YEAR 7 ADMISSION SEPTEMBER 2020 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Cavendish Road Bowdon Altrincham Cheshire WA14 2NL Telephone: 0161 912 5912 Fax: 0161 941 7400 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk Principal: Ms S Gill Admission arrangements for girls who will be 11 years of age by 1 September 2020 (Date of Birth must be between 1st September 2008 and 31st August 2009) The Admission Authority for this school is the Governing Body and the intended admission number for 2020 is 174. You are warmly invited to our OPEN EVENING, where teaching staff and pupils are available for questions. Please visit our Admissions stand if you require advice on admissions. Thursday, 20 June 2019 4.00pm – 8.00pm ENTRANCE TEST DATE Monday 16th September 2019 Parking for all our events is limited, please park considerately. Toilet facilities are not available to parents Applications to Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School and Urmston Grammar School These four Trafford Grammar Schools are to be known as the Trafford Grammar Schools CEM Consortium (TGSCC). Please consult individual websites for further specific information including the admissions policy for each school. Altrincham Grammar Cavendish Road Single sex – girls School for Girls Bowdon, Altrincham only Cheshire WA14 3NL www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk/admissions Sale Grammar School Marsland Road Mixed – girls and Sale boys Manchester M33 3NH www.salegrammar.co.uk Stretford Grammar Granby Road Mixed – girls and School Stretford boys Manchester M32 8JB www.stretfordgrammar.com Urmston Grammar Newton Road Mixed – girls and School Urmston boys Manchester M41 5UG www.urmstongrammar.org.uk Applications to Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School and Urmston Grammar School Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School and Urmston Grammar School are using the same entrance test and consequently your child can only sit one test. However, parents can request that the raw score is shared between all four schools for inclusion in their standardisation. Parents can therefore choose to receive results for all four schools. Please read the registration form carefully and tick the appropriate statement to request that the scores are shared. Scores cannot be retrospectively shared between the schools after the standardisation process has taken place. Admission Procedures 2019 How to apply for a place Altrincham Grammar School for Girls’ admission information is available on the school website and summarised below: Please apply to any of the four schools for your child to take the entrance test on Monday 16th September 2019. You only need to complete one application form but you must state where you want your child to sit the examination and what schools you wish to share the results with. Only girls can sit the examination at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls. You must also complete your Local Authority’s Common Preference Form, which, in Trafford, must be returned to the Local Authority by 31st October 2019. If you reside outside Trafford, please check the return date for your own authority. You must ensure that you have named Altrincham Grammar School for Girls as a preference on the Local Authority’s Common Preference Form if you wish to be considered for AGGS. Your child must have a date of birth between 1st September 2008 and 31st August 2009. To enter your child for the entrance test, please complete the online registration form, which is available under Admissions on the school website www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk by 12 noon on Friday 28th June 2019 at the latest, but preferably well before this date. On receipt of your application to sit the entrance test, we will send you a confirmation email. In the event our test centre reaches its maximum capacity then ALL spaces will be reallocated by distance i.e. those living closest to the test centre will be given priority. Details of the examination day, an attendance slip and a Special Circumstances Form will be posted to you by 5th September 2019. Your child must bring the attendance form on the day of the test with a photograph attached and stamped by the primary school. Please contact our Admissions Officer on [email protected] if the information is not received by Tuesday 10th September 2019. If your child does not have the correct attendance slip and photo ID on the day of the test, she will not be allowed to sit the examination. If there are exceptional circumstances and your child is unable to sit the entrance test on Monday 16th September 2019, please let us know when you apply and we will make alternative arrangements. If your child is ill immediately prior to, or on the day of the test, please do not bring her. Please contact our Admissions Officer and supply a doctor’s note by 12 noon on Thursday 19th September 2019 and alternative arrangements will be made. If you feel that there are any special circumstances that might affect your child’s performance on 16th September 2019, it is important that you let us know on the Special Circumstances Form, which will be included in the information posted by 5th September 2019. The Entrance Test The entrance test consists of two tests, each approximately one hour in length, containing questions that assess verbal, non-verbal and mathematics skills. No extra time will be allowed if your child needs to leave the examination for any reason. She will be allowed a short break between the two tests for a toilet visit and/or a drink. If your child does have to leave the room because of illness and subsequently goes home, please complete and return the Special Circumstances Form as soon as possible, giving full details. We will then contact you. Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School and Urmston Grammar School are using the same entrance test and consequently your child can only sit one test. Test Results The test results will be posted out no later than Friday 18th October 2019. For your child to qualify for a place at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, she must gain a qualifying score of 334 and you must ensure that you have named Altrincham Grammar School for Girls as a preference on the Local Authority’s Common Preference Form. This form must be returned to the Local Authority in which you reside. The qualifying score for students who are in receipt of Pupil Premium is 324. You will be asked to prove your child’s entitlement to Pupil Premium after the examination has been held. For the qualifying scores for other schools within the consortium, please go to the relevant website. Please be aware that achieving the qualifying score is not an offer of a place. As required under the National Co-ordinated Secondary Arrangements the list of qualifiers is then sent to the Local Authority, who will apply their allocation procedures to determine the offer of a place on (or as near to) national offer day, the 1st March 2020. Oversubscription and how places are awarded Where eligible applications for admissions exceed the number of places available, places will be awarded in accordance with the following order of priority: - 1 Children who are Looked After or who have been previously Looked After, regardless of their place of residence (please see definitions on the front page of the policy); 2 Applicants residing within the school’s catchment area who are in receipt of pupil premium; 3 Applicants residing within the school’s catchment area who have a sister who will be a pupil of the school at the time of the applicant’s proposed admission; 4 Applicants residing within the school’s catchment area. Where the number of applicants qualifying for admission under this category exceeds the number of places available, then priority shall be given to those applicants residing closer to the school (see ‘distance’ in the definitions); 5 Applicants residing outside the school’s catchment area who are in receipt of pupil premium. Where the number of applicants qualifying for admission under this category exceeds the number of places available, then priority shall be given to those applicants residing closer to the school (see ‘distance’ in the definitions); 6 Applicants residing outside the school’s catchment area who have a sister who will be a pupil of the school at the time of the applicant’s proposed admission. Where the number of applicants qualifying for admission under this category exceeds the number of places available, then priority shall be given to those applicants residing closer to the school (see ‘distance’ in the definitions); 7 Applicants residing outside the school’s catchment area. Where the number of applicants qualifying for admission under this category exceeds the number of places available, then priority shall be given to those applicants residing closer to the school (see ‘distance’ in the definitions). Where child-care arrangements are shared between two addresses please see the Admissions Policy for further clarification. What happens after students have qualified and been offered a place? In April 2019, families will be sent further information about an induction day for students and a welcome evening for parents. Appeals Procedure The Governors arrange an independent panel, which will consider any appeals. If we do not offer your child a place, you have the right of appeal. Details of the appeals procedure are available on request from the Admissions Officer. Waiting List The school will operate a waiting list for Year 7 admission in September, following the completion of the allocation and appeals process. Each added child will require the list to be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria.