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Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021 En j oy • Le a r n • Ac h i eve Closing date for admissions is 31 October 2020 Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Watch a video guide about secondary transfer and view our information film at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/secondaryadmissions
Contents
SECTION 1
• Foreword 4
• Visiting dates 5
• Important dates at a glance 6
SECTION 2
• Apply online 7
• Children with education, health and care plan (EHCP) 8
• Summary of secondary transfer applications 2020 9
• A step-by-step guide to secondary transfer 10
• The Pan London Coordinated Admissions System 11
• Admissions policy and oversubscription criteria for
Tower Hamlets community schools 12
• Criteria flowchart 14
• Questions and answers on moving to secondary school 15
• Before you apply – dos and don’ts 16
SECTION 3
• Secondary schools and 14-19 provision in Tower Hamlets 17
• Bishop Challoner Catholic Boys’ School 18
• Bishop Challoner Catholic Girls’ School 20
• Bow School 22
• Canary Wharf College Crossharbour 24
• Central Foundation Girls’ School 26
• George Green’s School 28
• Langdon Park School 30
• London Enterprise Academy 32
• Morpeth School 34
• Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 36
• Mulberry School for Girls 38
• Oaklands School 40
• St Paul’s Way Trust School 42
• Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary School
(formerly known as Sir John Cass Foundation & Redcoat CofE Secondary School) 44
• Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College 46
• Swanlea School 48
• Wapping High School 50
• East London Arts and Music College (16-19) 52
• London East Alternative Provision (LEAP) 54
• Mulberry University Technical College (UTC) (14-19) 56
• New City College - Tower Hamlets (14-19) 58
• South Quay College (14-16) 60
SECTION 4
• Guide to applying online 62
• Secondary schools and registered independent
secondary schools in Tower Hamlets 66
• Priority geographical areas for secondary transfer applications 67
• Useful contacts 68
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 3
1 Foreword by the
Corporate Director
Dear parent or carer
Transferring to a secondary school Progress 8, in Grade 9-5 in English and
is an exciting and significant time for Maths combined and the EBacc (English
your child in his or her school career; Baccelaureate). All Tower Hamlets
it can also be a time when both schools are committed to providing a
pupils and their parents/carers need broad and balanced curriculum so your
support, advice and information. child will benefit from a rich educational
offer which makes use of the many and
As a family, you will want to know as diverse opportunities provided through
much as possible about secondary businesses, arts and other organisations.
schools in Tower Hamlets, to help you
make the right choice. This guide will We’re proud that Tower Hamlets
take you through the process of applying schools are inclusive and that children
for a place for your child. It provides with Special Educational Needs and
information about all state-maintained Disabilities are educated well and thriving
secondary schools in the borough, in our mainstream settings.
including contact details and maps
showing where each school is located. In addition, we have completed a long-
term capital investment programme
Throughout the guide, we have tried in the region of £300 million, which
to answer many of the most frequently has transformed the environment of
asked questions, as well as offering secondary and special schools across
advice on how to help your child settle the borough and built bright, up-to-date
into his or her new school and to places for pupils to learn and thrive.
continue to learn well. This capital investment is ensuring that
all of our secondary schools offer very
But this is just the start. It is very good accommodation to enhance the
important that both you and your son or learning environment.
daughter visit your preferred schools to
see them first-hand for yourselves. This For more information about any
guide lists organised visiting times for all of the schools in this booklet,
schools when you will be able to meet call our admissions officers on
staff and pupils and see the facilities on 020 7364 4307/5860 or email school.
offer. I hope you will accept the invitation admissions@towerhamlets.gov.uk
from the schools to visit and use the
opportunity to discuss any issues about We look forward to your child joining
your child’s future learning. one of our secondary schools and
experiencing quality teaching in a friendly
Over 94 per cent of secondary pupils and supportive environment.
attend a school judged Good or
Outstanding by Ofsted, which puts Yours sincerely
school performance in the top 15 per
cent nationally. 2019 GCSE results James Thomas
in Tower Hamlets were above the Corporate Director, Children and Culture
England average in Attainment 8, in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
4 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021
Visiting dates
1
The dates and times of visiting events are subject to change in accordance with the
Governments social distancing advice. We ask that parents check each schools website
for the most up to date information on visiting events that have been planned and also
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/secondaryadmissions
School Website (for up to date visiting arrangements)
Bishop Challoner Catholic Boys’ School www.bishopchallonerfederation.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Bishop Challoner Catholic Girls’ School www.bishopchallonerfederation.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Bow School www.bow-school.org.uk
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour www.canarywharfcollege.co.uk
Central Foundation Girls’ School www.central.towerhamlets.sch.uk
George Green’s School www.georgegreens.com
Langdon Park School www.langdonparkschool.co.uk
London Enterprise Academy www.londonenterpriseacademy.org
Morpeth School www.morpethschool.org.uk
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch www.mulberryacademyshoreditch.org
Mulberry School for Girls www.mulberryschoolforgirls.org
Oaklands School www.oaklands.towerhamlets.sch.uk
St Paul’s Way Trust School www.spwt.net
Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary School
(formerly known as Sir John Cass Foundation & Redcoat www.stepneyallsaints.school
CofE Secondary School)
Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College www.stepneygreen.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Swanlea School www.swanlea.co.uk
Wapping High School www.wappinghigh.org
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 5
1 Important dates at a glance
September to October 2020
Parents and pupils visit schools (see page 5 for details, school websites
and www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/secondaryadmissions)
First week of September
Parents can view the online secondary booklet at: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/secondaryadmissions
Tuesday 1 September to Saturday 31 October 2020
Parents apply online naming maintained (non fee paying) schools
Thursday 10 September 2020, 4pm
Join the Pupil Services Team and the Transitions team from the Family Information Advice and Support
service (formerly Parents Advice Centre) for a presentation on secondary transfer
Copy the link below into your browser and join the meeting via Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/93255688205?pwd=a2RvY0o4UXd5V2hIdHpmd2xrQW5oQT09
Friday 23 October 2020 (Friday before half term)
Date by which parents should submit their online application for processing and checking
Saturday 31 October 2020
Statutory deadline for receipt of applications
Monday 1 March 2021
Letters sent by Pupil Services notifying parents of decisions
Monday 29 March 2021
Closing date for appeals for Tower Hamlets schools that use the council’s admissions policy
March 2021
Parents of pupils without an offer at a preferred school can apply to schools that still have places remaining
April, May and June 2021
Appeals heard for Tower Hamlets secondary schools
September 2021
Your child starts secondary school
6 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021
Apply online
2
If you live in Tower Hamlets you need to apply using the online application form.
You can apply between 1 September and 31 October 2020 at
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions or www.eadmissions.org.uk
It is a simple and easy way to submit your
child’s secondary transfer application. How do I get started? Free access to computers
You will then be able to: You will need an email address. You can at our Idea Stores
• Search for schools in Tower Hamlets register for a free email account with a
and across London Please be aware that at the time of
number of providers.
• Access information about schools publication, the re-opening of Idea
and links to school websites Stores following the lockdown means
• Make changes to your application I have an email address, that only the Idea Stores at Chrisp
Street and Whitechapel are open. You
up until the closing date what next? may also need to book a time to visit
31 October 2020
• Receive notification of the outcome Visit www.eadmissions.org.uk or to use the computers that have
of your application by email. to register or you can use the link internet access. Bringing your own
from the Tower Hamlets website device to use the wifi is not currently
We strongly recommend that you submit at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ available, so please check the website
your application online by Friday 23 schooladmissions www.ideastore.co.uk to keep up to
October 2020 (the week before half date on which services are available,
term) in case you forget your password or other Idea Stores that may be open.
Who can help me with my
or username or lose internet access for Make a note of the following
any reason. online application? details as you will need this
• Guidance on how to apply online is information to access your
in this booklet – see page 62. application and offer in March.
• The pupil services team can offer
Application reference number:
advice and answer any questions
on 020 7364 4307/5860 or at
school.admissions.gov.uk Username:
• Tower Hamlets Transition Support
Service provides information and
advice about the secondary transfer Password:
process to help families manage
change and make informed decisions
Email: transitions@towerhamlets.gov.uk Idea Store Chrisp Street
Telephone: 020 7364 1533 1 Vesey Path,
East India Dock Road, E14 6BT
Idea Store Whitechapel
321 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BU
Secondary transfer parents’ session
There will be an information and advice session for parents via zoom – please use this link
to attend on Thursday 10 September at 4pm:
https://zoom.us/j/93255688205?pwd=a2RvY0o4UXd5V2hIdHpmd2xrQW5oQT09
Get information on secondary transfer and ask questions to the pupil services team and
the Transitions team of the Family Information Advice and Support Service (formerly
Parents Advice Centre).
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 7
2 Children with education, health
and care plan (EHCP)
Tower Hamlets aims to offer every child a place in a local
mainstream school.
The arrangements for the admission of In September, at the start of year 6, The panel will make every effort to
children with education, health and care Tower Hamlets parents and carers receive comply with parents’ and carers’
plans (EHCP) are different from those for the secondary transfer application pack. wishes in naming their preferred school,
children without plans. The parents or although it cannot be guaranteed that
carers of children with EHCPs have the For pupils with an EHCP, the it will be approved. Consideration will
right in law to request that a particular application pack contains: be given to selecting the second or
school, (mainstream or special) is • A covering letter explaining the third preference school if the first choice
named in their child’s plan. transfer process cannot be approved. If only one school
• The secondary transfer booklet is requested and is not agreed, a place
However, the placement must be: • A form on which parents/carers can will be allocated at the nearest suitable
• suitable for the child’s age, ability, express their preference for up to school by the panel.
aptitude and special educational three schools
needs; and There are a number of travel assistance
• compatible with the efficient Help with completing the form is options available to children with an
education of the other children with available from the primary school, the EHCP that support a safe and supportive
whom the child would be educated SEN team on 020 7364 4880 or the journey to and from school. Children
or the efficient use of the local Family Information, Advice and Support referred for travel assistance will be
authority’s resources. Service (formerly Parents Advice Centre) assessed to evaluate and decide which
on 020 7364 6489. type of travel assistance support, if any is
Transfer to secondary school is a key most appropriate.
item for discussion at the year 5 annual The form should be returned to the SEN
review, so that parents/carers have section at the Town Hall (Mulberry Place) It is not an automatic right that all
enough time to consider the type of no later than 31 October 2020. It may not children with an EHCP will receive travel
provision they would prefer and to visit be possible to consider forms received assistance; this includes but is not
suitable schools. after that date. exclusive to children attending secondary
school, and children who attend schools
Parents and carers are advised, when Please note you must not make an outside of the borough.
visiting secondary schools, to carefully online application if your child has
consider whether their preferred schools an EHCP. Parents and carers whose children have
are appropriate for their child’s needs, an EHCP may appeal to the First-Tier
particularly if requesting a place in a In order to make the secondary transfer Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and
school in another local authority. process as fair as possible, all requests Disability) if the local authority does not
for secondary schools for children with comply with their request.
The Family Information, Advice and and EHCP will be considered at the
Support Service (formerly Parents Advice Special Educational Needs Secondary For advice on secondary transfer for
Centre) invites parents and carers to a Transfer Panel, which is held in pupils with EHC plans, contact the SEN
meeting in the summer term of year 5 November each year. team on 020 7364 4880.
to learn about the arrangements for
transfer, to discuss general issues and
concerns, and ask questions about
secondary transfer. This meeting is
attended by a representative from the
Special Educational Needs (SEN) team
who will give advice and information
and answer parents’ questions. Parents
and carers who cannot attend are
still welcome to contact the Family
Information, Advice and Support Service
(formerly Parents Advice Centre) or
SEN team for advice and information.
8 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021
Summary of secondary transfer
applications 2020 2
School Places No of Pupils Number of children accepted under each criterion on 1 March Total
available applications admitted
by the on SEN Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion
closing date grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6
Bow School 240 396 No applicant was refused a place 237
Central Foundation Girls' School 240 635 2 0 1 60 56 0 121 240
George Green’s School 210 350 11 0 0 52 76 0 71 210
Langdon Park School 180 346 No applicant was refused a place 190
London Enterprise Academy 120 193 No applicant was refused a place 78
Morpeth School 240 782 12 0 3 60 94 1 70 240
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 180 300 No applicant was refused a place 206
Mulberry School for Girls 240 651 7 0 0 60 51 0 122 240
Oaklands School 180 382 4 1 0 26 56 0 43 179
St Paul's Way Trust School 240 1317 26 2 0 60 87 1 64* 240
Stepney Green Maths, 190 595 4 0 0 47 40 0 99 190
Computing and Science College
Swanlea School 210 890 15 0 4 52 64 2 73 210
*8 places were offered under Music criterion
School Places No of Number of children accepted under each criterion on 1 March Total
available applications offered
by the Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion
closing date 1 2 3 4 5 6
Bishop Challoner Boys’ School 120 204 No applicant was refused a place 98
Bishop Challoner Girls’ School 150 237 No applicant was refused a place 111
School Places No of Number of children accepted under each criterion on 1 March Total
available applications offered
by the Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion
closing date 1 2 3 4 5 6
Canary Wharf College 108 472 This information is available direct from the school 108
Crossharbour
School Places No of Number of children accepted under each criterion on 1 March Total
available applications offered
by the Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion
closing date 1 2 3 4 5
Stepney All Foundation Places 40 105 This information is available direct from the school 36
Saints CofE
Language Places 16 85 This information is available direct from the school 16
Secondary
School** Open Places 152 1244 This information is available direct from the school 156
**formerly known as Sir John Cass Foundation & Redcoat CofE Secondary School
School Places No of Number of children accepted under each criterion on 1 March Total
available applications offered
by the Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion
closing date 1 2 3 4 5
Wapping High School 84 137 This information is available direct from the school 48
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 9
2 A step-by-step guide to
secondary transfer
responsibility to provide all the information If you need help and advice when
Visiting schools that a school needs. completing your application, you can
The first thing you should do before call Pupil Services for assistance on
deciding on which schools to apply for is 020 7364 4307/5860 or email school.
to visit as many as possible. It is important
Non-Tower Hamlets residents admissions@towerhamlets.gov.uk
to find out as much as you can about If you do not live in Tower Hamlets, you
them. The information given in this booklet must apply online following the instructions The online system is available 24 hours a
is only a guide and it will be difficult to issued by your home borough. The contact day, seven days a week, up until midnight
reach a decision until you have visited the details for the school admission teams in on the closing date of Saturday 31
schools and met the students and staff. neighbouring boroughs are on page 68. October 2020. However, we encourage
The visiting times for the schools can be applicants to submit their application by
found on page 5. You can also watch If you are applying to any of the Tower no later than Friday 23 October 2020
the video guides which accompany this Hamlets schools that use the council’s (the Friday before half term) as this will
booklet at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ admission policy, you must also complete allow sufficient time for checking.
secondaryadmissions. the Tower Hamlets supplementary
form, available from Pupil Services. The
supplementary form provides additional Medical and social reasons
The application procedure information that we require. Failure to
(Tower Hamlets residents only) If there are special medical or social
complete this form may mean that your
reasons that you wish to give in support
At the beginning of September, Tower application is given a lesser priority under
of your application, you must state this
Hamlets parents will be able to view the the council’s admission policy. This could
therefore result in your child not being in your online application explaining
online secondary transfer booklet at: why your preferred school is the most
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ offered a place.
suitable and the difficulties that would
secondaryadmissions result if your child had to attend another
Additional forms for, Stepney All school. These reasons can include factors
Your primary school will give you your Saints CofE Secondary School affecting your child, yourself and other
childs Band information - you will need family members. They must be supported
this when making your application online
(formerly known as Sir John
Cass Foundation & Redcoat in writing by a professional such as a
(see page 15). doctor or social worker and submitted
CofE Secondary School),
with your application. You can attach your
Tower Hamlets parents whose children Bishop Challoner and Canary supporting documents with your online
attend primary schools outside the Wharf College Crossharbour application. Just submit the application
borough will also be able to view the
All parents wishing to apply to, first, then click on the ‘attach document’
secondary booklet online. Parents
Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary button to add the further information.
should ask their childs primary school
for a teacher assessment of their Band School, Bishop Challoner Federation
(see page 15). If you child has a of Schools or Canary Wharf College
Crossharbour will also need to complete Changing your preferences
statement of special educational needs
or an educational, health and care plan, a supplementary form, which you must If you want to change the schools that you
please read the information on page 8. obtain and return directly to these are applying to in any way (your preferences
schools. If parents do not complete a or choices), you can do so online up until
If your child is home educated or at supplementary form it may affect the midnight on 31 October 2020.
an independent primary school, you outcome of the application.
can view the online secondary booklet
at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ Late applications
Completing your application
secondaryadmissions If you wish to apply or make changes after
31 October 2020 you must call the Pupil
You should apply online by visiting
Tower Hamlets residents Services team on 020 7364 4307/5860
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/
applying to schools outside of or email: school.admissions@
schooladmissions or
towerhamlets.gov.uk.Your application
the borough www.eadmissions.org.uk
or changes may not be considered until
Please then follow the steps set out
If you wish to apply to schools outside April 2021, after the decisions have been
in the online application guide on
Tower Hamlets you must check with the taken for those applications that were
page 62.
local authority or schools concerned as received on time. However, if there is an
to whether you will need to complete any unavoidable reason for your application
supplementary forms. Individual schools You should name up to six schools in being late, for example your family has
can provide you with admission policies, order of preference on your application only just arrived in Tower Hamlets, we
which you should read. It is also advisable form. This will maximise the possibility may make an exception to this rule and,
to contact the local authority for a copy of your child being offered a school you where possible, treat your application as
of their admissions brochure. It is your would like them to go to. though it was received on time.
10 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021A step-by-step guide to
secondary transfer 2
Please note that if you are applying to
schools in other boroughs they may have Waiting lists NOTICE
different arrangements. If your child has not been offered a place Please note that Stepney Green Maths,
at one of your preferred schools, they Computing and Science College
will remain on the waiting lists for these changed from a boys’ school to a co-
Notifying parents of the schools until the end of the autumn term educational (boys and girls) school
results of their applications (December). If you still wish to remain on from September 2019. During the first
five years of its transition a special
On 1 March 2021, Pupil Services will the waiting list after December, you must
exemption is being applied for, which
send parents a letter notifying them of complete an in-year transfer form, which will have the following impact on
the highest ranked school that is able is available from Pupil Services. Please admissions at Year 7 as follows:
to offer a place. If an application for a note that transfers take place at the In the event of the Academy being
higher ranked school is unsuccessful, beginning of every term and half term. oversubscribed the 190 spaces will
the letter will tell parents how they can You can view the timetable in the guidance be divided equally between boys
notes that accompany the in-year transfer and girls. This means that no more
appeal against the decision to refuse
form on the council’s website. than 95 boys and 95 girls will be
a place. Lower ranked offers will be offered places. This exemption could
cancelled or withdrawn. mean that some children will be
For Bishop Challoner, Canary Wharf College
Crossharbour, London Enterprise Academy, refused a place, because there are
Parents may also receive letters from more applications than the 95 places
Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary available for their gender. However,
voluntary aided and academy schools
School (formerly known as Sir John Cass after 1 March (offer day), if places
explaining why the application was
Foundation & Redcoat CofE Secondary become available they will be filled
refused or an offer of a place was
School) and Wapping High School, please regardless of gender. This arrangement
not made. If you receive an offer of a only applies to applications for Year
follow the advice in the letter from the school.
place at a non-Tower Hamlets school, 7 entry in September. It will continue
you will be asked to return a reply slip for each Year 7 entry up to and until
Parents without the offer of a school
confirming your acceptance of the September 2023. Thereafter, Stepney
place can also contact Pupil Services and
place. You must return the slip by the Green School’s admissions will operate
ask for their child’s name to be placed without special regard to maintaining
date stated in the letter.
on waiting lists for other Tower Hamlets an equal balance of gender.
schools they did not apply to originally.
The Pan London Coordinated
Admissions System
Tower Hamlets Council, along with the 32 other London boroughs and councils that border the capital, is part of the Pan
London Coordinated Admissions Scheme, which coordinates admissions to secondary schools across London.
The aim of the scheme is that as many only one offer is made and it will be from Where there are more applications than
parents as possible receive an offer at the highest ranked school (by parents’ there are places available, the school’s
one of their preferred schools – it also preference) that is able to make an offer. published oversubscription criteria is
ensures everyone is notified of their The form must then be returned to the used to decide which applicants can
offer on the same date. For the 2020/21 council for the borough in which the be offered places. Any other schools
academic year, this is Monday 1 March child lives for processing. applied to remain confidential before the
2021. This helps to make sure that no- decisions are made.
one receives more than one offer. The councils that take part in the Pan
London Coordinated Admissions Councils hold the offer for the highest
Scheme use a computerised system to preference on the parent’s form where a
How does the scheme work? share the details of applications. They place can be offered and release all other
Parents list the schools that they want will then coordinate the offers of places lower preferences, so that these can be
to apply to on one form, ranking them to try to make sure that nobody gets offered to others. Potential offers are then
in order of preference. The school offered more than one school place. exchanged between councils until they
they most want should be listed first, The decision on whether a school place are in a position to make the single best
followed by the next one they prefer can be offered is made by the admission offer to parents using all available places.
and so on. This is important because authority for the school.
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 112 Admissions policy and oversubscription criteria
for Tower Hamlets community schools
Firstly, children with a statement of
special educational need or an education, NOTES Priority zone
health and care (EHC) plan must be The south Wapping priority zone is in
Note 1: Parents of children with
offered a place at their preferred school, the area south of Cable Street and Royal
statements of special educational
unless there are particular reasons why Mint Street, west of Butcher Row, north
need or an EHC plan should be aware
the local authority is unable to do so (see that we want to make sure that these of the Thames and east of Mansell Street
note 1). The place will be provided in the pupils do not, at secondary transfer and Tower Bridge Approach. Children
appropriate band. time, become concentrated in a living in this area will have priority for
few schools. Our experience shows admission to the designated schools,
A quarter of the total places available that this can compromise the most which are Mulberry School for Girls and
at the outlined schools are allocated to effective education of the children and Stepney Green Maths, Computing and
each of the four bands. If any of these are the best use of resources. This means
Science College.
oversubscribed in any band, the admission that if any particular school receives
criteria below will be used (in descending a large number of applications for
pupils with statements, some of these The west Bethnal Green priority zone is
order of priority) to allocate places.
may be refused. All applications the area south of Quaker Street, west of
1. Children looked after by the local will be considered by the Special Brick Lane, north of Whitechapel High
authority, previously looked after children Educational Needs Panel. Street and east of Middlesex Street.
who have left care under a special Note 2: Confirmation of a child’s Children living in this area will have priority
arrangement (residence) or special looked-after status will be required. for admission to the designated school,
guardianship order, or those adopted Note 3: Applications under this which is Swanlea.
from local authority care (see note 2). category are considered by the
2. Pupils who have a strong medical or Primary to Secondary Transfer
Committee. The committee is made Exceptional medical or
social reason to attend the school
applied to. This can include the parents’, up of a headteacher, a member of social reasons
the attendance and welfare service
carers’ or other family members’ Where there is a very strong medical or
and a medical professional. They will
medical conditions and the family’s decide whether the application should social reason for attending a particular
social needs. Parents must complete be given priority under this category. school, priority may be given for
the relevant section on the application admission. Parents must complete
Note 4: Sibling refers to brother or
form and attach medical and/or social the relevant section on the online
sister, half brother or sister, adopted
reports from a suitable professional application and attach medical and/
brother or sister, step brother or sister,
(e.g. a doctor or social worker) to or the child of the parent/carer’s or social reports signed by a doctor
support the application (see note 3). partner, and in every case, the child or social worker to their application.
3. Pupils living nearest the school who are should be living in the same family unit These reports must be received by
the first born of their sex in the case of at the same address. The address 31 October 2020 – a reminder will
a single sex school, or the eldest child used should be the one that the child not be issued. The application will be
in the case of a mixed school. The usually lives at and attends school from. considered by the Primary to Secondary
number of children admitted under this Note 5: Priority will be limited to three Transfer Committee.
category will reflect 25 per cent of the places in each year. The staff applicant
intake of the school in each band. must complete the relevant section
4. Pupils who have a brother or sister at on the application online and attach Confirmation of address
documentation supporting admission
the school at the time of admission Applications should be submitted
on these grounds. It is the staff
(see note 4). according to where the child normally
applicant’s sole responsibility to provide
5. A child whose parent is a member of this information. Without the provision resides. This will normally be with an adult
staff and has been employed at the of the relevant documents, the child will or adults who have legal responsibility
school concerned for two or more not be considered on these grounds. for the child.
years at the time of application and/ Note 6: Home to school distances
or children of a member of staff who will be measured by the shortest Where the child lives at the property for
has been recruited to fill a vacancy walking route from the home address part of the week with different adults who
for which there is a demonstrable to the nearest available pupil entrance have legal responsibility, the address
skill shortage (see note 5). in constant use to the school, using a where the child spends the majority
6. Pupils who live nearest to the school by computerised digitised map. Please of the week will normally be used. If
the shortest walking route (see note 6). note that you cannot compare
time is spent between two homes
distances to those calculated using
any personal or online geographical equally, the parents/carers must agree
In categories 3, 4 and 6 above, a higher information system software you may the address to be used and a single
priority will be given to pupils who live in have access to. In the situation that application should then be made. This
the priority zones of south Wapping or two or more applications measure the will commonly be where child benefit is
west Bethnal Green applying to one of same distance to the school, random payable, however all evidence will be
the designated schools (see the priority allocation will be used. taken into account.
zone section for more information).
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(This includes Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, Central Foundation
Girls’ School, George Green’s School, Mulberry School for Girls and
Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College.)
Parents will be required to provide a pupil’s previous behaviour, attitude or
acceptable independent proof of their The admission policies for the attendance record. Any meetings held
child’s address. They must make sure Bishop Challoner Federation to discuss suitable options and courses
that the application form they complete is of Schools, Canary Wharf will not form part of the school’s decision
accurate and must contact Pupil Services College Crossharbour, London making process.
and tell their child’s headteacher if there
is a relevant change after it has been
Enterprise Academy, Stepney If you wish to appeal against a decision
submitted. Places may be withdrawn All Saints CofE Secondary to refuse your child admission to a
if false information is entered on the School (formerly known as Tower Hamlets school’s sixth form,
application form. Parents who do not Sir John Cass Foundation you can submit your appeal online
provide evidence of their child’s address at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/
& Redcoat CofE Secondary
as requested, or provide conflicting or secondaryadmissions
inconclusive information, may have the School), St Paul’s Way Trust,
place withdrawn even if it has already Wapping High School
been accepted. Admission of children outside
The admission policies for these schools
are available on their websites or at www. their normal age group
Applicants living overseas may only towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions Children in Tower Hamlets transfer from
submit an application if they have an If you are not sure about your child’s primary to secondary school when they
address within the local authority area, claim to a place at one of these schools, are 11 years old. The local authority would
and documentary evidence can be on religious or other grounds, read therefore expect a child to start secondary
supplied to show they will return to the the admission criteria and check with school in year 7, which is the normal age
address prior to the September in the the school before applying. Please group for an 11-year-old starting secondary
year of entry. This address must not be remember that, where necessary, it is your school. However, it is also acknowledged
that of a friend, relative or other address responsibility to complete a supplementary that there may be an exceptional reason
of convenience. form for these schools and to return it to for a child to start secondary school
them with all of the information requested outside of the normal age group. This
For families of UK service personnel with by the closing date. If you don’t, your could be for a child to transfer early, at
a confirmed posting in Tower Hamlets, or application will not be fully considered the end of year 5, or for a child to remain
crown servants returning from overseas and this could affect the decision. an additional year at primary school when
to live within the borough, an address in
they reach the end of year 6.
Tower Hamlets will be used for admission
purposes in advance of arrival in the UK. Applying for school places at If you are a parent of a child who you think
This is provided that the application is sixth form (years 12 and 13) needs to start secondary school outside
accompanied by an official letter (i.e. from
Most schools in Tower Hamlets have a of their normal year group, please write to
the Ministry of Defence or Foreign and
sixth form. The individual school pages in Pupil Services by 31 October 2020. Your
Commonwealth Office), which declares a
this booklet will include information about letter should clearly explain the exceptional
relocation date and a unit postal address
the sixth form and the section with the reasons for your request and you must
or quartering area address.
school’s contact details has a website also include up-to-date advice from an
address where its sixth form admissions appropriate education professional.
Siblings in the same year policy can be viewed.
Your request will be considered by the
group transferring
Individual schools take decisions on local authority’s service head for learning
Where two or more siblings are in the sixth form admission. Their policies will and achievement. The service head will
same year group (e.g. twins) and it’s therefore include: a timetable with a also seek the views of your child’s primary
the parent’s wish that they should closing date for the receipt of applications; school and its education psychologist,
attend the same school, if one sibling separate admission numbers for internal before deciding whether or not your child’s
can be offered a place, the other will and external applicants; and course entry needs can be met within the current
automatically be offered a place to criteria that apply to both internal and year group. You will be notified of the
ensure they’re not separated. external applicants. decision in writing.
Similar to the admissions arrangements You must also submit a secondary school
Changing preferences for entry to year 7, looked-after children application by the 31 October 2020
Parents and carers may not change their and previously looked-after children closing date. Where it is agreed that your
preferences unless there is a genuine are given the highest priority for sixth child can transfer early, your secondary
reason for doing so, for example a form admission, provided they meet the school application will then be considered
change of address. Requests to change school’s course entry criteria. separately, according to the school(s)
preferences must be made in writing, admission criteria. There is no guarantee
giving the full reasons. When deciding on admission to the sixth that your child will be offered a place at
form, a school will not take account of your preferred school(s).
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 132 SEN Criteria flowchart
Does your child have a statement of special educational Please contact the Special Educational
needs or an education, health and care plan? Needs team on 020 7364 4462.
1 Children looked after: Is your child looked after by
a local authority or was adopted (or made subject to
Your application will be considered under
this criterion and will have the highest
a child arrangements or special guardianship orders) priority. Please provide a letter from your
immediately after being looked after? child’s social worker to confirm that
See page 12 for a full definition. your child is or was looked after.
2 Medical/Social: Does your child, or any other family
member, have a strong medical or social need to
attend a specific school? If yes then please provide: Your application will be considered
• professional evidence (eg from a doctor or under this criterion, which has priority
educational psychologist) and over applications considered under
• an explanation outlining why this is the only school criteria 3 and 4.
that can meet your child’s needs
See page 12 for a full definition.
3 First born: Is your child:
• eldest in the family? eldest girl? eldest boy?
Your application will be considered
under this criterion. The closest 25 per
Pupils living nearest the school who are the first born
cent of First Born pupils in each Band
of their sex, in the case of a single sex school, or the
will have priority over applications
eldest child in the case of a mixed school.
considered under criteria 4 and 5.
See page 12 for a full definition.
Your application will be considered
4 Siblings: Does your child have a brother or sister at
the school at the time of admission September 2021?
under this criterion which has priority
over applications considered under
See page 12 and 13 for a full definition.
criteria 5.
5 Children of staff: Are you a member of staff who has
been employed at the school you are applying to for two Your application will be considered
or more years at the time of application and/or are you a under this criterion which has priority
member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy over applications considered under
for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage? criteria 6.
See page 12 for a full definition.
6 Distance: All remaining applications will be considered under the distance criterion, with priority given to
those children living closest to the school. See page 12 for an explanation of how we measure distances.
14 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021Questions and answers on
moving to secondary school 2
What is banding? How do I appeal? Further appeals
Tower Hamlets has a policy of banding The notification letter will give you The decision of the appeal panel is final.
to try to ensure that its schools take in an information about appeal procedures. A fresh appeal can be made where a new
even balance of pupils from a range of If you live in Tower Hamlets and application is unsuccessful. However,
abilities. All of the borough’s community you are refused a place at a Tower new applications in the same academic
schools use banding. This includes Central Hamlets school that uses the council’s year will only be allowed where there has
Foundation, George Green’s, London admission policy, you will receive been a relevant change of circumstances
Enterprise Academy, Mulberry Academy information on how to make your appeal since the original decision.
Shoreditch, Mulberry School for Girls, St online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/
Pauls Way Trust, Stepney All Saints CofE secondaryadmissions.
Secondary School (formerly known as Sir Do all schools keep
John Cass Foundation & Redcoat CofE When making your appeal, please state waiting lists?
Secondary School) and Stepney Green your reasons clearly, otherwise it may not
Maths, Computing and Science College. Waiting lists are held for the Tower Hamlets
be considered. For schools outside Tower
schools that use the council’s admission
Hamlets, you should immediately contact
Given the circumstances with Covid -19 policy. From March to September, there
the relevant local authority for details of
it was not possible to carry out the usual is a waiting list for each band. All schools
the appeal arrangements. You must do
testing arrangements of Year 5 pupils in the must keep a waiting list until the end of the
this straight away to make sure you do
school summer term 2020, in order for this autumn term, (December) at least. If you
not miss the appeal closing date.
data to then be used for secondary school are refused a place at a voluntary aided
banding. The band for a pupil attending a school or a school in another borough,
Tower Hamlets primary school will therefore When will my appeal be heard? you will have to check if they will keep the
be determined, this year, by a teacher waiting lists any longer than this.
Appeal panels are independent of schools
assessment in reading. The assessment
and admission authorities. They sit during
will be based on where the pupils would
the summer term and you should know How are the waiting lists kept?
have been predicted to have been working
their decision before your child starts
at the end of Year 5 had schools been Pupil Services will maintain the waiting
school in September. At the time of going
functioning ‘as normal’ and following the lists for Tower Hamlets community
to press, 302 appeals had been heard for
national curriculum Year 5 programmes schools. This includes Mulberry Academy
the 2020 secondary transfer admissions
of study. The results of the assessment is Shoreditch, Central Foundation Girls’,
and 16 were successful.
used to place a child in one of four bands George Green’s, Mulberry School for Girls,
Band A,B, C and D. D is the highest St Paul’s Way Trust and Stepney Green
scoring band. Are places reserved Maths, Computing and Science College.
For pupils applying from primary schools
for appeals?
If your child has not been offered a place
outside of Tower Hamlets we will also No. Places that become available before at one of your preferred schools, they
determine the band by asking the primary appeals have been heard will be filled will remain on the waiting lists for these
school for a teacher assessment in reading. periodically from the waiting list. If an schools until the end of the autumn
appeal is successful, the school must term (December). You will then need to
offer a place to the child concerned reapply to remain on the waiting list after
How will I be notified about the causing the number of children to December. See note on page 11.
outcome of my application? be admitted to exceed the planned
Notification of the outcome of your admission figure. No further places will be There will be separate waiting lists for
online application will be made by email. offered until the number of children to be each band - late applicants will be added
Emails will be sent from the evening of admitted drops beneath this figure again. to these. Until September 2021 the
1 March 2021. Parents/carers will also waiting lists for each band will be kept in
be notified by letter, which will be sent the following descending order of priority:
on 1 March 2021. 1. Children with a brother or sister in the
school at the time of admission.
What if I apply late? 2. Children living nearest the school. If
a vacancy arises, it will be offered to
If you apply after 31 October 2020 the first applicant on the waiting list for
your application may not be considered that band. If a school cannot fill all the
until April 2021. However, if it is agreed places available in a particular band,
that there is a good reason for your places will be filled by applicants from
application being late, consideration will adjoining bands.
be given and an exception to this rule
may be made.
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 152 Questions and answers on
moving to secondary school
From September 2021, the waiting lists are
combined into one list, disregarding the bands.
The order of priority for the waiting list will then be:
1. Children looked after by the local authority,
previously looked after children who
Before you apply:
left care under a residence or special
guardianship order, or those adopted from DO:
local authority care.
2. Children without a school place. Visit schools – this is the best way to get a feel for
3. Children with a brother or sister in the school. the school. You can meet staff, ask questions and see
4. Children whose parents are members of staff. the school in action. Visiting dates are on page 5
5. Children living nearest the school.
and available on each school’s details page.
Proximity to the school will determine priority Think about what is right for your child – don’t
where there are competing claims to a place.
rely on what others tell you, visit the school and see
for yourself.
What happens if I haven’t got a
place in a school of my choice? Talk to your child – involve them as much as you can.
You have a legal duty to ensure that your child Think about the journey – how easy will it be to get
receives an education. A place will be reserved to the school?
for your child at the nearest school to you that
still has a vacancy. You should take up the place Check the admissions criteria and how likely it is
reserved or contact Pupil Services to ask about that your child would be offered a place.
vacancies in other schools.
Use all your preferences – make sure you include
Where can I go for more advice? your most local school.
You can contact Pupil Services or visit the office Ask the pupil services team for advice.
in working hours. A Bengali and Sylheti speaking
member of staff is available upon request. Make sure you press ‘submit’ when you finish
your online application. You should receive a
Pupil Services reference number confirming safe receipt.
Email: s
chool.admissions@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7364 4307/5860
DON’T:
The Family Information, Advice and Support
Service (formerly Parents Advice Centre) offers Put private (independent) fee paying schools on
a range of services to parents and carers and your application – you should apply directly to the
young people including: private school.
• expert information advice and support
for parents of children with special Wait until the last minute to apply – you may have
educational needs problems logging in or getting online. Give yourself
• explaining the admissions process and plenty of time to think things through.
supporting parents in completing online
applications List only one school – your application won’t be
• supporting families with managed moves,
treated more favourably and you could lose out on
exclusions and appeals.
another school you like.
Tower Hamlets Transition Support Service
provides information and advice about
the secondary transfer process to help
families manage change and make
informed decisions.
For information on travel, free school meals, attendance
Contact: and local authority guidance visit
Email: transitions@towerhamlets.gov.uk www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Telephone: 020 7364 1533
16 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021Secondary schools and
14-19 provision in Tower Hamlets 3
School Page
Bishop Challoner Catholic Boys’ School 18
Bishop Challoner Catholic Girls’ School 20
Bow School 22
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour 24
Central Foundation Girls’ School 26
George Green’s School 28
Langdon Park School 30
London Enterprise Academy 32
Morpeth School 34
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 36
Mulberry School for Girls 38
Oaklands School 40
St Paul’s Way Trust School 42
Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary School
(formerly known as Sir John Cass Foundation & Redcoat CofE Secondary School) 44
Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College 46
Swanlea School 48
Wapping High School 50
East London Arts and Music College (16-19) 52
London East Alternative Provision (LEAP) 54
Mulberry University Technical College (UTC) (14-19) 56
New City College - Tower Hamlets (14-19) 58
South Quay College (14-16) 60
Apply online at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schooladmissions 173 Bishop Challoner Catholic
Boys’ School
Bishop Challoner Catholic Boys’ School enables every child to
achieve their utmost potential, not only academically but also in
terms of their spiritual and personal development.
Our ethos is based upon our faith and
emphasises kindness, duty to others and
a respect for the uniqueness and dignity of
all persons as children of God. Every boy’s
aptitudes and gifts are developed within
an environment that will encourage and
support his spiritual, physical, moral, and
intellectual development. We have high
expectations of all and expect all to achieve.
Our young men consistently outperform
boys nationally both at GCSE and at A level
and we also encourage independence,
resilience and personal growth through a
personal development programme which
has been recognised with the award of
World Class School status. When boys
leave our school they do so as confident
and responsible young men.
School organisation
Bishop Challoner Boys’ School is a
four-form entry Catholic school. Part of a
federation, we are attached to a mixed sixth
form, with a partner single-sex girls’ school
sharing our site. Students are taught in
tutor groups in some subjects and grouped
by ability in others in Key Stage 3. The
make-up of these groups is reviewed on an
ongoing basis to provide the educational In addition to GCSEs, we offer a selection with any emerging issues. We expand our
support and challenge that is needed. of vocational courses. These are available four forms of entry into five form groups
in ICT, business, sport health and social to ensure smaller class sizes that help us
During Key Stage 3, students study care and media. to create that environment in which each
the following: religious education, young man is known and cared for.
English, maths, science, modern foreign A similar range of A levels and vocational
languages, history, geography, music, courses are also available in our sixth form. As mentioned above, our federation was
art, drama, technology, ICT, and PE. This awarded World Class School status because
broad curriculum is refined in Key Stage We are well connected to various of the excellent work we do to promote
4 as students choose and prepare for prestigious universities and large the personal development of each child.
post-16 courses. companies with many of our students
going on to Oxbridge or Russel Group “The school’s work to promote
The following GCSEs are among those universities. We also run an application pupils’ personal development and
available in the option blocks: history, programme for funded scholarships to Ivy welfare is good. Pupils are proud
geography, modern foreign languages, League universities in the United States. of their school. They are confident
computing, music, art, drama, PE, resistant and self-assured learners. Teachers
materials, textiles, food technology, encourage pupils to develop their
Pastoral care own ideas and to listen respectfully
media, ICT, sociology and economics.
We want every child to be happy, safe to the views of others.” – Ofsted
The majority of students will choose either and successful. While pastoral care is
history or geography and take a modern the responsibility of every member of We value every member of our community
foreign language as well as choosing two staff, the head of year and the form tutor and look to develop the whole person –
other subjects. provide more individual support and deal body, spirit and mind.
18 Ready for Secondary School in Tower Hamlets 2021Bishop Challoner Catholic
Boys’ School 3
We recognise Christ at the centre
(reflecting our mission statement) and Learning support Extracurricular activities/sport
have developed our pastoral care There are several systems in place to ensure There is a whole spectrum of extra-
systems to support this. We have that our students are supported to achieve. curricular activities on offer to all
regular acts of worship, both within the They are based on the following principles: students. Clubs range from choirs and
school and in the attached church, and • We ensure academic mentoring and jazz bands to cooking, coding, sport,
we emphasise the need for spiritual support is available for every student and world religions.
growth and enquiry as our young if they begin to underachieve against
people prepare for their adult lives. We their potential at any point in their At Bishop Challoner, we know that sport
teach of the need to respect the self, education here. plays an integral role in society and in
each other and God. • We ensure that support offered is the development of a young person. PE
evidence based, regularly reviewed develops a wide range of competencies
“There is a wide range of support for and carefully explained to parents. that help students to thrive in adult
vulnerable pupils and pupils say that • We differentiate by starting with high life, promoting the physical, social and
they feel supported.” – Ofsted expectations and then finding a way mental wellbeing of a young person. We
to support all pupils to meet these have strong links with many local clubs
expectations. and actively encourage our students to
Accommodation • Teachers understand the different participate in sport outside of school.
Bishop Challoner is in a new £28 million, categories of special educational needs
landmark building on Commercial and disabilities (SEND) and therefore Sport is an area in which we excel and
Road, housing state-of-the-art facilities, plan in a strategic and holistic way. our boys perform at the highest level of
designed to provide the best single-sex • Our routines and structures are SEND- sporting achievement. This includes our
education possible. friendly to ensure solid foundations boys taking part in borough and regional
from which teachers can further build teams in both football and athletics and
Bishop Challoner is a wheelchair in support where needed. having several young men on the national
accessible school. It has three athletics teams for their age groups and
accessible lifts to all floors and ten We believe that your child’s learning in premiership club programmes.
accessible toilets, one with changing needs will first be met through the
facilities. We recommend that parents high-quality teaching delivered by their Do come and see for yourself all that
of prospective pupils who might use subject teacher. Additional classroom and Bishop Challoner has to offer.
these facilities visit the school on one withdrawal support is available through
of the dates set out below. our SEND team and where appropriate
our Learning Support Centre.
School information
Bishop Challoner Catholic Boys’ School Admission arrangements
352 Commercial Road, E1 0LB Number of places available for year 7: 120
Tel: 020 7791 9500 Oversubscription criteria: see admissions policy on
Fax: 020 7791 9594 school website
Email: tdavis@bishop.towerhamlets.sch.uk Previous year’s applications: see page 9
Twitter: @ChallonerBOYS @ChallonerCFS Previous year’s appeals: 0
Website: www.bishopchallonerfederation.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Open days
Headteacher: Richard Fitzgerald See www.bishopchallonerfederation.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Age range: 11-18 and www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/secondaryadmissions
Phase of education: secondary for up to date visiting arrangements
Gender: boys
Type of school: voluntary aided school Uniform and general
Day/boarding school: day Uniform: see school website
Religious character: Roman Catholic Exam results: see school website
Selection: non-selective Ofsted reports: the full report is available at
Total number of pupils: 600 http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk or on the school website
School policies: see school website
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