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APPLY FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE 2022 A GUIDE FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN YEAR 6 black Working for every child 11 mm clearance all sides white 11 mm clearance all sides CMYK 11 mm clearance all sides WHO? Apply if your child was born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011. WHEN? Apply before 22 October 2021. Offer day is 1 March 2022. HOW? Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk Follow the step-by-step instructions in this guide. ACT NOW! Get more information Read this guide carefully and get more information online at education.hackney.gov.uk/secondaryguide Attend an online information session using your smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer. Visit education.hackney.gov.uk/secondarybriefings for more information. Find your local schools Use the map at the back of this guide or you can find schools near your home online at map.lgfl.org.uk/eAdmissions/ Open events are listed on pages 10 and 11. Decide the order of your preferences You should list more than one school (maximum 6). Listing only one school does not mean you will be offered a place. The order is important. List your favourite school as the first preference, then your next favourite school as your second preference and so on. Listing a school as your first preference does not increase your chance of being offered a place. Each school is given equal consideration regardless of where you list it in your preferences. The order of your preferences will only be considered if your child qualifies to be offered more than one place. Hackney Education is the department within Hackney Council that is responsible for Hackney’s children’s centres, schools and early years and adult education. Our vision is to provide excellent education for every child, young person and adult learner. Find out more at education.hackney.gov.uk 2 Apply for a secondary school place 2022 WELCOME On behalf of the Headteachers, teachers and support staff, we would like to welcome you. Choosing the next step in your child’s education is a huge responsibility for any family. It is important that you examine your preferred schools carefully and consider their admissions criteria in order to make the right choice for your child. We’re pleased that you, like so many other local parents/carers, have made Hackney schools your preferred choice. We have excellent schools in Hackney offering a rich curriculum and strong attention to personal development: 95% of secondary children are in schools rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted. Hackney schools, collectively, are in the top quarter nationally on all of the main key secondary school measures, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8 (measures of how well our pupils do in eight GCSEs including core subjects). Hackney Education is committed to supporting the best possible education for our young people. We work closely with schools to ensure they keep improving and that they give all children the best possible start in life. Whichever school your child moves on to, they are guaranteed excellent opportunities. As your child makes the step from primary to secondary school, we want you to continue to be involved in encouraging their learning and maintaining excellent levels of work, motivation and behaviour. We wish you and all pupils starting secondary school in Hackney the very best for the future. Annie Gammon Cllr Anntoinette Bramble Director of Education Deputy Mayor of Hackney Education Hackney IMPORTANT DATES Wednesday 1 September 2021 Online applications open Open days and evenings at Hackney secondary schools September/October 2021 (see pages 10 and 11 for more information) From Monday 27 September 2021 to Cognitive ability tests (CAT) for children attending Hackney primary Friday 15 October 2021 schools (see page 4 for more information) Friday 22 October 2021 Closing date (please apply by this date) Sunday 31 October 2021 Statutory closing date Saturday 20 November 2021 and Cognitive ability tests (CAT) for children attending primary schools Saturday 27 November 2021 outside Hackney (see page 4 for more information) Last date to explain why your application was late; request changes Thursday 9 December 2021 to your application submitted on-time or provide evidence of a change of address Tuesday 1 March 2022 National Offer Day Tuesday 15 March 2022 Last date to respond to your offer September 2022 Children start secondary school A Guide for Parents of Children in Year 6 3 HOW TO APPLY Applications open on 1 September 2021. You If you have changed address in the last year and the should complete Hackney Education’s Common school you wish to apply for is oversubscribed, you may Application Form online at www.eadmissions.org.uk be asked to complete a questionnaire to prove that (see page 6 for step-by-step instructions). You can list you live permanently at your current address. Failure up to six state-funded secondary schools, academies to provide proof of your child’s address, if requested, or free schools anywhere in London. List your favourite may cause delays in processing your application. school as the first preference, then your next favourite More information about address checks and school as your second preference and so on. fraudulent applications is available online at education.hackney.gov.uk/secondaryaddress You should apply by 22 October 2021. Religious schools will ask for extra information about BANDING AND COGNITIVE ABILITY TESTS (CAT) your membership of a particular faith. You will have Most Hackney secondary schools use a process of to complete a Supplementary Information Form banding to ensure they admit a wide range of children (SIF) and return it to the school concerned if you of different abilities. Every child who applies must sit a want to be given priority under their faith based cognitive ability test (CAT) and the results are used to criteria. You can get the supplementary forms directly group applications into different ability bands. from any of the schools listed below or online at education.hackney.gov.uk/secondaryschools If your child attends a Hackney primary school (in Year 6) they will take the CAT at their school during The following religious secondary schools in Hackney September/October 2021. The school will arrange will ask you to complete a supplementary form: the testing as part of the normal school day. • Cardinal Pole Catholic School, Catholic If your child attends a school outside Hackney and you • Lubavitch Senior Girls School, Orthodox Jewish apply for a school that uses banding your child will be • Our Lady’s High School, Catholic invited to sit the CAT at a Hackney secondary school on • The Urswick School, Church of England Saturday 20 November or Saturday 27 November • Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School, Charedi Jewish 2021. We will contact you via email in November 2021 to tell you the date and venue for your child’s test. The CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO HAVE session will last about three hours. AN EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CARE PLAN More information about CAT is available online at There is a separate admission process for pupils who education.hackney.gov.uk/cat have or are due to be issued with an Education, Health and Care Plan before September 2022. If your child has a plan or, having gone through an EHC needs IMPORTANT assessment, has been issued with a draft plan by There are no alternative test dates and it is 22 October 2021 then you should not apply through your responsibility to make sure your child is the general admission process. You will get a school available to take the test on your allocated date. preference form to complete from the Education, Failure to take the test may result in your Health and Care Planning (EHCP) team. application being placed at the bottom of the If your child has not received a draft EHC plan by list behind all applicants who have taken the test 22 October 2021 please use the process outlined in for that school. this guide. Visit www.hackneylocaloffer.co.uk/secondarysend HOME ADDRESS for more information or call 020 8820 7000 Option 4. Your child’s home address is the address where they WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO SEND are living on the closing date, 31 October 2021. Where WITH MY APPLICATION? parental responsibilities are equally shared, we will You do not need to send any additional documents consider the home address to be the place where your with your application. To confirm your address we will child sleeps and spends most of their time, from check your details against council tax and other council Monday to Friday. This is the address that will be used records. If it is not possible to confirm your address we to process your application and calculate home-to- will contact you directly to request further evidence. school distance or confirm a sibling attending the 4 Apply for a secondary school place 2022 school. If you’re not sure what address to use you It is your responsibility to provide evidence to support should seek advice before submitting your application. your claim and this should be submitted with your application by the statutory closing date, . More information is available online at 31 October 2021 It may not be possible to consider evidence received after education.hackney.gov.uk/secondaryaddress this date for National Offer Day (1 March 2022) but it will PRIORITY APPLICATIONS be considered for offers made after this date. If you tick the box on the application form but do not submit evidence Some applicants have higher priority for places your application will not be considered under this criterion according to the admissions criteria of the school.