Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2019 Closing date for admissions is: 31 October 2018 Apply online at: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions or www.eadmissions.org.uk Watch a video guide about secondary transfer at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/secondaryadmissions Contents SECTION 1 • Foreword 4 • Visiting dates 5 • Important dates at a glance 6 SECTION 2 • Apply online 7 • Children with education, health and care plans 8 • Summary of secondary transfer applications 2018 9 • A step-by-step guide to secondary transfer 10 • The Pan London Coordinated Admissions System 11 • Admissions policy and oversubscription criteria for Tower Hamlets community schools 12 • Criteria flowchart 14 • Questions and answers on moving to secondary school 15 • Before you apply – dos and don’ts 16 SECTION 3 • Secondary schools and 14-19 provisions in Tower Hamlets 17 • Bishop Challoner Catholic Boys’ School 18 • Bishop Challoner Catholic Girls’ School 20 • Bow School 22 • Canary Wharf College Crossharbour 24 • Central Foundation Girls’ School 26 • George Green’s School 28 • Langdon Park School 30 • London Enterprise Academy 32 • Morpeth School 34 • Mulberry Academy Shoreditch (formerly Green Spring Academy Shoreditch) 36 • Mulberry School for Girls 38 • Oaklands School 40 • Raine’s Foundation School 42 • St Paul’s Way Trust School 44 • Sir John Cass’s Foundation and Red Coat C of E School 46 • Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College 48 • Swanlea School 50 • Wapping High School 52 • East London Arts and Music College (16-19) 54 • London East Alternative Provision (LEAP) 56 • Mulberry University Technical College (UTC) (14-19) 58 • South Quay College (14-19) (formerly City Gateway) 60 • Tower Hamlets College (14-19) 62 SECTION 4 • Guide to applying online 64 • Secondary schools and registered independent secondary schools in Tower Hamlets 68 • Priority geographical areas for secondary transfer application 69 • Useful contacts 70 Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 3 Foreword by the 1 Corporate Director Dear parent or carer Transferring to a secondary school is an exciting and significant time for your child in his or her school career; it can also be a time when both pupils and their parents/carers need support, advice and information. As a family, you will want to know as much as possible about secondary schools in Tower Hamlets, to help you make the right choice. This guide will take you through the process of applying for a place for your child. It provides information about all state-maintained secondary schools in the borough, including contact details and maps showing where each school is located. Throughout the guide, we have tried to answer many of the most frequently asked questions, as well as offering advice on how to help your child settle into his or her new school and to continue to learn well. But this is just the start. It is very important that both you and your son or daughter visit your preferred schools to see them first-hand for yourselves. This guide lists organised visiting times for all schools when you will be able to meet staff and pupils and see the facilities on offer. I hope you will accept the invitation from the schools to visit and use the opportunity to discuss any issues about your child’s future learning. Over recent years, GCSE results in Tower Hamlets have improved at a much faster rate than nationally. All our secondary schools are of a high quality and judged by Ofsted to be among the best in the country. In addition, we have completed a long-term capital investment programme in the region of £300 million, which has transformed the environment of secondary and special schools across the borough and built bright, up-to-date places for pupils to learn and thrive. This capital investment is ensuring that all of our secondary schools offer very good accommodation to enhance the learning environment. For more information about any of the schools in this booklet, call our admissions officers on 020 7364 5006. We look forward to your child joining one of our secondary schools and experiencing quality teaching in a friendly and supportive environment. Yours sincerely Debbie Jones Corporate Director, Children’s Services Tower Hamlets Council 4 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2019 Visiting dates 1 Bishop Challoner Catholic Langdon Park School Raine’s Foundation School Boys’ School Friday 21, Monday 24 to Monday 10, Tuesday 11 & 25, Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 Wednesday 26 September and Wednesday 12, Thursday 13, Friday October, 9am Monday 1, Tuesday 2 October, 14, 21 & 28 September and Tuesday Open evening 9.15-10.40am 2, 9, 16, 30 & Friday 5, 12, 19 Thursday 27 September, Open evening October, 9.15-10.30am 4.30-7.30pm Thursday 4 October, 4.30-7pm Saturday 15 September: 10am tour Open evening Bishop Challoner Catholic London Enterprise Academy Wednesday 19 September, 5-7pm Girls’ School Monday 1 to Friday 5 October, Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 9.15am-12.30pm St Paul’s Way Trust School September, 9am Open evenings Monday 24 to Thursday 27 Open evening Thursday 20 and 27 September, September and Tuesday 9 October, Thursday 20 September, 4.30-7pm 9.20-11am 4.30-7.30pm Open evening Morpeth School Thursday 27 September, 4-7pm Bow School Tuesday 18, Thursday 20, Tour starts at 4pm. Two presentations Tuesday 18 September, 10-11am Wednesday 26 September and at 4.45pm and 5.45pm Thursday 27 September, 2-3pm Tuesday 9, Friday 12, Monday 15 Tuesday 9 October, 10-11am October, 9.30-11am Sir John Cass’s Foundation and Open evening Open evening Red Coat C of E School Monday 24 September, Wednesday 3 October, 4.30-7pm Thursday 20, Wednesday 26 4.30-6.30pm September and 9 October, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 9.30-11.10am Canary Wharf College (previously GSAS) Open evening Crossharbour Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20, Monday 1 October, 5-7pm Thursday 18 and Tuesday 30 Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 October, 9.15-10.15am September and Tuesday 2 to Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College Open evening Thursday 4 October, 9,15am Friday 7, Thursday 13, Tuesday 18, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 19, Open evening Friday 28 September and Thursday Tuesday 25 September and Wednesday 26 September and 4, Tuesday 9, Thursday 18 October, Wednesday 10 October, 6pm Thursday 4 October, 4-6pm 9.30-10.45am Central Foundation Girls’ School Mulberry School for Girls Open evening Thursday 27, Friday 28 Sepember Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 Tuesday 2 October, 4-6pm and Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 September, 9.30am Swanlea School October, 9.30-10.30am Open evening Monday 24, Friday 28 September Open evening Thursday 27 September, 4-6pm and Monday 1 & 8 October, Tuesday 2 October, 4.30-7pm 9.15-10.30am Oaklands School Open evening George Green’s School Thursday 20, Friday 28 September Wednesday 10 October, 4-6.30pm Monday 24 to Friday 28 September and Monday 1, Tuesday 9, and Monday 1, Wednesday 3 Wednesday 17 October, 9.30- Wapping High School October, 9.15-10.30am 10.30am Wednesday 19, Tuesday 25 Open evening Open evening September and Thursday 4, Wednesday 26 September, Tuesday 25 September, 4-6.30pm Wednesday 10 October, 9-10.15am 4.30-7pm Open evening Thursday 20 September, 4.30-6.30pm Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 5 1 Important dates at a glance September to October 2018 Parents and pupils visit schools (see page 5 for details) First week of September Parents receive secondary transfer application pack Monday 3 September to Wednesday 31 October 2018 Parents apply online naming maintained (non fee paying) schools Thursday 13 September 2018, 4–6pm Parents advice session at the Professional Development Centre (see page 7 for details) Friday 19 October 2018 (Friday before half term) Date by which parents should submit their online application for processing and checking Wednesday 31 October 2018 Statutory deadline for receipt of applications Friday 1 March 2019 Letters sent by Pupil Services notifying parents of decisions Friday 29 March 2019 Closing date for appeals for Tower Hamlets schools that use the council’s admissions policy March 2019 Parents of pupils without an offer at a preferred school can apply to schools that still have places remaining April, May and June 2019 Appeals heard for Tower Hamlets secondary schools September Your child starts secondary school 6 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2019 Apply online 2 If you live in Tower Hamlets you need to apply using the online application form. You can apply between 1 September and 31 October 2018 at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions or www.eadmissions.org.uk It is a simple and easy way to submit your child’s secondary transfer application. I have an email address, Internet access is available You will then be able to: what next? at each of the borough’s • Search for schools in Tower Hamlets Visit www.eadmissions.org.uk to register Idea Stores and across London or you can use the link from the Tower Idea Store Bow • Access information about schools Hamlets website at www.towerhamlets. 1 Gladstone Place, Roman Road, and links to school websites gov.uk/schooladmissions • Make changes to your application E3 5ES up until the closing date Idea Store Canary Wharf 31 October 2018 Who can help me with my Churchill Place, E14 5RB • Receive notification of the outcome online application? Idea Store Chrisp Street of your application by email. 1 Vesey Path, • Guidance on how to apply online is East India Dock Road, E14 6BT We strongly recommend that you submit in this booklet – see page 64.