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1 Thanet, Canterbury & Swale Admission to Secondary School in Kent 2015 For children born between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004 Transferring to Secondary School in September 2015 Apply online the simple fast and secure way kent.gov.uk/ola

2 Apply online Just go to Kent Online Admissions kent.gov.uk/ola A simple, fast and secure way to apply for a secondary school place in Kent. Opens 9am on 1 September 2014 and closes at midnight on 31 October

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4 at admissions you will see Secondary school places You must apply for a secondary school place if your child is born between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004 for your child to start year 7 at secondary school in You will need to apply for a secondary school place when your child is in Year 6 at primary school. If your child is already at secondary school and you want to move them to a different school you must apply for an in year admission. What to do Choose a Apply Processing Offer day Accept or school decline It s important to find out more about schools you are interested in before you decide to name them on your application form. You can name up to 4 schools. A simple, fast, convenient process which opens at 9 am on 1 September 2014 and closes at midnight on 5 November You can apply at any time of day until midnight on 5 November You can log on and make changes before the closing date. You must re-submit the application in order for us to process the changes.* confirmation reassures you that your application has been received. - gives you a copy of all the information you entered on the application - gives you a unique reference number. On offer day (Monday 2 March 2015) an will be sent to you after 4pm, telling you which school you have been offered.** You must accept or decline the school place you ve been offered between 3 March and 20 March If it has not been possible to offer your child a place at one of your preferred schools, you have the right to lodge an appeal between 3 March and 31 March Online support available telephone and ask for the Online Admissions Team or kentonlineadmissions@kent.gov.uk (we will reply during office hours) * Only one application per pupil will be accepted. If you apply online, do not complete a paper application as well. Keep your log on details safe and tell us your reference number whenever you need to contact us. ** Some providers can take an extended period of time to deliver this . Kent County Council has no control over delivery once the message has left our servers. You will still receive a letter (if it is has not been possible to offer you your first preferred school), posted first class on 2 March

5 The Fair Access Office is based at: Sessions House, County Hall Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ The telephone number for Kent County Council s Education Line is , and if they are unable to answer your enquiry they can put you through to the Secondary Admissions Team or the Transport Team. You can the Admissions Team on: kent.admissions@kent.gov.uk You can the transport team on: homeschooltransport@kent.gov.uk Admission for Children with Statements of Special Educational Needs Kent County Council makes separate arrangements for the transition of children with Statements of Special Educational Needs to secondary school. Your main point of contact for your child s Secondary School placement is your Area Special Educational Needs (SEN) Office. The contact details for the Education Offices are as follows: East Kent SEN Team - Canterbury, Thanet and Swale Brook House, Reeves Way, John Wilson Business Park, Thanet Way Whitstable, Kent CT5 3SS Telephone: SEN.resources-east@kent.gov.uk South Kent SEN Team - Ashford, Dover and Shepway Kroner House, Eurogate Business Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 8XU Telephone: SEN.resources-mid@kent.gov.uk North Kent SEN Team - Dartford, Gravesham and Sevenoaks (opens December 2014) Joynes House, 1-4 New Road, Gravesend, Kent DA11 0AT For North Kent SEN team please contact the West Kent Office West Kent SEN Team - Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & Malling Worrall House, 30 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4AE Telephone: AEN.resources-west@kent.gov.uk The information given in this booklet relates to the school year Details were correct at time of publication, August 2014, but may change before September

6 A Message to Parents This booklet provides you with all the information you may need as you look for the right place for your child to start secondary school in This is a big decision for every child and family and we want to ensure every help is provided to you to apply for your preferred schools, in the light of their admissions criteria. I hope this booklet helps to inform your decisions. We are lucky in Kent to have a wide variety of Secondary schools offering a range of educational and wider development opportunities for young people. Our aim is to ensure every child and young person can go to a good school where they can achieve well and succeed, enjoy a wide range of opportunities and realise their potential. Although the County Council is not the Admissions Authority for all schools, for example Church Schools and Academies are their own Admissions Authorities, we publish the admission arrangements for all schools in this booklet and on our website, Our role is to coordinate the Admissions process and we will make sure that everyone who applies is offered a Secondary school place on National Offer Day, 2 March Support Adviser who can advise you about some of the information in the booklet, or you can contact the County Council s Secondary Admissions team. The contact details are on the contents page. Schools across the county will be offering open days and evenings between now and 31 October 2014, the closing date for applications. Open sessions at Secondary schools give teachers and pupils the opportunity to celebrate what they have achieved, and to show how much the school can offer. For your child, meeting the staff and the pupils and learning about the academic, vocational, sporting and creative options available at the school can help to make the right decisions. Please do take advantage of these opportunities to look at different schools and consider whether they might be right for your child. I wish you well with this process and I hope your child will have a happy and successful future in a Kent secondary school from September You will need to complete only one application form, the Kent Secondary Common Application Form (SCAF) either online through or on paper - to apply for up to four Secondary schools, in Kent or further away. We will do our best to offer you one of the places you would like. In March 2014, 93% of children were offered a place at their first or second preference school. The School Admissions Code asks schools to make sure that they provide clear up to date information and a fair chance to apply for a place. Even if you have older children who have been through the Secondary school transfer process in the past, please be sure to read the individual school entries in the booklet carefully before you submit your Kent Secondary Common Application Form. There may be some important changes that you will want to take into consideration. Patrick Leeson Corporate Director Education and Young People s Services Kent County Council In making your application it may be important for you to discuss your child s academic attainment, interests and style of learning with his or her Primary school. Your child s current school may have a Family Liaison Officer or Parent 5

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8 Everything you need to know 9. Transferring to Secondary School Types of school Admission Arrangements 10. How the Admissions process works 11. Timetable for moving on to Secondary School 11. How will the Secondary Transfer System work in Kent in 2015? 12. If your child has a Statement of Special Educational Need 13. Parents right to a school place 13. Applying for a place in Kent if you live outside Kent 13. Finding out about Kent schools 13. Assessment for a Kent Grammar School 15. Completing the Kent Secondary Common Application Form 17. Allocating places 17. School offers 17. What are the chances of getting my child into the school I want? 18. Examples 19. Where can I get advice? 19. Kent Parent Partnership Service (KPPS) 20. Letting you know 20. Waiting lists 21. Appeals 7

9 22. Some of your questions answered 24. Late applications and In Year Admissions 25. Transport 29. Travel to school or college for students aged General information 32. Choices after Your guide to Data Protection 34. If your child has a disability 8

10 1. Transferring to Secondary School 2015 You need to apply for Year 7 secondary school places (which you can do online through our website or by filling in a paper form) by 31 October You can apply for schools inside or outside Kent County Council s area, but you must name all of them on the same application; you can only fill in one form, and it must be the form for your home Local Authority. If you are not sure whether Kent County Council is your home Local Authority, check which Council sends you your Council Tax bill. Transferring to Secondary School with a Statement of Special Educational Need The application process explained in this book does not apply to children with a Statement of Special Educational Need, if your child does have a Statement you can find some information in the content of this book that will help you decide which schools to consider. The proposals set out in the Children & Families Act, to be implemented in September 2014 will see Statements of Special Educational Need and Learning Difficulty Assessments for those aged 0-25 years, replaced by an integrated and quicker assessment leading to a combined Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. As the law changes references made in this booklet to SSEN will apply as appropriate to EHC plans. Further information around transfer to secondary School for Children with a Statement can be found on our website: special-educational-needs 2. Types of School When you look at the information for individual schools, you will see that each one explains what type of school it is. Community and Voluntary Controlled schools are run by Kent County Council, so the Council is their admission authority, deciding what their admission arrangements will be, as well as running their admissions process. Foundation and Aided schools are their own admission authority, so they make decisions about what their admission arrangements will be, but they consult with the Council, and they are part of the Council s coordinated admissions process. Aided schools were set up by voluntary bodies such as churches or charitable foundations. Community, Voluntary Controlled, Foundation and Aided schools all receive funding through Kent County Council, so you may also hear them called Kent maintained schools. Academies, some are set up as all-ability schools (comprehensive) by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups working in partnership with central government and local education partners. Others are existing schools (including some grammar schools) which have recently converted to Academy status. The government s Department for Education (DFE) meets the costs of Academies through the Education Funding Agency, and their admission arrangements are agreed with the Secretary of State. Although they are effectively independent schools they provide free education, and they take part in the Council s coordinated admission process. Free Schools are a new type of all-ability state-funded school set up in response to what local people say they want and need for children in their community. You can find more about Free Schools on the DFE website, Grammar schools and those Academies which select their intake through the 11+ assessment procedure are by definition selective schools. There is one grammar school, Cranbrook School, which admits children at age 13 through its own assessment process. Enquiries about testing should be made directly to the school, but applications for places must be made through Kent County Council, on forms available from the school or from the Council s website ( 9

11 Kent has a wide range of schools, including all-ability and comprehensive schools and academies (which take children of all abilities). Where academies do not select their intake, they are by definition comprehensive schools. Comprehensive schools include church aided schools, which may give priority for admission to members of a particular religious faith. You can find out how they do this by reading the admission criteria for the individual schools. In addition to the Roman Catholic comprehensive schools in the Kent LA area, there are two in Bexleyheath (St Catherine s for girls and St Columba s for boys) which you can find out about from the London Borough of Bexley ( ), and one in Chatham (St John Fisher) which you can find out about from Medway Council ( ). Community, Voluntary Controlled, Foundation Aided, Free Schools and Academies are bound by the School Admissions Code, which sets out to ensure that the admission arrangements agreed for all the different types of school are fair and easy to understand, and that school places are applied for and offered in the same way. University Technical Colleges are a new concept in education. They offer year olds the opportunity to take a full time, technically-oriented course of study. They are sponsored by a university and offer clear progression routes into higher education or further learning in work. Kent currently has one UTC, The Leigh UTC in Dartford, which admits students at Year 10. For further information visit Note: Special schools, for children with Statements of Special Educational Need are not included in this admissions process and are not listed in the booklet. If you believe your child needs a special school place, you should contact your local Special Educational Needs and Resources office (see page 4). 3. How the Admissions process works You are invited to apply for up to four schools by completing a Secondary Common Application Form (SCAF) online or on paper. Kent County Council will tell secondary schools who has applied for places, and provide them with any information they need to rank children for admission. Schools are not told whether parents named them first, second, third or fourth on the SCAF. Each school will look at all their applications, and draw up a rank order based on their oversubscription criteria to decide who will get places. This means, for example, that if how close children live to the school is an important factor, the children who live closest are most likely to be offered places, whether they named the school first, second, third or fourth on the SCAF. The order you name the schools in only matters if more than one of them could offer your child a place. In that case, we will look back at your preferences and offer whichever of them you named highest on the form. If we can t offer your child any of the schools you named on your form, we will write to you on 2 March offering a place at an alternative school. Parents should note that if transport to school will be a factor, Kent will not normally provide transport where a parent chooses a school which is not the nearest appropriate for transport purposes. See pages for further information. 10

12 4. Timetable for moving on to Secondary School September 2014 Information about secondary transfer will be available on our website and through your child s primary school. Children who registered by 1 July to take the grammar school tests will be tested in September and sent their results on 15 October. September/October 2014 Schools hold open events so that you can visit and look round. 31 October 2014 You must have applied for schools by this date, either online or by returning Kent s Secondary Common Application Form (SCAF) to Kent Admissions or your child s primary school. 2 March 2015 Offers of school places will be sent out. messages will be sent after 4pm to parents who applied online, and letters will be posted first class to arrive on 3 March. 18 March 2015 If you want your child s name put on the waiting list for any school you named on the SCAF but were not offered, you should let Kent County Council know by this date. approach schools directly to allow them to make offers as quickly as possible. In addition to contacting schools, parents should also send a copy of their application to the LA who will support and advise on the process where this is needed. 5. How will the Secondary Transfer System work in Kent in 2015? Every Kent parent fills in Kent County Council s Secondary Common Application Form (SCAF), online or on paper. If you are applying to certain schools you may also need to fill in a supplementary information form for return to the school (see individual schools details). You are invited to name up to four schools you would like your child to attend. If any of your named schools receive more applications than there are places available your application is assessed against that school s oversubscription criteria (see individual school details). We try to offer you a place at the school you most want. All children get sent one offer of a place on the same date, 2 March Letters are posted first class, to arrive on 3 March. 20 March 2015 By this date you must let the school you have been offered know whether or not you are accepting the place. 31 March 2015 If you want to appeal for a place at any school you named on the SCAF but were not offered, you should do so by this date. 22 April 2015 Any vacant places will be reallocated by Kent County Council, using the schools waiting lists. After 22 April 2015 waiting lists will be maintained by schools who will fill vacancies as they arise. Parents should 11

13 6. If your child has a Statement of Special Educational Need You will already have discussed transfer to secondary school and completed a green form expressing a preference for the school you would like your child to attend. Forms should have been returned to your child s primary school by 4 July 2014, to be sent on to the local SEN office (contact details are on page 4). Once we know which school you want, we ll write to them to consult about naming the school on your child s Statement. If you don t tell us which school you want, we will write to the maintained mainstream secondary school closest to your home that can meet your child s needs. If you are considering a grammar school place, see section 10. If you don t express a preference, Kent County Council will name the maintained school closest to your child s home that can meet his or her needs. If Kent County Council plans to name a school in the Statement, it must consult with that school and take account of the views the school expresses before deciding whether or not to name it. If the school is in another Local Authority s area, Kent must consult with that Local Authority, as well as the school itself. To decide whether a school would be suitable for your child, Kent County Council must take account of any special arrangements which would be needed, and decide whether these represent an efficient use of resources. Kent County Council and/or the school must take reasonable steps to ensure that a maintained mainstream school is accessible, but does not have to make adaptations or provide equipment. If they would be needed at the school you ve named, but are already available at another school, Kent County Council would normally name the school where they are already available. Schools Admission Criteria for children joining the school in Year 7 are not applied to children with Statements. Provision for children with Statements is arranged through Kent County Council, and the school named in your child s Statement must admit your child. We will write to you no later than December 2014 formally confirming the proposal to amend your child s Statement, setting out the proposed changes and seeking your views. Between December 2014 and 15 February 2015 you can make any representations about the proposed amended Statement. An amended Final Statement must be sent to you by 15 February The SEN Code of Practice says that if you want your child to have a mainstream education, Kent County Council must name or describe a maintained, mainstream school in the Statement, unless this would be incompatible with the efficient education of other children at the school. Kent County Council must ask you if you wish to express a preference for a particular school (including a special school), and must comply with your preference unless: the school is unsuitable for your child s age, ability, aptitude or special educational needs the placement would not be compatible with the efficient education of other children with whom your child would be educated, or the placement would not be an efficient use of resources. If you wish to discuss any aspect of the arrangements for transfer of your child to secondary school, you should speak to your SEN Locality Officer at your local SEN Office. If you are not happy with the school named on your child s Amended Final Statement, you can appeal to the SEN and Disability Tribunal within 2 months of the issuing of the Final Statement. Parents should note that where they request a school which is further from their home than an alternative school able to meet their childs needs. It will be the responsibility of the parent to provide transport. The LA will only provide transport to the nearest school, other than in exceptional circumstances. 12

14 7. Parents right to a school place The law recognises that it may not always be possible to carry out parents wishes, for a number of reasons: Because this would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources, Because a particular school may be full. Because it is a selective (grammar) school and the child has not reached the required standard. Because the child has been permanently excluded from two or more schools. 8. Applying for a place in Kent if you live outside Kent If you live outside Kent but would like to send your child to a school in the county you must name the Kent school on your home Local Authority s Common Application Form and they will liaise with us. We will then inform your home Local Authority whether we can offer your child a place at your preferred Kent school. Please note you must NOT use Kent s online application process or Secondary Common Application Form if you do not live in Kent. 9. Finding out about Kent schools Schools publish a lot of information about what they teach, the facilities they offer and what they aim to achieve for their pupils on their websites. You can find their website addresses in this booklet. They will also have their own printed prospectus or booklet which you can ask for if you are interested in the school. There is no substitute for seeing things for yourself. That is why all schools hold open days and evenings, when parents and children can visit and talk to teachers and existing pupils. We believe this provides a very good opportunity for you to get the feel of the school and encourage you to use the opportunities available. We strongly recommend that you visit those schools that interest you most. Headteachers welcome enquiries from parents and will be able to tell you a great deal about their schools. 10. Assessment for a Kent Grammar School All the grammar schools in Kent County Council s area use Kent s tests to help decide which children should be offered places. A Kent grammar school can only offer a place to a child who has been assessed suitable for admission to grammar school. Registration for testing opens on 2 June 2014 and closes on 1 July. Testing will take place in September 2014 and parents will receive their child s assessment decision by post on 16 October, leaving them time to apply for school places by 31 October. We test about 13,000 children a year. To be included in the tests in September 2014, a child MUST have been registered for testing by 1 July If your child has not been tested, a grammar school can t offer you a place on 2 March. If you name a grammar school on your SCAF when your child has not been tested, your application to that school will be turned down, though you will still have the right to appeal for admission. If your child takes the tests but does not do well enough to be eligible for a grammar school place, a grammar school cannot offer a place. If you still think that a grammar school would be the best place for your child, you can name your preferred grammar school(s) anywhere on the SCAF, but you will not be offered a place at any of them on 2 March. You will still have the right to appeal for admission. If your child has a statement of Special Educational Need If your child has a statement of Special Educational Need and you are interested in a place at a grammar school, you must register your child for testing and name a grammar school on your preference form. Kent County Council will then determine whether that school is suitable in terms of your child s aptitude and ability, as well as their age and special needs. If your child s special needs mean that some special arrangements may have to be made so that he or she 13

15 can be assessed (for example, if your child has a visual impairment), the area SEN Team will liaise with your child s school, the Admissions Team and other relevant professionals as necessary to find out what needs to be done. Note: If your child does not have a Statement of Special Educational Need, but you believe that special arrangements may be necessary to allow him or her access to the test papers, you should discuss this first with the SENCO at your child s primary school, as applications for any special arrangements are made by the school. You can find out more from our website, What tests are involved? The two tests taken in September 2014 will be a Reasoning test and a combined Maths and English test, both in a multiple-choice format. Reasoning tests look at how quickly and efficiently children solve problems of increasing difficulty. The reasoning test will include some questions which use words or numbers to test verbal reasoning and some which use patterns and sequences to test non-verbal and spatial skills. The English section of the other test will involve a comprehension exercise and some separate questions chosen from a range testing literacy skills such as spelling, grammar and punctuation. The Maths section will reflect the requirements of the National Curriculum for pupils in Key Stage 2. When the tests are marked the scores are standardised. Standardisation allows each child s score to be compared with those achieved by other children of the same age so that the youngest children are not disadvantaged. We also ask children to complete a piece of writing under test conditions. This is not marked, but a local Headteacher Assessment Panel may consider it at a later stage. Test dates Most Kent children will take the tests in their primary schools on: Wednesday 10 September 2014 Children from schools outside Kent LA will be invited to attend Kent testing centres on: Saturday 13 September 2014 Detailed arrangements for these children will be confirmed by letter when we have processed all applications and know how many children we need to accommodate and where they are coming from. This is likely to be in August. How are decisions made? The assessment decision is based on the test results. However, before you receive your decision, your child s primary school headteacher will have the opportunity to refer assessment decisions they disagree with to a panel of local primary and secondary school headteachers, who will consider additional evidence before making a decision. This can include your child s test scores, recent work, the writing task and comments from your child s current school. The panel will look at a full range of work for a child, regardless of which scores may be below the threshold. An assessment will only be changed by the Headteacher Panel if the panel is confident that the child will be well placed in a grammar school. The assessment decision will be posted to you on 15 October. Once you have the assessment decision, it s best to take any questions you have to your child s primary school first of all. If the school can t help, you can contact the Secondary Admissions Team by ringing Neither the primary school nor the Secondary Admissions Team can change the assessment you have received, but they can explain what it means and how it was reached, to help you when you fill in the Secondary Common Application Form. 14

16 What if I disagree with the assessment decision? You cannot make an appeal against the assessment decision posted to you on 15 October, but you are still allowed by law to appeal for admission to any school you name on your SCAF and are not offered. If your child has not been assessed suitable for grammar school but you name a grammar school anywhere on your SCAF, although you cannot be offered a place there on 2 March, after that you can ask an independent panel to consider whether there could be an exceptional reason for admitting your child to that school. Appeals for admission to Kent schools should be lodged by 31 March The information which comes with your offer of a school place will explain how to do this. Other testing procedures Some individual schools will also have their own tests as part of their admissions process. This will be stated in the school s details, and you should contact them direct for information about what tests are involved and when they will take place. 11. Completing the Kent Secondary Common Application Form If you live in the Kent Local Authority area, and you would like your child to start at ANY Secondary School or Academy in September 2014 you MUST complete the Kent Secondary Common Application Form (SCAF), either online, through the Kent website ( or on paper. If you have already registered your child online to take part in the Kent grammar school tests, you will be able to log on and add your school preferences to the information you have already submitted, then resubmit the application, rather than starting from the beginning. On that form we ask you to name up to four schools you would like your child to go to. We ask you to rank these schools in the order you most prefer. If any of the schools you have expressed a preference for is an Academy, Aided, Foundation or Free School you may also need to complete another form called a Supplementary Information Form (SIF). This form is used by the schools to rank your child against their oversubscription criteria. Schools that require a SIF will be identified in the school details pages. You should return this form to the school and not to Kent County Council. The SIF can be obtained from the school or by going to the Admissions criteria 2015/16 section at uk/admissionscriteria if the school has provided us with a copy. The SIF is not the official Kent County Council application form and you must still complete a SCAF naming the school otherwise your child will not be considered for a place at that school. You may name a school or schools outside Kent on the form. We will inform the relevant Local Authority and they will consider your application under their arrangements. If you want to know more about schools outside Kent you are advised to contact the relevant Local Authority office for further details. Please see page 34 for contact details. If you live in Kent you must complete a Kent Secondary Common Application Form (SCAF), either online or on paper. To apply online, go to ola. Otherwise, you can get a paper SCAF from your child s Kent primary school, download a copy from the Kent website or request one by ringing Secondary Admissions Team ( ), to whom you should return it direct by 31 October 2014 If you have not applied online or on paper by 5 November 2014 your child will not be considered for a place in a Kent school until after places have been allocated in March. It is important to make sure your SCAF shows us which schools you want, in priority order, because after the closing date you will not be able to change your 15

17 16 preferences without a genuine reason - for example, if you have had to move house since returning the form. Even if we accept that there is a genuine reason, there is a limit to how late we can make a change. After 8 December 2014 no-one can to apply to different schools until after 22 April 2015, when most places will be filled. Do remember to let us know if you change your home address or your address after the closing date, so that we send your school offer to the right place. Pupil s home address We will accept as a pupil s home address the residential property that is the child s only or main residence, not an address at which your child may sometimes stay or sleep due to your own domestic arrangements. It will be either: owned by the child s parent, parents or guardian; or leased to or rented by the child s parent, parents or guardian under a lease or written rental agreement. Evidence of ownership or rental agreement may be required, plus proof of the child s permanent residency at the property concerned. The Council reserves the right to check information given on the application form. If any information given on the form is found to be incorrect, or if you fail to notify us of important changes in the information, the offer of a school place can be withdrawn. If you need further help, contact the Admissions Team. We can only accept one current home address on the Secondary Common Application Form. If you live separately from your partner but share responsibility for your child and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of weekdays. If you have other arrangements which involve your child living at more than one address and you are not sure which address you should give, please contact the Admissions Team for advice. Distance Maps and internet-based measuring tools will give you an indication of the distance from your address to a school, but they often use different reference points. So that distances are worked out consistently Kent County Council s measuring software uses address point data provided by Ordnance Survey and updated annually. The address point reference we have for your property is taken as one end of a straight line, with the address point reference for the school as the other end. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. When we apply the distance criterion for an oversubscribed Community or Voluntary Controlled school, these straight line measurements are used to determine how close each applicant s address is to the school. Address point references allow us to calculate distances in miles to four decimal places. A block of flats has a single address point reference, so applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from a Community school. In the unlikely event that two or more children live in the same block and in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place. Kent County Council supplies address point data to all schools but some Foundation and Aided schools, free schools and Academies may use different methods to measure distances from applicants homes. This will be clearly explained in each school s oversubscription criteria. Where a school has not explained that it will use a different method, the method described here will apply. Brothers and Sisters Where Kent County Council uses the term brother or sister, it means children who live as brother and sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers or sisters. If siblings from multiple births (twins, triplets, etc) apply for a school and the school would reach its Published Admission Number (PAN) after admitting one or more, but before admitting all of those siblings, Kent County Council will offer a place to each of the siblings, even if doing so takes the school above its PAN. However, this may not always be possible for example, if the school is a grammar school.

18 Where a school has not explained how it defines a sibling, the explanation given here will apply. 12. Allocating places We look at the applications to schools to see whether we can offer a place. If there are more applications to a school than there are places available, once places have been allocated to any Statemented pupils the school s oversubscription criteria are used to put applicants in priority order. Some of these children will not be offered a place because the school runs out of spaces before we get down to their names on the list of applicants. Some will not need to be offered one because another school, which they ranked higher on their Secondary Common Application Form, can give them a place. If your Kent preferences include a voluntary aided or foundation school, free school or an academy, we send that school your details, as they are responsible for their own admissions. If the school has too many applications for the places available, the governors will use the school s oversubscription criteria to put applicants in priority order. They will pass a ranked list back to us so that we can offer a place on their behalf. 13. School Offers Kent County Council will make sure every Kent child who has submitted a Kent Secondary Common Application Form gets ONE offer. If only one of the schools you have asked for could offer your child a place that is the school place we will offer you. If more than one of the schools you have asked for could offer your child a place, we will offer you whichever one of these you ranked highest on your Secondary Common Application Form. This is the only time your rank order will be used to decide which place to offer you. (If you have named a grammar school on your Secondary Common Application Form, and that grammar school has too many applications from suitable candidates, it may not be possible to offer you a place there, even if your child has done well enough in the 11+ tests to qualify for a grammar school place. If this happens, you will be offered the highest available of your remaining preferences, even if that is not a grammar school.) Sometimes, we may not be able to offer you a place at any school you have asked for. This will be because all those schools have had more applications than they have places available and have offered them to children who have a better claim under the oversubscription criteria. If this happens, we will offer you a place at another school. When you have the offer of a school place you can still appeal for a place at any of the other schools you named on the SCAF, or ask for your child s name to be put on a waiting list for any spaces which may come up. After 22 April you can also apply for a place at a school you didn t name on your original SCAF by contacting the school direct. Your application will be considered and, if the school still has room, it can offer you a place. If it is full it will turn down your application, but will explain how you can appeal and how you can add your child s name to the waiting list in case a place becomes available. Every admission authority must keep a waiting list, at least until the end of the first term in the admission year, and every time a child s name is added the list will be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria. Looked after children, previously looked after children (according to the School Admissions Code paragraph 1.7, previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order) and those allocated a place at the school in accordance with a Fair Access Protocol will take precedence over others on a waiting list. 14. What are the chances of getting my child into the school I want? The best way to assess the chances of your child getting into the school you want is to study that school s oversubscription criteria (see school details). 17

19 Before you fill in the Kent Secondary Common Application Form make sure that you have read and understood the oversubscription criteria for the schools you are listing. You need to think carefully about whether your child is likely to meet these criteria. One of the most important criteria for many schools is the distance you live from the school. The distances from which schools allocate places change from year to year, depending on demand. You may need to check with the school whether they have been able to admit children from your address in recent years. When deciding your preferences, be realistic about how likely you are to be offered a place there. Some schools have entrance tests. Ask yourself whether your child is good at the subject being tested or at taking tests generally. Having considered all these matters, rank the schools you want in order of preference. Remember that other people will choose the same schools as you. If their children meet the criteria of a particular school better than yours, they will be offered a place ahead of your child. 15. Examples Marie has a grammar school assessment. She lives close to her local Community high school. Her parents would most like a place for her at the local church comprehensive, which gives priority to church attenders. Otherwise, they would like a local grammar school. The parents preferences are: 1. Church Aided Comprehensive 2. Community Grammar School 3. Foundation Grammar School 4. Community High School Robina s parents would like her to go to a single-sex Community high school, even though it is a long way from her home. Otherwise, though they are not church attenders, they would like a church school, or another single-sex school. She has not taken the grammar school tests. The parents preferences are: 1. Single-sex Community High School 2. Church Aided School 3. Community Grammar School for Girls 4. Foundation Grammar School for Girls The Community High School is oversubscribed by girls who live closer than Robina. The Church Aided School is oversubscribed with church attenders. The grammar schools cannot offer her a place on 2 March as she has not taken the grammar school tests. Her parents are offered a vacant place at an alternative school chosen by Kent County Council. Adam has a grammar school assessment. His parents would most like a place for him at the Foundation grammar school closest to his home. Otherwise they would like a place at his local all-ability academy, a neighbouring Foundation high school or a school outside Kent. The parents preferences are: 1. Foundation Grammar School 2. All-ability Academy 3. Foundation High School 4. School Outside Kent The grammar school is oversubscribed with suitable applicants and cannot offer him a place. As he qualifies for a place at the All-ability Academy, he is offered his second preference. Marie meets the entry requirements for all four schools, so she is offered her first preference. 18

20 Kristina does not have a Grammar school assessment. Her parents would most like her to go to a local grammar school, a popular high school near where her mother works, or the Church Aided comprehensive, which is further away. They are regular church attenders. The parents preferences are: 1. Local Foundation Grammar School 2. Community High School 3. Church Aided Comprehensive 4. Local Foundation High School Kristina does not meet the entry requirement for grammar school, and the Community high school offers all its places to children who live within 2 miles. She qualifies for a place at the Church Aided comprehensive, so is offered her third preference. Oliver lives a long way from his nearest Community grammar school. He has a Grammar assessment. The parents preferences are: 1. Local Foundation Grammar School 2. Local Foundation Grammar School 3. Community Grammar School 4. Neighbouring Grammar Academy All these schools are oversubscribed and have to apply their criteria. Some take account of test scores and some take account of home address, but none of them can offer Oliver a place, because too many other applicants are ranked above him. If it cannot find a grammar school place within a reasonable distance of his home, Kent County Council offers him a local school which does not select its intake. 16. Where can I get advice? The Secondary Admissions Team will offer advice to those families who find the secondary transfer process difficult to understand, they can help parents to make the most realistic choice of school that best meets their child s needs. Primary Headteachers will also be in a position to help with this. So if you ve looked at this booklet, visited the schools and talked to your child s teachers but still feel you need some extra help - Your primary school may have a Family Liaison Officer (FLO) or Parent Support Adviser (PSA) who you can talk to at school. If you know who they are speak to them directly or ask the school for details. You can ring the Secondary Admission Team on during office hours. kent.admissions@kent.gov.uk Kent Parent Partnership Service (KPPS) Every Local Authority must provide a Parent Partnership Service that offers confidential and impartial, information, advice and support for parents* of disabled children** and children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Kent Parent Partnership Service has an experienced team available to listen and discuss any issues parents may have around their child s education. Working at arm s length to the authority KPPS aims to empower parents and families to be confident to take an active and informed role in their child s education and development. * parents includes all those adults with parental responsibility ** children and young people aged between 0-19 years (25 in September 2014) 19

21 KPPS can: be available and accessible to answer questions via a telephone helpline or in the local community provide face to face support at a time that is mutually convenient offer time to discuss issues in depth and explore options support at meetings with school and/or the Local Authority provide information about other agencies and processes help parents to communicate their views or concerns help prepare paperwork help with queries about the education system act as a neutral facilitator at meetings support with appeals to the SEN and Disability Tribunal provide training in communication, participation and SEN processes provide a range of information leaflets about education processes (available in other languages on request). How to contact KPPS Telephone Helpline: kentparentpartnershipservice@kent.gov.uk The Helpline is open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (answerphone and are available 24 hours) Or visit the KPPS team at a local drop-in (ring the helpline or check online for dates and venues) Website: The office site provides disabled access and facilities at: Shepway Centre Oxford Road Maidstone ME15 8AW Office Tel: Minicom: Letting you know On 2 March 2015 Kent County Council will write to Kent parents offering places. You will receive only ONE offer. You must let the school you have been offered know by 20 March 2015, whether or not you want the place. If you do not let the school know that you want the place, it may be offered to someone else, and you will lose it. You can also lose your school place if the information you put on your application form is later found to be incorrect. If you have not been offered the school(s) you wanted, our letter will tell you how to appeal for a place. If you make an appeal for a place at a school, an independent panel will look at why you were not offered a place there, and decide whether there is a good reason to change that decision. This is separate from asking to go on a waiting list in case any spaces come up at the school, which you can also do. If you have applied for a Kent school but do not live in Kent your home Local Authority will write on 2 March 2015 to tell you which school you have been offered. 18. Waiting lists If a school is oversubscribed on 2 March 2015 the admission authority for that school must keep a waiting list, at least until the start of the January term A grammar school can only put children on its waiting list who have been assessed suitable for grammar school. The waiting list must include: Children who named the school on the SCAF, could not be offered a place there on 2 March, and asked by 18 March 2015 to go on the waiting list. Children who made their secondary school application after the closing date and before 18 March 2015 whose names are sent to the school by Kent County Council. On 22 April 2015 the Council will run a reallocation process to offer any vacant places to children on schools waiting lists. Reallocation works in the same way as the 20

22 process which offered places on 2 March, so that any places which may have become available can be offered to children on waiting lists, ranked by the schools according to their original oversubscription criteria. If more than one of the schools parents want can offer a place, we will offer the one they ranked highest on their waiting list form. From 23 April schools will use their waiting lists to allocate any vacant places as they arise. From 22 April waiting lists will also include: Children who did not name the school on their original SCAF but have now applied for a place at the school. Late applicants* whose names are sent to the school by Kent County Council. * (If you are a Kent resident and have not already applied for and been allocated a place by Kent Count y Council for example, if you have arrived in Kent since 18 March please contact the Admissions Team on If you live outside Kent, you will need to contact your home Local Authority about making a late application to a Kent school.) The names on a school s waiting list must be ranked according to its published oversubscription criteria, and it is required by law to rank the list in accordance with the criteria again every time a child is added to it. If the number of children who accept places drops below the school s published admission number the waiting list will be used to determine who gets the vacant places. Looked after children, previously looked after children and those who must be offered a place through a Fair Access Protocol will take precedence over others on a waiting list. Putting your child s name on the waiting list for a school will not stop you appealing for a place there you can do both. Putting your child s name on the waiting list for one school will not prejudice an appeal for another, and appealing for one school will not affect your position on the waiting list for another. 19. Appeals If you are unhappy that you have not been offered one of your preferred schools you can appeal. All parents have the right to appeal against any decision to refuse them a school place. This means that you can appeal for a place at any school that you named and were not offered, wherever you ranked it on the Secondary Common Application Form. How to Appeal We will be writing to offer you a school place on 2 March If we have not been able to offer you a school you wanted, our letter will explain briefly why this was, and let you know the arrangements for appealing for a place at that school. You can appeal for any school you have been turned down for, but if it is a Kent school please do your best to make sure that your appeal is received by 31 March This will help the people who organise a school s appeal hearings to try to arrange for all the appeals for that school to be considered at the same time and by the same panel, which is what the School Admission Appeals Code recommends. Do not wait for the outcome of one appeal or the offer of a place at another school before appealing: you can always withdraw an appeal request later. Appeals received after 31 March will need to be accompanied by a reasonable explanation as to why they are late. It is best if all appeals can be heard at one time: a late appeal may have to be heard after others for the same school. Parents who have appealed unsuccessfully for a particular Kent school may not appeal for a place at the same school within the academic year unless they can show there has been a significant and material change in their circumstances since the appeal. If you have not been able to get a place at any of the schools you named on the SCAF and you are still not happy with the place you have been offered, you can apply direct to Kent secondary schools after 22 April. 21

23 If you require any assistence with making an application, the LA will assist you with this and contact the school on your behalf, where required. If you live outside Kent you should contact your home authority for information about how to apply for other schools. If you cannot be offered a place, you will have the opportunity to appeal and to ask for your child s name to be added to the school s waiting list. Children who join a waiting list after 22 April are ranked according to the school s published oversubscription criteria, not according to when they applied. How to Appeal if your child has a Statement of Special Educational Need If you are not happy with the school named on your child s Final Amended Statement, you can appeal to the SEN and Disability Tribunal within two months of the issue of the Final Statement. This also applies if the school you want is a grammar school, and the Final Amended Statement names a non-selective school. We will always try to resolve any issues or difference of opinion over the content of your child s Statement or the secondary school named in it through conciliation or mediation. These are informal processes which will not in any way prejudice your right of appeal to the Tribunal, and they can continue while your appeal case is being prepared. You can contact the SEN and Disability Tribunal by writing to: First Tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs and Disability Health, Education and Social Care Chamber Mowden Hall Staindrop Road DARLINGTON DL3 9BG You also need to read the section headed If Your Child has a Disability, at the end of this booklet, page 34. Equality legislation is there to ensure that an admission authority does not discriminate against a child on the grounds of a disability in its arrangements for admission to a school. 20. Some of your questions answered If you live in Kent How can I apply for a secondary school? You can apply online from our website, gov.uk/ola or you can complete a paper copy of the Secondary Common Application Form, which you can get from your child s primary school or from the Admissions Team (see contact details on page 3). Can I apply for a school in another Local Authority s area? You can apply for schools in another Local Authority s area, but you must name the school(s) on Kent s Secondary Common Application Form and we will pass the details to the Local Authority concerned. You must not fill in another Local Authority s application form if your child is resident in the Kent County Council area. What if I miss the October deadline? It is very important that we get your Secondary Common Application Form by the deadline so that we have time to complete all the processes required to make sure everyone who has applied for a school place can be offered one on 2 March Applications which are received too late cannot be considered with those received on time - we will try to meet your preferences after we have dealt with the rest. Telephone: Fax: or by ing: sendistqueries@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk Website: 22

24 The schools I m applying for are responsible for their own admissions. Do I still need to use the Kent Secondary Common Application Form? YES. Because the Council co-ordinates the offers of all places at maintained schools and academies, your application can only be considered if you have applied online or by filling in a SCAF as well as any extra forms asked for by schools or academies. The only exception would be if your only preferred school was a new school which had opened too recently to be included in the coordinated admission scheme for Why should I list more than one school or academy on my form? Under the admissions scheme, we can only consider your child for admission to a school named on your Secondary Common Application Form. Naming only one school will not strengthen your initial claim on a place - if your child isn t eligible for a place there, the fact that it s the only school you named won t make any difference. If your child is eligible for a place there, and you have named it as the first of four preferences, you will automatically be offered a place there on 2 March. If you only name one school and we cannot offer a place there, we have to allocate you another school place when we have processed all other applications. There may well be schools you might have preferred, which we could have offered if you had named them, but unless they are listed on the SCAF we can t take account of that. What is the point of going to open events when I already know which schools are the best? You can best decide how well a school might suit your child by going to see it for yourself. That way you are not relying on rumour that is often incorrect or out of date. What if I have moved or I am moving home? If you can provide proof of your new address (eg a letter confirming exchange of contracts and a completion date) when you submit your Secondary Common Application Form, we will take that information into consideration in deciding on allocation of places. Otherwise we make decisions based on the last confirmed address we hold for your child. What if my situation changes after I have completed the Secondary Common Application Form? Please contact the Admissions Team (see contact details on page 3) who will be able to give you individual advice. I want a Kent grammar school, but I did not register my child for testing by the closing date. What can I do now? If you have not registered by now your child will not be able to take the tests in September, and you will not get an assessment decision before you complete the SCAF. If you name one or more grammar schools on the SCAF when your child has not been assessed those schools will have to turn down your application, but you will still have the same right as everyone else to make an appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. If you don t live in Kent: What should I do if I want a Kent School? If you live outside Kent but would like to send your child to a school in the county you must name the Kent school on your home Local Authority s Secondary Common Application Form and they will send to us details of your application. How do you process applications from UK Service Personnel and Crown Servants? The School Admissions Code makes special provisions for UK Service Personnel and Crown Servants. Contact a member of the Secondary Admissions team for advice. If you have other questions about the secondary transfer process, or want some help, please contact the Secondary Admissions Team. 23

25 21. Late Applications and In Year Admissions All secondary schools except grammar schools This booklet mainly offers advice on applying by 31 October 2014 to start Year 7 at a secondary school in September Applications received after 22 April are late applications. The LA is required to coordinate these up until the start of the new term in September. In most circumstances schools are best placed to receive applications and offer places without delay, so Kent empowers schools to make direct offers on it s behalf where parents make applications direct to them. Schools will then inform the LA where an offer has been made or an application has been refused. The LA will monitor this as part of its coordination duties and will remain on hand to assist parents at any stage should they need help in securing a school place. Year 7 applications received after the start of term are called In Year admissions. In Year applications for Kent school places should be made direct to schools, using a separate copy of Kent County Council s single In Year Casual Application Form (IYCAF) for each child and each school applied Kent schools will let you know in writing whether they can offer a place and will inform Kent County Council about the application and whether an offer has been made. Schools which do not require children to take any entry tests will normally be expected to tell parents within 5 school days of receiving the application whether they can offer a place. If a school you apply for cannot offer you a place, the letter telling you this should explain how to appeal and how to put your child s name on the school s waiting list. (A grammar school can only put children on its waiting list if they have been assessed suitable for grammar school) In Year Admission to a grammar school If you arrive in Kent after the 11+ tests and want a Year 7 place at a grammar school, your child will need to be assessed. This can be arranged through the grammar school you are applying for. Until the end of the first term in the school year, all grammar schools will use the Kent test, so one set of tests will give you an assessment which is valid for any grammar school in the Kent LA area. If your child has not already been tested and you are looking for a Year 7 place after the first term in the school year, or a place in a different year group, the grammar school will use its own assessment process. If you apply for more than one grammar school your child will need to take a different test for each grammar school you apply for. If you have applied In Year but cannot find a school place If you are a Kent resident who has applied to your preferred schools but been unable to secure a place you can contact Kent County Council s In Year Admissions Team, who will let you know of any other schools which have places so that you can apply direct to these schools. If there are no places available and your child is out of school, the application may be referred to a local panel under the Fair Access Protocol (FAP), to decide which school can admit them. If your child is already attending a school in the local area, no alternative place will be offered. If you want to apply in year for a place at a school located in another Local Authority s area, please contact the admissions team for further information. You can obtain information about the process and copies of the IYCAF from the Kent County Council website or from any Kent school. Enquiries can also be made by to kentinyearadmissions@kent.gov.uk or by ringing and asking for the In-Year Admissions Team. 24

26 22. Transport You can apply for any school and we will try to offer you the place that you want, but as the admission criteria for schools are separate from the criteria for assistance with home to school transport you will not automatically receive transport assistance to any school that offers you a place. As a general rule, your child will get free home to school transport if the secondary school they will be attending is: the nearest appropriate school for transport purposes, and is more than three miles from home using the shortest available walking route. Nearest Appropriate School The school defined as your nearest appropriate school for transport purposes will be the school closest to your home which is suitable for your child s age (ie: a primary or secondary school) and ability (ie: a mainstream school or a Special school for pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs). You will not normally receive transport assistance to a different school unless you applied to your child s nearest school but were refused a place. If transport is likely to be a factor in your school choice you will need to consider carefully what options are available to you. You can find your nearest schools by clicking Choosing a School and then clicking under Find a School on the KCC website. If you wish to express a preference for a school which is not your nearest and is not within walking or cycling distance, you should explore your transport options before making your mind up as transport assistance will not be automatically provided to any school which may offer you a place. There are helpful links from the Kent County Council website to public bus service information. Young Person s Travel Pass can be used on all registered public bus routes and further information about this pass is on page 28. Walking Distances and Routes If you are not sure about the walking distance to your nearest school you will be able to get an estimated distance using Google Maps This site will allow you to put in your home address and that of the school and provide you with an estimated walking route distance. (From the home page click on Get Directions then put in the home and school address information remember to click on the picture of the walking person and not the motor car to ensure you get a walking route distance!) Please note Kent County Council has specific software it uses when measuring distances for transport purposes and will also assess walking routes for safety. However, the Transport Team will not be able to advise you of the exact measurement or which school is your nearest over the telephone due to the large number of applications received and their need to prioritise assessing them. The google map site is for estimated distance information only eligibility for transport can only be confirmed following the assessment of an application by the home to school transport team. Eligibility Assessment for eligibility for free transport to the nearest appropriate school does not normally take account of parents preference for a single-sex or mixed school, a particular type of school like a grammar school or a school with a specialism. Distance from home to school is measured by the shortest available walking route. This does take into account public footpaths. The shortest available route is one along which a child, accompanied as necessary, can walk with reasonable safety to school. Should the child change schools or home address, parents must advise the Transport Team (or SEN Case Worker if they have a Statement of Special Educational Needs) as soon as possible as the child s eligibility to receive transport will need to be reassessed. Please allow 25

27 10 days for these arrangements to be made. Free transport usually means your child will get a season ticket (pass) for public transport, or a seat on a bus/vehicle hired by Kent County Council. As we provide transport for so many children, we can t offer parents their choice of route or vehicle. If you do not name your nearest appropriate school for transport purposes on your Secondary Common Application Form you will not normally get free transport. If you do name it, but you can t get a place there, and we offer you a school you ranked below it, you may get help with transport to the school you have been offered provided this is the nearest school to your home address. If your child cannot be offered a place at any of the schools you have named on your Secondary Common Application Form, and is offered a place at another school by Kent County Council, you will not automatically get free transport to that school if you did not name your nearest school for transport purposes amongst your original preferences. Foundation schools and academies are treated in the same way as other schools for transport purposes. For more information on whether or not your child will receive transport assistance visit Kent County Council does not routinely provide discretionary transport assistance to grammar schools or denominational (faith) schools. If you have an older child who receives discretionary transport assistance to a particular school, a younger sibling attending the same grammar or faith school may not get it. This is because the policy changed back in 2011, however some learners will be eligible until they leave school or change address. There are exceptions for some children in the care of Kent County Council and some from low income families. The offer of a grammar school place does not guarantee that transport will be provided to that school if there is another mainstream school or academy closer to your home. If the secondary school nearest your home is a grammar school it will only be counted as your nearest school for transport purposes if your child has a grammar school assessment, because it can only take children who have been assessed suitable for a grammar school. The LA have instead invested in the Young Persons Travel Pass (see page 28) which provides a facility for all Kent school age learners. Low Income Families To qualify to receive transport assistance under the low income criteria, your child must be entitled to receive free school meals or you must be in receipt of one of the benefits listed below: Income support Income base jobseekers allowance Child Tax Credit ( TC602 for the current year with a yearly income of no more than 16,190) Guaranteed element of state pension credit Income related and support allowance If a child is aged between 11 and 16 and the family receives one of the benefits listed, they can be given transport assistance if: they attend one of the three nearest schools to their home and it is between 2 and 6 miles from the home OR the school has been selected on the basis of the parent s stated religion or belief, is the nearest school of that type to the child s home and is between 2 and 15 miles from the home. NB: The parent must demonstrate to Kent County Council s satisfaction that the request is based on the requirements of their religion and that they do adhere to that religion, or that they hold the belief in question and that belief is materially relevant to the school chosen for their child. Where parents declare that they are practising members of a religion or faith Kent County Council will require evidence of this, including where appropriate signature of the application form by the relevant religious representative. Proof of receipt of the maximum Working Tax Credit is 26

28 asked for and this is usually the form TC602, which is sent to you by HM Revenue & Customs. For a child who is entitled to free school meals the proof will be a letter from Kent County Council s Awards Department. Additional information can be found within the Home to School Transport booklet, which also contains the application form. These will be obtainable from primary schools and from the Transport Team at Sessions House or can be downloaded from schooltransport Children aged who meet these conditions (ie: if they are in the care of Kent County Council, or their family receives one of the benefits listed above, or they are entitled to free school meals) will have transport funded to their nearest grammar school, assuming that: they have met the entry requirements of the grammar school and been offered a place there it is the nearest grammar school to their home and is between 2 and 15 miles away If they qualified for and applied to their nearest grammar school but could not get a place there because it was oversubscribed, transport will be provided to the next nearest grammar school able to offer a place, provided it is between 2 and 15 miles from their home. Transport offered on these grounds will be reviewed annually. The transport team must be advised of any changes to the family s or child s circumstances as soon as possible, in order to reassess the child s eligibility for transport assistance. Children with a Statement of Special Educational Need The eligibility criteria above will also apply to children with a Statement of Special Educational Need who are transferring from a mainstream primary school to a mainstream secondary school. In exceptional cases Kent County Council may provide transport assistance to a Statemented child who does not meet the eligibility criteria if it is justified in the light of that child s special educational needs (eg: mobility or medical requirements). In cases such as these, evidence from your GP, consultant or SEN case officer must be sent with the application to support a request for transport assistance. Transport assistance is not provided as a substitute for parents or carers who cannot accompany their child to school for other reasons. When naming a school in a Statement Kent County Council has a duty to comply, where possible, with parental preference, but it is not obliged to provide free transport if the school requested is not the closest one which can meet a child s needs. There are, however, special arrangements to help children from low income families (see page 29). If your child has a Statement and you want to know more about eligibility for transport assistance you should contact the Home to School Transport team on Applying for Home to School Transport Home to School Transport information booklets, which include the application forms will be available from primary and secondary schools and from the Transport Team from April Please remember to include two passportsized photographs of the child, as we may not be able to process your application without these. The forms must be returned to the team no later than 31 July 2015 to ensure that your child will have a pass for the first day of term. If we do not receive your form by this date, we cannot guarantee your child s pass for the first day of term and you will have to make your own arrangements to get your child to and from school. We will not refund the cost of any transport that you have to arrange until the pass is issued. On the first day of term, your child should carry the letter that confirms their transport has been granted in case the driver of the vehicle asks to see it. The passes will be sent to your child s school for the first day of term for distribution by the school. Please ensure that your child boards the correct vehicle. You should download and complete the appropriate Home to School Transport application form which you can find at and send it to the Transport Team at: 27

29 Room 2.24 Sessions House County Hall Maidstone Kent ME14 1XQ If you do not have internet access you can get a paper copy of the form from your child s school or by ringing If you believe there are exceptional circumstances in your case which mean that Kent County Council should use its discretionary power to provide free or subsidised transport regardless of the law and the Council s published policy, you should explain these clearly when you make your application. Transport Appeals If you think we ve made a mistake in refusing transport assistance, you can ask for your application to be reviewed by the Transport Team. Once we have reassessed the application, we will write to let you know whether the original decision is correct or can be changed so that your child will get free home to school transport. If the decision cannot be changed and you are still dissatisfied because you believe that you have extenuating circumstances, you can ask for your case to be considered by members of the Regulation Committee Appeal Panel. The Regulation Committee Appeal Panel will consider your case if - (a) you believe that you are entitled to free transport in accordance with the law and/or Kent County Council s policy or that Kent County Council has made an error in rejecting your application; or (b) you believe that there are exceptional circumstances in your case that mean that Kent County Council should use its discretionary power to provide free or subsidised transport regardless of the law or the Council s published policy. If you wish to do so, you will be entitled to attend the hearing in person and to put your case to the Panel at County Hall, Maidstone. Panel members should have all the correspondence in front of them when they consider your appeal and any further papers or details of the procedure will be provided to you beforehand. Attendance at this hearing is not compulsory and you may prefer to ask your Local County Member to either accompany you or to speak on your behalf. To find details of your Local County Member go to A copy of the appeals procedure is available from the Transport Team on and can be downloaded by following the links at schooltransport You can make your appeal by writing to the address below or ing appeals@kent.gov.uk, advising the office if your Local County Member will be representing you or if you will be putting your case in person. Transport Appeals Team Room 1.99, Sessions House County Hall Maidstone Kent ME14 1XQ There is no further stage of appeal once your case has been heard by the Regulation Committee Appeal Panel, but you can object to the Local Government Ombudsman if you feel that the appeal hearing itself was not administered correctly. Other Transport Options Young Person s Travel Pass If you re not entitled to free transport to school or want greater flexibility than Home to School transport you may wish to consider a Young Person s Travel Pass. The Young Person s Travel Pass enables young people in academic years 7-11 who live in Kent to travel free on virtually all public buses in the county, from , Monday to Friday, 1st September to 31st July, generally for a fee of 200 per year or 100 for a half year pass. A small number of bespoke bus services to schools apply an additional charge. The Young Person s Travel Pass scheme gives 28

30 young people the independence to travel to and from school. Full details and terms and conditions, including a list of participating bus operators, are provided at To apply, students must be: Attending a school or other educational provision (inside or outside Kent) recognised by the scheme. In academic years 7-11 in September 2014 (students who would be in year 11 but have been put forward to year 12 are also eligible). A resident of Kent (ie: paying Council Tax to a Kent district council for Kent County Council services). Reduced charges apply for children in receipt of Free School Meals. Young Carers, Kent County Council s Young People in Care and Kent County Council s Care Leavers are generally exempt from charges, but please check the website for clarification. If you are applying for a Young Person s Travel Pass and do not qualify for a reduced fee, then you can do this online at Alternatively you can print the application form from the website and apply via the post. Application forms should be returned to the address printed on the form, along with payment and a clear passport-sized photo. The Young Person s Travel Pass does not affect your child s entitlement to free home to school transport, and you can apply for both. If your child already receives free home to school transport and you have changed your address since you applied, please let the Transport Team know. Otherwise, it is likely that your application for a Young Person s Travel Pass will be delayed while your entitlement is reconsidered. The Young Person s Travel Pass is not valid on hired school coaches or trains. If your child loses their Young Person s Travel Pass you will be charged 10 for a replacement. If you have any questions which are not answered by the information provided on the website you can youngpersonstravelpass@kent.gov.uk Vacant seat Payment Scheme (VSPS) Children who do not qualify for free transport because they live less than two/three miles from school or because they are not attending their nearest school can apply for a vacant seat on a hired school vehicle. The 2015/2016 charge for this is 165 per term for each pupil (subject to change). Transport Integration (telephone ) can give you more information. A vacant seat offered under this scheme may have to be withdrawn at a later date if the place is needed for a pupil who is entitled to free transport, if the vehicle is no longer needed for pupils entitled to free transport or if it is decided to run a smaller vehicle. Parents should also note that these seats cannot be allocated until all entitled pupils have been processed and are issued on a first come, first served basis. This does mean it can take several weeks after the start of term before a pass is issued. During this time, parents are responsible for making their own travel arrangements. Home to School Information Booklet 2015/2016 and Application Form Further details about travel regulations and how to apply can be found in the booklet Home to School Transport. You can get this, together with an application form, by ringing the contact centre on They can also put you through to the transport team if you need more advice. Alternatively, this booklet and form can be downloaded from schooltransport 23. Travel to school or college for students aged The Kent 16+ Travel Scheme Passes valid from September 2014 ACADEMIC Year Students attending Yr 12 at a secondary school or attending a college must apply directly to their school or college for a Kent 16+ Travel Card. To be eligible for the Card, a student must be a resident in Kent and attend a participating school, college or work based learning provider. If the school, college, or work based learning provider is outside Kent but you live within Kent, you can still apply. 29

31 The Kent 16+ Travel Card will not entitle you to travel on a particular service or guarantee a space or seat and any problems with the availability of bus services in your area should be directed to the relevant bus operator. The main conditions of the Kent 16+ Travel Scheme are outlined below. More details are available in the scheme Information Leaflet and Terms and Conditions available on the website. Passes are available to young people living in Kent and attending colleges and apprenticeships in England, aged The pass has a photo and is charged at 400 Aged There may be some eligibility for reduced fees, however this is at the discretion of the colleges or workplaces, who administer the scheme. Colleges and workplaces (for apprenticeships) issue the application forms and the fee is paid to them. The applications are then sent to KCC. KCC do not accept applications sent directly to them. The fee for the pass is 400 from the start of the academic year. Thereafter the pass is charged at the following rates: A card valid for the start of Term 1 (3rd September 2014) 400 A card valid for the start of Term 2 (3rd November 2014) 340 A card valid for the start of Term 3 (5th January 2015) 280 A card valid for the start of Term 4 (23rd February 2015) 210 A card valid for the start of Term 5 (20th April 2015) 140 A card valid for the start of Term 6 (1st June 2015) 70 excluded for operational reasons. These are listed on the Kent 16+ website. Passes can be used all day, every day with no limit on the number of journeys. Passes may enable free or subsidised travel on some additional registered special school bus services listed on the Kent 16+ website. Passes are valid on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. Passes are not valid on national rail services One replacement pass is issued at a cost of 10 and any smartcards which do not record electronically, for whatever reason, must be replaced. Subject to agreement with bus operators, further replacements can be also obtained at a cost of 10 and thereafter passes are charged at the appropriate annual pass charge. These charges apply at any time in the year and all passes expire on 31 August Ordinarily there is a 28 working day turn around on receipt of a valid pass application. Applicants must check for cut off dates for issue of new academic year pass applications. For further information on the Kent 16+ Travel Card please go to the following website: Tackling the School Run A range of options is available to get your child to school. Kent County Council is committed to reducing the impact of the school run and the negative effect this can have on the environment and Kent. Please consider engaging in one of the schemes Kent County Council is promoting to reduce the impact of the school run. These are outlined in the following sections. Passes enable free travel on all registered local bus services starting in Kent and continuing outside of the county to the destination of the service. The return journey is also valid. A very small number of services are 30

32 School Travel Plans Kent schools have been very successful at producing Travel Plans to encourage sustainable travel to schools. Over 94% of Kent schools now have a plan so you may wish to contact the headteacher of your school to find out about their actions for encouraging sustainable travel. You can also view the plan and other Safer Travel to School information via the Kent School Database Car Sharing and Buddy Schemes You can cut the cost and time involved in the school-run by sharing with friends and neighbours. You can find out more about sharing cars in Kent on the website or ask your chosen school if they can match you with parents travelling from the same area. Cycling to School Kent County Council is actively improving cycle routes across the county. You can find information about routes and how to get cycling at Walking to School Kent County Council works closely with the KM Walk to School Team to promote walking to school. To find out more about walking buses, Walk on Wednesday (WOW) and The Walking Bug (both part of the KM Green Footsteps Challenge), visit Using Local Bus and Train Services A range of search tools are available to help you find out all you need to know about public transport services which can use to get you to your school, or you may like to go to You can also find out whether you are eligible for the Kent Young persons travel card General information School Fund There is no charge or cost for admission to a maintained school, and nothing published in a school s own prospectus or said at an open evening about contributing to the School Fund should put you off applying for a place. Most schools operate a School Fund to help them pay for extra activities and equipment which cannot be provided from the school s own budget, and they invite parents to contribute to it if their child takes up a place there. Contributing to a school fund is entirely voluntary. School Meals Most secondary schools have cash cafeteria arrangements, where pupils can choose what they want to buy. A main meal will typically cost between (subject to change). However, this depends on suppliers and the meal choices available. Free school meals are available for: children from families who can prove that they receive Income Support, Income Based Job Seeker s Allowance or the guaranteed element of Pension Credit children from families who receive Child Tax Credit, provided they do not receive Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs) which does not exceed 16,190 (Subject to change under the proposed government universal credit changes. Further details are available at the children of Asylum Seekers who are supported under part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and can provide appropriate documentation from the National Asylum Support Services. For further information or advice, ring the contact centre ( ) and ask them to put you through to your local Awards Team. 31

33 Religious Education and Collective Worship The law requires community, foundation and voluntary controlled schools and Academies which do not have a religious character to provide religious education that fulfils the requirements of a local agreed syllabus. The syllabus will reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Britain are mainly Christian, whilst taking into account the teaching and practices of other principal religions represented in Britain. Voluntary aided schools and Academies with a religious character normally follow a syllabus which reflects their religious designation. Religious education is intended for all pupils, but parents do have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE. If you think you may wish to do this, you are encouraged to discuss the Religious Education provision in the school with the headteacher. Collective Worship Taking each school term as a whole, the majority of acts of collective worship in schools and academies that do not have a religious character will be wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character. Voluntary aided and voluntary controlled schools and academies with a religious character must deliver collective worship in line with their trust deeds, articles of government or funding agreement. For example, if the school is a Church of England or Roman Catholic school, the worship must be Christian and should reflect the denomination of the school. Like Religious Education, collective worship is intended for all pupils, but parents do have the right to withdraw their child from it. You may want to find out more about collective worship in the school before you make a decision. of courtesy, consideration for others, tolerance and understanding. Self-discipline is what we are looking for in our pupils. We want them to have pride in themselves and in how others see them. Parents are encouraged to help develop responsible attitudes in their children and the county s schools are encouraged to maintain a close partnership with parents. Each school has its own discipline or behaviour policy which lays down the ground rules for behaviour inside schools and whilst pupils represent the school. The policy will detail what solutions the headteacher and governors will consider in case of misbehaviour. 25. Choices after 16 If you are in year 10 or 11 at school you will need to think about what you d like to do next. You have some important choices to make and there are lots of options available to you. The choices you make now will affect the university courses or types of jobs you can apply for later. choices4u.com is a website containing information to help 14 to 19 year olds make the right choices for further education. The website acts as an online prospectus, and lists all schools, colleges and work-based learning providers across the county and the courses, learning and training they offer. By accessing the website you can gain access to over 1,000 learning and training opportunities. You can search the website using three categories. You can browse courses by subject, by provider, or by using a keyword search. These will help you access the information you are looking for more quickly than browsing the entire prospectus. Maintaining Good Behaviour All our schools encourage a high standard of behaviour from pupils, both in and out of the classroom. We believe that education is very much about passing on the values 32

34 26. Your guide to Data Protection The Data Protection Act 1998 gives rights to you, our customers, about how your personal information is obtained and used by Kent County Council. The Act also places obligations on Kent County Council. This guide informs you of your rights under the Data Protection Act and details how we handle your information. What information do we hold and how do we obtain it? Generally, we receive information about you from one or more of the following sources: The primary school your child attends. Kent County Council Admission Application Forms you complete and send to us. For what purpose do we use your information? We use your information for one or a number of purposes, which are outlined below: The information will be used to allocate your child a place at a school. Information will be passed to schools and possibly the Department of Education and other officers in the County Council for the purposes of strategic planning and policy development. Caring for your data We undertake that we will have in place a level of security appropriate to the nature of the data and the harm that might result from a breach of security. This means we will look after your data properly. We further undertake that we will: Not hold information about you that is excessive in relation to the purpose for which it is processed Keep any information about you accurate and where necessary up-to-date. To help us to do this, please keep us informed if any of your details change. Not keep data processed for any purpose or purposes longer than necessary. Process your information in accordance with your rights under the Data Protection Act. Not share your information with other people or organisation unless it is required by law or with your consent. Your rights You have certain rights under the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to the information we hold about you. These rights include the following: Access to your personal data. You may request in writing to the address below, details of the information that we hold about you and the purpose(s) for which it is held. Your request should be met within 40 calendar days of receiving the request, or, if later, on receipt of any supplementary information needed to establish your relationship with the authority or to verify your identity. You will be asked to complete a form and may have to pay a fee. Right to prevent processing that is likely to cause damage or distress to you or anyone else. You also have the right to claim compensation for damage and distress caused by someone breaking the conditions of the Act. Right to take action to correct, block, erase or destroy data that is inaccurate or contains opinions that are based on inaccurate data.28 Right to require us to ensure that no decision taken by or on behalf of us and which significantly affects you is based solely on the automated processing of information. Right to prevent processing for direct marketing purposes. Direct marketing means the communication of any advertising or marketing material which is directed to you. If you wish to know more, or have any concerns about how your information is used, please contact our information Resilience and Transparency Team at data.protection@kent.gov.uk 33

35 Contact Details General information about the Data Protection Act and your rights can be found on the information Commissioners website at the following link: Or you can write to: The Information Commissioner s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire, SK9 5AF Telephone: (switchboard) mail@ico.gsi.gov.uk 27 If Your Child has a Disability Some children may have a disability within the meaning of the Equality Act It is unlawful for a school in relation to certain activities to treat a disabled child less favourably than a non disabled child, without justification. The activities where a school must take care not to discriminate unfairly concern admissions, exclusions, and the provision of education and related services. A school must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that it does not treat a disabled child less favourably although reasonable adjustments do not extend to physical adaptations or the provision of equipment. A school is able to justify its actions where it can demonstrate that the adjustments required are unreasonable. A disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term adverse effect on the person s ability to carry out day to day activities. There will be some children who have Statements of SEN who do not fit this definition but, equally, there will be children who do not have Statements of SEN who are considered to have a disability. arrangements made for his or her admission, you may have a right of appeal. Advice is provided in the booklet Disability Discrimination in Schools. How to Make a Claim. You can obtain a copy of this booklet by post from: Special Educational Needs and Disability Mowden Hall Staindrop Road Darlington, DL3 9BG Or by telephoning: (from 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday) Or by faxing: Or by ing: sendistqueries@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk The Area SEN Offices have a limited supply of these booklets that they send to parents/carers of children with Statements. Other Local Authorities London Borough of Bexley (LA No: 303) Education Department Civic Offices 2 Watling Street Bexley heath Kent DA6 7AT Tel: schooladmissions@bexley.gov.uk Medway Council (LA No: 887) Children s Services Gun Wharf, Dock Road Chatham ME4 4TR Tel: admissions@medway.gov.uk If you think that your child has been discriminated against on the grounds of a disability in relation to the 34

36 East Sussex County Council (LA No: 845) Education Department County Hall St Anne s Crescent Lewes BN7 1SG Tel: admissions@eastsussex.gov.uk Surrey County Council (LA No: 936) County Hall Penrhyn Road Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey KT1 2DN Tel: admissionseast@surreycc.gov.uk London Borough of Bromley (LA No: 305) Education Department Stockwell Close The Civic Centre Bromley BR1 3UH Tel: school.admissions@bromley.gov.uk West Sussex County Council (LA No: 938) Pupil Admission Team Adults & Children County Hall North Chartway, Horsham West Sussex RH12 1XA Tel: admissions.north@westsussex.gov.uk 35

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38 The Charles Dickens School Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RL Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mr A Olsson Admissions Contact Name: Admissions Officer Type of school: Secondary, Foundation, High, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Mathematics and Computing Published Admission No: 232 LA No: 886 DFE No: 5438 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 802 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 232 Expected number on roll: 1238 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Walkabouts available to parents during September and October by Appointment Only Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order 1. Children in Local Authority Care or previously in Local Authority Care. A child under the age of 18 years for whom the Local Authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This Applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order (as defined by section 46 of the Adoption & Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act Sibling/Current Family Association. A brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, step-brothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. 3. Where the child has demonstrated a particular aptitude in music. Up to 10% of the intake can be admitted under this criterion. Evidence of examinations taken, of music tuition undertaken, or musical group participation will be looked for. Auditions will be required during the first two weeks of January. Applications for musical auditions should be at the school by October 31st. 4. Where the child permanently resides within the areas traditionally served by the school (namely the following wards: Beacon Road, Bradstow, Cliftonville East, Cliftonville West, Kingsgate, St Peters, Viking). In the event of over subscription priority will be given to those living nearest to the school irrespective of the ward in which they live. The nearness of children s homes to school is the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. 5. Further pupils living nearest to the school. The nearness of children s homes to school is the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. Supplementary Form Required: Yes If you are applying for a place on musical ability, a form is available and returnable to the school. 37

39 Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths at grade C or above and B grades in their preferred AS subjects or nearest equivalents (specific entry requirements may vary for certain subjects as directed by prospectus). The admission number for external candidates will be 25, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 100. All applicants will be expected to attend a meeting where course requirements and their choices will be discussed. This meeting is for guidance only and is not part of the entry requirement. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the oversubscription criteria above will be applied to eligible students. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: a. When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results.offer letters/communications will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. All applications to be made through the Kent Choices 4 U website. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport b. When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or c. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen 38

40 Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (Formerly Chatham House for Boys and Clarendon House for Girls) Chatham Site: Years 7-9 Chatham Street, Ramsgate, CT11 7PS Tel: Clarendon Site: Years Clarendon Gardens Ramsgate, CT11 9BB Tel: Headteacher: Mrs D Liddicoat Admissions Contact Name: Mrs S Hurrell, Admission Registrar Type of School: Secondary, Academy, Grammar, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Languages, Science, Maths and Computing; Lead School for Gifted and Talented Students Published Admission No: 180 LA No: 886 DFE No: 5462 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 535 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 113 Expected number on roll: 1389 CCVI Sixth Form Centre: Cavendish Street Ramsgate, CT11 9AL Tel: shurrell@ccgrammarschool.co.uk We currently offer a unique combination of mainly single sex teaching in the lower school within a co-educational environment, and then a wider range of subjects delivered in mixed groups at GCSE and A Level. To access general information about the school please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Open Evenings at Chatham Site 5.30pm till 7.30pm Tuesday 21 st October 2014 Thursday 23 rd October 2014 Morning Tours of all sites during week commencing Monday 20th October - Prior Booking Only (Bookings taken by Admission Registrar from Monday 29th September) Appeal Consultations Chatham Site - no booking necessary Monday 20th October 4pm Wednesday 22nd October 10.30am Friday 24th October 1pm Entry is through the Kent Assessment Procedure. Over-Subscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, eligible pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated to eligible pupils the following priority order- Eligible students who are presently or were previously in Local Authority care. Definition: a child under the age of 18 years who is a) in the care of a local authority, b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (as defined in the Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) or c) previously in the care of a local authority but ceased to be so because they were adopted (under terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002) or became subject to a residence order (under the terms of the Children Act 1989) or special guardianship order (Section 14A of Children Act 1989) at the time of the application. Eligible students who demonstrate health and special access reasons. To be considered under this criteria please provide the request and required evidence to the Headteacher, in writing, at the time of the application. Definition: medical, health and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a 39

41 demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents /carer s, physical or mental health or social needs means that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical practitioner or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the School. Eligible students with a current family association. Definition: children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, step brothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters AND who are attending the School at the time the applicant will start. Eligible students who live within Thanet; Broomfield; Chestfield; Herne; Herne Bay; Reculver; Swalecliffe and Whitstable. Definition: A map of the above areas is available on the school website. Please contact the Admission Registrar if you are in anyway uncertain as to whether your address falls within this criterion. All other eligible students. Definition: All other students who cannot be considered in any of the criterion above. Within each of the above criterion students will be ranked in order of those living closest to the school. Definition: the distance is measured between the child s permanent address and the school measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the School as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. The School uses the measurements provided by the LA. A child s home address is considered to be a residential property that is the child s only or main residence (not an address at which the child may sometimes stay or sleep) and which is either owned by the child s parent, parents, or guardian; leased or rented to them under a written rental agreement. Where parents live apart but share responsibility for the child and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of week days over the school term. Where more than one child has the same address eg a block of flats having a single address point reference or each child of a multiple birth family, and in all other ways have equal eligibility, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide each child s ranked number. Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements The entry deadline for applications is Friday 13th February 2015 and our requirements for September 2015 entry are: To study 4 A Levels in Year 12 we require: at least 5 B grade passes at GCSE (double BTech counts as 1GCSE only; quadruple BTech counts as 2) To study a double Level 3 Vocational course plus 2 A Levels we require: at least 2 grade B passes and 3 C grade passes at GCSE. For either of the programmes above the following requirements apply: B grades must be achieved in those subjects being chosen, where relevant. To count, a BTech must be related to the A Levels chosen To study A Level Mathematics an A grade is required at GCSE Higher Level. Students need to have at least C grades in both GCSE English Language and Mathematics. Core Science is not counted. Grades for individual sciences and/or Additional Science are counted. BTech Science and Applied Science do not allow a candidate to access Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry or Physics at A Level. However, these candidates can be considered for Applied Science A Level. These requirements are based on a professional assessment of the standard of prior attainment needed to be successful (a) in the academic curriculum pathway and (b) in subject specific elements of the vocational pathway. For the intake of September 2015 the Sixth Form will recruit on the basis of a combined Year 12 of 250. Priority for places will be: 1. Internal applicants - students enrolled in Year 11 of the School. 2. External applicants. 40

42 NB Should there not be enough room on a particular course, priority, within each of the categories above, will go to the candidate with the highest average points score across their GCSE subjects. A place maybe offered where an applicant has extenuating circumstances for not meeting the required GCSE results. Any applicant, who believes this may be the case, should write to the Head of the Sixth Form providing details and any supporting evidence for consideration. The minimum published admission number (PAN) for new entrants will be 40, however we may enroll above this if there are sufficient spaces on the particular combination of courses requested by suitably qualified applicants. The application process for both internal and external students for the Sixth Form is as follows: Application is made through the Kentchoices4U website, as part of the Local Authority scheme. All applications will be considered. A Sixth Form Information Evening will be held in November/December A meeting will be held to discuss options and academic entry requirements for particular courses. A Sixth Form Induction Week is held at the end of June/ beginning July 2015 where applicants will be offered the opportunity to attend taster lessons and confirm final course preferences. A conditional offer letter will be sent to all applicants who are expected to meet the entry requirements and whose subject preferences can be met. Should it be necessary, alternative subject preferences may be offered. A confirmation of acceptance by 3:00 pm on the day following the publication of GCSE exam results in August 2015 is required in order to secure the conditional offer place. Applicants have a right of appeal against the decision not to offer a place and the Appeal Timetable, published on the School website by 28 th February 2015 will have the dates and arrangements for lodging appeals Over Subscription Criteria Before the application of the oversubscription criteria, children with a statement of special educational need who name this School will be admitted. As a result of this the published admission number (PAN) will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences of eligible students for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in rank order in the above oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport Where students have achieved better results than their predicted grades, they should contact the school by 3.00pm on the day following the GCSE results and will then be considered based on the grades achieved, with a place offered if available. Should a place not be available they will be placed on our waiting list and ranked according to our oversubscription criteria for any places that become available, as a result of other students failing to meet the required entry levels. 41

43 Dane Court Grammar School Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RT Tel: Fax: Executive Headteacher: Mr Paul Luxmoore Head of School: Mr Andrew Fowler Admissions Contact Name: Ms Sally Geldard-Goode Type of school: Secondary, Academy, Grammar, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Languages Published Admission No:165 LA No: 886 DFE No:5460 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 480 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 165 Expected number on roll: 1200 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website Open Sessions: 22 October 9:30 am and 2:00 pm Entry is through the Kent Assessment Procedure Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, eligible pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated to eligible pupils in the following priority order a) Children who are presently or were previously in Local Authority Care: a child under the age of 18 years for whom the Local Authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989) b) Medical/health and special access reasons: this will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to children under this criterion whose health or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend Dane Court Grammar School. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents /guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend Dane Court Grammar School. Medical/health and special access reasons must be supported with written evidence from an appropriately qualified medical practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and Dane Court Grammar School. c) Children with a sibling, currently on roll who will be in school at the time of entry: in this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. d) On the basis of distance/nearness of the children s home to the school, with those living nearer to the school receiving priority. The distance is measured between the child s permanent address and the school measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. The school uses measurements provided by the Local Authority and further information on how distances are calculated is available in the Admissions Booklets provided by the Local Authority. 42

44 Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Students will be admitted to the Sixth Form if their preferences match the course available, if their qualifications are sufficient to meet the entry requirements and if there is a space after the needs of students continuing on roll have been met. Students at Dane Court transferring from Year 11 will have priority for places on courses available in Year 12. The minimum published admission number (PAN) for new students in the Sixth Form is 30 Entry Requirements To Year 12 if there is a vacant place, having obtained the Sixth Form entry requirement of eight GCSE passes at C or above, including English, Mathematics and a Modern Language with at least 6 at grade B or above for entry to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Five GCSEs at grade C or above with three at grade B for entry to the International Baccalaureate Career Related Certificate. Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades, they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. To Year 13 if there is a vacant place and the specification studied in Year 12 is consistent with the school s Year 13 provision. Appeals As an Academy, Dane Court is its own admissions authority. If a child is refused admission, parents will have the right to make an appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. Appeals fall into two categories: 1) Appeals against selection: the school s criteria state that admission is open to those who are successful in the Kent selection procedure. There is no facility to appeal the selection decision, however if a child is refused a school place as a result of not receiving a grammar assessment, parents are still able to appeal to an independent appeal panel on the basis that a place has been refused, setting out their grounds for appeal in the letter. 2) Appeals against allocation: in the rare eventuality that a place is refused because the school is oversubscribed, an appeal may be made directly to the Independent Appeal Panel including the grounds for the appeal in the letter Appeals may be lodged by writing to the Clerk of the Governors, c/o Dane Court Grammar School. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport Oversubscription Criteria In the case of over subscription the following criteria will apply in the order laid out below: Students who are presently or were previously in Local Authority Care. Students with medical/health and special access reasons. Students with a sibling, currently on roll who will be in school at the time of entry. On the basis of distance/nearness of the student s home to the school, with those living nearer the school, as the crow flies, receiving priority. These criteria will only come into play if the school is oversubscribed in the relevant year group. 43

45 The Ellington and Hereson School Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, CT12 6RH Fax: Headteacher: Mr S Pullen Admissions Contact Name: Miss D Wood Type of School: Secondary, Foundation, High, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Humanities Published Admission No:120 LA No: 886 DFE No:5468 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 334 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 120 Expected number on roll: 610 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Wednesday 8th Oct pm 8.30pm Visits to the school at any other time By Appointment Only through the School Office Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- a) Children in Local Care Authority a child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with the parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the Local Authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989). b) Siblings of students who will be attending the school and living at the same address on the date when the applicant will be admitted. c) Health and Special Access Reasons Medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with our legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents / guardian s physical or mental, health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need. Such claims need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between the needs and the school. d) Children who live the nearest distance from the school using the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 44

46 Hartsdown Academy George V Avenue, Margate, CT9 5RE Tel: Fax: principal@hartsdown.kent.sch.uk Principal: Mr A Somers Admissions Contact Name: Claire Titherington Type of School: Secondary, Academy, All Ability, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Technology Published Admission No: 180 LA No: 886 DCSF No: 4172 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 247 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 175 Expected number on roll: 1000 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Monday 29th September pm Wednesday 1st October pm Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- Children in Local Authority Care a child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989). Current Family Association - a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. If siblings from multiple births (twins, triplets, etc) apply for a school and the school would reach its Published Admission Number (PAN) after admitting one or more, but before admitting all of those siblings, the LA will offer a place to each of the siblings, even if doing so takes the school above its PAN. Health and Special Access Reasons - Medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents / guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school. Nearness of children s homes to school - we use the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. Supplementary Form Required: NO 45

47 Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements All Hartsdown Academy Students in Year 11 will be encouraged to apply for the Sixth Form, priority will be given to existing pupils transferring who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to study Level 3 courses in the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of 5 GCSE passes at grade C including English and Maths and B grades in their preferred AS subjects or nearest equivalents. We aim to offer a range of academic and vocational qualifications to our Sixth Form students and many of these require minimum grades at GCSE to study at Level 1 and 2. Our policy is to ensure that the students accepted into the Sixth Form can be placed on appropriate courses where they are likely to succeed. Students are invited to attend the open evening in the autumn term. We also accept external applications from students wishing to transfer from another institution. Students are asked to select provisional course preferences. This is not a firm commitment and they will be able to reconsider their options after the GCSE results are published and in light of the Academy s timetable. We require all students to make a formal application for September 2015 via web site. Every student will be required to attend a guidance meeting with our staff to discuss the most suitable courses of study. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on students meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offers will be made on website during the spring/summer term. Offers will be confirmed once the Academy has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the Academy. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. For further help/advice please contact our Head of Sixth Form on Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport The admission number for external candidates is up to 50, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal students transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group. Offers Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the students chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. 46

48 King Ethelbert School Canterbury Road, Birchington, CT7 9BL Tel: Fax: Executive Headteacher: Paul Luxmoore Headteacher: Kate Greig Admissions Contact Name: Victoria Willis Type of School: Secondary, Academy, All Ability, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Visual Arts Published Admission No:150 LA No: 886 DFE No: 4120 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 546 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 160 Expected number on roll: 750 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Tuesday 23rd September pm Wednesday 24th September am Wednesday 24th September pm Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- a) Children who are presently or were previously in Local Authority Care A child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989) b) Where a child has a brother or sister attending this school at the time of entry. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers or sisters. c) Our priority admission area is the postcode areas of CT7, CT8 and CT9 5 which include Birchington, St Nicholas, Acol, Sarre, Garlinge and Westgate. In the event that criterion (c) is oversubscribed pupils falling into the relevant postcode areas will be ranked in accordance to distance as described in criterion (d). d) Nearness of the home to the school (as defined by the Local Authority) and ease of access to the school. The school uses the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of five GCSE passes at grade C or above, including in Maths and English and a B grade or Merit in the subject to be taken in the L3 BTEC component. 47

49 The overall admission number for Year 12 is 50. Oversubscription Criteria Following admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out below to rank students until the overall figure for the year group is reached: a) Children who are presently or were previously in Local Authority Care A child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989) b) Where a child has a brother or sister attending this school at the time of entry In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers or sisters. c) Our priority admission area is the postcode areas of CT7, CT8 and CT9 5 which include Birchington, St Nicholas, Acol, Sarre, Garlinge and Westgate. In the event that criterion (c) is oversubscribed pupils falling into the relevant postcode areas will be ranked in accordance to distance as described in criterion (d). d) Nearness of the home to the school (as defined by the Local Authority) and ease of access to the school. The school uses the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the student s chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on students meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to the Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. Waiting lists a waiting list will be held, ranked according to the over-subscription criteria and will be maintained up to January 2016 Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 48

50 The Marlowe Academy Stirling Way, Ramsgate, CT12 6NB Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mrs Emma Newman Executive Principal: Mr Sean Heslop Admissions Contact Name: Mrs Amanda Mulvihill Type of School: Secondary, Academy, All Ability, Mixed. Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Performing Arts and Business Published Admission No: 180 LA No: 886 DFE No: 6906 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 109 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 40 Expected number on roll: 825 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: 2nd October 6pm Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- i) all looked after children or children who were previously looked after 1 ii) Health and Special Access Reasons 2 ; iii) pupils whose siblings currently attend the Academy 3 ; iv) Admission of students on the basis of proximity to the school using a straight line measurement from the Academy 4 to the child s permanent address 5 Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of 5 GCSE passes at grade C or above and C grades in their preferred AS subjects or nearest equivalents. The admission number for external candidates will be 30, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 150. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring fro Year 11 students, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the oversubscription criteria above will be applied to eligible students. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: a. When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or b. When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or c. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the 49

51 above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Applications to the Marlowe Academy Sixth Form should be made via the Kent Area Prospectus. You can apply online through If you are unsure about how to apply via the online prospectus, please call Marlowe Academy direct for advice on how to apply. 1 A Looked After Children is defined by the Children Act 1989 as a child or young person who is accommodated by the local authority (Section 20) or a child or young person who is the subject of a full care order (Section 31) or interim Care Order (Section 38). A previously looked after child is one who immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. An adoption order is an order under section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act A residence order is an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under section 8 of the Children Act Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a special guardianship order as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child s special guardian (or special guardians). 2 Health and Special Access Reasons Medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school. 3 in this context the term sibling refers to a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. 4 Nearness of children s homes to school - we use the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. 5 A pupil s home address is considered to be a residential property that is the child s only main residence and not an address at which your child might sometimes stay or sleep due to your own domestic or special arrangements. The address must be the pupil s home address on the day your completed your application form If you live separately from your partner but share responsibility for your child. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 50

52 St George s Church of England Foundation School, Broadstairs Westwood Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2LH Tel: Fax: admin@st-georgescofe-thanet.kent.sch.uk Principal: Mrs Kim Stoner Admissions Contact Name: Mrs Sam Burles Type of School: Secondary, Church of England, Foundation, High, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Published Admission No: 217 LA No: 886 DFE No: 5447 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 868 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 217 Expected number on roll: 1385 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Monday, 6th October pm to 7 pm. Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- 1. Looked After Children/Children in Local Authority Care. A child under the age of 18 years for whom the Local Authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order (as defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989) 2. Children with a sibling attending the School at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. 3. A child who attends a Church which is a member of The Churches Together in England and Wales. The local Vicar, Parish Priest or Pastor will be required to provide written evidence to the Governing Body on the Clergy s Form concerning the child s and parents/carers affiliation to the local Church. Priority will be given to those who attend Church more frequently. 4. A child whose parents attend a church which is a member of The Churches Together in England and Wales. The local Vicar, Parish Priest or Pastor will be required to provide written evidence to the Governing Body on the Clergy s Form concerning the child s and parents/carers affiliation to the local Church. Priority will be given to those who attend Church more frequently. 5. A child who is affiliated to a Church which is a member of The Churches Together in England and Wales through membership of youth groups associated with these Churches. The local Vicar, Parish Priest or Pastor will be required to provide written evidence to the Governing Body on the Clergy s Form concerning the child s (and parents/carers affiliation) to the local Church. 6. A child who requires a place on Medical / Health and Special Access grounds. This criterion will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to children under this criterion whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend St George s Church of England Foundation School. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents/guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend St George s Church of England Foundation School. Medical/Health and Special Access Reasons must be supported with written evidence from an appropriately qualified medical practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection 51

53 between the child s needs and St George s Church of England Foundation School. 7. Distance from home to school measured in accordance with the Local Authority provision Nearness of children s home to school the Local Authority use the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. The home of the child is established by the fact that they reside there permanently or where parents have shared responsibility for a child following the breakdown of their relationship and the child lives for part of the week with each parent. Supplementary Form Required: YES Please Note: It is essential that parents complete the school s own supplementary information forms if they wish their child to be considered by St. George s Cof E Foundation School. These forms can be obtained from the school and must be returned to the school no later than Friday, 7th November Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Priority will be given to existing students transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of 5 GCSE passes at grade A*-C or above including maths and English and A/B grades in their preferred AS subjects or nearest equivalents. (Further details can be found in the online Sixth Form Prospectus) The admission number for external candidates will be flexible depending on the number of internal students transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 100 Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the above oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the student s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on students meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 52

54 Ursuline College 225 Canterbury Road, Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8LX Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mrs T Utton Admissions Contact Name: Mrs R Fagg Type of School: Secondary, Catholic, Voluntary Aided, All Ability, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Sports College Published Admission No: 120 LA No: 886 DFE No: 4633 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 471 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 120 Expected number on roll: 765 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Saturday 4th October am 1.00pm (final tour at 11.30am) Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order 1. Looked After Catholic children or Looked After Children (children in Public Care) in the care of Catholic families and previously looked after Catholic children who have been adopted. 2. Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of Baptism will be required. 3. Children enrolled in the catechumenate. Evidence of enrolment in the catechumenate will be required. 4. Other Looked After Children (children in Public Care) and other previously looked after children who have been adopted. 5. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox Churches. Evidence of Baptism will be required. 6. Children of families who are members of other Christian denominations that are part of Churches Together in England. Evidence of Baptism (or Dedication/ Initiation or Membership of the faith) provided by a priest or minister of a designated place of worship will be required. 7. Children who are members of other faiths. Evidence of membership of the faith provided by a priest, minister or religious leader of a designated place of worship will be required. 8. Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications: I. The strength of evidence of commitment to the faith as demonstrated by the level of the family s Mass attendance on Sundays. This evidence must be provided by the parents/carers and be endorsed by a priest at the church(es) where the family normally worship. Applications will be ranked in the order shown on the Supplementary Form; firstly those who attend Mass weekly, then once or twice a month etc. II. The strength of evidence of commitment to the faith as demonstrated by the level of the family s attendance at the place of worship endorsed by a priest or minister where the family normally worships. 53

55 III. A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission. Evidence of the relationship may be required. IV. Priority will be given to those who attend Thanet Catholic feeder schools (St Gregory s Margate, St Joseph s Broadstairs and St Ethelbert s Ramsgate) over those attending any other school. V. Health and Special Access Reasons Medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents /guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a Priest or a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school. VI. Proximity to the School from the Candidate s home address, the distance measured in a straight line from the School entrance by the Local Authority using a Geographical Computerised Information System. Evidence of residence may be required. Where the last remaining place is to be allocated and two or more children are deemed to live at the same distance from the school the place will be decided by the drawing of lots. Notes a) Catholics include members of the Ordinariate and the Latin and Oriental Rite Churches that are in union with the Bishop of Rome. Reference to other Christian denominations refers to denominations that are full members of Churches Together in England. b) A brother or sister means children who live as brother and sister including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers or sisters. It would not include other relatives eg cousins. c) Home refers to the permanent home address at which the child lives for the majority of his/her time and with the parent who is in receipt of child benefit. d) Looked after children are those in the care of an authority and are in public care. Applications made under this criterion must be accompanied by details of circumstance and professionally supported evidence (eg from an appropriate social worker). e) For children admitted in category 1, evidence of membership of the Catholic faith on the part of the child if available a Baptismal record or of Catholic membership or practice on the part of one or both carers will be required. f) Catechumen means a member of the catechumenate of a Catholic Church. This means they are under instruction in preparation for joining the Church. This will normally be evidenced by a certificate of reception into the order of catechumens. g) Eastern Christian Church includes Orthodox Churches and is normally evidenced by a certificate of baptism or reception from authorities of that Church. Supplementary Form Required: Yes Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Entry requirements for courses: A level/level 3 Btec Courses: 5+ GCSEs or equivalent at Grades A* - C in five separate subjects Football scholarship: trials will be conducted in the summer term prior to starting the course. Internal applicants Priority for places is given to students in Year 11 currently on roll who meet the entry requirements for post-16 courses and who have submitted an on-line application form. All applicants will be invited to a Learning discussion with the Head of Sixth Form to discuss their option choices. External applicants External applicants are required to complete an on-line Application form for a Sixth form place and be aware of the Catholic ethos of the school as outlined above. All candidates will be invited to a Learning discussion to discuss their option choices and references will be called for from schools currently attended by applicants. In addition, if more applications are received than there are places available the Governors will allocate places in the same order as for entries into Year 7. The school aims to recruit no more than 120 students into Year 12 each 54

56 September. Application forms should be returned to the Head of Sixth Form. Oversubscription Criteria Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the above oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. 55

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58 The Archbishop s School St Stephen s Hill, Canterbury, CT2 7AP Tel: Fax: pamhart@archbishops.kent.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr. M. Liddicoat Admissions Contact Name: Mrs P Hart Type of School: Secondary, Church of England, Foundation, All Ability, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Humanities Published Admission No: 140 LA No: 886 DFE No:5426 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 560 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 140 Expected number on roll: 863 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Thursday 16 th or Wednesday 22 nd October from 6.30pm Date of Entrance Test: Saturday 22 nd November 2014 Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- Category A places will be offered first, followed by the reserved places. All other places will be offered according to the criteria B G. a) Highest priority will be given to children in Local Authority Care, that is, a child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is subject of a care order under part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption of Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989) b) Children from Anglican families, or churches belonging to Churches Together in England and Wales, at the heart of the church. The definition of this is one or both parents or carers and/or the child worshipping regularly at a church (by which is meant at least three times per month on average) and who have done so for at least three years up to the time of application. If applications which meet these criteria exceed the number that can be offered, applicants with a sibling at the school will be ranked above those without a sibling at the school and then within each group (those with a sibling and those without a sibling at the school) applicants will be ranked by distance from home to the school. c) Children from Anglican families, or churches belonging to Churches Together in England and Wales, at the heart of the church. The definition of this is one or both parents or carers and/or the child worshipping regularly at a church (by which is meant at least three times per month on average) and who have done so for at least two years up to the time application. If applications which meet these criteria exceed the number that can be offered, applicants with a sibling at the school will be ranked above those without a sibling at the school and then within each group (those with a sibling and those without a sibling at the school) applicants will be ranked by distance from home to the school. d) Children from Anglican families, or churches belonging to Churches Together in England and Wales, attached to the church. The definition of this is one or both parents or carers and/or the child worshipping at a church at least once per month on average and who have done so for at least three years up to the time of application. If applications which meet these criteria exceed the number that can be offered, applicants with a sibling at the school will be ranked above those without a sibling at the school 57

59 and then within each group (those with a sibling and those without a sibling at the school) applicants will be ranked by distance from home to the school. e) Children from Anglican families, or churches belonging to Churches Together in England and Wales, attached to the church. The definition of this is one or both parents or carers and/or the child worshipping at a church at least once per month on average and who have done so for at least two years up to the time of application. If applications which meet these criteria exceed the number that can be offered, applicants with a sibling at the school will be ranked above those without a sibling at the school and then within each group (those with a sibling and those without a sibling at the school) applicants will be ranked by distance from home to the school. f) Children from Anglican families, or churches belonging to Churches Together in England and Wales, who are known to the church. The definition of this is one or both parents or carers and/ or the child worshipping at a church on an occasional basis, less frequently than once per month, but at least three times per year and who have done so for at least three years up to the time of application. If applications which meet these criteria exceed the number that can be offered, applicants with a sibling at the school will be ranked above those without a sibling at the school and then within each group (those with a sibling and those without a sibling at the school) applicants will be ranked by distance from home to the school. g) Any remaining places will be offered to those who have not fulfilled one of the above criteria will be offered taking account of the distance of the pupil s home from home to the school. Reserved places Academic ability and aptitude. Up to 21 places will be offered bases on general academic ability or aptitude as measured by a competitive entrance test. The places will be allocated to the highest performing students in this test. Children from non-christian backgrounds. Up to 5 offers will be made for children from non-christian faith backgrounds who wish their child to benefit from a Church of England education. To be considered for one of these places they will require a reference from their local religious leader stating that they are observant members of their faith and that they worship publically with their faith on a regular basis according to the norms and customs of that faith. If more than 5 applications are received, those with siblings at the school will be given priority, with both groups (those with siblings and those without) ranked by distance from the pupil s home to the school. Supplementary Form Required: Yes Available from and returnable to the school. Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admission arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of 5 GCSE passes at grade A*-C or above and subject specific grades in their preferred AS subjects or nearest equivalents as in prospectus. The admission number for external candidates will be 20, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 100. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11 students, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out above to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached: After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: a. When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or b. When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or c. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the 58

60 above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 59

61 Barton Court Grammar School Longport, Canterbury CT1 1PH Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Ms Kirstin Cardus Admissions Contact: Mr Richard Morgan Type of school: Secondary, Academy, Grammar, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Language College Published Admission No:128 LA No: 886 DFE No:5444 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 806 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 128 Expected number on roll: 901 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Open Evenings: Thursday 2 October 2014 & Tuesday 21 October 2014, 6pm 8pm (booking is advisable for Headteacher presentations) Open Mornings: Monday 20 October, Wednesday 22 October & Thursday 23 October 2014, 9am 11am (no bookings required) Entry is through the Kent Assessment Procedure. Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, eligible pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated to eligible pupils in the following priority order- Children in Local Authority Care a child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/ carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989) Current Family Association - a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. If siblings from multiple births (twins, triplets, etc) apply for a school and the school would reach its Published Admission Number (PAN) after admitting one or more, but before admitting all of those siblings, the LA will offer a place to each of the siblings, even if doing so takes the school above its PAN. Health and Special Access Reasons Medical, health, social and special access reasonswill be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents / guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school. Nearness of children s homes to school - we use the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. The school uses measurements 60

62 provided by the LA and further information on how distances are calculated, including what is defined as permanent or main residence, is available in the Admissions to Secondary School in Kent booklet provided by the LA. If, in the event, more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school (as measured by the local authority), then a random selection will be applied. In the event that the final place offered from the ranked list falls to a pupil of a multiple birth, the school will offer a place to each of these children who have met the oversubscription criteria. Appendix 1 This relates to all oversubscription criteria. Home Address We will accept as a pupil s address the residential property that is the child s only or main residence, not an address at which your child may sometimes stay or sleep due to your own domestic arrangements. It will be either: owned by the child s parent, parents or guardian; or leased to or rented by the child s parent, parents or guardian under a lease or written rental agreement. Evidence of ownership or rental agreement may be required, plus proof of the child s permanent residency at the property concerned. The Governing Body reserves the right to check information given on the application form. If any information given on the form is found to be incorrect, or if you fail to notify us of important changes in the information, the offer of a school place can be withdrawn. We can only accept one current home address on the Secondary Common Application Form. If you live separately from your partner but share responsibility for your child, and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of nights in each week. The offer of a place may be withdrawn if proof of residency is not met. Supplementary Form Required: NO Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Barton Court Grammar School is a mixed Sixth Form. The majority of our students in Year 11 continue with their studies into our school Sixth Form and priority will be given to existing students transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. The number of additional Year 12 places available for students being admitted to the school for the first time: 60. Admission to Year 12 will be as a result of applicants meeting the school entry requirements laid out below: at least seven subjects at grade B or above at GCSE; including a minimum of grade C at GCSE in English, mathematics and science. the minimum entry requirements specified by the subjects of their choice Admission to Year 13 will be as a result of students meeting the school entry requirements laid out below: All students wishing to complete their IB study in year 13 will be expected to attain a minimum of 3 points in all six subject areas at the end-of-year exams for transition into Year 13. The Core areas of CAS, TOK and Extended Essay must be completed to a satisfactory level. All students wishing to complete their A Level study in Year 13 will be expected to attain a minimum of 4 D grades at AS. The admission number for external candidates will be 60, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring in to Year 12 is less than the overall total figure for the year group, which is 180. Over-Subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the oversubscription criteria above will be applied in the order set out to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers 61

63 will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, Admissions, Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury, CT1 1PH, Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 62

64 Canterbury Academy Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mr P Karnavas Admissions Contact Name: Mrs D Scott Type of school: Secondary, Academy, All Ability, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Sports, Performing Arts (15% Selective music), Practical Learning, Academic Excellence working in partnership with Simon Langton Boys Grammar School to support our grammar band for girls and boys. Published Admission No:180 LA No: 886 DFE No:5421A Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 688 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 230 Expected number on roll: 1402 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website: Open Sessions: Open evening: Wednesday 1 st October 2014 from 6.30pm (Principal s speech at 7pm) Open mornings: Saturday 11 th, Tuesday 14 th, Wednesday 15 th, Thursday 16 th, Friday 17 th October 2014 from 09.30am (For open mornings prospective parents are asked to contact the academy on in advance to register an interest) Banding assessments will take place on Saturday 15 th & 22 nd November 2014 The Canterbury Academy recruits from the full range of abilities to create a comprehensive intake. Students will be admitted at age 11. The number of intended admissions for the year commencing 2015 will be 180 (with an additional 6 places reserved for children with statements for entrance into the Speech and Language Unit), 28 places will be initially reserved for selective music students. All students are recommended to sit a banding assessment and those candidates wishing to apply for a selective music place will also be required to attend an audition. Before the application of oversubscription criteria children with a statement of special educational need which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. Students wishing to sit either the banding assessment or apply for a selective music place will be required to complete a supplementary information form available from the school. Deadline date for returning the completed form to the school will be the same date as the Common Application Form is required to be returned to Kent. You will receive an invitation to the banding assessment that will be held at the school on a Saturday in November. Should you be unable to attend you may request an alternative date. The banding assessment is not an entry test, it is designed to ensure that students of all abilities have an equal chance of gaining a place at The Canterbury High School and enable the school to acquire a comprehensive profile. To ensure a comprehensive intake a normal distribution will be used and we will use the following band identifiers: Band % Band % Where students have not taken the banding assessment they will be ranked according to the oversubscription criteria and allocated a place only in the event that there are available spaces after students who did take it have been considered. Selective music places are allocated independently of the banding assessment (although it is recommended that they take the banding assessment as well). Students will be invited to perform to members of the music 63

65 department and a judgement will be made on their musical aptitude according to one or more of the following criteria; He/she has tuition in a musical instrument. He/she is a member of a school, church or similar choir, or of a dance/drama organisation. He/she has had no formal training but is musical and would like to pursue the subject further. Not more than 28 places will be reserved for students with musical ability. The audition will rank students according to the given criteria. Successful applicants will be expected to take up vocal or instrumental tuition, to attend at least one music/drama club each week and participate in the academy performances. Where two students are of equal ability, the one living nearer to the academy would gain preference. If there are insufficient children who have satisfied the published entry requirement for a selective place then the places will be offered to other children. Over Subscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- a) Firstly, children in Local Authority Care will be awarded a place; this applies to any child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who, immediately after being looked after by the local authority, became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order (as defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989). b) Places are then awarded to children on roll at The Canterbury Academy (Primary phase) at the time of application for a place at secondary transfer. c) Children with a brother or sister attending The Canterbury Academy (Primary and Secondary phase) when the child starts. In this context brother or sister means a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. d) Health and Special Access Reasons Medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the academy s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend The Canterbury Academy. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents / guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend this particular academy. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and The Canterbury Academy. e) Nearness of children s homes to school - The academy uses the measurements provided by the local authority who use the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. A child s home is considered to be a residential property that is the child s only or main residence (not an address at which the child may sometimes stay or sleep) and which is either owned by the child s parent, parents or guardian or leased or rented to them under a lease or written rental agreement. Where partners live apart but share responsibility for the child, and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of week days. A block of flats has a single address point reference, so applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from the academy. In the unlikely event that two or more children live in the same block or the same distance from and in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the academy, the names will be allocated a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place. An area map is available at 64

66 f) The tie-breaker for all arrangements will be distance. In a tiebreaker situation the proximity of an applicant s home to the academy will be the decider. In the event that more than one applicant lives the same distance from home to the academy, as measured by the local authority, then a random selection will be applied. In the event of an ability band not being full, places will be shared with other ability bands following the criteria above. Late applications in the first instance will be processed in line with the Local Authority s published admissions scheme (Deadline date for applications is 18 th March 2015.) From 22nd April 2015 applications must be made directly to the school where your child will be placed on a waiting list and places allocated based on the above criteria. After a place has been offered the academy reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: When a parent has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time. When a parent has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from a parent. Supplementary From required: Yes There is one for the music students and one for the banding assessment. These forms are available from and returnable to the school. Waiting list are maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admission Arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of 1 GCSE passes at grade G or above and B grades in their preferred AS subjects or nearest equivalents. The admission number for external candidates will be 50, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 180. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied to eligible students. a) Firstly, children in local authority care will be awarded a place. b) Children with a brother or sister attending The Canterbury Academy (Primary and Secondary phase) when the child starts. In this context, brother or sister means a child who lives as a brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. c) Ability at sport or performing arts as determined by trial, audition and references. d) Health and Special Access Reasons Medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the academy s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend The Canterbury Academy. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents / guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend this particular academy. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and The Canterbury Academy. e) Nearness of children s homes to school - The academy uses the measurements provided by the local authority who use the distance between the child s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. A child s home is considered to be a residential property that is the child s only or main residence (not an address at which the child may sometimes stay or sleep) and which is either owned by the child s parent, parents or guardian or leased or rented 65

67 to them under a lease or written rental agreement. Where partners live apart but share responsibility for the child, and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of week days. A block of flats has a single address point reference, so applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from the academy. In the unlikely event that two or more children live in the same block or have the same distance and in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the academy, the names will be allocated a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place. An area map is available at kent.sch.uk. f) The tie-breaker for all arrangements will be distance. In a tiebreaker situation the proximity of an applicant s home to the academy will be the decider. If in the event that more than one applicant lives the same distance from home to the academy (as measured by the local authority), then a random selection will be applied. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport a. When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or b. When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or c. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August

68 The Community College, Whitstable Bellevue Road, Whitstable, CT5 1PX Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mrs Helena Sullivan - Tighe Admissions Contact Name: Miss Karen Cross Type of school: Secondary, Community, High, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Maths & Computing Published Admission No: 210 LA No: 886 DFE No:4091 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 349 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 157 Expected number on roll: 820 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Open Evening: Thursday 25 th September pm 9pm Open Mornings: 9am 11.00am 26 th September, 30 th September,2 nd October, 17 th October, 21 st October 2014 Open Afternoon: pm 10 th October 2014 Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care a child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who ceased to be so because they became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order under Part IV of the Act. Current Family Association - a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. Health and Special Access Reasons - Medical / Health and Special Access Reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents /guardians, physical or mental health or social need means there is a demonstrable and significant need for their child to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school. Nearness of children s homes to school The distance between the child s permanent home address and the school is measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. When we apply the distance criterion for an oversubscribed Community or Voluntary Controlled school, these straight line measurements are used to determine how close each applicant s address is to the school. In the event of any of the above criteria being oversubscribed, priority will be given based on distance as described above with those closest being given higher priority. In the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place. 67

69 If siblings from multiple births (twins, triplets, etc) apply for a school and the school would reach its Published Admission Number (PAN) after admitting one or more, but before admitting all of those siblings, the LA will offer a place to each of the siblings, even if doing so takes the school above its PAN. Supplementary Form Required: NO Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of 5 GCSE passes at grade C or above and C grades in their preferred AS subjects or nearest equivalents. The admission number for external candidates will be 50, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 120. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the oversubscription criteria above will be applied to eligible students. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport a. When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or b. When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or c. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the 68

70 Herne Bay High School Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, CT6 7NS Tel: Principal: Dr C Owen Admissions Contact Name: Mrs A Clifton Type of School: Secondary, Academy, All Ability, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Sport, Training School Published Admission No:258 LA No: 886 DFE No:5448 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 515 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 265 Expected number on roll: 1515 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Wednesday 8 th October, pm Tuesday 14 th, Wednesday 15 th, Thursday 16 th October, am Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated within the ability bands described below and the oversubscription criteria applied to each band. Banding Any applicants who have passed the Kent Test will automatically be allocated to Band 7 and will not be required to sit the banding assessment. All applicants who have not passed the Kent Test are required to sit a nonverbal cognitive ability assessment. This assessment is not an entry test; it is to enable students of different abilities to have an equal opportunity to gain a place at Herne Bay High School. The profile also enables the school to operate as a comprehensive school. Further detailed explanation of this and the aptitude test are available from the school but the table below gives indicative proportions and numbers. Band CAT SAS Score Percentage of cohort Number of students Less than 82 11% 12% 17% 20% Band CAT SAS Score Percentage of cohort Number of students More than % 12% 11% Applicants who do not sit the assessment, other than those who have passed the Kent Test, will be ranked according to the oversubscription criteria and allocated a place only in the event that there are available places at the school after students who have taken the assessment have been considered. For each band the following over-subscription criteria will be applied: 1. Children in Local Authority Care. A child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/ carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As 69

71 defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989) 2. Current Family Association. A brother or sister on the roll of Herne Bay High School at the time of entry. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers or sisters. 3. Proximity of a student s home to the school, with those residing in the CT6 postcode area and living closest being given highest priority. The distance is measured between the child s permanent address and the school in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a central point within the child s home to a similarly defined point within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The school uses measurements provided by the Local Authority. A pupil s home address is considered to be a residential property that is the child s only or main residence and not an address at which your child may sometimes stay or sleep due to your own domestic or special arrangements. The address must be the pupil s home address on the day you completed your application form. If you live separately from your partner but share responsibility for your child, and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of weekdays. Note where less than the required number falls into a band, we will distribute evenly from adjacent bands. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: 1. When a parent has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time or 2. When a parent fails to notify the school of important changes to the application information or 3. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from a parent. Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Overall entry requirements are for admission to Sixth Form are: Level 2 5 GCSE Grade A* - E including Maths and English Minimum Grade D Level 3 5 GCSE Grade A* - C including Maths and English Minimum Grade C All applicants are invited to discuss their choices at an information, advice and guidance meeting in the Spring term. The admission number for external candidates will be 15, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure. Subject to course availability the overall year group total is 150. When students are likely to achieve the minimum grades for entry they will be referred to CXK Ltd for personal guidance and support in the application process for Level 1/2/3 courses at the local Further Education colleges. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11 students, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out above to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached: After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: a. When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or b. When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or c. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. 70

72 Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. i.e. (Up to a maximum of 18 in academic subjects and 14 in practical subjects). Viability will be determined at 6 students or more if the course is to be provided. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 71

73 Simon Langton Girls Grammar School Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3EW Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mrs J. S. Robinson Admissions Contact Name: Mrs T. J. Kelk Type of School: Secondary, Voluntary Controlled, Grammar, Girls Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Music College, IT Status, Training School Published Admission No: 165 LA No: 886 DFE No: 4534 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 437 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 165 Expected number on roll: 1,120 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Open Afternoons: Tuesday 14th and Thursday 16th October Start at 1.45 p.m. and follow a planned programme until approx p.m. Open Mornings: Wednesday 15th and Friday 17th October Start at 9.00 a.m. and follow a planned programme until approx a.m. Note: Please consider your journey for the Open Mornings as the traffic in central Canterbury at this time of the day is extremely busy. There is no need to book an Open Morning or Afternoon visit; please just turn up on the day. Open Evening: Thursday 9th October 2014, 6.00 p.m p.m. There will be 2 presentations during the evening at 6.00 p.m. and 7.15 p.m. Parents are invited to time their visit to coincide with one of these sessions. There will be guides to take parents on a tour of the school throughout the evening. Entry is through the Kent assessment procedure Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, eligible girls with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated to eligible girls in the following priority order- Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care a child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who ceased to be so because they became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order under Part IV of the Act. Current Family Association - a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. Health and Special Access Reasons - Medical / Health and Special Access Reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents /guardians, physical or mental health or social need means there is a demonstrable and significant need for their child to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school. Nearness of children s homes to school The distance between the child s permanent home address and the school is measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from 72

74 a point defined as within the child s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. When we apply the distance criterion for an oversubscribed Community or Voluntary Controlled school, these straight line measurements are used to determine how close each applicant s address is to the school. In the event of any of the above criteria being oversubscribed, priority will be given based on distance as described above with those closest being given higher priority. In the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place. If siblings from multiple births (twins, triplets, etc) apply for a school and the school would reach its Published Admission Number (PAN) after admitting one or more, but before admitting all of those siblings, the LA will offer a place to each of the siblings, even if doing so takes the school above its PAN. Supplementary Form Required: NO Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements - The School has a mixed Sixth Form. Priority will be given to existing students transferring from Year 11. The admission number for external candidates will be 80, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this, the number of internal students transferring into Year 12 and the number of students transferring into Year 13 are less than the overall total figure for the Sixth Form, which is 400. The minimum entry requirements specified by the subjects of their choice, with students normally achieving grade A/A* in subjects studied at AS Level. Students choose 4 subjects to study in Year 12. They must qualify for 4 subjects to qualify to join the Sixth Form. Where learners have achieved better results than their predicted grades, they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Criteria for Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the above oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to the Local Authority, Legal & Democratic Services. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport Admission to the school: The school is an academic institution where the expectation is that students will achieve top grades at A Level. The admissions criteria for the Sixth Form are as follows: At least seven subjects at grade B or above at GCSE; including in English and Mathematics. 73

75 Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Nackington Road, Canterbury, CT4 7AS Tel: Headteacher: Dr M N F Baxter Admissions Contact Name: Susan Begg Type of School: Secondary, Foundation, Grammar, Boys Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Science and Mathematics Published Admission No: 120 LA No: 886 DFE No: 5412 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 447 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 120 Expected number on roll: 1120 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions Yr 7 Open Sessions: Monday 6th October to Thursday 9th October inclusive and 21st October Please telephone the school to make an appointment. Yr 7 Open Evening Wednesday 8th October 7 pm. Sixth Form Open Sessions: Open Evening Tuesday 18th November pm Open Evening Tuesday 3rd February pm Entry is through the Kent Assessment Procedure. Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, eligible boys with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated to eligible boys in the following priority order 1) Boys in Local Authority Care who meet the entry requirement a boy under the age of 18 years for whom the Local Authority provides accommodation by agreement with his parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who ceased to be so because he was adopted or who is subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act; 2) Boys with a Kent Test score of 92% [1] or more, in order of: a. Boys whose parents can prove that attendance at the school is essential based on reasons of Health or Special Access. Health and Special Access Reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to boys whose health or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to boys whose parents /guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims must be supported with written evidence from an appropriately qualified medical or other practitioner. The evidence must demonstrate a special connection between the boy s needs and the school. b. Boys with a brother or sister attending the school at the time of entry. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. 3) Boys living within a 9 mile radius of the school, with a combined Kent Test score of 92% or more, in order of: a. Proximity to the boy s home, with those living nearer being given higher priority. 4) Other qualifying boys (i.e. those who achieve the required standard for selective education through the Kent assessment procedure), in order of: b. Boys whose parents can prove that attendance at the school is essential based on reasons of Health or Special 74

76 Access. Health and Special Access Reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to boys whose health or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to boys whose parents /guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims must be supported with written evidence from an appropriately qualified medical or other practitioner. The evidence must demonstrate a special connection between the boy s needs and the school. c. Boys with a brother or sister attending the school at the time of entry. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. d.proximity to the boy s home, with those living nearer being given higher priority Note: The school uses measurements provided by the Local Authority and the distance is measured between a boy s permanent home address and the school in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. A boy s home address is considered to be a residential property that is the boy s only or main residence (not an address at which the boy may sometimes stay or sleep) and which is either owned by the boy s parent, parents or guardians; leased or rented to them under a written rental agreement. Where parents live apart but share responsibility for the boy and he lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the boy sleeps for the majority of week days over the term. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances:- 1.When a parent has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or 2.when a parent has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or 3.the admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from a parent. Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form admission arrangements The school has a mixed Sixth Form. Priority will be given to existing students transferring from Year 11. The admission number for external candidates will be 150 but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this, the number of internal students transferring into Year 12 and the number of students transferring into Year 13 are less than the overall total figure for the Sixth Form. Entry Requirements: The school is an academic institution where the expectation is that students will achieve top grades at A level. The admissions criteria for the Sixth Form are as follows: 8 grades C and above in full GCSE courses, including English Language and Mathematics Grade A* or A in each (nearest equivalent) GCSE subject to be studied at AS level In exceptional circumstances, some students will be able to take a subject from grade B basis, provided that: They can demonstrate aptitude for the subject to be studied at AS level There is room in the teaching group. Maximum set size is 20. Students choose 4 subjects to study in year 12. They must qualify for 4 subjects to qualify to join the Sixth Form. Criteria for consideration to study each subject 1) Students who have already stated that they wish to study the subject and have reached the entry requirements to do; 2) Students who have got A or A* in each subject (or nearest equivalents); 3) Students who demonstrate particular aptitude for their chosen subject, but have not technically qualified 75

77 Criteria for Over-subscription 1) Students in Local Authority Care - a child under the age of 18 years for whom the Local Authority provides accommodation by agreement with the child s parents/ carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act; 2) Students with a brother or sister attending the school at the time of entry. In this context brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters; Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 3) Students whose parents can prove that attendance at the school is essential based on reasons of Health or Special Access. Health and Special Access Reasons will be applied in accordance with the school s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act Priority will be given to students whose health or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to students whose parents /guardians physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims must be supported with written evidence from an appropriately qualified medical or other practitioner. The evidence must demonstrate a special connection between the student s needs and the school. 4) Proximity to the Student s home, with those living nearer being given the higher priority. The distance is measured between a student s permanent address and the school in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody Where learners have achieved better result than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. 76

78 Spires Academy Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, CT2 0HD Tel: Fax: Executive Principal: Jane Robinson Academy Principal: Nicki Mattin Admissions Contact Name:Amanda Russell Type of School: Secondary, Academy, All Ability, Mixed Age Range:11-19 Day Pupils Specialisms: Business/Enterprise/Visual, Creative and Performing Arts Published Admission No: 120 LA No: 886 DFE No: 6911 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 291 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 118 Expected number on roll: 612 Opening Sessions: Open Evening Tuesday 7th October 2014 at 6pm. Open mornings: Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th and Friday 10th October 2014 at 9.15am-11am by appointment. Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- a) Looked After Children / Children in Local Authority Care. b) Admission of students whose siblings currently attend the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission. c) Admission of students on the basis of proximity to the school using straight line measurement from the Academy to the child s permanent home address. A permanent home address is considered to be a residential property that is the child s only main residence and not an address at which your child might sometimes stay or sleep due to your own domestic or special arrangements. The address must be the child s home address on the day you completed your application form. If you live separately from your partner but share responsibility for your child and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of weekdays. Supplementary Form Required: No Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admissions arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria for the course they wish to study. Typically this will be at least 5 good passes at GCSE including a minimum of a Grade C in the subject area they wish to continue to study. The admission number for external candidates will be 10, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 75. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the above oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached. 77

79 Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s 4 chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified for the course they wish to study and will only become firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be made before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport 78

80 St Anselm s Catholic School Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3EN Tel: Fax: y.bryant@st-anselms.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Michael Walters Admissions Contact Name: Mrs Yvonne Bryant Type of School: Secondary, Catholic, Academy, All Ability, Mixed Age Range: Day Pupils Specialisms: Science Published Admission No: 180 LA No: 886 DFE No: 5446 Number of Applications for Yr 7 entry September 2014: 508 Number of places offered 3 March 2014: 180 Expected number on roll: 1057 To access general information about the school, including annual school achievement and attainment tables, recent school inspection reports and uniform policy, please contact the school or visit the school s website. Open Sessions: Thursday 25 th September 7pm Oversubscription Criteria Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. If the number of preferences for the school is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order- 1. Catholic children in local authority care or looked after children in the care of a Catholic family, including children who have been adopted or are awaiting adoption by Catholic parents. 2. Baptised Catholic children attending Catholic Primary Schools in the Canterbury Deanery, i.e. St Thomas Catholic Primary School; St Teresa s Catholic Primary School; St Simon of England Catholic Primary School; St Mary s Catholic Primary School. 3. Baptised Catholic children who are attending other Catholic Primary Schools, including St Joseph s Catholic Primary School; Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, St Augustine s Catholic Primary School. 4. Other Baptised Catholic children. 6. Other Looked After children including children who have been adopted. 7. Baptised children who are not Catholic but whose parents wish them to receive a Catholic education and who attend a Catholic Primary School in the Canterbury Deanery and whose application is supported by the priest/minister where the family worship i.e. St Thomas Catholic Primary School; St Teresa s Catholic Primary School; St Simon of England Catholic Primary School; St Mary s Catholic Primary School. 8. Baptised children who are not Catholic but whose parents wish them to receive a Catholic education and who attend another Catholic Primary School and whose application is supported by the priest/minister where the family worship, including St Joseph s Catholic Primary School; Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, St Augustine s Catholic Primary School. 9. Baptised children who are not Catholic but whose parents wish them to receive a Catholic education and whose application is supported by the priest/minister where the family worship. 10. Baptised children who are not Catholic but whose parents wish them to receive a Catholic education and whose application is not evidenced by a priest/minister. 11. Non-Catholic Christian Catechumens and members of Eastern Christian Churches. 12. Children who are not baptised but who are members of another faith and whose application is supported by a relevant minister of religion. 5. Catholic Catechumens. 79

81 13. Children who are not baptised but who are members of another faith and whose application can be supported by evidence of a dedication or similar. 14. Any other children TIE-BREAK In each of the categories above the following criteria will apply where the number of applications exceeds the number of places available: a) Children with brothers or sisters (including stepbrothers and step-sisters) living in the same household attending the School at the time of entry. b) Children whose Minister/Priest can confirm regular weekly religious practice as opposed to occasional practice, as indicated by the Minister/Priest on the relevant form. c) Children living nearest the school will be given highest priority, with distance being measured using KCC distance measurements provided. This is the distance measured in a straight line, using Ordnance Survey address data. Distances are measured from a defined point within the child s home to a defined point within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. Supplementary Form Required: Yes. Applicants must complete the KCC Common Application Form (CAF) and in addition they should complete the St Anselm s Supplementary Information Form and submit evidence of Baptism or Catechumen instruction. Completion of a Supplementary Form is not mandatory; however, if one is not received the Governors will not be able to apply their admission criteria and the application may have to be considered under the any other children category Waiting lists will be maintained up to January 2016 and will be ranked according to the above oversubscription criteria. Sixth Form Admission Arrangements Priority will be given to existing pupils transferring from Year 11 who meet the entrance criteria. Admission to the Sixth Form at St Anselm s Catholic School will be as a result of applicants obtaining a minimum of five GCSE passes at grade C or above plus any specific entry requirements for the subjects which have been chosen for level 3 study. The admission number for external candidates will be 30, but this figure may be exceeded in the event that this and the number of internal pupils transferring into Year 12 is less than the overall figure for the year group, which is 180. Over-subscription Following the admission of internal students transferring from Year 11, all remaining places will be allocated to learners who have met the entry requirements for the particular course of study. Where there are more learners seeking places than the number of places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied in the order set out below to rank pupils until the overall figure for the year group is reached: Catholic children in local authority care or looked after children in the care of a Catholic family, including children who have been adopted or are awaiting adoption by Catholic parents. Baptised Catholic children attending Catholic Secondary Schools. Other Baptised Catholic children. Catholic Catechumens. Children in Local Authority Care Other looked after children including those who have been adopted. Baptised children who are not Catholic but whose parents wish them to receive a Catholic education and who attend a Catholic Secondary School. Baptised children who are not Catholic but whose parents wish them to receive a Catholic education and whose application is supported by the priest/minister where the family worship. Baptised children who are not Catholic but whose parents wish them to receive a Catholic education and whose application is not evidenced by a priest/minister. Non-Catholic Christian Catechumens and members of Eastern Christian Churches. Children who are not baptised but who are members of another faith and whose application is supported by a relevant minister of religion. 80

82 Children who are not baptised but who are members of another faith and whose application can be supported by evidence of a dedication or similar. Any other children. TIE-BREAK In each of the categories above the following criteria will apply where the number of applications exceeds the number of places available: Children with brothers or sisters (including step-brothers and step-sisters) living in the same household attending the School at the time of entry. Children whose Minister/Priest can confirm regular weekly religious practice as opposed to occasional practice, as indicated by the Minister/Priest on the relevant form. Children living nearest the school will be given highest priority, with distance being measured using KCC distance measurements provided. This is the distance measured in a straight line, using Ordnance Survey address data. Distances are measured from a defined point within the child s home to a defined point within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place in the following circumstances: firm offers upon confirmation of actual GCSE results. Offer letters will be sent before the end of May Offers will be confirmed once the school has been notified of GCSE results in August Where learners have achieved better results than the predicted grades they will be considered based on the grades achieved and ranked accordingly for any places that become available as a result of other learners failing to meet the required entry levels. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to The Clerk to the Governors, care of the school. Late applications will be considered if places in appropriate subjects are still available after all other applicants have been considered. A waiting list will be held, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Transport Please note, schools no longer have a designated area from which transport will be provided. In most instances KCC will only fund transport to the nearest school where this school is more than 3 miles from the child s home. Further information about exceptions to this rule can be found in the transport section of this book. For further information please see the Kent.gov website: gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport a. When the parent or learner has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or b. When a parent or learner has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or c. The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from the parent or learner. Offers and Appeals Offers will be made on the basis of predicted performance at GCSE, with the requirement that the above grades are achieved in the final examinations prior to entry to the Sixth Form and the pupil s four chosen subjects being accommodated on the timetable, in feasible group sizes. All offers made during Year 11 are conditional on pupils meeting the grade criteria specified and will only become 81

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