Starting a Havering infant or primary school In September 2019
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Contents
Introduction 3
About this brochure 4
Before you apply 4
Choosing and applying
How and when to apply 5
Online application - step by step 6-7
Schools in Havering 8
Viewing the schools 9 - 16
The transfer timetable 17
Deferred entry and admission outside of the child’s chronological age group 18
Applying for places - step by step 19 - 25
Frequently asked questions 26
Havering schools
The schools—Detailed information on all the school’s admissions criteria 28 - 36
Definitions of admissions criteria 37
Admission of children already of primary school age 38
Statistical and other important information
Statistical information 39 - 40
Infant Class Size Appeals 41
Children with Special Educational Needs & Local Offer 42
Early education and childcare places 43
Whistle Blowing & Private Fostering 44
School term and holiday dates 45
Neighbouring boroughs & other useful contacts 46
Record of online application details 47
If there are any further questions you would like to ask or if there is anything you do not
understand, the School Admissions Team will be happy to help. You can contact us by:
Online contact form: www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/contact
Online chat: www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/primary
Email: schooladmissions@havering.gov.uk
Phone: 01708 434600 (Mon-Fri, 12-5pm)
Visiting: Public Advice and Service Centre (PASC), Liberty Shopping Centre, Romford,
RM1 3RL
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Introduction
This brochure is intended to guide parents through the admissions process for September
2019 and to help them to make well-informed choices from the wide range of excellent
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schools in Havering.
The information contained within this brochure gives details of each Havering school and the
criteria that are used to decide which children will be admitted when there are more
applications than places. Please read these carefully as they will give you an idea of the
likelihood of being offered a place.
Information is also included on other Local Authorities who have schools that are within 3
miles of a Havering school. You can list up to six schools on your application and this can
include schools outside of Havering. We recommend, however, that at least one of these six
schools is close to your home address.
Havering residents must apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk and you must submit your
application by 15 January 2019 at the very latest.
If you do not live in Havering, you will need to contact your own Local Authority for their
brochure and form, or visit their website.
Before you make your final decision, please take the opportunity to visit the schools you are
interested in, information regarding visits is published on the schools individual websites.
We hope that this brochure will help you to make decisions at this important time in your
child’s life.
Should you have any questions or need any further clarification on the admissions process the
School Admissions Team will be happy to help.
Tim Aldridge Cllr. Robert Benham
Director of Children’s Lead Member for Children
Services and Learning
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About this brochure
This brochure provides information for parents and carers of children born between 1 September
2014 and 31 August 2015 who are due to start infant or primary school in September 2019. If
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your child was born outside of these dates, please see page 38 for further information.
Please read this brochure carefully if you live in the borough of Havering and have a child who is
due to start school in September 2019, or live elsewhere and wish to apply for a school in
Havering.
This brochure contains details of all state-funded infant or primary schools in Havering. To apply
for a place at any of these schools you must apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk or by
visiting the your home borough’s website. Details of how to apply online are on the page
opposite.
Before you apply:
Read this brochure carefully, especially:
Pages 19-25: The step by step guide. This tells you how the admission process works
Pages 28-36: The admissions criteria that are used to decide which children are offered
places at each Havering school. This gives you a better idea of which schools are likely to be
able to offer your child a place. Please note that there may have been some changes from
the 2018 admission arrangemnets.
Read the brochures issued by other Local Authorities if you are applying for schools in
different boroughs. Information about other boroughs is on page 46 of this brochure.
For more information about schools in the area please visit www.havering.gov.uk/admissions.
Visit any schools you are interested in. The dates, times and arrangements for these meetings
are published by the indivdual schools on their own websites.
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How and when to apply
You may apply for up to six schools (excluding private fee paying schools) on your
application. The schools can be in Havering or elsewhere. At least one should be near
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where you live.
Please apply online (see step 4. page 20).
You must check if any of the schools you are applying for require a Supplementary
Information Form (SIF) to be completed (see page 22), if so you must return the form to
the school by the date specified on the form
Your application form must be submitted by 15 January 2019 (see page 23)
Please apply online
Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk. Find information on the easy and secure system on
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Online application Step by step
To start your online application please visit the eadmissions
website www.eadmissions.org.uk
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Click on ‘Register to apply online’ and enter your
details. If you have used the system before you
will not need to register.
Make sure you enter your permanent address.
This will be verified against council records. If
your address is not available you must contact
the School Admissions Team before 2pm on the
15 January 2019.
You must enter an email address. If you do not
have an email address you will need to set one
up before you can register.
At least one telephone number must be used.
2
You will receive an email with a username and a
link. You must click on the link to validate your
email address.
Once validated you will need to create your own
password.
3
Enter your child’s details. Make sure you enter
the information accurately.
Make sure the child you are applying for is born
between 01/09/2014 - 31/08/2015.
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Online application step by step
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Add your school peferences.
Make sure that you read the schools’ admissions
criteria on pages 28 - 36 of this brochure.
Select and add the schools you wish to apply for.
You can apply for up to 6 schools.
For each school you select you will be asked a
number of questions (such as if there is a sibling
at the school). Make sure you answer these
questions correctly.
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Check all of the details entered are correct.
Read the declaration and Havering’s terms and
conditions and tick the box to accept them.
Click the ‘Submit Application’ button.
Once you have submitted your application you
will be able to attach documents.
You will receive an email confirmation, this is
proof that your application has been submitted
and received by Havering.
You must click the submit button by the closing
date of the 15 January 2019. If you submit your
application after this date your application will be
treated as a late application.
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Schools in Havering
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1. Ardleigh Green Infant 13. Drapers’ Pyrgo Priory 26. Nelmes Primary 39. St. Mary’s Primary
2. Benhurst Primary 14. Elm Park Primary 27. Newtons Primary 40. St. Patrick’s Primary
3. Brady Primary 15. Engayne Primary 28. Oasis Academy: Pinewood 41. St. Peter’s Primary
4. Branfil Primary 16. Gidea Park Primary 29. Parklands Infant 42. St. Ursula’s Infant
5. Broadford Primary 17. Hacton Primary 30. Parsonage Farm Primary 43. Suttons Primary
6. Clockhouse Infant 18. Harold Court Primary 31. Rainham Village Primary 44. The James Oglethorpe
7. Concordia Academy 19. Harold Wood Primary 32. Rise Park Infant Primary
8. Crowlands Primary 20. Harrow Lodge Primary 33. Scargill Infant 45. The Mawney Foundation
9. Crownfield Infant 21. Hilldene Primary 34. Scotts Primary Primary
10. Dame Tipping Primary 22. Hylands Primary 35. Squirrels Heath Infant 46. The RJ Mitchell Primary
11. Drapers’ Brookside Infant 23. La Salette Primary 36. St. Alban’s Primary 47. Towers Infant
12. Drapers’ Maylands 24. Langtons Infant 37. St. Edward’s Primary 48. Upminster Infant
Primary 25. Mead Primary 38. St. Joseph’s Primary 49. Whybridge Infant
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Viewing the schools
Parents wishing to view the infant / primary school prior to applying should contact the school
directly to ascertain when the open days / evenings are.
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Below you will find address and contact details for all infant and primary schools in Havering.
* Schools with one asterisk have a Nursery provision for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
** Schools with two asterisks have a nursery provision for 3 and 4 year olds.
Ardleigh Green Infant Benhurst Primary
Address: Address:
Ardleigh Green Road Benhurst Avenue
Hornchurch Hornchurch
RM11 2SP RM12 4QS
DfE Number: 311/2007 DfE Number: 311/2009
Telephone: 01708 449362 Telephone: 01708 450807
Website: Website:
www.agi.havering.sch.uk www.benhurst.havering.sch.uk
Email: Email:
office@agi.havering.sch.uk office@benhurst.havering.sch.uk
Brady Primary Branfil Primary
Address: Address:
Wennington Road Cedar Avenue
Rainham Upminster
RM13 9XA RM14 2LW
DfE Number: 311/2078 DfE Number: 311/3509
Telephone: 01708 555025 Telephone: 01708 225186
Website: Website:
www.bradyprimaryschool.co.uk www.branfil.com
Email: Email:
office@brady.havering.sch.uk office@branfil.havering.sch.uk
Broadford Primary ** Clockhouse Primary*
Address: Address:
Faringdon Avenue Clockhouse Lane
Harold Hill Collier Row
RM3 8JS RM5 3QR
DfE Number: 311/2081 DfE Number: 311/2038
Telephone: 01708 342880 Telephone: 01708 745972
Website: Website:
www.broadford.havering.sch.uk www.clockhouseprimaryschool.co.uk
Email: Email:
office@broadford.havering.sch.uk office@clockhouse.havering.sch.uk
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Viewing the schools
Concordia Academy Crowlands Primary *
Address: Address:
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Union Road London Road
Romford Romford
RM7 0GN RM7 9EJ
DfE Number: 311/2031 DfE Number: 311/2097
Telephone: 01708 932710 Telephone: 01708 743402
Website: Website:
www.concordiaacademy.co.uk www.crowlandsprimary.com
Email: Email:
info@concordiaacademy.co.uk office@crowlands.havering.sch.uk
Crownfield Infant * Dame Tipping Primary
Address: Address:
White Hart Lane North Road
Collier Row Havering-atte-Bower
RM7 8JB RM4 1PS
DfE Number: 311/2042 DfE Number: 311/3000
Telephone: 01708 741826 Telephone: 01708 745409
Website: Website:
www.crownfieldinfantschool.org www.dametipping.com
Email: Email:
office@crownfieldinfantschool.org office@dametipping.havering.sch.uk
Drapers’ Brookside Infant * Drapers’ Maylands Primary
Address: Address:
Dagnam Park Drive Settle Road
Harold Hill Harold Hill
RM3 9DJ RM3 9XR
DfE Number: 311/2036 DfE Number: 311/2020
Telephone: 01708 343066 Telephone: 01708 371331
Website: Website:
www.drapersbrookside.com www.drapersmaylands.com
Email: Email:
infantadmin@draperbrookside.com admin@drapersmaylands.com
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Drapers’ Pyrgo Priory ** Elm Park Primary
Address: Address:
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Settle Road Southend Road
Harold Hill Hornchurch
RM3 9RT RM12 5UA
DfE Number: 311/2085 DfE Number: 311/2008
Telephone: 01708 342165 Telephone: 01708 451463
Website: Website:
www.draperspyrgo.com www.elmparkprimary.co.uk
Email: Email:
office@pyrgo.havering.sch.uk astevenson@elmparkprimary.co.uk
Engayne Primary Gidea Park Primary
Address: Address:
Severn Drive Lodge Avenue
Upminster Gidea Park
RM14 1SW RM2 5AJ
DfE Number: 311/2094 DfE Number: 311/2069
Telephone: 01708 223492 Telephone: 01708 743801
Website: Website:
www.engayne.co.uk www.gideapkprimary.org.uk
Email: Email:
contact@engayne.co.uk office@gideapkprimary.org.uk
Hacton Primary ** Harold Court Primary
Address: Address:
Goodwood Avenue Church Road
Hornchurch Harold Wood
RM12 6DD RM3 0SH
DfE Number: 311/2015 DfE Number: 311/2017
Telephone: 01708 443991 Telephone: 01708 342275
Website: Website:
www.hacton.havering.sch.uk www.haroldcourt.org.uk
Email: Email:
contact@hacton.havering.sch.uk office@haroldcourt.org.uk
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Harold Wood Primary Harrow Lodge Primary
Address: Address:
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Recreation Avenue Rainsford Way
Harold Wood Hornchurch
RM3 0TH RM12 4BP
DfE Number: 311/2005 DfE Number: 311/2032
Telephone: 01708 345473 Telephone: 01708 448187
Website: Website:
www.haroldwoodprimaryschool.co.uk www.harrowlodgeprimary.com
Email: Email:
office@haroldwood.havering.sch.uk office@harrowlodgeprimary.com
Hilldene Primary ** Hylands Primary **
Address: Address:
Grange Road Granger Way
Harold Hill Romford
RM3 7DU RM1 2RU
DfE Number: 311/2090 DfE Number: 311/2014
Telephone: 01708 342453 Telephone: 01708 743704
Website: Website:
www.hilldene.havering.sch.uk www.hylands.havering.sch.uk
Email: Email:
office@hilldene.havering.sch.uk office@hylands.havering.sch.uk
La Salette Primary Langtons Infant
Address: Address:
Dunedin Road Westland Avenue
Rainham Hornchurch
RM13 8SP RM11 3SD
DfE Number: 311/3502 DfE Number: 311/2019
Telephone: 01708 555554 Telephone: 01708 442013
Website: Website:
www.lasalette.havering.sch.uk www.langtonsinfant.com
Email: Email:
office@lasalette.havering.sch.uk office@langtons-inf.havering.sch.uk
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Mead Primary ** Nelmes Primary
Address: Address:
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Amersham Road Wingletye Lane
Harold Hill Hornchurch
RM3 9JD RM11 3BX
DfE Number: 311/2087 DfE Number: 311/2086
Telephone: 01708 343616 Telephone: 01708 447676
Website: Website:
www.mead.havering.sch.uk www.nelmes-havering.org.uk
Email: Email:
office@mead.havering.sch.uk office@nelmes.havering.sch.uk
Newtons Primary ** Oasis Academy: Pinewood *
Address: Address:
Lowen Road Thistledene Avenue
Rainham Collier Row
RM13 8QR RM5 2TX
DfE Number: 311/2084 DfE Number: 311/2004
Telephone: 01708 558613 Telephone: 01708 743000
Website: Website:
www.newtons.havering.sch.uk www.oasisacademypinewood.org
Email: Email:
office@newtons.havering.sch.uk office@oasispinewood.org
Parklands Infant * Parsonage Farm Primary
Address: Address:
Havering Road Farm Road
Romford Rainham
RM1 4QX RM13 9JU
DfE Number: 311/2056 DfE Number: 311/2073
Telephone: 01708 746806 Telephone: 01708 555186
Website: Website:
www.parklandsinfants.co.uk www.pfps.havering.sch.uk
Email: Email:
lynn@parklandsinfants.co.uk office@pfps.havering.sch.uk
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Rainham Village Primary ** Rise Park Infant *
Address: Address:
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Upminster Road South Annan Way
Rainham Rise Park
RM13 9AA RM1 4UD
DfE Number: 311/2089 DfE Number: 311/2060
Telephone: 01708 552482 Telephone: 01708 749135
Website: Website:
www.rainhamvillage.havering.sch.uk www.riseparkinfants.co.uk
Email: Email:
admin@rainhamvillage.havering.sch.uk office@riseparkinf.org.uk
Scargill Infant Scotts Primary
Address: Address:
Mungo Park Road Bonington Road
Rainham Hornchurch
RM13 7PL RM12 6TH
DfE Number: 311/2023 DfE Number: 311/2080
Telephone: 01708 555707 Telephone: 01708 457019
Website: Website:
www.scargillinf.org.uk www.scotts.havering.sch.uk
Email: Email:
school.office@scargill-inf.havering.sch.uk admin@scotts.havering.sch.uk
Squirrels Heath Infant St Alban’s Catholic Primary
Address: Address:
Salisbury Road Heron Flight Avenue
Romford Hornchurch
RM2 5TP RM12 5LN
DfE Number: 311/2062 DfE Number: 311/3508
Telephone: 01708 446476 Telephone: 01708 555644
Website: Website:
www.squirrelsheath.com www.stalbansschool.net
Email: Email:
admin@shi.havering.sch.uk contact@st-albans.havering.sch.uk
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St Edward’s C of E Primary * St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
Address: Address:
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Havering Drive St Mary's Lane
Romford Upminster
RM1 4BT RM14 2QB
DfE Number: 311/3301 DfE Number: 311/3506
Telephone: 01708 745971 Telephone: 01708 220277
Email: Website:
contact@stedwardsva.net www.st-josephs-upminster.net
Email:
office@st-josephs.havering.sch.uk
St Mary’s Catholic Primary St Patrick’s Catholic Primary
Address: Address:
Hornchurch Road Lowshoe Lane
Hornchurch Collier Row
RM12 4TL RM5 2AP
DfE Number: 311/3501 DfE Number: 311/3503
Telephone: 01708 448430 Telephone: 01708 745655
Website: Website:
www.stmaryscatholicprimaryschool.co.uk www.saint-patricks.org.uk
Email: Email:
admin@st-marys.havering.sch.uk office@saint-patricks.org.uk
St Peter’s Catholic Primary St Ursula’s Infant **
Address: Address:
Dorset Avenue Straight Road
Romford Harold Hill
RM1 4JA
RM3 7JS
DfE Number: 311/3507
DfE Number: 311/3505
Telephone: 01708 745506 Telephone: 01708 345200
Website:
www.st-peters.havering.sch.uk Email:
Email: head@stursulasinf.havering.sch.uk
office@st-peters.havering.sch.uk
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Suttons Primary * The James Oglethorpe Primary
Address: Address:
Suttons Lane Ashvale Gardens
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Hornchurch Upminster
RM12 6RP RM14 3NB
DfE Number: 311/2024 DfE Number: 311/2003
Telephone: 01708 443393 Telephone: 01708 225202
Website: Website:
www.suttonsprimary.co.uk www.jamesoglethorpe.havering.sch.uk
Email: Email:
admin@suttons.havering.sch.uk office@jamesoglethorpe.havering.sch.uk
The Mawney Foundation * The RJ Mitchell Primary **
Address: Address:
Mawney Road Tangmere Crescent
Romford Hornchurch
RM7 7HR RM12 5PP
DfE Number: 311/2092 DfE Number: 311/2093
Telephone: 01708 741612 Telephone: 01708 551684
Website: Website:
www.mawney.havering.sch.uk www.rjmitchellprimaryschool.com
Email: Email:
office@mawney.havering.sch.uk office@rjmitchell.havering.sch.uk
Towers Infant * Upminster Infant
Address: Address:
Osborne Road St Mary's Lane
Hornchurch Upminster
RM11 1HP RM14 3BS
DfE Number: 311/2070 DfE Number: 311/2067
Telephone: 01708 447407 Telephone: 01708 227320
Website: Website:
www.towersinfant.co.uk www.upminsterinfant.co.uk
Email: Email:
office@towersinfant.co.uk enquiries@uis.havering.sch.uk
Whybridge Infant
Address:
Ford Lane
Rainham
RM13 7AR
DfE Number: 311/2026
Telephone: 01708 551712
Website:
www.whybridge.co.uk
Email: office@whybridge-inf.havering.sch.uk
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Please read this page very carefully. It gives you important dates to remember.
Make sure you don’t miss a deadline or appointment for a school you are
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interested in.
Date Event
1 September 2018 Online application process opens.
September 2018 to January 2019 Information sessions are held across the borough for
parents regarding the application process.
September 2018 to January 2019 Infant / primary school open evenings / days.
15 January 2019 (midnight) Deadline for submitting online applications. We strongly
advise that you submit your application before this date.
16 April 2019 * Applicants receive an outcome email during the evening.
May to July 2019 Appeals are heard.
May to July 2019 Schools will write to parents who have been offered
places, with information about induction arrangements.
During the evening of 16 April 2019 you will be sent an email with the outcome of your
application. Please wait until you have received this email before logging on to the Pan London
eAdmissions website.
If you wish you can download the ParentComms app onto your mobile phone or tablet and the
outcome of your application will also be sent to you via the app.
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chronological age group
When is a child required to start group, there is no duty to agree to VIII. to provide an additional
school? such a request. In each case it is for year’s experience of
the admission authority of the school mainstream education prior
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Local authorities and schools must to make the decision based on the to a special school
provide for the admission of all circumstances of the case and what placement; and
children in the September following is in the best interests of the child,
IX. the child has recently arrived
their fourth birthday. Where a child after submission of a request and
in the country and has
has been offered a place at a school supporting information by the
limited English language
parents have the following options parent or following Havering’s
competence or could be
available to then. agreement to the recommendations
isolated in their age
made in an annual review of a
appropriate group.
a) the child is entitled to take up a statement of Special Educational
full-time place in the September Need (SEN) / Education Health and
These reasons are frequently allied
following their fourth birthday, Care Plan (EHCP).
with strong parental preferences
for their child to be placed in an
b) the child’s parents can defer the Reasons frequently cited for
alternative year group.
date their child is admitted to the requesting that children are placed
school until later in the school year outside their chronological year
The second and third of the above
but not beyond the point at which group
reasons are particularly prevalent
they reach compulsory school age
at a time of phase transfer
(the term after their fifth birthday) The rationale for requests to place
(nursery to infant, infant to junior,
and not beyond the beginning of children in a year group other than
junior to secondary) where the
the final term of the school year their chronological year group tends
demands of the next phase are
for which the offer was made, and to be as follows:
perceived as too much for the
child to cope with.
c) where the parents wish, their child I. the child has exceptional
may attend part-time until later in intellectual skills and is isolated
Additional relevant information
the school year but not beyond the as a learner in their present
regarding deferred entry /
point at which they reach peer group. They may present
education outside of the childs
compulsory school age (the term severe difficulties for teachers in
chronological year group is
after their fifth birthday). terms of providing appropriate
available to download and view
curriculum extension;
online via www.havering.gov.uk/
Parents wishing to take up options b) II. the child has exceptionally
admissions/defer this includes
and c) must advise the school offered delayed intellectual skills and
best practice guidelines,
at their earliest opportunity in order cannot productively engage in
information on the potential
for the school to facilitate this group learning tasks and
implications for the child and
effectively. presents teachers with severe
information regarding continued
difficulties in curriculum
Early Years funding.
In addition, parents of summer born differentiation;
children (those born between 1 April III. often in association with (ii) the
and 31 August) can request for their child is very delayed emotionally
child to be admitted to reception a and cannot make adequate
year later outside of their relationships with their peer
chronological year group, thereby group, is at risk of isolation and
starting school only once they reach possibly bullying;
statutory school age. This does not IV. a child may have missed a
apply to children born in the autumn substantial part of a year
and spring as these children must through illness or other reasons;
legally be in school full time in the V. reasons associated with a child’s
term after they turn five years old. physical condition: physical
frailty which appears to justify a
Who is responsible for making a “less robust” environment than
decision on whether or not a child that found in the same age
should be educated out of group;
chronological year group? VI. the child was born prematurely
on or before 31 August but their
Whilst there is no statutory barrier to expected date of delivery was
children being admitted to school after 31 August;
outside of their chronological year
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STEP 1 STEP 2
Understanding the Collecting information
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process
Havering works with all London Before places are offered, It is important to collect as much
boroughs to co-ordinate the Havering will check whether information as possible about the
application and offer process. your child can be offered a schools you want to apply for and
place at more than one of the the admissions procedures
Before you complete your schools you have applied for. If
application it is important that you you have applied for schools in You can do this by:
understand how the process other boroughs, we will also Reading this brochure
works: check with those boroughs Going to open evening / days
whether your child can be
You can apply for any school in offered a place. If you are applying for schools in
any Local Authority on the You will be sent an email with other boroughs, we strongly
online application form by the the outcome of your recommend that you read the
15 January 2019. application on 16 April 2019 brochures issued by those Local
You must complete any (see page 17). Authorities.
necessary Supplementary If you are not offered a place at
Information Forms (SIF) a school that you listed as a
required by the schools you are higher preference than the one
applying for by the deadline you are offered, your child will
specified on the SIF, and return be placed on the waiting list.
this direct to the school. You will have the right to
You can apply online for up to 6 appeal against the refusal of a
schools and you must list them place at any school you listed as
in the order you prefer them. a higher preference.
If any of the schools you apply
for are in other boroughs,
Havering will pass the details to
the other boroughs. Likewise if
you live outside of Havering
and apply for a Havering school
your home borough will pass
your details to Havering.
Your child will be considered
for each school you apply for
separately, using only the
schools published admissions
criteria to decide whether or
not a place can be offered.
Details of other schools you
have applied for will not be
shared, nor will a school be told
the order in which you list the
school.
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STEP 3 STEP 4
Considering the facts Completing the form
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Most schools receive more Please apply online at Please do not list an address of
applications than they have places www.eadmissions.org.uk. someone who provides
available. Before applying it is temporary care for your child, a
important to get a realistic idea The secure online system will business address, a child
whether or not your child is likely automatically send your application minder’s address, a relative’s
to be offered a place at each of the to the correct London borough address or any other address
schools you are interested in. based on your address. other than the child’s home
address. If a school place is
You can do this by: The online application will allow you offered on the basis of an
Carefully reading the admissions to: incorrect address the place will be
criteria that will be used to Edit your application as often as withdrawn.
decide the order in which necessary until the closing date.
children will be offered places. Havering will not process an
Checking how many applications Attach supporting documents to application if it is believed that an
were made last year and how your application. address of convienence is used.
the places were allocated using
the admissions criteria (see Children with an EHCP Proof of address will be sought
pages 39 - 40 for last years If your child has an Education and if there is any doubt about
statistics) Health and Care Plan (EHCP), you the validity of the address given it
should still apply online but you may be subject to further
On pages 28 - 36 of this brochure must tick the relevant box on the investigation. Please read the
you will find the admissions criteria application form that indicates your "address of convenience
for each Havering school. You will child has an EHCP. protocol" available on the
find similar information for schools Havering website for full details.
in other boroughs in the brochures The following notes will help you
produced by those Local Autorities. apply correctly: Where the child is subject to a
child arrangements order and
You might also want to think SECTION A - Personal Details that order stipulates that the
about: - Your child’s date of birth child will live with one parent/
Whether the curriculum and If your child’s date of birth is carer more than the other, the
aims of the school suit your between 1 September 2014 and 31 address to be used will be the one
child’s needs. The school August 2015 then they are the right where the child is expected to live
prospectus will give you the age to start infant / primary school for the majority of the time. For
information you need. in September 2019. other children, the address to be
How your child will travel to used will be the address where
school and the likely cost. - Your child’s address the child lives the majority of the
The address used must be the time. In other cases, where the
child’s normal place of residence. If child spends an equal time
you change your address after between their parents/carers, it
completing the form, you must tell will be up to the parent/carers to
the Havering School Admissions agree which address to use.
Team straightaway.
Where a child spends their time
equally between their parents/
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STEP 4 (continued)
Completing the form
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carers and they cannot agree on supported by evidence from a for admission to school.
who should make the application, solicitor regarding the date of
we will accept an application from exchange of contracts if parents/ A looked after child is a child in
the parent/carer who is registered carers are purchasing a new home the care of a Local Authority or
for child benefit. or the signed tenancy agreement if provided with accommodation by
they are renting a property. The that authority in accordance with
If neither parent is registered for length of a tenancy agreement from Section 22 of the Children Act
child benefit we will accept the the letting agent should be 1989. An adopted child is defined
application from the parent/carer sufficient to cover the date on by section 46 of the Adoption and
whose address is registered with which their child would start Children Act 2002 or section 12 of
the child’s current school or nursery . attending their preferred school. the Adoption Act 1976. A
residence order is defined by
We will not generally accept a If a parent/carer is found to have section 8 of the Children Act
temporary address if the main carer used a false address or deliberately 1989. A child arrangement order
of the child still possesses a provided misleading information to is defined by section 8 of the
property that has previously been obtain a School place, the offer will Children Act 1989 as amended by
used as a home address, nor will we be withdrawn (or if before the section 14 of the Children and
accept a temporary address if we allocation of places, the application families Act 2014. A special
believe it has been used solely or will be cancelled). guardianship order is defined by
mainly to obtain a school place section 14A of the Children Act
when an alternative address is still If you change address after 1989.
available to that child. completing the form, you must
inform the School Admissions Team If the conditions above apply to
The address to be used for the straight away. Changes will only be your child, you must give details
initial allocation of places will be the accepted for admission purposes if on the application form and
child’s address at the closing date satisfactory proof is provided to the provide a letter from the relevant
for application. admissions team by the 11 February Local Authority Social Services
2019 that a move to a new Department. This letter must
Changes of address may be permanent address has taken place. state the following:
considered in accordance with Evidence of disposal of the previous
Havering’s co-ordinated scheme if address may also be required. Confirmation that the child is
there are exceptional reasons Changes of address after 11 currently ‘looked after’ or was
behind the change. Any offer of a February 2019 will not be used for previously looked after in
place on the basis of address is admissions purposes until after the accordance with the definition
conditional upon the child living at 16 April 2019, but can be used for provided above.
the appropriate address on the correspondance. If the child was previously
relevant date. ‘looked after’ then the letter
- Looked after children must also confirm the date at
Applicants have a responsibility to Children in public care (Looked after which the child ceased to be
notify the Havering School Children) and those who ceased to ‘looked after’ and the date of
Admissions Team of any change of be looked after because they were the adoption order, residence
address and must provide adopted, or because they became order, child arrangements
verification of the new address subject to a residence order, child order or a special guardianship
immediately. This should be arrangement order or a special order which led to the
guardianship order, receive priority
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STEP 4 (Continued)
Completing the form
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cessation of ‘looked after status’ Supplementary Information Form half-brother or half-sister or a
(SIF) in addition to listing the school step-brother or step-sister or an
Any court orders must be as a preference on their online adopted or foster sibling, living as
accompanied with a letter from application form. In these cases, part of the same family unit at the
Social Services as described on the your application will be given lower same address.
previous page to be considered for priority unless both forms are
this admissions criterion. completed and received by the - Multiple births
relevant closing date. If you are applying for a place for
SECTION B - School preferences more than one child as a result of
a multiple birth, you must
Please follow these 4 important Please ensure that you return your
complete a separate application
rules when you complete this part completed Supplementary for each child. If the last child to
of the application. Information Forms to the school be offered a place is a twin, and
1. You can list up to 6 schools. Do direct. The address is on the form. their sibling cannot be offered a
place, the Admissions Team will
not include private schools but
ensure that both twins are
you must include state schools Applying for schools in other offered a place together. In the
(and Grammar) not in Havering. boroughs case of other multiple births, if
2. Select your preferences If you have included any schools the majority of children can be
offered a place, the Admissions
carefully. Read the admissions outside of Havering in your list of
Team will offer places to the
criteria for each school and preferences, you must check remaining children. For example if
check how the places were whether you also need to complete two triplets can be offered a
allocated last year. a Supplementary Information Form place, the remaining child will
also receive an offer of a place.
3. Apply for at least 4 schools. This (SIF).
will increase your options.
4. Include at least one school near The online system will advise you if
-- Children of UK service
to your home. Distance is used you select a school in another
personnel (UK Armed Forces and
by many schools to decide which borough for which a SIF may be
Crown Servants)
children are offered places. required.
For families of UK service
List the schools in the order you
personnel with a confirmed
prefer them. If more than one SECTION D—Additional
posting in Havering, or crown
school can offer your child a information
servants returning from overseas
place, the School Admissions - Siblings
to live within Havering, an
Team will use this information to If your child has a brother or sister
address in Havering will be used
offer whichever of these you already attending any of the schools
for admission purposes in
most prefer. The order of your you have applied for, please provide
advance of arrival in the UK
preferred schools cannot be the sibling details on the form in the
provided that the application is
changed after 15 January 2019. appropriate section.
accompanied by an official letter.
(i.e. from the MOD or FCO) which
SECTION C - Supplementary A sibling is defined as:
declares a relocation date and a
Information Forms
A brother or sister (that is, another Unit postal address or quartering
Some of the schools in Havering and
child of the same parents, whether area address.
in other boroughs require parents
and carers to complete a living at the same address or not), a
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STEP 4 (Continued) STEP 5
Completing the form Submitting your
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application
- Reason for preference Your application, any SIFs and any place until after the initial offer of
Please note that schools can only supporting documents must be places on 16 April 2019.
use their published admissions received by the closing date 15
criteria to decide which children January 2019. If the schools you have applied
qualify for a place. It is therefore for are full at that time, your
not necessary to give reasons for You must submit the form before child’s name will be automatically
your preference unless you want to. midnight on 15 January 2019. placed on a waiting list in the
order of the school’s admission
Supplementary Information Forms criteria.
must be submitted directly to the
school by the date shown on the The council reserves the right to
form. accept a late application where it
considers that there are
All applications received by 15 exceptional reasons for the
January 2019 will be considered application not being submitted
together. If your application is not on time. However applications
received by the School Admissions received after 11 February 2019
Team by 15 January 2019, your can not be accepted as 'on-time'.
child will not be considered for a
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STEP 6
Being offered a place
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On 16 April 2019 Havering (or your How to download a letter child’s position on the list can
Local Authority if you do not live in explaining in more details why move down as well as up.
Havering) will notify you of the your child was not offered a
outcome of your application. place at your preferred school. Waiting lists will be maintained
Your child can stay on the until the end of December 2019
You will receive the outcome in waiting list for any school that after which you will need to re-
an email during the evening you listed as a higher preference apply to remain on a waiting list.
You will only receive one offer than the school you have been
on national offer day. offered. If a place becomes
The place offered will be at available later, you will be given
whichever of the schools are the opportunity to accept that
able to allocate your child a instead.
place using the published
admission criteria. The letter you are able to
If more than one of the schools download will also tell you:
are able to allocate your child a How to appeal against refusal of
place, you will be offered a place at any of the schools you
whichever one of these is the applied for and the date by
highest preference on your which you must do this.
application. How to make a late application
If none of the schools you for alternative schools
applied for are able to offer a
place, you will be offered a place How waiting lists operate
at the nearest Havering school to Havering will maintain the waiting
your home address where a lists for the majority of Havering
vacancy exists. schools. Applicants not offered a
Please be aware that your child’s place at a school which they listed
details will be sent to the offered as a higher preference than the
school and the school will school which they have been
contact you with further details offered, are automatically placed on
between May and July 2019. a waiting list in the order of the
school’s admission criteria.
The outcome email you receive will
tell you: Catholic schools and St Edwards
How to accept the place you Primary School hold their own
have been offered. Please accept waiting lists.
online or if this is not possible
please email the School Places are offered to children at the
Admissions Team. We strongly top of the waiting list as vacancies
advise that you do not reject the arise. Late applications are also
place unless you have a place inserted into the waiting list in
arranged elsewhere. criteria order. This means that a
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STEP 7
Deciding whether to
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appeal
You have a legal right to appeal Where the Admission Authority can
against not being offered a place at demonstrate to an Appeals Panel
a school you applied for. You can that any further admissions would
appeal for more than one school if require ‘qualifying measures’ your
you wish. appeal could only be won if the
Appeals Panel decided either that
If you want to appeal, you can do
so online via: A mistake had been made in the
www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/ allocation of places according to
appeal the admissions criteria which
You must submit your appeal by had deprived your child of a
the date specified on the appeal place and if the criteria had been
form. applied correctly your child
Your appeal will be heard by an would have received that place
independent panel of people
who have no connection with The child would have been
the school you wish your child to offered a place if the
attend or the Local Authority. arrangements had not been
You will be told the date of the contrary to mandatory
hearing and invited to attend. provisions in the 2014 School
Please note that the panel will Admissions Code and the School
only consider your reasons for Standards and Framework Act
wanting a place at that 1998
particular school. They will not
be influenced by whether or not That the decision to refuse
you have a place at any other admission was 'unreasonable' in
school. If you decide to appeal, the circumstances of the case.
you should still accept a place in 'Unreasonable' as defined by the
another school in case your Courts is construed as being
appeal is not successful. perverse or irrational and is a
very high threshold for an appeal
Important information about to be successful.
Infant Class Size Appeals
For more information on Infant
The law states that there must not Class Size Appeals please see page
be more than 30 children in an 41.
infant class (that is, classes
containing reception, year 1 and
year 2 children). Apart from some
very limited exceptions, no infant
class may contain more than 30
pupils being taught by one teacher.
Any admissions which would
increase a class to more than 30
pupils (with the exception of
‘excepted pupils’) would require
'qualifying measures', such as
organising an extra class, appointing
an additional teacher, providing an
additional classroom or introducing
or extending mixed age group
teaching.
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Does the law guarantee my child a your application is unsuccessful, you Is it possible that my child will be
place in the school of my choice? will be offered a place at the without a school place on 16
nearest school to your home which April 2019?
No. The law says that parents may has a vacancy after all other No. If none of the schools you
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express a preference for any school, applications have been processed. applied for are able to offer a
however, if more parents express a The alternative schools you could place, you will be offered a place
preference for a school than the have applied for may already be full at the nearest Havering school to
number of places available, there by this time, so you are advised to your home address that has a
has to be an order of priority to include them on your form at the vacancy at that time (Havering
decide which children to admit. The time of applicaton. residents). You will also be given
law allows parents to appeal to an details of other schools with
independent panel if their child is Can I change my preferences or the places available and how to apply
refused a place at a school of their order of my preferences after the for a place at these schools.
preference. application closing date?
If you add or change preferences Please be aware that your child’s
Does the co-ordinated system after the application closing date details will be sent to the school
mean that I have more chance the application will be considered to at which you are offered a place
of getting a place at my first be a late application unless there and that the school may contact
preference school? are exceptional reasons why the you with further details.
changes were not included on the
No. The aim of the co-ordinated original application form. Late Does my child have to start
system is to ensure that nobody applications are not considered school in September 2019?
gets more than one offer from until after the initial offer of places
amongst the schools they applied on 16 April 2019. No, Local authorities and schools
for, so that more children will get must provide for the admission of
the offer of a school place. Will a school know where I listed it all children in the September
in my order of preferences? following their fourth birthday.
This does not mean that there will No. Places are only offered based Where a child has been offered a
be more places available at any on the published admissions place at a school parents have
particular school than previously. criteria. three options available to then
Schools can only admit as many these options are detailed on
children as they can accommodate. Will I get priority for a place in the page 18.
The places will still be allocated to borough where I live?
those who have the highest priority No. The law does not allow Local In addition parents of summer
under the school’s published Authorities to give priority for born children (those born
admission criteria. places in schools in their area to between 1 April and 31 August)
children who live in their area. can request for their child to be
For this reason, it is important that admitted to reception a year later
you read the admission criteria What can I do if I am not offered a outside of their chronological
carefully so that you do not waste place in a school of my preference? year group, thereby starting
your preferences by only listing Your child’s name will be placed on school only once they reach
schools where your child is unlikely the waiting list automatically for statutory school age.
to get a place. any school you listed as a higher
preference than the school you For further information please
Do I have to use all 6 preferences? have been offered. If a place refer to page 18.
No. However, unless you are certain becomes available after offer day
of getting a place in a particular (16 April 2019), all children on the
school, you are strongly advised to waiting list are considered. Those
apply for as many schools as you who best meet the school’s
can. Please bear in mind that your 6 admissions criteria will be offered a
preferences can be for state schools place. The length of time spent on a
(and Grammar) in any area. waiting list will not give priority over
other applicants—it is possible for a
If you apply for one or two schools child to go down as well as up the
only, it does not improve your list. Being on a waiting list is no
chances of being offered a place. If guarantee of a place being offered
at that school.
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This section gives you the admissions criteria for all the infant / primary schools in Havering.
These criteria tell you how places are offered if there are more applications than places available.
Please read the admissions criteria carefully, because they will give you an idea of whether or not your
child is likely to be offered a place at a school of your choice.
Definitions of the admissions criteria can be found at the end of this section (page 37). The majority of
Havering schools use these definitions unless explicitly stated in the schools arrangements.
If you need any more advice you can either contact the School Admissions Team via
Online contact form: www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/contact
Online webchat: www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/primary
Email: schooladmissions@havering.gov.uk
Phone: 01708 434600 (Mon-Fri, 12-5pm)
Visiting: Public Advice and Service Centre (PASC),
Liberty Shopping Centre, Romford, RM1 3RL
At the end of this section you will find information on the
admission of children who are already of primary school age
(In Year Admissions).
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The following Community schools, Voluntary Controlled Admissions Criteria
schools and Academies all share the same admissions When the demand exceeds the number of places
criteria. The number inside the bracket indicates the available at the School, places are allocated by applying
Published Admissions Number (PAN) for the school, this is the following criteria in descending order of priority to
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the maximum number of children that can be admitted. applicants who have expressed any preference for the
School.
Ardleigh Green Infant (90)
Brady Primary* (30) 1. Looked after children and children who were looked
after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted
Branfil Primary (90)
(or became subject to a residence order or special
Broadford Primary (90) guardianship order).
Clockhouse Primary (90)
Crowlands Primary (90) 2. Exceptional medical or exceptional social grounds.
Crownfield Infant (120)
3. Pupils with siblings on the roll of the school on the
Dame Tipping CE Primary (15)
date of admission who live up to a distance of 1.6km
Elm Park Primary (60) from the school.
Engayne Primary (90) Pupils who live further than 1.6km from the school
Gidea Park Primary (60) will also recieve priority under this criteria if they
Hacton Primary (84) currently have a sibling at the school who was
admitted prior to September 2018. This will include
Harold Court Primary (60)
siblings at partner junior schools.
Harold Wood Primary (90)
Harrow Lodge Primary (60) 4. The distance of the home address from the School, as
Hilldene Primary (90) measured by a straight line from the School, those
Hylands Primary (90) pupils living nearer the school being given higher
priority.
Langtons Infant (90)
Mead Primary (120)
If, because of oversubscription in any of the categories 1)
Nelmes Primary (60) to 3) above, it is necessary to distinguish between
Newtons Primary (60) applicants, the distance of the applicant’s home address
Oasis Academy: Pinewood (60) from the School, as measured by a straight line from the
Parklands Infant (120) school, will be used with those pupils living nearer the
school being given higher priority.
Parsonage Farm Primary (90)
Rainham Village Primay (90)
Definitions of the above criteria can be found on page 37
Rise Park Infant (90)
of this brochure.
Scargill Infant (90)
Scotts Primary (60)
Squirrels Heath Infant (90)
Suttons Primary (60)
The James Oglethorpe Primary (60)
The RJ Mitchell Primary (60)
Towers Infant (90)
Whybridge Infant (90)
The admissions criteria for the other schools in Havering
can be found on pages 29 - 36.
*Please note that an expansion proposal for Brady
Primary school is being consulted on. If agreed, this
would see an additional 30 places offered from
September 2019 onwards.
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The catholic schools all share the same admissions criteria. straight line from the school with those students living
The number inside the bracket indicates the Published nearer the school being given higher priority.
Admissions Number (PAN) for the school, this is the
maximum number of children that can be admitted. The distance between the home address and the school
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is determined using address points and is measured in a
La Salette (30) straight line, not by the shortest walking or bus route,
St Alban’s Catholic Primary (30) between the address point for the school and the
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary (60) address point of the child’s normal place of residence.
St Mary’s Catholic Primary (60) (Address points are points marked in the centre of the
St Peter’s Catholic Primary (60) child’s home address, or in the centre of the block of
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary (60) flats in which the child’s home address is located, and in
St Ursula’s Catholic Infants (60) the predetermined point of the school.)
Admissions Criteria In the event that two, or more, applicants applying for a
Where there are more applications for places than the single place at the school live at addresses that are
number of places available, places will be offered located at exactly the same distance from the school, or
according to the following order of priority. live in the same block of flats, the place will be offered
on the basis of lots drawn by representatives of the
1. Baptised Catholic looked after children and previously schools Governing Body who are not involved in the
looked after children (see notes 1&2) admissions process.
2. Baptised Catholic Children with a Certificate of Catholic
Practice (see notes 2,5&8) who are resident in the Application Procedures
parish of: To apply for a place at this school in the normal
La Salette - Our Lady of La Salette. admission round, you must complete a Common
St. Alban’s - St Alban’s or English Martyrs. Application Form available from the local authority in
St Joseph’s - St. Joseph’s or English Martyrs which you live. You are also requested to complete the
St Mary’s - St. Mary, Mother of God. Supplementary Information Form attached to this policy
St Peter’s - St. Edward the Confessor. if you wish to apply under oversubscription criteria 1 to
St Patrick’s - Corpus Christi. 4, 6 or 7.
St Ursula’s - St. Dominic, Most Holy Redeemer or
Christ the Eternal High Priest. The school Supplementary Information Form must be
3. Other Baptised Catholic children with a certificate of submitted by the 15 January (or the working day before
practice (see note 3) if the 15 January falls on a weekend), direct to the school
4. Other Baptised Catholic children (see note 2) address by 3pm. It is expected that all additional
5. Other looked after children and previously looked after documents are submitted with the Supplementary
children (see note 1) Information Form by the same date.
6. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian
Church (see notes 4&5) You will be advised of the outcome of your application
7. Christian children of other denominations, whose on 16 April or the next working day if you completed a
application is supported by a minister of religion (see paper application,(if applicable), by the local authority
note 9) on our behalf. If you are unsuccessful (unless your child
8. Any other children gained a place at a school you ranked higher) you will be
informed, and advised of your right of appeal to an
Within each of the categories listed above, the following independent appeal panel.
provisions will be applied.
(i) The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the If you do not provide the information required in the SIF
time of enrolment will increase the priority of an and return it by the closing date, together with all
application within each category So that the application supporting documentation, your child will not be placed
will be placed at the top of the category in which the in criteria 1 to 4, 6 or 7, and this is likely to affect your
application is made after children in (i) above (see note 6). child’s chance of being offered a place.
Tie Break All applications which are submitted on time will be
Where more applications are received than places considered at the same time and after the closing date
available under any of the oversubscription criteria listed for admissions which is 15 January 2019.
above places will be offered to those living nearest to the
school.
Priority will be given to students based on the distance of
the home address from the school, as measured by a
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