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Moving to Secondary School Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2022 For children born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011
You must apply for the secondary-phase schools you would like your child to go to. If you would like information about applying for a place at a secondary-phase school, watch our presentation, which is available on our website.
Important Note If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list provided, or if the schools you want Apply to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School Online Admissions Team by 5pm Friday on 29 October 2021. eadmissions.org.uk
The closing date for your online application and the other information we ask for is 31 October 2021
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Introduction
Moving from primary or junior To apply, you must use the You must return all applications school to secondary-phase school common application form provided and documents by the closing is not an automatic process and by the borough you live in. If you date, 31 October 2021. you will need to apply for a place are applying for a place at our Applications we receive after at the secondary-phase school voluntary-aided school (All Saints), this date are late. These late you would like your child to go to. or schools outside the borough, applications are processed after This information e-booklet explains you may also need to send applications that are on time. Late the admissions process and you those schools extra forms and applicants are less likely to get a will need to refer to it over the documents. See page 26 for place at their preferred school. If next year. more details. we cannot offer a place at one of All schools use admission The schools on your form are your preferences or you do not criteria (conditions) to decide your preferences – they cannot fill in and return your application which applications to accept and be your choices because we form, and you live in this borough, which to turn down. We explain cannot guarantee everyone a we will give your child a place in the admission criteria for place at any of the schools they any school in the borough with a Barking and Dagenham schools have listed. If everybody named space. on pages 20 to 23. the same school, we would not If you need independent advice, be able to increase the number you can contact the Family It is important that you read and of places there. understand the information in Information Service Team (see this e-booklet before you apply. Instead, we offer as many places page 48). If you don’t follow the process as possible in order of the criteria in this e-booklet, you risk not and whose forms and documents getting a place for your child are returned by the closing date. at your preferred school. The full timetable is on page 42.
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3 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2022
Contents This e-booklet contains information about how children move from primary and junior schools to secondary- phase schools. It also gives details about all the secondary-phase schools in Barking and Dagenham. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the School Admissions Team. Phone: 020 8215 3004 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions
Introduction 3 Our schools and colleges 29-41
Welcome 5 All Saints Catholic School 30
What you need to do 6 Barking Abbey School (a specialist sports and humanities college) 31 If you live in Barking and Dagenham Dagenham Park Church of England School 32 If you live outside Barking and Dagenham Eastbrook School 33 Statistical information 7 Eastbury Community School 34 What you need to know 8-28 Goresbrook School 35 The admissons process 8-28 Greatfields School 36
Admission criteria 20-23 Jo Richardson Community School 37
Admission criteria for All Saints Catholic School 20-21 Riverside School 38
Admission criteria for Goresbrook School 22 Robert Clack School of Science (a specialist college) 39
Admission criteria for all our other The Sydney Russell School 40 secondary-phase schools 23 The Warren School 41 Filling in your forms 24-26 The timetable of events 42 Common application form 24-25 Map of secondary-phase schools in the borough 43 Supplementary information forms 26 Other London authorities’ school admissions Returning your information 27 sections 44 Common application form 27 Glossary 45 Supplementary information forms 27 Definitions of the words used in this e-booklet
Options for 14 to 19-year-olds 46-47 (Technical and training schools)
Useful information and services 48-50
All Saints Catholic School Cover Note 51
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Welcome
Dear parents and carers Our schools are determined and committed to providing young people with a top-quality education to achieve their full potential. With nine out of 10 schools rated as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, you can feel confident that wherever your child goes, they will be in the hands of dedicated professionals. This guide explains the admissions process and provides all the information you need to apply for a secondary-phase school place for your child. Please take the time to read it carefully. Choosing a young person’s secondary-phase school is an exciting but important decision, and one that you and your child need to be comfortable with. It can be tough picking your preferred schools. I strongly recommend taking the time to visit the schools you are interested in. This will help you find out as much as possible about the places you are thinking about sending your child. When you fill in the application, please include all your six preferences and submit the form by the deadline of 31 October 2021. Our experienced School Admissions Team will be on hand to help guide you through the process and to give information and advice. To help you with your decision, please watch the team’s presentation on our website. Thank you for taking the time to consider this very important decision. By working together, we hope to make your child’s move to a secondary-phase school as smooth as possible, so they can continue to enjoy learning and developing their talents and abilities.
Yours sincerely,
Councillor Evelyn Carpenter Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement
5 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2022 What you need to do If you live in Barking and Dagenham of this. Carefully check the names and addresses of the schools you have selected, as some schools have 1 Read and make sure you understand the admissions similar names. Please make sure you attach all the other process for our borough, particularly pages 6 to 28. information we ask for. This may be proof that you are 2 Please watch the team’s presentation, available on our the child’s guardian, proof of your address, or proof that website. The presentation will guide you through the your child is or was in the care of a local authority admissions process. You can also contact the Family (pages 9 to 11). Information Service Team on 020 8227 5395 if you need 7 Finally, don’t forget to fill in any extra supplementary more help. information forms (SIF), and provide any documents or 3 Collect information to help you decide your preferences, information for any schools or local authorities that ask which can be any school in Barking and Dagenham or you to do this. Send these forms and documents back another borough. Pages 30 to 41 in this e-booklet to them before the closing date. We will not pass on any gives you information about Barking and Dagenham extra information or SIF’s to schools or local authorities schools. Addresses for information about schools in other (LA) on your behalf. boroughs are shown on page 44. Offers will be sent on 1 March 2022. If we cannot 4 Visit the schools to see for yourself what they can offer. give your child a place at any of the schools you The times of open days and open evenings in Barking have applied for, we will give your child a school place and Dagenham schools are shown on page 42. Make in any part of the borough with a space. You have a sure you book your open-evening or open-day school tour right to appeal if we turn down your application (see by clicking on the link on the school’s website. Social- pages 17 to 18). We will also place your child on the distancing rules mean you may have a long wait if you do interest list for any other Barking and Dagenham school not book your tours beforehand. If you cannot visit our you listed as a higher preference than the school we schools, you can watch the virtual tours that are provided. offered you. The links for these tours are available on the schools’ websites (shown on pages 30 to 41). If you live outside Barking and Dagenham 5 Study the information on page 7, which shows Each local authority (LA) is responsible for educating children statistics from last year’s applications for Barking and aged five to 16 living in their borough or county. Each LA Dagenham schools. This information should give you is also responsible for making sure that children receive an idea of what happened last year and the chance that education or training from age 16 to 18. If you do not live in you would have had of getting a place at your preferred Barking and Dagenham, please make sure you have read the Barking and Dagenham school. This information also admissions e-booklet from your borough or county. shows the number of parents who were successful in You will need to fill in the common application form (CAF) getting one of their preferences and the popularity of provided by your borough or county. You can list Barking each of our schools. We recommend that you consider and Dagenham schools on that form. You must return the including your local school as one of your preferences. CAF to your borough or council by their closing date. The chances of your child being offered a place at your preferred school increase the closer you live to that You must also fill in any other relevant forms (supplementary school. Previous editions of this e-booklet and statistical information forms or extra documents (page 26) that may information for the past five years are published on apply. The admission criteria for Barking and Dagenham our website. If you are applying for schools outside schools are on pages 20 to 23. It is important that you read the borough, study the information the relevant local and understand the criteria and admissions process authority and school provide. (pages 6 to 28) before you apply. 6 If you want your child to stay on at the all-through It is important that you rank the schools in your true order school they already go to, do not fill in an application of preference. Potential offers are exchanged between form unless you want your child to move to a different councils until your own borough can make a single best offer secondary-phase school. All other parents of Year-6 (including any schools you may have applied for in other children must apply for a secondary-phase school. boroughs). The local authority that you live in will offer a To apply, fill in and submit the common application form place on 1 March 2022, for applications they have received online by the closing date. List six schools in the order by the closing date. You have a right to appeal if we turn you prefer. Most schools receive more applications than down your application (see pages 17 to 18). We will also there are places available (they are oversubscribed). In place your child on the interest list for any other Barking and this situation, not everybody will be given a place. We Dagenham school you have listed as a higher preference need information to help us offer you another school, than the school your LA offered you. Please make sure you and the more schools you list the greater the chance have read about how your local authority handles admissions before you fill in your application form.
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Statistical information
The following information gives statistics about entry to Barking and Notes Dagenham secondary-phase schools in September 2021. It includes the 1 The information is based on number of people who sent us their application forms by the closing date, applications received by last and the distance the child given the last place at each of our schools year’s closing date for pupils lived from that school using our 2021 admission criteria. Distances are starting secondary-phase measured in kilometres in a straight line (as the crow flies). school in September 2021. This The number of applications for each school and the addresses from information is useful because it which children are applying will be different from year to year. shows the number of pupils given a place under each category of Plain English Campaign’s Crystal Mark does not apply to the the 2021 admission criteria. following table. 2 Please contact the school for more information on how the
240 places at All Saints Catholic School were given. 3 Of the offers made for applications received by the closing date: • 79.61% received their first- preference school; • 10.12% received their second- preference school; • 3.71% received their third- preference school; • 1.99% received their fourth- preference school;
School name School Number of applications naming the school as a preference places available Number of Year-7 with full statementsNumber of children of SEN or EHC plan naming the school the LAC a place due to given Number of children criterion school and the All-through attending 6 children Number of Year 6) (see note Year-7 up to moving the schools faith a place due to or sibling given Number of children criterion the distance a place due to given Number of children criterion Distance the last from the child given place lives (in kilometres) the school 5) (see note Number of appeals heard 5) (see note Number of appeals allowed • 0.86% received their fifth- preference school; Community schools • 0.48% received their sixth- 17 0 Barking Abbey 1,134 360 0 3 N/A N/A 357 2.034 preference school; and Dagenham Park 429 270 0 3 N/A N/A 174 N/A 0 0 • 3.23% were given the nearest Eastbrook 346 270 0 1 12 N/A 75 N/A 0 0 school to their home with a vacancy. Eastbury 641 300 0 3 N/A N/A 188 N/A 4 0 4 The statistics for late applications Jo Richardson 1,052 300 0 3 N/A N/A 297 1.779 19 1 refer to applications received Robert Clack 1,306 540 0 3 N/A N/A 537 5.352 9 1 between 1 November 2020 and Own admission authority schools 31 July 2021. All Saints 650 240 0 0 N/A 181 59 2.679 4 0 5 The appeals information is based on the appeals heard between Goresbrook 409 120 0 0 43 26 43 N/A 1 0 April and July 2021. Greatfields 384 180 0 1 N/A N/A 159 N/A 5 0 6 Please see pages 9, 14, and 17 Riverside 545 300 0 1 N/A N/A 248 N/A 0 0 for more details about how we allocate places at ‘All-through Sydney Russell 1,415 360 0 0 27 N/A 333 1.402 40 0 schools’. Warren 404 240 0 0 N/A N/A 157 N/A 0 0 SEN or EHC – Special educational needs or EHC plan LAC – Looked-after children in the care of a local authority Criterion – Individual admission criteria * – The school’s number of places available changed from what was published in the 2021 e-booklet
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What you need to know The admissons process
What are co-ordinated It is important that you rank Why are there six admissions? the schools in your true order preferences? I want to of preference. This is important choose one school. Every year, thousands of pupils because if we can offer your child living in London transfer to a place at two or more of the Under section 86 (1) of the secondary-phase schools, crossing schools you have listed, we will Schools Standards and Framework borough boundaries to do so. give your child a place at the one Act 1998, we must make In the normal round of admissions, you ranked the highest out of these arrangements so that parents of all councils co-ordinate admissions schools, and release all other lower children in our area can express to their schools. Under the preferences. These places are then a preference for the schools they co-ordinated admissions system, offered to other parents who do would want their child to go to. you can only receive one offer not have a school place for their Every year, more people apply for from your borough or council. child. Councils will inform parents places at our schools than we have Parents of Year-6 children must (who applied by the closing date) places available. In that situation, list the schools they want to apply on 1 March 2022 and tell them the not everybody will be given a place for on one form, known as the results of their application. at the schools they have asked for. common application form (CAF), The co-ordinated process will end We need information to help us ranking them in your true order of on 31 August 2022. After this date offer you another school, and preference. you will need to follow the the more schools you list the You must return the common ‘in-year’ admissions process which greater the chance of your child application form to the council in is published on our website. going to a school you prefer. the area where you and your child The schools on your form are live. All the councils will then use a Where can I get help and your preferences – they cannot be computerised process to: advice about applying for your choices because we cannot • pass on details of applications guarantee everyone a place at any for schools in other council a school place? of the schools they have listed. areas; and Watch our presentation, which If everybody named the same • co-ordinate the offer of places is available on our website. The school, we would not be able to to make sure that nobody gets aim of the presentation is to increase the number of places offered more than one school give you important information there. place. about applying for a place at a Simply naming one school or secondary-phase school. The admission authority for each repeating the same school does school you have listed on the You may email us with any not increase your child’s chance of application will decide whether or questions you have which are not getting a place there, and may lead not to offer your child a place. If a answered in our presentation or us to giving your child a place at a school is oversubscribed (receives listed in this e-booklet. school you have not listed. more applications than available You may also get advice from The admission number of places), the admissions authority the Family Information Service each school and the number will use its published conditions (FIS Team) and their advice of applications made for those (admission criteria) to decide the is independent of the School places last year are shown on order in which to offer places. We Admissions Team. They will the statistical information will not tell the schools where you explain how the admissions page 7. This information will ranked them in order of preference procedures affect your individual show you which schools are likely on your application form or tell a circumstances and will also help to be oversubscribed (receive school about other schools you you fill in the necessary forms more applications than there are have also applied to. However, if to make sure your application is places available). you appeal for a place, we will pass complete. Contact details for the this information to the admission FIS Team on page 48. authorities (the school or the local authority) at the appeal stage.
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My child goes to an when a child is born and this other parent can be named and ‘all-through’ school, remains in force until a court order provided with copies of information determines otherwise. For births we issue. If one parent has do I still have to apply registered in England and Wales, a parental responsibility, we must for a school place? child’s father will also have parental receive documents to prove this responsibility if: and that parent’s address must be If your child goes to an ‘all-through’ used. If both parents have parental school before the closing date • he was married to the child’s responsibility, we must receive and you would like them to mother when the child was born documents to prove this. We stay at the same school for the (even if they later divorce or will normally accept the parents’ secondary phase, you do not need separate); address used by the child’s to do anything else. Your child • the child was born after primary or junior school as the will automatically continue at their 1 December 2003, and he is child’s permanent home. current school in September 2021 named on the birth certificate; or as they are already registered there. • he has a parental responsibility Do I need to send proof of However, if you would prefer your agreement from a court or child to go to a different school, my address? by agreement with the child’s you must apply and follow the We check addresses to prevent mother. instructions in this e-booklet. If we fraudulent applications. To do this, cannot offer your child a place at we need to check where you and another school, they will stay on What does guardianship your child are living. We already at the all-through school they are mean? have these details if your child is at currently attending. a Barking and Dagenham primary If a child is not living with their or junior school. However, we will If we can offer your child a place at natural parents and another adult need proof of you and your child’s a different school, we will give their is looking after the child, we need current address if: place at the all-through school to documentary evidence that you • your child’s address on the another child. are the guardian and have parental application form is different from responsibility for that child. That is, If your child joins an all-through the address your child’s Barking you have the legal right to make school after the closing date, you and Dagenham primary or junior decisions on the child’s behalf. will need to apply for a Year-7 school has on their records (as Evidence includes a will or a court school place for them as described of 11 July 2021); or in this e-booklet. order and Child Benefit payments. Guardianship only applies if you • your child goes to a primary This process affects Eastbury can prove that you have full care or junior school outside the Community School, Eastbrook, and the normal, permanent home borough. Goresbrook and Sydney Russell is not at their parents’ address. In either of these cases, we will need Schools. See page 14 and 17 for Guardianship does not apply when more details. to see one document from each of picking up children to and from the three document lists below. school, or looking after them until Who can fill in the their parents collect them. List A – (proof of child’s name, date of birth and address) application forms? What if my child lives • HM Revenue & Customs The person or people with parental documents such as a letter responsibility for the child must fill with both parents at two showing your entitlement to in the application forms. Parental different addresses? Child Benefit letter, Working Tax responsibility for the child is Credit or Child Tax Credit When a child lives with their defined by the Children Act 1989 natural parents, legal guardian or • Your child’s medical registration and amended by the Adoption foster parent, we will consider that card or any other current and Children Act 2002. Please address to be the child’s normal, medical letter issued by the NHS remember to provide proof that permanent home. However, or your GP within the last three you are the child’s legal guardian if when a child has parents who months you are not their natural parent. are separated, the parents may • Your child’s IND card (issued A child’s mother is automatically name only one address for the by the Home Office with photo given parental responsibility application process, but the attached)
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List B – (proof of the parent’s or If you are not able to provide proof What happens if my child carer’s address) of your and your child’s address has additional needs? when you make your application, • Your current Council Tax bill. you have until 28 January 2022 Your current Council Tax Benefit All Barking and Dagenham to provide documents as proof. letter or notice. schools, including those with However, these documents must specialist services, offer an • A solicitor’s letter showing the show your family were living at the environment in which everyone is completion details if you have property on the closing date for treated fairly and equally. Pupils just bought your home (the letter applications. with special educational needs, must be dated within the last disabilities or any other needs are If you are not able to provide the three months) encouraged and supported to documents by 28 January 2022, make the most of the curriculum List C – (proof of the parent’s or we cannot offer your child a place and all the available facilities. carer’s address) at an oversubscribed school. If • Your utility bill (gas, electricity your child lives in Barking and For children with a full statement or water) from the last three Dagenham, we will then offer them of special educational needs or an months (we will not accept a a place at the nearest school to Educational Health and Care Plan mobile-phone bill or bills for your home with a vacancy. If you (EHC), the local authority’s EHC internet connection). live outside the borough, you will Team would have written to you need to contact the local education during the 2021 school summer • A statement from your bank, authority of the borough you live in break. If you are not sure whether building society or a credit-card for a school place. your child has a final statement company from the last three of special educational needs Please check that both your and months. or EHC plan, fill in the common your child’s name and address application form and tick the box • Your driving licence match the information you give on in (section 2 of the paper form) your application form and on the If you do not own or rent your own which asks ‘Does your child have documents in list A. Similarly, the home, but are living with someone an EHC plan or a final statement of guardian named on the application who owns their home or rents it special educational needs?’. The must be listed on the documents from the council or from another admissions service will consult you provide from lists B and C. If landlord, you will need to prove with the EHC Team and tell you you change your address at any that you live there. If your current if they will be processing your time in this process, you must address means you are living application. with someone who lives in either also give us proof of your new privately rented or council property, address by sending us the above If your child has an EHC plan, or we need their current Council Tax documents. statement of special educational needs or is having an assessment bill or Council Tax Benefit letter or If we have questions about proving to find out whether they need one, notice with written confirmation your and your child’s address, and you need further help with the from the legal landlord, of all those we will ask for other documents secondary transfer process, please people who are authorised to not listed in this e-booklet. If contact the EHC Team by phoning live at the premises and for what we discover that we have given 020 8227 2400. period of time. The letter must your child a place based on contain the following information: false, inaccurate or misleading • The address of the property information, we will withdraw the place and may take legal action. • The names of all legal tenants and authorised residents • A statement confirming that the people applying for a school place are entitled to stay as permanent residents
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What happens if my or special guardianship order How do I apply for a child is or was in the care immediately after leaving care school outside Barking and you want to apply under this of a local authority priority, you will need to include and Dagenham? (a looked-after child)? evidence with your application to If you live in this borough and show that they used to be in care. would like your child to go to a We consider applications for school in another borough (not children who are or used to be in private schools), you must list the care of a local authority before What happens if my child those schools on your Barking we consider all other applications. is from a UK Armed Forces and Dagenham common A looked-after child is a child who family (crown service)? application form. Please apply is or was: online, checking that the school Under Government rules, • in the care of a local authority; or you want to apply for is on the list applications from families of the UK of schools. If it is not on the list of • being provided with Armed Forces can be considered schools please contact the School accommodation by a local at the posting address before the Admissions Team by 5pm on authority under their social family have moved to the area. 29 October 2021 on how to apply, services functions (see the However, we do not give automatic otherwise we will not consider definition in Section 22(1) of the priority to these children over other your application in the first round Children Act 1989). children. If you are moving to our of offers. borough, please apply online by the For admission purposes we closing date and use the address of It is important that you know the consider a ‘looked-after child’ your posting. admission criteria for the schools to be a child who is currently in you are asking for, and you may care or a child who was in care Please tick the relevant box to need to fill in supplementary previously at any point in their life show that you are either: information forms and provide and then became subject to an • a UK Armed Forces family with a further information for these adoption, residence, or special confirmed posting to the area; or schools. Please contact the guardianship order immediately admissions authority (school or after leaving care. • a crown servant returning from LA) of the school you have in mind overseas to live in the area. If your child is in the care of a local for more information. It is your authority, you must also include Your application must also responsibility to give the school with the common application form include an official letter that or LA the information they need. a letter from the social worker declares a relocation date and a Page 44 lists the contact details confirming the legal status of the unit postal address or quartering for all London local authorities. child and the local authority which area address. If your posting For details of other local authorities the child is in the care of. The letter changes, please follow the advice that are not listed, please see the should also provide the reasons in the ‘What if my circumstances Department for Education (DfE) for the preferred schools you have change?’ section. We will process website at www.gov.uk/dfe. listed. your application using your posting If you live in this borough and address and in line with each If your child is in the care of a local you do not fill in the Barking and school’s admission criteria. authority and you would like to Dagenham common application discuss the secondary transfer of form, you will not be considered for your child with a member of Virtual any schools, either inside or outside School for Looked After Children, the borough, even if you fill in their please phone 020 8227 2691. supplementary information forms. If your child used to be in the care of a local authority (or an overseas agency) and then became the subject of an adoption, residence
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Can I change the How do I return the forms? If you need to create an email information on my address you need to have a mobile Supplementary information phone number and have that same application form? forms (SIFs) mobile phone with you when you Please see page 27. create the email address. Keep a Important note Common application form (CAF) note of your new email address Applying online is reliable and and the password to access the If your information changes, secure. All local authorities in email you have now created. you must alter the relevant London have worked together sections on your online Making an application is easy once to make it possible for parents to application form by the you have a valid email address. apply online for a school place closing date. The eAdmissions Team will send in London and its surrounding you a ‘validation’ email to check counties. This service is available that your email address is correct. We will send you an email with a through the ‘eAdmissions’ website. Log in to your email account and new version number every time The person with parental click on the ‘validation link’ in the you change your application. If email you have received from the you cannot make these changes responsibility for the child named must register to use the eAdmissions Team. Once you to your online application, have confirmed your email, the you must tell us in writing and ‘eAdmissions’ site by setting up an account. If you don’t already have application should take no more include supporting documents if than 10 minutes. The site gives full necessary. The new details that an email address, you will need to create one before you apply online. instructions on its guidance pages, you give us will replace those to help you make your application. on your previous form. The last Although you can use any email application you make before the address, we recommend you use closing date (on paper or online) ‘Google Mail’ or ‘gmail’. This is is the one that we use to process because other email providers your preferences. may treat the email we send you After the closing date, any changes as spam (electronic junk mail). should be made in writing to the If this happens you will need to Apply School Admissions Team. Fill in check your ‘spam’ or ‘junk mail’ a paper form or fill in the ‘change box for our email, and then follow Online my school place application’ form, the instructions to add us to your eadmissions.org.uk which is available on our website safe senders list. After doing this, from 1 March 2022. If we receive all future emails from us will go any of your changes after the straight into your inbox. closing date, we will treat those changes as ‘late’ as we offer places based on all information available on the closing date. Any changes www.eadmissions.org.uk you make after the closing date will If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact not appear on your eAdmissions address in the list provided, or the schools you want to account. Instead, we will reply to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School your enquires by email. Please Admissions Team by 5pm on 29 October 2021, see the question ‘What if my otherwise your application will be late. Our contact application is late?’ on page 16 for more details. details are on page 27.
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Quick steps to apply online
‘validation link’ in the email you have given, accept the declaration and 1 received from the eAdmissions Team. ‘submit your application’. STEP You can then make your application. d) Once you have submitted your Where to begin application, you will be able to STEP 4 upload any documents we need If you have already registered to make to see. This may be proof that you an application using the eAdmissions Making your application are the child’s guardian, proof of site, please go to step 4. If you are address, or proof that your child applying for the first time, follow steps Once you have your username and is or was in the care of a local 1 to 5. password, you will be able to ‘start authority. your application’. First you need an email address. If you don’t already have an email address, If you already have an account, select you will need to create one before ‘Returning visitors’ and enter your STEP 5 you apply online. Once you have this, username and password to ‘sign in’. go straight to the eAdmissions site at Your home page will show you the www.eadmissions.org.uk to make your following options. Confirmation of your application. • Start application application You will be issued with an application 2 • My Account (to check and update STEP reference number (ARN) when your details) you have submitted your form. The Registration • Find schools eAdmissions Team will then send you a second email which will include all The person with parental responsibility • Help and tutorials for the child must register to use the the details of the application you have ‘eAdmissions’ site by setting up an Select ‘Start application’. This section just made along with your ARN. is split into four parts. Your application account. Select ‘First time visitors’ You should make a note of your only becomes valid when you click and follow the instructions given. At application details on page 26 of this on ‘Submit application’ on the ‘Check this stage you will also need to create e-booklet as you will need to refer to and submit’ page. a password. Your password must have it when checking your results. We will eight characters. a) The first part of your form asks for send you an email with a new version your child’s details. Click on ‘Save number every time you change your and continue’. application. STEP 3 b) The second part, ‘Preferences’, If you have any technical difficulties asks you to add the six schools while making your application online, Validating (confirming) you want to apply for. You must the online admissions helpdesk is your email then click on ‘Confirm selection’ available from 9.30am to 5.30pm if you are happy with the schools Monday to Friday. Please phone The eAdmissions Team will send you you have added. 020 8255 5555 and select option 1. a ‘validation’ email to check that your For all other non-technical queries, email address is correct. Log in to c) The third part, ‘Check and submit’, please contact the School your email account and click on the asks you to check the information Admissions Team.
Important notes purple, and a new page will open to give you an explanation or advice about the question you • Please carefully read all dialogue boxes. These have selected. boxes explain information about the questions • If you have twins, triplets and so on, make sure you have just been asked. Ignoring these boxes you tick ‘yes’ to the ‘multiple birth’ question so could mean you risk not getting a place for your that you can fill in a new form for each child. Each child at your preferred school. child must have a separate ARN number. • Help is available if you have problems at any • If you are not sure of any stage of the process, stage of the application process. Just click on please. get advice from the School Admissions any text that is underlined and highlighted in Team
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Is my information How are places given? Year-7 places issued within protected? the co-ordinated admissions Year-7 places issued outside process We will deal with your personal the co-ordinated admissions We process all other applications information in line with the General process using the equal-preference model. Data Protection Regulation 2018 1. Under DfE rules, all-through This is explained below. (GDPR). For security purposes schools must not allow their we ask you for a password. If you Year-6 pupils to apply for their • We consider each of your apply online, your application Year-7 place within the same preferences as if it were your reference number (ARN) will be school. This is because these only preference. your password. If you apply on a children are already registered at • For each of your preferences, paper form, we will need you to that school. Instead, all-through the admission authority will use give us a password between 8 schools publish the number the admission criteria to see if and 12 letters long. Without your of places that are available to they can offer your child a place. password or ARN we cannot give children who do not already out information on your application go to the school. For example, • If we can then offer your child if you visit or phone us. if the admission number for a a place at two or more of the schools you have listed, we will As part of the admissions school is 360 and 90 places give your child a place at the procedure, we may share the have been given to Year-6 pupils one you ranked the highest of information you give on your at the school, we will publish the these schools. application forms with schools remaining 270 places and issue and other departments in the those places in line with the We do not make decisions to council (such as the Child and school’s published admission offer places based on the date we Family Service, Children’s Social criteria. received the applications. Instead, Care Democratic Services, the 2. The School Admissions Code we group all the applications Educational Health Care Team, 2014 says that schools are we receive on time and process educational psychologists, the ‘required to admit children them together. If there are more Family Information Service, the with statements of special places available than there are Inclusion Service, the Looked-After educational need or EHC plans, applications for those places, we Children Team, the police and where the school concerned agree all the applications. However, Youth Offending Services). is named on the statement or if there are more applications for a school than there are places We will also share your plan’. As a result, we process available in that school (that is, information with other schools and these children’s applications the school is oversubscribed), departments outside the council first. If the school has been we will use the admission criteria (such as the Child and Adolescent named in the child’s statement, to decide which applications are Mental Health Service (CAMHS), we must take places off the successful. The notes that follow the Department for Education school admission number for the admission criteria, are there to (DfE), Ofsted, and other local that year group. The admission explain particular points about the authorities) and with the school authority then issues the rest of criteria we use. your child goes to, where it will the places using the admission form part of the school’s pupil criteria. For example, if the In Barking and Dagenham, the database. admission number for a school local authority is the admissions is 180 and three places have authority for the five community For more information about been given to children whose schools and for Dagenham Park how we will use your personal statements or EHC plans name Church of England Voluntary- information please visit that school, we will issue the Controlled School. The criteria www.lbbd.gov.uk/privacy, where other 177 places in line with the for these schools are listed on you can see a full copy of our admission criteria. page 23. Privacy Notice.
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Goresbrook School is an academy What is the timetable? proof of your and your child’s governed by The United Learning new address. In this example, Trust who are the admissions The closing date for ‘on-time’ please send both Redbridge authority and set their own applications made online is and Barking and Dagenham admission criteria. The School midnight on 31 October 2021. admissions teams proof of your Admissions Team processes Do not wait until the last minute new address by secure email applications for this school, and we to make your application in to let them both know when will offer places on its behalf. case your computer crashes or you moved. Each council will your address or the schools you then let you know whether that Both Greatfields and Riverside are are applying for are not available change can be treated as on free schools with academy status, on the online system. Our team time or late. and Sydney Russell is an academy. will not be available to answer All three schools are run by the enquiries after 5pm on 29 October • Follow the advice in the ‘What Partnership Learning Trust. Warren 2021. If you have any questions happens if my circumstances School is an academy governed after that time, we will not be able change?’ and ‘What if my by The Loxford Trust. These four to help until after the closing date. application is late?’ sections and schools are their own admissions If we receive your application email us if you still need more authority, but they will follow the or relevant information after the information. In this example, same admission criteria as Barking closing date, it will be treated as if your application is treated as and Dagenham community a late application. See the ‘What on time, your changes will be schools. The School Admissions happens if my circumstances included for processing and Team processes applications for change?’ and ‘What if my we will tell you the outcome these schools, and we will offer application is late?’ sections on national offer day. If your places on their behalf. for more details. There is a full changes are to be treated as late, Redbridge will tell you the All Saints Catholic School and timetable of events on page 42. outcome on national offer day, Technology College is our only based on the information you voluntary-aided school, and for What happens if I had provided by the closing that school, the governing body move home during the date. However, your changes are the admissions authority. They will be processed after national set their own admission criteria admissions process? offer day and Barking and and process the applications they • If you plan to move during the Dagenham will write to you receive. We then offer places on admissions process, first contact with an updated offer, based their behalf. the council you are moving to on your original application to Before you make your and find out their deadline for Redbridge). Again, please note application, please make sure accepting changes as ‘on time’. that every council has different you read and understand these If you meet this deadline, they processing dates for dealing criteria and notes and check will accept the change to your with changes made after the how places were distributed application and tell you the closing date. at each school. See our website outcome on national offer day. for copies of previous editions of Please check the full timetable of events on page 42. What happens if my this booklet. The booklets include circumstances change? statistics for previous years. • Make sure you apply on time to the borough that you are You will need to contact the living in on the closing date. Admissions section in your For example, if you live in borough if your circumstances Redbridge on the closing date change. We offer places based and are moving to Barking on the information available at the and Dagenham after this date, closing date and you may change please apply to Redbridge your preference or the order of based on your address at that your preferences up until that date. time. If we have given your child a • When you move home, send place, we will not withdraw it if your old and new council your circumstances change (such
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as your address), as long as you 1 November and 31 January an email on the evening of 1 March can show that the information was will be processed together and 2022 from the company Synergy. correct on the closing date. we will offer places on 1 March Once you click the link in that 2022. Applications received after email, and enter your child’s name However, if we discover that we 1 February, or those who have and date of birth, you will see a full have given a place based on changed their on-time application letter listing the school your child false, inaccurate or misleading after the closing date, will then be has been given. If you do not have information, we will withdraw it and processed in weekly batches. We an email address, we will send may take legal action. We will treat will offer places for the applications you the results by first-class post as late any changes to preferences we receive in February on the on 1 March 2022. Please allow or their ranking, conditions, second Friday after national offer up to two days for your letter to be circumstances or applications we day. After this date, applications delivered. We cannot tell you the receive after the closing date. will be processed within 10 results of your application over the working days of the School phone. If you have not received What if my application Admissions Team receiving your your letter by 5 March 2022, is late? form. please contact us and we will send you another copy. If we receive your application after If we have not received your the closing date (31 October 2021) application form by 14 March 2022 If you do not want the place we we will treat your application as and your child lives in the borough have offered, you will need to late. we will automatically give your child email us to let us know what other a place at the nearest school to arrangements you are making for In exceptional circumstances, you which has a place available. At your child’s education. If you want senior officers may consider this stage, other schools will be full to change your preferences or the whether we can process a late with children whose applications order of your preferences, you will application as ‘on time’ in the first we received by the closing date. need to send a new application round, if there is enough time to We send letters to tell parents who form to your local authority’s process the application. These have not applied for a school place school Admissions section. circumstances include the death which school we have allocated The local authority you live in of a close relative, or a family their child by 31 March 2022. recently moving into the area will make offers for places at (in which case we need proof). If you then want to apply for all Barking and Dagenham If you send us your application a school place after we have secondary-phase schools on or qualifying information after offered your child the nearest national offer day (1 March 2022). the closing date but want us to school to your home with a place If you applied between consider it in the first round of available, you will need to fill in an 1 November 2021 and offers, please send a letter with application form listing the schools 28 February 2022, offers will be your application explaining the you would like for your child. made from national offer day exceptional circumstances you onwards, but you will need to want us to consider, together with When will I know the result check how your home borough handles late applications. If we any supporting evidence. We will of my application? make a decision on each case receive your application after individually and let you know the If you apply online at the national offer day, we will process it outcome within 10 working days of eAdmissions website, you can find within 10 working days of receiving receiving your request. out the results of your application it. We send any preferences we on 1 March 2022. We will send receive for schools outside this If we receive your application late, you an email late that evening borough to the relevant school or we will deal with it after we have letting you know the outcome of LA every Friday. We will contact dealt with the applications that we the application. You can also log you if we can offer your child a received on time. We will deal with in to the eAdmissions website after place at one of these schools. the first round of offers and send 7pm to see your results. If you were Any changes you make after decision letters on 1 March 2022. not able to apply online using the the closing date will not appear We will have given most places eAdmissions website but applied on your eAdmissions account. to pupils whose applications we direct to the Admissions Team by Instead, we will reply to your received by the closing date. Late the closing date, we will send you enquires by email. applications received between
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From 1 September 2022, local Will you pay for my child’s Why have I been offered a authorities no longer co-ordinate costs to travel to and from school that was not one of applications and parents will have to follow the in-year admissions school? my preferences? process. Full information about We will only pay for your child’s The admissions authority for each our in-year process is available on bus pass for travelling to and from of the schools you have listed will our website within our e-booklet school if ‘Transport for London’ or use their published conditions ‘Finding a school place’. ‘London councils’ no longer provide (admission criteria) to decide the Do I have to accept the free travel for children and we give order in which to offer places. If your child a place at a school that we are unable to offer a place for place you offer my child? you have not listed as a preference your child at one of the schools Schools outside the borough and is more than 4.82803km you listed as your preferences, from your home. All distances this is because there were more Yes Please use the eAdmissions are measured using Synergy’s applicants for the schools you website to accept the place we Geographical Information System requested than there are places have offered your child at an from the centre of the child’s home available. If you live in Barking and out-of-borough school. These to the school’s main gate. Some Dagenham and it is not possible boroughs will withdraw the place if addresses have different entry to offer your child a place at one of you do not accept their offer. As all points and so we will use the entry your preferred schools, we will give children must receive an education, at the location designated by Local your child a place at the school if you turn down the place at the Land and Property Gazetteer which is nearest to your home with out-of-borough school we will give (LLPG). a space. your child a place at the nearest school to your home with space. Do I have the right to appeal? To accept the place, log on to the What happens after my eAdmissions site with the username child is given a school Barking and Dagenham schools and password you received when place? You have a right to appeal to an you registered to make your independent appeal panel if we application. If you have forgotten Once we have given your child a do not offer your child a place your details, you can enter your school place, we tell the relevant at the Barking and Dagenham email address and get a reminder school. They will contact you later schools on your application sent to you. in the summer term to tell you form which are listed as a higher about the admission arrangements preference than the one we have All-through schools and the uniform you need for your offered you. For example you can Yes Children cannot hold offers child. Some schools will want to appeal for preference 1 and 2 if we at more than one school. If your interview your child, either with have offered you preference 3. child goes to an ‘all-through’ school you by appointment at the school Any schools listed lower than the (for children aged four to 16), but given, or at your child’s current school offered have not been you accept a place for them at a primary or junior school. Some turned down but rather have different school, we will offer their schools will invite your child to been withdrawn based on how automatic place at the all-through spend a day at their offered Barking you have ranked the schools on school to the next child on the and Dagenham secondary‑phase your application form. As a result interest list for that school. school on 24 June 2022. you cannot appeal for a lower None of these visits are part of preference or a school that you Other Barking and Dagenham the application process. It is to have not listed on your form. If schools make sure your child can move to you want to apply for a school that No Because your child is of legal secondary-phase school as easily you did not list on your original school age, we automatically accept as possible application form or you want to the place on your behalf at our change the ranking of the schools schools. If you turn down the place on your original application form, at one of our other schools, we will you need to confirm this in writing not withdraw the place unless you to us by filling in a new application provide evidence that you have been form which you can get from your offered a place at another school. local authority. If you change your
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preferences and do not reselect days from the deadline for making been a significant change in your schools which you are appealing appeals (as shown on your offer family’s circumstances which you for, your appeal will be withdrawn. letter). think changes your application’s priority level, for example if your All the available places for Year-7 At any time during the school year family has moved house, we may at your preferred school will (now until mid-July 2022), you have consider a second application have been distributed in line with the right to appeal our decision as long as you can prove your the local authority’s published to refuse your application for your circumstances have changed. If admission criteria. No places child to attend the schools listed we accept your second application are left unfilled for any reason, on your application, which we but a place is still not available at including appeals. received during that school year. the school for your child, you will However, if your appeal cannot If you decide to appeal for a place be able to make a second appeal. be heard within that time because at any Barking and Dagenham you made your appeal late in school, fill in our online appeal Can I go on an the school year and there is not form. If you applied on time, and enough time left for your child to interest list? would like your case to be heard start the school before the end of in the first round of appeals, you All Saints school that school year, you will need to must submit the appeal form by All Saints will automatically put fill in an in-year application (ICAF) 31 March 2022. Or you can your child on the school’s interest for the next school year. If we turn download and fill in the paper list with other children whose down that application, you will appeal form and send it to the applications were turned down but be able to make a new appeal. independent appeal panel clerk, are listed higher than the school For example, if you appeal at the whose address is printed on the your local authority offered you. end of June for your Year-7 place, front of the form. If places become available, we but your appeal cannot be heard then offer these using the schools’ For late applications the deadline by the time schools close in July, admission criteria. Your child will for appealing is 21 school days you will need to fill in an ICAF for stay on the interest list for a school from the date of our offer letter. a Year-8 place for the new school year (until July 2023). year beginning in September 2023. Once you send your form, the If you still want to stay on the independent appeal panel clerk You can make your application for interest list after this date, you will will write or email and tell you the a Year-8 place from 1 July. If we need to fill out a new application date of your appeal. The appeal turn down that application, you can form for the new academic year will be heard by an independent appeal that decision. and you will have the opportunity appeal panel, which will be made Schools outside the borough for a new appeal. up of three people. None of these If you want to appeal against not people will have any connection All other Barking and Dagenham being offered a place in a school with the school or the School schools outside Barking and Dagenham, Admissions Team.The appeal We will automatically put your you will need to contact the panel will accept comments in child on an interest list for any relevant admission authority (local writing or in person at the appeal other preferred Barking and authority or school) for more hearing. We are still waiting for Dagenham schools that we turned details about how to appeal. a decision from the Department down but are listed higher than for Education on whether appeal Further appeals the school we have offered you. hearings can take place over We can only consider one For example, if we have offered online networks (for example, application for each child, at you preference number 3, your Zoom or MS Teams). each school within the same child will automatically be placed school year. If we turn down your on the interest list for preference If you made your application on application, you have the right 1 and 2, if these are Barking time, we will hear your appeal to appeal. The appeal panel’s and Dagenham schools. The within 40 school days of the decision is final and both the LA interest list will be updated on deadline of 27 March 2022. If your and you must accept it. a weekly basis and your child application was late, we will hear may therefore move up or down your appeal with the appeals for In normal circumstances, you the interest list according to the applications we received on time cannot make a second appeal for criteria and other children applying if possible. If this is not possible, the same school within the same for oversubscribed places. we will hear it within 30 school school year. However, if there has
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We maintain the interest list for We do not take into account the What happens if my each of these oversubscribed date we received your application. child starts a Barking schools until 23 December 2022. If you want to apply for a school you did not list on your original and Dagenham We delete the interest lists for application form or you want to secondary‑phase school these schools at the end of each change the ranking of the schools term (December, April and July). but wants to transfer to on your original application form, If places become available before another school in the you need to confirm this in writing this date, we offer them to children to us by filling in a new application borough? on the interest list using only the form which you can get from your admission criteria. If at the end of First, make an appointment to local authority. Forms received after the term you have not received discuss the matter with the the closing date will be processed an offer from the interest list, you pupil’s current head teacher, as a late application. will need to write to us at that time as many situations can be dealt to place your child’s name on Schools outside the borough with without the disruption that the fresh interest list for the next You will need to contact the school a change of school can cause. term. If you still want to stay on the or the local authority concerned to If your child still wants to transfer interest list after July 2023, you will follow their procedure for offering and you have not put your child’s need to fill in an in-year common any places that become available. name on the interest list for application form (ICAF) for the If places become available at another school, please follow new academic (school) year and those schools for our residents, the the guidance in the information you will have the opportunity for a school will tell us who to offer those e-booklet ‘Finding a school new appeal. places to. place’. From 1 September 2022, applications or transfers for Year-7 school places fall under the in-year admissions process and for more information about this please see our website or phone 020 8215 3004. You must make sure that your child continues Apply to regularly attend their current school while we are considering Online your transfer request. eadmissions.org.uk
The closing date for your online application and the other information we ask for is 31 October 2021
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Admission criteria
Admission criteria for All Saints Catholic School in order of priority
Before you apply, please read the Tie-breaker admission criteria and notes on this page and the next page. Also If two or more children have an Admission criteria read the procedures for filling in equal claim to a place in any one category, we will give priority to If there are more applications than and sending in the certificate of there are places available at the Catholic practice form, baptism the child who lives closest to the school, measured in kilometres in school, we will use the admission certificate and the cover note on criteria in the following priority page 51. If you do not provide a straight line (as the crow flies). The Barking and Dagenham order, to decide who to offer the information we and your local places to. authority need by the closing date, School Admissions Team measure your child’s application will not all distances using a geographical 1. Catholic looked-after and be processed under the relevant information system from the centre previously looked-after children. admission criterion and you risk of the child’s home to the school’s (See notes B and C.) main gate. Some addresses not getting a place at this school.If 2. Catholic children with a you have any questions about the have different entry points and so they will use the designated certificate of Catholic practice. admission criteria or appeals, or if (See notes C and D.) you need more information, please co-ordinates provided from Local contact the school. Land and Property Gazetteer 3. Other Catholic children. (See (LLPG). If you live outside the note C.) All Saints Catholic School was area, they will use the same system 4. Other looked-after and founded by the Catholic Church to to measure distances. provide an education for children previously looked-after children. of Catholic families. If there are If two or more children have an (See note B.) equal claim to a place because the more applications than places 5. Children who will have a parent measurements from their homes available, priority will always be employed at All Saints Catholic to the school are the same (for given to Catholic children in line School (either as teaching or example, because they live in a with our admission criteria. support staff) on the date they block of flats), we will use a lottery are enrolled at the school. (See As a Catholic school, we aim to system (random allocation) to offer note G.) provide a Catholic education, places to children. This process and Catholic beliefs and practice will be supervised by a person 6. Any other children. to every aspect of our school’s independent of the school. All the activities for all our pupils. It pupils’ names will be put into a is essential that the Catholic hat and the appropriate number of character of the school’s education names will be drawn out. is fully supported by all families in the school. We hope that all parents will fully and positively support the aims and ethos of the school. This does not affect the rights of any child who is not Catholic who applies for or is given a place at our school in line with our admission arrangements.
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Important notes D. ‘Certificate of Catholic practice’ means a certificate issued by the family’s parish priest (or the A. We first process applications from pupils with priest in charge of the church where the family an education, health and care plan (EHCP) or a attends Mass) in the form set by the Bishops’ statement of special educational needs (SEN), as Conference of England and Wales. A priest will these applications are dealt under a completely issue a certificate if he is satisfied that at least one separate procedure. If an EHCP or SEN names Catholic parent or carer (along with the child, if he our school, we must offer the child a place. After or she is over seven years old) has (except when we have given these pupils a place we will offer it was impossible to do so) attended Mass on the remaining places to other applicants, using our Sundays and holy days of obligation for at least admission criteria. five years (or, in the case of a child, since the age An EHCP made by the local authority under of seven, if this is a shorter time). The priest will section 324 of the Education Act 1996, specifying also issue a certificate if the family’s practice has the special educational provision a child needs. been continuous since they were received into An EHCP is a plan made by the local authority the Church if that was less than five years ago. It under section 37 of the Children and Families Act is expected that most certificates will be issued 2014, specifying the special educational provision based on the family’s attendance at church. The a child needs. priest may also issue a certificate if the family is not able to attend church regularly due to B. A ‘looked-after child’ has the same meaning as in exceptional circumstances. (For more details of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989. It means these circumstances, please see the guidance that any child who is in the care of a local authority or is issued to priests at www.dioceseofbrentwood. is being provided with accommodation by them in net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Guidance-for- line with their social services duties (for example, Clergy-2017.pdf.) children with foster parents) at the time of their application for a school place. A ‘previously looked- E. Within each category we will give priority to after child’ is a child who was in the care of a local children who have a (sibling) brother or sister at authority but is no longer in their care because he or the school (Years 7 to 11) at the time of admission. she was adopted or a child arrangements order or ‘Brother or sister’ includes: special guardianship order has been put in place. (i) all full brothers or sisters, half-brothers or A ‘looked-after child’ also includes a child who was half-sisters, adopted brothers or sisters, in state care with an overseas care agency and was stepbrothers or stepsisters, and foster brothers immediately adopted. or sisters, whether or not they are living at the C. ‘Catholic’ means a member of a church in full same address; and communion with the See of Rome. This includes (ii) the child of a parent’s partner if, for at least the Eastern Christian Churches including part of the week, that child lives in the same Orthodox. Members of the Catholic Church will family unit at the same address as the child the normally have a certificate of baptism in a Catholic application relates to. Church or a certificate of reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church. For the F. A ‘parent’ means all natural parents, any person purposes of this policy, ‘Catholic children’ includes who is not a parent but who has parental looked-after children who are part of a Catholic responsibility for a child, and any person whose family if a letter from a priest states that the child care the child is in. would have been baptised or received into the G. Priority will be given to children of staff who: Catholic Church if they were not a looked-after child (for example, a looked-after child who is in the • have been employed at the school for two or process of being adopted by a Catholic family). more years at the time of the application for For a child to be treated as Catholic, we will need admission to the school; or evidence that they have been baptised or received •have been recruited to fill a vacant post for which into the Catholic Church. If you have difficulty getting there is a skill shortage. written evidence of your child’s baptism, contact your parish priest. He will consult the relevant diocese and decide how written evidence will be produced in line with the laws of the Church.
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Admission criteria for Goresbrook School in order of priority
Priority 1: Children who are or were in the care of a local authority. Priority 2: Children who have a sibling (brother or sister) at the school. Please see note 3. Priority 3: Children who live closest to the school, measured in kilometres in a straight line (as the crow flies).
If there are more applications than there are places available at a school, we will use the above criteria, in priority order, for deciding which applications to accept.
Important notes A ‘looked-after child’ also includes in a straight line (as the crow a child who was in state care with flies). We (the Barking and 1 Children who have an EHC plan an overseas care agency and was Dagenham School Admissions are not included in the above immediately adopted. Team) measure all distances criteria as we deal with them using Synergy’s Geographical under the terms of the Children 3 ‘Sibling’ means: Information System from the and Families Act 2014. We will • a full brother or sister; centre of the child’s home to offer children with an EHC plan the school’s main gate. Some a place if our school is named • a half-brother or half-sister; addresses have different entry on their plan. • a stepbrother or stepsister; points and so we will use 2 A looked-after child is a child and the designated co-ordinates who is or was: provided from Local Land and • an adopted or long-term Property Gazetteer (LLPG). • in the care of a local authority; fostered brother or sister; If you live outside the area, or living at the same address and we will use the same system going to the named school • being provided with to measure distances. When (not including the school’s accommodation by a local children have an equal claim nursery). Please make sure authority under their social to a place because their you name all siblings on services functions (see the measurements are the same (for your application form. If they definition in Section 22(1) of example, from a block of flats), are not listed on your form, the Children Act 1989). our database will automatically we cannot take them into use a lottery system (random For admission purposes account. allocation) to offer places to we consider a ‘looked-after 4 The child’s home must be the children. child’ to be a child currently permanent address where they in care or a child who was in 6 We are unable to consider other live with their legal guardian. circumstances not listed in the care but became subject to This should be the address for an adoption, residence, or criteria. It is essential that we are the parent’s or carer’s Council consistent in our judgement and special guardianship order Tax bill and where Child Benefit immediately after leaving care. use only the criteria that have is addressed. been agreed. 5 If two or more children have an equal claim to a place in any one category, we will give priority to children who live closest to the school, measured in kilometres
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Admission criteria for all our other secondary-phase schools in Barking and Dagenham in order of priority
Priority 1: Children who are or were in the care of a local authority. Priority 2: Children who live closest to the school, measured in kilometres in a straight line (as the crow flies).
If there are more applications than there are places available at a school, we will use the above criteria, in priority order, for deciding which applications to accept. Dagenham Park, Greatfields, Riverside, Sydney Russell and Warren School will also use these admission criteria.
Important notes 3 The child’s home must be the 6 We are unable to consider other permanent address where they circumstances not listed in the 1 Children who have an EHC plan live with their legal guardian. criteria. It is essential that we are are not included in the above This should be the address for consistent in our judgement and criteria as we deal with them the parent’s or carer’s Council use only the criteria that have under the terms of the Children Tax bill and where Child Benefit been agreed. and Families Act 2014. We will is addressed. offer children with an EHC plan 7 If a school has a split site, the a place at the school that is 4 All distances are measured distance from the child’s home named on their plan. using Synergy’s Geographical to the school will be measured Information System from the to the main site. The main site 2 A looked-after child is a child centre of the child’s home to is the entrance through the who is or was: the school’s main gate. Some main door at the site where the • in the care of a local authority; addresses have different entry head teacher’s office is. This or points and so we will use the measurement affects Barking co-ordinates provided from Abbey and Robert Clack • being provided with Local Land and Property schools, who will decide which accommodation by a local Gazetteer (LLPG). If you live site the child goes to. authority under their social outside the area, we will use services functions (see the 8 If we discover that we have given the same system to work out definition in Section 22(1) of your child a place at a school distances. the Children Act 1989). based on false or misleading 5 We will use the distance from information, we will withdraw the For admission purposes home to school for pupils who place and may take legal action. we consider a ‘looked-after have equal claim for a place. child’ to be a child currently Those children living nearest to in care or a child who was in the school will be given priority care but became subject to when deciding on places. When an adoption, residence, or measurements are the same (for special guardianship order example from a block of flats), immediately after leaving care. our database will automatically A ‘looked-after child’ also use a lottery system (random includes a child who was in allocation) to offer places to state care with an overseas children. care agency and was immediately adopted.
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How to fill in your forms Common application form
If you want your child to stay on at Child’s details Children in care the all-through school they already go to, do not fill in an application Child’s name – This should be Please select the relevant box to form. If you want your child to your child’s legal name given on show if your child is or was ‘in move to a different secondary- their birth certificate or passport. the care’ of a local authority. If so, phase school, you must apply You are responsible for making please attach a letter from the social for a place. If you do not fill in the sure that you have used the same worker confirming the legal status common application form, we may name on all forms needed for your of the child and the local authority not be able to give your child a child’s application. If you do not, the child is in the care of. The letter place at the school you prefer. we may not be able to process should also provide the reasons for your child’s application. the preferred schools listed. • Please use all your six preferences and rank (list) Child’s date of birth – Please select If the child was in care but is no them in the order you prefer. the day, month and year. longer being cared for by a local authority, tick ‘yes’ and provide Child’s sex – Please select the • Some schools may need documents to show the child relevant box to show if your child you to fill in and send them was previously in the care of a is male or female. supplementary forms and local authority. See page 11 for other documents (see page 27 Child’s address – This must be more details. for details). the permanent address where the The information you need to put child lives with their parents or Preferences for on your form is as follows, but the legal guardians and where Child secondary‑phase order of the information is different Benefit is addressed. Please see on the online form. Please see page 9 for full description. school page 26 for details of how Child’s current school – Please School name to send us any documents we select the name of your child’s Please select the name and ask for if you cannot attach your primary or junior school from the borough (if outside the London documents online. menu. If the school is not listed, borough of Barking and Details we ask for you may type this information in Dagenham) of six different Whether you fill in an online or the space given. secondary-phase schools you paper form we need the following want to apply for. You must list the details. You need to fill in a Children with schools in the order you prefer them. Number 1 is the school you separate form for each child. In additional needs the case of twins, triplets and so most prefer and number 6 is the on, make sure you have a different • Please select the relevant box school you least prefer. You must ARN for each child when you to show if your child has a final list all state-maintained schools or apply online. To do this, make sure statement of special educational academies (not private schools) you tick ‘yes’ to the ‘multiple birth’ need or an EHC plan. you are applying for, including question so that you can fill in the any schools outside the borough extra online forms for each child. • Please select the relevant box of Barking and Dagenham. If the to show if your child has any schools you want to apply for are additional needs and give not listed, you must contact the details in the box provided. School Admissions Team before See page 10 for more details. 5pm on 29 October 2021 or your application will be late. Our contact details are on page 28. Please make sure you select the correct school as there are many schools with the same or similar names.
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Siblings (brothers and sisters) you are applying for to see if their UK Armed Forces – Please tick The only LBBD schools that offer admission criteria take account the relevant box to show that you sibling priority are All Saints and of exceptional medical or social are either: Goresbrook Schools. For these reasons. These might include • a UK Armed Forces family with a and other schools outside the religious, philosophical or any confirmed posting to the area; or borough that have a sibling other reasons. criterion, please select the relevant • a crown servant returning from box to show that your child has a If you think there are exceptional overseas to live in the area. brother or sister at the school you medical or social reasons why are applying for. Give the name, your child should go to a particular Please see page 11 for more date of birth and sex of any brother school, select the relevant box details. on your online form to show this or sister who is already at the Password – We need a password (or section 4 of the paper form). school you are applying for. for security purposes only. When With your application, you also This includes a full, half, step, you apply on a paper form, we will need to provide proof to the relevant adopted or long-term fostered need you to give us a password school or LA that is supported by brother or sister living at the same between 8 and 12 letters long. a professional (such as a doctor’s address. If you do not put the Without this information we cannot report). brother’s or sister’s name and date give out information on your of birth in the correct section, we application if you visit or phone us. will not see the information on our Parent’s or carer’s details If you apply online, we will need computer system and so will not Parental responsibility – your application reference number give your child priority under the for security purposes. sibling criterion. The adult listed on the form should be the person or people with We do not consider qualifying parental responsibility for the child Declaration brothers and sisters who are not named. Please give your full name The person with parental named in the correct section on and contact details, and tick the responsibility for the child named your CAF. relevant box to show your title and in section 1 must tick the box in relationship to the child named Children of staff at the school the declaration to confirm that they (for example, tick ‘other family If you are applying to a school for have read and understood the member’ if you are a sister caring your child and that school gives information in this e-booklet and for the child). Please remember to priority to children of staff members, that the information they give is provide documentary evidence of please include the name and job title accurate. If you are filling in a paper legal guardianship if you are not the of the staff member employed by the form, you must sign it in section 6. school and the number of years they child’s natural parent. have worked at the school. Parental address – The only Barking and Dagenham The online form automatically ticks school that uses the ‘children of the box to show that you and your staff’ criterion is All Saints Catholic child share the same address. School (see pages 20 to 21 for If your address is different from the more details). The admission criteria child’s address (for example parents for our other schools are listed on share custody), please un-tick pages 22 to 23. the question box ‘Use your home address?’ and enter your and your Reasons for your preference child’s address details. If you fill in Some local authorities consider a paper form, please explain why social and medical reasons as your address is different from the part of their admission criteria. child’s and give both addresses on We do not do this for our schools. a separate sheet of paper. If we ask If you are applying for a school for proof of address, please make outside the borough, it is very sure you send us the information important that you check the listed on pages 9 to 11. admission criteria of each school
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Getting a receipt Providing us with If you apply online and successfully extra information submit (make) your application, We do not accept documents by you will get an email confirmation post. Instead, you should securely and be given an application upload any documents we need to reference number. This is your see on your eAdmissions account. receipt. Please make a note of your If you upload your documents application reference number (use after the closing date, email us the space below) and keep it in a to let us know you have done safe place as you will need to tell this. Please call or email us if you it to us if we have any questions have difficulties sending us your we need to ask you. If you fill in a information. Please remember to paper form, we will email you to let include your child’s name, date you know that we have received of birth and application reference your application. number when you contact us. This will make sure that we can match your extra information to your application. Apply Online eadmissions.org.uk
Receipt details Use the space below to record the username, email address and passwords you have used to make your application. Without them you will not be able to go online and see which school place we have offered your child. Your application is only valid when you press the ‘Submit application’ button at the end of the ‘Check & submit’ page. You will then be issued with an application reference number (ARN). The eAdmissions Team will then send you a confirmation email. The email will include all the details of the application you have just made along with your ARN. In the case of twins, triplets and so on, make sure you have an ARN for each child.
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Extra documents for All Saints Catholic School
All Saints Catholic School is a Cover note CCP which you must send with voluntary-aided secondary school You must fill in our cover note the baptism certificate straight and there are extra steps which (on page 51) if you want to apply to All Saints Catholic School to Catholic applicants must take. Do under our admission criteria 1, 2 confirm whether your child meets not attach your cover note, CCP or 3. You should fill in one cover the definition of a practising and other documents All Saints note for each child, and send the Catholic by 29 October 2021. ask for online with your CAF − notes, with either or both of the If your priest is not local and is you must send them direct to the documents listed below, to The unfamiliar with these requirements, school. Admissions Officer, All Saints please ask him to contact the All Saints’ Admissions Officer on Common application form (CAF) Catholic School, Terling Road, 020 8270 4247. you must fill in the CAF and list Dagenham RM8 1JT. All Saints Catholic School as one Baptism documents Important notes of your preferences. You must If you want your child to be return the form to your home local recognised as a Catholic (under • If you miss our deadlines, authority by the closing date. our admission criteria 1 to 3), we will class your application as late. The co-ordinated admissions you should send All Saints system operated by all local a photocopy of your child’s • If you are applying through authorities in England works by baptism certificate (or certificate another borough and miss offering an applicant one place of reception into the Catholic their deadlines, we will class only, which, if available, will be at Church) by 29 October 2021. If your application as late. the highest preference school on you want to be recognised as a your CAF that has a place to offer practising Catholic, your local • We will not deal with any your child under its criteria. If you priest must also fill in a CCP form. late applications until after want to have a Catholic education Please see the ‘Certificate of 1 March 2022. We will then for your child, you need to put Catholic practice’ section below. place your child on the school’s interest list along All Saints high up on your list of Certificate of Catholic practice preferences to avoid being offered with other children whose form (CCP) applications were late, and a place at a higher preference If you want to be considered as school that is not Catholic. if places become available a practising Catholic (under our we will offer them using the admission criteria 1 and 2), you admission criteria. Your local must arrange to meet with your authority will tell you which parish priest in time to request a school has offered your child a place.
Supplementary information forms SIFs for schools outside Barking and Dagenham
If you are applying to schools If a school or LA asks for outside Barking and Dagenham, a supplementary form and you need to fill in the common documents but you do not send application form from your child’s it direct to them, your application home borough and then check will not be considered under the whether the school needs you to correct criterion for that school Important note fill in a supplementary form and because you did not give them all We will not pass on any forms provide any other documents. If the information they asked for. and documents you attach to so, you must send the information Your application will not be your online form to the school each school has asked for direct to considered if you fill in a school’s or LA on your behalf. You must the relevant school or LA. supplementary form but not send these direct to the school your local authority’s common or LA. application form. 27 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2022
Returning your information
Supplementary information forms Important notes Please see pages 12 and 13 for details of how to return your forms. • If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list Common application form presented, or the schools you want to apply for are not If you live in this borough you can make your application by going to the listed, you must contact the link on our website at www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions or you can go straight School Admissions Team by to the eAdmissions site at www.eadmissions.org.uk. You must make your 5pm on 29 October 2021. application no later than midnight on 31 October 2021. Do not leave it until Our contact details are on the last day to apply. this page. If you live outside Barking and Dagenham you must fill in the common • Please make sure you application form available from the borough or county council area that you attach all other forms and live in and return that form, to that council by their closing date. documents we ask for. This may be proof that you Late applications are the child’s guardian, Applications we receive after the closing date are late. These late proof of address, or proof applications are processed after applications that are on time. Late that your child is or was in applicants are less likely to get a place at their preferred school. the care of a local authority (pages 9 to 11). • Make sure you read page 26 of our admissions e-booklet for Contacting us details of how to get a receipt and how to send us By phone: additional information. You can call us for information on 020 8215 3004. Phone lines are • It is your responsibility to fill open 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. in any extra supplementary information forms (SIF) By email: for any schools or local authorities that ask you to do Email us for information at [email protected] this and send these forms and documents back to By post: them before the closing date. We will not pass on any SIF We do not accept documents by post. Please call or email us if you have forms and documents you any difficulties making your application. attach to your online form.
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Our schools and colleges
Barking Abbey – a specialist Dagenham Park All Saints Catholic School sports and humanities college Church of England School
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Eastbury Eastbrook School Community School Goresbrook School
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Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college The Sydney Russell School The Warren School
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Your child’s secondary education is very your common application form. Visits Each of the schools will be able important. We believe that the successful to schools will be a bit different this year to give you: education of children greatly depends due to the social-distancing rules that • the school prospectus; on a good working partnership between are in place because of the Covid-19 schools and families. We support and pandemic. Virtual tours are available for • the most recent Office for Standards encourage this partnership and want most of our schools. To take a virtual tour, in Education (Ofsted) inspection you to become well informed about click on the school’s website. As well as report for the school (www.ofsted.gov. our schools. We and all the schools the virtual tours, you can visit our schools. uk/reports); are committed to promoting equal You must book your visits in advance to • the school’s examination results opportunities and opposing all forms of make sure we keep to social-distancing (www.gov.uk/school-performance- discrimination and prejudice. rules. Each school allows up to two tables). people per family to visit. To book an Each school has a page in this booklet open-evening or open-day school tour, to provide information for you. This click on the link on the school’s website. information along with the virtual You may have a long wait if you do not school tours should help you list your book a tour beforehand. preferences (for up to six schools) on 29 All Saints Catholic School
Head teacher: Clare Cantle Open evening: Address: Terling Road, Dagenham, RM8 1JT Wednesday 6 October 2021, 5.30pm to 8.30pm Phone: 020 8270 4242 Travel information Fax: 020 8595 4024 Buses: 5, 87, 103, 128, 129, 173 and 175 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Dagenham East and Dagenham Web: www.allsaintsschool.co.uk Heathway Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4703 Rail: Chadwell Heath
Respect, Understanding, the richness, diversity and quality of our Suite and support staff are dedicated Affection, Humour – This is All Saints curriculum, pastoral care and quality to helping the most vulnerable and Catholic School of classroom teaching. Our mission to meeting the challenges caused by the provide the most exceptional education Covid-19 pandemic. Behaviour at the ‘An outstanding Catholic School’ – is recognised and the Excellence in school is exceptional, and we use merits Ofsted Section 48 Inspection 2019 Inclusion Report 2018 states that: and praise to direct pupils towards We are a community and family of “There is a real learning culture in the achieving their goals. Our Saints House learners where we aim to be school and students want to learn”. system invites pupils to take part in exceptional together. Ancient and ever new competitions between houses, and form communities of love and emotional We are the only Catholic voluntary- We are at the forefront in developments support. aided secondary school in Barking in education. We work as a professional and Dagenham and are heavily development centre and staff improve The future oversubscribed. We are an inclusive, their practice through research-led We are a popular school with a fantastic award-winning school where staff, pupils teaching projects that are focused on future. We set challenging objectives and families are ‘listened to and cared providing the best learning experiences for our pupils, from competing in sports for’ (Ofsted 2018). Every pupil is valued for our pupils, both inside and outside events to applying to Russell Group for their unique talents and character. the classroom. We are rooted in our Universities. We have a dedicated We value and encourage a strong Catholic faith, working with parishes, dance studio, theatre and art rooms partnership between the school and deaneries and the Diocese. We with extensive playing fields. We have a our families. Parents can expect to be successfully bring our primary school wide range of after-school clubs where invited to play a key role in their child’s pupils into our school to help develop our pupils can develop their talents and progress and nurturing. We provide their faith and learn how to learn. All enjoy new experiences. The Scholar’s academic and career pathways from our pupils are able to appreciate truth Program and Curiosity challenges that Year 7 through to 6th form, and parents and beauty as well as use and develop we offer in the summer term each year can be confident that their children will their talents in the modern world. Our provide extra opportunities for our be cared for, inspired and educated to computer rooms and online learning pupils to achieve academic excellence. an exceptional level at All Saints. platforms provide our pupils with the Should I apply? Our success very best tools to follow their curiosity For 2021 we received 650 applications and carry out research tasks. We are consistently in the top 14% of for the 240 places that were available. schools in England for progress and Love If you would like a place for your child the top 5% of schools in the country The pastoral support and guidance (or children) at All Saints, it is vital that for progress in English. Our Progress system is exceptional. The Excellence you follow all the application steps 8 score of 0.5 ranks us alongside the in Inclusion Report 2018 states that: accurately and carefully by the deadline most exceptional secondary schools in “Pastoral care is exceptional and the dates given. the UK. We have been recognised as community feels like a big family”. Our We look forward to you joining us. an Inclusive Flagship School (IQM) for in-house mentoring team, Damascus
30 InformationBarking for Abbey parents aboutSchool children (a movingspecialist to secondary sports schools and in humanities 2016 college)
Head teacher: Tony Roe Open evening: Address: Sandringham Road, Barking, Wednesday 29 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm IG11 9AG Please visit the site closest to your home address Phone: 020 3967 7030 Travel information Fax: 020 8270 4090 Buses: 5, 62, 145 and 387 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Upney and Barking Stations Website: www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk Rail: Barking Station Admission number: 360 DfE number: 301-4021
Our school motto Give and expect the best.
Barking Abbey is a unique school that has all of the advantages of being one of the largest schools in the country. However, having two identical campuses means that we know and value every child. There is a very strong vision in our school, which comes from our school motto: Give and expect the best. We have three aims at Barking Abbey. We encourage our students to: 1. belong by helping them to develop ‘good character’; flourish as socially aware, skilled these students to gain places in 2. aspire through our relentless citizens with the skills and these competitive institutions. pursuit of academic excellence; knowledge they need to take their We lead the country in degree- and place on the world stage. level apprenticeships at large 3. succeed by purposefully corporations. teaching them the skills they will The school is highly successful need to be able to flourish. in the classroom, with some of Our highly successful basketball, the highest results in the local football and netball academies We recognise that success area. This is due to our excellent make sure our student athletes depends on an effective teaching, following the ‘Barking follow an academically challenging partnership between the school, Abbey way’, and our amazing pathway while developing their our students and their parents, facilities. Both campuses have sporting talent to the highest and we try to work alongside our had substantial investment in new possible level. This leads to many community to encourage our buildings and facilities, so we can students gaining prestigious students to learn to do the right offer your child the best learning scholarships in the USA, as well as thing at the right time for the right environment for them to work hard securing places at some of the top reasons. every day. universities in the UK. Standards and expectations are We have a large and successful high. We lead a distinctive learning sixth form with over 500 students. community, and we give equal Every year we send pupils to the priority to the development of best universities in the UK and student character and academic worldwide. We have supported achievement, so our students and mentored each one of
31 Dagenham Park Church of England School
Head teacher: Chris Ash Open evening: Address: School Road, Dagenham, RM10 9QH Tuesday 21 September 2021, 4.30pm to 7.30pm Open morning: Phone: 020 8270 4400 Friday 24 September 2021, 9.30am to 12.30pm Fax: 020 8270 4409 Travel information E-mail: [email protected] Buses: 129, 145, 173, 174, 175, 287, 364, 687 and 721 Website: www.dagenhampark.org.uk Underground: Dagenham Heathway and Admission number: 270 DfE number: 301-4704 Dagenham East Stations
As a school that has a reputation The school delivers a broad and Pupils are well prepared for life for outstanding pastoral and balanced curriculum, making sure in modern Britain by their tutorial excellent academic achievement, that the English Baccalaureate lessons, which help them to we are delighted that examination is delivered to 60%-80% of understand democracy, religion results and our recent Ofsted students. Creative subjects are tolerance and the importance of report show the outstanding given an equal profile, with uptake the rule of law. progress our students are making. increasing year-on-year. The school received its Ofsted Our Progress 8 scores over the Pupils at our Sixth Form inspection in January 2020. All three years have been 0.18, 0.05 Partnership, which is made up associated were delighted with and 0.14. This shows that students of five schools, are provided with the outcome and we encourage at Dagenham Park are making a wide selection of courses. We parent/carers to read this highly better progress than similar follow traditional value of strong positive report students nationally. discipline and expect pupils to take pride in belonging to their school Headteacher, Chris Ash, said: Dagenham Park has been by wearing correct school uniform. “We have worked hard over the recognised nationally for the past three years to put systems outstanding work that is taking The school develops the spiritual, and values in place that will keep place. The school won English moral, social and cultural education improving Dagenham Park. We Team of the Year at the 2017 TES of pupils exceptionally well were delighted with the recent Awards and was shortlisted for through the curriculum, a range of Ofsted report which ratified all our Creative School of the Year at the assemblies and other enrichment hard work” 2018 Awards. activities. The school has recently launched its new vision and values Believe, Grow, Succeed. Pupils and staff of all faiths and backgrounds take part in a wide range of Christian worship each day.
3232 InformationEastbrook for parents School about children moving to secondary schools in 2016
Head teacher: Paul Frith Open evening: Address: Dagenham Road, Dagenham, Thursday 16 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm RM10 7UR Travel information Phone: 020 3780 3609 Buses: 103, 129 and 174 Website: www.eastbrookschool.org Underground: Dagenham East Station E-mail: [email protected] Admission number for new pupils: 250 (see note below) DfE number: 301-4023
At Eastbrook we believe that a truly We place a high priority on providing At Eastbrook, inclusion and equal outstanding school is one that makes it a wide range of opportunities for our opportunity are central to all we do, and possible for all students to achieve their students beyond the normal school day. we value every student as an individual. best, where academic attainment is high, We work with a wide range of providers We have highly skilled and committed and every student makes exceptional who help us deliver the curriculum and teams in SEND (Special Education Needs progress. It is also a place where all pupils are committed to providing a wide range and Disabilities) and EAL (English as an develop the personal qualities that lead to of trips and visits for our students. We Additional Language), and students who success in school and university, in work have an extensive out-of-hours programme need extra support receive this through and in life beyond. If you believe this too, which caters for the full range of student a range of high-quality intervention then Eastbrook is the school for your child. interests, including art, photography, programmes and in-class support. music, debating society, Duke of We teach a broad and balanced character- Eastbrook is a truly exceptional learning Edinburgh awards, drama, and a full range and academic-based curriculum and environment. We have recently built, of sporting opportunities. we firmly believe that a truly first-class, state-of-the-art facilities which promote 21st century education must focus on Our results continue to improve and we outstanding learning experiences across both. Either one without the other will believe that, through the quality of our the curriculum and allow every student not produce the rounded, confident and teachers and their commitment, they will to focus on their interests and fulfil their determined young people who will grow continue to do so. Students who work potential. The video available using to be the success stories of the next hard do very well at Eastbrook, and we the link below will give you a flavour generation. encourage and support them to be highly of the school environment. https:// ambitious as they progress to university, Our PROUD values promote the www.eastbrookschool.org/secondary/ college, apprenticeships, or the world of essential qualities that young people prospectus/a-message-for-prospective- work. must develop if they are going to flourish parents/ and reach their full potential. PROUD Visitors to our school consistently Thank you for taking the time to find out stands for: Principled, Resilient, Open, comment on the exceptional behaviour of more about our school. Our website will Understanding and Disciplined. We our students. We have simple, fair rules give you a more detailed sense of what provide daily opportunities for all students and expect nothing but the best from Eastbrook is about and we look forward to demonstrate these qualities, and award everyone. We promote a kind and caring to welcoming you and your child into our them PROUD points to recognise and environment based on decency and school community. celebrate when they do so. respect. We do not tolerate bullying of any kind. We work in close partnership with We provide excellent pastoral care for our parents, and they confirmed the quality students. Each year group has two heads of the education we provide for their child Important note of year: one for pastoral support and one during the recent Ofsted visit. https:// The school can admit 270 pupils to for achievement. This makes sure that www.eastbrookschool.org/secondary/wp- Year 7, but 20 places have already any issues are dealt with swiftly and do content/uploads/sites/3/2021/03/Ofsted- been given to Year-6 pupils at the not stand in the way of a young person’s Visit-Parent-View-Results.pdf school. The remaining 250 places academic progress. During an Ofsted visit will be issued in line with the school’s in February 2021, 95% of parents reported published admission criteria. See that their child felt both safe and happy at pages 9, 14 and 16. Eastbrook.
33 Eastbury Community School Eastbury Community School Executive Head teacher: Open Evening: Mr DavidExecutive Dickson Head BSC (Hons),teacher: MA, Mr DavidNPQH Dickson Wednesday,Open evening: 22nd September 2021, 4pm to 7pm Address: Hulse BSCAvenue, (Hons), EastburyBarking, MA, NPQHIG11 Community 9UW SchoolExecutiveWednesday Headteacher 22 September address 2021, - 6pm 4pm to 7pm Phone:Address: 020 8507Hulse 4500 Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW Optional Question Timewith Executive Headteacher Eastbury CommunityExecutive Head School teacher: and TravelTransition information OpenCo-ordinator Evening: - 7pm-7:30pm Fax: Phone: 020 8507 020 4501 8507 4500 Wednesday, 22nd September 2021, 4pm to 7pm Mr David Dickson BSC (Hons), MA, NPQHTravel Buses: information 5, 62 EL2 and EL3 E-mail:Fax: [email protected] 020 8507Address: 4501 Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW Executive Headteacher address - 6pm Website:Executive www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.uk Head teacher:Phone: 020 8507 4500 Buses:OpenUnderground: 5, Evening: 62, EL2Optional and Barking EL3 Question and TimeUpneywith Executive Stations Headteacher E-mail: [email protected]: 020 8507 4501 Underground:Wednesday, 22ndBarkingand Transition September and CoUpney-ordinator 2021, Stations 4pm - 7pm to-7:30pm 7pm AdmissionMr number: David Dickson 300 DfEBSC number:(Hons), MA, 301 NPQH-4024 Rail: BarkingTravel Station information Website: www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.ukE-mail: [email protected] Headteacher address - 6pm Address: Hulse Avenue,Website: Barking, www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.uk IG11 9UW Rail: Barking StationBuses: 5, 62, EL2 and EL3 AdmissionPhone: number020 for8507 Admissionnew 4500 pupils: number: 240 300 DfE number: 301Optional-4024 QuestionUnderground: Timewith Barking Executive and Upney HeadteacherStations (seeFax: note below) 020 DfE 8507 number: 4501 301-4024 and TransitionRail: Co -Barkingordinator Station - 7pm -7:30pm E-mail: [email protected] Travel information Buses: 5, 62, EL2 and EL3 Website: www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.uk‘Pupils make‘Pupils good make progress good overall. progress In a overall. number In of a number subjects in the secondary phase,‘Pupils makepupils good makeUnderground: progress overall. In a numberBarking of and Upney Stations Admission number: 300 DfE number:of subjects 301 in- the4024 secondary subjects in phase, the secondary pupils phase, make pupils make outstanding progress. This is because of highly outstanding progress.Rail: ThisBarking is because Station of highly effective subjectoutstanding leadership progress. andeffective teaching. This subject is’ becauseOfsted leadership 2018 of and highly teaching. ’ Ofsted 2018 effective subject leadership and teaching.’ Ofsted 2018
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34 InformationGoresbrook for parents School about children– the moving best toin secondary everyone schools in 2016
Principal: Megan Harris Open evening: Address: Cook Road, Dagenham, RM9 6XW Tuesday 27 September 2021, 6pm to 8pm Open morning: Phone: 020 3597 6666 Wednesday 6 October 2021, 9am to 10.30am Email: [email protected] Please ring us for an individual appointment. Website: www.goresbrookschool.org.uk Travel information Admission number for new pupils: 60 (see note below) Buses: 145, 173 and 287 DfE number: 301-4003 Underground: Becontree Station
A unique journey The Goresbrook Guarantee State-of-the-art building Goresbrook School opened in The Goresbrook Guarantee is In 2016 we moved into our response to significant demand our commitment to help children exceptional new school building. from the local community for develop with a range of different Our secondary wing has state-of- more high-quality school places activities and real-life experiences. the-art techology, science labs, for children aged three to 18. Our secondary students should sports facilities and a library. It is We are the first all-through school expect, as a minimum, to: bright and welcoming with plenty in Barking and Dagenham and aim of space for whole-school events. • read for pleasure daily; to provide a seamless education Come and see for yourself at one from the moment children join us • play a musical instrument; of our open events. until they head off to university. Our secondary-phase students • attend clubs and try out Dedicated care and attention have made an exceptional start to new ones; As a new school, we have been school life, and we look forward • meet inspirational people; able to hand-pick a team of to welcoming our next intake in outstanding staff to teach and September 2022. • go on cultural and activity trips support our students. So, as To university and beyond in London and beyond; well as enjoying our brand new building, our students will have a Our curriculum is broad and deep, • visit universities; superb opportunity to receive truly offering a full range of aspirational, • take on leadership and focused care and attention that academic courses. From music volunteering roles; is not often available elsewhere. to French and maths, we aim to Our priority is making sure that our develop students’ knowledge • gain work experience; and students make a happy, successful of subjects that universities and start to secondary-phase school. employers are really looking for. • give presentations to real When they leave us, our students audiences in real-life situations. will have the knowledge, skills and Important note attributes they need to earn places at the top universities and be The school can admit 120 successful in rewarding careers. pupils to Year-7, but 60 places have already been given to Year-6 pupils at the school. The remaining 60 places will be issued in line with the school’s published admission criteria. See pages 9, 14 and 16.
35 Greatfields School
Head teacher: Richard Paul BA (Hons), MA Open evening: Address: St Marys, Barking, IG11 7TD Monday 13 September 2021, 7pm Open days: Phone: 020 3946 5900 Wednesday 15 September and E-mail: [email protected] Thursday 16 September 2021, 9am Website: www.greatfieldsschool.com Travel information Buses: 62, 287, 368 and 387
Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4006 Underground: Barking Station
Why choose Greatfields? in lessons as this is how they will We offer an extended curriculum, Greatfields is a school for the local learn best. with a number of different clubs community and our mission is running every night after school, Behaviour in the school is excellent to provide the young people of including football, netball, table and is built on three simple the community with a first-class tennis, basketball, STEM (science, principles: education. We have state-of-the- technology, engineering and maths art facilities, and our site is due 1. high expectations; subjects), art, photography, dance, to be completed by Easter 2022. 2. clear routines; and drama, debate and cooking clubs. The school was rated ‘good’ by 3. positive relationships between Ofsted in June 2019, with both the staff and students. leadership and behaviour being judged as ‘outstanding’. The report We want our students to feel describes the school as a place safe and happy in school and “where outstanding behaviour and we achieve this by setting clear good-quality teaching are the norm”. boundaries for students and making We are extremely proud of what the sure staff and students respect each school has already achieved and other. We care deeply about our are excited about building on this students and want the very best for success in the years to come. them. Teaching and learning is at We have high ambitions for our the heart of everything we do students and believe that they can at Greatfields. We are a highly compete with any other child in inclusive school and believe that the country. Starting in Year-7, we all students need to be challenged provide high-quality careers advice and stretched, regardless of their and experiences for our students so starting points. We make sure our that they start thinking about their curriculum meets the needs of futures from an early age. Students all of our students. Our approach have the opportunity to visit to teaching and learning is that universities, colleges and a variety students should be working harder of businesses, both in London than the teacher in lessons, should and beyond, in order to start have the opportunity to work understanding what life beyond with their peers in lessons, and school looks like. should feel safe to make mistakes
36 Jo Richardson Community School
Head teacher: Lisa Keane BSc (Hons) Open evening: Address: Castle Green, Gale Street, Thursday 9 September 2021, 6pm to 9pm Dagenham, RM9 4UN Travel information Phone: 020 8270 6222 Fax: 020 8270 6223 Buses: 62, 145, 173 and 287 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Becontree Station Website: www.jorichardson.org.uk Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301-4029
‘The school offers an exceptionally caring and challenging education to enable all its students to ACHIEVE.’ Ofsted
Why Jo Richardson Community We expect our students to set • ‘students feel very safe and School? themselves the highest standards secure. The school has a strong At JRCS we are committed to in every aspect of their school lives. approach to anti-bullying. All reaching the highest standards in We also expect our students to students consider that bullying everything we do. We want all our pass those high standards onto our is extremely rare and believe the students to achieve the best possible local community. school deals with it quickly and successfully when any incidents examination results as well as have The school places great emphasis occur’. the opportunity to take part in a wide on the pastoral care and social range of extra-curricular activities. education of the students. This is All these judgements support our We strongly believe this can only based on traditional values that commitment to making sure that happen in a well-ordered and encourage responsibility, self-respect every student achieves their full respectful environment where only and a commitment to hard work. potential while attending our school. the highest standards of behaviour We have developed a modern Our systems are set up to regularly are acceptable, and where teachers uniform that promotes the positive monitor students’ achievements are fully committed to making sure image and reputation of the JRCS, to make sure everyone is reaching these goals become a reality. while reflecting the practical needs the expected academic standards. Our £30 million building on Castle of the students. We offer an extensive range of Green offers outstanding facilities, extra-curricular activities, including In May 2013, Ofsted judged that and we would encourage all many foreign trips, to build on our JRCS was a good school with students and parents to come and students’ educational and social outstanding leadership and see the site. With the excellent experience at school. governance. This judgement was reputation we have created, and reinforced by a further Ofsted Our sixth form is part of a highly the facilities available, there could inspection (section 8 inspection) in successful partnership operating not be a more exciting time to be November 2017. with four other local schools joining the school. offering our students access to an Ofsted also commented that: ‘Success for All’ extensive range of academic and • ‘Outstanding leadership and vocational courses. Central to our work is the motto governance have ensured Jo Richardson was Barking’s MP ‘Success for All’, supported by our teaching is good’; for 20 years and gave great service ‘ACHIEVE’ agenda, a commitment • ‘relationships between staff and to student progress that is to the borough. We are determined students are very positive and that this school will continue to highlighted by positive, effective supportive’; support systems and productive provide a lasting reminder of her • ‘the support and care offered to partnerships between all members contribution to the area. students by all the staff are a real of the school community. strength of the school’; and
37 InformationRiverside for Schoolparents about children moving to secondary schools in 2016
Head teacher: Andrew Roberts BSc (Hons) Open evening: Address: Renwick Road, Barking IG11 0FU Wednesday 8 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm Phone: 020 3946 5888 E-mail: [email protected] Travel information: Website: www.riversidecampus.com Bus: EL1 and EL3 Twitter: @RiversideCampus Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301-4001
Excellence for all ‘High aspiration is an expectation Riverside School opened in 2013. for everybody at Riverside By 2022 it will have over 1400 School.’ Ofsted 2015 students, including 120 sixth- Traditional values form students in Years 12 and 13. Riverside will eventually grow to We follow the traditional values of its full capacity of 1800 students, strong discipline, a school uniform including a large sixth form, by and a demanding classroom 2024. Riverside students achieved environment. Our first priority is to develop every child’s academic Clubs, activities, sports, their first set of examination results arts and music in 2017. In 2018 and 2019 Riverside potential to the maximum. All At Riverside, a vast choice of achieved an outstanding Progress students follow a broad and after-school clubs offers students 8 score of +0.91, placing Riverside balanced academic curriculum an opportunity to further develop School in the top 2% of schools in from Year-7 to Year-11. We set very wider essential skills. As well as the England. Students made similar high standards and receive full highest academic qualifications, exceptional progress in 2020 and backing from parents. these wider skills get students 2021. ‘Students’ behaviour around ready for success when applying school and in lessons is “Your inclusive approach to exemplary. They are eager to to highly selective universities. sharing your vision and driving learn and contribute very well to These clubs include STEM change results in pupils’ lessons.’ Ofsted 2015 (science, technology, engineering impressive outcomes by the end and maths subjects), computer of Year-11.” Ofsted 2019. Best classrooms and exceptional programming, drama, dance, sports and music facilities debating, football, netball, athletics, Learning at its core basketball, handball, various other Riverside students love learning. Riverside’s newly built £45 million campus on Barking Riverside sports, choir and the school band. We place students in one of three We strongly encourage all students bands and all lessons take place has exceptional facilities. Every general classroom is 50% bigger to take individual music tuition, within these bands. From Year-8 by providing one-to-one weekly onwards, we also put students into than average. All subjects benefit from this outstanding new building, instrument lessons provided by our sets, for core subjects (English, own music tutors. maths and science). Excellent which includes state-of-the-art teaching means all learners are music studios, science labs, a ‘We were impressed with your always challenged, so all students four-court sports hall, a fitness suite, ambitions for Riverside School and its pupils, particularly your make exceptional progress a dance studio and a library. The interest in improving not just compared with national standards. outdoor sports facilities include a their academic outcomes but We regularly review each student’s full-size 4G Astroturf pitch and four multi-use games areas. their wider skills.’ progress to make sure they are in Sir Peter Lampl, Executive the correct band or set. Chairman – The Sutton Trust.
38 Robert Clack School of Science (a specialist college)
Head teacher: Russell Taylor Open evening: Address: Gosfield Road, Dagenham, RM8 1JU Thursday 23 September 2021, 6pm to 8.30pm on Green Lane site Phone: 020 8270 4200 Travel information Fax: 020 8270 4210 E-mail: [email protected] Buses: 5, 87, 103, 128, 129, 173, 175 and 499 Website: www.robertclack.co.uk Underground: Heathway Station Admission number: 540 DfE number: 301-4027 Rail: Chadwell Heath Station
Robert Clack School is a mixed completely committed to delivering comprehensive school for 11 to an outstanding education to our 19 year olds with around 2500 pupils so that they become the students, including a thriving and best people they can be. We successful sixth form of over 400. believe in our pupils, and we are determined to make sure that The school educates students they believe in themselves by across three sites. The Green Lane embracing the original school site is for pupils in Years 7 to 9. motto: ‘forti difficile nihil’ - ‘for the Students move on to the Gosfield have competed in several borough, brave, nothing is difficult’. Road site in Year-10 and stay there county and national finals across for Years 11, 12 and 13. The new Pupils across the school a range of sports. Our debating Lymington Fields site opened in demonstrate respect and tolerance society won both the winter and September 2020 to provide an towards each other, staff and summer Model United Nations additional 180 places for students visitors. They are proud of their conferences, which are prestigious in Year-7. All three sites host school, their sporting and cultural international debating competitions. sixth form lessons. accolades and their achievements.’ Continued success, continued Values Ofsted, October 2016 investment At Robert Clack School, we strive ‘Pupils move around the large ‘…senior leaders and governors are for excellence in all that we do school site in an orderly way and ambitious for the young people in and aim to give our pupils the wear their uniform with pride.’ [their] care and passionate about the knowledge, skills and attributes Ofsted, October 2016 quality of education that [the school] they need to fulfil their potential Academic and vocational provides.’ Ofsted, October 2016 and make a valuable contribution excellence The school continues to benefit to society. We are proud of from significant investment in new our calm and ordered learning Our pupils achieve excellent buildings on all sites. As a result of environment, which is built on the outcomes in a broad range of our huge popularity, our third site traditional values of: academic and vocational subjects, opened in September 2020 as part and go on to pursue careers in • mutual respect; of a local authority and government a wide variety of industries. The school-expansion programme. This • compassion for others; school has a national reputation for • discipline; new site is known as Robert Clack sport, extra-curricular activities (such Lymington Fields and by 2024 will • high expectations and as debating) and educational visits, ambitions; and provide education for students in both in the UK and abroad. Among Years 7 to 11. • hard work. many recent successes, our junior The teaching and support staff athletics squad came second in who work at our school are the national athletics final, and we
39 InformationThe Sydney for parents Russell about children School moving to secondary schools in 2016
Principal: Janis Davies BA Open evening: Address: Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT Monday 20 September 2021, 7pm Phone: 020 8270 4333 Open mornings: Wednesday 22 September 2021, 9am Fax: 020 8270 4377 Thursday 23 September 2021, 9am E-mail: [email protected] Travel information Website: www.sydneyrussellschool.com Buses: 5, 62, 87, 145, 364, 129, 173, 175 and 499 Admission number for new pupils: 270 (see note below) Underground: DfE number: 301-4028 Becontree and Dagenham Heathway Station
Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ 2013 Traditional values • “Teaching at the school is We follow the traditional values of outstanding” strong discipline, school uniform and a demanding classroom • “Students make outstanding environment. Our first priority is to progress” develop every child’s academic • “Students’ GCSE attainment potential to the maximum. We set is high because the school high standards and we expect full encourages all students to be backing from parents. aspirational” Best classrooms and computer • “Students take their learning facilities in the country very seriously” • “Relationships between staff Sydney Russell has been entirely and students are positive and rebuilt or refurbished at a cost respectful” of £25 million. Every general classroom is 50% bigger than Grouping by ability normal with 32 computers in every single one, so that all students We have no mixed-ability classes have access to a computer at all – we believe students learn best times. All subjects benefit from when they work with students of superb facilities. similar ability to themselves. We place students in one of three ability Clubs, activities, sports, bands and all lessons take place arts and music within these bands. As a result, teachers are able to develop every A wide range of clubs and activities child at the right pace, with high- is on offer, including chess, ability students moving ahead very science, humanities, mathematics, Important note quickly and those who need extra computers, languages, art, football, The school can admit 360 support getting the help they need. cricket, netball, rugby, basketball, pupils to Year-7 but 90 places We regularly review each student’s volleyball, athletics, choir and have already been given to progress to make sure they are orchestra. We strongly encourage in the correct band. Students of individual music tuition, and we Year-6 pupils at the school. The exceptional ability are placed in one have one of the highest take-ups in remaining 270 places will be of our ‘High Achievers’ tutor groups. the borough. issued in line with the school’s published admission criteria. See pages 9, 14 and 16.
40 The Warren School
Head teacher: Ms Jennifer Ashe Open evening: Address: Whalebone Lane North, Chadwell Thursday 30 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm Heath, RM6 6SB Travel information Phone: 020 8270 4500 Buses: 62, 66, 86, 173, 251, 362 and 551 Fax: 020 8270 4484 Rail: Chadwell Heath Station E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thewarrenschool.net Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4004
Values Pastoral support India, to musicals in the West End, At The Warren School we prepare our Our pastoral systems are supportive the Lord Mayor’s Show, Tate Modern, students for the changing demands and rigorous and our mentoring the Natural History Museum, Warwick of the future. We value character system makes sure that any student University, ongoing workshops with alongside academic success and who needs extra support to reach the Metropolitan Police, Safe Drive foster both of these to mould our their potential receives this. We take Stay Alive and to the Globe Theatre. students for the opportunities they behaviour for learning very seriously We also have a series of activities will face. Each student develops as and expect students to take part in all throughout Years 7 to 13 that help to an individual, a partner, a member lessons wholeheartedly. We take pride create a well-rounded individual who of a team and as a citizen. We are in our school and our students show takes part in and contributes to their committed to the success of all this by wearing our uniform correctly. wider community, including visiting our students. places of worship, raising funds for Student leadership charity and performing in front of an Curriculum audience. More than 400 students Student leadership is at the heart of our have been trained in first aid and CPR. We offer a broad and balanced school. Each year group has its own curriculum that will prepare our elected council that meets regularly Sixth form students for any career. Alongside and makes decisions and takes the compulsory core subjects of actions to put them into practice. This Our sixth form is growing both in size English, maths and science, students leadership feeds into a whole-school and its academic profile. We have a can choose a range of options to council led by the elected head girl and stand-alone sixth form that caters for interest them and prepare them head boy and the School Parliament all of our students. Our students move for success in the workplace. As Group. We take the opinions of our on to study at many Russell Group well as our focus on exam success students seriously and mould students universities, such as Oxford University, and student progress, we focus on to be leaders of the future. Kings College, London and UCL. All developing character and resilience students who applied for university that will stand our students in good Enrichment places were successful. Students stead, whatever their career path. are mentored on their pathways to We have an extensive enrichment university and take part in many programme that develops our students Attainment and progress programmes; for example, the Futures beyond the classroom. Students have Programme where they shadow Year-on-year, the school has made worked in school with Drum Works students at Cambridge University and improvements in attainment at drumming project and Arc Theatre are allocated an Oxbridge graduate as both GCSE and A level. Group. We have taken students on a personal mentor. a range of trips, including a trip to
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The timetable of events Date What happens • The admissions process starts and parents may apply online. 1 September 2021 • Virtual tours – Please visit each school’s website (listed on page 30 to 41) and watch the virtual tours available at most of our schools. If you would like to visit Barking and Dagenham schools, the times of their open days and open evenings are shown below. Make sure you book your open-evening or 8 September to 6 October 2021 open-day school tours in advance by clicking on the links on the schools’ websites. Individual dates below. Social-distancing rules mean you may have a long wait if you do not book your tours beforehand. 8 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm Riverside School, open evening 9 September 2021, 6pm to 9pm Jo Richardson School, open evening 13 September 2021, 7pm Greatfields School, open day and open evening 15 and 16 September 2021, 9am 14 September 2021, 5.30pm to 7.30pm Goresbrook School, open day and open evening 6 October 2021, 9am to 10.30am 16 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm Eastbrook School, open evening 20 September 2021, 7pm Sydney Russell School, open day and open evening 22 and 23 September 2021, 9am 21 September 2021, 4.30pm to 7.30pm Dagenham Park School, open day and open evening 24 September 2021, 9.30am to 12.30pm 22 September 2021, 4pm to 7pm Eastbury School, open evening 23 September 2021, 6pm to 8.30pm Robert Clack School, open evening 29 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm Barking Abbey School, open evening 30 September 2021, 5pm to 7pm Warren School, open evening 6 October 2021, 5.30pm to 8.30pm All Saints School, open evening Deadline for extra documents and the certificate of Catholic practice (CCP) to 29 October 2021, 5pm arrive at All Saints Catholic School, Terling Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM8 1DS. Deadline for written documents to arrive with the School Admissions Team. 29 October 2021, 5pm If we receive your application or any documents after this date and time, we treat them as late. National closing date. Deadline for on-time applications submitted online. 31 October 2021, 12 midnight If we receive your application or any documents after this date and time, we treat them as late.
Deadline for the admissions panel to accept any new information (for example, a 8 December 2021 new home address) as on time for schools outside Barking and Dagenham.
Deadline for the admissions panel to accept any new information (for example, a 28 January 2022 new home address) as on time for Barking and Dagenham schools. National offer date. We send results to parents to tell them our decisions on applications. We cannot tell you decisions over the phone. If you have applied online, 1 March 2022 you can see the results of your application after 7pm on this date, otherwise you must wait up to two days for your letter to be delivered if you filled in paper form. Deadline for accepting the offer of a school place at All Saints Catholic School, 15 March 2022 All-through schools and schools outside the borough. Deadline for receiving filled-in appeal forms for all Barking and Dagenham schools 31 March 2022 for the first round of appeal hearings. We send letters to parents who have not applied for a school place to tell them what 31 March 2022 school has been allocated to their child. April to July 2022 Appeals will be heard for all schools. Parents are invited to these appeals.
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Map of secondary-phase schools in the borough
Key 1 All Saints Catholic School 2 Barking Abbey School – a specialist sports college (Sandringham Road site) 2a Barking Abbey School – a specialist sports college (Longbridge Road site) 3 Dagenham Park Church of England School 4 Eastbrook School 5 Eastbury Community School 6 Goresbrook School 7 Greatfields School 8 Jo Richardson Community School 9 Riverside School 10 Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (Goresfield Road site) 12 10a Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (Green Lane site) 10b Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (Lymington Fields site) 11 The Sydney Russell School 10b 12 The Warren School 10 10a 1
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Other London authorities’ school admissions sections
London Borough of London Borough of Hammersmith London Borough of Newham Barking and Dagenham Admissions and Fulham Education Department Admissions www.lbbd.gov.uk/admissions Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, Newham dockside, 1000 Dockside Phone: 020 8215 3004 London, W8 7NX Road, London, E16 2QU Phone: 020 7745 6434 Phone: 020 8430 2000 London Borough of Barnet Admissions Haringey Education Authority London Borough of Redbridge Building 2, North London Business River Park House, 225 High Road, Admissions Park, Oakleigh Road South, N11 1NP London, N22 8HQ 255-259 High Road, lIford, Phone: 020 8359 7651 Phone: 020 8489 1000 Essex, IG1 1NN Phone: 020 8708 3562 Bexley Council Admissions Harrow Council Admissions Civic Offices, 2 Watlin Street, PO Box 22, Civic Centre, Harrow, London Borough of Richmond upon Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT Middlesex, HA1 2UW Thames Admissions Phone: 020 8303 7777 Phone: 020 8901 2620 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ Phone: 020 8891 7514 Brent Education Authority London Borough of Havering Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Education Service London Borough of Southwark Wembley, HA9 0FJ Town Hall, Main Road, PO Box 64529, London, SE19 5LX Phone: 020 8937 3110 Romford, RM1 3BD Phone: 020 7525 5337 Phone: 01708 434 600 London Borough of London Borough of Sutton Bromley School Admissions London Borough of Hillingdon Admissions Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Admissions Civic offices, St Nicholas way, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3UH Civic Centre, High Street, London, SM1 1EA Phone: 020 8313 4044 Uxbridge, UB8 1UW Phone: 020 8770 5000 Phone: 01895 556 644 Camden Education Authority Tower Hamlets Education Authority 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG London Borough of Hounslow Pupil services, Mulberry Place, Clove Phone: 020 7974 1625 Admissions Crescent, London, E14 2BG Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow, Phone: 020 7364 5006 City of London Education Service TW3 4DN London Borough of Waltham Forest PO Box 270, Guildhall, Phone: 020 8583 2721 London, EC2P 2EJ School Admissions Service, Town Hall Phone: 020 7332 1002 London Borough of Islington School Complex, Forest Road, London, E17 4JF Admissions Section Phone: 020 8496 3000 Croydon Council 222 Upper Street, London, N1 1XR Education Department Phone: 020 7527 5515 Bernard Weatherill House, 8 Mint Walk, Wandsworth Council Admissions Croydon, CR0 1EA Royal Borough of Kensington and Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, Phone: 020 8726 6400 Chelsea London, SW18 2PU Kensington Town Hall, Horton Street, Phone: 020 8871 7316 Ealing Council Admissions London, W8 7NX Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Phone: 020 7745 6432 / 6432 / 6434 Westminster Education Authority London, W5 2HL Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, Phone: 020 8825 5511 Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Admissions London W8 7NX London Borough of 42 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BW Phone: 020 7745 6432 Enfield Admissions Phone: 020 8547 4610 PO Box 56 Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, EN1 3XQ London Borough of Lambeth Neighbouring authorities’ Phone: 020 8379 5501 Admissions school admissions 10th Floor, International House, sections London Borough of Canterbury Crescent, SW9 7QE Greenwich Admissions Phone: 020 7926 9503 Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Essex County Council London, SE18 6HQ London Borough of Lewisham PO Box 4261, Chelmsford, CM1 1GS Phone: 020 8921 8043 Admissions Phone: 0345 603 2200 3rd Floor, Laurence House, 1 Catford Email: [email protected] Hackney Education Authority Road, SE6 4RU The Learning Trust (Hackney), Phone: 020 8314 8282 (9am-12pm) Thurrock Council 1 Reading Lane, London, E8 1GQ PO Box 118, Civic Offices, Grays, Essex, Phone: 020 8820 7000 London Borough of Merton RM17 6GF Civic Centre, 100 London Road, Phone: 01375 652 883 Morden, SM4 5DX Email: [email protected] Phone: 020 8274 4906
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Glossary Definitions of the words used in this e-booklet
Term Definition Academy and Free Schools that receive funding directly from central government, but have independence from Schools day-to-day local authority (LA) and government control. They may receive extra support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financial or other types of support. The school is its own admission authority and governors are responsible for setting the admission criteria and arranging appeals. Admission Entry to a school. Admission authority The organisation that draws up the admission arrangements and sets out the admission criteria for the schools that it maintains. The LA is the admission authority for community schools, and each voluntary aided school is its own admission authority. All admission authorities within an LA must link together to co-ordinate their admission arrangements. Admission criteria Conditions set by the admission authority which are used to decide whether or not a place can be offered to a child. Admission number The maximum number of children that may go to the school within a school year. Appeals procedure The process for questioning a decision not to offer your child a place at the school you have applied for. Certificate of Catholic The form that the priest signs to confirm your commitment to your faith as shown by your links practice (CCP) with your local church. It is used by voluntary-aided schools to apply their admission criteria. This form is only valid if you also fill in the CAF, and give that school all the information they need. Common application The name of the LA form used by anyone applying for a school place. form (CAF) Community schools Schools within an LA which are maintained by the LA. The LA is responsible for admitting children to these schools. Department for The central government department responsible for making appropriate laws and developing Education (DfE) guidance to help the education of children and young people in England and Wales.
Educational Health The statement is prepared for children who have special educational needs. The statement is Care (EHC) plan prepared in line with the Education Act of 1996 and gives details of the child’s special needs and what should be done to meet these needs. This process is now called the EHC plan (Educational Health Care) under the Children and Families Act 2014. English baccalaureate Certificate for students who achieve grades A*- C in English, mathematics, two sciences, a foreign language and history or geography. Governing bodies Responsible for making sure that the school is managed in line with laws and follows policies in line with the conditions set by the DfE. Infant, junior or ‘Infant schools’ provide education for children aged four to seven, ‘junior schools’ for children primary schools aged seven to 11 and ‘primary schools’ for children aged four to 11. Interest list A list containing the names of every applicant who has been declined a school place but who is still interested in a place at that school. Some LA’s will call these waiting lists. Local authority (LA) The council is responsible for many services and this includes providing education across schools within the council’s boundaries. Office for Standards The central government department responsible for inspecting the quality of education and in Education (Ofsted) welfare provided by schools and organisations that provide childcare. Preference The list of schools you would like your child to go to. You write these schools on your CAF. Prospectus A booklet or document which contains information describing a school, its day-to-day life and its way of teaching and learning. Sibling Either a full, half, step or long-term fostered brother or sister living at the same address.
Voluntary aided (VA) LA schools run in partnership with ‘voluntary bodies’ (usually religious organisations). schools The voluntary sector (the Catholic or Church of England Diocese) are responsible for maintaining the buildings, and the governors of the schools are responsible for setting the admission criteria and arranging appeals (the schools’ admission authorities). Voluntary controlled Can be called a religious or faith school, but the LA is responsible for running the school. schools The LA is responsible for setting the admissions criteria and arranging appeals.
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Options for 14 to 19-year-olds (Techical and training schools)
Children do not need to spend Studio schools are for 14 to 19 year How to apply for a Year-10 the whole of their school life olds. Backed by local businesses place for September 2022 at secondary-phase schools. and employers, they are small When your child reaches Year-9, schools which are open all year First contact the techical and there are other types of schools round and have a 9 to 5 working training schools that you would available that your child can move day, so they feel more like a like your child to go and ask to, called technical and training workplace than a school. Working how to apply for a place at their schools. These schools fall within closely with local employers, school. Some schools accept the category of either university studio schools will offer a range of applications direct but others only technical colleges (UTCs) or studio academic and vocational (work- accept applications from the local schools. They are open in some based) qualifications including authority you live in. If the school areas to provide 14 - to 19-year-olds GCSEs in English, maths and or college you are interested in with technically based courses of science, as well as paid work only accepts applications from the study or learning that is based on placements linked directly to local authority you live in, please the skills they will need for work. employment opportunities in the follow the process set out in our local area. Students will gain a wide information e-booklet ‘Techical and UTCs have university and employer range of life skills to improve their training schools’. (This process is sponsors who offer techically chances of employment through summarised below.) based courses to combine national the ‘CREATE skills framework’. curriculum requirements with From 1 September 2021, fill in Pupils will have the option to go on techical and vocational elements. our Common Application Form to university or further training, and UTCs must specialise in subjects (CAF) and list up to three different into employment. that require techical and modern schools. The closing date is equipment (such as engineering We have a UTC school in our 31 October 2021. See page and construction), that will be borough. It is called ELUTEC 13 for how to apply online. taught alongside business and ICT and is on Rainham Road South, The instructions are the same as (information communication and Dagenham RM10 7XS. you would use for applying for a techology) skills. UTCs should offer secondary-phase school place for There is a list of other UTCs or clear routes into higher education your child. studio schools in the south-east or further learning in work. area on the next page of this We will pass on your request to the e-booklet. relevant school or local authority and exchange all possible offers. If a place is available, you will receive an offer from the local authority at the school you ranked highest on your application form. If you make your application on time, all local authorities will send the results on national offer day, which is 1 March 2022.
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Techical and training schools in the south-east area BMAT STEM Academy Logic Studio School Specialism: Computing, Science, Engineering Specialism: Computing Location: Velizy Avenue, Harlow, Location: Browells Lane, Feltham, Essex, CM20 3EZ Middlesex, TW13 7EF Phone: 01279 307254 Phone: 020 8831 3000 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.btmatstem.org.uk Website: www.logicstudioschool.org De Salis Studio College London Design and Engineering UTC Specialism: Business and Finance Specialism: Design and Engineering Location: Hewens Road, Hayes End, Location: Docklands Campus, University Way, Middlesex, UB4 8JP London, E16 2RD Phone: 020 8573 2097 Phone: 07714 255 193 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.desalisstudiocollege.co.uk Website: www.ldeutc.co.uk Mulberry UTC Elstree UTC Specialism: Health, science, business, media Specialism: Multimedia, Production Arts, and theatre Digital technology and communication for Location: Parnell Road, Bow, London, E3 entertainment industries Phone: 020 3137 7024 Location: Studio Way, Borehamwood, Email: [email protected] Hertfordshire, WD6 5NN Website: www.mulberryutc.co.uk Phone: 020 8386 6220 Email: [email protected] Parkside Studio College Website: www.elstreeutc.co.uk Specialism: Creative Media, Construction, Health and Social Care, Hospitality and Catering, Hairdressing and Elutec Beauty Therapy, Sport and Leisure Specialism: Product Design and Engineering Location: Wood End Green Road, Hayes, Location: Yew Tree Avenue, Rainham Road South, Middlesex, UB3 2SE Dagenham East, RM10 7XS Phone: 020 8573 2097 Phone: 020 3773 4670 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.parksidestudiocollege.co.uk Website: www.elutec.co.uk Sir Simon Milton Westminster UTC Global Academy UTC Specialism: Transport Engineering and Construction Specialism: Creative, Techical, Broadcast and Location: Westminster Digital Media Phone: 020 3506 9277 Location: The Old Vinyl Factory, Blyth Road, Email: [email protected] Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1HA South Bank Engineering UTC Phone: 020 7766 6000 Specialism: Engineering for Building and Health Sectors Email: [email protected] Location: Brixton Website: www.globalacademy.com Phone: 020 7815 8181 Heathrow Aviation Engineering UTC Email: [email protected] Specialism: Aviation Engineering Website: www.southbank-utc.co.uk Location: Potter Street, Northwood, Space Studio West London Middlesex, HA6 1QG Specialism: Space, Aerospace, Science and Maths Phone: 01923 602 130 Location: Letchworth Avenue, Feltham, Email: [email protected] Middlesex, TW14 9RY Website: www.heathrow-utc.org Phone: 020 3696 8140 Leigh UTC Email: [email protected] Specialism: Computer science and Engineering Website: www.spacestudiowestlondon.org Location: Brunel Way, The Bridge Development, Watford UTC Dartford, Kent, DA1 5TF Specialism: Computer science, Travel and tourism, Phone: 01322 626 600 Hospitality, and Event management Email: [email protected] Location: Colonial Way, Watford, Website: www.theleighutc.org.uk Hertfordshire, WD24 4PT Phone: 01923 905 240 Email: [email protected] Website: www.watfordutc.org 47 Information for parents about children moving to secondary-phase schools in 2022
Useful information and services
Important note: Choice advice from the Council Tax Section Family Information Service (FIS) The Covid-19 pandemic means If you live in the borough of Barking some of our council buildings Moving from primary to and Dagenham and you need a listed in this document may secondary-phase school can copy of your recent Council Tax not be open for you to access. be one of the most difficult bill, please apply in plenty of time Please call the relevant times for families and children. before the closing date to get the department or check our The choice adviser is independent documents you need. of the Admission Team and will be website regularly for the most Address: PO Box 48, RM10 7DE up-to-date information. able to: Phone: 020 8227 2926 • offer you help, advice and The Advisory Centre for support in understanding the E-mail: [email protected] admissions process when you Education (ACE) Website: make an application for your ACE is an independent registered www.lbbd.gov.uk/council-tax charity which offers advice for child’s secondary-phase school; parents, and gives information and Department for Education (DfE) about state education in England • access information on your and Wales for children aged five behalf and explain how the You can get useful information, to 16. They offer free advice over procedures affect your individual such as performance tables and the phone on many subjects such circumstances. information on the curriculum, on as exclusion from school, bullying, their website. This should make sure you have special educational needs and Phone: 0370 000 2288 school admission appeals. enough information to help you make a realistic decision about Website: www.education.gov.uk General advice line: your preferences. Phone: 0300 0115 142 The Family Information Service also Eaststreet (information shop for (Open Monday to Wednesday provides information and advice young people) to help people make informed 10am to 1pm, term time only). This offers valuable advice, choices about finding and paying information and support for people Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk for childcare, after-school and in the borough aged 13 to 25. holiday activities for children and Child Benefit Agency young people, and a range of other Address: 20 East Street, Barking, extended services in and through IG11 8EU If you need to contact this agency schools. It offers professional, for a copy of your Child Benefit impartial information and advice allowance, please give yourself on services for children and young plenty of time before the closing people aged 0 to 19. date to get the documents you need. Address: The Maples, 80a Gascoigne Road, Barking, Address: Child Benefit Office, Essex, IG11 7LQ PO Box 1, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE88 1AA Phone: 020 8227 5395 Phone: 0300 200 3100 E-mail: [email protected] Website: Website: www.lbbd.gov.uk/fis www.gov.uk/contact-child-benefit- office
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Education and training EHC Team Housing Benefit Service opportunities from age 14 The team works closely with The service provides free school All pupils must stay in education or parents, schools, the Community meals and clothing grants for training until they are 18. Educational Psychology Service children who live in Barking and (CEPS) and the Education Dagenham. Year-9 pupils may apply for a place Inclusion Team. Requests for Free school meals – If you are at a university techical college or Special Educational Needs receiving Income Support, income- studio school. Please see page 46 Assessments and placements in based Jobseeker’s Allowance, the or our website about how to apply mainstream schools or specialist guaranteed part of Pension Credit for places. schools (if needed) are carried or Child Tax Credit, you can apply out by the EHC Team. They also For information, applications and for free school meals. appeals about further education provide advice to parents, school in our schools’ sixth forms or staff and other professionals Email: [email protected] colleges, apprenticeships, or within the assessment and review Phone: 020 8227 2970 employment with training, please process. You can contact the team contact our 14 -19 Careers as follows. Guidance & Information Service. Email: [email protected] If the child is refused a place in Phone: 020 8227 2400, further education, you have the Address: EHC Team, right to appeal. We can accept EHC Team, Town Hall, Apply appeal forms separately from Barking, Essex, parents and students above 16 IG11 7LU Online eadmissions.org.uk years old.
Careers Guidance & Information Service Barking Learning Centre – Room G06 2 Town Square Barking IG11 7NB www.eadmissions.org.uk Monday 9.30am to 5pm Thursday 9.30am to 12.30pm If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact Dagenham Library – address in the list provided, or the schools you want to Either Room 3 or F02 apply for are not listed, you must contact the School 1 Church Elm Lane Dagenham Admissions Team by 5pm Friday on 29 October 2021, RM10 9QS otherwise your application will be late. Meeting Room 3 Tuesday 9.30am to 12.30pm Wednesday 2pm to 5pm Room F02 The closing date for your online application Wednesday 9am to 12pm Thursday 2pm to 5pm and the other information we ask for is 31 October 2021
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Library services Office for Standards in for children (between the ages of It costs nothing to join the public Education (Ofsted) 13 and 16 only) who are taking library service in Barking and Ofsted is a government department up part-time employment. Other Dagenham. The library service is set up under the Education responsibilities include protecting for all ages and young children are (Schools) Act 1992. It is responsible the rights of children in care and welcome. Children do not have to for inspecting all schools in certain responsibilities related to know how to read to benefit from England, whether they are funded children who have been reported joining the library. Public libraries by the Government or independent. missing to the police. offer all sorts of books for children To see the most recent report of Address: Town Hall, Barking, from board books and picture a school’s inspection, please visit Essex, IG11 7LU. books to books for advanced Ofsted’s website. readers. Toy libraries will be based Phone: 020 8227 2151 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk. in the Central Library and several E-mail: other libraries in the borough. A [email protected] toy library is a toy equipment and Parents in Partnership Service loan service where parents, carers and children can play together If your child has special educational Virtual School and borrow toys. There are also needs, you may contact the Parents The local authorities’ Virtual School cassettes, CDs, DVDs, videos and in Partnership Service (PIPS). is for Looked After Children and is free access to the internet. Most PIPS is part of ‘Carers of Barking committed to working with others libraries have collections of books and Dagenham’, which offers to: for parents and carers. They also information and support to carers. • overcome disadvantage; provide learning activities during The service is independent from us. • provide equal access to school holidays. The School Library Address: 5 Althorne Way, learning, and better educational Service provides schools with loans opportunities; of books and audio-visual material. Dagenham, Essex, RM10 7AX • raise levels of achievement; and Email: [email protected] The addresses for each of our • promote the health, wellbeing libraries are listed below. and life chances for all children The opening and closing times School Attendance Service in care. are different for each branch. Phone 020 8724 8725 for details. Attendance Service Team If you require any information or assistance please contact the Barking Library – This team provides advice, guidance and support to schools, virtual school for looked after Barking Learning Centre, 2 Town children. Contact details below. Square, Barking, Essex, IG11 7NB parents, carers and children on how to improve school attendance. Address: Town Hall, Barking, Dagenham Library – Good school attendance is linked to Essex, IG11 7LU. 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, good educational achievement. The Essex, RM10 9QS service enforces the laws relating to Phone: 020 8227 2691 Marks Gate Library – school attendance. Email: [email protected] Marks Gate Community Centre, Education Statutory Service Rose Lane, Marks Gate, Chadwell Team Youth Support and Heath, RM6 5NJ This team is responsible for Development Service Robert Jeyes Library – working with families who have This service provides a range Chadwell Heath Community Centre, decided to educate their child (or of educational and personal High Road, Chadwell Heath, children) at home (also known as development programmes for RM6 6AS elective home education or EHE). young people between the ages of Thames View Library – It is also responsible for locating 11 and 19. Sue Bramley Community Centre, children who are missing from Bastable Avenue, Barking, education (those not enrolled at Address: The VIBE, 195-211 IG11 0LG a school and not EHE). The team Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, issues entertainment licences for Essex, RM8 2UT Valence Library – children involved in all forms of Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, Phone: 020 8227 5891 entertainment, and work permits RM8 3HT
50 All Saints Catholic School Cover Note (SIF) Barking & Dagenham Cover note for extra documents All Saints Catholic School – September 2022 entry
Why you should fill in this form If you want to apply for a place at All Saints under the faith criterion, please return this form along with any documents you send us. We set out the admission criteria for our school (see pages 20 to 21 and page 27) in the ‘Moving to secondary school in 2022’ admission e-booklet. If we do not receive this filled-in form with the relevant documents, we will consider your child under criterion 6. If we discover that we have offered your child a place based on false information, we will withdraw the place. What you need to do • The common application form (CAF) – If you want to apply for a place at this school you need to fill in, by 31 October 2021, the CAF provided by the borough you live in. School office stamp Date received • Baptism documents – If you want your child to be recognised as a Catholic or as being baptised, you should send us a photocopy of your child’s baptism certificate (or certificate of reception into the Catholic Church) by 29 October 2021. • Certificate of Catholic practice (CCP) form – If you want to be considered as a practising Catholic, you must arrange to meet with your parish priest in time to request a CCP which you Staff initials must then send, with the baptism certificate photocopy, to the school by 29 October 2021. If your priest is not local and is unfamiliar with these requirements, please ask him to contact the All Saints’ Admissions Officer on 020 8270 4247.
To be filled in by the parent or carer (child’s details given on your CAF)
Child’s first names:
Child’s last name:
Date of birth: Day Month Year
Home address and postcode: (The child’s home is the permanent address where they live with their legal guardian.)
Borough you live in:
Does the child have any siblings (brothers or sisters) at All Saints School? Yes No If yes, you must give the relevant sibling’s name on the CAF provided by your home borough. Parent’s or carer’s full names:
Home phone number: Daytime phone number:
Email address:
You will need to use one cover note for each child. When you have filled in this page, please return it to our school’s admissions officer, with the relevant documents listed below, by 29 October 2021. Please tick which document you have included with this form. Photocopy of the child’s baptism certificate. Photocopy of the child’s certificate of reception into the Catholic Church. Photocopy of the certificate of Catholic practice from your parish priest. (Only needed if you are applying under our admission criteria 1 and 2.) 19395 Our address: Admissions Officer, All Saints Catholic School, Terling Road, Dagenham RM8 1JT
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52 Apply online for a secondary-phase school place: www.eadmissions.org.ukThe closing date for all forms and information Checklist we ask for is 31 October Please read the checklist below before you return your form. 2021 Read the admission process on pages 6 to 28 in this e-booklet.
Fill in and submit your common application form (CAF) online. If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list presented, or the schools you want to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School Admissions Team by 5pm on Friday 29 October 2021 or your application will be late. If your application is late, you are not likely to get a place at an oversubscribed school.
Your online application is only valid when you press the ‘Submit’ button at the end of the ‘Submit your application’ page. You will then be issued with an application reference number (ARN). The eAdmissions Team will then send you a confirmation email which will include all the details of the application you have just made along with your ARN. In the case of twins, triplets and so on, make sure you have a different ARN for each child.
Please make sure you attach all other forms and documents we ask for. This may be proof that you are the child’s guardian, proof of address, or proof that your child is or was in the care of a local authority.
Fill in and return the supplementary information forms if you are applying for schools in or outside the borough, if those schools have asked for them.
Give all relevant documents that have been asked for directly to the school or LA concerned. We will not pass on documents on your behalf.
Please make sure you tell us if any of your or your child’s details change.
Important Note Apply If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list provided, or if the schools you want Online to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School eadmissions.org.uk Admissions Team by 5pm Friday on 29 October 2021.
The closing date for your online application and the other information we ask for is 31 October 2021
Apply online for a secondary-phase school place now: www.eadmissions.org.uk
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Date: August 2021
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