Parents’ Guide to Transferring to Secondary School 2021-22 North Somerset Council Closing Date for applications: 11.59pm on the National Closing Date 31 October 2020 Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Important dates ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Coordinated admissions scheme ............................................................................................................................ 5 Pupil Projections for North Somerset Schools 2019-23 .................................................................................... 5 How to apply for a school place ............................................................................................................................... 6 Coronavirus and selective schools (such as Grammar Schools) ........................................................ 7 Applying online .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Paper applications ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Late applications ................................................................................................................................................ 9 If both parents apply separately .................................................................................................................. 10 Preferences .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Equal preference system ............................................................................................................................... 11 Preference reasons ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Who can apply ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Parental responsibility ................................................................................................................................... 12 Home address ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Child’s home address ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Proof of address ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Moving house ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Fraudulent applications ................................................................................................................................. 16 Changing preferences .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Before the National Closing Date ................................................................................................................ 17 After the National Closing Date, but before North Somerset Council has sent details of applications to other Councils ..................................................................................................................... 17 After the National Closing Date, and after North Somerset Council has sent details of applications to other Councils ..................................................................................................................... 17 After National Offer Day ................................................................................................................................. 17 Outcome of application ............................................................................................................................................ 18 If you are not offered a place at one of your preference schools ....................................................... 18 Waiting lists ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 Changing preferences and/or making new preferences ....................................................................... 19 Further allocation rounds .............................................................................................................................. 19 Appeals ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Delayed and accelerated entry ............................................................................................................................... 21 Home to school transport ........................................................................................................................................ 22 Year 7 intake admissions ......................................................................................................................................... 23 First Geographical Areas (previously known as catchment areas) ................................................... 23 Oversubscription criteria ............................................................................................................................... 23 Closing Date for applications is 11.59pm on the National Closing Date, 31 October 2020 Page | 1 Backwell School..................................................................................................................................... 24 Broadoak Academy ............................................................................................................................... 25 Churchill Academy and Sixth Form .................................................................................................. 26 Clevedon School .................................................................................................................................... 27 Gordano School ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Hans Price Academy............................................................................................................................. 29 Nailsea School ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Priory Community School – an Academy ....................................................................................... 31 St Katherine’s School ........................................................................................................................... 32 Winterstoke Hundred Academy ......................................................................................................... 33 Worle Community School - an Academy ........................................................................................ 34 Other secondary schools that serve North Somerset residents ......................................................... 35 Denominational education ............................................................................................................................ 35 Changing schools during the school year .......................................................................................................... 36 Who to apply to ................................................................................................................................................ 36 How to apply ..................................................................................................................................................... 37 What happens next .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Fair Access Protocol ....................................................................................................................................... 38 Terms and abbreviations ......................................................................................................................................... 39 Useful contacts ........................................................................................................................................................... 42 Closing Date for applications is 11.59pm on the National Closing Date, 31 October 2020 Page | 2 Introduction Welcome to North Somerset Council’s Parents’ Guide to Transferring to Secondary School. This document contains details about the different types of schools in North Somerset, their Oversubscription Criteria and information on North Somerset Council’s Home to School Transport policy. It explains how to apply for schools (inside and outside North Somerset) and how