YEAR 7 ADMISSION SEPTEMBER 2021 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Cavendish Road Altrincham Cheshire WA14 2NL Telephone: 0161 912 5912 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk Principal: Ms Stephanie Gill Admission arrangements for girls who will be 11 years of age by September 2021 (Date of Birth must be between 1st September 2009 and 31st August 2010) The Admission Authority for this school is the Governing Body and the intended admission number for 2020 is 204. Following guidance published by the DfE regarding COVID19, assessment processes for selective schools admissions, the Trafford Grammar CEM Consortium test date has been changed to 19 October 2020 ENTRANCE TEST DATE Monday 19th October 2020 Applications to Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School and Urmston Grammar. These four Trafford Grammar Schools are 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 School for Girls Single sex – girls only Cavendish Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 3NL www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk Sale Grammar School Mixed – girls and boys Marsland Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 3NH www.salegrammar.co.uk Stretford Grammar School Mixed – girls and boys Granby Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 8JB www.stretfordgrammar.com Urmston Grammar School Mixed – girls and boys Newton Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 5UG www.urmstongrammar.org.uk Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School and Urmston Grammar are using the same entrance test and consequently your child can only sit one test. Parents can choose to receive standardised results for all four schools. Please read the registration form carefully and indicate the schools you wish to receive the results for. Scores cannot be retrospectively shared between the schools after the standardisation process has taken place. Admission Procedures 2020 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 daughter to take the entrance test on Monday 19th October 2020. You only need to complete one application form but you must state where you want your daughter to sit the examination and which schools you wish to receive results for. Only girls can sit the examination at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls. • You must also complete your Local Authority’s Common Application Form which, in Trafford, must be returned to the Local Authority by 31st October 2020. 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 Application Form if you wish to be considered for Altrincham Grammar School for Girls. • Your child must have a date of birth between 1st September 2009 and 31st August 2010. • 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.uk by 12 noon on Friday 26th June 2020 at the latest, but preferably well before this date. (The registration form will open at 12 noon on Monday 18th May 2020) • 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 Form and a Special Circumstances Form will be posted to you on Tuesday 6th October 2020. 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 0161 912 5912 if the information is not received by Tuesday 13th October 2020. If your child does not have the correct attendance slip and photo ID on the day of the test, they 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 19th October 2020, 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 them. Please contact our Admissions Officer and supply a Doctor’s note by 12 noon on Thursday 22nd October 2020 and alternative arrangements will be made. • If you feel that there are any special circumstances that might affect your child’s performance on 19th October 2020, it is important that you let us know on the Special Circumstances Form, which will be included in the information posted on 6th October 2020. 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 are using the same entrance test and consequently your son/daughter can only sit one test. Test Results The test results will be posted mid to late November 2020. For your child to qualify for a place at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls she must gain the qualifying score of 334 (or 324 or more for children in receipt of Pupil Premium. Please refer to the Admissions Policy) and you must ensure that you have named Altrincham Grammar School for Girls as a preference on the Local Authority’s Common Application Form (CAF) by 31st October 2020. Do not wait until you know the outcome from the entrance exam as this could make your application late and reduce your chance of being offered a place. 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 national offer day, the 1st March 2021. Oversubscription and how places are awarded Where eligible applications for admissions exceed the number of places available, and after students who have a statement of SEN or an Educational Health and Care Plan, which names the school have been admitted, 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; Please refer to the Definitions on pages 1 of the School Admissions Policy 2021, which explains ‘distance from school’ What happens after students have qualified and been offered a place? In March 2021, 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 will be on the school website by 28th February and available from the Admissions Officer after 1st March. 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. Priority must not be given to children based on the date their application was received or their name was added to the list. Should a place become available, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to those on the waiting list. REMINDER • Please complete the online application as soon as possible, so that your child can be registered for the entrance test.