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Guide to primary school admissions in Wandsworth

A Parental Guide to School Admissions in the Vale 2017–2018

Parents' guide to primary admissions - Derbyshire County Council

The school admissions team cannot award this priority without completion of the supplementary form. Please call the admissions team if you would like further information or speak to your child's nursery setting.

The guide for parents

Schools in other authorities may also have a supplementary form. Please see the website of the local authority in which the school is situated for more information if you are considering applying for these schools. Find your catchment area school. Your catchment area school s also known as designated area school s is the one for which your address has priority.

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You should consider including it in your application, although there is no guarantee you will get a place there. The admissions guide gives more details. Not all addresses do have a catchment area school. If your child has special needs SEN but does not have a statement or education, health and care EHC plan or statement, they will be considered for a place at your preferred school in the same way as any other child. If your child has an EHC Plan to support their special needs, you must apply through the SEN team and we would advise you to discuss their primary school transfer with your case officer as your application will be considered differently.

You may wish to speak to your SEN case officer for more information. Skip Navigation Jobs Sign up Login. Search site Search Search. Primary and junior school admissions. You must still apply for a school place even if your child attends nursery until at a school. If you apply online you will: Find out the offer of a school place at 9am on 16th April Other applicants will need to wait for the letter which will be posted second class on 16th April Be able to change your preferences or preference order up until the 15th January Receive an email confirming your application has been received.

Open days Information about schools open days can be found on the schools website. How places are allocated All schools have an admission policy and if there are more applications than places available, the places will be allocated according to the published over-subscription criteria of the school which are listed in the guide. Any applications received after 31 December will be considered as late, regardless if supporting evidence is provided. If your child lives in Reading and you have not yet applied or if you have changed your mind about your preferred schools, please complete our online form.

If this is received by the team after 31st October then your previous application will be withdrawn and the new application marked as late so please consider carefully use of this option before the offer date. This guide provides information on how your application will be considered for each school and each school's admission policy. If you would like a paper copy of this document, please contact your child's current school or contact the admissions team on Please note that some schools also require a supplementary form that you may wish to complete as well as your application to us. Please see below for more information.

Some schools have their own form which you will need to complete in addition to the local authority secondary school application form.

Post these forms directly to the schools. Introduced in , the pupil premium is a sum of money given to schools each year by the Government to improve the attainment of disadvantaged children. It is awarded to schools for children who: If you are unsure if your child is eligible for priority for admission to school based on this criteria, please ask your child's current school.

More information on Pupil Premium Schools in other authorities may also have a supplementary form - e. Piggott School in Wokingham. Please see the website of the local authority in which the school is situated for more information if you are considering applying for these schools. Results will be sent before the application round closes so parents can decide whether to include the grammar schools as a preference on their application form based on their score.

Please see school's website for details before making your application.

Find your catchment area school. Your catchment area school s also known as designated area school s is the one for which your address has priority. The relevant support payments are:. If you think your child or children might qualify for free school meals, then you will need to complete an application form available from:.

Guide to primary school admissions in Wandsworth

This grant is available only for those pupils who are transferring from primary to secondary school, and will not be available for any child already in attendance at a secondary school. Eligibility for a uniform grant entitlement is provided for parents who are in receipt of certain support payments. Children of families in receipt of the following may also be eligible:. If you think your child or children might qualify for a uniform grant, then you will need to complete an application form available from admissions valeofglamorgan. Application forms are obtainable during the second half of the summer term for transfer to secondary school in the following September.

The Education Maintenance Allowance provides financial support for year olds who are continuing with their education at schools or further education institutions.

School admissions and appeals

You can post this to the admissions team or return the form to your child's current school if your child attends a state Reading primary school. If you live within the borough of Reading, you must apply to Reading Borough Council for any state secondary school, even if the school you would like is in another council area. Tuesday 1 March is national offer day for secondary schools. If your child has special needs SEN but does not have a statement or education, health and care EHC plan or statement, they will be considered for a place at your preferred school in the same way as any other child. The changes also allow admission authorities to admit armed forces pupils to their local school should they move into the area outside of the admission round. If parents feel that a problem at school is so serious as to necessitate a change, you are urged to take all reasonable steps to resolve the issue with the school first, and then to seek advice from the Council if necessary, before applying formally for a transfer. If you have not had confirmed receipt by 1st February please do contact the team to check the admissions team have received your form.

It is means tested and to be eligible you will need to be:. If you think you may be eligible please contact your school directly. Further information is available at www.

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The Vale of Glamorgan Council adheres to the advice, guidance and legislation provided by Welsh Government with regard to entrance for public examinations. Further information on school policy can be gained from the school direct, along with details of public examination results. All pupils are entitled to be entered for public examinations at the appropriate level for the subjects they study.

Examination fees are normally paid by the school, subject to terms and conditions. Proof of Address more than one address. In certain rare cases, the particular circumstances of a child will allow for their application to be considered under this criterion. For this to take place, disclosure of the facts of the case should be provided confidentially by no later than the closing date. This evidence should be from a medical professional or social services and will need to specify that the pupil can only attend the school in question and the specific reasons for this.

In these rare cases, advice should be sought as soon as possible from the School Access Team in advance of the closing date. Without this evidence the application will not be able to be considered under this criterion. Due to the high number of applications being processed, the School Access Team will not contact the parents to request this information if it is missing. It is the responsibility of the parent to provide it. Why am I seeing this advert?

A summary of the main changes is provided below: You will find below some important dates relating to the application process, including the closing date and when we will inform you of the outcome of your application. The benefits of the system are: For more details please view our web pages or email admissions valeofglamorgan. The traditional paper-based process is still available and requires parents to fill in a paper application form and send it to the council.

A Parental Guide to School Admissions in the Vale 2017–2018

An acknowledgement will be sent by post. If your child is three years old between: If your child is five on or before: The appropriate admission authority for this category of schools is the governing body to which all applications should be made. The Council and other admission authorities within its geographical area must however agree common offer dates in order to assist parents. Voluntary Aided Schools have their own published oversubscription criteria. These can be found in appendix 6. Contact details for each school are given in the school list in appendix 1.

The school website is also a useful source of information. The Council is the admission authority for all of our Welsh Medium schools. Additional Welsh medium provision has been established in recent years in the Barry and Llantwit Major area to meet an increase in demand for Welsh Medium school places. As a result of the establishment of two additional primary schools and the creation of catchment areas, the council will be applying transitional admission arrangements and oversubscription criteria, as detailed below, for admission to Welsh Medium primary schools.

Parents' guide to primary admissions - Derbyshire County Council

These arrangements will enable children who have an older sibling attending school to be able to attend the same school as their older sibling if requested by parents. Moving from Primary to Secondary School. The Secondary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan are listed in appendix 1 of this booklet. Admission is based on a system of feeder primary schools.

Secondary schools are classified as Community, Foundation or Aided Schools. The Council is responsible for the admission arrangements for Community Schools, whilst individual school governing bodies are responsible for the Foundation and Aided sector. Transfer from Primary to Secondary Education. In these circumstances, advice should be sought from the School Access team.

The council will not: Provision for Children who have Additional Learning Needs. The Vale of Glamorgan Council provides transport as follows: The relevant support payments are: School Uniform Assistance Scheme. Children of families in receipt of the following may also be eligible: