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<cms:item xmlns:cms="http://www.arsdigita.com/cms/1.0" xmlns="http://www.esd.org.uk/standards/esdbody" oid="[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ESDService:{id=14}]"><cms:name>education-3-14</cms:name><cms:language>en</cms:language><cms:title>Secondary school places</cms:title><cms:dublinCore oid="[com.arsdigita.london.cms.dublin.DublinCoreItem:{id=14}]"><cms:name>education-3-14-dublin-metadata</cms:name><cms:dcAudience>Parents</cms:dcAudience><cms:dcCoverage>content="99XX" scheme="ONS SNAC"</cms:dcCoverage><cms:dcCoveragePostcode/><cms:dcCoverageSpatialRef/><cms:dcCoverageUnit/><cms:dcDateValid/><cms:dcDisposalReview/><cms:dcLanguage>en</cms:dcLanguage><cms:dcTemporalBegin/><cms:dcTemporalEnd/><cms:dcCreatorOwner>LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk</cms:dcCreatorOwner><cms:dcCreatorContact>LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk</cms:dcCreatorContact><cms:dcPublisher>Tameside MBC - LAWS project - http://laws.tameside.gov.uk</cms:dcPublisher><cms:dcRights/><cms:dcKeywords>secondary, school, places</cms:dcKeywords></cms:dublinCore><cms:textAsset oid="[com.arsdigita.cms.TextAsset:{id=14}]"><cms:content><![CDATA[<h2>Education</h2><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><p><i>Frequently Asked Questions regarding admission to Secondary School</i></p><hr/><ul>
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<a href="#1">Where can I get detailed information about individual schools?</a>
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<a href="#2">What types of schools are there?</a>
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<a href="#3">When can my child start school?</a>
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<a href="#4">Supporting information</a>
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<a href="#5">Applying out of authority</a>
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<a href="#6">Changing schools other than at the normal transfer age</a>
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<a href="#7">Parental Preference</a>
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<a href="#8">Community schools over subscription criteria</a>
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</ul><h4>
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Where can I get detailed information about individual schools?</h4><p>Every school publishes its own prospectus which it will give to parents on request. In the prospectus parents will find information about the school's</p><ul>
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<li title="*">aims and values</li>
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<li title="*">organisation of teaching</li>
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<li title="*">public examination results</li>
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<li title="*">National Curriculum assessment results</li>
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<li title="*">attendance figures</li>
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<li title="*">admissions policy</li>
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<li title="*">level of demand for places in the previous year (secondary schools)</li>
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</ul><p>Information about examination results will be available from secondary schools each November. You can contact a school direct</p><h4>
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What types of school are there?</h4><p>
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<strong>Community Schools</strong>
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</p><p>These are schools which are established, maintained and controlled
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by the Council. The majority of schools in the borough are community schools. The
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Council is responsible for all admissions to community schools. </p><p>
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<strong>Voluntary Schools</strong>
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</p><p>Some schools were established and are owned by a voluntary body.
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Usually it is a church body, either Church of England or Roman Catholic, but this
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does not have to be the case. The governing body of a voluntary school has a majority
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of its governors appointed by the church authority or foundation which provides
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the school. The purpose of these foundation governors is to look after the interests
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of the founding authority. This would, for example, seek to preserve any religious
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associations which the school has. Voluntary Aided Schools are responsible for all
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their own admissions arrangements. Admissions decisions are taken by the governing
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body. Voluntary Controlled Schools, like community schools, have their admissions
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handled by the Council.</p><h4>
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When can my child start school?</h4><p>Transfer from primary to secondary education takes place in
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the September following a child's eleventh birthday. In October parents of children
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in <span class="gen">enter council name</span> schools who are
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due to transfer in the following September will receive a letter from the Director
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Education and Children's Services along with an application form and notes of guidance
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which explain how to fill it in.</p><h4>
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Supporting Information</h4><p>The admissions authority, which is the local education authority
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for community schools and the governing body for voluntary aided schools, has a
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duty to operate its published admissions procedures fairly and equally for all applicants.
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So that this can happen, it is important that all the information which parents
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provide in support of an application is accurate and honest. This ranges from the
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child's normal place of residence through to information about any exceptional medical
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or social circumstances which the authority is being asked to take into consideration.
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If any of this information is shown to be false, for example if a child is not normally
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resident at the address given on the application form, then the offer of a place
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may be withdrawn at any time. Parents who get a place for their child as a result
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of false information are taking away from another child who is more deserving of it.</p><h4>
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Applying out of authority</h4><p>Parents of children living in the areas of other local education
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authorities who wish to apply for secondary places in <span class="gen">enter council name</span> schools are advised to apply in writing to the Admissions
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Officer, Education and Children's Services at the address given below for applications
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for community schools.</p><p>Parents resident in <span class="gen">enter council name</span> who wish to apply for places in schools maintained by other
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authorities should apply to the authority concerned (see list of all neighbouring
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authorities below) and, at the same time, notify the Education and Children's Services
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Directorate in <span class="gen">enter council name</span> that
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they are seeking a place elsewhere.</p><p>Parents living in the areas of other local education authorities
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and whose children are attending a <span class="gen">enter council name</span> primary school, are advised to also apply for places in schools
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maintained by their local education authority. Doing so will not reduce their chances
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of being offered a place in a <span class="gen">enter council name</span>
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school, but will ensure their child is not left without an offer of a school place.</p><h4>
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Changing schools other than at the normal transfer
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age</h4><p>Parents who wish their child to transfer to another school at
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any time other than the normal stages of 11 plus or 16 plus should first of all
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discuss it with the headteacher of the school concerned, before completing an application
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form. Parents applying for places in voluntary aided schools should write to the
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Headteacher direct. Parents applying for places in community and voluntary controlled
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schools other than in the normal intake year will be offered a place in the nearest
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school with a vacancy in that age group.</p><h4>
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Parental Preference</h4><p>Parents have the right to express a preference for the school
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they would like their child to attend. All schools must admit children up to their
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admission limit which is published in this brochure and in each school's own prospectus.
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Wherever possible places are offered in the school which the parents prefer. However,
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if there are more applicants for a school than there are places available, there
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has to be a way of deciding which children will be admitted.</p><h4>
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Community Schools over subscription criteria:</h4><p>Priority 1. Children who are normally resident in the catchment area of a school *(see note below)</p><p>Priority 1a. Children who have been unsuccessful at obtaining a catchment area place at priority 1.</p><p>Priority 2. Applications on medical grounds. Medical grounds must relate to the individual child's medical condition.</p><p>Priority 3. Applications on social grounds, or on grounds of having an older brother or sister at the school at the same time;</p><p>Priority 4. All other applications allocated on the actual distance measured in a straight line from the child's home to the school.</p><p>(*) Please note, in the event that a school is over-subscribed from within the catchment area the over subscription criteria will be applied to the catchment area children using the following principles:</p><ul>
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<li title="*">Applications on medical grounds. Medical grounds must relate to the individual child's medical condition.</li>
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<li title="*">Applications on social grounds, or on grounds of having an older brother or
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sister at the school at the same time</li>
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<li title="*">Applications from children attending one of the school's linked primary schools</li>
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<li title="*">All other applications allocated on the actual distance measured in a straight
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line from the child's home to the school.</li>
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</ul><p>Places are offered in February. Parents will then be given four
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weeks in which to accept or decline the offer.</p><p>At the end of the four week period the offer of a place, including
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a catchment area place, will be withdrawn from any parent who has declined the offer
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or who has not responded. Those places will then be offered immediately to children
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on the waiting list.</p><p>All applications received by the closing date on the form are
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treated equally. Any late or amended applications will be considered after these,
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unless there are particular circumstances which prevented the application being
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made earlier.</p><p>If parents are refused the school of their preference, including
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if this is the catchment area school they will be entitled to stay on the waiting
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list of the school they have a preference for. Please note places will only be offered
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off the waiting list on a monthly basis following the initial offer date. Please
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note that a child's waiting list position can move up or down.</p><p>The places which are offered in February are provisional offers
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only. It is important that parents provide the local education authority with any
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information relating to changes in circumstances, as soon as they occur. If you
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have been offered a catchment area place or a place on distance and you change address
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this offer of a place can be withdrawn as a result.</p><p>The admissions authority does have the power under the Education
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Act 1998 to set aside these arrangements and refuse a place if the admission of
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additional children would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the
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efficient use of resources. These Admission Arrangements apply for one year only.
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The admissions policy is reviewed on an annual basis. This includes any catchment
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area arrangements.</p><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><span class="gen">postal address here</span><h3>
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<a href="/ccm/services/pid.jsp?pid=14"> Providing Information
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