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2020 - 2021 The Academy @ Watford UTC
ADMISSIONS INFORMATION
2020-2021The Academy @ Watford UTC
01 ADMISSIONS INFORMATION 2020-2021
Introduction Address/Contact Details
The Academy @ Watford UTC
This booklet provides information on the
18 Colonial Way
admissions process for secondary transfer
Watford
2020
Hertfordshire
WD24 4PT
General Enquiries
Tel: 01923 905240
Email: admin@watfordutc.org
Website: www.watfordutc.org
School Admissions
Tel: 01923 905225
Email Admissions
admissions@watfordutc.org
Principal
Mrs Emma Loveland
Chair of Governors
Mr Ashok Patil02
Contents
• Admissions Criteria for
Secondary Transfer
2020
• Admissions Policy for
Secondary Transfer
2020
• Secondary Transfer Process
- Information for Parents
• Application Form for Admission in
2020 at Secondary TransferThe Academy @ Watford UTC
03 ADMISSIONS INFORMATION 2020-2021
ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR SECONDARY ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR SECONDARY
TRANSFER 2020 TRANSFER 2020
The school is a co-educational, all-ability Academy. GENERAL INFORMATION
The Admissions Committee of the Governing Body, The Academy @ Watford UTC educates students between the ages of 11 and
which includes the Principal, is responsible for all 18. It is a co-educational, all ability school. We are proud of our values:
admissions to the school. Respect each other – value difference; Show a passion for learning; Aspire to
achieve excellence; Be energetic and innovative
The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for year 7 As an Academy, the Admissions Committee of the Governing Body, which
will be 90 students. includes the Principal, is responsible for all admissions to the school.
Every secondary transfer applicant to The Academy @ Watford UTC must
HOW PLACES ARE ALLOCATED complete two forms: a Secondary Application Form from their Local Authority
and The Academy @ Watford UTC Application Form which is also known as a
When the applications for admission exceed the Supplementary Information Form.
number of places available, the following It is the Governors’ policy that students will be taught within their normal age
oversubscription criteria will be applied, in the order group because the school’s curriculum is differentiated for all abilities within
set out below: the cohort.
1. CHILDREN IN PUBLIC CARE (Criterion 1)
1. The Governors will fulfil their legal obligation to A child in Public Care means a child who is or has been looked after by a Local
allocate a place to a looked after child or a child Authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989[2] at the time
an application for his/her admission to the school is made, and who the Local
who was previously looked after. For further details Authority has confirmed will still be in Public Care at the time when he/she is
please read Section 1 of the Admissions Policy. admitted to the school. Children who were in public care can apply under this
criterion if they have been adopted, are subject to a Child Arrangements Order
or Special Guardianship Order. These children must have been looked after
2. Children whose sibling is in attendance at the immediately prior to becoming subject of the order.
school at the time of application. For further In order to apply under this criterion, as an adopted child, the following
details please read Section 2 of the Secondary evidence will be required a Care Order, an Adoption Order and an Adoption
Transfer Admissions Policy. Certificate. To apply by means of a Child Arrangements Order or Special
Guardianship Order the applicant will be required to provide a copy of the
Order plus official evidence from the Local Authority to show that the child was
3. Children of staff who are permanently in their care immediately prior to becoming subject to the order.
employed to work at The Academy @ Watford 2. SIBLINGS (Criterion 2)
UTC. For further details please read Section 3 of 2.1 For the purposes of the School’s Admission Criteria, a sibling is defined as
the Secondary Transfer Admissions Policy. an applicant who has at least one natural parent (or parent by legal
adoption/carer) in common with a student at the school, or an applicant
who is related as a step-sibling to a student by the inter-marriage of one of
4. Distance places will be allocated on the basis of each of their parents prior to the date of application. In every case, the
proximity to the school. The distance from the siblings must reside in the same house as each other Monday to Friday.
school to an applicant’s home address is 2.2 A brother or sister is considered to have a sibling connection only if their
older brother or sister will be attending the school at the time of
calculated using a straight line distance application of the younger sibling.
measurement provided by AddressBase Premium.
2.3 In the case of twins/multiple births from the same household if only one
For further details please read Section 4 of the twin qualifies for admission, the school will allocate places to both children,
Secondary Transfer Admissions Policy. conditional on both twins attending the school. If the qualifying twin
withdraws, then the second place is forfeit. This principle will apply to other
multiple births such as triplets. Additional place(s) will be counted as sibling
Children with Statements of Special Educational admissions.
Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan are 2.4 Where there is more than one sibling on the continuing interest list the
not subject to the oversubscription criteria and applicant who lives closest to the school, in a straight line as determined by
AddressBase Premium, will be allocated a place first.
parents are advised to read Section 10 of the
3. CHILDREN OF STAFF (Criterion 3)
Secondary Transfer Admissions Policy.
Children of staff employed by the Governors of The Academy @ Watford
UTC will be allocated a place if either or all of the following conditions are
Parents are strongly advised to read the school’s met:
a. Where a member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more
Prospectus and Admissions Policy before submitting years at the time the application is made.
their application. b. Where the Governors can demonstrate that the member of staff has been
recruited to fill a vacant position for which there is a demonstrable skills
shortage.
Further information regarding admission to The c. In addition to either (a) or (b) the child must live at the same permanent
address as the member of staff.
Academy @ Watford UTC can also be found on the
school website www.watfordutc.org/admissions04
ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR SECONDARY TRANSFER 2020 (cont.)
4. DISTANCE (Criteria 4)
4.1 Any remaining places will be allocated on distance. For the purposes of 6.2 The Local Authority’s Secondary Application Form must be completed and
Criteria 4, an applicant’s home address shall be the family home for the returned to the Local Authority. The School’s own Application Form, once
applicant for a period of a minimum of 2 years immediately prior to completed, must be returned to the School. Both forms must be received by
application. Where an applicant has not been in residence at the stated the closing date for admissions (31st October 2019), in order for the application
address for the period of two years prior to application, it shall be the to be considered on time. If the school does not receive a Supplementary
responsibility of the applicant to demonstrate the authenticity of the applicant’s Information Form, i.e. the school’s own application form, by the closing date for
address and that the address is permanent. The school may check the applications, then the school will be unable to judge the application against its
authenticity of the address stated. Proof of residence may be requested and own admission criteria.
must be provided.
6.3 The closing date for applications is published by the Local Authority in the
4.2 Where parents/carers share parental responsibility for part of the week then ‘Moving On’ Booklet, online at www.hertsdirect.org and also on The Academy
both home addresses must be quoted and the address of the parent where @ Watford UTC Application Form. Applicants who complete a Secondary
the child spends the majority of their time will be considered as the permanent Application Form by the deadline will be deemed on-time applicants.
home address. In all cases, the relevant parent must have parental
responsibility (sole or shared) for the applicant. 6.4 Applications received by the Local Authority and the School after the
closing date for applications but before the allocation date the following
4.3 The Governors are concerned to ensure that applicants who provide March will be considered as ‘Late Applications’. These ‘Late Applications’ will
misleading, incomplete or fraudulent information for admissions do not be considered after the second round allocations have been made from the
deprive other applicants of a rightful place. The Governors will consider each ‘continuing interest’ list.
application and have the absolute discretion to refuse to base an allocation
on an address which might be considered to be temporary or false. An 6.5 If an application is made to The Academy @ Watford UTC after the allocation date on
application from a home address which is rented accommodation could be 1st March 2020 then the school will take the following action:
subject to review and may be refused if, inter alia:- a. If it is a new application to the school and parents/carers have not
a. the rental agreement has been contracted in the 12 month period previously been part of the secondary transfer co-ordinated process, then
prior to the closing date for admissions; the application will be slotted into the continuing interest list.
b. the family has recently moved from a property from which their application b. If the applicant has been part of the co-ordinated secondary transfer
was less likely to be successful; process but did not list The Academy @ Watford UTC as an initial
c. there are reasonable grounds to believe that the home address preference, then the application will only be considered as late if there
provided is an “accommodation” address for the purposes of a are extenuating circumstances as to why the application was not
fraudulent application; or received on time.
d. evidence of the parental address is not supplied at the time application is 7. CONTINUING INTEREST LIST
made.
7.1 Applicants who have been refused will automatically have their name
Where a family is renting a property with a Tenancy Agreement the agreement added to the continuing interest list and, should a place become available,
must be for at least 2 years with no break clause and the applicant must show they their case will be considered along with other applicants on the continuing
have relinquished all ties to the previous address, or that the move is not easily interest list.
The list will cease to operate at the end of the autumn term 2020.
reversible. If the applicant does not meet the above requirements, then the
parental address will remain that at which the parent was resident before the 7.2 Following allocations, unsuccessful applicants will be given their position
period of temporary residence began. on the continuing interest list. Updated positions will be given at the Appeal
stage if this is relevant. Positions on the continuing interest list will not be updated
Where a family has moved within the 12 month period prior to the closing any more frequently.
date for admissions and has a previous property which has not been sold
then that property should be leased, through an agency, for a minimum 7.3 If your child is allocated a place at a school that you ranked higher than
period of 2 years with no break clause. The Academy @ Watford UTC on the Secondary Application Form then the
Governors would not normally add the applicant’s name to the continuing
4.4 The distance is measured from the main entrance of the school to an interest list as they would assume your preference had been met.
applicant’s home address using a straight line distance measurement
provided by AddressBase Premium. 7.4 The Governors’ policy is not to consider repeat applications during the
same academic year unless there has been a significant change in
Hertfordshire County Council’s ‘straight line’ distance measurement system is circumstances relevant to the application.
used for all home to school distance measurements. Distances are measured
8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
using a computerised mapping system to two decimal places. The
8.1 Applicants and their parents are provided with comprehensive
measurement is taken from the AddressBase Premium address point of your
information about the school and the application process. This information is
child’s house to the address point of the school. AddressBase Premium data is a
available in the School Prospectus, the insert booklet given to each
nationally recognised method of identifying the location of schools and
applicant and on the school website www.watfordutc.org
individual residences.
8.2 The school and the Principal provide information at the Information Event,
4.5 Applications must be made from the address where the applicant is held in the Autumn Term 2019, for all prospective applicants.
residing at the time of application. If the applicant changes address after 8.3 If an applicant or unsuccessful applicant requests further information, they
applying for a place at the school, the applicant should advise the school in may be directed to the sources of information already provided, if this is
writing, immediately. Provision of an incorrect home address or other false applicable.
information is likely to lead to the withdrawal of an offer of a place.
8.4 The school will provide information for unsuccessful candidates. This will
4.6 The Academy @ Watford UTC is an autonomous admitting authority and take the form of a comprehensive Pupil Audit report giving positions on the
as such will make the decision as to whether or not to accept a change of continuing interest lists in March 2020.
address during the secondary transfer process.
9. EDUCATIONAL HEALTH AND CARE PLAN
5. TIE BREAK Applicants with a statement or Educational Health and Care Plan (EHCP) must
5.1 The distance criteria (Criteria 4) are measured to two decimal places. If complete the school’s Secondary Transfer Application Form and submit all the
the next allocation is to two or more applicants and their distances are relevant documentation before the closing date for admission. The Governors
identical, then a random selection will be made. will allocate a place to a child with a statement or EHCP where The Academy
@ Watford UTC is the only school named in the statement/EHCP and the
5.2 Random selection will be carried out independently by an Admissions statement/EHCP has been submitted before the final date for submitting
Officer at Hertfordshire Local Authority. applications. These places are allocated following appropriate professional
6. APPLICATION PROCESS consultation and provided that Governors believe the school is suitable for
meeting the identified needs of the child; that the attendance of the child
6.1 The Academy @ Watford UTC participates within the co-ordinated would be compatible with the education of other students; and that the school
admission arrangements operated by the Local Authority. All applicants are is able to deploy its resources efficiently without prejudice to other students in
required to complete the Secondary Application Form provided by the Local the school.
Authority in which they reside. They must rank The Academy @ Watford UTC as
one of their preferences on the Secondary Application Form if they wish their 10. WITHDRAWAL OF A PLACE
application to be considered by the school. The Governors of the school will withdraw an offer of a place if the place is
All applicants are requested to complete The Academy @ Watford UTC offered in error, a parent fails to respond to an offer within a reasonable time
Application Form (also known as a Supplementary Information Form) in order or the Governors offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally
for the Governors Admissions Committee to be able to apply the admission misleading application from a parent or in the case were negligent
rules to the application. misstatement has been made. Applicants must inform the Governors of any
change in circumstances relating to the application immediately, and in
writing. A decision will then be made as to whether or not this affects the
application or the place offered.
11. APPEALS
If you wish to appeal against the Governors’ decision not to award you a
place you need to either:
a. Log into your online application at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions and
click on the link “register an appeal”.
b. If you did not apply through the Hertfordshire online application
system either contact the Hertfordshire Customer Service Centre on
0300 123 4043 to request appeals information.Governors’ Admissions Committee, The Academy@Watford UTC, August 2018
The Academy @ Watford UTC
05 ADMISSIONS INFORMATION 2020-2021
SECONDARY TRANSFER PROCESS INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
The Secondary Transfer process is a lengthy and time
consuming one for The Academy @ Watford UTC and
we would appreciate your help in ensuring that the
process runs smoothly and efficiently if you decide to
make an application to this school. We seek to limit
the amount of telephone contact made during the
process in order to allow time for the necessary
administration to be carried out efficiently.
Once you have submitted your application, we request that
you communicate with us, if necessary, in writing or by email.
Letters should be addressed to the Admissions Officer at the
school. All correspondence will be added to your application
file.
Any additional communications (including evidence) that
you submit after the closing date for applications will be
added to your application file, but will not normally be
acknowledged. If you require an acknowledgement, please
include a stamped addressed envelope or postcard with
each communication. It should be noted that such
information may only be taken into consideration from the
date it is received and may not reach us before decisions
have been made regarding the outcome of your
application.
Any change of address or circumstances relating to the
application should be advised to us immediately in writing.
Once places have been allocated at the school and
parents have been informed of the allocations, we do
operate a “Continuing Interest” list. Positions on the
Continuing Interest list will be communicated to parents at the
time outlined in the Admissions Policy.
If you submitted evidence which you would like
returned, please arrange to collect it from the school
before the end of the Summer Term 2020.
Distance measurement to school
The distance from the school to an applicant’s home
address is calculated using a straight line distance
measurement provided by AddressBase Premium. Further
information regarding the distance calculations can be
found in the Moving On booklet or by accessing the Local
Authority Website:
www.hertsdirect.org/admissions.
Significant Dates
Please note the following dates in reference to
the Secondary Transfer Process.
Autumn Term 2019 Information Event E
31st Oct 2019 Deadline for return
of all Secondary
Application Forms
Applicants to The Academy @ Watford UTC must apply
to both the school, using the school application form,
and to the Local Authority.
Thurs 1st Mar 2020 Parents will be informed of the
offer of a secondary school placeAPPLICATION FOR ADMISSION IN 2020
AT SECONDARY TRANSFER
The Academy @ Watford UTC
18 Colonial Way, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 4PT. Telephone for Admissions 01923 905225
Please complete this form in black ink and block capitals and return it unfolded to the Admissions Officer at the above
address not later than 31st October 2019. Should you wish to receive an acknowledgement of your application, please
stamp and self-address the postcard in this pack. All Secondary Transfer applicants must complete the SECONDARY
APPLICATION FORM for your local authority in addition to The Academy @ Watford UTC Application Form.
CHILD’S SURNAME:
CHILD’S FORENAMES:
GENDER: MALE FEMALE (please tick)
DATE OF BIRTH: AGE ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2020:
PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS: (at time of application)
POSTCODE: HOME TELEPHONE NO:
(Not a mobile number)
NAME FATHER/CARER:
NAME MOTHER/CARER:
DAYTIME TELEPHONE NO/MOBILE NO:
PRESENT SCHOOL:
Before continuing, please read carefully the Admissions Criteria and Admissions Policy available on
pages 03 and 04 of the Admissions Information booklet to ensure that your application is completed
appropriately. PLEASE TICK THE ADMISSIONS CRITERIA by which you wish your child to be considered. You
may wish your application to be considered under more than one criterion.
1 2 3 4
SIBLING CONNECTION (please tick) YES NO (If yes, please complete the following)
Full name:
Dates of attendance: From: To:
To the best of my knowledge the information given by me in connection with this application is correct and I
agree to notify the Principal immediately of any change of my address or other circumstances.
I have completed the Secondary Application Form and returned it to my Local Authority.
Signed: (Parent) Date:
IF USING AN A4 ENVELOPE PLEASE USE THE CORRECT STAMP
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ADMISSIONS INFORMATION 2020-2021
The Academy @ Watford UTC
Principal: Emma Loveland
18 Colonial Way, Watford, Hertfordshire WD24 4PT
Tel: 01923 905240
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