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Starting Secondary School September 2013 for Children Born Between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 2002 Starting Secondary School September 2013 For children born between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 2002 Important dates to remember September/October 2012 School open evenings 31 October 2012* Closing date for applications 20131 March 2013 Offers sent to parents 15 March 2013 Acceptance deadline *We strongly recommend that you submit your application online or by post, so that we receive it by Friday 26 October 2012. Please see page 5 for details. Correct at time of publication, and subject to change. www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schools You can apply for a school place online at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schools You can access this website wherever you have access to a computer. • Home • Internet café • Local library Use this space to record your unique number, and the username and password you have used to make your application. Unique number: Username: Password: It is important that you keep this information to be able to access your application and the school your child has been offered. If you require further information or assistance: 01895 556644 www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schools Benefits of applying online: • You will receive confirmation that we have received your application, if you supply an email address • You can change the details of your application, ie which schools you name, right up to midnight on the deadline date • You will have the choice to attach your proof of address documentation • You will be able to view the result of your application during the evening of Friday 1 March 2013. You will be sent an email with the outcome of your application on 1 March 2013. Please wait until you have received the email before logging onto the PAN London eAdmissions website. You will not receive a letter if you are offered your first preference. • You can accept your offer online. If you have any questions about applying online, please visit our website www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schools or call 01895 556644. Important dates Applying • We strongly recommend that you submit your application online or by post so that we receive it by Friday 26 October 2012. This is the Friday before the half-term holiday. • Applications received by 31 October 2012 will be accepted, but if your application is received by Friday 26 October 2012, we can ensure that it is checked, acknowledged and processed in good time. • Parents/carers who prefer to hand in a form at their child’s Hillingdon primary school, will need to ensure that they do this by Friday 26 October 2012, so that the school can forward it to us before the half-term holiday. Offer • Offer letters will be posted on Friday 1 March 2013 (If you apply online and you are offered your first preference, you will not be sent a letter). • If you applied online, you can view the result of your offer during the evening of Friday 1 March 2013. • The deadline to accept online or to send back your reply is Friday 15 March 2013. Appeals • The deadline for lodging the appeal is Wednesday 20 March 2013. 2 Starting Secondary School September 2013 Contents Applying for a place online ...............................................................................................................2 School term dates .............................................................................................................................3 Open evening dates ...........................................................................................................................4 Important points to note in making your application ......................................................................5 Frequently asked questions ..............................................................................................................9 Assistance for children who live in Hillingdon ...............................................................................16 Secondary schools in Hillingdon ....................................................................................................19 Schools in Hillingdon ......................................................................................................................20 Statistical information ....................................................................................................................43 Schools contact information ...........................................................................................................44 Checklist .........................................................................................................................................47 Useful contact information ...............................................................................................back cover Further information Further information and advice is available during normal office hours from: Admissions Team 4E/09 Civic Centre High Street Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 1UW 01895 556644 www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schools [email protected] Children normally transfer to secondary school in the September following their 11th birthday. So if your child was born between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 2002, he or she should transfer in September 2013, and you must apply now. School term dates Hillingdon term dates can be found on the website www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schools. Term dates for non-community schools, eg foundation and academies, may vary slightly from those published. September 2013 Starting Secondary School 3 Open evening dates Each secondary school has an open evening during the Autumn Term for parents and pupils to visit the school. These evenings usually include a talk by the headteacher and a tour of the school. Often it will be possible to see current pupils at work and meet staff. We suggest you visit the secondary schools on their open evenings if you can. A school prospectus will also be available. Programme of open evenings for secondary transfer Autumn 2012 Date School Time Wednesday 19 September Bishopshalt School 6.30pm Thursday 20 September The Douay Martyrs School 6.30pm Monday 24 September Stockley Academy 6.00pm Tuesday 25 September Rosedale College 6.00pm Tuesday 25 September Northwood School 6.00 pm Wednesday 26 September Queensmead School 6.00pm Wednesday 26 September Abbotsfield School for Boys 6.30pm Thursday 27 September Haydon School 6.00pm Thursday 27 September Swakeleys Academy 6.30pm Monday 1 October Uxbridge High School 6.00pm Tuesday 2 October Harlington Community School 6.00pm Tuesday 2 October Vyners School 6.00pm Wednesday 3 October Barnhill Community High School 6.00 pm Thursday 4 October Ruislip High School 5.00pm Thursday 4 October Hewens College 6.30pm Tuesday 9 October Guru Nanak Sikh Academy 5.00pm Tuesday 9 October The Harefield Academy 6.30pm Thursday 11 October Bishop Ramsey C of E School 6.00pm These times were correct at time of publication. If you are unable to attend an open evening, please contact the school for alternative arrangements. To find out the dates of the open evenings for schools outside of Hillingdon, you must contact the Local Authority (LA) in which the schools are located or alternatively contact the schools direct (see back cover for neighbouring LA contact numbers). 4 Starting Secondary School September 2013 Important points to note in making your application Pan London Co-ordinated medicals, looked after children and Admissions Scheme previously looked after children, staff children etc as these may be part of the As part of the Pan London co-ordinated school’s published admission criteria admissions scheme, parents must make (see page 19). You must apply for a school application to the authority in which they live place, even if you have a child already and pay Council Tax. Parents must list the attending the school you are applying for. schools that they want to apply for on one form, ranking them in order of preference. Some schools require supplementary This form must then be returned to the council information to be sent to the school direct in which the child lives. All the councils and others, such as community schools, taking part in the Pan London co-ordinated require the information to be sent to the admissions scheme will then pass on details Admissions Team. Please refer to each of applications for schools in other areas school’s prospectus and pages 21 to 42 to and co-ordinate the offer of places to make ensure you follow the correct procedure sure that nobody gets offered more than for each of your preference schools. For one school place. The decision on whether a information about schools in other boroughs place can be offered will continue to be made or counties, you will need to contact each by the admission authority for each school individual borough or county (see back cover). listed. Where a school is oversubscribed, its The order of your preferences will not published admission criteria will be used be disclosed to any school at the time of to decide the order in which applicants application. This is to ensure that your will be offered places. All schools will preferences are ranked only in accordance consider themselves as a first preference. with how your application meets the If you do not reside in Hillingdon, you must published criteria and not according contact your home authority for details to the order of your preferences. of their procedures and how to apply. Only complete one application. If you Making your application have submitted an online application, you should not complete a paper application. You can apply online or on paper, stating If you submit more than one application, up to six schools. These can be schools
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