Education
The right secondary school Information for parents about moving to secondary schools in 2013 The closing date for all applications is 31 October 2012
Starting secondary school in September 2013
If your child was born between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 2002, they will be transferring to a secondary school in September 2013. This move is not an automatic process and you will need to make an application for the secondary schools you would like your child to go to. If you would like information about applying for a place at secondary school,please come to one of our information meetings. Speeches begin at 7pm and admission officers will be available afterwards to answer any questions you may have about the admissions process. We look forward to seeing you on either: 10 September 2012 at the Civic Centre in Dagenham; or 11 September 2012 at the Town Hall in Barking. Introduction Introduction
Moving from primary or junior If you are applying for a place at Applications we receive after school to secondary school is not our voluntary-aided school (All this date are late, and we will not an automatic process and you Saints), you must fill in and return process them until after 1 March will need to apply for a place at the supplementary information 2013, once we have dealt with the the secondary school you would form (SIF) and the diocese priest applications we received on time. like your child to go to. This reference form (PRF). You By this time you will be less likely information booklet explains the may need to fill in other forms to gain a place for your child at admissions process and you will (supplementary information forms) your preferred school. If you do not need to refer to it over the next year. if you apply for schools outside the fill in and return your application borough. See page 21 for more form, and you live in this borough, All schools use admission criteria details. we will give your child a place at (conditions) to decide which the nearest school to your home applications to accept and which The schools on your form are in Barking and Dagenham that still to turn down. We explain the your preferences – they cannot be has a space. admission criteria for Barking and your choices because we cannot Dagenham community schools on guarantee everyone a place at any The Admissions Team will be page 14 and for our voluntary-aided of the schools they have listed. If happy to answer any questions school on pages 15 and 16. everybody named the same school, you have about the process at we would not be able to increase one of the two public information It is important that you read and the number of places there. meetings we are holding for understand the information in parents. Please see the inside this booklet before you apply. If We offer as many places as front cover for full details of the you don’t follow the process in possible in order of the criteria and meetings. The meetings start at this booklet, you put your chance whose forms are returned by the 7pm, and we hope to see you of getting a place for your child closing date. The full timetable is there. If you need independent at your preferred school at risk. on page 34. You must return all advice, you can contact the Family applications and documents by the Information Service Team (see To apply, you must use the closing date, 31 October 2012. common application form provided page 36). by the borough you live in.
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3 Welcome
Welcome Contents Welcome
Dear parents and carers
We are very pleased that you are considering sending your child to a Barking and Dagenham secondary school in September 2013. This booklet is to help you through the process.
Barking and Dagenham has ten ‘fully inclusive’ secondary schools. (This means that the schools cater for all children and any needs they have.) All schools are fully comprehensive and have a clear commitment to raising the levels of achievement for all their pupils and students to prepare them for future adult life. We believe that attendance at any one of the schools in Barking and Dagenham will provide your child with the excellent educational opportunities such as I have experienced during my education in the borough.
The examination performance of the schools is rapidly improving and we are investing a lot of resources into education in the borough, such as the new Skills Centre.
The number of students continuing their education in sixth forms, further and higher education colleges and universities is steadily increasing.
The high quality of education in Barking and Dagenham is recognised nationally and developments in our schools have helped to shape national policy.
If you have any questions, staff in the Admissions Team will be available to help. The team has organised two separate meetings to explain this process and I hope you will be able to attend one of them. This is your opportunity to ask questions and meet other parents going through the process.
School open mornings and evenings are held in September and October (see page 34). I very much hope that you will be able to visit our schools to see for yourself what we offer in Barking and Dagenham.
Yours sincerely
Councillor Rocky Gill
Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance and Education.
4 Contents Contents
This booklet contains important information about how children move from primary and junior schools to secondary schools. It also gives details about all the secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Admissions Team. Postal Address: Admissions Team, Town Hall, Barking, Essex, IG11 7LU Phone: 020 8215 3004 Fax: 020 8227 5541 E-mail: [email protected] Textphone: 020 8227 3180 Website: www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/admissions
Introduction 3 The schools and colleges 23-33 Welcome 4 All Saints Catholic School and Technology College 24 What you need to do 6 Barking Abbey School If you live in Barking and Dagenham (a specialist sports and humanities college) 25 If you live outside Barking and Dagenham Dagenham Park Church of England School 26 Eastbrook Comprehensive School 27 What you need to know – The admissions process 7-13 Eastbury Comprehensive School 28
Admission criteria 14-16 The Jo Richardson Community School 29 Admission criteria for community, trust Riverside School 30 and voluntary controlled schools in Robert Clack School of Science Barking and Dagenham 14 (a specialist college) 31 Admission criteria for the voluntary-aided The Sydney Russell School 32 school in Barking and Dagenham (All Saints The Warren Comprehensive School 33 Catholic School and Technology College) 15-16
Statistical information 17 Timetable of events 34
Filling in your forms 19-21 Glossary – definition of words used in this booklet 35 The common application form 19-20 Supplementary information forms 21 Useful information and services 36-38
Sending in your forms 22 Map of secondary schools in the borough 39
The common application form Other London authorities’ Supplementary information forms school admissions sections 40
Supplementary information forms (SIFs) All Saints SIF 41-42
5 What you need to do If you live in Barking and booklet and statistical information If you live outside Barking Dagenham for the past five years are and Dagenham published on our website. 1 Read and make sure you Each local authority (LA) is If you are applying for schools responsible for educating or training understand the admissions outside the borough, study process for our borough. children of school age (five to 18) the information the relevant living in their borough or county. What you need to do need to What you There is more information on local authority and school have pages 7 to 16. If you do not live in Barking and provided. Dagenham, please make sure you 2 Collect information to help you 6 Fill in and send us the common have read the admissions booklet decide your preferences. Pages application form online (paper from yourborough or county. 23 to 33 in this booklet give you forms are only available at the You will need to fill in the common information about Barking and borough’s one-stop shops) by application form (CAF) provided by Dagenham schools. Addresses the closing date. List the schools your borough or county. You can list for information about schools in in the order you prefer. Enclose Barking and Dagenham schools on other boroughs are shown on proof of your address if you that form. page 40. need to. Don’t forget to fill in any You must also fill in any other 3 Go to one of the admission supplementary information forms relevant forms (supplementary meetings listed on the inside (SIF) for any schools that ask you information forms) that may apply. cover. These meetings will give to do this. The admission criteria for Barking you independent advice about 7 Finally, send your supplementary and Dagenham community the admissions process. You information forms to the local schools are on page 14 and for the can also contact the Family authority or schools before the Barking and Dagenham voluntary- Information team for more help. closing dates (see page 21). aided school on pages 15 and 16. It is important that you read 4 Visit the schools to see for If we cannot give your child a place and understand the criteria and yourself what they can offer. The at any of the schools you have admissions process (pages 7 to 22) times of open days and evenings applied for, we will give your child a before you apply. in Barking and Dagenham place at the school nearest to your schools are shown on page 34. home which has a vacancy. You must return the CAF to your 5 Study the information on page 17, borough or council by their closing date. This date may be different which shows statistics from last Important information year’s applications for Barking from the Barking and Dagenham and Dagenham schools. This There have been changes in closing date. information should give you the law which mean that Year It is important that you rank the an idea of what happened last 7 pupils starting secondary schools in your true order of year and the chance that you school in September 2013 preference. Potential offers are would have had of getting a must stay in education or exchanged between councils until place at your preferred Barking training until they are 18. More your own borough can make a and Dagenham schools. This information about this on our single best offer (including any information also shows the website. schools you may have applied for in number of parents who were other boroughs). The local authority successful in getting one of their that you live in will offer a place preferences and the popularity on 1 March 2013, for applications of each of our schools. We they have received by the closing recommend that you consider date. You have a right to appeal if including your local school as we turn down your application (see one of your preferences. Your pages 12 to 13). Please make sure chances of being offered a place you have read about how your local increase the closer you live to a authority handles admissions before school. Previous editions of this you fill in your application form.
6 What you need to know What you need to know What are co-ordinated computerised process to: pass on details of where the school admissions? • pass on details of applications for was ranked and will not tell a school schools in other council areas; about other schools a parent has Every year, thousands of pupils living and also applied for. in London transfer to secondary • co-ordinate the offer of places It is important that you rank schools, crossing borough to make sure that nobody gets the schools in your true order boundaries to do so. All councils offered more than one school of preference. This is important co-ordinate admissions to their place. because if we can offer your child a schools. Under the co-ordinated The admission authority for each place at two or more of the schools admissions system, you can only school you have listed on the you have listed, we will give your receive one offer from your borough application will decide whether or child a place at the one you ranked or council. You must list the schools not to offer your child a place. If a the highest out of these schools, and you want to apply for on one form, school is oversubscribed (receives release all other lower preferences. known as the common application more applications than available These places are then offered to form (CAF), ranking them in your places), the admissions authority other parents who do not have a true order of preference. will use its published conditions school place for their child. Councils You must return the common (admission criteria) to decide the will inform parents (who applied by application form to the council in order in which to offer places. Unless the closing date) on 1 March 2013 the area where your child lives. the published admission criteria of and tell them the results of their All the councils will then use a the school say so, councils will not application. www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/admissions We recommend that you either apply online or fill in the paper form, not both, as this can delay your application. The closing date for all applications and the other information we ask for is 31 October 2012, whether you apply online or fill in the paper form. The benefits of applying online include the following: Use this space to record the username or e-mail address • It’s quick, safe and secure. and password you have used to make your application. It is important to keep this information. Without it you will • There is no risk of your application getting lost in not be able to go online and see which school place we the post. have offered your child. • If you want to change your application, it is easier and quicker to do this online. Username or e-mail address • You will be sent an e-mail confirming that we have received your application. • You can phone us to check that we have received Password your online form, but not your paper form. • You find out the results of your application after 7pm on 1 March 2013 – this is up to two days You should also record your application reference number. before those who applied using a paper form. This is your receipt to show that you have successfully submitted (made) your application. • You can view or change your application 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until the closing date. 3 0 1 - 2 0 1 3 - 0 9 - E -
7 Where can I get help and repeating the same school does are separated, the parents may advice about applying for not increase your child’s chance of name only one address for the getting a place there, and may lead application process, but the other a school place? us to giving your child a place at a parent can be named and provided The local authority holds two school you have not listed. with copies of information we issue. If one parent has parental meetings to offer advice to parents The admission number of responsibility, we must receive about how the admissions process each school and the number documents to prove this and that works. Admissions officers will be of applications made for those parent’s address must be used. available to answer any questions places last year are shown on the If both parents have parental you have and the dates of these statistical information on page 17. What you need to know need to What you responsibility, we must receive meetings are printed on the inside This information will show you documents to prove this. We front cover of this booklet. which schools are likely to be will normally accept the parents’ You may also get advice from oversubscribed (receive more address used by the child’s primary the Family Information Service applications than there are places or junior school. (FIS Team) and their advice is available). independent of the Admissions Team. They will explain how the Who can fill in the Do I need to send proof of admissions procedures affect application forms? my address? your individual circumstances We check addresses to prevent The person or people with parental and will also help you fill in the fraudulent applications. To do this, responsibility for the child must fill necessary forms to make sure your we need to check where you and in the application forms. Please application is complete. There are your child are living. We already remember to provide proof that you contact details for the FIS Team on have these details if your child is at are the child’s legal guardian if you page 36. a Barking and Dagenham primary are not their natural parent. or junior school. However, we will Why are there six What does guardianship need proof of you and your child’s preferences? I want to current address if: mean? choose one school. • your child’s address on the If a child is not living with their application form is different from Under section 86 (1) of the Schools natural parents and another adult the address your child’s Barking Standards and Framework Act is looking after the child, we and Dagenham primary or junior 1998, we must make arrangements need documentary evidence that school has on their records (as so that parents of children in our you are the guardian and have of 9 July 2012); or area can express a preference parental responsibility for that child. for the schools they would want • your child goes to a primary Evidence includes a will or a court their child to go to. Every year, or junior school outside the order and Child Benefit payments. more people apply for places at borough. Guardianship only applies if you our schools than we have places can prove that you have full care In either of these cases, we will available. In that situation, not and the normal, permanent home need to see one document from everybody will be given a place at is not at their parents’ address. each of the three document lists the schools they have asked for. Guardianship does not apply when below. We need information to help us picking up children to and from List A – documents to show to offer you another school, and the school, or looking after them until show child’s name and date of birth more schools you list the greater their parents collect them. the chance of this. • HM Revenue & Customs documents such as a letter The schools on your form are What if my child lives showing your entitlement your preferences – they cannot be with both parents at two to Child Benefit letter, Working your choices because we cannot Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit guarantee everyone a place at any different addresses? • Your child’s medical registration of the schools they have listed. If When a child lives with their card everybody named the same school, natural parents, legal guardian or we would not be able to increase foster parent, we will consider that • Your child’s IND card (issued the number of places there. address to be the child’s normal, by the Home Office with photo permanent home. However, attached) Simply naming one school or when a child has parents who 8 List B Dagenham, we will then offer them school placements. If your What you need to know • Your Council Tax bill for a place at the nearest school to child has a statement of special 2012-2013 your home with a vacancy. If you educational need, the local • Your Council Tax Benefit letter live outside the borough, you will authority’s SEN team will write or notice for 2012-2013 need to contact the local education to you during the 2012 school authority of the borough you live in summer break. They will ask you • A solicitor’s letter showing the for a school place. to fill in the SEN application form completion details if you have for your child. This form is for you to just bought your home (the letter Please check that your and your list your preferences for your child’s must be dated within the last child’s name and address matches secondary school. If a school is three months) the information you give on your named on part 4 of your child’s application form and on the List C statement of special educational documents in list A. Similarly, the • Your utility bill (gas, electricity needs, your child will be given guardian named on the application or water) from the last three priority. Since the 2007 School must be listed on the on the months (we will not accept Admissions Code says that schools documents you provide from lists B a mobile-phone bill or bills for are ‘required to admit children with and C. If you change your address internet connection. statements of special educational at any time in this process, you needs where the school concerned • A statement from your bank, must give us proof of your new is named on the statement’. building society or a credit- address by sending us the above card company from the last documents. If you are not sure whether your three months. child has a final statement of If we discover that we have given special educational needs, fill in the If your current address means you your child a place based on common application form and tick are residing with someone who false, inaccurate or misleading the relevant box in section 2 of the lives in either privately rented or information, we will withdraw the form. The admissions service will council property, we need their place and may take legal action. 2012-2013 Council Tax bill or consult the SENAR team (Special Council Tax Benefit letter or notice What happens if my child Educational Needs Assessment with written confirmation from the and Review), who will send you legal landlord, of all those people has additional needs? a different form if your child has who are authorised to live at the All Barking and Dagenham been assessed as having a full premises and for what period of schools, including those with statement. time. The letter must contain the specialist services, offer an If you would like to discuss your following information. environment in which everyone is child’s move to secondary school • The address of the property treated fairly and equally. Pupils with a member of SENART, please with special educational needs, phone 020 8227 2400. • The names of all legal tenants disabilities or any other needs are and authorised residents encouraged and supported to • A statement confirming that make the most of the curriculum the people applying for a and all the available facilities. school place are entitled to stay You will be invited to visit schools as permanent residents. during their open evenings or If you are not able to provide proof at other times by making an of your address when you make appointment (if possible), to find your application, we may be able to out what each school has to offer. give you a conditional offer as long All schools also produce written as you can show us proof of the information on how they support address listed on your application children with disabilities or special by 31 March 2013. However, if educational needs. the school we offer you a place The Special Educational Needs at is oversubscribed, and we do Code of practice says that schools not receive proof of your and must review statements in Year your child’s address by 31 March 5, and this must include some 2013, we will withdraw our offer. planning in relation to secondary If your child lives in Barking and
9 What happens if my child would like your child to go to a as ‘late’, as we offer places based is in the care of a local voluntary-aided, foundation or on all information available at the community school in another closing date. However, you tell us authority? borough, you must list that school about changes, your most recent We consider applications for on your Barking and Dagenham application is the one that we use children who are or used to be in common application form. Please to process your preferences. the care of a local authority before apply online, checking that the we consider all other applications. school you want to apply for is on How do I return the forms? A looked-after child is a child who the list of schools. If it is not on the Common application form (CAF) is or was: list of schools, return your paper Applying online is the most reliable What you need to know need to What you CAF to the Admissions Team by the • in the care of a local authority; or and secure way to make your closing date, otherwise, we will not application. All local authorities • being provided with consider your application in the first in London have worked together accommodation by a local round of offers. authority under their social to make it possible for parents to It is important that you know the services functions (see the apply online for a school place admission criteria for the schools definition in Section 22(1) of the in London and its surrounding you are asking for, and you may Children Act 1989). counties. This service is available need to fill in supplementary through the ‘Your London’ For admission purposes we information forms and provide website. Making an application consider a ‘looked-after child’ to further information for these is easy, and should take no more be a child who is currently in care schools. Please contact the than 10 minutes. The site gives or a child who was in care in the admissions authority (school or full instructions on its guidance past but who became subject to LA) of the school you have in mind pages, as well as a step-by-step an adoption, residence, or special for more information. Page 40 lists presentation to help you make your guardianship order immediately the contact details for all London application. after leaving care. local authorities. For details of other You will need to register with local authorities that are not listed, If your child is in the care of a local the ‘Your London’ site by setting please see the Department for authority, you must also include up an account with your e-mail Education (DfE) website at www. with the common application form address and password before you education.gov.uk. a letter from the social worker can begin your application. Your confirming the legal status of the If you live in this borough and application only becomes valid child and the local authority which you do not fill in the Barking and when you press the ‘Submit’ button the child is in the care of. The letter Dagenham common application on the ‘Submit your application’ should also provide the reasons form, you will not be considered page. You will then be issued with for the preferred schools you have for any schools, either inside or an application reference number. listed. outside the borough, even if you fill You should make a note of If your child is in the care of a local in their supplementary information this information on page 7 of authority and you would like to forms. this booklet as you will need to discuss the secondary transfer of refer to it when checking your Can I change the results. You can phone us to your child with a member of Virtual information on my School for Looked After Children, check that we have received please phone 020 8227 2691. application form? your online application, but not paper applications. If you have If you apply online, you can If the child used to be in the care any difficulties while making your change the information at any time of a local authority and you want application online, the online up to our deadline for receiving to apply under this priority, we will admissions helpdesk is available applications. You will need to need to see evidence that the child from 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to send us a paper form if you want was in the care of a local authority. Friday. For other ways of returning to make changes to your paper your forms, please see page 22. How do I apply for a CAF. The new details that you give us will replace those on your Supplementary information school outside Barking previous form. If we receive any forms (SIFs) and Dagenham? of your changes after the closing Please see page 21. If you live in this borough and date, we will treat your application
10 We do not make decisions to 31 October 2012, and paper forms What you need to know Important note offer places based on the date we must be handed in by 5pm at the If you apply online and your received the applications. Instead, one-stop shop in either Barking address is not available or the we group all the applications or Dagenham. If we receive your schools you want to apply for we receive on time and process application after this, we will deal are not listed, you will have to them together. If there are more with it as a late application. There fill in a paper application by the places available than there are is a full timetable of events on page closing date. Paper forms are applications for those places, 34. only available at the one-stop we agree all the applications. shops in the Barking Learning However, if there are more What if my application is Centre or Dagenham Library, applications for a school than there late? from the 1 October 2012. See are places available (that is, the page 22 for the full addresses. school is oversubscribed), we will If we receive your application after use the admission criteria to decide the closing date (after 31 October Is my information which applications are successful. 2012) we will treat your application protected? The notes that follow the admission as late. criteria on page 14 are there to We will deal with your personal In exceptional circumstances, explain particular points about the information in line with the senior officers may consider criteria we use. Data Protection Act 1998. For whether we can process a late security purposes we ask you In Barking and Dagenham, the application as ‘on time’ in the first for a password. Without this local authority is the admissions round, if you ask us to do this information we cannot give out authority for the seven community before 31 January 2013. These information on your application schools and for Dagenham Park circumstances include the death of if you visit or phone us. If you Church of England Voluntary- a close relative, or a family recently apply online, we will need your Controlled School. The criteria for moving into the area (in which case application reference number for these schools are listed on page 14. we need proof). If you send us your security purposes. We may pass The Riverside School is its own application after the closing date the information you give on your admission authority. However, but want us to consider it in the first application forms to schools either it will follow the same admission round of offers, please send a letter inside or outside the borough or to criteria for Barking and Dagenham with your application explaining other local authorities as part of the community schools and we will the exceptional circumstances admissions procedure. We will also offer places on behalf of the you want us to consider, together pass the information to the school school. with any supporting evidence. We your child finally goes to, where it will make a decision on each case All Saints Catholic School and individually and let you know the will form part of the pupil database Technology College is our only maintained by that school. outcome within 10 working days of secondary voluntary-aided school receiving your request. and, for that school, the governing How are places given? body is the admissions authority. If we receive your application late, we will deal with it after we have We process all applications using Before you make your application, dealt with the applications that the equal-preference model. This is please make sure you read and we received on time. We will deal explained below. understand these criteria and with late applications in the order • We consider each of your notes and check how places were we receive them (in line with the preferences as if it were your distributed at each school. For admission criteria). We will deal only preference. copies of previous editions of this with the first round of offers and • For each of your preferences, the booklet (which includes statistics send decision letters on 1 March admission authority will use the for previous years), see our website. 2013. We will have given most admission criteria to see if they places to pupils whose applications can offer your child a place. What is the timetable? we received by the closing date. • If we can then offer your child We must receive your common Thereafter applications will be a place at two or more of the application form (CAF) by 31 processed within 10 working days schools you have listed, we will October 2012, whether you apply of the Admissions Team receiving give your child a place at the one online or use a paper form. Online your form. you ranked the highest of these applications close at midnight on schools. 11 If we have not received your out the results of your application interview your child, either with you application form by 15 March 2013 on 1 March 2013. We will send by appointment at the school given, and your child lives in the borough you an e-mail late that afternoon or at your child’s current primary we will automatically give your child letting you know the outcome of or junior school. This is not part a place at the nearest school to you the application. You can also log of the application process. It is to which has a place available. If we in to the eAdmissions website after make sure your child can move have to offer your child a school 7pm to see your results. If you to secondary school as easily as because we have not received an apply using a paper form, we will possible. application form from you, we will send you the results by first-class have given most places to pupils post on 1 March 2013. Please What happens if my child What you need to know need to What you whose applications we received by allow up to two days for your letter is not offered a place at the closing date. We send letters to to be delivered. We cannot tell you tell parents who have not applied the results of your application over the schools I have listed? for a school place which school the phone. If you have not received If you live in Barking and we have allocated their child on 29 your letter by 4 March 2013, please Dagenham and it is not possible March 2013. contact us and we will send you to offer your child a place at one of another copy. your preferred schools, we will give If you then want to apply for a your child a place at the school school place after we have offered If you do not want the place we which is nearest to your home with your child the nearest school to have offered, you will need to a space. your home with a place available, write and let us know what other you will need to fill in an application arrangements you are making for form listing the schools you would your child’s education. If you want Do I have the right to appeal? like for your child. to change your preferences or Barking and Dagenham schools the order of your preferences, you You have a right to appeal to an What happens if my will need to send a paper CAF to independent appeal panel if we do circumstances change? your local authority’s Admissions not offer your child a place at the section. Barking and Dagenham Barking and Dagenham schools You will need to contact the residents can get more copies of on your application form, however Admissions section in your the form from our one-stop shops you cannot appeal for a school that borough if your circumstances in Barking or Dagenham. is not listed on your form. All the change. We offer places based available places for Year 7 at your on the information available at the The local authority you live in will preferred school will have been closing date and you may change make offers of places at All Saints distributed in line with the local your preference or the order of School on 1 March 2013 to the 180 authority’s published admission your preferences up until that children who have applied, who criteria. No places are left unfilled date. If we have given your child meet the conditions and whose for any reason, including appeals. a place, we will not withdraw it if forms and necessary documents your circumstances change (such were received by the closing date. If you decide to appeal for a place as your address), as long as you The last date for accepting an offer at a Barking and Dagenham school can show that the information of a place at that school will be (including All Saints Catholic was correct on the closing date. 15 March 2013. If you applied after School), please take your results However, if we discover that we the closing date we will process letter to the one-stop shop at have given a place based on your application after 1 March 2013. Barking or Dagenham and ask false, inaccurate or misleading for an appeal form. If you applied information, we will withdraw it and What happens after my on time, and would like your case may take legal action. We will treat child is given a school to be heard in the first round of as late any changes to preferences place? appeals, you must return the or their ranking, conditions, appeal form by 29 March 2013. circumstances or applications we Once we have given your child a Fill in the appeal form and send it receive after the closing date. school place, we tell the relevant to the independent appeal panel school. They will contact you later clerk, whose address is printed When will I know the result in the summer term to tell you on the front of the form. For late about the admission arrangements of my application? applications the deadline for and the uniform you need for your appealing is 21 school days from If you apply online, you can find child. Some schools will want to the date of our offer letter.
12 Once you send your form, the the school for your child, you will be local authority. Forms received after What you need to know independent appeal panel clerk able to make a second appeal. the closing date will be processed will write and tell you the date of as a late application. your appeal. The appeal will be Can I go on a waiting list? Voluntary-aided schools heard by an independent appeal Community, trust and voluntary- All Saints will automatically put panel, which will be made up of controlled schools your child on the school’s waiting three people. None of these people We will automatically put your list with other children whose will have any connection with the child on a waiting list for your applications were turned down but school or the School Admissions preferred Barking and Dagenham are listed higher than the school Team. The appeal panel will accept community, trust and voluntary- your local authority offered you. comments in writing or in person at controlled schools that we turned If places become available, we the appeal hearing. down but are listed higher than the then offer these using the schools’ If you made your application on school we have offered you. For admission criteria. Your child will time, we will hear your appeal example, if we have offered you stay on the waiting list for a school within 40 school days of the preference number 3, your child year (until August 2014). If you still deadline of 29 March 2013. If your will automatically be placed on the want to stay on the waiting list after application was late, we will hear waiting list for preference 1 and 2, this date, you will need to fill out a your appeal with the appeals for if these are Barking and Dagenham new application form for the new applications we received on time schools. The waiting list will be academic year and you will have if possible. If this is not possible, updated on a weekly basis and the opportunity for a new appeal. we will hear it within 30 school your child may therefore move up Other schools days from the deadline for making or down the waiting list according You will need to contact the school appeals (as shown on your offer to the criteria and other children or the local authority concerned to letter). applying for oversubscribed places. follow their waiting-list procedure. If Schools outside the borough We maintain the waiting list for places become available at those If you want to appeal against not each oversubscribed Barking and schools, we, not the schools, will being offered a place in a school Dagenham community school until offer those places. outside Barking and Dagenham, 23 December 2013. you will need to contact the We delete the waiting lists for our What happens if my child relevant admission authority (local community, trust and for voluntary- starts a Barking and authority or school) for more details controlled schools at the end of Dagenham secondary about how to appeal. each term (December, April and school but wants to July). If places become available Further appeals transfer to another school We can only consider one before this date, we offer them to application for each child, at each children on the waiting list using in the borough? school within the same school year. only the admission criteria. If at First, make an appointment to If we turn down your application, the end of the term you have not discuss the matter with the pupil’s you have the right to appeal. The received an offer from the waiting current head teacher, as many appeal panel’s decision is final and list, you will need to write to us at situations can be dealt with without both the LA and you must accept it. that time to place your child’s name the disruption that a change of In normal circumstances, you on the fresh waiting list for the next school can cause. If your child still cannot make a second appeal for term. If you still want to stay on the wants to transfer, ask the school the same school within the same waiting list after July 2014, you will for a transfer form, if you have school year. However, if there has need to fill out a new application not put your child’s name on the been a significant change in your form for the new academic year waiting list for another school. They family’s circumstances which you and you will have the opportunity will give you details of the transfer think changes your application’s for a new appeal. procedure and criteria. You must priority level, for example if your We do not take into account the make sure that your child continues family has moved house, we may date we received your application. to regularly attend their current consider a second application If you want to apply for a school school while we are considering as long as you can prove your that is not listed on your original your transfer request. For more circumstances have changed. If application form, you need to information please see our website we accept your second application confirm this in writing to us by filling or phone 020 8215 3004. but a place is still not available at in a new CAF available from your
13 Admission criteria
Admission criteria for community, trust and voluntary-controlled schools in Barking and Dagenham in order of priority Admission criteria Admission
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).
Important notes 4 All distances are measured using 8 If we discover that we have SIA’s Geographical Information given your child a place at a 1 Children with statements of System, SMART, from the school based on false or special educational needs are centre of the child’s home to misleading information, we dealt with under the terms of the the school’s main gate. If you will withdraw the place and Education Act 1996 and are not live outside the area, we will use may take legal action. referred to in the criteria above. the same system to work out Children with a statement of distances. special educational needs will go to the school that is named on 5 The distance measured from their statement. the child’s home to secondary schools with split sites will be 2 A looked-after child is a child measured to the main site. The who is or was: main site is the entrance through • in the care of a local authority; or the main door at the upper site where the head teacher’s office • being provided with is. This measurement affects accommodation by a local Barking Abbey and Robert Clack authority under their social schools. services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the 6 We will use the distance from Children Act 1989). home to school for pupils who For admission purposes we have equal claim for a place. consider a ‘looked-after child’ Those children living nearest to to be a child currently in the school will be given priority care or a child who was in care when deciding on places. When but became subject to an measurements are the same adoption, residence, or special (for example from a block of guardianship order immediately flats), we will use a lottery system after leaving care. (random allocation) to offer places to children. 3 The child’s home must be the permanent address where they 7 We are unable to consider other live with their legal guardian. This circumstances not listed in the should be the address for the criteria. It is essential that we are parent’s or carer’s Council Tax consistent in our judgement and bill and where Child Benefit is use only the criteria that have addressed. been agreed.
14 Admission criteria for the voluntary-aided school in Barking and Admission criteria Dagenham (All Saints Catholic School and Technology College)
Before you apply, please read the and children who were looked admission criteria on this page as after, but left local authority care Important notes well as the procedures for filling in because they were adopted • You must fully accept and and sending in the supplementary (or became subject to a support the aims of All Saints information form and the priest’s residence order or special Catholic School. You must also reference on page 21. guardianship order) and are want your child to receive a baptised Catholics. Catholic education. If you have any questions about the 2 Practising Catholics living in the admission criteria or appeals, or if • If there are two or more children parishes of list A who will have a you need more information, please in the same criterion with a brother or sister in the school in contact the school. claim for a school place, the any of years 7 to 11 on the day of governors will give priority All Saints Catholic School and admission in September 2013. to those who live closest to the Technology College is a voluntary- 3 Practising Catholics living in the school site at Becontree aided, Catholic comprehensive parishes of list B who will have Heath as measured in kilometres school for boys and girls ages 11 to a brother or sister in the school in a straight line (as the crow 18. The school is run by the Diocese in any of the years 7 to 11 on the flies). All distances are of Brentwood. The main aim and day of admission in September measured using SIA’s purpose of the school is to support 2013. Geographical Information System the ‘academic, spiritual and moral’ (SMART), from the centre of the 4 Practising Catholics living in the child’s home to the school’s main education of practising Catholic parishes of list A. children. These criteria are written to gate. If you live outside the area, 5 Practising Catholics living in the give priority to Catholic children, and we will use the same system to parishes of list B. greater priority to practising Catholic work out distances. 6 Catholics living in the parishes children. The governing body plans • We cannot consider other of list A who will have a brother to take its standard number of 180 circumstances that are not children into year 7 in September or sister in the school in any listed in the admission criteria. It 2013. of years 7 to 11 on the day of is essential that we are consistent admission in September 2013. in our judgement and only use In the criteria, ‘Catholic’ refers to 7 Catholics living in the parishes those criteria that have already someone who: of list B who will have a brother been agreed. • is a baptised Catholic; and or sister in the school in any of • ‘Looked after child’ has the same • has a Catholic ‘certificate the years 7 to 11 on the day of admission in September 2013. meaning as in Section 22 of of baptism’ or ‘certificate of the Children Act 1989, and reception’ which shows that they 8 Catholics living in the parishes of means any child in the care are members of the Catholic list A. of a local authority or provided Church. 9 Catholics living in the parishes of with accommodation by them A ‘practising Catholic’ refers to list B. (for example, children with foster parents). ‘Adopted’ has someone who: 10 Other looked after children or the same meaning as in the • is confirmed by their parish priest children who were looked after, but who left local authority Adoption and Children Act 2002, to be practising, according to section 46. ‘Residence order’ care because they were regulations set by the Catholic has the same meaning as in adopted (or became subject Church. the Children Act 1989, section to a residence order or special 8 (an order settling the Admission criteria guardianship order). arrangements about which The school will offer places based 11 Non-baptised children of person the child will live with). on the criteria below in numerical a Catholic parent whose ‘Special guardianship order’ order: application is approved by the has the same meaning as under parish priest of any Catholic section 14A of the Children Act 1 Children from Catholic families parish. 1989 (an order appointing one who are in care of a local 12 Other baptised children. or more people to be a child’s authority - ‘looked-after’ children special guardian). 13 Other children.
15 List A
English Martyrs, Alma Avenue, Hornchurch
Holy Family, Oxlow Lane, Dagenham
St Mary’s, Hornchurch Road, Hornchurch Admission criteria Admission St Mary and St Ethelburga, Linton Road, Barking St Mary and St Erconwald, Ilford Lane, Ilford (linked with St Mary and St Ethelburga, Linton Road, Barking) St Peters’, Goresbrook Road, Dagenham
St Thomas More, Longbridge Road, Barking
St Vincent’s, Waldegrave Road, Dagenham
List B in priority order
1.1 La Salette Rainham
1.2 St Alban’s Elm Park
1.3 St Bede’s Chadwell Heath
1.4 St Edward’s Romford
1.5 Corpus Christi Collier Row
1.6 St Cedd’s Goodmayes
1.7 St Dominic’s Harold Hill
1.8 Holy Redeemer Harold Hill
1.9 St John the Baptist Ilford
1.10 Parishes in the Deanery of Havering
1.11 Other Parishes in the deanery of Redbridge
1.12 Other Parishes in the deanery of Newham
1.13 Other Catholic parishes
16 Statistical information information Statistical
The following information gives statistics about entry to Barking and Notes Dagenham secondary schools in September 2012. It includes the number of people who sent us their application forms by the closing date, 1 The information is based on and the distance the child given the last place at each of our schools applications received by last lived from that school using our 2012 admission criteria. Distances are year’s closing date for pupils measured in kilometres in a straight line (as the crow flies). starting secondary school in September 2012. This information The number of applications for each school and the addresses from is useful because it shows the which children are applying will be different from year to year. number of pupils given a place under each category of the 2012 admission criteria. 2 At the closing date, 180 places at All Saints Catholic School were given to baptised and practising Catholics. Please contact the school for more information. 3 Of the offers made for applications received by the closing date: • 71% received their first-preference school; • 13% received their second-preference school; • 5.5% received their third-preference school; • 3% received their
School name Number of applications naming the school as a preference Standard the school admits (admission number of children with full statementsNumber of children of SEN naming the the LAC a place due to 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 4) (see note applications received Number of late 5) (see note Number of appeals received 5) (see note Number of appeals allowed fourth-preference school; Community schools • 2% received their fifth-preference school; Barking Abbey 1393 270 3 1 268 1.1927 123 50 1 • 1% received their Dagenham Park 374 220 5 0 92 7.9727 122 0 0 sixth-preference school; and • 4.5% were given the nearest Eastbrook 351 300 4 0 67 6.5974 77 0 0 school to their home with a Eastbury 666 300 2 1 290 6.5872 88 13 1 vacancy. Jo Richardson 1019 240 8 1 239 1.6499 94 21 1 4 The statistics for late applications refer to applications received Riverside 267 120 0 0 78 7.6738 46 0 0 between 1 October 2011 and 30 Robert Clack 1391 300 4 3 293 1.6247 111 53 2 June 2012. Sydney Russell 951 300 6 1 298 1.9592 91 24 3 5 The appeals information is based on the appeals heard between Warren 395 240 6 1 153 7.4717 94 0 0 April and June 2012. Voluntary aided school
Does not apply All Saints 589 180 1 1 50 12 1 (see note 2) SEN – Special educational needs LAC – Looked-after children in the care of a local authority Criterion – Individual admission criteria 17 Statistical information The closing date for all applications is 31 October 2012 Apply online for a secondary school place “What attracted you to the online option? I think to me it’s because you get an immediate confirmation that your application has gone in. a parent’s view It also was easier, you didn’t have to fill out a form and post it. I’m always very scrupulous, if I had sent anything off in the post I would have sent it about applying special delivery to make sure it got there and rung up to make sure it was received because I don’t trust the post. I’d far rather get a confirmation on the on-line computer that says ‘yes your application has been received’ and know that it was all in hand and I could check it any time. It helps knowing it’s got there and it’s not lost on somebody’s desk, because there must be hundreds of applications.
Did you have any assumptions about the process of applying online? Only that it would be easier and I could do it any time of day. I did it quite late in the evening if I remember.
Would you say that as part of the marketing campaign, it is important to instill a level of confidence in the system? Yes definitely, because I think some people still mistrust computers. Even I kept looking at the screen to check and double check I had the correct information. The selling point from the online option is that you can go and check online what you have submitted. With the postal form they would have to post it off and hope they had all the information correct.
Did you find the allocation process worked well? I got an email saying which school my daughter had been allocated. It was fine and much easier than waiting for something to come though the post. I went to the school and there were other mums who were still waiting for their letters. It’s a big advantage that you get it instantly. By Tessa Cook
18 How to fill in your forms How to fill in your forms
The common application form Moving from primary to secondary is addressed. Please see pages 8 Dagenham) of up to six different school is not an automatic process. and 9 for full description. secondary schools you want If you do not fill in the common to apply for. You must list the application form, we may not be Child’s current school – The name schools in the order you prefer able to give your child a place at of your child’s primary or junior them. Number 1 is the school you the school of your preference. school. If this school is outside the most prefer and number 6 is the London Borough of Barking and • Please use all of your six school you least prefer. You must Dagenham, you will also need to preferences and rank them in the list all state-maintained schools or give the school’s address in the order you prefer. academies (not private schools) space provided. you are applying for, including any • If one of your preferences schools outside the borough of includes a voluntary-aided Section 2 – Children with Barking and Dagenham. school or foundation school, you may need to fill in supplementary additional needs Siblings (brothers and sisters) forms (see page 21). • Please tick the relevant box to If you are applying to a school show if your child has a final outside this borough for your child The information you need to put statement of special educational and they have a brother or sister on your form is as follows, whether need. (sibling) at the school you name you apply online or fill in your paper • Please tick the relevant box as a preference, please give the form. Do not fill in a paper form if name, date of birth and sex of any you apply online. to show if your child has any additional needs and give brother or sister who is already at that school. This includes a full, Section 1 – Child’s details details in the box provided. See page 9 for more details. half, step, adopted or long-term Child’s name – This should be fostered brother or sister living at your child’s legal name given on Section 3 – Children in care the same address and currently their birth certificate or passport. at the school. Please give the You are responsible for making Please tick the relevant box to show details of the sibling that is relevant sure that you have used the same if your child is in the care of a local to the admission criteria for the name on all forms needed for authority. If so, please give details schools you are applying for. They your child’s application. If you do by providing a letter from the social will not consider siblings who are not, we may not be able to deal worker confirming the legal status not named in the correct section with information in your child’s of the child and the local authority on your CAF. In Barking and application. the child is in the care of. The letter Dagenham we no longer consider should also provide the reasons for siblings; our criteria are listed on Child’s date of birth – Please put the preferred schools listed. If the page 14. the figures in the day, month and child was in care but is no longer Children of staff at the school year boxes. For example, being cared for by a local authority, If you are applying to a school 12 September 2001 should be tick ‘yes’ and provide documents outside this borough for your child written as follows. to show the child was previously and that school gives priority to in the care of a local authority. See 1 2 0 9 0 1 children of staff members, please page 10 for more details. include the name and job title of Child’s sex – Please tick the the staff member employed by the relevant box to show if your child is Section 4 – Preferences school and the number of years male or female. for secondary school they have worked at the school. Children of staff are not considered Child’s address – This must be School name under the admission criteria for the permanent address where the Please write or select the name Barking and Dagenham schools. child lives with their parents or legal and borough (if outside the Our criteria are listed on page 14. guardians and where Child Benefit London borough of Barking and
19 Reasons for your preference Password – We need a password If you post your paper forms to Some local authorities consider for security purposes only. When us, proof of posting is not proof social and medical reasons as you apply on a paper form, we will that the Admissions Team have part of their admission criteria. need you to give us a password received your form as neither We do not do this for our schools. between 8 and 12 letters long. you nor we can prove what was If you are applying for a school Without this information we cannot included in the envelope. You outside the borough, it is very give out information on your are also responsible for making important that you check the application if you visit or phone us. sure you pay the correct postage admission criteria of each school If you apply online, we will need charge. We cannot accept any you are applying for to see if their your application reference number responsibility for underpaid
How to fill in your forms your fill in to How admission criteria take account for security purposes. packages. of exceptional medical or social reasons. These might include Section 6 – Declaration If you want us to let you know that we have received the paper form religious, philosophical or any other and signature of the reasons. you have posted to us, you must parent or carer fill in the receipt slip (section 7 of If you think there are exceptional the CAF) and enclose a stamped medical or social reasons why The person with parental self-addressed envelope. If you do your child should go to a particular responsibility for the child named in not hear from us within 14 days of school, you must fill in section 4 of section 1 must sign the declaration posting your form, it is likely that we the application form and provide to confirm that they have read and did not receive it. In that case, we proof with this application that is understood the information in this strongly recommend that you apply supported by a professional (such booklet and that the information online. as a doctor’s report). they give is accurate. Paper forms are only available at Section 5 – Parent’s or Section 7 – Getting a our one-stop shops in Barking receipt Learning Centre or Dagenham carer’s details Library and if you hand in your form there, they will give you a receipt. This should be the person or If you apply online and successfully We cannot confirm over the phone people with parental responsibility submit (make) your application, you that we have received your paper for the child named in section will get an e-mail confirmation and form. 1. Please give your full name be given an application reference and contact details, and tick the number. You can phone us to However you apply, please keep relevant box to show your title and check that we have received your your receipt in a safe place as you relationship to the child named online application. will need to show it to us if we have in section 1 (for example, tick any questions we need to ask you. ‘other family member’ if you are a sister caring for the child). Please remember to provide documentary evidence of legal guardianship if you are not the child’s natural parent. If your address is different from the child’s address, please explain why on a separate sheet of paper. Also, if parents share custody, please say this and give both addresses on a separate sheet of paper. If we ask for proof of address, please make sure you send us the information listed on pages 9 and 10.
20 Extra forms – supplementary information forms (SIFs) How to fill in your forms
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
All Saints Catholic School and admission criteria 1 to 9), include Important information Technology College is a voluntary- with the form a copy of your aided secondary school and if you child’s baptismal certificate (or • If you miss the deadline of want to apply to this school you certificate of reception into the 31 October 2012, we will must fill in extra forms. Catholic Church) by 31 October class your application as late. 2012. Please do not send original • Common application form documents as they will not be (CAF) – You must still fill in a • Priest’s reference form (PRF) – returned. CAF and list All Saints Catholic To be considered as a practising School and Technology College Catholic (our admission criteria • If you are applying through as one of your preferences. You 2 to 5), you need a PRF, which another borough and miss must return the form to your is only available from All Saints deadlines, we will class your home local authority by the Catholic School. Fill in and sign application as late. closing date. part A of the PRF and hand it to • We will not deal with any the priest at the church where late applications until after If you want to have a Catholic you normally worship. He will education for your child, you 1 March 2013. We will then add his reference in part B and place your child on the need to put All Saints high up will return it to All Saints Catholic on your list of preferences. school’s waiting list along with School by 31 October 2012. other children, and if places • Supplementary information The PRF is a form from the become available we will offer form (SIF) – You must fill in diocese and is not governed by them using the admission the SIF on pages 41 and 42 of the admissions code, the local criteria. Your local authority this booklet and return it direct authority, the adjudicator or the will tell you which school has to All Saints Catholic School. ombudsman. offered your child a place. If you want to be recognised as baptised (our admission • Please do not send us original criteria 12) or as a Catholic (our documents as they will not be returned.
SIFs for voluntary-aided schools outside Barking and Dagenham
If you are applying to voluntary- aided schools outside Barking and Dagenham, you need to fill in the common application form from your child’s home borough and then check whether the school needs you to fill in a supplementary form. If that school needs you to fill in a supplementary form but you do not fill it in and send it to the relevant school or LA, your application will not be considered for that school.
21 Sending in your forms
Common application form If you live outside Barking and Dagenham you must fill in the common application form available from the borough or county council area that you live in and return that form, to that council by their closing date. If you live in Barking and Dagenham, please return your common application form to us by the closing date Sending in your forms Sending in your (31 October 2012). You can do this in one of the following ways.
A – Online: Important notes Apply at www.barking-dagenham.govuk/admissions no later than • Please make sure you midnight on 31 October 2012. This is the most reliable and secure enclose all other forms and way to make your application. documents we ask for. This may be proof of address (pages 9 and 10), proof that B – By post: your child is in the care of a local authority (page 10), or Please allow time for the paper form to be delivered if you send it by post. proof that you are the child’s We must receive it no later than 31 October 2012. You are guardian (page 8). responsible for making sure you pay the correct postage charge. • Make sure you read page We cannot accept any responsibility for underpaid packages. 20 for details of how to get a We must receive your application by 31 October 2012. receipt. Postal address: Admissions Team, RSS 2013, Town Hall, Barking, Essex, IG11 7LU.
C – In person:
Bring your form to the one-stop shop in the Barking Learning Centre (BLC) or the Dagenham Library no later than 31 October 2012. Both are open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. The BLC, 2 Town Square, Barking, Essex, IG11 7NB. Dagenham Library, 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9QS
Supplementary information forms Please see page 21 for details of how to return your forms.
22 The schools The schools
All Saints Catholic School Barking Abbey – a specialist Dagenham Park and Technology College sports and humanities college Church of England School
Page 24 Page 25 Page 26
Eastbrook Eastbury Jo Richardson Comprehensive School Comprehensive School Community School
Page 27 Page 28 Page 29
Riverside School Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college The Sydney Russell School
Page 30 Page 31 Page 32
Your child’s secondary education you list your preferences (for up is very important. We believe to six schools) on your common that the successful education of application form. Visit as many children greatly depends on a schools as you can to help you good working partnership between decide your preferences. schools and families. We support and encourage this partnership Each of the other schools will be The Warren and want you to become well able to give you: Comprehensive School informed about our schools. We • the school prospectus; Page 33 and all the schools are committed • the most recent Office for to promoting equal opportunities Standards in Education (Ofsted) and opposing all forms of inspection report for the school discrimination and prejudice. (www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports); Each school has a page in this • the school’s examination booklet to provide information for results (www.dcfs.gov.uk/ you. This information along with performancetables/); and the open mornings and evenings • the governing body’s annual listed on page 34 should help report.
23 All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
Head teacher: Kevin Wilson BA, Msc Open evening: Thursday 4 October 2012, 6pm to 8pm Address: Terling Road, Dagenham, RM8 1JT Travel information Phone: 020 8270 4242 Buses: 5, 87, 103, 128, 129, 173 and 175 Fax: 020 8595 4024 Underground: Dagenham East and Dagenham E-mail: [email protected] Heathway Admission number: 180 DfE number: 301-4703 Rail: Chadwell Heath
This is All Saints Every student leaves the school The exciting future with a high level of ability in the Welcome to All Saints Catholic use of computer technology. We are a popular school with a School and Technology College. The modern science facilities bright future. We set challenging, We are the only Catholic voluntary- offer a superb environment for but achievable, academic targets. aided secondary school in Barking students to develop their scientific We also offer a wide range of and Dagenham, and one of the first understanding and curiosity. after-school and outside school specialist colleges in the country. activities. We are ready to meet the Apart from technology, we allow learning needs of all students. We are proud of our reputation students’ creative talents to thrive Should I apply? as a warm and safe community, in a number of areas. The modern committed to dignity and respect. music and drama facilities support For 2012 we received over 589 Every student is equally valued. the artistic parts of the curriculum applications for the 180 places They all bring their own special and the school environment is available. gifts to the school. We value and improved by the high-quality encourage the strong partnership displays of students’ work. between the school and parents, all of whom we invite to play a full Care within our community role in the life of the community. As The pastoral (support and a Catholic school, we principally guidance) system of our school is serve the Catholic parishes of based on gospel values. The worth Barking and Dagenham. We also of each person is at the heart of all have the support of other local our policies, including our anti- deaneries and parishes. bullying and equal opportunities Modern learning policies. As a specialist Technology College Our in-house mentoring schemes, and Training School, we place learning enhancement centre and a great deal of importance on trained counsellors make sure making sure students develop that students can be given extra skills which will prepare them for emotional and academic support lifelong learning and the world of when necessary. work.
24 Barking Abbey – a specialist sports and humanities college
Head teacher: Mark Lloyd BA (Hons) Open morning and evening: Address: Sandringham Road, Barking, Wednesday 3rd October 2012, 5pm to 7.30pm IG11 9AG (Sandringham Road) and Friday 5th October 2012, Phone: 020 8270 4100 9am to 11am (Longbridge Road) Fax: 020 8270 4090 Travel information E-mail: [email protected] Buses: 5, 62, 145 and 387 Website: www.babbey.bardaglea.org.uk Underground: Upney and Barking Stations Admission number: 270 DfE number: 301-4021 Rail: Barking Station
Our school motto ‘Ours is a school where everyone gives and expects the best and where everyone can say I belong’.
Tradition of success • State School of the Year 2010 - • A range of visits including sports We have a long history of awarded by the School Sports tours, skiing, outdoor pursuits in academic, cultural and sporting Magazine France, and journeys both in the success. Graded as ‘Outstanding’ • National Sports College of the UK and abroad. by Ofsted in September 2008. Year 2011 - awarded by the Daily Success in the sixth form Telegraph. Success in the classroom • A large and successful sixth form • Links with employers, work- • High expectation for all students; of over 600 students; based learning and flexi-learning. • Key Stage 3 is taught over two • 29 A level subjects offered, as years and Key Stage 4 is taught Success with students well as Level 3 BTEC Diplomas; over three years, to increase • A support and guidance • A personal Academic mentor; opportunities for success for structure that sees every student • A head boy, a head girl and a students aged 14 and over; as an individual in their own right; prefect system to encourage • GCSE results are well above the • Active school councils to give students to develop a sense of national average 84% for five or students a ‘voice’; responsibility; more A* to C grades in 2011 and • A disciplined environment where • An outstanding record of 73% five or more A* to C grades students feel comfortable, secure success in progression to higher including Maths and English; and valued; education; • An A level sucess rate that is • A commitment to getting rid of all • 91% of students in 2011 went graded as ‘Excellent’; forms of bullying. into higher education. • Quotes from Ofsted; Success beyond the classroom Our beliefs - ‘Standards in Year 11 are • A highly successful record in PE • We insist on high standards of exceptionally and consistently and Sport – National Champions behaviour, uniform and respect high, resulting from outstanding in Football in 1994, 2000, 2005, for others; and progress.’ 2010, 2011. Winners and finalists • We believe that it is important to - ‘The school is an oasis of calm in many county and district develop children’s personalities, and harmony where students competitions across a wide independence, confidence feel very safe.’ range of sports; and strength of character that - ‘Students clearly enjoy being at • National Basketball Champions will allow them to be valued school.’ at several age groups and links members of society. • Centres of Excellence for boys’ with colleges in the United Education is a lifelong process and girls’ football and basketball, States; and we expect parents and golf and netball (all for children • An extensive arts programme, their children to be committed over 16); including dance, drama and to a school career at Barking • Sportsmark Gold and Artsmark music productions as well as art Abbey. We also expect most of Gold Awards; exhibitions, and a partnership our students to go to university or with the Royal Ballet School; college.
25 Dagenham Park Church of England School
Head teacher: Simon Weaver Open evening: Address: School Road, Dagenham, RM10 9QH Tuesday 25 September 2012, 4.30pm to 8pm Phone: 020 8270 4400 Open morning: Thursday 27 September 2012, 9.30am to 12.30pm Fax: 020 8270 4409 Travel information E-mail: [email protected] Buses: 129, 145, 173, 174, 175, 287, 364 and 721 Website: www.dp.bardaglea.org.uk Underground: Dagenham Heathway and Dagenham Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4704 East Stations
Our recent Ofsted inspection • To provide a safe, caring It is a building designed and judged Dagenham Park Church and stimulating learning fitted for the ‘digital age’ with of England School to be a environment; every classroom having all the ‘good’ school. • To encourage a healthy lifestyle; latest technology available. Each classroom is fitted with computers • To recognise and reward “The school is a highly cohesive, to help pupils achieve the best success; inclusive outward looking and learning outcomes. increasingly ambitious community” • To encourage involvement in [Ofsted May 2011] partnerships with local, national The outdoor multi-purpose hard and international projects. court areas are of international At Dagenham Park Church of standard and are fully floodlit. Artist’s impression of new school building England School, we make sure every pupil feels welcome. We are Head Teacher Simon Weaver committed to developing each said “Together here at Dagenham individual, and nurturing their Park Church of England School, talents and ambitions to develop we aim to produce confident and confident young people who are well rounded individuals. We ready for the challenges of adult strive to develop their potential life in the modern world. We aim academically, culturally and to inspire learners to excellence, socially. stretching them academically and harnessing their creative energies Within a supportive community, we so that they can make a full work hard to make sure each pupil contribution to the school, wider In April 2012 Dagenham Park succeeds in all their educational community and beyond. Church of England School moved requirements and their personal into a brand new building. goals. Our new school provides Our core values for each pupil are our pupils with the best learning as follows. The new school building is world environment.” • To promote a culture of respect class and has been designed to for everyone in the school maximise every pupil’s learning community; needs and cater for all individuals.
26 Eastbrook School – ‘Together We Learn’
Headteacher: Valerie Dennis MA Ed Open evening: Address: Dagenham Road, Dagenham, Thursday 20 September 2012, 6pm to 8pm RM10 7UR Open day: Phone: 020 8270 4567 or 020 8270 4568 Friday 21 September 2012, 10.30am to 12.30pm Fax: 020 8270 4545 Travel information E-mail: [email protected] Buses: 103, 129 and 174 Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301- 4023 Underground: Dagenham East Station
One of the top 10% continue to do so. Our students go schools in England on to university, college, sporting excellence, apprenticeships, a wide for improving range of work and careers with GCSE Results - training and overseas opportunities. (Specialist Schools We encourage our students to think and Academies for themselves and be ambitious. Our results have improved Trust 2011) consistently for the last 3 years to for the last 4 years and will continue Eastbrook School has a real sense of academic core subjects and extra to do so. Your child is unique. Their community, success and energy. Staff options delivered at the school. Our needs and personality are individual. and students are proud of their school students do not have to choose Schools have different personalities and our outstanding achievements. between an academic or vocational too, and suit different types of Walk down the corridors, visit the route, at Eastbrook they can combine learners and young people. Some classrooms, talk to the students and the two. students will do well anywhere, their families and to the staff. We have You child may have, or need, they are flexible and adaptable. At a proven track record of consistently additional support. Our inclusive Eastbrook School our students learn improving results, and continue to approach to education, excellent to express their own opinion and focus on providing the best for all our Special Educational Needs team have a voice that is heard. students. and our Ethnic Minority Achievement Our traditional school buildings look Choosing a secondary school can be Grant team make sure that all and feel like a real school. However, an anxious time. You will be asking students excel as valued members our curriculum, teaching and facilities important questions: of the school community. In-class are fit for the 21st century. “How good are the school’s results?” support, small group or individual Between the ages of 11 to 18, “How safe will my child be?” programmes and a high priority placed upon promoting regular children become young adults. We “Does the school’s approach match reading makes sure that every student work with our students, and their my child’s needs, strengths and achieves their full potential. families, to make sure that they talents?” achieve excellent results and that We do not tolerate bullying, and Your child may be very academic, in they enter the adult world confident, we have excellent pastoral care which case they will benefit from the considerate and able to cope with and advice. We achieve very good excellent teaching and curriculum at life’s challenges. behaviour from our students through Eastbrook School which allows our simple rules, good communication Choose Eastbrook School and students to take all of the subjects and partnership with families. you choose excellence, safety of the English Baccalaureate and and a commitment to working in We believe that we have a achieve A* and A grades at GCSE partnership with families. and A level. responsibility, with parents, to encourage and expect good “The school provides a safe Your child may have a wide range behaviour, as well as discipline environment in which most of interests, in which case our students, including the most poor behaviour, and this is working. curriculum allows a wide combination vulnerable, feel secure. They report Our students are often praised for of academic and vocational subjects that incidents of bullying do occur their good manners, their respect which lead to the best outcomes for occasionally but the staff deal with for others and also for their self- everyone. Our special relationship them effectively” confidence and strength of spirit. with Barking and Dagenham College “The radical restructuring of provides vocational study, with Our results have improved the curriculum has made the excellent resources, alongside the consistently for four years and will most marked contribution to the improving trend in achievement and is now one of the school’s key strengths” Ofsted (November 2009) 27 Eastbury Comprehensive School – A specialist mathematics and computing college
Head teacher: Mr David Dickson BSC (Hons), MA, Open evening: NPQH Wednesday 26 September 2012, 6pm to 9pm Address: Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW Travel information Phone: 020 8507 4500 Buses: 62, 287 and 368 Fax: 020 8507 4501 Underground: Barking and Upney Stations E-mail: [email protected] Rail: Barking Station Website: www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.uk Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301-4024
Our aim “Getting the best from and for all our learners”
Making the right decision Every classroom in the school has Students have the opportunity We share your high expectations a networked computer, projector to go on school trips and take and ambitions for your child. One and large screen, which will allow part in outdoor activities, both in of our strengths is that students pupils to share presentations, web Britain and abroad. Also, we invite settle quickly, enjoy school and pages, multimedia CD-ROMs, organisations from outside our are successful in a caring, safe DVDs and videos with the class. school (such as performing arts and supportive environment. All Students can use our network to productions, employment careers students receive guidance and gain access to their work from programmes and guest speakers) support at important times in home after school hours and they into school to extend students’ their school careers. We make (and their parents) can use it to learning experiences. sure that when students start at track their progress, attendance We offer a wide range of creative Eastbury they feel comfortable and and assessment through the and sporting activities during the confident. internet. day and after school, including Exam results have risen Developing success, values and sport, music, ICT and homework significantly in recent years, responsibility clubs. Also, we invite students to allowing more students to stay on Our growing reputation is based take part in a variety of yearly after- at school in our large sixth form. on our commitment to provide a school productions such as fashion This has led to an increase in the stimulating learning environment. shows, dance, drama and musical number of students going on to We expect students to: performances. university. • respect themselves, other people We are very proud to be one of We have some excellent facilities and the environment; the top 100 performing schools nationally based on our sustained which include extra sports facilities, • work hard in school and at improvement over the past three new business and ICT classrooms, home; and facilities for work-related years. • be self-disciplined; courses in areas such as catering We very much look forward to and engineering. We have recently • take responsibility; and meeting you on our open evening opened our state-of-the-art sports- • achieve academic excellence. so you can find out for yourself why science laboratory, mathematics Developing creativity and Eastbury Comprehensive is such a laboratory and learning resource improving learning popular and successful school. centre, club-standard changing Our curriculum is very new and facilities and a multi-gym fitness exciting and in Year 9, students suite, funded by Thames Gateway. can choose vocational or more We have introduced a cashless traditional academic courses. It also card-payment system in our gives students the opportunity to canteen to reduce queuing time work together and develop personal, and to encourage students to eat learning and thinking skills. healthily.
28 Jo Richardson Community School
Head teacher: Ges Smith BA (Hons) Open evening: Address: Castle Green, Gale Street, Thursday 13 September 2012, 6pm to 9pm Dagenham, RM9 4UN Travel information Phone: 020 8270 6222 Buses: 62, 145, 173, 287 and 271 Fax: 020 8270 6223 Underground: Becontree Station E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.jrcs.bardaglea.org.uk Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4029
Why Jo Richardson Community We expect our students to set Last year, the school achieved its School? themselves the highest standards best ever results at both GCSE in every aspect of their school lives. and A level, further enabling our At JRCS we are committed to We also expect our students to students to successfully follow their reaching the highest standards pass those high standards onto our chosen career paths when they in everything we do. We want all local community. leave us. our students to achieve the best possible examination results as well The school places great emphasis Our systems are set up to regularly as have the opportunity to take part on the pastoral care and social monitor students’ achievements in a wide range of extra-curricular education of the students. This is to make sure everyone is reaching activities. We strongly believe this based on traditional values that the expected academic standards. can only happen in a well-ordered encourage responsibility, self- We offer an extensive range of and respectful environment where respect and a commitment to extra-curricular activities, including only the highest standards of hard work. We have developed a many foreign trips, to build on our behaviour are acceptable, and modern uniform that promotes the students’ educational and social where teachers are fully committed positive image and reputation of the experience at school. to making sure these goals become JRCS, while reflecting the practical Jo Richardson was Barking’s MP a reality. needs of the students. for 20 years and gave great service Our £30 million building on Castle In November 2008, Ofsted judged to the borough. We are determined Green offers outstanding facilities, that JRCS was an outstanding that this school will continue to and we would encourage all school which showed ‘inspirational provide a lasting reminder of her students and parents to come and leadership’. contribution to the area. see the site. With the excellent Ofsted also commented that: ‘Students are also very positive reputation we have already created, • the school ‘sees communication about their school. They like and the facilities available, there with parents as central to its work their teachers and enjoy lessons. could not be a more exciting time and the systems are remarkable’; They appreciate the excellent to be joining the school. • ‘behaviour around the school is involvement the school gives them ‘Success for All’ excellent’; and in seeking their views and acting on them.’ Ofsted Central to our work is the motto • ‘nothing is too much effort where ‘Success for All’, a commitment the students are concerned’. to student progress that is All these comments support highlighted by positive, effective our commitment to making sure support systems and productive that every student achieves their partnerships between all members full potential while attending our of the school community. school.
29 Riverside School
Executive Head teacher: Roger Leighton BA E-mail: [email protected] Head of School : Andrew Roberts BSc Web: www.riversidecampus.com Address: Rivergate Centre, Minter Admission number: 120 (This will increase each Road, Barking, year until it has five year groups.) Essex, IG11 0FJ DfE number: 301-4000 (From 2014, the school will move to its permanent site Information evening: Wednesday 12 September 2012 at to the East of Renwick Road.) the George Carey CofE Primary School, Minter Road, Phone: 020 8270 6981 Barking, IG11 0FJ Fax: 020 8270 0007 Travel information: Bus: EL2, 387
A vision of excellence for all be the perfect setting for living, Artist’s impression of the learning, and academic and Barking Riverside area. The Riverside School opened in sporting excellence. The school September 2012. We will open will play an important part in raising four classes of 30 pupils in Year expectations and helping students 7 for the second year (September achieve their ambitions in the heart 2013). Each year after this, the of the community. number of students will rise until the school has five year groups. We believe that our plans express a clearly focused vision The Riverside School is a ‘Trust of educational excellence and School’ and will use the admission high levels of achievement for criteria for our community schools all students of all abilities. We as listed on page 14. In its first will achieve this by creating and years, the school will share the new maintaining a school culture George Carey Church of England that promotes high aims for Primary School building. students and staff and helps At present there is no secondary develop thoughtful, creative and school dedicated to serving this enterprising young people who are growing community in Thames ready to play an active role in their View and Barking Riverside. The communities. When the school Riverside School will meet these moves to its permanent site to the needs and provide parents with East of Renwick Road it will cover real choice about the type of a large area with great potential for school their child goes to. The sporting, environmental and leisure Riverside School will set the activities for the whole community. highest academic standards and
30 Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college
Head teacher: Sir Paul Grant MA BA Open evening: Address: Gosfield Road, Dagenham, RM8 1JU Thursday 27 September 2012, 6pm to 9pm Phone: 020 8270 4200 Travel information Fax: 020 8270 4210 Buses: 5, 87, 103, 128, 129, 173, 175 and 499 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Heathway Station Website: www.robertclack.co.uk Rail: Chadwell Heath Station Admission number: 300 DfE number: 301-4027
Robert Clack School is a mixed Continued success Continued investment comprehensive school for ‘This is an outstanding school. We were pleased to receive 11 to 19 year olds with around 2000 Students enter the school with significant investment in 2011 students, including a thriving and standards that are broadly average; to improve the Green Lane site successful sixth form of over 400. they make outstanding progress and build new state-of-the-art The school is on two sites, which to achieve substantially higher classrooms. As a result the site has allows us to offer Year 7 pupils a than average results in national been significantly updated in 2012 warm and welcoming environment examinations. The school strives and students now enjoy superb on the Green Lane site (this site and is ambitious for students’ new facilities. This can be seen serves pupils in Years 7 to 9). success.’ – Ofsted 2007 as part of on-going investments Parents always comment favourably we make to ensure our students ‘The curriculum is outstanding on the educational advantages that have access to the best resources and meets the needs of students this arrangement offers by allowing available. On-going developments extremely well. Provision for children to move to a site where in information and communications personal, health, social and children are aged between 11 technology (ICT) across the citizenship education is excellent and 14. The Gosfield Road site is curriculum will make sure that our and supports students’ personal where the older students are based, students are taught in a modern development successfully as well including the sixth form. learning environment and have as providing exciting opportunities access to high-quality equipment Our motto of ‘Forti Difficile Nihil’ for developing enterprise and work- and software. (‘for the brave, nothing is difficult’) related skills.’ – Ofsted 2007 supports our commitment to work We want your child to be a The prestigious Good Schools with all members of the school successful and active citizen in a Guide comments that ‘Robert community to make sure that all complex and ever-changing world. Clack is one of the smartest and students achieve only the very best. We look forward to welcoming you well ordered schools we have ever The school prides itself on its calm at our open evening. visited’. and ordered learning environment built on the traditional values of The school has a national respect, hard work and discipline. reputation for sport, extra-curricular activities such as debating, and educational visits at home and abroad.
31 The Sydney Russell School
Head teacher: Roger Leighton BA Open evening: Monday 17 September 2012, 7pm Address: Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, Open mornings: Wednesday 19 September 2012, 9am RM9 5QT Thursday 20 September 2012, 9am Phone: 020 8270 4333 Travel information Fax: 020 8270 4377 Buses: 5, 62, 87, 145, 364, 129, 173, 175 and 499 E-mail: [email protected] Underground: Becontree and Dagenham Heathway Website: www.sydney-r.net Station Admission number: 360 DfE number: 301-4028
The best classrooms in the country In April 2012 we moved into the first phase of our £25 million rebuilding programme, providing Grouping by ability 40 very large classrooms with We have no mixed-ability classes. 32 computers in every single We place students in one of three one. By February 2013 the whole ability bands and all lessons take school will have been rebuilt or place within these bands, with refurbished, providing superb students of similar ability. As a facilities for all subjects. result, teachers are able to develop Clubs, activities, sports, every child at the right pace, with arts and music high-ability students moving ahead very quickly and those who need A wide range of clubs and activities extra support getting the help is on offer, including chess, they need. We regularly review science, humanities, mathematics, each student’s progress to make computers, languages, art, football, sure they are in the correct band. cricket, netball, rugby, basketball, Students of exceptional ability are volleyball, athletics, choir and placed in one of our ‘gifted and orchestra. We strongly encourage talented’ tutor groups. individual music tuition, and we have one of the highest take-ups in Traditional values the borough. We follow the traditional values of Our most recent Ofsted Report strong discipline, school uniform (2008) said: and a demanding classroom environment. Our first priority is to • ‘Results have shown sustained develop every child’s academic improvement… Challenging potential to the maximum. We set targets are set’ high standards and we expect full • ‘Its ethos is outstanding; students backing from parents. from a wide range of cultures get on extremely well together… Students feel secure and well supported’
32 The Warren Comprehensive School
Head teacher: Francois Van Rensburg, Bachelor of Admission number: 240 DfE number: 301-4016 Education (Educational Management), Open evening: B Ed (Hons) Wednesday 19 September 2012, 6pm to 8.30pm Address: Whalebone Lane North, Chadwell Travel information Heath, RM6 6SB Buses: 62, 66, 86, 173, 251, 362 and 551 Phone: 020 8270 4500 Rail: Chadwell Heath Station Fax: 020 8270 4484 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thewarrenschool.com
At The Warren School we are specialist studies that meet the As a school, learning is at the heart ‘Serious about Success’. To us, needs of all our learners. As a of all we do and we believe that your child’s future is our future. result of our ‘good’ grading from teaching students responsibility We believe that all Warren students, Ofsted for our curriculum (March is a crucial part of learning for life. staff, parents and carers are a family 2012), our GCSE results in 2011 We have a number of initiatives and that when we work together we saw 86% of our students achieve that allow students to work to achieve success. 5A* to C grades, significantly become peer mediators, house above the borough average. We prefects, house captains, student We are a specialist Engineering have introduced a wide range researchers, sports leaders, sports and Sports college that is rapidly of qualifications for students to captains and learning coaches. improving, and this is an exciting choose from to prepare them for time for The Warren School. We studying in the sixth form here at Our house system and vertical have high expectations of all of The Warren, from psychology to tutoring means that all of our new our students, both in terms of engineering to fashion design. We Year 7 students are welcomed uniform and behaviour and, more also make sure that all students into a ‘family environment’ and are importantly, academic progress and follow a challenging and rigorous supported by older students, as success. programme of GCSE study each form group includes pupils from Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and To make sure that no child is left following English literature, maths, double or triple science, ICT, RE our sixth form. We feel that this behind in their education at The provides a stable and nurturing Warren, we have a rigorous and and, for those who want to go to university, a modern foreign environment as the older students targeted programme of literacy are on hand to pass on their that starts in Year 7. We believe language, history or geography (the subjects that allow them to knowledge and experience to the that this programme will develop younger students. and challenge all our students at achieve a certificate in the English all levels and help them to become Baccalaureate). We know you are serious about independent learners. We are part of a sixth-form your child’s success and look consortium and we work closely forward to meeting you at our open Our Key Stage 4 curriculum evening. of academic and vocational within this consortium to guarantee qualifications starts in Year 9, as that all our students have a route we feel that our specialist status to further and higher education and individual programmes justify that meets their needs, talents and devoting three years to more skills.
33 The timetable of events
Date What happens 10 September 2012 Information meetings for parents to explain how the admissions (Civic Centre, Dagenham) process works. Speeches will begin at 7pm. These meetings are open 11 September 2012 to all parents, and admission officers will be available to answer your (Town Hall, Barking) questions. 12 September 2012, 7pm Riverside School information evening will beheld at the George Carey CofE Primary School, Minter Road, The timetable of events Barking, IG11 0FJ 13 September 2012, 6-9pm Jo Richardson School, open evening. 17 September 2012, 7pm or Sydney Russell School, open day and evening. 19 or 20 September 2012, 9am 19 September 2012, 6-8.30pm Warren Comprehensive School, open evening.
20 September 2012, 6-8pm or Eastbrook Comprehensive School, open day. 21 September 2012, 10.30am to 12.30pm 25 September 2012, 4.30-8pm or Dagenham Park School, open day and evening. 27 September 2012, 9.30am - 12.30pm 26 September 2012, 6-9pm Eastbury School, open evening. 27 September 2012, 6-9pm Robert Clack School, open evening at Green Lane site 3 October 2012, 5-7.30pm or Barking Abbey School, open day and evening. Please note the 5 October 2012, 9am -11am open evening on 3 October will be on the Sandringham Road
site and the open day on 5 will be on the Longbridge Road site. staff. the school and meet questions, see the ask
4 October 2012, 6-8pm All Saints School, open evening. an opportunity you give and evenings to The open days 31 October 2012 Deadline for the paper common application form to arrive at the Admissions Team, Town Hall, Barking, Essex, IG11 8BB. If we receive any paper applications after this date, we treat them as late applications. 31 October 2012, 12 midnight Deadline for online applications. You cannot apply online after this date. 31 October 2012 Deadline for the supplementary information form and priest reference form to arrive at All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, Terling Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM8 1DS. 1 March 2013 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, you can see the results of your application after 7pm on 1 March 2013, otherwise you must wait up to two days for your letter to be delivered if you filled in paper form. 15 March 2013 Deadline for accepting the offer of a school place at All Saints Catholic School and Technology College. 29 March 2013 Deadline for receiving completed appeal forms for Barking and Dagenham schools (including All saints School) for first round of appeal hearings. 29 March 2013 We send letters to parents who have not applied for a school place to tell them what school has been allocated to their child. April to July 2013 Appeals will be heard for all schools. Parents are invited to these appeals. If you live outside Barking and Dagenham If you live outside Barking and Dagenham, you need to check your local authority’s timetable for their transfer 34 process. The last date for all London boroughs to receive applications is 31 October 2012. Glossary – definitions of the words used in this booklet Glossary
Term Definition 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. 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 Education (DfE) developing guidance to help the education of children and young people in England and Wales. English certificate for students who achieve grades A*- C in english, mathematics, two baccalaureate 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 primary schools children aged seven to 11 and ‘primary schools’ for children aged four to 11. 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 in Education (Ofsted) education and 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. Priest’s reference the form that the priest signs to confirm your commitment to your faith as shown form by your links 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. Sibling either a full, half, step or long-term fostered brother or sister living at the same address. Statement of special the statement prepared for children who have special educational needs. educational needs The statement is prepared in line with the Education Act of 1996 and gives details (SEN) of the child’s special needs and what should be done to meet these needs. 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 schools the school. The LA is responsible for setting the admissions criteria and arranging appeals. 35 Useful information and services
School Attendance Service Barking or Dagenham NE88 1AA Central Library Phone: 0845 302 1444 The School Attendance Service provides advice, guidance and It costs nothing to join the public E-mail: [email protected] support to schools, parents, carers library service in Barking and Website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/ and children on how to improve Dagenham. The library service is childbenefit school attendance. This service for all ages and young children are is also responsible for enforcing welcome. Children do not have to Advice from the Family the laws on school attendance. know how to read to benefit from Information Service (FIS) Good school attendance is linked joining the library. Public libraries Useful information and servicesUseful information to good achievement. The School offer all sorts of books for children Moving from primary and Attendance Service also has from board books and picture secondary school can be one of responsibilities regarding educating books to books for advanced the most difficult times for families children at home (elective home readers. Toy libraries will be based and children. The choice adviser education) and children who in the Central Library and several is independent of the Admission are missing from education. The other libraries in the borough. A Team and will be able to: School Attendance Service issues toy library is a toy equipment and • offer you help, advice and entertainment licences for children loan service where parents, carers support in understanding the involved in entertainment, and work and children can play together admissions process when you permits for children taking up part- and borrow toys. There are also make an application for your time employment (before they leave cassettes, CDs, DVDs, videos and child’s secondary school; and compulsory education). free access to the internet. Most • access information on your Address: 5th Floor, Roycraft libraries have collections of books behalf and explain how the House, 15 Linton Road, Barking, for parents and carers. They also procedures affect your individual Essex, IG11 8HE provide learning activities during circumstances. school holidays. The School Library Phone: 020 8227 2711 Service provides schools with loans This should make sure you have Fax: 020 8227 3104 of books and audio-visual material. enough information to help you E-mail: accessattendance@lbbd. Address: Barking Learning Centre, make a realistic decision about gov.uk 2 Town Square, Barking, Essex, your preferences. IG11 7NB The Family Information Service also The Advisory Centre for Phone: 020 8724 8735 provides information and advice Education (ACE) Fax: 020 8724 8733 to help people make informed E-mail: [email protected] ACE is an independent registered choices about finding and paying Address: Dagenham Central Library, charity which offers advice for for childcare, after-school and 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, parents, and gives information holiday activities for children and Essex, RM10 9QS about state education in England young people, and a range of other Phone: 020 8724 3942 and Wales for children aged five extended services in and through E-mail: dagenham.library@lbbd. to 16. They offer free advice over schools. It offers professional, gov.uk the phone on many subjects such impartial information and advice as exclusion from school, bullying, on services for children and young special educational needs and Child Benefit Agency people aged 0 to 19. school admission appeals. Their If you need to contact this agency Address: Room 112, Town Hall, advice lines are open from 10am to for a copy of your Child Benefit Barking, Essex IG11 7LU 5pm, Monday to Friday. allowance, please give yourself Phone: 020 8227 5931 Exclusion information line: plenty of time before the closing E-mail: [email protected] 020 7704 9822 date to get the documents you Websites: www.barking- need. Freephone general advice line: dagenham.gov.uk/choiceadvice 0808 800 5793 Address: Child Benefit Office, www.childcarelink.gov.uk Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk PO Box 1, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
36 Council Tax Section Eaststreet (information shop Office for Standards in Useful information and services for young people) Education (Ofsted) If you live in the borough of Barking and Dagenham and you need a This offers valuable advice, Ofsted is a government department copy of your recent Council Tax information and support for people set up under the Education bill, please apply in plenty of time in the borough aged 13 to 25. (Schools) Act 1992. It is responsible before the closing date to get the Address: 20 East Street, Barking, for inspecting all schools in documents you need. IG11 8EU England, whether they are funded by the Government or independent. Address: Revenue Services, Phone: 020 8270 4646 90 Stour Road, Dagenham, To see the most recent report of Essex, RM10 7JD a school’s inspection, please visit Virtual School for Ofsted’s website. Phone: 020 8227 2926 Looked After Children E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk. The local authorities’ Virtual Website: www.barking-dagenham. School for Looked After Children is gov.uk Parents in Partnership Service committed to working with others to: If your child has special educational Department for Education needs, you may contact the Parents • overcome disadvantage; (DfE) in Partnership Service (PIPS). • provide equal access to You can get useful information, learning, and better educational PIPS is part of ‘Carers of Barking such as performance tables and opportunities; and Dagenham’, which offers information on the curriculum, on • raise levels of achievement; and information and support to carers. their website. The service is independent from • promote the health, wellbeing us. Phone: 0870 000 2288 and life chances for all children Fax: 01928 794248 in care. Address: 129 Rose Lane, Marks Gate, Chadwell Heath, Website: www.education.gov.uk If you require any information or Essex, RM6 5NR assistance please contact the Phone: 020 8590 6544 virtual school for looked after children. Contact details below. Address: 5th Floor, Roycraft House, 15 Linton Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 8HE Phone: 020 8227 2691
37 Housing Benefit Service Education and training the Education Inclusion Team and opportunities after the age our Additional Needs (SEN) Panel. The service provides free school of 16 They carry out assessments and meals and clothing grants for arrange placements in mainstream children who live in Barking and There have been changes in the schools or specialist schools (if Dagenham. If you would like to law which mean that Year 7 pupils needed). They offer advice to apply for these, please fill in and starting school in September 2013 parents, school staff and other return the form in this booklet or must stay in education or training professionals throughout the visit either of our one-stop shops until they are 18. assessment and review process. in Barking or Dagenham Each pupil being assessed and For information, applications and (see page 22 for address details). each student who has a statement appeals about further education Phone: 020 8227 2970 of special educational needs is in school sixth forms or colleges, allocated a named officer from apprenticeships, or employment Free school meals – If you are this team. Useful information and servicesUseful information receiving Income Support, income- with training, please contact our based Jobseeker’s Allowance, the 14 -19 Careers Advice Service. Address: Special Educational guaranteed part of Pension Credit Needs Assessment and Review or Child Tax Credit, you can apply If the child is refused a place in Team, Level 5, Roycraft House, for free school meals. further education, you have the 15 Linton Road. Barking, right to appeal. We can accept Essex IG11 8HE. Clothing allowance – Families who appeal forms separately from Phone: 020 8227 2400 receive benefits such as Income parents and students above 16 Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance years old. Youth Support and or Child Tax Credit, or who are on Development Service a low income, may be entitled to Special Educational Needs a clothing allowance. We provide Assessment and Review Team This service provides a range clothing allowances for school (SENART) of educational and personal children in Reception and Years 3, development programmes for 5, 7, 8 and 9. SENART are responsible assessing young people between the ages of children with special educational 11 and 19. needs, under the Education Act 1996. Address: The VIBES, 195-211 The team works closely with Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, parents, schools, the Community Essex, RM8 2UT Educational Psychology Service, Phone: 020 8270 6027 Barking, Essex, IG11 7LU.
Translation This booklet contains important information about Your name: children moving from primary or junior schools to secondary schools. If you need an interpreter to Your address: explain this booklet to you in another language, or you would like this booklet in other formats (for example, in Braille, in large print or on audio tape), please tick the boxes that apply. Then fill in your name and address and return this form to the Daytime phone number: address below.
I need this booklet interpreted the following language (please say which). Return to: The right secondary school 2013, Admissions Team, I need this booklet in Braille. Town Hall, Barking, I need this booklet on audio tape. Essex, I need this booklet in large print. IG11 7LU. 38 Map of secondary schools in the borough schools in the borough Map of secondary
Key 1 All Saints Catholic School and Technology College 2 Barking Abbey School – a specialist sports college (lower site) 2a Barking Abbey School – a specialist sports college (upper site) 3 Dagenham Park Church of England School Arts College 4 Eastbrook Comprehensive School 5 Eastbury Comprehensive School 6 Jo Richardson Community School 7 Riverside School (temporary site) 7a Riverside School (permanent site) 8 Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (lower site) 8a Robert Clack School of Science – a specialist college (upper site) 9 The Sydney Russell Comprehensive School 10 Warren Comprehensive School
39 Other London authorities’ school admissions sections
London Borough of Hackney Education Authority London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Admissions The Learning Trust (Hackney), Lewisham Admissions Town Hall, Barking, Essex, IG11 7LU 1 Reading Lane, London, E8 1GQ 3rd Floor, Laurence House, Phone: 020 8215 3004 Phone: 020 8820 7000 1 Catford Road, SE6 4RU Phone: 0208 314 6212 London Borough of London Borough of Hammersmith Barnet Admissions and Fulham Education Department London Borough of Merton 1st Floor, Building 4, Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, 10th Floor, Civic Centre, North London Business Park, London, W6 9JU London Road, Morden, SM4 5DX Oakleigh Road South, N11 1NP Phone: 020 8753 3643 Phone: 020 8545 3262 Phone: 020 8359 7651 Haringey Education Authority London Borough of Bexley Council Admissions 48 Station Road, Wood Green, Newham Admissions Directorate of Education and Community London, N22 7TR Newham Dockside, 1000 Dockside Services, Bexley Council, Hill View Drive, Phone: 020 8489 3162/3974 Road, London, E16 2QU Welling, DA16 3RY Phone: 020 8430 2000 Harrow Council Admissions Phone: 020 8303 7777 extension 4488 PO Box 22, Civic Centre, Harrow, London Borough of Brent Education Authority Middlesex, HA1 2UW Redbridge Admissions Chesterfield House, 9 Park Lane, Phone: 020 8424 1680 255-259 High Road, lIford, Wembley, HA9 7RW Essex, IG1 1NN London Borough of Havering Phone: 020 8937 3029 Phone: 020 8708 3139 School Support and Pupil Services London Borough of 9th Floor, Mercury House, London Borough of Other London authorities’ school admissions sections school London authorities’ Other Bromley School Admissions Mercury Gardens, Romford, RM1 3SL Richmond upon Thames Admissions Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Phone: 01708 434 600 Regal House, First Floor, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3UH London Road, Twickenham, TW1 3QB London Borough of Phone: 020 8313 4044 Phone: 020 8891 7514 Hillingdon Admissions Camden Education Authority Civic Centre 4E/05, Uxbridge, London Borough of Southwark Crowndale Centre, 218-220 Eversholt Middlesex, UB8 1UW John Smith House, 144-152 Walworth Street, London, NW1 1BD Phone: 01895 277205 Road, London, SE17 1JL Phone: 020 7974 1625 Phone: 020 7525 2910 London Borough of Corporation of Hounslow Admissions London Borough of Sutton Admissions London Education Service LLLCS Civic Centre, Lampton Road, The Grove, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 3AL Guildhall, London, EC2P 2EJ Hounslow, TW3 4DN Phone: 020 8770 6652 Phone: 020 7332 1627 Phone: 020 8583 2649 Tower Hamlets Education Authority Croydon Council London Borough of Islington Mulberry Place, Clove Crescent, Education Department School Admissions Section London, E14 2BG Taberner House, Park Lane, 2nd Floor, 222 Upper Street, Phone: 020 7364 4306 Croydon, CR9 1TP London, N1 1XR London Borough of Waltham Forest Phone: 020 8760 5453 Phone: 020 7527 5515 School Admissions Service Ealing Council Admissions Royal Borough of Silver Birch House, Uplands Business Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Kensington and Chelsea Park, Blackhorse Lane, London, E17 5SD London, W5 2HL Isaac Newton Centre, Phone: 0845 200 1551 Phone: 020 8825 5151 108A Lancaster Road, London, W11 1QS Wandsworth Council Admissions London Borough of Phone: 020 7598 4868 Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, Enfield Admissions London, SW18 2PU PO Box 56 Civic Centre, Silver Street, Royal Borough of Phone: 020 8871 8028 Enfield, EN1 3XQ Kingston upon Thames Admissions Westminster Education Authority Phone: 020 8379 5501 Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 1EU City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London Borough of London, SW1E 6QP Phone:020 8547 4610 Greenwich Admissions Phone: 020 7641 1816 Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London Borough of or 020 7641 1817 London, SE18 6HQ Lambeth Admissions Phone: 020 8921 8043 5th Floor, International House, Canterbury Crescent, SW9 7QE Phone: 020 7926 9827
40 All Saints Catholic School and Technology College Supplementary Information Form (SIF) – September 2013 entry
Who should fill in this form? You need to fill in this form if you want to list All Saints Catholic School as one of your preferences School office stamp on your Common Application Form. By doing this, you will help us to put your child in the right admission Date received criterion (see pages 15 to 16 and page 21), unless your child is in the care of the local authority. You need to fill in this form or we will automatically consider your child in number 13 of our admission criteria.
What you need to do • You must fill in this form and the Common Application Form (CAF). Staff initials • You must return the CAF to your local authority before 31 October 2012. • You must return this form to: Admissions Officer All Saints Catholic School and Technology College Terling Road Dagenham RM8 1JT. Also, if your child is baptised, you need to include a photo-copy of your child’s baptism certificate with this form. If you are a practising Catholic, you must fill in a diocesan priest’s reference form which you can get from All Saints School. You must fill in and sign Part A and take it to the priest at the church where you normally worship in time for him to add his reference in Part B and return it to the school by 31 October 2012.
This section must be filled in by the parent or carer
Child’s first name:
Child’s last name:
Child’s date of birth: Day Month Year Child’s sex: Male Female
Local authority or borough you live in:
Your home address (with postcode):
Your phone number:
Your email address:
Parent or carer’s full name:
Please turn over. 41 Has your child been baptised? Yes No
If yes, please say where and when your child was baptised:
What is your child’s religion or denomination (for example, Catholic)?
Is your child a baptised Catholic? Yes No
I confirm that the child lives in the parish of:
Give the name of the parish where you worship, if different:
Which of our admission criteria do you think applies to your child (listed on page 15)? Number:
If you are a practising Catholic, which priest did you give your diocesan priest’s reference form to?
Name of priest:
Which parish are they from?
When did you give the form to the priest? Day Month Year
If you already have other children at this school, please give us their details below. (Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.)
Child 1
First name: Last name:
Date of birth: Day Month Year
Child 2
First name: Last name:
Date of birth: Day Month Year
Child 3
First name: Last name:
Date of birth: Day Month Year
Child 4
First name: Last name:
Date of birth: Day Month Year
Your signature: Date:
You should return this form to: Admissions Officer All Saints Catholic School and Technology College Terling Road Dagenham 42 RM8 1JT. Checklist The closing date for all Please read the checklist below applications is before you return your form. 31 October Read the admission process on pages 7 to 22 in 2012 this booklet.
Fill in and return your common application form (CAF), but do not fill in a paper form if you have applied, or are going to apply, online.
Enclose a stamped addressed envelope with your paper CAF if you want a receipt.
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 concerned.
Give proof of address where this is needed. Please make sure you tell us if any of your or your child’s details change. London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Phone. 020 8215 3000
Out of hours emergencies only Phone. 020 8215 3024 Fax. 020 8227 3470 E-mail. [email protected] Website. www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk
We have tried to make sure that this information is correct at the time of going to print. However, information may change from time to time.
You must not copy this document without our permission. © 2012 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Publication reference number: MC6542 Date: July 2012