s m v h ’ d Skeena i l T o o r St t o o C o a ld d Geo Saint Cecilia’s, Open day and evenings o fied e g rdw R v d G W B Lonoa a i o R n b G r o r e e e o m e St P r b b l i an D t i dm M R l a n Ki en i b Saint Cecilia’s, T r v d b r Rd Cn e e l e lk King G r K Hil e e Bau e m v u Skeena mi l Th St r a C a ld d George’s B o gfie t R a B on a r o W L o ra o S r o Park m tant i Rd Rd Wandsworth C of E School n M R • Thursday 17 September 7pm a de P ht n b n i g R r r d d b r i t P r e e R t Wandsworth School m r u Rd en i r o ydd L L n Southfields B m t ha a c g a r e o plin a V d e n t i n R s Rd R d i Pi ht n Executive Headteacher’s address 7pm In c ad rb r ig e P t R Sutherland Grove, London SW18 5JR n o o E r d er sR R l ie r o n Southfieldsi tu am s a s h e d c u ing a i l Sutherland Grove, London SW18 5JR e W n V Pa g ep s s u R d I ic A a h n k t rad y a This is a formal event for parents and r ok E n o m er sR l r a u D s i t R d a s e a P o S o Telephone: (020) 8780 1244 u r R g W n iv t m Pa u a ha h r en A a d k v e r e La w r a n Telephone: (020) 8780 1244 on y k e e P carers only. There will be no opportunity m a d t D P n R d e a d o S o r l Woodsprin n R oa iv n t g m R a ha ve b h k r o en it a d v R Fax: (020) 8780 2869 e e La w r d en m a e P i e ad Fax:to (020)tour the 8780 school. 2869 P t l y Ro d b ur a W oodsp sb Ro W ri n en oke im Wimbledon lst Reve Email: info@saintcecilias. W Email:• Monday info@saintcecilias. 21 September Park wandsworth.sch.uk wandsworth.sch.uk8.30am - 12.30pm Nearest stations Website: Executive Headteacher’s address Southfields (District Line) , Putney (South Website: Southfields (District Line) , Putney (South www.saintcecilias.wandsworth.sch.uk 10.15am plus an opportunity to tour West Trains), Wimbledon (South West www.saintcecilias.wandsworth.sch.uk West Trains), Wimbledon Executive Headteacher: the school throughout the morning Trains, First Capital Connect, Tramlink, Headteacher: Mr J E Risbridger BA (South West Trains, First Capital Connect, Mr J E Risbridger BA • Thursday 24 September 7pm - 9pm District Line). Dfes number: 212 4734 Tramlink, District Line). Associate Headteacher: This is an informal event for parents, Bus routes Mr N Gallagher BSc Opencarers day and andprospective evening pupils. There will Bus routes 39, 170, 156, 93. 39, 170, 156, 93. DCSF number: 212 4734 • Thursdaynot be an 13address September by the 7.00pm Executive Head’sHeadteacher. address 7.00pm

How places were offered last year Open places: The following information is only a guide to • Places offered to children give you a better idea of whether your child looked after: 0 might be offered a place for September • Siblings: 22 2010. The situation can change from • Places offered on distance year to year. (up to 0.55 miles): 20 • Total number of applications • Places offered on music received: 749 aptitude test: 5 • Total number of places offered: 150 Foundation places: Number of appeals heard: 8 - Criterion 1: 0 Number of successful appeals: 0 - Criterion 2: 70 - Criterion 3: 3 - Criterion 4: 0 • Siblings: 17 • Places offered on music aptitude test: 10

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Salesian College Salesian College is a Catholic voluntary aided school for boys aged 11-16. It has 533 pupils on roll. The governors of the school are responsible for the arrangements for admitting pupils. The College will admit 120 pupils in September 2010, with priority given to boys who meet criteria based on the Catholic ethos of the school. A new mixed Catholic secondary school, Saint John Bosco, will open in 2011. Both John Paul II and Salesian College will close, and all pupils will be guaranteed places at the new school. Between now and 2011, Salesian College and John Paul II School will work with the promoters of Saint John Bosco School to ensure that the transfer of their pupils to the new school is as smooth as possible. From 2011, the new Year 7 pupils will all be taught at the Surrey Lane (Salesian) site and will remain there. All other pupils will initially be based in their previous school’s buildings. When the new buildings are finished at the Surrey Lane site, the Wimbledon Park site will close and all pupils will be educated at Saint John Bosco School in Battersea.

Admission criteria How to apply Where the number of applications exceeds 120, the Governors will offer places using the Please see pages 9-10 of this booklet. following criteria in the order stated:- Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. 1. Looked After Catholic Children (see note 2) or Looked After Children in the care of Catholic How places were offered last year carers The following information is only a guide to 2. Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of Baptism will be required. give you a better idea of whether your child 3. Children enrolled in the catechumenate. Evidence of enrolment in the catechumenate will might be offered a place for September 2009. be required. The situation can change from year to year. 4. Other Looked After Children All those who applied were offered places for 5. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox Churches. Evidence of Baptism will be September 2009. required. 6. Children who are members of other Christian (see note 3) denominations that are part of Notes Churches Together in England. Evidence of Baptism (or dedication) provided by a priest or 1. Catholic children include members of minister of a designated place of worship will be required. Churches which are in full communion 7. Children of other faiths. Evidence of religious commitment provided by a priest, minister or with the Roman Catholic Church; a full list religious leader of a designated place of worship will be required. of such Churches is available at the 8. Any other children whose parents wish them to attend the College. school. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above 2. A Looked after Child is as defined in the categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. Wandsworth Council booklet “Choose a Wandsworth School”. A looked after child i. For Category 2 above - The strength of evidence of commitment to the faith as is a child in the care of a local authority or demonstrated by the level of the child’s Mass attendance on Sundays (see note 4). This provided with accommodation by that evidence must be provided by the parents/carers on the Supplementary Information Form authority in accordance with Section 22 of (see note 5) and be endorsed by a priest (see note 6) at the church where the child the Children Act 1989. normally worships. 3. A full list of members of Churches Together ii. The applicant is a boy with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need in England is available from the school. for a place at the College, as decided by the Governing Body (see note 7). 4. Priority will be given to applicants whose iii. The applicant will have a brother (see note 8) on the school roll at the time of admission. nominated priest confirms that they are in Evidence of the relationship may be required. regular attendance at Mass (i.e. weekly); iv. The distance from the applicant’s home to school. Evidence of residence may be required. then to those in occasional attendance at (see note 9). Mass(i.e. at least once a month); then to those whose attendance is irregular (i.e. Appeal arrangements less than once a month). Parents whose applications for places are unsuccessful may appeal to an Independent Appeal 5. The Supplementary Information Form Panel set up in accordance with sections 88 and 94 of the School Standards and Framework provided by parents/carers will be sent by Act 1998. Appeals must be made in writing and must set out the reasons on which the the school to the nominated parish priest. appeal is made. Appeals should be made to the Admissions Appeal Clerk at the school Parents/carers should not themselves address. Parents/Carers have the right to make oral representations to the Appeal Panel. ask their parish priest to endorse the form.

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6. If the parish priest is new to a parish, he may wish to seek assistance from a deacon or parish sister in providing evidence. The parish priest should countersign evidence endorsed by a deacon or parish sister. 7. Applications made on exceptional medical grounds must be supported by a current letter from a specialist health professional. Applications on exceptional social grounds must be supported by a current letter from a social worker or other care professional working with the family. Such letters must give reasons why the child’s condition or circumstances make it necessary for the child to attend the College and the difficulties that would be caused if they had to attend an alternative school. If this information is not provided by the closing date for applications, the application will not be considered under this criterion. 8. A brother is as defined in the Wandsworth Council booklet “Choose a Wandsworth School”: A brother is a full brother, a step or half brother living at the same address, a child who is living at the same address by reason of a court order, or a child who has been placed with foster-carers as a result of being looked after by a local authority. 9. Boys living nearest to the College by the shortest walking route with street lighting as measured from the home to the school by the Wandsworth Council Geographical New mixed catholic secondary school in Wandsworth Information System. If you would like to find out more about the new school mentioned on page 34, you are very welcome to visit Salesian College or John Paul II School and meet the headteacher or senior staff. Please contact the schools on the telephone numbers provided to arrange an appointment.

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Southfields Community College Southfields Community College is a foundation college for boys and girls aged 11-19. It has 1,392 pupils on roll, with a sixth from roll of 425. The governors of the college are responsible for the arrangements for admitting children. The College will admit 249 pupils in September 2010. Places are offered across the full range of ability to siblings and then to those who live nearest to the college.

Admission criteria Notes Where the number of applications for admission exceed the number of places available the 1. A child looked after is a child in the care of following criteria will be applied in the following order: a local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority in 1. Looked After Children (see note 1); accordance with section 22 of the 2. Applicants with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at Children Act 1989. the school, as decided by the Governing Body, advised by the Wandsworth Council school 2. Applications made on exceptional medical placement panel; (see note 2); grounds must be supported by a current 3. Children with a brother or sister who will be attending the College on the date of admission letter from a specialist health (see note 3); professional. Applications made on 4. Children living nearest to the College by the shortest walking route with street lighting as exceptional social grounds must be measured from the home to the school by the Wandsworth Council Geographical supported by a current letter from a social Information System. worker or other care professional working with the family. The letters must give Appeal arrangements reasons why the child’s condition or Applicants refused a place at the college will have the right to appeal against the decision to circumstances make it necessary for the an independent admission appeal panel established under the School Standards & child to attend the college, and the Framework Act 1998. difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend an alternative school. How to apply If this information is not provided by the Please see page 9 of this booklet. Closing date Friday 23 October 2009. application closing date, the application will not be considered under this criterion. How places were offered last year The information will be considered by a School Placement Panel who will advise The following information is only a guide to give you a better idea of whether your child might the Governing Body on the decision. The be offered a place for September 2010. The situation can change from year to year. Panel reserves the right to request further All those who applied were offered places for September 2009. professional advice where necessary. 3. A sibling is a full brother or sister, a step/half brother or sister living at the same address, a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a court order, or a child who has been placed with foster carers as a result of being looked after by a local authority.

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Section three Facts and figures

This section contains information about education across the whole borough, rather than in one particular school. It includes statistics on examination results and pupil attendance, as well as the policies and provisions Wandsworth Council has put in place which affect children’s education.

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GCSE results - pupils aged 15+

This table shows the number of 15 to 16 year-olds in each school, and gives the percentages of pupils who sat and achieved 1 or more GCSE, and within that the percentages who sat and achieved 5 or more GCSEs.

School Year Total pupils Achieved 5 or more Achieved 5 or more Achieved 1 or more A*-C grades A*-G grades A*-C grades

ADT college (Ashcroft Technology 2005 168 73% 99% 100% Academy from September 2007) 2006 169 73% 96% 98% 2007 169 78% 99% 100% 2008 170 88% 99% 100%

Battersea Technology College 2005 98 31% 80% 95% (Battersea Park School from 2006 94 50% 94% 97% September 2008) 2007 91 59% 86% 98% 2008 83 63% 95% 100%

Burntwood School 2005 269 73% 97% 98% 2006 266 70% 94% 97% 2007 260 68% 95% 98% 2008 270 66% 93% 99%

Chestnut Grove School 2005 159 54% 90% 100% 2006 158 61% 92% 99% 2007 136 59% 91% 100% 2008 135 73% 98% 100%

Elliott School 2005 199 44% 85% 94% 2006 201 45% 85% 94% 2007 185 54% 91% 97% 2008 203 44% 84% 100%

Ernest Bevin College 2005 174 57% 79% 99% 2006 172 62% 89% 98% 2007 183 61% 87% 99% 2008 166 83% 96% 99%

Graveney School 2005 256 80% 98% 99% 2006 254 76% 97% 99% 2007 261 83% 97% 98% 2008 252 78% 96% 98%

John Paul II School 2005 111 38% 92% 100% 2006 116 37% 91% 98% 2007 100 37% 85% 94% 2008 97 56% 91% 99%

St Cecilia’s, Wandsworth 2008 145 73% 97% 99% CE School

Salesian College 2005 123 59% 98% 100% 2006 118 63% 97% 100% 2007 125 66% 96% 100% 2008 119 61% 96% 99%

Southfields Community College 2005 190 38% 89% 100% 2006 212 55% 92% 100% 2007 184 58% 98% 100% 2008 196 73% 100% 100%

Borough average 2005 1747 54.4% 90.7% 98.5% 2006 1760 59.2% 92.7% 98% 2007 1694 62.3% 92.5% 98.4% 2008 1836 68.9% 95% 99.3%

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Absence for pupils of compulsory school age

This table shows the number of pupils in each school, and the percentages of half days they were absent, either without the school’s permission (unauthorised) or with the school’s permission (authorised).

School Academic year Total pupils of Unauthorised absence Authorised absence % compulsory school age % of half days missed of half days missed

ADT college (Ashcroft Technology 2004/05 888 0.9% 6.5% Academy from September 2007) 2005/06 890 0.9% 7% 2006/07 885 0.5% 6.8% 2007/08 904 1.1% 7.9% Battersea Technology College 2004/05 536 1.2% 7.4% (Battersea Park School from 2005/06 581 1.4% 5.8% September 2008) 2006/07 590 0.2% 6.2% 2007/08 592 0.9% 6.6% Burntwood School 2004/05 1406 1.1% 6.4% 2005/06 1404 2.3% 6.2% 2006/07 1377 1.0% 5.9% 2007/08 1367 1.0% 6.9% Chestnut Grove School 2004/05 839 2% 7.1% 2005/06 817 0.9% 8.1% 2006/07 758 1.0% 6.3% 2007/08 738 0.4% 6.0% Elliott School 2004/05 1065 3.7% 6.2% 2005/06 1102 2.7% 8.4% 2006/07 980 0.6% 9.4% 2007/08 942 2.7% 7.0% Ernest Bevin College 2004/05 950 1.2% 8.6% 2005/06 941 0.9% 8.7% 2006/07 892 0.7% 7.6% 2007/08 872 0.6% 6.8% Graveney School 2004/05 1290 0.4% 5.3% 2005/06 1293 0.4% 5.3% 2006/07 1286 1.3% 4.6% 2007/08 1279 1.2% 4.2% John Paul II School 2004/05 642 0.4% 9.6% 2005/06 569 1.8% 8.6% 2006/07 416 2.4% 8.8% 2007/08 413 2.2% 6.2% Saint Cecilia’s, Wandsworth 2004/05 300 0.3% 4.7% CE School 2005/06 450 0.1% 6.2% 2006/07 750 0.4% 5.7% 2007/08 729 0.5% 6.4% Salesian College 2004/05 673 0.4% 8.2% 2005/06 665 0.5% 8.5% 2006/07 586 0.9% 7.9% 2007/08 569 1.2% 7.0% Southfields Community College 2004/05 1220 0.1% 4.9% 2005/06 1192 0.5% 6.4% 2006/07 1067 1.3% 8.1% 2007/08 1049 1.0% 6.5% Borough average 2004/05 9809 1.1% 6.8% 2005/06 9904 1.1% 7.2% 2006/07 9587 0.9% 6.9% 2007/08 9454 1.2% 6.5%

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Policies

Some important council policies on Progression through school School attendance secondary education are summarised The council expects that pupils in all Children will only make the most of the below. You can find out more about how schools will be grouped in ways that educational opportunities on offer if they these operate in individual schools by make teaching most effective, promote attend school regularly and punctually. reading the school prospectus. the highest possible levels of attainment Missing even a couple of lessons per The curriculum and ensure progression through their week will have a serious effect on your studies at a suitable pace for each pupil. child’s progress and is likely to lead to The council has a Curriculum Policy The council expects teachers to have even more serious attendance problems Statement which sets out what is high expectations of their pupils and to as your child gets older. expected from schools. You can obtain a set challenging targets for their As a parent or carer you have a legal copy from the Children’s Services attainment , taking account of advice responsibility to ensure your child(ren) Department at Wandsworth Town Hall. published in the National Literacy, attends school regularly and punctually. Telephone (020) 8871 8336. Numeracy and Key Stage 3 Strategies. The Education Welfare Service (EWS) It is the council’s policy that its Information about pupils’ performance in offers advice and assistance to help secondary schools should offer primary school is transferred to your child make the most of school specialist courses in addition to the secondary school in the statutory through regular attendance and provides National Curriculum. You will find details Common Transfer File. This allows a leaflet for parents. They can be of all the courses offered at each school teachers at each stage of education to contacted by telephoning the EWS office in the school’s prospectus. build on pupils’ prior learning. (020) 8871 8306 or through your child’s school. Public examinations In exceptional circumstances children All the schools in this brochure provide may be transferred to secondary school Management and finance ahead of their transfer age group or may courses leading to public examinations Schools are financed, by law, under the remain in primary school where this is including GCSE, A-level and vocational Fair Funding Scheme, according to a considered to be in the child’s best qualifications. Details of examination formula in which the largest single interest. courses offered are in the school’s determining factor is the number of prospectus. Such arrangements must have the pupils enrolled at the school. It is the Schools will meet the cost of entries for agreement of parents and be council’s policy that as great a part of prescribed public examinations. In cases professionally supported by the primary its education budget as possible is where a pupil fails, without good reason, school headteacher. However, parents delegated to schools, and that they to complete the examination are advised that secondary schools may have the widest powers in spending it requirements or to sit an examination, insist on placing a child who has been in accordance with their own needs the cost of the examination fees will be kept down a year in the appropriate year and priorities. reclaimed from the parents. group for the child’s age. In exceptional circumstances, children admitted under Equal opportunities the Protocol may exceed published The council’s policy is that every child admission numbers, when the school is should receive the best possible already full. education. It is committed to providing equal opportunities for all children in its schools, and seeks to eliminate discrimination.

Admission of children already of to children without a school place, over is necessary to move a child, this secondary school age children who already have a school should take place at the start of a term, place but whose parents or carers wish wherever possible. Parents must not Parents and carers of children already them to transfer from one local school withdraw their child from school unless of secondary school age who move into to another. they have arranged a place elsewhere. the area during the year, should visit the Children’s Services Department at It is often not in a child’s interests to The Fair Access Protocol also aims Wandsworth Town Hall for advice and to change schools. This is particularly so that schools should admit an even apply for a place. for older children. Parents who wish to share of children who have a recent transfer their child from a local school history of challenging behaviour, poor The Council has agreed a Fair Access must first discuss this with the attendance, or have been out of school Protocol with all its maintained Headteacher of the current school. If it for some time. secondary schools, which gives priority

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Children with special educational needs

During their school life, some children SNAS will need to consider the may have special educational needs recommendations from the annual because of a learning difficulty or a review meeting and will then contact physical disability. Help can be given by schools on your behalf. the teachers in your child’s school. All schools must provide for children with Ashcroft Technology Academy special educational needs. • Autistic Spectrum Disorder Base (Mixed) For a very small number of children who need more help than their school can 100 West Hill, SW15 2UT give, the Local Authority (LA) may need to Telephone: (020) 8877 0357 make a statutory (legal) assessment of Bradstow School the child’s needs, to find out what level of help is needed. • Autism, severe learning difficulties and challenging behaviour (Mixed) The assessment will, in most cases, • Boarding only lead to a statement being written saying Dumpton Park Drive how the child’s needs must be met, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1RG either in the same school with extra help Telephone: (01843) 862 123 or in a suitable special school. You can obtain an information pack for Garratt Park School parents of children with special • Mild and moderate learning difficulties educational needs from the Special with associated complex needs Needs Assessment Section, including autistic spectrum disorders Wandsworth Council, Children’s Services (Mixed) Department, Town Hall, Wandsworth Waldron Road, SW18 3SY High Street, SW18 2PU Telephone Telephone: (020) 8946 5769 (020) 8871 8061. Pupils with a statement of SEN who Linden Lodge School If your child already has a statement of are admitted to mainstream schools Special Educational Needs (SEN), this • Visually-impaired, multi-disabled, or to special units within mainstream will be reviewed by the Local Authority (visually impaired) and profound and schools are included in the (LA) at the end of Year 5 or early in the multiple learning difficulties (Mixed) admissions number published for autumn of Year 6. The annual review 61 Princes Way, SW19 6JB each school on pages 16-37. Telephone: (020) 8788 0107 meeting at your child’s primary school Placements at the special schools will help you to consider the type of Nightingale School listed opposite are made by the school which you would like your child to council's Special Needs Assessment • Social, emotional and behavioural attend. Section, in consultation with the difficulties (Boys) You should therefore not complete the relevant headteacher and parent(s) Wandsworth application form included Beechcroft Road, SW17 7DF or carer(s). Telephone: (020) 8874 9096 in this booklet. Different legal Admissions at secondary transfer requirements and procedures apply to Oak Lodge School age can only be agreed where: the transfer of pupils with statements. • Deaf (Mixed) • The annual review of the child's If you live in Wandsworth, the Special 101 Nightingale Lane, SW12 8NA existing statement of special Needs Assessment Section (SNAS) has Telephone: (020) 8673 3453 educational needs indicates a a leaflet for parents about secondary need for special school provision. school transfer for pupils with Paddock School • The child has had a statutory statements. Please telephone • Severe learning difficulties and severe assessment prior to transfer which (020) 8871 8061 for a copy. You can learning difficulties with autism also find the leaflet on the web at indicates the need for special Priory Lane, SW15 5RT www.wandsworth.gov.uk under 'Children school provision. Telephone: (020) 8878 1521 & Young People: Education and Schools: Special Educational Needs (SEN) Southfields Hearing Impaired Unit Information for Parents’. • Hearing-impaired (Mixed) Southfields Community College 333 Merton Road, SW18 5JU Telephone: (020) 8874 0585

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Financial assistance

Home to school travel Wandsworth Council will also provide a Application for free school meals All children under 16, and 16-17 year free Travelcard for a child from a low You qualify for free school meals for olds (and some 18 year olds) in full time income family (families entitled to free your children if you receive one of the education can travel free on bus and school meals, or in receipt of the following benefits from the Benefits tram services. maximum level of Working Tax Credit) Agency. where either: All school pupils 11-15 will be required • Income Support (IS)* to carry a ‘Zip’ Oyster Photocard to travel • The child aged between 11 and 16 • Income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance free on buses and trams. They must years attends one of the three nearest (IBJSA)* touch in as they board a bus or at the maintained schools or academies, tram stop before boarding a tram. If they between 2 miles and 6 miles from • Support under Part VI of the do not they will be liable for a penalty their home; Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 fare. All 11-15 year olds who do not • The child aged between 11 and 16 • Prescribed Tax Credits (Child Tax Credit have a valid Zip Oyster Photocard must years attends the nearest maintained as assessed by HM Revenue and pay the full adult cash fare until they get school or academy for which the Customs)** one. 16-18 year olds must have a valid parent or carer has applied on the 16+ Oyster Photocard. grounds of their religion, between 2 • Guarantee element of State Pension Credit To enquire about obtaining a Zip Oyster and 15 miles from their home. Photocard please telephone the Oyster All distances will be calculated over the Notes Helpdesk on 0845 330 9876. For shortest walking route with street * Children who receive (IS) or (IBJSA) in further information visit the Transport for lighting as measured by the council’s their own right are also eligible to London website: www.tfl.gov.uk Geographical Information System. receive free school meals. Home to school Travelcards All school pupils 11-15 using a ** Parents/Guardians who are in receipt Travelcard will be required to carry a ‘Zip’ Pupils aged under 16 who, in the of Child Tax Credit and have an Oyster Photocard to collect their judgement of the Director of Children’s annual taxable income in excess of Travelcard from the school and at all Services, have an unreasonable journey £16, 040 are not eligible for free times when traveling on public transport. to school using bus or tram services, school meals. may be entitled to assistance with the Wandsworth Council has the discretion NB – Parents/Guardians who are in cost of rail and/or underground travel to to provide financial assistance for home receipt of any element of Working Tax and from school. to school travel in cases where the Credit do not qualify for free school Director of Children’s Services agrees To qualify for a free Travelcard for meals, other than children whose that there are exceptional your child: parents become unemployed, or reduce circumstances. their hours to less than 16 hours a week • You must live in the borough of Application forms and further information i.e. become non working families, but Wandsworth are available from the Pupil Services still receive working tax credit (WTC). • The distance from your home to the Section. Telephone (020) 8871 8318. HM Revenue and Customs will continue school, using the shortest walking to give WTC for four weeks after route with street lighting as measured School journeys unemployment: this known as the ‘run by the council’s Geographical Each school has its own policy for on’ period. Information System, must be over charging for school journeys and other three miles activities. Families on low incomes may • Your child’s journey can only qualify for reductions. More information reasonably be made by train or tube is available from the school itself. (i.e. bus or tram travel is impractical). • Your child must attend the nearest suitable school to your home. (Wandsworth Council will take account of a parent’s preference for a Faith school).

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Education for 16-19 year olds

Types of sixth form education Further education colleges Wandsworth offers a variety of education South Thames College also provides opportunities for students aged 16-19. courses for 16-19 year olds. They offer a wide range of academic and vocational Sixth forms in schools courses including A level, GCSE and All the schools in this brochure except GNVQ. John Paul II School and Salesian College The college offers business studies make provision for pupils aged 16-19. programmes and has its own range of They offer a wide range of academic and specialist courses and courses for vocational courses including A level, pupils with special educational needs. GCSE and GNVQ. Further details of courses and the Details of courses are available in each application procedure are available from: school’s prospectus. Applications should be made direct to the schools. (The South Thames College addresses are in Section 2 of this Wandsworth High Street brochure). London SW18 2PP Telephone: (020) 8918 7777 Sixth form college Email: studentservices@ Pupils who attend one of the Roman south-thames.ac.uk Catholic schools (John Paul II School or Salesian College) normally transfer at Education maintenance allowance 16+ to St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic (EMA) Sixth Form College. The college offers a This is a scheme which gives money to wide range of academic and vocational students who are staying on at school courses. Applications are welcomed or college, in further education. You can from other students who wish to receive up to £30 per week, based on continue their education in a Christian your household’s’ income. environment. For more information or an application Further details of courses and the pack, contact the helpline for young application procedure are available from: people and parents. Telephone: 0800 121 8989 The Principal Website: www.ema.direct.gov.uk St. Francis Xavier College Malwood Road SW12 8EN Learner support fund Telephone: (020) 8772 6000 Email: [email protected] If you are studying at a school sixth form you may be entitled to assistance with your travel costs. For more information please contact The Student Finance Section Telephone: (020) 8871 8073/4 If you are studying at a college then you should contact the college for information about assistance with travel and other course related costs.

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Section four Wandsworth Year 6 Test

Children in Wandsworth primary schools have taken a general ability test in Year 6 for a number of years. Children used to take separate tests at many of Wandsworth’s secondary schools as part of the application process. Several years ago the council introduced a single test (in three parts) to replace all other tests and to make arrangements less demanding for children and parents. In this section we hope to answer the questions you may have about the Wandsworth Year 6 Test which is an important part of the transfer process for your child.

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The Wandsworth Year 6 test

Who has to take the test? How has the test been chosen? • Please note that if your child has The test is for all year 6 children, The test has been specially prepared for a statement of Special Educational including: Wandsworth by GL Assessment (formerly Needs they do not have to take called NFER-Nelson), which is an the test. • Children who have only applied for non- independent organisation which designs selective places. What sort of questions will and scores educational tests. • Children with siblings at secondary it include? school. How long will the test last? The first two parts will contain non-verbal reasoning questions, and the third part • Children at Wandsworth primary The test will be in three parts, with breaks between each part: will contain verbal reasoning questions. schools who have only applied to All three parts have multiple choice secondary schools in other boroughs. • Part 1 will last 40 minutes. questions. This means that children • Children who are not in a Wandsworth • Part 2 will last 55 minutes. have to choose the right answer from a primary school and have applied for a range of possible answers. • Part 3 will last 50 minutes. place at any secondary school in • Non-verbal reasoning questions are Wandsworth. Extra time designed to test children’s ability to If your child has a statement of Special If your child is designated at ‘School work out problems, regardless of Educational Needs their primary school Action’ or ‘School Action Plus’ and their knowledge of English. They use headteacher will be able to advise you if receives extra time to follow normal abstract figures to test children’s you are unsure whether it would be in classroom activities on a regular basis, ability to work out similarities and your child’s best interest to take the test. they may be eligible to be given extra sequences of shapes or codes. time when they take the test. Will my child have to sit • Verbal reasoning questions test other tests? If you wish to request this, and your child children’s ability to reason with words. attends a Wandsworth primary school, They use word games, such as In most cases your child will only have to you need to ask the Headteacher for a matching words with similar meanings, sit one test. There are just a few form. If your child does not attend a or using the letters from one word to exceptions: Wandsworth primary school, you need to make another. • Ashcroft Technology Academy offers contact Pupil Services at The questions will be very similar to specialist places to children with an [email protected] or the puzzles and word games that aptitude for Design and Technology (020) 8871 7316 for the form. appear in children’s magazines or and ICT. You must fill in the form and return it to educational books. • Chestnut Grove School offers your child’s primary school Headteacher, How much reading is involved? specialist places to children with an who must confirm that your child meets aptitude for Art and Design or Modern the criteria, in order for extra time to The instructions for each part of the test Languages. be given. will be read aloud to the children by the teacher in charge. There is no reading in • Elliott School offers specialist places Before doing this, please bear in mind parts 1 and 2. However in part 3 (verbal to children with an aptitude for Modern the following points: reasoning) children are required to read Foreign Languages. • The test has already been designed the questions. • Saint Cecilia’s, Wandsworth CE School so that children have to read very offers some places to children with an little and do no writing at all. How does my child write down aptitude for music. the answers? • The test is already over 3 hours long, For all three parts your child will be given If you apply for a specialist place, your so you may decide that this is already a pre-printed answer sheet to fill in, a child will also need to attend an aptitude long enough for your child. pencil and an eraser. The answer sheet assessment at the school. • Although we are required to consider lists the different possible answers and Schools in other boroughs or requests for extra time, national the child has to put a pencil mark by the independent schools which require a research into this type of test shows side of the correct answer. The tests are test to be taken, will have their own test. that providing extra time does not scored by a computer which reads the They do not use the results of the necessarily have any significant effect pencil lines. There is therefore no writing Wandsworth Year 6 test. on a child’s results. involved.

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How will my child prepare for What if my child cannot take the When will I hear the results? the test? test on this date? The council will post a letter to you on On the day of the test, practice time will You must ensure that your child can take 1 March 2010 with the outcome of your be allowed before each part of the test the test on the set date. Please make a applications. The letter will tell you for children to familiarise themselves note of the date now. Only in the most whether or not your child has a place with the type of questions involved, and exceptional circumstances, will there be based on the published admission get used to filling in the answer sheets. an opportunity to take the test on criteria for each of the schools for which another day. If your child attends a you have applied. If you feel it necessary to prepare your Wandsworth primary school, you will child before the day of the test, NFER- Each school has its own admission need to discuss any difficulty with the Nelson produce practice materials which criteria. Schools may use the test scores Headteacher. If your child does not can be purchased from major stationers in different ways, or may not use them at attend a Wandsworth primary school, and bookshops, or online from all, when allocating places. Therefore, you should write to Pupil Services before www.gl-assessment.co.uk. the fact that your child’s test scores lead the day of the test, by email to: to your child getting an offer of a place in The following packs are recommended [email protected], one school, does not mean that your by NFER-Nelson: or by letter. child will automatically be offered a place • Multiple Choice Verbal Reasoning How will the test be marked? at another school. Pack, ISBN 9780708703861/N0078. All the test papers will be scored by GL For information on each school’s • Multiple Choice Non-Verbal Reasoning Assessment. Using an independent admission criteria see pages 16-37 Pack, ISBN 9780708703878/N0078. organisation to do all the scoring makes of this booklet, or the school’s own prospectus. Your child’s primary school may also be sure that the tests are marked fairly and consistently. Your child’s age will be able to advise you about this. Can I be told my child’s taken into account in the final test When and where will my child scores. test scores? take the test? Yes, your child’s primary school will be Who will see the results? able to give you the scores. However, as The arrangements for taking the test are GL Assessment will send your child’s you cannot be told the scores of other different depending on whether or not test scores to the secondary schools for children on the grounds of confidentiality, your child is in a Wandsworth primary which you have applied. They will also knowing your child’s scores will not help school. send a copy to Wandsworth Council who to explain why your child was, or was not, • If your child attends a Wandsworth will pass on the details to your child’s offered a place at a particular school. If primary school they will take the test primary school. Please note that: you want further information about how in their primary school during school your child’s test scores affected the offer • The test scores will be treated as time on Thursday 26 November 2009. of a place, you must contact the strictly confidential, and will be for You do not need to do anything to secondary school direct. school use only. arrange for your child to take the test. All queries regarding the test should be Your child’s primary school will make • None of the secondary schools will sent to [email protected] the arrangements for you. know from the scores whether you have applied to other schools. • If your child does not attend a Wandsworth primary school they will • Schools you have not applied to will take the test at one of borough’s test only see your child’s scores if you centres on Saturday 28 November apply for a place at a later date. 2009. We will write to you shortly before this date with the details of time and place for your child to take the test. • Your child only needs to take the test once, even though you may be applying for more than one school.

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Schools in other boroughs

The following information is to help Wandsworth residents who are applying for schools in other boroughs. Set out below are names and contact details of the boroughs and the schools within them which are within a reasonable distance of Wandsworth.

Please note that the schools marked with a * require you to fill in the school’s own form as well as listing it on the Wandsworth council form.

London Borough of Croydon London Borough of Royal Borough of Kensington Tel: (020) 8726 6400 Hammersmith and Fulham and Chelsea The Archbishop Lanfranc School * Tel: (020) 8753 2627/3628 Tel: (020) 7361 2210 (Mixed) Burlington Danes Academy * The Cardinal Vaughan Mitcham Road, CR9 3AS (CE Mixed) Memorial School * Tel: (020) 8689 1255 Wood Lane, W12 0HL (RC Boys) Archbishop Tenison’s School * Tel: (020) 8735 4950 Addison Road, W14 8BZ Tel: (020) 7603 8478 (CE Mixed) Fulham Cross Girls School Selborne Road, CR0 5JQ and Language College Chelsea Academy Tel: (020) 8688 4014 (Girls) (CE mixed which offers community places) Coloma Convent School * Munster Road, SW6 6BP Temporary site from September 2009 (RC Girls) Tel: (020) 7381 0861 The Carlyle Building, Hortensia Road, SW10 0QS Upper Shirley Road, CR9 5AS Henry Compton School Tel: (020) 7727 5631 Tel: (020) 8654 6228 (Boys) Permanent site from September 2010 Kingwood Road, SW6 6SN Harris Academy South Norwood * Lots Road, SW10 0SH Tel: (020) 7381 3606 (Mixed) Tel: (020) 7376 3019 2 Cumberlow Avenue Hurlingham & Chelsea School Holland Park School South Norwood Hill, SE25 6AE (Mixed) (Mixed) Tel: (020) 8405 5070 Peterborough Road, SW6 3ED Airlie Gardens, Tel: (020) 7731 2581 Norbury Manor Business Campden Hill Road, W8 7AF Enterprise College * Lady Margaret School * Tel: (020) 7727 5631 (Girls) (CE Girls) Sion-Manning RC Girls School * Kensington Avenue, CR7 8BT Parsons Green, SW6 4UN (RC Girls) Tel: (020) 8679 0062 Tel: (020) 7736 7138 St Charles Square, W10 6EL St Joseph’s College * Sacred Heart High School * Tel: (020) 8969 7111 (RC Boys) (RC Girls) St Thomas More Language College * Beulah Hill, SE19 3HL 212 Hammersmith Road, W6 7DG (RC Mixed) Tel: (020) 8761 1426 Tel: (020) 8748 7600 Cadogan Street, SW3 2QS Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School * The London Oratory School * Tel: (020) 7589 9734 (RC Girls) (RC Boys) 147 Central Hill, SE19 1RS Seagrave Road, SW6 1RX Tel: (020) 8670 6917 Tel: (020) 7385 0102 Westwood Language College for Girls * (Girls) Spurgeon Road, SE19 3UG Tel: (020) 8653 1661

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Royal Borough of London Borough of Lambeth The Norwood School Kingston-upon-Thames Tel: (020) 7926 9503 (Mixed) Crown Dale, SE19 3NY Tel: (020) 8547 4610 Archbishop Tenison’s School * Tel: (020) 8670 9382 Coombe Boys’ School (CE Boys) (Boys) 55 Kennington Oval, SE11 5SR St Martin-in-the-Fields High School * College Gardens, Tel: (020) 7735 3771 (CE Girls) 155 Tulse Hill, SW2 3UP Blakes Lane, KT3 6NU Bishop Thomas Grant School * Tel: (020) 8674 5594 Tel: (020) 8949 1537 (RC Mixed) Coombe Girls’ School Belltrees Grove, SW16 2HY Stockwell Park High School * (Girls) Tel: (020) 8769 3294 (Mixed) Clapham Road, SW9 0AL Clarence Avenue, KT3 3TU Charles Edward Brooke School * Tel: (020) 7733 6156 Tel: (020) 8942 1242 (CE Girls) Chessington Community College (Lower School) Dennen site London Borough of Merton (Mixed) Cormont Road, SE5 9RF Tel: (020) 8274 4906 Garrison Lane, KT9 2JS (Upper School) Brooke site Tel: (020) 8974 1156 Langton Road, SW9 6UL Bishopsford Community School Tel: (020) 7274 6311 (Mixed) The Hollyfield School Lilleshall Road, SM4 6DU (Mixed) Dunraven School * Tel: (020) 8687 1157 Surbiton Hill Road, KT6 4TU (Mixed) Tel: (020) 8339 4500 94-98 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2QB St. Mark’s CE Academy * Tel: (020) 8677 2431 (CE Mixed) The Holy Cross School * Acacia Road, CR4 1SF (RC Girls) The Elmgreen School Tel: (020) 8648 6627 Sandal Road, KT3 5AR (Mixed) Tel: (020) 8395 4225 Gypsy Road, SE27 9TG Raynes Park High School Tel: (020) 8766 5020 (Mixed) Richard Challoner School * Bushey Road, SW20 0JL (RC Boys) Evelyn Grace Academy Tel: (020) 8946 4112 Manor Drive North, KT3 5PE (Mixed) Tel: (020) 8330 5947 Interim site - Somerleyton Road, SW9 8ND Ricards Lodge High School Permanent site from 2010 - Shakespeare (Girls) Southborough High School Road, SE24 0PZ Lake Road, SW19 7HB (Boys) Tel: (020) 7395 2080 Tel: (020) 8946 2208 Hook Road, KT6 5AS Tel: (020) 8391 4324 Lambeth Academy * Rutlish School (Mixed) (Boys) Tiffin School * Elms Road, SW4 9ET Watery Lane, SW20 9AD (Boys Selective) Tel: (020) 7819 4700 Tel: (020) 8542 1212 Queen Elizabeth Road, KT2 6RL Admissions hotline - (020) 7819 4718 Tel: (020) 8546 4638 Harris Academy Merton * La Retraite School * (Mixed) The Tiffin Girls’ School * (RC Girls) Wide Way, CR4 1BP (Girls Selective) Atkins Road, SW12 0AB Tel: (020) 8623 1000 Richmond Road, KT2 5PL Tel: (020) 8673 5644 Tel: (020) 8546 0773 Ursuline High School * Lilian Baylis Technology School (RC Girls) Tolworth Girls’ School (Mixed) Crescent Road, SW20 8HA (Girls) 323 Kennington Lane, SE11 5QY Tel: (020) 8255 2688 Fullers Way North, KT6 7LQ Tel: (020) 7091 9500 Tel: (020) 8397 3854 Wimbledon College * The London Nautical School * (RC Boys) (Boys) Edge Hill, SW19 4NS 61 Stairford Street, Blackfriars, SE1 9NA Tel: (020) 8946 2533 Tel: (020) 7928 6801

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Schools in other boroughs

London Borough of Richmond London Borough of Sutton Tel: (020) 8891 7514 Tel: (020) 8770 6080 Christ’s School * Nonsuch High School for Girls * (CE Mixed) (Girls Selective) Queens Road, TW10 6HW Ewell Road, SM3 8AB Tel: (020) 8940 6982 Tel: (020) 8394 1308 Shene School St Philomena’s School * (Mixed) (RC Girls) Park Avenue, SW14 8RG Pound Street, SM5 3PS Tel: (020) 8876 8891 Tel: (020) 8642 2025 Waldegrave School for Girls Sutton Grammar School * (Girls) (Boys Selective) Fifth Cross Road, TW2 5LH Manor Lane, SM1 4AS Tel: (020) 8894 3244 Tel: (020) 8642 3821

London Borough of Southwark Wallington County Grammar School * Tel: (020) 7525 5050 (Boys Selective) Croydon Road, SM6 7PH The Academy at Peckham * Tel: (020) 8647 2235 (Mixed) Peckham Road, SE15 5DZ Wallington High School for Girls * Tel: (020) 7703 4417 (Girls Selective) Woodcote Road, SM6 0PH St Michaels and Tel: (020) 8647 2380 All Angels CE Academy * (CE Mixed) Wilson’s School * Farmers Road, SE5 0UB (Boys Selective) Tel: (020) 7701 4166 Mollison Drive, SM6 9JW Tel: (020) 8773 2931 The Charter School (Mixed) City of Westminster Red Post Hill, SE24 9JH Tel: (020) 7641 1816/1817 Tel: (020) 7346 6600 The Grey Coat Hospital School * Kingsdale School (CE Girls) (Mixed) St Andrew’s Building Alleyn Park, SE21 8SQ Grey Coat Place, SW1P 2DY Tel: (020) 8670 7575 Tel: (020) 7969 1998 Notre Dame School * Pimlico Academy (RC Girls) (Mixed) St George’s Road, SE1 6EX Lupus Street, SW1V 3AT Tel: (020) 7261 1121 Tel: (020) 7828 0881 Sacred Heart School * Westminster City School * (RC Mixed) (Church Boys) Camberwell New Road, SE5 0RP 55 Palace Street, SW1E 5HJ Tel: (020) 7274 6844 Tel: (020) 7641 8760

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Contents Translations

Introduction 1 About this booklet 2 2010.

Section 1

Section 2 2010 9 The schools 16-37 Detailed information on all the schools including admission criteria and appeal arrangements 2010.

Section 3

Section 4 2010. The Wandsworth Year 6 Test 47

Schools in other boroughs 50 Translations 53 2010.

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Choose a Wandsworth Secondary School A guide for admission to secondary schools in Wandsworth in September 2010

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