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           Foreword
           Dear parents and carers,
           Welcome to the secondary school admissions booklet for the London Borough of Croydon.

           The council believes that every child should have the highest quality secondary education to
           realise their full potential. We are pleased to say that the quality of education in secondary
           schools in Croydon has improved significantly over the past few years and a significant number
           of Croydon’s secondary schools are now judged by Ofsted to be good or outstanding.

           We have a sufficient number of high quality secondary school places available to ensure every
           child can get a place.

           In this prospectus, you will find enclosed all the information you need to complete your
           application for a school place, including information about every secondary school in Croydon.

           We strongly encourage you to visit all the schools that you are considering for your child and
           that you use all six available preferences when you make your application. This maximises your
           opportunity to secure a school of your preference for your child.

           We wish your child all the best for their transfer to secondary school.

                                Robert Henderson                                Shelley Davies
                                Executive Director                              Director of Education and Youth
                                Children, Families and                          Engagement, Children, Families
                                Education                                       and Education Division
FOREWORD

  2                                                The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
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               Introduction
               This booklet is designed to guide Croydon parents and carers through the admissions process for
               September 2020 and help to make an informed choice of secondary school.

               We have included information on the wide range of secondary schools in Croydon as well as
               information on some of the schools in neighbouring boroughs. Croydon schools’ admissions criteria
               can be viewed at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools.

               Before you make your final selection, we recommend that you visit the schools you are interested in.
               Details of open days and evenings can be found in this booklet.

               If you live in Croydon, you need to apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk no later than
               31 October 2019.
INTRODUCTION

                                                                                                                      INTRODUCTION

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    Before you apply                                                               5
    Important dates for your diary                                                 6

    SECTION 1: APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL –
                                                                                   7
    The application process and procedure
    Step by step guide to applying online                                         14
    List of secondary schools                                                     16
    Secondary schools – Map                                                       18
    Overview of allocation of places – 2019 entry                                 19
    Open days/evenings timetable                                                  21
    Schools outside Croydon and neighbouring local
                                                                                  24
    authorities’ contact details

    SECTION 2: SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN)                                    27
    SEN guidance information                                                      28
    Directory of special schools and ELPs                                         29

    SECTION 3: OTHER ADMISSIONS                                                   31
    Applying for a University Technical College
                                                                                  32
    or a Studio School
    In-Year admissions                                                            33

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     Before you apply
     Read ‘The application process and procedure’. This tells you how          Page 8
     the admissions process works.

     Check the list of schools in Croydon and read the admissions             Page 16
     criteria for the schools you are interested in at www.croydon.gov.
     uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools

     The admissions criteria give you a better idea of which schools are
     likely to be able to offer your child a place.

     Check which school requires you to complete a supplementary           Page 16-17
     information form.

     Read how places were allocated at each secondary school               Page 19-20
     last year.

     Visit the schools you are interested in. See open                     Page 21-23
     days/evenings dates.

     Read booklets from other local authorities if you are thinking        Page 24-25
     of applying for a school outside Croydon.

     For more information on admissions to secondary schools in Croydon
     visit www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

                                                                                        B E F O R E YO U A P P LY

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                          Important dates for your diary
                                                      1 September 2019
                                              Online application process starts.

                                              16 September to 17 October 2019
                                          Secondary schools’ open days or evenings.
                                      It is important that you visit the schools you are
                                                interested in before you apply.

                                                      31 October 2019
                              Statutory deadline for receipt of secondary school applications.
                                 We recommend you submit your application no later than
                                        18 October 2019 (Friday before half-term)

                                                        2 March 2020
                                                     National Offer Day
                          Online applicants receive a notification email during the evening. You can
                                    then log on to view the result of your application at
                                                  www.eadmissions.org.uk

                                                      16 March 2020
                                     Deadline for acceptance or refusal of school offer.
I M P O RTA N T DAT E S

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                                                       The application process and procedure
                                                       Completing the form                                             school has admitted applicants in previous years, you will
                                                       All Croydon residents must apply using a Common                 be offered a place. If there are other criteria under which
                                                       Application Form (CAF). The form should be completed            you could apply for a school, as well as distance, it is
                                                       online at www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions.                        recommended that you do so.

                                                       The form allows you to select six schools, which you must       Expressing preferences for schools
                                                       name in your order of preference. We recommend that
                                                                                                                       The law requires admission authorities to meet parental
                                                       you use all your preference options as your child can only
                                                                                                                       preference wherever they can. It is not possible to
                                                       be considered for a place at the schools you have listed
                                                                                                                       guarantee a place at the school of your choice but you do
                                                       on your application.
                                                                                                                       have the right to express a preference or preferences.
                                                       For further information on how to complete your                 Most parents are successful in securing a place at one of
                                                       application see pages 8-12.                                     their preferred schools but, as there is only a limited
                                                       Online applications close at 11.59pm on 31 October              number of places available in each school, some parents
                                                       2019. Applications received by this date will be accepted       are disappointed.
                                                       and treated as on time.                                         All admission authorities (i.e. local authorities, academies,
                                                                                                                       voluntary aided schools and free schools) must provide
                                                       Admissions criteria                                             information which explains how they decide which
                                                       Read the admissions criteria for the schools that you           children will be offered places if they receive more
                                                       are interested in to know how they prioritise applications.     applications than they have places available. This
                                                       A summary of schools’ admissions policies can be found          information is normally called ‘admissions criteria’. The
                                                       online at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-                 admissions criteria will vary from school to school (please
                                                       new/secondary-schools and on each school’s website.             refer to www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/
                                                       Find out the furthest distance an offer was made for a          secondary-schools for schools’ admissions criteria)
                                                       school for entry in September 2019 (please see pages
                                                       19-20). Some schools will have maps on display at their         How are places allocated?
                                                       open sessions showing the location of homes of pupils           If you have listed six schools in preference order and all
                                                       offered places at the school last year.                         six schools are in a position to offer a place, the system
                                                       Please note, there is no guarantee that for the September       will automatically seek the highest preference, i.e. your
                                                       2020 admission, a school will offer to the same distance        first preference, and make you an offer at this school. All
                                                       as they did in the previous year, as each year offers are       your lower preferences are withdrawn as these are no
                                                       subject to the number of applications and where the             longer required.
                                                       applicants live.                                                If you listed six schools in preference order and preferences
                                                       If you wish to have an indication of the distance between       three, four and five are in a position to offer places, the
                                                       your home and a school, please go to www.croydon.               system will automatically seek the highest preference, i.e.
                                                       gov.uk and follow the ‘find it’ link on the home page. It       your third preference, and make an offer at this school.
                                                       must be emphasised that the measurement given by this           Your lower preferences four and five are withdrawn as
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                                                       site will not always be identical to that from the council’s    these are no longer required. Your higher preferences one
                                                       geographic information system (GIS). This is because            and two are automatically placed on the waiting list for
                                                       this website is a general one for measuring distance to a       reconsideration should any places become available. Any
                                                       range of council facilities, and is not set up to measure for   further offers will continue to be made in accordance with
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                                                       school admissions purposes. Under the schools’ admission        the schools’ published admissions criteria.
                                                       policies, the distance is measured in a straight line from
                                                                                                                       Will I have a better chance of getting my
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                                                       the child’s home to the designated main entrance of a
                                                       school using geographical reference points as provided          first preference than someone who lists it as
                                                       by the National Land and Property Gazetteer. The ‘find          a second or lower preference?
                                                       it’ site doesn’t give measurements to three decimal points      No. All preferences are considered equally against the
                                                       either. Therefore, you should not assume that because the       schools’ admissions criteria. The preference order will only be
                                                       measurement from your home to school given by this site         used when it is possible for more than one school to offer you
                                                       is the same or less than the minimum distance to which a        a place. This is called the Equal Preference System.

               8                                                                                     The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

The application process and procedure
The local authority will always try to match your highest        Changing your mind
preference but many schools are oversubscribed and receive       After the closing date 31 October 2019 it will not be
more applications than they have places available. To give       possible for you to add new school preferences to the
you the best chance of getting into a local school, it is very   Croydon Common Application Form. If you do make changes
important that you use all six preferences and include other     after the closing date, your application may be regarded as
schools in your area, as schools will use their straight line    late. For a detailed explanation of how late applications will
distance criterion as the final factor once all their higher     be processed please read the paragraph below.
priority places have been allocated.
If you only apply for one school and a place is not available,   Late applications
you can only be offered a school with places left once all       Croydon will only consider late applications in the initial
other parental preferences have been considered. The school      allocation round if the application is late for a good
offered could be some distance from your home.                   reason but is submitted before 12 December 2019.
Failing to list other preferences on your form can result in     Examples of what may be considered a good reason
disappointment, as we can only consider the preferences          include: when a single parent has been ill for some time or
you have listed on your application form.                        has been dealing with the death of a close relative; or a
                                                                 family has just moved into the area or is returning from
How much information from my application                         abroad (proof of ownership or tenancy agreement will be
will be passed onto my preferred schools?                        required in these cases). Other circumstances will be
The list of schools you include on the Common                    considered and each case will be decided on its own
Application Form is confidential.                                merits.
Each school will only be given the information it needs to       If you submit an application or change your existing
consider your application.                                       preferences, or order of preferences, after 31 October
                                                                 2019 but before 12 December 2019 with good reason
Schools are not told where you named them in your
                                                                 for doing so, the application will be treated as on time.
preference list.
                                                                 Otherwise your application will be treated as late and
The preference order of schools which are situated               this may jeopardise the possibility of your child being
outside the Croydon local authority will be released to          offered a place at one of youFr preferred schools.
the local authority which maintains the school(s) so the
                                                                 Applications which are late for no good reason and those
highest preference can be determined in cases where a
                                                                 that are received after 12 December 2019 but before
child is eligible for a place at more than one school in that
                                                                 2 March 2020 will not be considered in the initial
local authority’s area.
                                                                 allocation round but will be allocated available places
Considering a school outside Croydon?                            after all on time applications have been processed. Where
                                                                 a place cannot be offered at a preferred school, your child
You can apply for a school in another borough. As a
                                                                 will be offered the nearest school to the application
Croydon resident, Croydon Council still processes your
                                                                 address with available places.
application. You must include the school as a preference
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on your Common Application Form. Schools within three            Change of address
miles of Croydon’s boundary are listed at the back of this
                                                                 Croydon Council must be notified of any changes of
booklet. For information on schools further than three
                                                                 address by 12 December 2019 so that the new address
miles please contact the relevant local authority
                                                                 can be used to prioritise your preferences for schools
Considering a private/independent school?                        under the distance criterion. Failure to do so will result in
Independent schools have their own admissions                    your application being considered from the previous
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arrangements and are not included in our admissions              address and your child possibly being denied a place at a
scheme. If you are considering applying to an independent        preferred school.
school please contact the school directly.
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Do not list these schools on your Common
Application Form.

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                                           The application process and procedure
                                           All changes of address will be thoroughly investigated to       Children of UK service personnel
                                           ensure there is a permanent commitment to the new               Families of service personnel or Crown servants returning
                                           address. Changes of address can only be considered when         from overseas to live in Croydon can apply for a place
                                           Croydon Council receives documentary evidence that you          without the child being resident in Croydon. However the
                                           and your child are resident in the property and able to         application must be accompanied by an official letter that
                                           prove you have no connection with your previous address         declares the relocation date and unit postal address or
                                           i.e. the new address is not a temporary arrangement to          quartering area address.
                                           access a preferred school. Examples of documents to be
                                           provided are a letter from a solicitor confirming the date of   Shared custody
                                           completion of contract (not exchange of contract) for           It is the local authority’s expectation that where there is
                                           the new place of residence or a copy of the new tenancy         shared parental responsibility for a child, parents will agree
                                           agreement stating the commencement date, together with          which parent has the main responsibility before completing
                                           evidence of residence, for example a utility bill.              their application form. Where parents are separated and
                                           If your address changes after 12 December 2019, you             share custody, the parent with whom the child spends most
                                           must still notify the local authority immediately, providing    of the school week (which will normally be the address
                                           documentary evidence as described above, so that your           where child benefit is payable) should make the application.
                                           new address can be taken into account when determining          An application can only be made from a single address and
                                           your child’s position on schools’ waiting lists after           only one application can be made for each child.
                                           National Offer day (that is after 2 March 2020).                If the parent making the application lives at a different
                                                                                                           address, a letter of explanation should be given and signed
                                           Child’s permanent address
                                                                                                           by both parents. Custody issues cannot be resolved by
                                           The child’s address should be that of the child’s permanent     the local authority. If parents are going through a
                                           place of residence. A business address, work place              separation or a divorce and do not live together but share
                                           address, a childminder’s address will not be accepted.          parental responsibility over a child, the local authority will
                                           A relative or carer’s address can only be considered if         disclose details of a child’s application if one of the parents
                                           they have legal custody of the child. In these                  who shares parental responsibility requests this information.
                                           circumstances, evidence of legal custody/parental               This will however be subject to the receipt of legal
                                           responsibility, e.g. a court order, must be supplied.           documentation e.g. court order which confirms the shared
                                                                                                           parental responsibility.
                                           Applications from Overseas
                                                                                                           Parental responsibility and private fostering
                                           Applications with an overseas address will not be
                                           accepted for processing unless Croydon Council is               Parental responsibility is defined by the Children Act 1989
                                           satisfied that there is evidence of a link to an address in     and amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
                                           Croydon and that a child will be resident at that address       Parental responsibility in its simplest form is ‘all the
                                           on or before the date of admission (i.e. start of               rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which
                                           September). The address must not be the address of a            by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and
                                           friend, relative or other address of convenience unless         his property’.
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                                           there is evidence it will be a relatively permanent             People can obtain parental responsibility by seeking a
                                           arrangement.                                                    parental responsibility legal agreement, obtained with the
                                           Evidence must include:                                          consent of all persons with parental responsibility or by
                                           • Booked travel tickets and                                     a court order, or when a child is placed with them for
                                           • End of lease/notice to tenants in property or                 legal adoption.
                                           • Start of employment contract in London/SE area or             Step-parents, grandparents and other close relatives do
                                           • End of employment contract abroad                             not have automatic parental responsibility, and can only
                                           The overseas address will apply until such time as there is     acquire it through a legal agreement or court order. If you
                                           evidence of a child’s return to the linked address. In the      are a distant relative or no relation to the child you are
                                           event that a family does not return to the linked address       caring for, it is likely that you are a private foster parent.
                                           provided by the start of September, this local authority will   In law this means you must tell your local council you are
                                           withdraw the application submitted and any offer made.          caring for the child and also you must tell the child’s
                                                                                                           parents (or the person with parental responsibility) about

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                                     The application process and procedure
                                     the application for a school place and obtain their                 Admission of children outside their age group
                                     permission. You can find more information on parental               Parents of gifted and talented children, or those who have
                                     responsibility at www.gov.uk/parental-rights-                       experienced problems or missed part of a year, for
                                     responsibilities.                                                   example due to ill health, may request that their child is
                                     Fraudulent applications                                             exceptionally admitted outside their age group. The
                                                                                                         admission authority of a school must decide whether or
                                     Croydon takes very seriously any attempt to gain an
                                                                                                         not the individual child’s circumstances make this
                                     advantage in the admissions process by giving false
                                                                                                         appropriate on educational grounds. Such requests will
                                     information. Your address will be checked by reference to
                                                                                                         only be agreed in exceptional circumstances. Parents have
                                     your child’s primary school records as well as other council
                                                                                                         a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place
                                     records such as electoral and council tax register record(s)
                                                                                                         at a school for which they have applied. However, this
                                     and, if necessary, by a council officer visiting your address.
                                                                                                         right of appeal does not apply if parents are offered a
                                     The local authority will investigate applications where             school place which is not in their preferred age group.
                                     there are any doubts about information provided by
                                                                                                         All requests should include recent professional evidence
                                     parents or where information has been received from
                                                                                                         of the child’s circumstances which make education outside
                                     another source. This may lead to prosecution.
                                                                                                         the age group necessary. Each admission authority will
                                     Looked-after children and previously                                expect to see evidence of an individual child’s educational
                                     looked-after children                                               need, rather than general factors which relate to a wider
                                                                                                         group of children born at a similar time. They will want to
                                     Looked-after children are defined as ”children in public care
                                                                                                         discuss with parents the impact of the child being
                                     at the date on which the application is made.’ For
                                                                                                         educated with children of a different age.
                                     secondary transfers, the date will be taken as 31 October.
                                                                                                         Parents requesting admission to an age group below the
                                     Applications from children in public care (looked-after children)   child’s actual age should submit an application for the
                                     must confirm which local authority is responsible for the child     child’s actual age group before the closing date on 31
                                     and be accompanied by a letter from the child’s social worker       October 2019. The request for admission to a different
                                     confirming their legal status and that he/she will still be         year group should accompany the application. This enables
                                     looked-after when the child is admitted to the school.              the application to be processed and a school place secured
                                                                                                         in the child’s actual age group if the request is refused by
                                     Applications from children who were looked-after, but
                                                                                                         an admission authority. If the admission authority approves
                                     ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted
                                                                                                         the request, the parent will be advised to re-apply in the
                                     (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a
                                                                                                         following year and provide a copy of the decision letter.
                                     special guardianship order) must be accompanied by a
                                                                                                         However there can be no guarantee of a place being
                                     letter and/ or documentary evidence from the child’s social
                                                                                                         available at the school, as this is dependent on the number
                                     worker, advisory teacher or other relevant professional
                                                                                                         of applicants that year. It is not possible to reserve a place
                                     confirming that the child was looked after immediately
                                                                                                         for the following year. Parents are therefore advised to
                                     prior to the order being made as well as the date.
                                                                                                         include alternative school preferences on their application.
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                                     The letter must also confirm the date a previously
                                                                                                         When will I know the outcome of my
                                     looked‑after child ceased to be looked-after and the date
                                                                                                         application?
                                     of the adoption order, residence order, child arrangements
                                     order or special guardianship order which led to the                If you applied online and on time you will receive an email
                                     cessation of ‘looked-after’ status.                                 notification about the result of your application on
                                                                                                         2 March 2020.
                                     Any court order must be accompanied by a letter from the
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                                     child’s social worker.                                              Important Information
                                                                                                         Please note that an outcome letter will not be sent to you in
                                     Please note that any confirmation/evidence of looked- after         the post. You will be able to view the result of your
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                                     and previously looked-after status received by this local           application online as well as accept or decline the offer made
                                     authority will be forwarded on to the school preferences or         to your child, by logging into your e.admissions account.
                                     the local authority where the school is situated in the case
                                     of out of borough schools.

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                                                       Accepting or declining your offer                                    Parents/carers need to be aware that if their child’s name is
                                                       You must accept or decline the offer by the specified                on a school’s waiting list, their place may go up or down the
                                                       date to ensure you secure a school place for your child.             list depending on how the admissions criteria applies to
                                                                                                                            others on the waiting list.
                                                       If you receive an offer at your first preference school, we
                                                       will automatically record this offer as accepted unless              Appeals
                                                       we receive notification from you that you wish to decline            If you have been refused a place at your preferred school,
                                                       the place.                                                           you are entitled to appeal and attend an appeal hearing
                                                       The online outcome information will give you important               in front of an independent appeal panel.
                                                       advice on what to do next if you have been unsuccessful              The panel will be made up of three or five members and
                                                       in securing an offer at one of your preferred schools or             none of the panel members will have any connection with
                                                       have been offered an alternative school which you did not            the local authority or any of the schools in your case. The
                                                       list on your Common Application Form.                                panel will include at least one person who has experience
                                                       Waiting lists                                                        in education (non-lay member) and at least one person
                                                                                                                            who does not have experience in education (lay member).
                                                       Oversubscribed Croydon schools will maintain waiting lists.
                                                       Your child’s name will automatically be placed on the waiting        If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer
                                                       list for any school which was a higher preference on your            your child a place at a Croydon school you must contact
                                                       application form than the school you have been offered.              the school for details of their appeal arrangements.
                                                       Please note it is your responsibility to inform the local            Any school admission appeal must be in writing. If you
                                                       authority if you do not want your child to be on the waiting         decide that you wish to appeal you must do so by the
                                                       for a higher preference school. In the event that a place            deadline date stated by the school or by the local
                                                       becomes available at one of your higher preference schools,          authority for an out of borough school.
                                                       the place offered at your lower preference school will               •	Set out as many reasons as you can for wanting
                                                       automatically be withdrawn.                                             a place at your preferred school.
                                                       Applicants’ requests to be added to the waiting list for lower       •	Try to explain your reasons as fully as possible
                                                       preference schools when a first preference school has been              as to why your child should be given a place
                                                       offered can only be made in exceptional circumstances. Any              despite the fact the school is full.
                                                       change in circumstances will need to be supported with               •	You should also attach copies of any written
                                                       relevant evidence.                                                      supporting information, letters, documents, or
                                                       If you need to find out your child’s position on the waiting list,      evidence which you would like the appeal panel
                                                       please contact the admission authority for the school or the            to consider at the hearing.
                                                       borough in which the school is situated after 20 April 2020.         Special arrangements apply to children with an Education,
                                                       If you would like more information about the reason why              Health and Care Plan – see page 28.
                                                       your child was not offered a place at a higher preference
                                                                                                                            To obtain an appeal form for a Croydon school please
                                                       school you should contact the admission authority that is
                                                                                                                            contact the school.
                                                       responsible for admissions to the school. Details of the
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                                                       different admission authorities for schools in Croydon are           Further questions
                                                       listed in this prospectus (see pages 16-17). If the school is        If you have any questions or if there is anything you do
                                                       outside this borough, the admission authority will be either         not understand, the school admissions team will be
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                                                       the local authority in which the school is situated or the           pleased to help you.
                                                       school itself. Contact telephone numbers for neighbouring
                                                       local authorities are also included in this prospectus.
                                                                                                                            [ 020 8726 6400
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                                                       The School Admissions Code requires admission authorities            k Write to: Croydon Council, School Admissions
                                                                                                                                Team, Bernard Weatherill House, 8 Mint Walk,
                                                       to order waiting lists on the basis of the priorities of the
                                                                                                                                Croydon, CR0 1EA
                                                       published admissions criteria and not, for example, on a first
                                                       come first served basis.                                             /   school.admissions@croydon.gov.uk
                                                       Each individual admission authority decides how long their
                                                       waiting list will be held but must keep a waiting list open until
                                                       at least 31 December 2020. Please refer to each school’s
                                                       admission policy.
   12                                                                                                    The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

How places are allocated
                                                                                                  SCHOOLS & OTHER
 YOU                     OUR ADMISSIONS TEAM
                                                                                                  COUNCILS

 Your application        The home local authority (council in whose area you live) will
 form is submitted.      manage the coordination process to ensure that you receive no
                         more than one offer.

 If you have applied     Only pupil details from the application form for free, voluntary aided   Schools receive details of applications
 to a free, voluntary    schools and academies within the area of the home local authority        from the local authority. Schools will
 aided school or         will be passed to the schools concerned.                                 have no knowledge of where they are
 academy in Croydon                                                                               ranked in your list of preferences.

 If you have applied     Pupil details and school preferences on the application form for         Decisions on whether places can be
 to a school in          schools in other boroughs will be sent to the local authorities          offered will be taken by the admission
 another borough, i.e.   which maintain those schools (maintaining local authorities).            authorities for each of the schools on
 outside Croydon         This will be done via a computerised system called the Pan-              your list. How they decide which pupils
                         London Register. These local authorities will ensure that the            will be offered places at their schools is
                         application details reach the admission authorities for the              explained in their admissions criteria.
                         schools in their areas, making no reference to the rank position
                         the school is listed on your application form.

 Obtaining your          Croydon Council will then determine the preference offer to be           This process of the home local authority
 highest possible        made to its resident pupils from all the schools applied to. Lower       allocating the highest preference offer
 preference              preference offers will be released for allocation to other pupils        and releasing preference offers for
                         who are next on the schools’ lists.                                      reallocation by the maintaining local
                                                                                                  authority will continue between local
                                                                                                  authorities until there are no further
                                                                                                  changes and all places have been
                                                                                                  allocated.

 All places are          Croydon Council identifies which children are potentially in a
 allocated               position to be offered a place at more than one of its schools. In
                         such cases, we will only hold the offer of a place at the school
                         the parent has ranked highest on their form. Other lower ranked
                         offers will be released, allowing further offers to be made to
                         children who are next on the schools’ lists.
                                                                                                                                                           A CI SE S I AORNE A
                                                                                                                                               H 2O.WA PDL M                            I E ES D
                                                                                                                                                                             P LOLLOI CCAT

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019                                                                             13
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

                             APPLYING ONLINE – STEP BY STEP GUIDE
                             BEFORE YOU START                                              04. Enter your details and click ‘Register’.

                             •D
                               ecide your order of preference before you start            05. Y
                                                                                                ou will be sent a confirmation by email. Open the
                              the online application.                                          email and click the link to validate your email address.

                             •G
                               et an email address – you need one to apply                Save this email for future reference – you will need
                              and you need to be able to access it in March 2020.          to log back into the system to make changes and
                              If you don’t have one go to www.googlemail.com               on offer day.
                              and click ‘Create an account’.                               06. Click the link in the email, enter your username or
                             • If you have trouble with computers get a friend,               email address and password, then click ’Login’.
                               relative or your child to help you make
                               the application.                                            CHILD DETAILS AND PREFERRED SCHOOLS
                                                                                           07. If you have applied before you must check and
                             LOGIN OR REGISTER
                                                                                               update your details if they have changed –
                             01. Go to www.eadmissions.org.uk                                  particularly your address. Click on the orange text,
                                                                                               ‘check and update your address here’, update any
                                                                                               details as necessary then click ‘Save and Continue’.
                                                                                           08. Click ‘Start application for New Child’ button.

                             02. 	If you have applied before (e.g. for an older child),
                                  login with your email and password from your
                                  previous application. Choose ‘Login to your
                                  account’. Skip to number 07 and check your
                                  details are still correct.
                             If you can’t remember your username or password click
                             the ‘Forgotten your username or password?’ link               9. Enter your child’s details and click ‘Next’.

                             03. If this is the first time you have applied you must
                                 register your details and email address. Choose
                                 ‘Register to apply online’.
A P P LY I N G O N L I N E

                                                                                           10. Choose your preferred school from the list. Change
                                                                                               the local authority if the school is outside Croydon.
                                                                                               Click ‘Add this school’.
                                                                                           11. A
                                                                                                dd specific information about the school
                                                                                               (e.g. brothers or sisters already attending) then
                                                                                               click ‘Next’.

 14                                                                          The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

     12. 	Repeat steps 10 & 11 to list more schools until you
         have listed all your preferences.
     13. 	Change the order of preferences by clicking
         ‘Move up’/‘Move down’.
     14. 	Once all your preferred schools are listed click ‘Next’.
          You will also need to click ‘Continue’ if you have
          listed fewer than six preferences.

                                                                      MAKE CHANGES AND ATTACH DOCUMENTS
                                                                      • You can make changes and attach supporting
                                                                        information up to the closing date by logging into
                                                                        the system with your username or email address and
     FINAL CHECK AND SUBMIT                                             your password.
     15. 	Check your application carefully. To make                  • Each time you make a change you must re-submit
         changes click ‘Back’ at the bottom of the page.                your application. You will receive a confirmation email
     16. 	Read and agree the declaration by clicking in                each time you successfully change your application.
         the box.                                                     • You will also receive a confirmation email for each
                                                                        document you attach.
     17. Click ‘Submit Application’.
     18. 	You will receive a confirmation email with your
         application reference number (e.g. 306-2018-
                                                                       YOUR APPLICATION DETAILS
         09-E-001234). This email is proof that you have
         submitted your application successfully.                      Note your application details below for future
                                                                       reference and keep this information safe and secure
      HELP AND SUPPORT                                                 Email address:
                                                                                                                                  A P P LY I N G O N L I N E

      If you need help logging into your online application
      or registering to apply online you can contact the
      London eAdmissions support helpdesk on                           Username:
      020 8255 5555 (option 1 or 4) or email
      support@eadmissions.org.uk
      If you have any other problems or questions please               Password:
      contact Croydon Council on 0208 726 6400
                                                                       Application Reference Number:

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019                                                              15
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

                  List of secondary schools in Croydon
                  All Croydon secondary schools are their own admission authorities and determine their own admissions criteria.
                  For a copy of schools’ admission policies, please visit www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary-
                  schools or the individual school’s website. The information in these tables is correct at the time of printing.

                   ACADEMIES, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND FREE SCHOOLS
                                                                                        Year 7       Applications
                   DFE                                                                                              Supplementary
                   Number School name                                                 Admissions      received      form required?
                                                                                       Number           2019
                              Ark Blake Academy, (boys and girls 11-18)
                   TBC        6 Morland Rd, Croydon, CR0 6NA                             180             N/A            Yes***
                              / info@arkonline.org [ 020 3116 0800
                              Coombe Wood School (boys and girls 11-18) 30
                   306 4012   Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY                    180             1203           Yes**
                              [ 020 8289 4745
                              Harris Academy Purley (boys and girls 11-18) Kendra
                   306 6908   Hall Road, South Croydon CR2 6DT                           190             1019            No*
                              [ 020 8681 1141
                              Harris Academy South Norwood (boys and girls
                   306 6905   11-18) 2 Cumberlow Avenue, South Norwood                   390             749             No*
                              SE25 6AE [ 020 8405 5070
                              Harris City Academy Crystal Palace (boys and girls
                   306 6906   11-18) Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, SE19 2JH              180             1728            Yes
                              [ 020 8771 2261
                              Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, (boys and girls
                   306 4002   11-16), 88 London Road CR0 2TB                             180             799             No*
                              [ 0203 371 3002
                              Meridian High School (boys and girls 11-16)
                   306 4007   Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington CR0 0AH                  180             167              No
                              [ 020 3949 1328
                              Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise
                              College for Girls (girls 11-19; all girls Sixth Form)
                   306 5406                                                              224             484              No
                              Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath CR7 8BT
                              [ 020 8679 0062
                              Oasis Academy Arena, (boys and girls 11-16)
                   306 2045                                                              180             230              No
                              Albert Road, London SE25 4QL [ 020 8240 6700
                              Oasis Academy Coulsdon (boys and girls 11-16)
                   306 6907   Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1ES                       180             596              No
                              [ 01737 551161
                              Oasis Academy Shirley Park (boys and girls 3-19)
                   306 6909                                                              180             828              No
                              Shirley Road, Croydon CR9 7AL [ 020 8656 0222
                              Orchard Park High School (boys and girls 11-16)
LIST OF SCHOOLS

                   306 4004                                                              180             305              No
                              Orchard Way, Shirley CR0 7NJ [ 020 8776 0220
                              Riddlesdown Collegiate (boys and girls 11-18)
                   306 5400                                                              328             1435             No
                              Honister Heights, Purley, CR8 1EX [ 020 8668 5136
                              Shirley High School Performing Arts College
                   306 5407   (boys and girls 11-18) Shirley Church Road,                180             624             Yes
                              Croydon, CR0 5EF [ 020 8656 9755
                              St Joseph’s College (Boys 11-18 and mixed sixth
                   306 5402   form) Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, SE19 3HL                 180             366             Yes
                              [ 020 8761 1426

16                                                             The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

 ACADEMIES, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND FREE SCHOOLS (continued)
                                                                              Year 7             Applications
 DFE                                                                                                                Supplementary
 Number School name                                                         Admissions          received 2019       form required?
                                                                             Number              admissions
             The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy
 306 4003    (boys and girls 11-16) Mitcham Road, Croydon,                       200                  280                   No
             CR9 3AS [ 020 8689 1255
             The Quest Academy (boys and girls 11-18)
 306 6910    Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 8HD                          180                  434                   No
             [ 020 8657 8935
             Woodcote High School (boys and girls 11-18)
 306 4031    Meadow Rise, Coulsdon CR5 2EH                                       216                 1174                   No
             [ 020 8668 6464
 *Parents are only required to complete a supplementary information form if their child has special educational needs and/or requires
 special assistance in undertaking the test. Please see the school policy for full details.
 **Parents are only required to complete a supplementary information form if they wish their child to take the sporting aptitude test.
 **Coombe Wood opened in September 2018 and will have three operational year groups during 2020/21 – Years 7, 8 and 9.
 ***Ark Schools, supported by the LA, will process applications outside the normal local authority process for co-ordinating school
 offers. This means you will need to complete your LA common application form for your other choices of school in addition to a
 separate application for this school. Applications for this school should be sent to Ark Schools Projects Team at the following address
 projects@arkonline.org. The closing date for applications is 31/10/2019. Offers will be made on 02/03/2020. If we have not entered
 into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State opening the school by that date, they will be conditional offers and will be
 confirmed once we have a signed funding agreement. The application form can be obtained from www.arkblake.org

 VOLUNTARY AIDED
 These schools' admissions criteria usually give priority to pupils of that faith.
                                                                              Year 7             Applications
 DFE                                                                                                                Supplementary
 Number School name                                                         Admissions          received 2019       form required?
                                                                             Number              admissions
          Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School (boys and
 306 4600 girls 11-18) Selborne Road, Croydon CR0 5JQ                            120                  513                  Yes
          [ 020 8688 4014
          Coloma Convent Girls’ School (girls 11-18)
 306 5405 Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS                                   150                  786                  Yes
          [ 020 8654 6228
          St Andrew’s CE School* (boys and girls 11-18)
 306 4603 Warrington Road, Croydon CR0 4BH                                       150                  N/A                  Yes
          [ 020 8686 8306
          St Mary’s Catholic High School (boys and girls
 306 4702 11-16) Woburn Road, West Croydon CR9 2EE                               120                  232                  Yes
          [ 020 8686 3837
          Thomas More Catholic School (boys and girls
 306 5403 11-19) Russell Hill Road, Purley CR8 2XP                               150                  236                  Yes
          [ 020 8668 6251
          Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School (girls 11-16)
                                                                                                                                           LIST OF SCHOOLS

 306 5900 147 Central Hill, Upper Norwood SE19 1RS                               120                  156                  Yes
          [ 020 8670 6917
 *St Andrew’s CE School does not currently admit to Year 7

Schools in other boroughs                                            Independent /private schools
If you wish to apply for a school in another borough                 Applications for places at independent/private schools are
(i.e. outside Croydon) the school must be included in the            not covered by the arrangements outlined in this booklet.
online application form. The admission arrangements and              If you are interested in applying for places at independent
admissions criteria for schools in other boroughs are not            schools you should find out about the application
included in this booklet. We strongly advise you to contact          arrangements by contacting the schools concerned.
the schools directly to check their arrangements and
whether you meet their admissions criteria.

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019                                                                       17
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

                   Location of secondary schools in Croydon
                                                         13                                                                   St Joseph’s College
                                                                   18                                                Virgo Fidelis Convent School

                                                                            9                                Harris City Academy: Crystal Palace
              Norbury Manor                              19
              Business & Enterprise                11                                                             Harris Academy South Norwood
              College for Girls                                                 10                                     (including Upper Norwood)
              The Archbishop                                                              22                               Oasis Academy: Arena
              Lanfranc – Pegasus
              Academy Trust                 2
                                                                       24                      4                     Oasis Academy: Shirley Park
              Harris Invictus
              Academy Croydon                                     21                               7                    Orchard Park High School
              St Mary’s Catholic                                        14
              High School                                                                                                      Shirley High School
                                                                                                   15                     Performing Arts College
              St Andrew’s CE School                      25                                    5                     Coloma Convent Girls’ School
              Archbishop Tenison’s                                              3
              CE High School                                                                                                Coombe Wood School
                                                                                     23                                            proposed site
              Harris Academy Purley                          8                                          16                    The Quest Academy

              Thomas More                           17
              Catholic School                                                                                                         1

                                                                                                                             Meridian High School
              Woodcote                20
              High School                                                            12                                                   Riddlesdown
                                                                                                                                            Collegiate

                                                                        6                                               Oasis Academy: Coulsdon

                   Key                Types of School             A     Academy                V Voluntary Aided School
SCHOOLS MAP

                   Meridian High School                  1       Harris Academy South Norwood                10   Harris Academy Upper Norwood           19
                   The Archbishop Lanfranc –                     Norbury Manor Bus. & Ent. College for Girls 11   Woodcote High School                   20
                   Pegasus Academy Trust                 2
                                                                 Riddlesdown Collegiate                      12   Harris Invictus Academy Croydon        21
                   Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School   3
                                                                 St. Joseph’s College                        13   Oasis Academy Arena                    22
                   Oasis Academy: Shirley Park           4
                   Coloma Convent Girls’ School          5       St. Mary’s Catholic High School             14   Coombe Wood School                     23
                   Oasis Academy Coulsdon                6       Shirley High School Performing Arts College 15   Ark Blake Academy                      24
                   Orchard Park High School              7       The Quest Academy                           16   St Andrew’s CE School                  25
                   Harris Academy Purley                 8       Thomas More Catholic School                 17
                   Harris City Academy Crystal Palace    9       Virgo Fidelis Convent School                18

18                                                                  The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Transfer to Secondary School 2019
Overview of allocations
The following table indicates how many places were allocated to each Croydon school under each criterion
and, where relevant, how far places were allocated to under the distance criterion.

                                                                                                                                                                 Number allocated

                                                                                                                                                                                    Furthest Distance
                                                                    Ability / Aptitude

                                                                                                                                                                  to SEN children
                                 Medical/ Social

                                                                                                           Faith siblings

                                                                                                                                        Open Places

                                                                                                                                                      Distance

                                                                                                                                                                                        (in miles)
                                                                                                                             Siblings
                                                                                         Banding
                                                   Feeder

                                                                                                   Faith
                                                            Staff
                           LAC

                                                                                                                              4
 Archbishop Tenison’s      4        0              N/A      N/A     N/A                  N/A       56      36               (Open)      18            N/A             2              1.04

 Coloma Girls’ Convent     3        0               0        0      N/A                  N/A       115     37               N/A         N/A           N/A             0               N/A

 Coombe Wood School        1        0              74        1      18                   N/A       N/A     N/A                8         N/A           74              4             1.086

 Harris Academy
                           0        0              N/A      N/A     N/A                  142       N/A     N/A               47         N/A           N/A             1               N/A
 Purley
 Harris City Academy
                           5     N/A               N/A      N/A     N/A                  121       N/A     N/A               54         N/A           N/A             0               N/A
 Crystal Palace
 Harris Invictus
                           2     N/A               N/A      N/A     N/A                  176       N/A     N/A              N/A         N/A           N/A             2               N/A
 Academy
 Harris Academy South
                           0     N/A               N/A      N/A     N/A                  290       N/A     N/A              N/A         N/A           N/A             1               N/A
 Norwood

 Meridian High School      1        0              N/A      N/A     N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A               40         N/A           73              0             6.282

 Norbury Manor
                           5        0              20       N/A     N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A               40         N/A           185             0             4.064
 Business

 Oasis Academy Arena       1        1              N/A      N/A     N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A               12         N/A           50              0             4.343

 Oasis Academy
                           2        0              N/A       3      N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A                0         N/A           171             4             2.305
 Coulsdon
                                                                                                                                                                                                        TECHNICAL COLLEGE OR AT A STUDIO SCHOOL

 Oasis Academy
                           0        0              30        1      N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A               37         N/A           112             0             1.785
                                                                                                                                                                                                           APPLYING FOR A PLACE AT A UNIVERSITY

 Shirley Park

 Orchard Park High         1        0               0        4      N/A                  64        N/A     N/A               24         N/A           N/A             0               N/A

 Riddlesdown
                           6        0              190       4      22                   N/A       N/A     N/A               72         N/A           21             13             0.551
 Collegiate

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019                                                                                                                                         19
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

                                               Transfer to Secondary School 2019
                                               Overview of allocations continued..

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Number allocated

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Furthest Distance
                                                                                                                  Ability / Aptitude

                                                                                                                                                                                                               to SEN children
                                                                             Medical/ Social

                                                                                                                                                         Faith siblings

                                                                                                                                                                                     Open Places

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Distance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (in miles)
                                                                                                                                                                          Siblings
                                                                                                                                       Banding
                                                                                               Feeder

                                                                                                                                                 Faith
                                                                                                          Staff
                                                                       LAC

                                               St Joseph’s Boys’
                                                                       0     N/A               N/A       N/A      18                   N/A       148     24               N/A        N/A           N/A             2               N/A
                                               College
                                               St Mary’s
                                                                       0     N/A               N/A       N/A      N/A                  N/A       80      N/A              N/A        N/A           N/A             0               N/A
                                               Catholic High

                                               Shirley High School     2        0              N/A         2      27                   N/A       N/A     N/A              52         N/A           96              1             2.362

                                               The Archbishop
                                                                       0     N/A               N/A       N/A      N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A              23         N/A           96              0             3.011
                                               Lanfranc

                                               The Quest Academy       0        1              N/A         1      N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A              37         N/A           141             0             6.376

                                               Thomas More School      0     N/A               N/A       N/A      N/A                  N/A       48      27               N/A        N/A           N/A             0               N/A

                                               Virgo Fidelis Convent   1     N/A               N/A       N/A      N/A                  N/A       53      N/A              N/A        N/A           N/A              0              N/A

                                               Woodcote High School    2     N/A               N/A         3      N/A                  N/A       N/A     N/A              71         N/A           174              6            1.538
P L A C E A L L O C AT I O N O V E R V I E W

   20                                                                                                   The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

Open days/evenings for secondary schools
2020 admissions
School                     Date                                     Time

Archbishop Tenison’s CE    Thursday 12 September 2019               5.30pm – 8.30pm (open evening)
High School                                                         Headteacher presentations will take place at
                                                                    5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.30pm.

                           Tuesday 24 September 2019                9.00am – 10.30am (tours of the school)
                           Thursday 26 September 2019               Please contact the school to book your
                           Tuesday 1 October 2019                   place(s) on one of the tours.
                           Thursday 3 October 2019

Ark Blake Academy          Wednesday 2 October 2019                 5.30pm – 7.00pm (open evening)
                           Tuesday 15 October 2019                  5.30pm – 7.00pm (open evening)

                           Wednesday 25 September 2019              9.30am – 11.00am (open morning at Ark Oval
                                                                    Primary Academy)

                           Saturday 12 October 2019                 9.30am – 11.00am (open morning at
                                                                    Christ Church Methodist Hall, 114 Lower
                                                                    Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR0 6AD)

                                                                    (Open evenings will be held at Ark Oval
                                                                    Primary Academy, 98 Cherry Orchard Road,
                                                                    Croydon, CR0 6BA)
Coloma Convent Girls’      Thursday 26 September 2019               5.00pm - 7.00pm (open evening)
School
                           Wednesday 25 September 2019              8.45am – 10.15am (tours only)
                           Wednesday 2 October 2019                 8.45am – 10.15am (tours only)
                                                                    Tours must be booked in advance.
                                                                    Booking will be available from 1st July by
                                                                    phoning reception at the school.
Coombe Wood School         Wednesday 25 September 2019              3.30pm – 8.00pm (open evening)

                           Tuesday 1 October 2019                   9.00am – 10.30am (school tour)
                           Thursday 10 October 2019                 9.00am – 10.30am (school tour)
                           Wednesday 16 October 2019                9.00am – 10.30am(school tour)
Harris Academy Purley      Thursday 26 September 2019               5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening)
                           Monday 30 September 2019                 9.00am – 10.00am

                           Tuesday 8 October 2019                   9.00am – 10.00am
                                                                                                                   O P E N DAY S / E V E N I N G S

                           Wednesday 16 October 2019                9.00am – 10.00am
                           Thursday 17 October 2019                 9.00am - 10.00am
Harris Academy             Wednesday 18 September 2019 South site   5.00pm – 8.00pm (last entry 7.30pm)
South Norwood
                           Tuesday 01 October 2019 South site       9.00am –10.30am tours only
                           Tuesday 24 September 2019 Upper site     9.00am –10.30am tours only
                           Tuesday 8 October 2019 Upper site        9.00am –10.30am tours only
Harris City Academy        Thursday 19 September 2019               5.00pm – 8.00pm (last admission at 7.30pm)
Crystal Palace
Harris Invictus Academy    Thursday 3 October 2019                  4.00pm - 7.30pm (open evening)
Croydon                    Wednesday 9 October 2019                 9.00am - 9.45am (open morning)
                           Thursday 10 October 2019                 9.00am - 9.45am (open morning)
                           Wednesday 16 October 2019                9.00am - 9.45am (open morning)

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019                                                21
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

                                  School                         Date                                    Time

                                  Meridian High School           Monday 23 September 2019                5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening)

                                                                 Wednesday 25 September 2019             9.30am- 10.30am
                                                                 Thursday 26 September 2019              (tours with leadership team)
                                                                 Monday 29 September 2019                To arrange a bespoke tour at another
                                                                 Tuesday 30 September 2019               time please contact reception
                                  Norbury Manor Business &       Wednesday 25 September 2019             5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening)
                                  Enterprise College for Girls   Monday 30 September 2019                9.00am – 11.00am (open morning)
                                                                 Tuesday 1 October 2019                  9.00am – 11.00am (open morning)
                                                                 Wednesday 2 October 2019                9.00am – 11.00am (open morning)
                                  Oasis Academy Arena            Tuesday 17 September 2019               6.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening)
                                                                 Tuesday 8 October 2019                  6.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening)

                                                                 Wednesday 17 September 2019             9.00am – 10.30am (tours of the academy)
                                                                 Wednesday 25 September 2019
                                                                 Wednesday 2 October 2019
                                                                 Wednesday 9 October 2019
                                                                 Wednesday 16 October 2019
                                  Oasis Academy Coulsdon         Wednesday 18 September 2019             5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening - last
                                                                                                         admission at 7.30pm)
                                                                 Tuesday 24 September 2019               9.00am – 10.15am (pre-bookable tours only)
                                                                 Wednesday 2 October 2019                9.00am – 10.15am (pre-bookable tours only)
                                                                 Thursday 10 October 2019                9.00am – 10.15am (pre-bookable tours only)
                                  Oasis Academy Shirley Park     Thursday 26 September 2019              6.00pm – 8.30pm (open evening)

                                                                 Wednesday 2 October 2019                9.30am – 10.30am (student led tours;
                                                                                                         Q&A the Co-Principal)
                                                                 Monday 7 October 2019                   9.30am – 10.30am (student led tours;
                                                                                                         Q&A the Co-Principal)
                                                                                                         Arrival from 9.15am is recommended
                                  Orchard Park High School       Wednesday 18 September 2019             5.30pm – 7.30pm (open evening)

                                                                 Tuesday 24 September                    8:45 – 10:30am
                                                                 Wednesday 25 September                  8:45 – 10:30am
O P E N DAY S / E V E N I N G S

                                                                                                         To attend Open Mornings please
                                                                                                         contact the school by email: admissions@
                                                                                                         orchardparkhigh.net or by telephone:
                                                                                                         020 8776 0220
                                  Riddlesdown Collegiate         Thursday 26 September 2019              5.30pm-8.30pm (open evening)

                                                                 Monday to Friday 16-20 September 2019   9.15am –10.45am (open mornings)
                                                                                                         To attend open mornings, please contact
                                                                 Tuesday 1 October 2019                  the school Reception on 020 8668 5136
                                                                 Wednesday 9 October 2019
                                                                 Thursday 17 October 2019

 22                                                                          The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

School                     Date                                    Time

Shirley High School        Thursday 19 September 2019              5.00pm - 7.30pm (open evening)
Performing Arts College    Wednesday 25 September 2019             9.00am - 10.00am (tours only)
                           Thursday 26 September 2019              9.00am - 10.00am (tours only)
                           Friday 27 September 2019                9.00am - 10.00am (tours only)
St Joseph’s College        Monday 23 September 2019                5.00pm – 8.00pm
                                                                   (open evening-last admission 7.30pm)
                           Wednesday 2 October 2019                8.40am – 9.40am & 10.20am-11.20am (tours)
                           Thursday 3 October 2019                 8.40am – 9.40am & 10.20am-11.20am (tours)
                           Wednesday 9 October 2019                8.40am – 9.40am & 10.20am-11.20am (tours)
St Mary’s Catholic         Wednesday 25 September 2019             5.00pm – 7.00pm (open evening)
High School                Monday 30 September to                  9.00am – 10.00am (open mornings)
                           Friday 4 October 2019
                           Tuesday 15 October 2019                 4pm – 5pm (open afternoon)

The Archbishop             Monday 16 September 2019                5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening)
Lanfranc Academy           Wednesday 25 September 2019             10.45am – 11.30am (tours with SLT)
                           Wednesday 2 October 2019                10.45am – 11.30am (tours with SLT)
                           Wednesday 9 October 2019                10.45am – 11.30am (tours with SLT)
The Quest Academy          Tuesday 24 September 2019               5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening)

                           Monday 30 September 2019                11.00am – 12noon (tour)
                           Monday 7 October 2019                   11.00am – 12noon (tour)
                           Monday 14 October 2019                  11.00am – 12noon (tour)
Thomas More Catholic       Monday 16 September 2019                9.00am – 10.15am (open morning)
School                     Tuesday 17 September 2019               9.00am – 10.15am (open morning)
                           Wednesday 18 September 2019             9.00am – 10.15am (open morning)
                           Thursday 19 September 2019              9.00am – 10.15am (open morning)
                            Friday 20 September 2019               9.00am – 10.15am (open morning)

                                                                   To attend an open morning, please phone
                                                                   020 8668 6251 or email admissions@tmore.
                                                                   org,uk. The Headteacher will talk to parents at
                                                                   10.00am each morning.

                           Tuesday 1 October 2019                  6.00pm – 9.30pm (open evening)
                                                                                                                     O P E N DAY S / E V E N I N G S

Virgo Fidelis Convent      Wednesday 18 September 2019             9.00am – 10.30am (open morning)
Senior School              Wednesday 25 September 2019             9.00am – 10.30am (open morning)
                           Tuesday 1 October 2019                  4.30pm – 7.30pm (open evening)

Woodcote High School       Wednesday 18 September 2019             9.00am – 10.30am (open morning)
                           Thursday 19 September 2019              6.30pm – 9.00pm (open evening)
                           Wednesday 2 October 2019                9.00am – 10.30am (open morning)

The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019                                                  23
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions

                                Secondary schools outside Croydon
                                The following secondary schools are situated within three miles of Croydon’s boundary.
                                They can be contacted directly for their admissions policies.

                                A = Academy C = Community F = Foundation VA = Voluntary Aided VC = Voluntary Controlled

                                London Borough of Bromley                London Borough of Lambeth            London Borough of Lewisham
                                Bromley Civic Centre                     PO Box 734                           Laurence House, 1 Catford Road
                                Stockwell Close                          Winchester                           London SE6 4RU
                                Bromley BR1 3UH                          SO23 5DG                             020 8314 8282 - (open from 9.00am
                                020 8313 4044                            020 7926 9503                        to 1.00pm Tuesday to Thursday)
                                Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley (A)        Bishop Thomas Grant School           Bonus Pastor Catholic College (VA)
                                Lennard Road, Beckenham,                 (RC) (VA)                            Winlaton Road, Bromley
                                Kent, BR3 1QR                            Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2 HY   BR1 5PZ
                                020 8778 5917                            020 8769 3294                        020 8695 2100
                                DfE Code No: 305 4002                    DfE Code No 208 5401                 DfE Code No 209 4802
                                Hayes School (A)                         City Heights E-Act Academy           Sydenham School, (Girls) (C)
                                West Common Road, Hayes                  (mixed) (A)                          Dartmouth Road, SE26 4RD
                                Bromley, BR2 7DB                         33 Abbots Park, SW2 3PW              020 8699 6731
                                020 8462 2767                            020 3691 4600                        DfE Code No 209 4204
                                DfE Code No: 305 5407                    DfE Code No: 208 6907                Forest Hill School, (Boys) (C)
                                Langley Park School for Boys (A)         Dunraven School (A)                  Dacres Road, London, SE23 2XN
                                Hawksbrook Lane,                         94-98 Leigham Court Road SW16 2QB    020 8699 9343
                                South Eden Park Road,                    020 8696 5600                        DfE Code No 209 4289
                                Beckenham, BR3 3BP                       DfE Code No 208 5402                 Sedgehill School (C)
                                020 8639 4700                                                                 Sedgehill Road
                                DfE Code No: 305 5402                    The Elmgreen School (A)
                                                                         Elmcourt Road, London, SE27 9BZ      SE6 3QW
                                The Ravensbourne School (A)              020 8766 5020                        020 8698 8911
                                Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9EH       DfE Code No 208 4731                 DfE Code No 209 4267
                                020 8460 0083
                                DfE Code No: 305 5413                    La Retraite Roman Catholic
                                                                                                              London Borough of Merton
                                                                         Girls’ School (VA)
                                Charles Darwin School (A)                                                     Merton Civic Centre
                                                                         Atkins Road, London SW12 0AB
                                Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Kent, TN16 3AU                                        London Road
                                                                         020 8673 5644
                                01959 574043                             DfE Code No 208 5400                 Morden Surrey SM4 5DX
                                DfE Code No: 305 5409                                                         020 8274 4906
                                                                         St Martin’s-in-the-Fields High
                                Harris Academy Beckenham (A)             School for Girls (A)                 Harris Academy Merton (A)
                                Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3SJ            155 Tulse Hill, London SW2 3UP       Wide Way, Mitcham, CR4 1BP
                                020 8650 8694                            020 8674 5594                        020 8623 1000
                                DfE Code No: 305 4000                    DfE Code No 208 5404                 DfE Code No 315 6905
                                Langley Park School for Girls (A)                                             Harris Academy Morden (A)
                                                                         The Norwood School (C)
                                Hawksbrook Lane, South Eden Park Rd                                           Lilleshall Road, Morden, SM4 6DU,
                                                                         Crown Dale, London, SE19 3NY
                                Beckenham, BR3 3BE 020 8663 4199                                              020 8687 1157
                                                                         020 8670 9382
                                DfE Code No: 305 5412                                                         DfE Code No: 315 4000
                                                                         DfE Code No 208 4223
                                Ravens Wood School (Boys) (A)                                                 St Mark’s Church of England
                                Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HP            Lambeth Academy (A)                  Academy (A)
S E C O N DA RY S C H O O L S

                                                                         Elms Road, Clapham SW4 9ET
  OUTSIDE CROYDON

                                01689 856050                                                                  Acacia Road, Mitcham, CR4 1SF
                                DfE Code No 305 5403                     020 7819 4700                        020 8648 6627
                                                                         DfE Code No 208 6905                 DfE Code No 315 6906
                                Bishop Justus Church of
                                England School (A)                       Trinity Academy (mixed) (A)
                                Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HZ       56 Brixton Hill, SW2 1QS
                                020 8315 8130                            020 3126 4993
                                DfE Code No 305 4604                     DfE Code No: 208 4003
                                                                         Woodmansterne School (C)
                                                                         Stockport Road, Streatham
                                                                         London, SW16 5XE
                                                                         020 8764 1825
                                                                         DfE Code No: 208 2657

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