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Allrightsreserved copyright. © Crown Location of Haringey Landsdowne Road C a m b r i d secondary schools Bounds Green g e 13 Northumberland Park d R a o B o R o Bowes a u d rd n Park White fo d s s Hart Lane n G H r 11 y u i a r g D e h e 12 W d n Th R e a 1 d R y Northumberland o a R o o 9 a a w o a R e u Park d d d n h m n d d r w a u g o a i e y t R o H d a t P r R a o e a Wood R W b e e l r ne wn k sdo A La h Land Green p Lane T A i dship h Lor s v d rd a e o Alexandra n o L Lordship Lane R u B k e ar Place r P u a c r M d e n S ta G u a tio x n y r s e Rd ov y l a w y a A r e e M W u W l l l b l a d t i H y a 6 e s h e i s e l R s Bruce l m o W r n B a e d Grove t r w o a o d a H H W d i D a o g w h o r e n R n R a 5 2 o a y s d L h a e R d e g i y k i e Tottenham H l P p n Turnpike a r d a a W y Hale n Ro ay u a t H e Gre a w r T Lane n d e rtis d k o 10 Fo r e m n a a M nu o R t L o r n lip i B W h ll d o P i e Fe M s m rry H t l Lan l u reet G e e l s h St re B e w Hig en w e R s l o l Prio ad u ry Road H e e M i W n ll n es a t G a G reen R L L oa d d a r ro h e B 4 e c Hornsey r n u h L C a Seven n G r d e Sisters d e a s a P e a t o a n N r a o o R k L 3 r R Road R l S t n’s W n h l o m t A i a R a h o d h d South i H n a g g i a 8 o d l e l t h R Tottenham t s H e o t r A m r T e c w t h a s w s i S N 7 n S t a u A o y R n n R r M n e t o ’ o s h v a R d a e H l o l a d d i Highgate i S l l H Harringay Harringay h Stamford c Green Lanes u o Hill e r A n C C r a c on r i h N o L M w y o u d d a r n t y c h o E R h o o R o a W d a h d t u n o o S t g in ll Secondary (Community) o T r e p p U Secondary (Academy) Secondary (Foundation) 1. Alexandra Park 6. Heartlands High 11. St Thomas More Catholic 2. Fortismere 7. Highgate Wood 12. Woodside High Secondary (Sixth Form) 3. Gladesmore Community 8. Hornsey Girls 13. Haringey Sixth Form Centre 4. Greig City Academy 9. Northumberland Park 5. Harris Academy Tottenham 10. Park View Apply From 1 September 2016 you will be able to apply online for a secondary transfer place at www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions The benefits of applying online: ∞ It’s secure and easy ∞ You will receive email confirmation that we have received your application ∞ You can make changes to your application until the deadline ∞ You will not have to wait for the post to find out the result of your application – apply online and find out the results of your application the evening before you receive your letter Online Registration Information Email address Password After you have successfully submitted your application please take a note of your application reference number. Application reference number 1 Foreword Dear Parents and Carers In Haringey we want every child to have the very Once you have read this booklet, visited the best start in life, including through excellent schools and read their prospectuses (which are education. Priority 1 in the Council’s Corporate available to view on individual school websites), Plan reflects this commitment – “Enable every you should apply online at www.haringey.gov.uk/ child and young person to have the best start in schooladmissions. If you don’t have access to a life, with high quality education”. computer, you can request a paper application using the information in this booklet. Every school in Haringey is committed to offering excellent education to its students and we’re The deadline for submitting applications is 31 delighted that all of the borough’s secondary October 2016. Please be aware that if your schools that have been inspected by Ofsted are application is received after this date, it is very rated as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding.’ Our schools have unlikely that your child will be offered one of your tremendous facilities, exceptional teaching and preferences. dedicated staff and you can be confident that wherever your child goes to school in Haringey, We look forward to receiving your application and the education they receive will be of a high quality. wish your child every success at secondary school and beyond. Making the move to secondary school is a very important time for your child and for you. The information in this booklet should help you to Cllr Elin Weston Jon Abbey carefully consider your options and make the right Cabinet Member for Director of Children’s preferences for you and your child. Children and Families Services Each of our secondary schools will hold an open event, and you’re encouraged to attend these to help you get to know your local school and select the right preferences for your child. Details of these open events can be found on our website at www.haringey.gov.uk/secondary-school-open- events and on page 20-21 of this booklet. It is important to remember that expressing a preference is not the same as choosing which school your child will attend – Haringey’s secondary schools are very popular and many receive more applications than there are places available in Year 7. The admissions criteria set out in this booklet explain how decisions on offers of places will be reached. 2 Applying for a Secondary School for September 2017 Apply online at www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions Apply online at www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions 3 Section 1 Applying for a school place Secondary Admissions 2017 If your child was born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006, you will need to apply for your child to start Secondary School in September 2017. Sixth Form Admissions Admissions to sixth form are dealt with directly by the schools or by the Haringey Sixth Form College. You can find out more about the admission criteria for sixth form from page 34 of this booklet. In-year Admissions If your child does not currently have a school place or you wish to transfer them to a different school, you will need to apply on an in year application form. Please see page 40 for more information on In-year admissions. Key dates for Secondary Transfer 2017 Date What happens 31 October 2016 Application deadline 1 March 2017 Offer day 15 March 2017 Acceptance deadline 31 March 2017 Appeal deadline Contact details 020 8489 1000 [email protected] Haringey Admissions Service Haringey Council 3rd Floor River Park House 225 High Road London N22 8HQ 4 Applying for a Secondary School for September 2017 Apply online at www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions Contents Section 1 Applying for a school place for September 2016 p6 Before you make your application p6 Mythbusters p7 Completing your application form p8 How we will process your application p14 The results of your application p15 Section 2 Secondary schools in Haringey p17 Types of schools in Haringey p17 Admissions criteria for Haringey community schools p18 Schools A-Z p22 Section 3 Admission Criteria For Sixth Form 2017 p34 Section 4 In-Year admissions p40 How to apply for a school place after 1 September 2016 when the school year has already started Section 5 Schools in other authorities p42 Section 6 Other information p43 5 Section 1 Applying for a school place Before you make your application 1 Consider how likely it Read the admissions criteria for each school and look to see is that your child will be which criteria apply to your child. The admissions criteria for offered a place at your Haringey community schools are listed on page 18 .