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CONTENTSTimetable 1

ExplanationofTerms 2

WhatYouNeedtoConsiderBeforeSubmittinganApplication-Wheretogethelp 7

HowtoApplyforaSecondarySchoolPlace 10

HowOffersareDecided 13

LateApplications/ChangeofPreference/WaitingList/Appeals 15

QuestionsandAnswers 17

OpenEvenings 19

SchoolsinReading

BlessedHughFaringdonCatholicSchool 20

HighdownSchoolandSixthFormCentre 25

JohnMadejskiAcademy 28

KendrickSchool 31

MaidenErleghSchoolinReading 35

ProspectSchool 39

ReadingSchool 42

ReadingGirls’School 52

UCTReading 54

WREN(includingschoolmap) 57 DesignatedAreaMap-forHighdownSchool,ProspectSchoolandJohnMadejskiAcademy60

SchoolsinotherLocalAuthorities–includingMaidenErleghSchool,TheBulmersheSchoolandChilternEdgeSchool 61

InYearAdmissions 66

SchoolTransport 67

FinancialAssistance,ChargingandGeneralInformation 70

SpecialEducationalNeeds 72

UsefulTelephoneNumbersandContactDetails 74

If you have any queries please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 3777 or email: [email protected] online at www.reading.gov.uk/schoolsadmissions1

The following timetable applies to children born between the 1st September 2004 and31 August 2005 or in Year 6 at Primary School.

Action

Parents/carers to receive ReadingBorough Council Application Pack

Website open for online applications

Open Days/Evenings at schools

Closing date for receipt of applicationform

Closing date for on-line applications

National Offer Day letters posted to parents

Deadline for parents to accept

Closing date for receipt of appeals

Waiting lists operate for Reading over-subscribed schools.

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Friday 31 October 2015

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1 March 2016

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EXPLANATIONOFTERMSUSEDINTHISGUIDEThe terms, abbreviations and legal extracts that we need to use in this guide may sometimes be difficult to understand. We hope these explanations will help but, if you are unsure about anything please telephone the School Admissions Team on 0118 937 3777.

AdmissionAuthority

The Admission Authority of a school determines the admission policy for the school. The Admission Authority for a community school is The Local Authority (LA). The Admission Authority of academies, voluntary-aided and foundation schools is the governing body of the individual school.

AdmissionNumber(AN)

Every school has an Admission Number (AN). The AN is normally based on the number of classrooms and specialist teaching rooms such as science laboratories (i.e. the physical capacity). The AN represents the maximum number of places available in the year group which pupils normally enter on joining the school. Places must be offered up to this number. The Admission Number for each school is given in the information on schools later in this guide.

Any admissions above the AN are only normally granted by an Independent Appeal Panel or through the ‘Fair Access Protocol’.

Categoriesofschools

State schools are governed in different ways depending on the type of school. The category of the school determines the admission authority. Although the Admission Authority maybe the Governing Body applications for places at these schools must be made to the child’s home Local Authority and the home Local Authority will make the offer of places at these schools.

CommunitySchools

These schools are maintained fully by the The Local Authority (LA). The LA is the Admission Authority and is responsible for determining the admission arrangements and allocating school places. There are no community secondary schools in Reading.

VoluntaryAidedSchools

A school set up and owned by a voluntary body, usually a church body. Management responsibility is shared with the LA but the church or Governing Body play a greater role. The Governing Body is the admission authority and its admission criteria will normally be different from those used by the LA. The Governing Body is responsible for allocating school places.

FoundationSchools

A type of state school introduced in 1999 by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, which gives the Governing Body more freedom to manage their school and decide on their own admissions policy. The Governing Body is responsible for allocating school places.

Academy/FreeSchool

These schools are publicly funded independent schools.

All academies/free schools established by the Secretary of State enter into a contract – the funding agreement – with a charitable company, which is often referred to as the academy trust. The funding agreement provides the framework within which the academy must operate. This funding agreement states that academies must comply with the school admissions code and are included in the Local Authority Co-ordinated Admissions arrangements.


ApplicationForm

Also known as the Common Application Form (CAF).

Parents/carers must apply for a secondary school place to their home Local Authority. Applications can be submitted online or on a paper application form. Reading Borough Council residents must apply to Reading Borough Council either online at www.reading.gov.uk/schooladmissions/ or on a Reading Borough Council paper application form.

DepartmentforEducation(DfE)Is the central government department responsible for children and schools. The DfE publish the School Admission Code. This is legal framework that all Local Authorities and schools must follow for school admissions. Reading Borough Council’s co-ordinated admission scheme and the schools’ admission policies comply with the legal requirements of this code. The latest version of the School Admission Code can be obtained from the DfE website. www.education.gov.uk

DesignatedArea

Designated area (sometimes known as ‘catchment area’) is a geographical area from which children are given priority for admission to a school as part of the oversubscription criteria. If there are more applications than places available children living in the designated area of a school will be given priority but it does not guarantee admission to that school. A map of Reading Borough Council area on page 60 shows the designated of schools that include addresses in the Borough. More detailed information on the designated areas in Reading is available from Reading Borough Council’s website www.reading.gov.uk or from the Admissions Team. Some voluntary aided schools may use parishes or other boundaries. Information about designated areas for schools in other Local Authorities can be obtained from that authority.

HomeAddress

The definition of home address can vary depending on the policy of the admission authority. You will need to check for your preferred schools. The following is the definition used to establish the home address for the majority of schools in the Reading. However, please note that Kendrick School and Reading School will be using 19 June 2015 as the cut-off date for establishing whether an address is in the designated area of the school. This should however agree with the address provided on the application to the local authority and if that is not the same then it will be investigated. Please check the school’s policy.

Applications for schools are processed on the basis of the child’s single permanent home address where they live with their parent(s) or carer(s). Where the home address has changed from the address provided by the primary school before September 2015 or changes during the application process, evidence regarding the new address and disposal of the previous address through a contract of sale or change of tenancy agreement may be required. Parents/carers will be asked to declare that the address used will be the child’s home address beyond 1 September 2016. Any change of address after submitting the application must be notified to Reading Borough Council. The offer letter sent on 1 March 2016 will be sent to the home address used to allocate the place at the named school. If the home address has changed and the Admission Team have not been notified then the place offered in the letter may be withdrawn. The Admission Team may check the records held by Reading Borough Council Tax Department to confirm the home address supplied. The Admission Authority, or Reading Borough Council on their behalf, reserve the right to carry out investigations and seek further evidence e.g child benefit, medical cards. If a child spends part of the week with parents at different addresses, the home address will be where they usually spend the majority of the school week (Monday to


Friday, including nights) with a parent. Where a family claims to be resident at more than one address, justification and evidence of the family’s circumstances (e.g legal separation) will be required. Temporary addresses whilst retaining a previous permanent home will not be accepted. If a child does not live with a parent or legal carer i.e a single parent family where the parent is ill and the child lives with a grandparents for the majority of the week. A full explanation will need to be supplied, together with supporting evidence from a professional supporting the family/child. The Admission Authority has the right to reject applications or withdraw a school place based on fraudulent or intentionally misleading information concerning a child’s permanent home address. There will be a right of appeal to an independent appeal panel should this happen. The Admissions Team occasionally receives information from members of the public concerning potential misleading or fraudulent applications. Signed statements will be required to support such allegations together with supporting evidence in order that such allegations can be investigated. The names of anyone supplying information will be withheld in accordance with the Council’s Whistle Blowing Policy which can be found on the Council’s websitewww.reading.gov.uk/whistleblowing

LocalAuthority(LA)

The Local Authority (LA) is responsible for the maintained schools in its area.

Your home LA is the LA in which you live. This may be different from the LA in which your child goes to school. It is the Council to which you pay Council Tax. Reading Borough Council (RBC) is a Local Authority.

LookedAfterChildren(LAC)

These are children who are in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority; or in an arrangement supported by the Local Authority. The Local Authority is the corporate parent.

Medical/social

It is important that you check whether the Admission Authority of your preferred school(s) uses this category as part of over-subscription criteria for admission. It is not used by all admission authorities and when used it is given different levels of priority. If you believe your application meets the criteria you must check how the admission authority of your preferred school will consider your application and what evidence you must supply. It will not be sufficient to tick the boxes online or on the paper form as supporting evidence must be provided by you or the professional supporting your request at the time of application.

NationalCurriculum

The current National Curriculum provides a broad and balanced education for all children, and is divided into four key stages according to age. It includes statutory assessments, consisting of tests and teacher assessments, at the end of key stage 2 and teacher assessments at the end of key stages 1 and 3.

The Key Stages in Secondary School are:

Year 7 11-12 yearsYear 8 Key Stage 3 12-13 yearsYear 9 13-14 years

Year 10 14-15 yearsYear 11 Key Stage 4 15-16 years

Year 12 16-17 yearsYear 13 Post 16 17-18 years

NOR

Stands for number on roll and means number of children attending a school.

Ofsted

This is the abbreviated name of the Office for Standards in Education, which is the government department responsible for inspecting and producing inspection reports on schools. Ofsted reports are available from schools or from http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/ or www.ofsted.gov.uk

Over-subscribedSchools

This means that a school has more applications than there are places available.

Over-subscriptioncriteria

These criteria decide which children will be given priority if a school receives more applications than the number of places available (see admission number). The over subscription criteria for each Reading school is given in the information on the schools starting on page 20.

Parent

Any person having parental responsibility for a child (as defined in the Children Act 1989) or who has care of a child, including an LA. Section 576 of the Education Act 1996 defines ‘parent’ as all natural parents, whether they are married or not; any person who, although not a natural parent, has parental responsibility for a child or young person; any person who, although not a natural parent, has care of a child or young person (having care of a child or young person means that a person with whom the child lives and who looks after the child, irrespective of what their relationship is with the child, is considered to be a parent in education law.

PupilPremiumandServicePremium

PupilPremiumThe pupil premium gives schools extra funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils from reception to year 11. Children eligible for pupil premium are • All children eligible for free school meals at any point in the past 6 years• looked-after children who have been looked after for 1 day or more • are adopted• leave care under a Special Guardianship Order a Residence Order or Child Arrangement Order

ServicePremiumThe service premium gives schools extra funding to support children and young people with parents in the armed forces. Pupils attract the premium if they meet the following criteria: • one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces • one of their parents served in the regular armed forces in the last 3 years• one of their parents died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil is in receipt of a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) and the War Pensions Scheme (WPS)

SelectiveSchoolsorGrammarSchools

Grammar schools are allowed to select their pupils on the basis of high academic ability, and to leave places unfilled if they have insufficient applicants of the required standard. Your child will need to take an entrance test for these schools. Kendrick School and Reading School are grammar schools.

SEN

SEN stands for special educational needs.

Sibling

The definition of sibling can vary but unless otherwise stated by the admission authority the following definition will be used.

Brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s partner, and in every case, the child should be living in the same family unit at the same address.

In the majority of cases only siblings still attending the school in September 2016 will qualify as siblings and children in current Y11 may not qualify. (You will need to check the definition of sibling for your preferred school(s).)


Any younger siblings may have lower priority for admission than children living in the designated area and may not be offered a place. Please check the admission policy of your preferred school.

SpecialistStatus

Secondary schools focus on chosen subject areas whilst meeting national curriculum requirements. The specialism of each school is given in the information about the school.

Straight-Linedistance–TieBreaker

An admission authority may use radial or straight-line distance from the home to school as part of the over-subscription criteria. In most cases this is used to tell the difference between applications when there are more applications, than places available, in the same category of the over-subscription criteria. This is called the tie-breaker. In Reading, most schools measure the straight-line distance from the home to the school using the Ordnance Survey data points of the home and the school using computerised software of Reading Borough Council. Every address has a unique data point which is determined by the Easting and Northing. This point can be anywhere on the property. The distance created is given in miles to three decimal points.

Admission Authorities in other Local Authorities may use a different method for calculating the straight-line distance. The definition will be given in the Local Authority guide for parents/carers.

SupplementaryForms(SIF)

Some schools need extra information to help them rank applications according to their over-subscription criteria. Therefore, you may also need to complete a supplementary form if you are seeking a place at a faith school i.e. Blessed Hugh Faringdon School or a selective school. Reading School and Kendrick School are grammar schools and your child must take selection tests if you want them to be considered for admission.

To register your child for the tests you must complete the schools’ registration form. The John Madejski Academy and Prospect School tests applicants for sports aptitude. If you want your child to be considered on the basis of aptitude in sport at these schools you must complete the additional form. You should check whether a supplementary form/additional form is needed to support your application and the date you need to return the form.

Maiden Erlegh in Reading gives priority to children in receipt of Pupil Premium. The school has a supplementary form which needs to be completed to be considered for this category.


WHATYOUNEEDTOCONSIDERBEFORESUBMITTINGANAPPLICATIONThere is a co-ordinated admissions process in England with exchange of information between Local Authorities (LA). This means that you must apply to your home LA for any state-maintained secondary school in England.

The main points of Reading Borough Council’s co-ordinated scheme are:

• If you live in Reading Borough then you must apply to Reading Borough Council either online or by completing a paper application form;

• You can name up to four preferences

• You are advised to put more than one preference

• Preferences should be ranked with your highest preferred school first

• You must include any state school you would like your child to attend including schools in other Local Authorities ie. Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Wokingham. This includes voluntary aided schools, foundation schools, grammar schools, free schools and academies;

• You may also need a supplementary form for some schools;

• You must apply by 31 October 2015;

• Applications for schools named by parents/carers are considered by the appropriate admission authority for the school without reference to preference

• That every parent/carer who has applied for a school place by the closing date receives an offer of only one school place;

• The offer of a place by the LA will be on behalf of other admission authorities;

• Offer letters will be posted on 1 March 2016 for on-time applications;

• You will be required to accept the place by the 15 March 2016;

• All schools will run waiting lists until at least the end of December 2015. Some may hold waiting lists longer.

HowcanIfindoutmoreaboutaschool?

It is important that you find out as much as possible about the schools you are considering.

You will probably already have an idea of some of the things about a school which are important to you or your child. You may have talked to other parents/carers, and although their ideas may be helpful, you should always make your own judgement.

You should visit the schools, by attending the Open Day or Evening or by appointment with the school. The Open Evenings/Days listed on page 19 are for schools serving the Reading Borough area. Information about open evenings/days for other schools can be obtained from the maintaining Local Authority or the school.

Information evenings or drop in sessions for parents/carers have been arranged at some Reading primary schools when a member of the Admission Team will be available to give impartial advice on the admission process. Further information about these sessions is included in the application pack.

You should obtain a copy of the school’s prospectus/brochure which will include details about:

• school’s aims and objectives

• the curriculum offered

• attainment and achievements of pupils



• attendance figures

• out of school activities and clubs

• information on policies, such as behaviour and discipline

You can find other information about the school from the school’s website.

You can get information about attainment and assessment results, Ofsted reports and school profiles from http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/

You should consider the following points and use available information to decide on the likelihood of getting a place at your preferred school(s)

• How far your child will need to travel and how they will get there? How much will it cost? Will you be entitled to any assistance with travelling expenses? See page 67 for details on Reading Borough Council’s transport policy. Will the distance be a problem if your child wants to take part in after-school activities.

• Does the school have a sixth form?

• Does it give preference to faith denomination?

• How many pupils are there and how many places are available? Was the school over-subscribed in previous years? Information on the individual schools in Reading on pages 20 to 59 gives information about how many applications there have been for each school and how places have been offered in the past. Other LAs have this information in their guides for parents and carers. This information is a guide only as Admission Authorities cannot anticipate significant changes, for example a school not admitting all designated area applicants or a school having to reject applications for the first time.

• Whether your preferred school is the designated school for your home address. You can check this from our website for Reading Schools; www.reading.gov.uk/ educationandlearning or contact the Admissions Team by email or telephone.

• Although living in the designated area does not guarantee admission to the school it is important to consider naming your designated area school as one of your preferences. If you do not do so, and we are unable to offer one of our preferred schools, your designated area school may be full and you may be offered a place at a school some distance away. Even If you name the school as your lowest preference the application will be given a priority for admission over other applications because you live in the designated area.

When you have decided which school you would like your child to attend you must submit an application to Reading Borough Council by the 31 October 2015. You will need to bear in mind that you do not have a right to choose which school your child will go to. You only have a right to express a preference for a school. The admission authority for your preferred school(s) will consider your application and if there are places available a place will be offered. However, If there are more applications than places available the admission authority for the school will have to apply their over-subscription criteria.

WherecanIgethelpwithmyapplication?

If you have any questions about the admission process you can:

• Telephone the Admission Team on 0118 937 3777

If you would like impartial advice on any aspect of school admissions you can contact:

• The Reading Borough Council’s Choice Adviser works for the Reading Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS) Partnership Service, which is an independent service for parents that is experienced with supporting families with the transfer from primary to secondary school. The Choice Adviser will give you impartial and relevant information about secondary school admissions in the Reading area. 01189373421. email:[email protected]

• ACE Education is an independent charity that provides free advice to parents on education matters including school admissions.

Generaladviceline:03000115142

http://www.ace-ed.org.uk/

• DirectGov – Parents Centre has some advice on their website

www.direct.gov.uk/en/parents/index



HOWTOAPPLYFORASECONDARYSCHOOLPLACE

APPLYONLINE

• Itissimpleandconvenient

• Youcanchangeyourpreferencesatanytimeuntiltheclosingdate- 31October2015

• Youwillreceiveanemailtoconfirmyourapplicationhasbeensubmitted

• Youwillbeabletoprintacopyofyourcompletedformforyourrecords

• Youwillreceiveanemailonthemorningof1March2016informingyou whichschoolhasbeenallocatedtoyourchild.Youwillbeabletoaccess yourapplicationforfurtherinformation.

Readingresidentsapplyonlineatwww.reading.gov.uk/schoolsadmissions/

PleaseapplytotheLAwhereyourchildlives-onlyapplytoRBCifyourchild’spermanenthomeisinReadingBorough.Please read carefully the notes supplied in the application pack on how to apply. The following information will also help you to apply online or complete the paper application form. You will be given a pupil UID number. When you register online, if you enter this number, your child’s details will automatically enter into the online form. Full details about how to apply online will be in the application pack or on the Reading Borough Council’s website.Application forms or online applications are available from any Reading primary school, the Admissions Team at the Civic Office or can be downloaded from the website.

Application forms and online applications are treated the same.

Applications are not treated on a first come first served basis.

1.Child’sdetails

You must provide your child’s legal surname given on the birth certificate or if changed by Deed Poll.

Where you live is very important and we will check addresses with data held by the Council Tax Department of Reading Borough Council. The address you give on the form MUST be your child’s single permanent home. See page 3 for further information. If you give an incorrect address and we offer a place on the basis of that address, then the offer of the place may be withdrawn.

The Admission Authority reserves the right to obtain additional information to confirm addresses.

2.Preferences

You can name up to four preferences. The order that you put your preferences is very important so make sure that your preferences are put in order starting with preference 1, which is the school you want most for your child.


AdmissionauthoritieswillNOTgiveprioritytopreferencewhendeterminingtheallocationofplaces.

Naming more than one school does not reduce your chances of getting a place at your first preference school.

You do not have to list four preferences but you are advised to list more than one as you are not guaranteed a place at that school.

If you list the same school more than once it does not mean you will have a stronger chance of getting a place.

DesignatedArea

If you need advice about the designated area school for your home address please contact the Admissions Team

You are strongly advised to consider naming your designated area school as one of your preferences even if there is a history of that school admitting all children from the designated area or not admitting all children from the designated area. Places are not reserved for children living in the designated area it must be named as preference for a child to be considered for a place. Children whose parents name the school as preference but do not live in the designated area will have a priority for admission over any child living in the designated area of the school but have not named it as a preference.

Strongmedicalorsocialgrounds

This category only applies to some schools. You will need to check if it applies to your preferred school. You will need to send in evidence from the professional supporting your family or child. The professional must state why it is the ONLY school that can support the medical or social needs of your child.

You must supply the professional evidence at the time of application to be considered for this category. Neither, the School Admission Team or the school will contact a professional to obtain the necessary

evidence. Evidence produced after 1 March or for appeal purposes will not be taken into account by the Admission Authority unless the medical/social reasons were not relevant at the time of the original application.

Siblings

If your child has a sibling who will be attending a preferred school in September 2016, please provide his/her name and date of birth. Siblings who will be in Years 12 or 13 are not always counted as siblings in over-subscription criteria. Please check the admission policy of your preferred school.

Religiousorphilosophicalreasons

If you have selected a school for religious reasons for example Blessed Hugh Faringdon School or The Piggott School you are advised to complete the school’s supplementary form.

3.Parents/Carersdetails

Please ensure you complete the section(s) on parents/carers details and remember to provide a daytime telephone number.

4.Declarationandsignature

Please check all the sections of the application form. If you have completed a paper form please sign and date the form. Your signature means you are declaring that the information given on the Application Form is correct. If incorrect information is given, Reading Borough Council reserves the right to take away any place offered at any stage of the process.

If you apply online you cannot submit the application unless you accept the terms and conditions box which is the declaration that the information you have supplied is correct.

5.ReturningtheApplicationForm

If you have chosen to complete the paper application form and your child is currently attending a school in Reading you can return the form to your child’s primary school.


The school will forward the form to the Admissions Team.

If your child does not attend a Reading school, please return the form to:

TheAdmissionsTeamDepartmentforChildren,EducationandEarlyHelpServicesServicesCivicOfficeBridgeStreetReadingRG17LU

Please remember A4 envelopes are not the normal postage cost. Incorrect postage can delay receipt of application.

Theclosingdateforreceiptofpaperapplicationformis31October2015.

TheWebsitewillcloseatmidnighton31October2015.

PLEASENOTE:AllpaperapplicationsreceivedbytheAdmissionsTeamwillbeacknowledgedwithin10workingdaysofreceipt.

Informationwhichparents/carersprovidewillbekeptsafelyonadatabaseinaccordancewiththeDataProtectionAct1998.Thisensuresthedataisonlyusedfordefinedpurposes.


After the closing date Reading Borough Council will pass on the details of your application to the relevant Admission Authority. Reading Borough Council will also pass on applications received from other LAs for schools in Reading. Asallapplicationsareconsideredonanequalpreferencebasistheschoolswillnotbetoldwheretheparents/carershaverankedtheapplicationbecausethisinformationisnotrequiredtoconsideranapplication.

The Admission Authority for each school decides whether it can offer a place. If there are more applicants than places available it does so by applying the over subscription criteria. Over-subscription criteria for schools in Reading are given in the details about the individual schools on pages 20 to 59.

If you are applying for schools outside Reading you can get information on their over-subscription criteria from the local authority. Contact details can be found on page 74.

Avoidingmultipleoffersrules

The main purpose of the co-ordinated admission scheme is that each child will only be offered a place at one school.

Once each Admission Authority has decided which children can be offered places, that information is passed to Reading Borough Council’s Admissions Team. Reading Borough Council then looks at the offers that can be made to each child who lives in Reading. If a child can be offered more than one school place then the parents’/carers’ order of preference is used to decide which school is offered.

Theplaceyouareofferedwillbeattheschoolthathasaplaceandyouhaverankedhighestonyourapplication.Ifitisnotpossibletoofferaplaceatanyofyourpreferredschools,aplacewillnormallybeofferedatthenearestReadingschoolwithaplaceavailable.Youarenotguaranteedaplaceatoneofyourpreferredschools.

The diagram opposite shows this process:

Offer letters will be sent by Reading Borough Council to all on time applicants on 1 March 2016.

The school place offered in the letter is based on the address on the letter. If that address is not the permanent home address of the child, the place may be withdrawn.Schools may send you information about the school. Letters from schools are not offers only the home Local Authority can make a school offer.

HOWOFFERSAREDECIDED

If you have any queries please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 3777 or email: [email protected] online at www.reading.gov.uk/schoolsadmissions 14If you have any queries please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 3777 or email: [email protected] online at www.reading.gov.uk/schoolsadmissions 14

If you have any queries please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 2550 or email: [email protected] online at www.reading.gov.uk/schooladmissions 14

Can school 1 beoffered?

Offer place atschool 1Yes

No Child’s name added to waiting list

Yes Offer place at school 4

Child’s name added to waiting list

Child’s name added to waiting list

No

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Offer place atschool 2Yes



Offer place atschool 3

Reading Borough Council will normallyoffer a place at the nearest Readingschool to the home address withvacancies. However, in some cases theschool offered may be a school inanother Local Authority

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LATEAPPLICATIONS/CHANGEOFPREFERENCE/WAITINGLIST/APPEALSApplicationsreceivedafterthedeadline

An application received after 31 October 2015 will be treated as a ‘late’ application and be considered after all on-time applications have been allocated.

However, applications that are received late for a good reason will be treated as on time if received before 1 January 2016. Such good reasons might be if illness prevented a single parent/carer from returning the form on time; or the family moved into Reading after the closing date. The reason for lateness must be supported by a medical professional or documentary evidence supplied to confirm the family move. If no evidence is provided it will be assumed that an application could have been made by the closing date and the application will not be processed until after 15 March 2016.

After 15 March 2016 and before 31 August 2016 late applications will be considered in line with the published admission criteria. Where possible a place will be offered at a preferred school. If the preferred school is over-subscribed then the child’s name will be added to the waiting list in accordance with the over-subscription criteria. You will be asked if you wish your child’s name to remain on a waiting list.

You will need to check the admission policies of other LA’s.

ChangeofPreference

Changes of preference, in writing, by parents/carers received before 31 October 2015 by the Admissions Team will be accepted. Changes to online applications can be made at any time up to the closing date.

Changes of preference received in writing after 31 October 2015 until 31 August 2016

will be treated in the same way as late applications.

WaitingLists

After 1 March 2016 a ‘waiting list’ will be kept for schools where it has not been possible to offer every child a place. A waiting list is always ranked according to the over-subscription criteria of the school and is normally only made up of children whose parents have not received an offer at a higher preferred school. You will need to check the policy on change of preference after offer day with the admission authority.

Waiting lists will be kept at least until 31 December 2016. Some may be kept longer. Please check how long waiting lists are kept for individual schools.

When a place becomes available this will be offered to the next child on the waiting list. Positions on the waiting lists may go up or down due to pupil withdrawals or if late applications are received.

A child’s name will automatically be added to the waiting list of Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire schools but you will need to check the policies of other Local Authorities.

You will have the opportunity to take your child’s name off the waiting list of a school when you return the acceptance form for the school you are offered.

If a place becomes available for your child from the waiting list of your higher preference school(s) Reading Borough Council will send you an offer letter. This means that the place at the school your child has been allocated will be withdrawn and maybe offered to another child. If at any time after completing your acceptance form you are happy to accept the allocated school please inform the Admissions Team and your


child’s name will be taken off the waiting list(s).

It is important to note that the length of time on a waiting list is not a deciding factor when allocating places. Positions on the waiting list can therefore go up or down. A child who is top of the list one day may not be the next day because another child who has higher priority according to the over-subscription criteria of the school has been added to the list i.e. a late application for a child new to the area.

You should contact the Admissions Team of the appropriate Local Authority to find out your child’s position on the waiting list of your preferred schools.

APPEALS

Appealingagainstthedecisionnottoofferyourpreferredschool

If your child is not offered a place at your preferred schools you can appeal against the decision. You should make an appeal. Appeals will be heard by an independent panel set up by the Admissions Authority.Information on how to submit an appeal will be sent out with offer letters on 1 March 2016 - information will also be available on the website www.reading.gov.uk/schooladmissions

All appeals are considered by a panel independent from the school and its decisions are legally binding on the school. The panel has to balance the effect that the admission of an additional child would have on the school with the particular circumstances of that particular child and family. Appeals lodged on time will be heard in the summer term.

Thenumberofappealsallowedforthesameschoolinthesameschoolyear

Parents/Carers can only appeal once for the same child to the same school in the same school year. Parent/carers can make another appeal in the next school year.

The only exception to this is where there is what is called a material and significant change in the circumstances of the parent/carer or child. This change must be relevant to the application – it must make a difference to whether we would have allocated a place or not. This change must happen after the first appeal has been heard.

If you have any queries please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 3777.


This section may help you with questions that you have thought of whilst reading this book. If you have any questions not answered here please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 3777.

MychildattendsaReadingprimaryschoolbutIliveoutsideReadingdoIapplytoReadingBoroughCouncil

No, you will be sent an Application Pack by your home Local Authority. If you do not receive one then please contact them. The contact details for the neighbouring authorities are listed on page 61.

IliveinReadinghowdoIapplyforschoolsinotherareas?

You must apply to Reading Borough Council for any school even if this school is not in Reading Borough. You must include them on your application which should be submitted to Reading Borough Council.

You will need to find out about the admission arrangements for schools in other areas. To do this you should contact the Local Authority with responsibility for the school to obtain a copy of their Admission Guide. Contact details for neighbouring Local Authorities can be found on page 61 If you apply online to another Local Authority that will not be accepted as a valid application.

I’mnotsureifIshouldincludeagrammarschoolasoneofmypreferences?

Parents must register to take the tests with the schools by the dates specified by the schools. The tests will take place and results made available to parents before 31 October 2015. Please see dates in the information about the schools later in this guide. The testing procedure is not an application for the school. The results will not be an offer of a place but will inform parents/

carers whether their child has reached the standard for admission to the school (cut off point). Using the information parents/carers can decide whether to include the grammar school as one of their preferences on the application they submit to the Local Authority. It is very important that an application is submitted naming the school as preference if you wish to proceed as failure to submit an application or not naming the school as preference will mean that your child will not be considered for admission even if they have very high scores and they will not be offered a place. There is no appeal at this stage so if you are not happy with the results you must submit an application for the school and you will be able to appeal after the 1 March 2016. If you decide to include a grammar school as a higher preference it will not jeopardise your application for another school if it is not possible to offer a place as applications for all schools you list will be considered equally and not take into account the ranking of your preference.

DoIhaveachoiceofwhichschoolIcansendmychildto?

You do not have a right to choose which school your child will go to. You only have a right to express a preference. If your preferred school has a place available then a place will be offered. However, each school has a limited number of places available and if there are more applications than places then not every child can be offered a place. Places will be offered according to the school’s published over-subscription criteria.

Canyouguaranteewewillgetoneoftheschoolswename?

No. The law does not guarantee a place at a preferred school. This would lead to overcrowding and pressure on facilities and resources. Although we expect to offer the majority of applicants one of their preferences,

QUESTIONSANDANSWERS


it depends on the preferences you name and whether the schools are over-subscribed.If a school is over-subscribed then the published over-subscription criteria for that school will apply. If you are not granted a place at a preferred school then you have a right of appeal. See page 16 on Appeals.

Mychildhasastatement/EducationalHealthandCarePlan(EHCP)

Although you will have discussed your child’s secondary school placement in their Year 5 annual review, you must complete the application form in the pack sent to you.

Please note that help with transport costs may not be provided if appropriate provision is available at a nearer school. Further information on page 72.

WhatifIdonotapplybythedeadlinebecauseIwasnotlivinginthearea?

If you move into Reading before 1 January 2016 then your application will be treated as an on time application. If you move after this date then your application will be treated as a late application and not processed until after the 15 March 2016. If there are places available then a place will be allocated to your child. If the school is over-subscribed your child’s name will be added to the waiting list according to the over-subscription criteria. In these circumstances a place will be offered at an alternative school.

Canaplacebewithdrawn?

Yes – a place can be withdrawn for the following reasons:

a) Any place is offered on the basis that the information you give on the application form is correct and up to date on the 1 March 2016. If you give incorrect or intentionally misleading information Reading Borough Council may withdraw the offer of a place. The address you give MUST be your child’s only permanent home address. If you give an incorrect

address or do not update us with the changes and we offer a place on the basis of that address then the offer may be withdrawn. See page 3 on home address.

b) Where a place has been offered, in error that place may be withdrawn.

c) If a parent/carer has not responded to the offer of a place after receiving a reminder then the place may be withdrawn.

DoeslivinginadesignatedareaguaranteeIwillgetaplaceformychildatthatschool?

Children living in the designated area of a school are given priority for admission but it does not guarantee admission. It will depend on the number of applicants from the designated area. If there are more applicants from the designated area than places available a place will only be offered if your child meets higher over-subscription criteria than other applicants. Some schools have been unable to admit all applicants from the designated area for several years and places have been allocated using the tiebreaker. Information about how places were offered at Reading schools can be found on the schools pages 20-59.

Canmychildmovetosecondaryschooloutsidetheirnormalyeargroup?

Parents of gifted and talented children, or those who have experienced problems or missed part of year, for example due to ill health, can seek places outside their normal year group, Admission Authorities must make decision on the basis of the circumstances of each case. Please check the policy of the Admission Authority for the school you wish your child to attend.


BlessedHughFaringdonSchoolwww.hughfaringdon.org

TheBulmersheSchoolwww.thebulmersheschool.com

ChilternEdgeSchoolwww.chilternedge.oxon.sch.uk

HighdownSchool&SixthFormCentrewww.highdown.reading.sch.uk

TheJohnMadejskiAcademywww.johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

MaidenErleghinReadingwww.maidenerleghschoolreading.co.uk

MaidenErleghSchoolwww.maidenerleghschool.co.uk

ProspectSchoolwww.prospect.reading.sch.uk

ReadingGirls’Schoolwww.readinggirlsschool.co.uk

TheWrenSchoolwww.wrenschool.org

OpenEvening

Tuesday 22 September6.00 - 8.30pm Presentation by Headteacher

Thursday 24 September6.00 - 7.30pm

Wednesday 23 September 6.45 - 9.00pm

Wednesday 30 September6.30 - 8.30pm. Presentation by Headteacher at 6.45 & 7.45pm

Monday 21 September6.00 - 9.00pm

Monday 28 September5.00 - 7.30pm

Wednesday 23 September Presentations at 4.00 & 6.00pm

Thursday 1 October6.00 - 8.00 pm

Tuesday 29 September 4:00 - 7pm drop in

OPENEVENINGSOpenDays/Tours

Tuesday 22 September9.00am - 12pm. Parents are welcome to visit the school by prior arrangement

Monday 28 SeptemberTuesday 29 SeptemberWednesday 30 SeptemberThursday 1 OctoberAll mornings 9.30 - 11am

Tuesday 29 SeptemberWednesday 30 September

Friday 2 October and Thursday 8 October. Tours at 9.15am

Tuesday 22 September 9.30 - 11.00am

Wednesday 23 September24, 28 and 29, 9.00amPlease contact school reception to book place

Thursday 1 October9.30 – 1.30pm

Friday 25 September 9:15 - 12:00 by appointmentSaturday 3 October 10:00am - 12:00 drop inMonday 5 October 9:15am - 12:00 by appointment


BlessedHughFaringdonCatholicSchoolFawley RoadReadingRG30 3EP

Tel: 0118 957 4730Fax: 0118 956 8150

email: [email protected]/www.hughfaringdon..org/

Headteacher: Mr J Casey

School Type: Voluntary Aided Co-educational Comprehensive Specialist School Status - Performing Arts

School DfE number: 870/5411

Age Range: 11-18Number of children on roll: 863

AdmissionNumberforSeptember2016:150

Applications (all preferences). 2013 : 386, 2014 : 429, 2015 : 470

Places allocated 2013 : 150, 2014 : 150, 2015 : 150

Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School and 6th Form Centre is a voluntary aided school in the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. The school was founded by and is part of the Catholic Church and is in the Trusteeship of the Diocese. The school is conducted

as a Catholic school in accordance with Canon Law, the teachings of the Catholic Church and the Trust Deed of the Diocese of Portsmouth. It seeks at all times to be a witness to Jesus Christ.

Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School is an inclusive school which offers a Catholic education. It was set up primarily to serve the Catholic community in the Greater Reading area and although Catholic children have priority of admission, the Governing Body also welcomes applications from those of other denominations and faiths who support the religious ethos of the school. The school has an Asperger Base for a total of 15 students, with 2 places available for Year 7. Admission to the Base takes place under a separate procedure administered by Reading Local Authority in conjunction with the School. The governors expect that all parents applying for places for their children, including those seeking admission to the Asperger Base, will accept and uphold the Catholic ethos of the school.

TheSchool’sSupplementaryApplicationForm(SIF)

Parents and carers are required to complete their home LA application form, which must be submitted to the LA. In addition

Category

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AdmissionNumber150.Over-subscriptioncriteriapage20inReadingBoroughCouncil’sGuideforParentsandCarers.TheallocationisbasedoninformationprovidedontheLocalAuthorityCAFandtheSupplementaryFormwherethathasbeenprovidedandtheappropriatesupportingevidence.

Children with a statement of special needs naming the school Baptised Catholic looked after children or previously looked after children Baptised Catholic children Other looked after children or previously looked after childrenChildren who are members of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Children of families who are members of other Christian denominationsChildren who are members of other faithsAny other children. It was not possible to offer places to all children in this category and the priorities within the category were applied. The tie-breaker of the straight line distance between the home and the school was applied to children where priority ii) children with siblings at the school at the time of application applied. The last child offered a place lives .715 of a mile from the school.


it is advisable to complete the school’s supplementary form as this and the supporting evidence (baptism certificate and/or supporting letter from Church/Minister) will be used to place your child in a category. Failure to submit the supplementary form and the required documentation will prevent your child being put in the correct category and may jeopardise gaining a place at the school. The supplementary form can be obtained from the school office, school website, Admissions Department at the Reading LA or from Reading Borough Council’s website, and should be submitted to the Admissions Secretary to the Governing Body at Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School by 31 October 2015. Applications received after this deadline will only be considered after all on-time applications have been dealt with.

LateApplications

Late applications are those received after 31 October 2015 may jeopardise your child’s chance of a place at this school. Late applications will be considered according to the Local Authority’s scheme for co-ordinating admissions.

WaitingLists

If the school is oversubscribed, parents of children who have not been offered a place at the school may ask for their child’s name to be placed on a waiting list. The waiting list will be operated using the same admissions criteria listed above. Placing a child’s name on the waiting list does not guarantee that a place will become available. This does not prevent parents from exercising their right to appeal against the decision not to offer a place. The waiting list will be maintained by the school. The waiting list will be ranked in line with the oversubscription criteria each time a child is added to the list.

InYearAdmission

Applications for places for all years groups will be considered by the Governing Body Admissions Committee which meets on a regular basis to consider applications to

Years 7-11. It is advisable to complete the school’s supplementary form as this and the supporting evidence (baptism certificate and/or supporting letter from Church/Minister) will be used to place your child in a category. Failure to submit the supplementary form and the required documentation will prevent your child being put in the correct category and may jeopardise gaining a place at the school. The supplementary form can be obtained from the school office, school website, Admissions Team at the Reading LA or from Reading Borough Council’s website, and should be submitted to the Admissions Secretary to the Governing Body at Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School.

FairAccessProtocol

The Governing Body subscribes to the ‘Fair Access Protocol’ operated by Reading Borough Council. This protocol is designed to ensure that there is access to education for children who have no school place.

ChildrenwithaStatementofSpecialEducationalNeed/EducationHealthCarePlan

Students applying for a place in the Asperger Base will have a Statement of Educational Need naming the Base and, if a place is offered there, it will count towards the Admission Number of 150. There are only 15 places in the Base for the school as a whole and a Statement of Educational Need naming the Base does not automatically guarantee that a place can be offered. In addition, other children who have a Statement of Special Educational Need EHCP where the school is named in the Statement will be admitted to the school. These children will also count towards the Admission Number.

OversubscriptionCriteria:Where the number of applications for admission exceeds 150 and after the admission of pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs/EHCP, the Governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated:-


1. Baptised Catholic looked after children or previously looked after children. Evidence of Baptism will be required (see notes a, b and c).

2. Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of Baptism will be required (see notes b and c).

3. Other looked after children and previously looked after children (see note a).

4. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox Churches. Evidence of Baptism will be required (see note c).

5. Children of families who are members of other Christian denominations. Evidence of Baptism (or dedication) or endorsement of membership of the church provided by a priest/ minister of a designated place of worship will be required (see notes c and j).

6. Children who are members of other faiths. Evidence of membership of the faith, provided by a minister/faith leader of a designated place of worship, will be required.

7. Any other children.

PrioritywithintheOversubscriptionCriteria:The governors will apply the following order of priorities within any of the above criteria when applications exceed the number of places available and it is necessary to decide between applications through a priority ranking:

i. Social or medical need which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, senior UK service personnel, social worker or priest) (see note d).

ii. For all the Oversubscription Criteria above, priority will be given to children with a sibling

in the school at the time of application (see note e).

iii. For Oversubscription Criteria 2 above - the strength of evidence of practice of the faith as demonstrated by the level of the child’s Mass attendance on Sundays (see notes f and g). This evidence must be provided by the parent/carer and be endorsed by a priest at the church(es) where the child normally worships. Applications will be ranked in the order shown on the Supplementary Information Form i.e. firstly those attending Mass regularly (defined as weekly or at least 3 times a month), then occasionally (defined as once or twice a month) and then irregularly (defined as less than once a month or not at all) (see notes g and h).

iv. For all the Oversubscription Criteria above, priority will be given to those children in attendance at a named Catholic feeder primary school (see note i). v. Distance from home (the address at which the child resides) to the school (closest proximity receives highest priority). Evidence of residence may be required (see note f).

In the unlikely event that two applications are ranked equally, including in distance from home to school random allocation will be used. This process will be supervised by an independent person, usually an appropriate officer of the local authority.

Notes(theseformpartoftheadmissionarrangements)

a) ‘Lookedafterchildren’are children who are in the care of the local authority (LA) as defined by section 22(1) of the Children’s Act 1989. ‘Previouslylooked afterchildren’means children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order, special guardianship order or Child Arrangement Order

b) ‘BaptisedCatholic’ describes a member whose Church of Baptism is ‘in


communion with the See of Rome’. The Catholic Church comprises within it the Latin Rite (Roman Catholics) and the Eastern or Oriental Rite (composed of Catholic (Uniate) Churches – see below). This will be evidenced by a certificate of Baptism in a Catholic Church or a certificate of reception into full communion with the Catholic Church.

EasternorOrientalRiteCatholicChurchesinFullCommunionwithRome

ALEXANDRIAN Coptic, Ethiopian (Gheez)

ANTIOCHIAN Malankrese, Maronite, Syrian

ARMENIAN Armenian

CHALDEAN Chaldean, (EAST SYRIAN) Syro-Malabar

CONSTANTINOPOLITAN (BYZANTINE) Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Greek (Hellenic), Greek-Melkite, Hungarian, Italo- Albanian, Krizevci, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian, Slovak (Greek), Ukrainian (Greek)

Notes: 1. Eastern Orthodox Churches, including the Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox Churches, are NOT in full communion with the See of Rome. 2. ‘Anglican Ordinariates’ are members of the Latin Rite but those describing themselves as ‘Anglo Catholics’ are members of the Anglican Communion and therefore not in communion with the Holy See. Please refer any queries to the Catholic Schools Service.c) Exceptionalmedicalneed: If the child has a serious medical condition/disability such that the parent feels the child must go to Blessed Hugh Faringdon School, this must be specified on the Supplementary

Information Form. Governors can only consider applications under this category if supporting evidence is attached, e.g. a letter from a registered health professional, setting out the particular reasons why this school is the most suitable and the difficulties that would be caused if the child attended another school. Governors will make their decision based on the medical evidence provided by the child’s medical consultants. Governors will consult the LA’s medical advisers and only agree to a priority placement if the medical advisers consider it necessary for the child to attend this school Exceptionalsocialneed: If parents feel there are sensitive, individual and serious family circumstances, perhaps involving the support services (e.g. social care) these may be considered at the time of the application for a school place. This will need to be specified on the Supplementary Information Form and evidence provided, e.g. a report from social services or from a priest detailing why this school is the most appropriate placement for the child given the circumstances of the case.

d) Siblings:For admission to this school, a sibling is defined as a brother or sister (i.e. another child of the same parents, whether living at the same address or not), or a half-brother/ half-sister or a step-brother/ step-sister or an adoptive or foster brother/ sister, living at the same address. A child will be given sibling priority if they have a sibling at the school at the time of the child’s application.

e) Distance: Distance is the straight line distance between the Ordnance survey data point of the child’s home and the data point of the school measured using Reading Borough Council’s software. A child’s home address is considered to be a residential property that is the child’s only/main residence and not an address that is sometimes used due to certain


domestic/special arrangements. The address must be the pupil’s home address on the day the application form was completed and which is either owned by the child’s parent, parents, or guardian OR leased or rented by the child’s parent, parents or guardian under a lease or written rental agreement. If parents live separately but share responsibility for the child, and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, the ‘home address’ will be regarded as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of weekdays.

A block of flats has a single address point reference, so applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from the school. In the unlikely event that two or more children live in the same block and in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child receives the place. This process will be supervised by an independent person, usually an appropriate officer of the local authority.

f) Parents/Carers: The terms ‘parent’ or ‘carer’ are used for all persons who legally have responsibility for the child.

g) Practice: The definition of Catholic practice for the purpose of admission to this school is membership of the Catholic Church (see note b) above) and attendance at Sunday Mass (this includes the Vigil Mass on Saturday evening as well as other Masses on Sunday), evidenced by a priest.

h) NamedCatholicfeederprimary schoolsare; English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, St Pauls Catholic Primary School, St Martins Catholic Primary School, St Annes Catholic Primary School, Christ the King Catholic Primary School and St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School.

i) OtherChristiandenominations are those which are full members of

‘Churches Together in England’; a list of the member churches can be seen at www.cte.org.uk RightofAppeal

In accordance with the 1998 School Standards and Framework Act as amended by the 2006 Education and Inspections Act, parents of a child, who has been refused a place, have the right of appeal.

OpenDays/Evenings

Tuesday22September20156.00pm-8.30pm.

PresentationbyHeadteacher6.00pmand8.00pm.

OpenMorning:

Tuesday22September9.00am-12pm. Parents are always welcome to visit the school by prior arrangement

HighdownSchool&SixthFormCentre


Surley RowEmmer GreenReadingRG4 8LR

Tel: 0118 901 5800Fax: 0118 901 5801

[email protected]

Headteacher: Rachel CaveSchool Type: Academy Co-educational Comprehensive

Specialist School Status for Mathematics and Computing

School DfE number: 870 4020

Age Range: 11-18

Number of children on roll: 1289


Number of applications (all preferences)2013 : 500, 2014 : 482, 2015 : 451How places were allocated according to the over-subscription criteria on offer day.Places allocated 2015 : 208CategoryoftheOver-subscriptioncriteria

2013 2014 2015

Statemented Pupils 3 4 3

Category 1 (children in care) 0 0 0

Category 2 (medical/social grounds) 1 1 0

Category 3children living in the designated area of the school with siblings at the school 83 65 78

Category 4 Tie Tie Tie children living Breaker Breaker Breakerin the Used Used Useddesignated area 133 150 139

last distance 1.050 1.207 1.283offered was miles from school

Appeals heard 17 13 0 Appeals granted 5 1 0

In 2015 it was possible to offer a place to children from all categories.

Over-subscriptionCriteria

If there are more applicants than places available applications will be prioritised in accordance with the following over-subscription criteria;

Children with a statement of special educational needs/EHCP that names the school will be allocated a place above all other applicants

1. Children in the care of a local authority and children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order/child arrangement order) immediately after they had been looked after. Provided appropriate evidence is submitted.

2. Children who have strong medical or social grounds for admission (see definition of social medical grounds below)

3. Children whose permanent home address is in the designated area of the school who has an older sibling(s) who will still be attending the school in Years 7-11 in September 2016.

4. Children whose permanent home address is in the designated area of the school.

5. Children who do not live in the designated area who will have an older sibling(s) who will still be attending the school in years 7-11 in September 2016.

6. Other children.


Tie-Breaker

If the school does not have enough places for all applicants in a particular category – places will be allocated to those living nearest to the school measured in a straight-line between the data point of the home and the data point of the school. The data point is the unique address point for each property supplied by Ordnance Survey. The distance between the two points is measured using Reading Borough Council’s mapping software. The data point for the home and the school can be seen on Reading Borough Council’s website.

DEFINITIONS

Sibling

Siblings are children who have either the same mother or father, or they are children who live together in a family unit and with their parent/carers(s). Siblings must also live at the same address as each other. If they do not live at the same address, then they are not treated as siblings.

Homeaddress

See page 3.

StrongMedical/SocialGrounds

Children with a chronic medical condition or strong social grounds which is fully supported by written confirmation from the professional person involved in the case, who states that Highdown School is the only school that the pupil can attend because of the medical or social reasons.

Multiplebirth

The policy for school admissions is that places are offered according to the oversubscription criteria. In the event that it is not possible to offer places to all children of multibirths (twins etc) an additional place(s) would be allocated to the other sibling(s).

WaitingLists

After 1 March 2016 a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list is determined according to the over-subscription criteria. When a place becomes available this will be offered to the next child on the waiting list. Positions on the waiting lists may go up or down due to student withdrawals or new arrivals. The waiting list will be retained until the end of December 2016. Waiting lists are not kept beyond the 31 December for Year 7 and not at any time for other year groups.

InYearadmissions

Applications for entry to Year 7 after 31 August 2016 and applications for entry to Year 8 to Year 11 at any time are treated as in year admissions.

If numbers in the appropriate year group are below the admission number then a place will be offered. If there are more applications than places available then applications will be considered according to the published over-subscription criteria.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre will participate in the Reading Local Authority’s agreed Fair Access Protocol.

Applications will normally be considered for entry to their chronological year group. Applications for entry to a different year group (e.g. in the case of a student moving from overseas where it maybe more appropriate to consider intake one year below normal) are considered by the appropriate Deputy Headteacher at the school. Each case will be considered on its own merits and circumstances. Those refused places outside the normal age groups will be informed of their statutory right of appeal.

Pre-AdmissionMeeting

As part of the induction process a meeting is arranged, prior to admission, to help best meet the education needs of the student. The meeting forms no part of the admission process.


Appeals

Parents/carers of students refused a place in all years groups of the school, are entitled to appeal to an independent appeals panel.

OpenDays/Evenings

OpenEvening:

Wednesday30September20156.30pm-8.30pm

PresentationbyHeadteacherat6.45pm.

OpenMornings:

Friday2OctoberandThursday8October

Tourat9.15am

Parents are welcome at any time. Please call the school to make an appointment.


JohnMadejskiAcademyHartland RoadReadingRG2 8AF

Tel: 0118 937 0200Fax: 0118 937 0229

www.johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

The Principal: Nicola Maytum

School Type: Academy Co-educational Comprehensive Specialism - Sport


Age Range: 11-19

Number on Roll 2011: 910


Applications (All preferences) 2013 : 239, 2014 : 273, 2015 : 286

PlacesallocatedforSeptember2015:147

2013 2014 2015Statemented pupils & children in care

Sports Aptitude

Living in the designated area with a sibling in theschool at the time of entry in years 7-11

Living in the designated area of the school using the tie-breaker of those living closest to the school on a straight-line distance from the hometo the school

The last distance offered was

Not in the designated area with a sibling at the school

Appeals heard

Appeals granted

ProcedureswheretheJohnMadejskiAcademyisoversubscribed

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications will be considered against the following criteria:

After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs/EHCP where the John Madejski Academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:

1. Children in the care of a local authority and children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order/child arrangement order) immediately after they had been looked after. Provided appropriate evidence is submitted.

2. The John Madejski Academy admits up to 10% of 180 (18) pupils each year by reference to aptitude in its chosen specialism – sport. Arrangements for selecting those pupils will be fair and transparent, building upon expertise gained in applying such tests in other establishments with a sports specialism. Priority for these places will be as follows: 2a) Students applying for the sports specialism will undertake a series of tests to determine their aptitude in sport and will enter the Gifted and Talented Programme. Tests will include assessments of strength, agility, balance, flexibility, speed, co-ordination, reaction time, cardio vascular efficiency. Tests will be moderated according to the physical profile of each student. Priority in this category will be given to applicants who have the best performance scores.

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Any applicant unsuccessful in the sport selection process and all other applications will be considered against the oversubscription criteria set out below:

3. Pupils whose home address is within the designated area for the school whose siblings currently attend the school and who will continue to do so in September 2016, in year 7-11;

4. Pupils living within the designated area for the school

5. Pupils not living in the designated area and whose siblings currently attend the school and who will continue to do so in September 2016, in year 7-11;

6. Other pupils.

Tie-Breaker

If the school does not have enough places for all applicants within categories 3–6, places will be allocated to those living nearest the school. Distance to be measured using straight-line measurements between Ordnance Survey data points for the home and school using digital mapping software of Reading Borough Council.

SportsAptitudeTests

If you wish to apply for a place as part of category 2 above – selection for sports specialism you must complete the school’s additional form. The form is available from the school, Admissions Team or from Reading Borough Council’s website.

You will be informed on whether your child qualifies for admission on sports specialism criteria before 31 October. You will then know, before you need to complete your local authority application form, whether your application will be ranked as category 2 of the over-subscription as above.

Multiplebirths

In the event that it is possible to offer a place to one child and not others the Governing Body would agree to allocate additional

places beyond the admission number to accommodate children of multiple birth. In these circumstances, in the event of vacancies occurring after allocation day the Governing Body would not allocate any further places until the number is below the published admission number.

DEFINITIONOFTERMS

Sibling

The term ‘sibling’ is to include children living in the same household under the care of the same parent(s) or guardian(s) and brothers and sisters not normally resident in the same household but sharing a genetic parent.

DesignatedArea

A map showing the designated area is given on page 59 of this guide. You can check whether your home address is in the designated area from Reading Borough Council’s website www.reading.gov.uk - My Reading, by entering your postcode. You may also contact the school or the Admission Team at Reading Borough Council.

Homeaddress

See page 3.

Operationofwaitinglists

Where in any year the John Madejski Academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate. This will be maintained by the John Madejski Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the over subscription criteria. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the over-subscription criteria.


Appeals

Parents will have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of the John Madejski Academy. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy and will be composed of three members who will include:

• At least one person who has no personal experience of the John Madejski Academy defined as a ‘lay member’;

• At least one person with experience in education.

Parents will normally have 14 days after notification of a place not being offered at the John Madejski Academy to lodge an appeal. The notification will indicate the reasons for refusal of a place and how to appeal.

ArrangementsforAdmissiontootheryeargroups-InyearAdmissions

Applications for Year 7 after the end of the 31 August and all other year groups must be made to the home Local Authority and co-ordinated by Reading Borough Council. If places are available when the application is received a place will be offered if there are more applications than places available then places will be allocated according to the over-subscription criteria taking into account the waiting list.

Appeals

There will be a right of appeal to the Independent Appeals Panel for unsuccessful applicants. Parents and students can make separate appeals.

OpenMorning/Evening

OpenEvening:

Monday21September20156.00–9.00pm

OpenMorning:

Tuesday22September2015(9.30–11.00am)

Appointments at other times during the year are welcome by prior arrangement. Please contact the Principal’s PA.

KendrickSchoolLondon RoadReadingRG1 5BN

Tel: 0118 901 5859Fax: 0118 901 5858

[email protected]

Headteacher: Ms. C. Kattirtzi, BA

School Type: Academy Trust School. Grammar School. Single sex Girls’ School.

Specialist School Status for Science, Mathematics and Language School.


Age Range: 11 -18



Number of applications for September 2014: 321

2013 Appeals - heard 11 : None granted



Applicationforaplace

Applications for a place must be made to the appropriate home local authority by 31October2015.

EntranceTestsKendrick School will be using the same Entrance Test as Reading School and the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools. The tests will take place on Saturday 12th September 2015 in all these schools. Potential applicants for Kendrick School will be expected to take the test at Kendrick School unless they also intend to apply to one or more of the Slough Consortium Grammar schools, in which case they may choose to take the test in Slough. In this event, raw marks from the test will be passed for inclusion in Kendrick School’s standardisation process.

Applicants for any of these schools may only take the test once. If it is found that an applicant has taken the test twice, the raw scores for the first attempt will be used for the standardisation process.

There will be two tests each of length approximately one hour. There will be a short break between the two test sessions.

Each test will assess Verbal, Non Verbal and Numerical ability. Applicants are expected to show competence in skills appropriate to Key Stage 2 English and Mathematics, and to be able to apply these skills creatively. They will be tests for which no additional preparation is necessary.

There are no practice papers but a Familiarisation Booklet will be published on the school website as soon as it is made available but no later than when registration opens on lst May 2015.

RegisteringfortheTestParents must submit a Registration Form to Kendrick School to register for the Entrance Test. Registration forms for Kendrick School may be downloaded from the school website from 1st May 2015. For families without internet access, paper copies can be collected from the school. Registration Forms for entry to Year 7 in September 2016 must be received by the school by 4.00pm on Friday 19th June 2015. LateentrieswillNOTbeaccepted. However, where there are exceptional circumstances, applications received after the deadline may be considered if received before 31st December 2015. Exceptional circumstances should be explained and supported by other evidence as required and will be accepted at the school’s discretion. Where a late application to the LA names Kendrick School as one of the preferences, the test will take place in January 2016. Late applicants (those who take the test in January 2016) will be informed of the results by post, within four weeks of the test.



Inclusion

The parents/carers of any child with special educational needs /EHCP or a disability, who is applying for a place at the School, should write to the Admissions Officer at Kendrick School so that any special arrangements that might need to be made to enable the child to take the Entrance Tests can be discussed. It would be expected that there would be supporting information from an accredited medical professional recommending arrangements appropriate to the need. It would also be necessary to establish a history of need by demonstrating that similar arrangements are in place at the applicant’s current school. Kendrick School may contact the applicant’s primary school to verify and confirm existing arrangements. Where special arrangements are required for the child to take the Entrance Test, parents must also complete the appropriate section of the Kendrick Registration Form.

NotificationofTestResults

The applicant will be sent the results of the entrance tests before the deadline for submission of the common application form. The target date for this is mid-October. The results will indicate whether your daughter has met the standard for admission for Kendrick School.

However, meeting the standard does not guarantee a place at Kendrick School. An offer is dependent upon:

• The applicant including Kendrick as a preferred school on the CAF• The number of candidates with a qualifying score who put Kendrick School on their CAF• Ranking according to the oversubscription criteria.


Oversubscription criteria will be applied if there are more applicants than the 96 places available. A qualifying score will be determined and applicants on or above that qualifying score will be deemed to have

reached a standard which is suitable for a grammar school. All applicants with scores on or above the qualifying score will be ranked according to their performance in the tests.

Offers will then be made from the ranked list in the following order and within each category, according to the ranked order.Children with a statement of special educational needs/EHCP that names the school will be allocated a place above all other applicants.

1. The applicant is a child in care or was previously in care but has since been adopted

2. The applicant is in within the designated area of the school is in receipt of pupil premium at their current school at the time of the test or is in receipt of the service premium. Documentary evidence that the child is entitled to pupil premium/service premium will be required. 3. The permanent home address of the applicant is within the designated area of the school and this address is the home address of the parent(s)/carer(s) and the student.

4. Applicants whose permanent home address is outside the designated area of the school. Note: in i) ii) above, any such an applicant, provided she has achieved a qualifying score, will be offered a place even if she is not ranked in the top 96 places. The total number of places offered will remain, however, at 96.

Looked after and previously looked after children will be considered to be:

• children who are registered as being in the care of a Local Authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989(a), e.g. fostered or living in a children’s home, at the time an application for a school is made; and • children who have left care through


adoption (in accordance with Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002), a residence order (in accordance with Section 8 of the Children Act 1989) or special guardianship order/child arrangement order (in accordance with Section 14A of the Children Act 1989)’

The ranked list of the remaining applicants with a qualifying score will be used to offer further places (still using the categories of the oversubscription criteria) if any original offers are declined either by the LA because a place is offered at the parents/carers higher preference school or by the parents/carers themselves. This will be called the waiting list.

Thetie-breaksituation

The following criterion will be used to rank applicants on the waiting list who cannot be distinguished by their performance in the Entrance Test, i.e. all those achieving exactly the same overall score in the tests:

• Eligible applicants living nearest to Kendrick School and within the designated area will be accorded the highest priority in the allocation of places. Distance will be from the home address to the front gate of the school. It will be measured in a straight line from the home address to the front gate of the school using grid references and ordnance survey maps. Applicants living nearest to the school yet outside the designated area will be ranked after those living within the designated area.

Designatedarea

The designated area is determined by the postcode of the applicant’s home address. Places will be offered to applicants who are ranked high enough according to the entrance test scores and who reside within the designated area. This must be the applicant’s permanent home address with their parent(s) / carer(s) at the time of registration for the test. The school will ask for documentary evidence to support the

application. Only if there are further places available will applicants who live outside the designated area be considered.

The address which will be used for consideration to be living within the designated area must be the applicant’s permanent address at the time of registration. (ie by June 19th 2015.). The exception to this is if the family are returning from abroad to a previous home within the designated area (documentary evidence will be required to confirm this), are Crown Servants or members of the Armed Forces. This address is expected to be the same address as the address on Common Application form (CAF) submitted to the home local authority. Any discrepancy will be investigated. • All postcode districts entirely within a 12 mile radius

• Postcode districts or sectors wholly or partly up to a 15 mile radius

• Postcode sectors partly outside the 15 mile radius but which have the greater part within the 15 mile radius.

The designated area consists of all postcodes startingRG1, RG2, RG4, RG5, RG6, RG7, RG8, RG9, RG10, RG12, RG18, RG19, RG21, RG24, RG26, RG27, RG30, RG31, RG40, RG41, RG42, RG45.

RG14 2, RG14 5

RG20 4, RG20 5, RG20 6, RG20 7 (east of A34)RG22 6

RG23 8

RG29 1

GU14, GU15, GU16, GU17, GU18, GU19, GU20, GU46, GU47, GU51, GU52.

OX10 0, OX10 1, OX10 6, OX10 8, OX10 9,

OX11 9,

OX49 5 (south of M40)

SL4, SL5, SL6, SL7, SL8,

SL1 5, SL1 6, SL1 7, SL1 8, SL1 9.

HP10 9, HP11, HP12, HP14 3.


NB: Postcode district is indicated by the first digit and the postcode sector by the second digit. Eg RG1 5BN: 1 represents district; 5 represents sector.

Childrenwhoarenotinthenormalagegroup

Applications will not normally be accepted from any girl whose birth date is before 01.09.2004.

Applications will not normally be accepted from any girl whose date of birth is after 31.12.2005.

In addition, such girls must be studying in Year 6 at the time of application.

Only in highly exceptional circumstances will applications be accepted from any girl whose birth date is before 01.09.2004 or after 31.12.2005.

In addition, applicants would be expected to be working in Year 6 at the time of application and test.

Applications will not be accepted from any girl who has moved on to Year 7. Applicants working in Year 5 may take the test but the home LA must have approved the application by considering the age, aptitude, ability and emotional and social development of the applicant.

There are no circumstances where the test can be taken twice.

Offerdate

All parent/carers will be informed in writing, by the home LA, the school allocated to their child on the national offer date of 1 March 2016.

Waitinglists

After 1 March 2016, a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list is determined according to the oversubscription criteria. Late applications a change of preference will be added to the list. The list will be kept open until 31 December 2016.

Admissionsoutsideoftheroutineadmissionsround–“Inyearapplications”

These are applications made during the academic year and for admission to age groups other than the normal year of entry. This policy applies to admissions from January of Year 7 to the beginning of Year 10. The school does not normally offer places after the beginning of Year 10 or in Year 11. The school will maintain a register of interest and when a place becomes available, will invite those on the register of interest who are in the appropriate age group to be tested. On completion of the testing procedure, Kendrick School will make the offer of a place to the successful applicant(s) and will also inform Reading LA. Full details of the testing arrangements for “In Year Applications” are available on request from the school.


MaidenErleghSchoolinReading81 Crescent Road, Reading RG1 5SL

Tel: 0118 926 2467

email: [email protected] www.maidenerleghschool.co.uk/newschool

Executive Headteacher: Dr Peter Thomas

School Type: Academy 11-16, with priority access to Maiden Erlegh sixth form through the external application route(Part of Maiden Erlegh Multi Academy Trust) Co-educational, Comprehensive


Admissionsarrangementsfortheacademicyear2015/16

Maiden Erlegh School in Reading is an 11–16 co-educational all-ability secondary school and this document details the policy to be followed for admissions to Maiden Erlegh School in Reading. It is committed to straightforward, open, fair and transparent admissions arrangements. The school will act fully in accordance with the School Admissions Code, the School Admissions Appeals Code and admissions law as they apply to academies.

PublishedAdmissionsNumber(PAN)

The Published Admission Number for entry into Year 7 at Maiden Erlegh School in Reading in September 2016 is 180. The Academy will accordingly admit this number of pupils if there are sufficient applications. Where fewer applicants than the published admission number for the relevant year group are received, the Academy Trust will offer places to all those who have applied.

LateApplication

Applications received after the published deadline (31 October 2015) will be treated as a ‘late’ application and be considered after the on-time applications have been allocated. If there is good reason i.e. the family has moved to the area after the closing date or the illness of a single parent prevented them submitting an on-time application the application may be treated as on-time, provided it is received by 15 January 2016. In such instances evidence may be required.

We will operate in keeping with the local Fair Access Protocol.

SpecialEducationalNeed

Children with a statement of Special Educational Need or Education Health and Care (EHC) plan where Maiden Erlegh School in Reading is named on the statement will be allocated a place before all other applicants. Over-subscriptionCriteria

If there are more applicants than places available and after the admission of children with a statement of Special Educational Needs or Education Health & Care (EHC) plan that names Maiden Erlegh School in Reading, applications will be prioritised in accordance with the following over-subscription criteria;

1. Looked after children or children who were looked after :

2. Children who are eligible for the Pupil Premium at the time of the closing date for applications ( 31 October 2015)

3. Children of ‘Maiden Erlegh School in Reading’ staff who have been in post for at least two years at the time of the application or have been recruited to fill a vacant post in a demonstrable skill shortage area. The skill shortage area will be determined by the Maiden Erlegh Academy Trust by 1 July of the year of application and made available on the school website.


4. Children who have a brother or sister or step-brother or step-sister who have one or more parents in common or any other child for whom the parent has parental responsibility, living at the same address, who will be at the school when the applicant will enter the school in September 2016.

5. Children who attend the following Primary schools - Alfred Sutton, Redlands, New Town, St Johns, Katesgrove, Earley St Peters.

6. Any other children.

In order to be considered within oversubscription 2 a Supplementary Information Sheet must be completed confirming your child’s eligibility for pupil premium. The school will not consider applications under this over subscription criteria unless this form is completed. premium.

A “looked after child” is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services function (see definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). Previous “looked after children” include those children under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (section 46 relating to adoption orders), Children Act 1989, section 8 which defines a “residence order” as an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live and section 14A which defines a “special guardianship order” as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). Applications received under the Criterion A must be made by the person with parental responsibility for the (e.g. the child’s social worker, acting on behalf of the local authority for a looked after child) and will need to be supported by the following official documentation, as applicable:

• Confirmation by the home local authority that the child is looked after or• Confirmation by the local authority that

last looked after the child confirming that the child was looked after immediately prior to the issuing of one of the following orders• Adoption order• Residence order• Special guardianship order, Child Arrangement Order

Those eligible for Pupil Premium are children who:• Are registered as eligible for free school meals; or• Have been registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years; or• Have been looked-after continuously by a local authority for at least a day or were previously looked after but were subsequently adopted or became subject of a residence or special guardianship order.

Where the application of oversubscription criteria would result in splitting children of multiple births (e.g. twins) or children born in the same academic year from the same family, then places will be offered to both even if this will result in the school going above its admission number.

Tie-breaker

Where there are more applications in one criterion than places available, the following tiebreaker will be applied to decide which of the applicants can be offered places, and the waiting list order. Priority will be given within any of the above oversubscription criteria to the applicant whose permanent home address is nearest to the midpoint of the junction of Hamilton Road and Bulmershe Road (the data point to be used is Easting 473698 Northing 172442) in terms of radial (straight line) distance. Distances will be measured consistently as the straight-line distance from the home to the data point using the Ordnance Survey data points of the home and the school using computerised software of Reading Borough Council.


In the event that two or more children live at the same distance from the school and there are fewer places available, random allocation will be used to decide which child will be allocated the remaining place(s). This will be by supervised drawing of lots, carried out by at least 2 officers at the academy.

ResidencyRequirements

Applications are processed on the basis of the child’s single permanent home address, living with parent(s), or a carer/legal guardian. Evidence is required of a single address. Where this is changing, evidence regarding the new address, and disposal of the previous address through a contract for sale or change of tenancy will be required. Parents will be asked to declare that the address used will be their place of residence beyond the date of the pupil starting school. The school will reserve its right to carry out further investigation and require additional evidence, and to reject applications or withdraw offers of places if it believes it has grounds to do so. In such cases parents have recourse to putting their application through the independent appeals process.If a child spends part of the week with parents at different addresses, the home address will be where they usually spend the majority of the school week (Monday to Friday, including nights) with a parent. Where a family claims to be resident at more than one address, justification and evidence of the family’s circumstances (e.g. legal separation) will be required. The home address will also be considered on the basis of the child benefit payment arrangements, where this is payable. If a child does not live at their parent(s) address we need to know the reasons for this. The reasons would need to be supported by official documentation. Temporary addresses cannot be used to obtain school places, e.g. temporary addresses whilst retaining a previous permanent home will not be accepted. Where a parent has two or more properties, evidence will be required showing the rental, or disposal, of the previous property.

Reference will be made to Council Tax and school records. If an applicant is moving house and wishes to use the new address for the allocation of places, evidence will be required that the parent and child has moved and are living in the new home by 15 January 2016. If the move takes place later or information is provided later, the school will only be able to treat the new address for waiting list purposes and consider this information after the initial allocation of places has taken place.

Out-of-age-groupadmissions

Out-of-age-group admissions will only be agreed where there is consensus that it is in the best interests of the child; the circumstances of each case will be considered individually. Such a consensus would be reached between the parents, schools concerned (the current school and Maiden Erlegh School in Reading) and any relevant professionals asked for their opinion on the case by Maiden Erlegh School in Reading.

Acceptingordecliningtheofferofaplace

Parents are required to accept or decline the allocated place using the form sent with the allocation letter. The form must be returned to the Local Authority within two weeks from the date of the offer letter. If a form is not received, there will be one further written warning and failure to respond may result in the place being withdrawn. Parents are requested to advise the local authority at any stage, if they are not accepting the place for any reason.

WaitingLists

After 1 March 2016 a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list is determined by applying the over-subscription criteria as described above. Positions on the waiting list may go up or down due to pupil withdrawals or new or revised applications


and no account is taken of the length of time spent on the waiting list. Waiting lists will be maintained until such time as the policy is changed, to fill places that may become available during the school year. Children who are the subject of a direction by the local authority to admit or who are allocated to Maiden Erlegh School in Reading in accordance with an in-year fair access protocol will take precedence over those on the waiting list.

InYearadmissionstoYear7

Applications for entry to Year 7 after the end of the routine admissions round (ending on 31 August 2016) are processed as in-year applications and applications will be co-ordinated by Reading Borough Council according to published admission arrangements and timescales. Parents wishing to apply for a place at the school should obtain an in-year application from Reading Borough Council. If there are pupils on a waiting list, then the pupil will be placed on that waiting list in a position determined by application of the criteria used in determining initial admissions to Year 7. Pupils will be admitted from the waiting list in order as space becomes available. If there is no pupil on the waiting list for the year into which the applicant is seeking admission, then the Academy Trust will determine whether a place can be offered to the applicant. If at the time of this determination the school has applications from more than one pupil for admission to the same year group, all the applications will be ordered according to the criteria used in determining initial admissions to Year 7 and will be considered in that order. In reaching a decision on an application for admission to a full year group, the Academy Trust will normally refuse a place unless they are statutorily obliged to admit the applicant or the application is covered by Reading Borough Council’s Fair Access Protocols.Parents are required to accept or decline the allocated place using the form sent with the

allocation letter in the same way as detailed in the normal round of admissions.

Appeals

Parents who are dissatisfied with the school’s decision not to admit their child(ren) may appeal to an independent appeals panel against that decision. The determination of the panel will be made in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code and will be binding on all parties. Maiden Erlegh School in Reading will use the independent appeals service provided by the local authority. Independent Appeals Panels are appointed in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code. Appeals should be made, in writing, to Reading Borough Council within 20 school days from the date of notification that the application was unsuccessful.

OpenDays/Evenings

OpenEvening:

Monday28September20155.00-7.30pm.

Crescent Road.

ProspectSchoolCockney HillReading RG30 4EX

Tel: 0118 959 0466 Fax: 0118 950 4172

email: [email protected]

Headteacher: Mr Philip Davies

School Type: Academy. Specialist School Status for Sport and ICT.


Age Range: 11-18


AdmissionNumberforSeptember2016:240including 24 spaces that may be allocated based on sports aptitude.

Number of applications (all preferences) 2013 : 498, 2014 : 513, 2015 : 534

The table below shows how places were allocated according to the oversubscription criteria.Placesallocatedin2015:233-Allpreferences


The following criteria will be applied if there are more applicants than places available.

Children with a statement of special educational needs/EHCP that names the school will be allocated a place above all other applicants

1. Children in the care of a local authority where the corporate parent names Prospect School. (LAC) Children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residency order/ child arrangement order), immediately after they had been looked after providing appropriate evidence is submitted.

2. Up to 10% of 240 students (24) will be selected by aptitude in Sport. Assessment will be by means of aptitude tests in sport and ranked according to the results.

The remaining places up to a total of 240 will be allocated according to the following criteria:

3. Children who have strong medical or social grounds for admission (see definition of social/medical grounds below).

4. Children whose permanent home address is in the designated area and have siblings at the school at the time of application

5. Children whose permanent home address is in the designated area of the school

6. Children whose permanent home address is NOT in the designated area of the school who have siblings at the time of application

7. Other children


Children with a statement of specialneeds naming the school and Looked After Children or previously Looked After Children

Children selected by Sports aptitudetesting

Children living in the designatedarea and have strong medical social grounds for admission

Children living in the designatedarea with a sibling at the school at the time of application

Children living in the designated area

Children not in the designated areaof the school with a sibling at theschool at the time of application

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AptitudeTests

A child with an aptitude is one who is identified as being able benefit from teaching in a specific subject, or who demonstrates a particular capacity to succeed in that subject. The assessment tests used will identify whether a child has an aptitude in sport only and does not discriminate against applicants on grounds of sex, race or disability. The test will only test aptitude in sport and not ability. The tests set will be accessible to children with special educational needs and disabilities.

TestingArrangements

If you wish to apply for a place as part of Category 2 above – selection for Sport specialism you must complete the School’s additional Form. The form is available from the School, Admissions Team or from the Reading Borough Council’s website.

TheformmustbecompletedandreturnedtotheSchoolbyWednesday1October2015.

The testing process will take place on Monday 12 October 2015 and you will be informed on Friday 16 October if your child has been successful or not. You will then know before you need to complete your Local Authority application form, whether your application will be ranked as Category 2 of the oversubscription criteria as above.

Tie-breaker

If the school does not have enough places for all applicants in a particular category – places will be allocated to those living nearest to the school measured in a straight-line between the data point of the home and the data point of the school. The data point is the unique address point supplied by Ordnance Survey and measured using the Reading Borough Council’s mapping software. The data point for the home and the school can been seen on Reading Borough Council’s website.

Definitions

Strong Medical/Social Grounds Children with a chronic medical condition or strong social grounds which is fully supported by written confirmation from the professional person involved in the case, and which states that Prospect School is the only school that the pupil can attend because of the medical or social reasons.

Sibling

Siblings are children who have either the same mother or father, or they are children who live together in a family unit and with their parent/carers(s). Siblings must also live at the same address as each other. If they do not live at the same address, then they are not treated as siblings.

Homeaddress

See page 3.

MultipleBirths

In the event that it is possible to offer a place to one child and not others the Governing Body would agree to allocate additional places beyond the admission number to accommodate children of multiple birth. In the event of vacancies occurring they would not be allocated until places became available below the published admission number.

WaitingLists

After 1 March 2016 a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list is determined according to the over-subscription criteria. When a place becomes available this will be offered to the next child on the waiting list. Positions on the waiting lists may go up or down due to student withdrawals or new arrivals. The waiting list will be retained until the end of December 2016 after which parents/carers must submit a new application.


ApplicationsOutsidetheRoutineAdmissionsRound–InYearAdmissions

Applications for entry to Y7 after 31 August 2015 and applications for entry Y8 – Y11 at any time are treated as in year admissions.If numbers in that year group are below the admission number and there is no waiting list then such applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis. Students identified as ‘hard to place’ as outlined in the Reading Borough Council ‘Fair Access’ will be considered according to the criteria of the protocol.

Applications will normally be considered for entry to their chronological year group. In some cases applications will be considered for a different year group (e.g. In the case of a student moving from overseas where it maybe more appropriate to consider intake one year below normal). Each case will be considered on its own merits and circumstances. Those refused places outside the normal age groups will be informed of their statutory right of appeal.

As part of the induction process a meeting is arranged, prior to admission, to help best meet the educational needs of the student. The meeting forms no part of the admission process.

Appeals

Parents/carers of students refused a place in all years groups of the school, are entitled to appeal to an independent appeals panel.

OpenDays/Evenings

OpenEvening:

Wednesday23September20154.30pmor6.30pm.

Entrance via Cockney Hill


ReadingSchoolErleigh RoadReadingRG1 5LW

Tel: 0118 901 5600Fax: 0118 935 2755

[email protected]

Headmaster: Mr A Robson

School Type: Academy Grammar School – day and boarding

Specialist School Status for Humanities and Science


Age Range: 11-18


AdmissionNumberforEntrytoYear7inSeptember2016:150138 day places 12 Boarding Places

Admission number for Year 9 in 2015 : 12(day and boarding)

Number of applications for Year 7 September 2014 : 281 - Day places

2013 Appeals heard 5 : None granted

2014 Appeals heard 14 : 1 granted

2015 Appeals heard 11 : 1 granted

Reading School is a grammar school and is permitted to select the entire intake on basis academic ability. To be considered for admission to the school all applicants must take the entrance tests set by the school as the results will be used to allocate the places. A separate application to register for the entrance tests must be made directly to Reading School for all year groups and submitted by the date specified. Applications must also be sent to the home local authority for admission to Year 7 and Year 9 by the 31 October 2015.

ApplicationforaYear7dayplacein2016/2017

Registration forms for Reading must be received by the school by 19th June 2015. Please note late applications will not be considered.

Please note that you cannot apply for both a day and boarding place. If you apply for a boarding place, are offered and accept a place, there is no right of transfer to a day place. The only time you can transfer is at the end of Year 11 for Sixth Form, and then only if you are resident in the designated area.

TestsforprospectiveYear7studentsThe test will comprise two separate papers, each lasting approximately 50 minutes and administered within a one hour period.

Each test will assess Verbal, Non-Verbal and Numerical ability. Candidates are expected to show competence in skills appropriate to Key Stage 2 English and Mathematics and to be able to apply these creatively. They will be tests for which no additional preparation is necessary. There are no practice papers but a familiarisation sheet is available on the school website and on request.

There will be other schools that will be using the same tests as Reading School. If your son takes our test 12 September 2015 and is found to have taken the same test, then we will use the raw scores from the first test he took, even if it was at another school.

The raw scores will be age standardised. The ranking is determined by the aggregate of the age standardised scores of both tests.

ResultsReading School will post results of tests to parents in advance of the Common Application date (31st October 2015). If your son is assessed as suitable for admission to Reading School, you may wish to list Reading School as one of your preferences on your Common Application Form. However being


assessed as suitable for Reading School will not guarantee that your son will be offered a place as it is extremely likely that more boys will qualify for places than the School can accommodate. In this case we will apply our oversubscription criteria as listed above.

Timetable

All applicants will be sent a registration card to which a photo of the candidate will be attached. We ask that the current primary school sign the registration card and use their school stamp to confirm that the photo is a true likeness of the candidate and confirm his date of birth. Applicants must bring this completed registration card with them on the test day.

IllnessontheTestDay

If on the morning of 12th September, or the days immediately prior to the tests, an applicant is judged to be too ill to sit the test on 12th September he may, on production of supporting medical information, be given an opportunity to take the test at the supplementary test day. There will be no other opportunity to sit the test. This is in the interest of security and fairness to all candidates

Inclusion

The parents of any child with special educational needs or a disability, who are applying for a place at the School, should write to the Admissions Officer at Reading School so that any special arrangements that might need to be made to enable the child to take the entrance tests, can be discussed. It would be expected that there would be supporting information from an accredited medical professional recommending arrangements appropriate to the need. It would also be necessary to establish a history of need by demonstrating that similar arrangements are in place at the applicant’s current school. Reading School may contact the applicant’s primary school to verify and confirm existing arrangements.

FraudulentApplications

Any information that is subsequently proven to be inaccurate will potentially invalidate that application.

OversubscriptionCriteria

The following oversubscription criteria will be applied if there are more applicants than places available. A cut-off point will be determined, below which students will be deemed not to benefit from the style of education provided at Reading School and these students will not be considered for admission to the school and not therefore ranked according to the over-subscription criteria below.

All applicants above the cut-off point will be ranked in the following order and within each category strictly by their performance in the test. Children with a statement of special educational needs/EHCP that names the school will be allocated a place above all other applicants.

i) The applicant is a child in care or previously in care

ii) The applicant is in within the designated area of the school is in receipt of pupil premium at their current school at the time of the test or is in receipt of the service premium. Documentary evidence that the child is entitled to pupil premium/ service premium will be required.

iii) The permanent home address of the student is within the designated area of the school and this home address is the address of the parent(s)/carer(s) and the student.

iv) Students whose home address is NOT in the designated area of the school

Please check page 51 for information on designated areas.


The following criterion will be used to allocate places as between borderline candidates who cannot be distinguished in terms of academic ability.


With regard to the historic links with the Borough of Reading, eligible boys living nearer to the School will be accorded a higher priority in the allocation of day-boy places. Distance is measured on the straight line between Ordnance Survey data points for the home address and the school using Reading Borough Council digital mapping software.


Such boys must be studying in Year 6 at the time of testing.

Only in highly exceptional circumstances will applications be accepted from any boy whose birth date is before 01.09.2004 or after 31.12.2005.

Applicants who sit the tests early, i.e. whose date of birth falls on or between 01.09.2005 - 31.12.2005, and are not successful, will only be permitted to apply again the following year provided they are repeating Year 6. Written confirmation from the school will be requested. Any boy who has moved on to Year 7 will not be accepted.

Offerdate

All parents/carers will be informed in writing, by the home LA, the school allocated to their child on the national offer date of 1 March 2016.

Waitinglists

During the routine admission round a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list is determined according to the oversubscription criteria that applied to applicants at the time of original allocation of places.

During the routine admission round a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list is determined according to the oversubscription criteria that applied to applicants at the time of original allocation

of places. Reading School will keep a waiting list open until 31 January 2017. This list will be made available to the LA who will offer places on our behalf should a vacancy arise.

AdmissionArrangementsforYear7Boardersin2016/2017

Y7BoardersAdmissionNumber

The admission number for Year 7 boarding places is a maximum of 12.


All applications from parents who reside in England are covered by the co-ordinated admissions arrangements in which parents make an application to the Local Authority (LA) in which they live. Boarding applications are now part of this scheme and applications must be made to the appropriate home Local Authority by 31 October 2015.

For parents who reside outside England, applications should be made directly to Reading School only.

Only weekly boarding is available.

EntranceTests

The entrance tests will consist of two 50 minute papers, each of which assess verbal, numerical and non verbal ability. Applicants are expected to show competence in skills appropriate to Key Stage 2 English and Mathematics, and to be able to apply these skills creatively. These tests can only be taken once. There are no practice papers for sale in respect of these tests. A familiarisation sheet of questions will be available on our website. They will be tests for which no additional preparation is necessary.

The raw scores will be age standardised. The ranking is determined by the aggregate of the age standardised scores of both tests. The entrance tests will take place on Saturday 12 September 2015.

There will be other schools that will be using the same tests as Reading School. If your son


takes our test after this date and is found to have taken the same test, then we will use the raw scores from the first test he took, even if it was at another school.

TimetableThe admissions process for routine admission into Year 7 of a secondary school in 2016/17, the routine admission round, begins in May 2017 and ends on 31 August 2016. The tests will take place at Reading School and the LA will offer places to English applicants on behalf of Reading School on 1 March 2016. Reading School will offer places to parents who reside outside England on 1 February 2016.

Deadlineofreceiptofregistrationform Applicants applying for entry to Year 7 in September 2016 should submit the form to the school by 4.00pm on Friday 19th June 2015.

Applicationsreceivedafterthedeadline

Applications received after the deadline will be treated as late applications and will not be accepted. However, applications that are received late for a good reason may be considered, if received before 31st December 2015. Such cases might be if illness prevented a single parent/carer from returning the form on time, if the reason for lateness is supported in writing by a medical professional involved in the case. Any such candidates will be tested in January 2015.

TestResults

The result of the entrance test will be posted before 31 October 2015. If your son is accessed as suitable for admission to Reading School you may wish to list Reading School as one of your preferences. However being assessed suitable for admission to Reading School willnotguaranteeaplace as it is extremely likely that there will be many more boys who qualify than places available. In this case the over-subscription criteria will be applied to all where an application is received

on the local authority form.

Inclusion

The parents of any child with special educational needs or a disability, who are applying for a place at the School, should write to the Admissions Officer at Reading School so that any special arrangements that might need to be made to enable the child to take the entrance tests, can be discussed. It would be expected that there would be supporting information from an accredited medical professional recommending arrangements appropriate to the need. It would also be necessary to establish a history of need by demonstrating that similar arrangements are in place at the applicant’s current school. Reading School may contact the applicant’s primary school to verify and confirm existing arrangements. FraudulentApplications



Grammar Schools are permitted to select their entire intake on the basis of high academic ability. To be considered for admission to the school all applicants must take the entrance tests set by the school the results of which will be used to allocate places.

A cut-off point will be determined, below which students will be deemed not to benefit from the style of education provided at Reading School and these students will not be offered a place and will not therefore be ranked according to the over-subscription criteria below.

All applicants above the cut-off point will be ranked in the following order and within each category strictly by their performance in the test:

i) The applicant is a child in care or previously in care.ii) The applicant has an Educational Health care Plan, (Statement of special


needs) and has named Reading School specifically on the statement.

iii) Children of members of the UK Armed Forces.

iv) The applicant has a boarding need.

A waiting list ranked as above will be used to offer further places if any original offers are declined either by the LA, or by the parents/carers themselves. Parents of children above the cut-off point who change their preference following allocation day i.e because their child was offered a higher preference will be added to the waiting list according to the over-subscription criteria.


If two or more borderline applicants have the same ranking, then places will be allocated randomly.

Boardingneed

Children with a boarding need include:

i) Those at risk or with an unstable home environment and children of service personnel who have died while serving or who have been discharged as a result of attributable injury; or

ii) children of key workers and Crown Servants working abroad (e.g. the children of charity workers, people working for voluntary service organisations, the diplomatic service or the European Union, teachers, law enforcement officers and medical staff working abroad) whose work dictates that they spend much of the year overseas.

Suitabilityforboarding

In accordance with paragraph 1.40 of the School Admissions Code 2012, maintained boarding schools are allowed to request supplementary information from the applicant’s present school and home Local Authority to assess suitability for boarding. This will take place prior to the Governors applying the oversubscription criteria. In

order to determine the suitability of an applicant to board, Reading School will have regard to:

i) Information provided by the applicant’s current school or previous school, if he is currently out of school.

ii) Information provided by the home Local Authority on safeguarding issues.

A Suitability for Boarding Form should have been returned to Reading School with the Reading School Application Form by 19 June 2015.


Such boys must be studying in Year 6 at the time of testing.


Applicants who sit the tests early, i.e. whose date of birth falls on or between 01.09.2005 - 31.12.2005, and are not successful, will only be permitted to apply again the following year provided they are repeating Year 6. Written confirmation from the school will be requested. Any boy who has moved on to Year 7 will not be accepted.

OfferdateOn the national offer date of 1 March 2016 the home LA will inform all parents/carers, residing in England, of the school allocated to their child. On 1 March 2016, for applicants who reside outside England only, Reading School will also inform parents how their sons have performed in the tests and make offers of places, when applicable.

WaitinglistsDuring the routine admission round a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list is determined according to the oversubscription criteria that applied to


applicants at the time of original allocation of places. Reading School will keep a waiting list open until 31 January 2016. This list will be made available to the LA who will offer places on our behalf for parents who reside in England. From 2 March 2016, Reading School will offer places when appropriate to parents who reside outside England.

BoardingRegulationsBoarders must have suitable accommodation outside School for the weekends. This may be provided by the family, friends or a guardian. Reading School regrets that it is unable to assist in finding a guardian.

PassportRequirementsAll students must be entitled to hold a full British Citizen passport, be a national of the European Economic Area or have the right of residence in the United Kingdom. The holding of a British Overseas or British Dependent Territories passport does not make a child eligible for a State Boarding School education, neither does a temporary student visa.

AdmissionArrangementsforentryintoYear9in2016/2017

Y9AdmissionNumberThe admission number for Year 9 is 12, with 8 day student places and 4 boarding student places, however, this number can vary dependent upon availability of boarding places. If insufficient numbers achieve the pass mark who have applied for a day place, then these places may be offered to a boarding applicant. If insufficient numbers achieve the pass mark who have applied for a boarding place, then these places may be offered to a day applicant. If there is no space in boarding, the places allocated to boarding will be converted to day student places. The day places would then be allocated according to our over subscription criteria above.


For entry in September 2016 a boy’s date of birth would normally fall on or between

01.09.12-31.8.03 and he must be working in Year 8 at the time of testing. See section headed ‘Children who are not in the normal age group’ for further information.

Applications must be made to Reading Schooland to the home Local Authority. Registration forms are available from 1 May 2015 for day applications and at any time for boarding. Parents should expect to receive an acknowledgement of their application.

Thedeadlineforreceiptofapplicationsis31October2015.

Applicationsreceivedafterthedeadline

Applications received after the deadline will be treated as late applications, but will be accepted up to the day preceding the tests. However, applications that are received late for a good reason may be considered if received before 31 December 2015. Such cases might be if illness prevented a single parent/carer from returning the form on time; if the reason for lateness is supported in writing by a medical professional involved in the case.

Inclusion

The parents of any child with special educational needs or a disability, who are applying for a place at the School, should write to the Admissions Officer at Reading School so that any special arrangements that might need to be made to enable the child to take the entrance tests, can be discussed. It would be expected that there would be supporting information from an accredited medical professional recommending arrangements appropriate to the need. It would also be necessary to establish a history of need by demonstrating that similar arrangements are in place at the applicant’s current school. Reading School may contact the applicant’s primary school to verify and confirm existing arrangements.


FraudulentApplications



Grammar Schools are permitted to select their entire intake on the basis of high academic ability. To be considered for admission to the school all applicants must take the entrance tests set by the school the results of which will be used to allocate places. A cut-off point will be determined, below which students will be deemed not to benefit from the style of education provided at Reading School and these students will not be offered a place and will not therefore be ranked according to the over-subscription criteria below.

All applicants above the cut-off point who are applying for a boarding place or who live within the designated area and are applying for a day place will be ranked strictly by their performance in the test, however priority will be given to applicants in the following categories:

i) The applicant is a child in care or previously in care

ii) The applicant has an Educational Health Care Plan (formerly statement of special needs) and has named Reading School specifically on the Educational Health Care Plan



v) The permanent home address of the student is within the designated area of the school and the student is in receipt of pupil premium at their current school at the time of the test or is in receipt of the Service Premium. Documentary evidence that the child is entitled to pupil premium/

service premium will be required.

vi) The permanent home address of the student is within the designated area of the school and this home address is the address of the parent(s)/carer(s) and the student.

vii) Students whose home address is NOT in the designated area of the school.

A waiting list ranked as above will be used to offer further places if any original offers are declined either by the LA, or by the parents/carers themselves. Parents of children above the cut-off point who change their preference following allocation day i.e because their child was offered a higher preference will be added to the waiting list according to the over-subscription criteria. The waiting list will be kept until 31 January 2016.

Boardingneed


i) Those at risk or with an unstable home environment and children of service personnel who have died while serving or who have been discharged as a result of attributable injury; or

ii) children of key workers and Crown Servants working abroad (e.g. the children of charity workers, people working for voluntary service organisations, the diplomatic service or the European Union, teachers, law enforcement officers and medical staff working abroad) whose work dictates that they spend much of the year overseas.

Suitabilityforboarding

In accordance with paragraph 1.40 of the School Admissions Code 2012, maintained boarding schools are allowed to request supplementary information from the applicant’s present school and home Local Authority to assess suitability for boarding.


This will take place prior to the Governors applying the oversubscription criteria. In order to determine the suitability of an applicant to board, Reading School will have regard to:

i) Information provided by the applicant’s current school or previous school, if he is currently out of school.ii) Information provided by the home Local Authority on safeguarding issues.

A Suitability for Boarding Form should be returned to Reading School with the Reading School Application Form by 19 June 2015.


The following criterion will be used to allocate places as between borderline candidates who cannot be distinguished in terms of academic ability.

With regard to the historic links with the Borough of Reading, eligible boys living nearer to the School will be accorded a higher priority in the allocation of day-boy places. Distance is measured on the straight line between Ordnance Survey data points for the home address and the school using Reading Borough Council digital mapping software.



In addition such boys must be studying in Year 8 at the time of the test.

Offerdate

All parent/carers will be informed in writing by Reading School how their sons have performed in the tests on 1 February 2015. The home Local Authority will inform parents on 1 March 2016 if a place can be offered.

Waitinglists

The list as described in the oversubscription criteria will be kept open until 31 January 2017.

BoardingRegulations

Boarders must have suitable accommodation outside School for the weekends. This may be provided by the family, friends or a guardian. Reading School regrets that it is unable to assist in finding a guardian.

PassportRequirements

All students must be entitled to hold a full British Citizen passport, be a national of the European Economic Area or have the right of residence in the United Kingdom. The holding of a British Overseas or British Dependent Territories passport does not make a child eligible for a State Boarding School education, neither does a temporary student visa.

InYearAdmission


Applications must be made to Reading School.

There is no set timetable for in-year admissions. Reading School will only test an applicant if there is a place available in the appropriate year group.

EntranceTests

The entrance tests will be taken at Reading School.

The tests will be based on the National Curriculum and will be such that no additional preparation is necessary. No past papers are available and no further information with respect to the tests will be given. No allowance will be made for a pupil’s age.

Inclusion

The parents of any child with special educational needs or a disability, who are applying for a place at the School, should


write to the Admissions Officer at Reading School so that any special arrangements that might need to be made to enable the child to take the entrance tests, can be discussed. It would be expected that there would be supporting information from an accredited medical professional recommending arrangements appropriate to the need. It would also be necessary to establish a history of need by demonstrating that similar arrangements are in place at the applicant’s current school. Reading School may contact the applicant’s primary school to verify and confirm existing arrangements.


The following oversubscription criteria will be applied if there are more applicants than places available. A cut-off point will be determined, below which students will be deemed not to benefit from the style of education provided at Reading School, and these students will not be considered for admission to the school and not therefore ranked according to the over-subscription criteria below.

All applicants above the cut-off point who are applying for a boarding place or who live within the designated area and are applying for a day place will be ranked strictly by their performance in the test, however priority will be given to applicants in the following categories.

i) The applicant has an Educational Health Care Plan (statement of special needs) and has named Reading School specifically on the statement.

ii) The applicant is a child in care or previously in care.



v) The permanent home address of the student is within the designated area of the school and the student is in receipt of pupil premium at their current school at the time of the test or is in receipt of the Service Premium. Documentary

evidence that the child is entitled to pupil premium/service premium will be required.

vi) The permanent home address of the student is within the designated area of the school and this home address is the address of the parent(s)/carer(s) and the student.vii) Students whose home address is NOT in the designated area of the school.

A waiting list ranked as above will be used to offer further places if any original offers are declined.


The following criterion will be used to allocate places as between borderline candidates who cannot be distinguished in terms of academic ability.With regard to the historic links with the Borough of Reading, eligible boys living nearer to the School will be accorded a higher priority in the allocation of day-boy places. Distance is measured on the straight line between Ordnance Survey data points for the home address and the school using Reading Borough Council digital mapping software.

Children who are not in the normal age groupApplications from boys who are not in the normal year group will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Further clarification can be obtained from the School’s Admission Office.

Offers

Reading School will post results to parents informing them how their sons have performed in the tests and offer places where appropriate within three weeks of the date of testing.

Waitinglists

The list as described in the oversubscription criteria will be kept open until the end of the January following the tests.


Boardingneed


iii) Those at risk or with an unstable home environment and children of service personnel who have died while serving or who have been discharged as a result of attributable injury; or

iv) children of key workers and Crown Servants working abroad (e.g. the children of charity workers, people working for voluntary service organisations, the diplomatic service or the European Union, teachers, law enforcement officers and medical staff working abroad) whose work dictates that they spend much of the year overseas.

A Suitability for Boarding Form should be returned to Reading School with the Reading School Application Form.

BoardingRegulations

Boarders must have suitable accommodation outside School for the weekends. This must be provided by the family or a guardian. Reading School regrets that it is unable to assist in finding a guardian.

PassportRequirements

All students must be entitled to hold a full British Citizen passport, be a national of the European Economic Area or have the right of residence in the United Kingdom. The holding of a British Overseas or British Dependent Territories passport does not make a child eligible for a State Boarding School education, neither does a temporary student visa.

ReadingSchoolAdmissionNumbers

The standard admission number for each year is:

Year 7, 124 (100 day and 12 boarding); Year 8, 112 (100 day and 12 boarding); Year 9, 124 (8 day and 4 boarding); Year 10, 124 Year 11, 124 Year 12, 15.

DesignatedareaforDayApplicationsThe designated area is determined by the postcode of the student’s home address. This

must be the student’s permanent home address with their parent(s)/carer(s) and the school may ask for documentary evidence to support the application

Year7

In order to be considered as living in the designated area, your address on 19June2015 will be the address that is used. The exception to this is if the family are returning from abroad to a previous home within the designated area (documentary evidence will be required to confirm this), are Crown Servants or members of the Armed Forces. This address is expected to be the same on the application submitted to the Local Authority any disparity will be investigated.

Y9Admissions

In order to be considered as living in the designated area, your address on 31 October 2015 will be the address that is used. The exception to this is if the family are returning from abroad to a previous home within the designated area (documentary evidence will be required to confirm this), are Crown Servants or members of the Armed Forces.

All post codes starting:

RG1, RG2, RG4, RG5, RG6, RG7, RG8, RG10, RG12, RG18, RG19, RG30, RG31, RG40, RG41, RG42, RG45.

RG9 1, RG9 2, RG9 3, RG9 4 & RG9 5RG14 1, RG14 2, RG14 3, RG14 5, RG14 6 & RG14 7RG20 4, RG20 5, RG20 6 & part of RG20 7 (east of A34)

RG26 3, RG26 4 & part of RG26 5 (north of A339)

RG27 0 & parts of RG27 8 & RG27 9 (north of M3)

GU15 1, GU15 2, GU15 3 & GU15 4 GU17 0 & GU17 9 GU19 5 GU46 6 & GU46 7GU47 0, GU47 8 & GU47 9

OX10 0, OX10 8, OX10 9 & part of OX10 6 (south of A4130) OX11 9

SL4 4, SL5 0, SL5 7, SL5 8 & SL5 9SL6 1, SL6 2, SL6 3, SL6 4, SL6 5, SL6 6 & SL6 7


ReadingGirls’SchoolNorthumberland AvenueReading, RG2 7PY

Tel: 0118 986 1336Fax: 0118 986 6938

www.readinggirlsschool.co.ukinfo@readinggirlsschool.co.ukHeadteacher: Mrs Viv Angus

School Type: Foundation Trust SchoolSingle Sex with Partial SelectionSpecialist School Status - Business and Enterprise


Age Range: 11-18 - 6th form provision linked with Reading College.


AdmissionNumberforSeptember2016:170,including42selectiveplaces

Applications (all preferences)2013 : 216, 2014 : 229, 2015 : 297

Places allocated

September 2015 - 114 (includes selective places)

Reading Girls’ School is open to girls of all abilities. Within the current planned admission number of 170, up to 42 pupils will be admitted each year to two forms of entry created to provide a more intensive academic education.

Girls will be identified for this group by means of appropriate tests.

To register girls for the test parents/carers must complete the school’s registration form. This is available from the school or Reading Borough Council’s website.

Testing for the Selective Stream will take place at the school on Friday9October2015.

If the school is over-subscribed the non selective places will be allocated according to the following criteria:

AdmissionCriteria

Girls with an Educational Health Care Plan (statement of special educational needs) that name the school will be allocated a place above all other applicants

1. Girls in Public Care (looked after children) and children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residency order/child arrangement order) immediately after they had been looked after. Provided appropriate evidence is submitted.

2. Up to 42 places may be selected by ability assessed by means of selection tests and ranked according to the results of the tests. Then the remaining places up to 170 will be allocated according to the following criteria

3. Girls who have strong medical or social grounds for admission provided that the application is fully supported by written confirmation from the professional involved in the case, which states that Reading Girls’ School, is in their professional opinion the appropriate school for the pupil to attend for the medical or social reasons.

4. Girls living nearest the school being accorded priority, as measured in a straight line from school to the home address. Distance is measured on the straight line between Ordnance Survey data points for the home address and the school using Reading Borough Council’s digital mapping software.

Tie-breaker

If the school does not have enough places for all applicants in a particular category, places will be allocated to those living nearest the school measured on the straight line between Ordnance Survey data points for the home address and the school using


Reading Borough Council’s digital mapping software.

MultipleBirths

In the event that it is possible to offer a place to one girl and not others the Governing Body would agree to allocate additional places beyond the admission number to accommodate girls of multiple birth. In the event of vacancies occurring they would not be allocated until places became available below the published admission number.

Homeaddress

The home address is the permanent address of the parent/carer and their child/ren. That is taken to be the address of the parent/carer who receives child benefit for the child and is assumed to be the address where the child spends the majority of its time, even if she lives at a different address for some days of the week.

LateApplications

Applications are submitted to the home Local Authority and must be submitted by the date published by them. Applications submitted after that date will only be accepted for good reasons, ie. the family moved into the area or illness prevented a single parent from completing the form. If the application is accepted as a late application for good reason and the parents/carers wish to apply for a place as part of the selection on ability then a late test date will be set in early February.

ChangeofPreference

The school will not accept change of preference unless it is for good reason as set out in the above paragraph.

WaitingList

After the 2 March 2016 a ‘waiting list’ will be administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A girl’s position on the waiting list is determined according to the admission criteria. If a place becomes available then it will be offered

by Reading Borough Council on behalf of the Governing Body to the next girl on the waiting list. Positions on the waiting list may go up and down as late applications accepted for good reasons would be added according to the admission criteria. The waiting list will be kept until 31 December 2016.

SelectionTests

The selection tests will take place on Friday 9 October 2015 at the school. The tests will be NFER test papers in Verbal Reasoning, Non-verbal Reasoning and a Mathematics paper and will be multiple choice. Practice papers are available from W.H. Smith. You will be informed about the results of the selection test by Reading Girls’ School before 31 October 2015.

Appeals

Parents/carers will have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel if they are not offered a place at Reading Girls’ School. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the school and the Governing Body.

AdmissionstootherYearGroups

Applications for entry to Year 7 after the end of the routine admissions round and applications for entry Year 8 to Year 11 at any time are treated as in-year admissions and applications must be submitted to the home Local Authority. If there are more applicants than places available in the appropriate year group places will be offered according the over-subscription criteria above.

FairAccessProtocol

The Governing Body will agree a Fair Access Protocol for admissions from and agree to participate in the In-Year Fair Access Protocol of Reading Borough Council.

OpenDay/Evening

OpenEvening

Thursday1October,6.00pm-8.00pm

OpenDay

Thursday1October,9.30am-1.30pm.


UTCReadingReading, Crescent RoadReadingRG1 5RQ

Tel: 0118 955 4544


Principal: Joanne Harper

School Type: University Technical CollegeAcademyCo-educationalComprehensive

Specialism: Computer Science and Engineering

DfE Number: 870 4000

Age Range: 14 -19 Number of children on roll: 138

PROCEDUREFORADMITTINGPUPILSTOTHEACADEMY

AdmissionNumber

The Admissions number Year : 100.

ProcessofApplication

2. (a) Arrangements for applications for places at the Reading Technical Academy at Year 10 will be made in accordance with Reading LA’s co- ordinated admission arrangements and will be made on the Common Application Form provided and administered by the relevant local authority.

(b) Arrangements for applications for places at the Reading Technical Academy sixth form will be made directly to the Reading Technical Academy.

3. The Academy Trust will use Reading LA’s timetable for applications to year 10 at Reading Technical Academy each year.

(a) September: The Reading Technical Academy will publish in its prospectus information about the arrangements for admission, including oversubscription criteria, for the following September. This will include details of open evenings and other opportunities for prospective students and their parents to learn more about the Technical Academy.

(b) September/October: The Reading Technical Academy will provide opportunities for parents to have taster sessions and learn more about the Technical Academy.

(c) September/October: UTC Reading will provide opportunities for parents to have taster sessions and learn more about the UTC.

(d) 31 October: Common Application Form to be completed and returned to the applicant’s home LA by the published closing date.

(e) End November: LAs exchange information on applications.

(f) End November: Reading LA sends UTC applications to UTC Reading Trust.

(g) Mid December: UTC sends list of students to be offered places to Reading LA.

(h) January: Reading LA applies agreed scheme for own schools, informing other LAs of offers to be made to their residents.

(i) 1 March or nearest working day: Reading LA makes offers to Reading parents. Other Local Authorities will make offers to their home residents.

ConsiderationofApplications4. The UTC Reading Trust will consider all applications for places at the Reading Technical Academy. Where fewer than


the published admission number(s) for the relevant year groups are received, the Academy Trust will offer places at the Reading Technical Academy to all those who have applied, though the Academy Trust will apply a minimum criterion in relation to academic entrance requirements for admission or transfer to the Reading Technical Academy sixth form.

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5. (a) The Technical Academy is a regional facility and therefore welcomes students from across Berkshire with catchment areas which include Reading, Wokingham, West Berkshire, South Oxfordshire, Basingstoke & Deane, Bracknell Forest, Windsor & Maidenhead, Wycombe and Hart. Grouped post code areas have been defined as the method to ensure geographical spread. This means that applicants living close to the Reading Technical Academy, or with siblings at the Reading Technical Academy, do not have priority over other applicants within the other areas. (b) A set percentage of places will be allocated for children resident in each of the grouped post code areas. A map showing these post code areas is attached at Appendix A. Procedures where the Reading Technical Academy is oversubscribed

6. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below. After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where the Reading Technical Academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below: a) Looked after children; or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after

became subject to an adoption order, residence, or special guardianship order. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions.

b) Remaining places will be allocated as follows: a. 30% of places allocated to applicants within Area 1 which will Include all postcodes in RG1, RG2, RG4, RG5, RG6 and RG30

c) 30% of places allocated to applicants within Area 2 which will include all postcodes in RG7, RG8, RG9, RG10, RG12, RG27, RG31, RG40, RG41, RG42, RG45, GU46 and GU47

d) 30% of places allocated to applicants within Area 3 which will include all postcodes in RG14, RG18, RG19, RG21, RG22, RG23, RG24, RG26,vSL1, SL2, SL4, SL5, SL6, SL7, GU14, GU15, GU17, GU18, GU19, GU20 and GU51

e) Remaining 10% of places will be allocated to pupils living outside the areas listed in b to d above with those living closest to the front gates of the Technical Academy (straight line distance - front door to front door, using GPS technology) being admitted.

7. (a) If the number of applicants within any one area exceeds its allocation, places will be allocated randomly to the applicants within that area.

(b) In the event that places allocated to a particular group of post code areas are not filled, the balance of places will first be allocated for children resident in any of the remaining post code areas by random allocation

(c) If there is the same number or fewer applicants than places available, then all applicants will be offered a place. Any unfilled places after all applicants in paragraph 7 have been admitted will be distributed to those applicants who live


outside of the post code areas using random allocation.

(d) Applications from sets of twins or other children from multiple births will be treated as individual applicants. This may result in one child being allocated a place under random allocation and another not. Unsuccessful applicants will have a right of appeal to an independent admission appeals panel.

e) If we are unable to distinguish between applicants on the basis of distance under criterion (because they are children who are as a result of multiple birth or live in the same block of flats) then the child or children who will be offered the available place(s) will be randomly selected.

(f) Unsuccessful applicants will have a right of appeal to an independent admission appeals panel.

LateApplications

8. (a) Applications received after the closing date will only be considered alongside those applicants who have applied on time if places have not been allocated and there are exceptional reasons for the late application, i.e. a major change of circumstance. A late application will not affect the right of appeal or the right to be placed on the waiting list. (b) The Reading Technical Academy will ensure that someone independent of the school supervises the random allocation processes.

TheAppealsProcess

There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel for internal pupils refused transfer and external applicants refused admission. Unsuccessful applicants may appeal for a place at the Reading Technical Academy. Parents or young person (6th form) wishing to appeal should write

to the Reading Technical Academy stating the reasons for their appeal. The letter should be addressed to the Clerk to the Governors, Reading UTA School Trust, c/o Oxford and Cherwell Valley College, Oxpens Road, Oxford, OX1 1SA. Appeals will be heard by a panel which is independent of the Technical Academy and the governors.

AppendixA-CatchmentArea

Area 1: RG1, RG2, RG4, RG5, RG6 and RG30

Area 2: RG7, RG8, RG9, RG10, RG12, RG27, RG31, RG40, RG41, RG42, RG45, GU46 and GU47

Area 3: RG14, RG18, RG19, RG21, RG22, RG23, RG24, RG26, SL1, SL2, SL4, SL5, SL6, SL7, GU14, GU15, GU17, GU18, GU19, GU20 and GU51.

TasterEvents

Wednesday30September2015Thursday3December2015Thursday25February2016Wednesday13April2016

5.30-7.30pm

Locationsonschoolwebsite

Please contact the school for further information


TheWrenSchool61-63 Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2BB

Tel: 0118 958 5128


Headteacher: Jo BroadheadAdmissionnumbers

The Wren School has a planned admission number of 168.

ArrangementsforAdmissioninSeptember2016Applicants for admission to Year 7 are to complete the home local authority Application Form, available on RBC’s website, and included with every application booklet sent out by RBC’s Admissions Team, which should be returned directly to RBC. • All applications must be submitted either electronically or in hard copy by the deadline published by RBC - any applications submitted after the application deadline 31st October will be deemed to be ‘late applications’ (See below). Applicants outside the Reading local authority area should apply directly to their home Local Authority (LA) within that home LA’s instructions for applications. • Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan that names The Wren School in the Statement/ Education, Health and Care Plan will be allocated a place above all other applicants. • All applications for places at The Wren School will be considered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out below.

ApplicationProcedure-AllocationofPlacesThe application procedure follows the arrangements set out above. The Wren School will accordingly admit this number of pupils each year if there are sufficient applications. Where fewer applicants than the published admission number(s) for the relevant year group are received, The Wren School Academy Trust will offer places at The Wren School to all those who have applied. There is a designated catchment area for The Wren

School, as shown by the thick black line on the map at Appendix 1.

OversubscriptioncriteriaWhen The Wren School is oversubscribed, after the admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care plan or statement of Special Educational Needs naming the school, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in priority order:

A. Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order. B. Children for whom a particular school is appropriate on exceptional medical grounds. Such applications will be considered under this criterion only if they are supported by an attached medical statement from a doctor. This must demonstrate that there is a very specific connection between the child’s medical need and the school requested. The Wren School Academy Trust will make the decision related to such applications. C. The Founders of The Wren School have successfully applied to the Secretary of State for derogation from the school admissions code giving priority in the oversubscription criteria to their children. This is limited to the individuals who played a major role in establishing the school, during the application and pre-opening stages, and have continued to play a significant role in the running of the school. A list of relevant founders is available from the school on request. D. Children living in the catchment area with a sibling attending The Wren School at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a half or full brother or sister; or adoptive brother or sister; or children of the same household. In the event of there being more siblings than there are remaining places in a year group, it is possible that a sibling under these circumstances would not be offered a place. E. Children living within the catchment area.F. Children living out of the catchment area with a sibling (as defined above) attending The Wren


School at the time of application.

G. Children living outside the catchment area.

H. Where the application of oversubscription criteria would result in splitting children with either the same birth dates or children born in the same academic year from the same family then The Wren School will admit over the planned admission number.

Tie-break(DistanceandtheRandomAllocation)In cases of oversubscription, selection will be determined by distance from the data point as shown on the catchment area map, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the data point as measured by using Ordnance Survey data to plot an address. Distances are measured using the straight line distance between the data point of the child’s home address and the data point as specified in the School catchment area (see map below in Appendix 1). In the case of a tie-break being necessary, children of multiple births (twins, triplets etc) will be admitted over the planned admission number. If two or more children are tied on a distance criteria, then the decision to offer a place will be based on random allocation. To facilitate an independent, transparent and random allocation system The Wren Academy Trust has nominated RBC to oversee this selection process, by randomly drawing pupil names from the pool of applications.

LateapplicationsAll applications received by The Wren School Academy Trust after the deadline will be deemed to be late applications. Late applications will be considered after those received on time, in order of date received. If, following consideration of all applicants, the school is oversubscribed, parents may request that their child is placed on the school’s waiting list.

OfferofPlaces• Letters informing applicants of the outcome of their applications will be sent by first-class post/ electronically by the home LA on National Offers Day March 1st 2016. • Parents are required to accept their preferred place in accordance with the instructions issued by RBC/their home LA.

• If there are still vacancies after the acceptance deadline, all valid applications (that have not already received an offer), whether or not they were made before the published application deadline, will be considered according to the above criteria.

WaitinglistsThe Wren School Academy Trust will operate a waiting list for each year group. Where in any year the school receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until the end of the academic year. This will be maintained by RBC and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.

AppealsAll applicants refused a place at The Wren School have a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel, constituted and operated in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code. Appellants should advise [email protected] that they wish to appeal within 21 days of receipt of the notification. All appellants are required to state the grounds of their appeal. An appeal panel will consider all appeals within 40 days of the receipt of an appellant’s case, and notify appellants by email and letter within a further 10 days of the appeal panel’s decision. The school’s Appeal Panel will consist of three independent members. Decisions are made in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code. The decision made by the appeal panel is final and binding on all parties. Information on the 2016 timetable for the appeals process is shown in Appendix 2.

Arrangementsforadmissiontopost-16provisionThe Wren School will be admitting its first sixth form group in 2020. Details about the admissions arrangements will be available on the school’s website on 15/04/2019 and will be published on The Wren School website by 1/05/2019.


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Information on the admissions arrangements and open days/evenings for these schools is available from the relevant LA.

IfyouliveinReadingandwishtoapplyforoneofthefollowingschoolsyoumustincludetheschool(s)asoneofyourpreferencesontheReadingBoroughApplicationForm.YoudonotneedtosubmitanotherformtotheotherLA.

WokinghamBoroughCouncilAdmissionsTeamChildren’sServicesWokinghamBoroughCouncilShuteEnd,Wokingham,BerkshireRG401WNEmail:[email protected]/6111www.wokingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

MaidenErleghSchool-inWokingham

Off Silverdale Road, Earley, Reading RG6 7HS

Telephone: 0118 926 2467 Fax: 0118 926 6111

Email: [email protected]

Headteacher: Miss Mary DaviesDCSF School Number 872 4053

Admission Number: 278

Comprehensive - AcademyCo-Educational

Specialist school status: Visual Arts and Business and Enterprise

OpenDays/Evenings

Openmornings:WednesdaySeptember23,ThursdaySeptember24,MondaySeptember28andTuesdaySeptember29,2015.

Therewillbeatourat9.20amand10.15ameachdaywithatalkbytheHeadteacherat9.50am.

Oversubscription-CriteriaforMaidenErleghSchool

Children with a statement of special educational needs/EHCP that names the school in the statement will be allocated a place above all other applicants.

If there are more applicants than places available applications will be prioritised in accordance with the following over-subscription criteria;

A. Looked after children or children who were looked after: A “looked after child” is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services function (see definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). Previous “looked after children” include those children under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (section 46 relating to adoption orders), Children Act 1989, section 8 which defines a “residence order” as an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live and section 14A which defines a “special guardianship order” as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). Applications received under the Criterion A must be made by the person with parental responsibility for the child (e.g. the child‟s social worker,

SCHOOLSINOTHERLOCALAUTHORITIES


SCHOOLSINOTHERLOCALAUTHORITIES acting on behalf of the local authority for a looked after child) and will need to be supported by the following official documentation, as applicable:

Confirmation by the home local authority that the child is looked after or

Confirmation by the local authority that last looked after the child confirming that the child was looked after immediately prior to the issuing of one of the following orders I. Adoption order II. Residence order III. Special guardianship order/child arrangement order

B. Children whose permanent home address is in the designated area of the school and who have a brother or sister or step- brother or step-sister who have one or more parents in common, or any other child for whom the parent has parental responsibility, living at the same address, who will be at the school when the applicant will enter the school. If the only relevant sibling is, or all relevant siblings are, in Year 11, then it must be the intention of the family that the relevant sibling or one of the relevant siblings is due to continue to study at the school in year 12.

C. Children whose permanent home address is in the designated area of the school.

D. Children who do not live in the designated area and who have a brother or sister or step-brother or step-sister who have one or more parents in common, or any other child for whom the parent has parental responsibility, living at the same address, who will be at the school when the applicant will enter the school. If the only relevant sibling is, or all relevant siblings are, in Year 11, then it must be the intention of the family that the relevant sibling or one of the relevant siblings is due to continue to study at the school in year 12.

E. Any other children.

TheBulmersheSchool

Chequers Way WoodleyReading RG5 3EL

Telephone: 0118 935 3353Fax: 0118 935 2929


DfE School Number 872 4051

Headteacher: Emma Reynolds

Admission Number: 240

NOR : 1,074

Comprehensive, Co-Educational

Specialist school status: Sports

OpenDays/Evenings

Openevening:ThursdaySeptember24,2015from6.00to7.30pminthenewschoolauditoriumoffWoodlandsAvenue,Woodley.Openmornings:MondaySeptember28,TuesdaySeptember30,WednesdaySeptember30andThursdayOctober1,2015.Allopenmorningsarefrom9.30-11am.


Children with statements of special educational needs that name a school in the statement are required to be admitted to the school that is named. The governing body does not have the right to refuse admission.

The following oversubscription criteria in order of priority will be applied when a community or voluntary controlled school receives more preferences than places available. All preferences will be treated on an equal basis

A. ‘Looked after children and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order’ (previous looked-


after children) (see Wokingham Borough Council’s explanation notes)

B. Children who have exceptional medical or social needs as the grounds for their admission to a particular school (see Wokingham Borough Council’s explanation notes)

C. Children whose permanent home address is inside the schools’ designated area and who has a sibling at the school; who is expected to be attending the school when the child will enter the school ( see Wokingham Borough Council’s explanation notes)

D. Children whose permanent home address is in the schools’ designated area

E. Children whose permanent home address is outside the schools’ designated area and who has a sibling at the school; who is expected to be attending the school when the child will enter the school (See Wokingham Borough Council’s explanation notes)

F. Any other children

OTHERSCHOOLS-ReadingChildrenattend

TheForestSchool, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE (Academy - Boys) 0118 978 1626

ThePiggottSchool, Twyford Road, Wargrave, Reading RG10 8DS (Church of England Academy - Co-educational) 0118 940 2357

WaingelsCollege, Denmark Avenue, Woodley, Reading RG5 4RF (Community Co-educational) 0118 969 0336

OakBankSchool, Hyde End Lane Spencers Wood Reading RG7 1ER 0118 902 1504 Free School – Academy – Co-educational

WestBerkshireCouncilStudentServices,WestStreetHouse,WestStreet,NewburyRG141BD01635519780/519777Email:[email protected]/secondary-admissions

SchoolsinWestBerkshireCouncilReadingchildrenattendDenefieldSchool, Long Lane, Tilehurst RG31 6XY (Foundation – Co-educational) 0118 941 3458LittleHeathSchool, Little Heath Road, Tilehurst RG31 5TY (Voluntary-aided Co-educational) 0118 942 7337ThealeGreenSchool, Church Street, Theale, RG7 5DA (Academy – Co-educational) 0118 930 2741TheWillinkSchool, School Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading RG7 3XJ (Academy – Co-educational) 0118 983 2030

OxfordshireCountyCouncilAdmissionsTeamChildren’sServicesMacclesfieldHouseOxford,OX11NA

01865815175Email:[email protected]://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/Admissions

ChilternEdgeSchool

Reade’s Lane, Sonning Common, Reading RG4 9LNTelephone: 0118 972 1500Fax: 0118 721501



Headteacher: Mr Daniel Sadler

DfE Number 931 4092

Admission Number 180

NOR: 864

11-16 FoundationCo-educationalSpecialist School Status: Languages

School Hours: 8.45am – 3.10p.m.

The area of Reading Borough which is north of the River Thames (Caversham) is in the designated area of Chiltern Edge School. This means that any child allocated a place at this school who lives in this area of Reading Borough Council will qualify for free school transport from Reading Borough Council.

OpenEvening

Wednesday23September6.45-9.00pm.

Openmornings:September29and309.15-10.30am.

Although the Governing Body is now the Admission Authority the over-subscription criteria for 2016 is that determined by Oxfordshire County Council.


In accordance with legal requirements, children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs naming a particular school in Part 4 of that Statement will be admitted to that school.

1. Children who are looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989 at the time of their application and previously looked after children.2 The term “previously looked after children” refers only to children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).

2. Disabled children who need to be admitted to a school on the grounds of physical accessibility. The definition of disability is that contained within the Equalities Act 2010.

3. Children who live in the school’s designated area. If there are more applicants than places in this category priority will be given in the following descending order

First priority in category 3 will go to those children with a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending the preferred school at the time of entry. However, if there are more applicants than places in category 3(a) priority will be given, within this group, to those children who live closest to the school by the nearest designated public route as defined on the Directorate for Children, Education & Families’ Geographic Information System.

Second priority in category 3 will go to those children who live closest to the school by the nearest designated public route as defined on the Directorate for Children, Education & Families’ Geographic Information System

4. Children living outside the designated area who have a brother or sister on roll at the time of application who will still be attending the preferred school at the time of entry. If there are more applicants than places in this category priority will be given within this group to children who live closest to the school by the nearest designated public route as defined on the Directorate for Children, Education & Families’ Geographic Information System.

5. Children who attend a partner school, and live outside the designated area. If there are more applicants than places in this category priority will be given, within this group, to those children who live closest to the school by the nearest designated public route as defined on


the Directorate for Children, Education & Families’ Geographic Information System

6. Those children who live closest to the school by the nearest designated public route as defined on the Directorate for Children, Education & Families Geographic Information System.

The admission rules give some priority to those with a brother or sister attending the relevant school at the applicants “time of entry”. This means that in the normal admissions round there will be no sibling connection for admission purposes for the following:

Applicants for entry to Year 7 if they have a brother or sister in Year 13

Applicants for entry to Year 7 if they have a brother or sister in Year 11and there is no expressed intention of staying on into Year 1

OTHERSCHOOLS-ReadingChildrenattend

GillottsSchool, Gillotts Lane, Henley on Thames RG9 1PS (Academy 11-16) 01491 574315

LangtreeSchool, Woodcote, Reading RG8 0RA (Academy 11-16) 01491 680514


In year admissions is the term used for applications for children who are already attending a school in Year 7 to Year 11.

Parent/carers who are seeking admission to a Reading school because they have moved to Reading or wish to move their child to another school must apply to Reading Borough Council by completing an ‘In Year Application Form’. This form is available from the Admissions Team, or can be downloaded from the website.

If you live in Reading and wish to apply for schools in neighbouring authorities you should apply to the appropriate Local Authority. You can include schools in Wokingham or Oxfordshire on the Reading form and we will pass the application onto the Admission Team for the authority.

If you are resident or moving to Wokingham, West Berkshire or Oxfordshire and wish to apply for a Reading school you can do so on a Reading application form but you should also contact your home local authority or you can include the Reading school your home local authority form and that authority will ensure your application is passed to Reading. If you wish to apply for a Reading school and you live in another local authority you must apply to Reading Borough Council only.

Applications received by the Admissions Team will be passed to the appropriate Reading schools and they will contact parents directly if they are able to offer a place. If the school is unable to offer a place you will be informed by the Admission Team. This process should not normally take longer than 20 school days from receipt of the application. Request to transfer from one local school to another, where there has been no change of address will be considered as quickly as possible but the start date at a new school may not be until the beginning of a new term.

Where that means a child does not have a school place then placement will be considered as part of the Fair Access Protocol and an alternative place will be offered. This involves a meeting with all schools which takes place every three to four weeks during term time and it may mean a child is unplaced for longer than 20 school days. Every effort will be made to place your child as quickly as possible.

Year 11 pupils moving to Reading after January may not be placed in a school or that year group as it will depend on school places available and whether it may be more appropriate to consider placement into Y10 or alternative placement in Reading College.

Parents/carers have a legal entitlement to appeal for a school place if it is not possible to offer a place at their preferred school(s). Appeals for Reading schools should be submitted online from the website www.reading.schoolsadmissions – Education Appeals.

Sometimes is may be necessary to consider applications as part of the ‘Fair Access Protocol’. This may mean that the application process takes longer as it may be necessary to obtain school reports from previous schools to help us identify any special needs or support needed to ensure a smooth transition to a new school. The School Admission Code requires that the following groups of children are considered as part of the Fair Access Protocol:

a) children criminal justice system or Pupil Referral units who need to be reintegrated into mainstream education;b) children who have been out of education for two months or more;c) children of Gypsies, Roma, Travellers, refugees and asylum seekers;d) children who are homeless;e) children with unsupportive family backgrounds for whom a place has not been sought;f) children who are carers andg) children with special educational needs, disabilities or medical conditions.

A copy of Reading Borough Council’s Fair Access Policy is available from the website www.reading.gov.uk/schooladmissions

Post16and6thFormAdmissionsApplications for places in the Sixth Form must be made to the school. Places will be offered according to the school’s published admission arrangements for 6th Form Admissions. Please contact the school for further information.

Parents, carers and the pupil have a right of appeal if a place is not offered at their preferred school.

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Reading Borough Council recognises the importance of encouraging sustainable travel to school to improve the safety and health of our children, as well as reducing the levels of traffic on the roads. As a result, we have published a Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy outlining how we are promoting walking, cycling and the use of public transport to travel to and from school. This document is also supported by individual school travel plans setting out how each school intends to encourage children to travel sustainably.

The Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy can be found on the following link: http://www.reading.gov.uk/sustainableschooltravel

Eligibilityforfreehometoschooltransport

It is the Local Authority where a pupil orstudent lives - the ‘Home LA’ - that isresponsible for any financial help withtransport, and not the LA where they attendschool or college. This means we can onlyprovide free home to school transport toeligible Reading Borough Council residents.We cannot provide free home to schooltransport to pupils who attend a ReadingBorough Council school, but who liveoutside the Borough.

For pupils aged 11-16 years, help withtransport will be considered where yourchild meets one of the following criteria:

a) Children who are receiving Free School Meals or whose parents are receiving the maximum level of working tax credit will be entitled to transport assistance provided that the criteria relating to distance and attendance at an appropriate school are fulfilled.

Pupils must be attending one of their three nearest qualifying schools and

live more than two miles but less than six miles from that school – or to the nearest school preferred by reason of a parent’s religion or belief up to a maximum of 15 miles from the child’s home.

Proof of entitlement will need to be made before the start of each academic year.

If benefit entitlement is withdrawn, transport assistance will continue to the end of the academic year and any further entitlement will be based on the general transport policy. Further details available from the Transport Officer.

b) has been allocated a place at the designated area school, and the designated area school is further than 3 miles safe walking distance from the c) has been allocated a place at the nearest maintained denominational school that is the same denomination as the parent(s) and the parents(s) can provide evidence from their religious leader to confirm they are practising members of this denomination and the nearest denominational school is more than 3 miles safe walking distance, but less than 12 miles straight line distance from the pupil’s home; or

d) Where the parents/carers have named the designated area school as one of their preferences but a place is not offered because the school is full, RBC will divert to the nearest available school with places. In these circumstances transport applications will be considered if the distance between the home and the school is more than 3 miles by the nearest safe walking route.

Parents must not assume their designated area school will be over- subscribed and their child would not get a place and therefore not list the school as a higher preference.

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e) had to change schools outside the normal admission round (i.e. not at the beginning of Yr 7) and the school that has been allocated by the LA is further than 3 miles safe walking distance from the pupil’s home.

Unless you qualify under category a) above the following rules apply to transport provision.

You are not eligible for help with transport if you did not list your designated area school and your designated area school became over-subscribed, and so this meant that your child was allocated a place at a different school.

Walkingdistance

Walking distance is defined by law for a childwho is 8 years old, or older, as 3 miles or4.828 km, measured by the nearest availablesafe walking route. This 3 miles safe walkingroute may not be the same as the routedriven by a vehicle. Reading Borough Councilmeasures the 3 miles safe walking route.

Availabilityoffreehometoschooltransportifachilddoesnotattendthedesignatedareaschool

If you do not send your child to yourdesignated area school your child will not beeligible for free home to school transport.Exceptions to this are

- if your child attends a denominational school which is more than 3 miles safe walking distance, but less than 12 miles straight-line distance from your home

- it is not possible to offer a place at your designated area school and school allocated is more than three miles from your home.

Freehometoschooltransportfordenominationalschools

A denominational school is usually a Voluntary Aided School with a religious affiliation. Reading Borough Council currently provide denominational transport to Blessed

Hugh Faringdon Catholic School and The Piggott Church of England (CE) School, Wargrave because these are the nearest maintained denominational schools under 12 miles available to Reading residents. To qualify for denominational transport to Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School parent(s) need to worship regularly at a Roman Catholic Church. To qualify for denominational transport to The Piggott Church of England (CE) School parent(s) need to worship regularly at a Church of England Church. For both of these schools the following also apply;

a) the denominational school is more than 3 miles safe walking distance from your home, and

b) a denominational certificate is signed by the priest/minister of your normal place of worship.

Your child will not be provided with freetransport if there is a nearer appropriatedenominational school to where you live.Your child will not be provided withfree transport if either school is more than 12 miles or 19.31 km in a straight line from your home. Please note that this distance of 12 miles or 19.31 km is measured in a straightline distance from the child’s home to the school entrance, and not measured by a safe walking route.

Freehometoschooltransportforchildrenwithstatementsofspecialeducationalneeds

Some children with statements of specialeducational need may also be entitled toassistance. Please note that help with transport costs may not be provided for children if appropriate provision is available at a school that is nearer to their home address.

Availabilityoffreehometoschooltransportifachildattendsagrammarschoolorapartiallyselectiveschool

Children who attend Kendrick School,


Reading School or have a Selective stream place at Reading Girls’ School are not eligible to receive help with transport unless qualifying under section (a). Page 66.

TravellingExpenses

We will not normally reimburse travelling expenses. When help is given with home to school transport, a pass is issued for the child to use on the appropriate bus service.

PostSixteenTransport

Reading Borough Council do not provide free post sixteen transport.

Hometoschooltransportcontactdetails

If you believe that you are entitled totransport when a place has been allocatedto your child, you should obtain anapplication form or apply online at the RBC website at www.reading.gov.uk

For further information regarding the“School Transport Service”, please contact:

TransportOfficer:(0118)9372542

School Transport ServiceEducation & Children’s ServicesReading Borough CouncilCivic OfficesReading, RG1 7LUReadingBuses

A Solo card allows travel at a cheaper rate on Reading and Newbury Buses for pupils up to age 19. Application forms are available from the Reading Buses website

www.reading-buses.co.uk

or the Travel Centre in the Broad Street Mall.

The average annual cost for travel to schools in the urban area of Reading is £338 per year.

The Green Bus Company provides the bus service to Little Heath School and Theale Green School and the annual cost to these schools is between £380 - £435.

The travel cost to schools that are ‘rural’ rate of Reading Buses is £804.

The cost to schools that cannot be accessed by Reading Buses i.e The Forest School is £730. There is a direct train link to this school which maybe cheaper.


FINANCIALASSISTANCE,CHARGINGANDGENERALINFORMATIONChargingforschoolactivities

No charge may be made for school activities by Reading Borough Council or the school governors unless it is already provided for in a statement of policy on charging and the remission of charges. Such statements will also usually cover arrangements for the financing of school activities by means of voluntary contributions.

Chargingforpublicexaminations

No charge will generally be made for public examinations for which pupils are prepared by the school. However, the fee may be recovered if the pupil fails, without good reason, to complete the examination requirements, or if the pupil is required to re-sit an examination.

Helpwithbuyingschooluniform

Reading Borough Council does not give help with buying school uniforms. Many schools sell uniforms. Both new and nearly new uniforms can often be bought at reasonable prices.

There are two charitable foundations administered in Reading that may help with buying school uniforms. These are administered by The Clerk to the Charities and you can get an application form from:

The Clerk to the CharitiesSt Mary’s Church HouseChain StreetReading RG1 2HX

TheClerktotheCharities:(0118)9571057

Applicants must be attending a secondary school and live in the Borough of Reading. John Allen Charity is for boys only and the Green Girls Foundation is for girls only.

Freeschoolmeals

All schools within the Reading Borough area deal with the administration of Free School Meals for pupils in attendance. In order for a pupil to qualify for Free School Meals parents must be in receipt one of the following entitled benefits:-

• Income Support

• Income Based Jobseekers Allowance

• Child Tax Credit, provided they or a partner do not also receive Working Tax Credit and have an annual household income, as assessed by the Inland Revenue, below £16,190

• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

• Support under part V1 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• Universal Tax Credit.

Children who receive IS or IBJSA in their own right are also entitled to receive Free School Meals. If you are unsure as to whether or not you qualify, you can speak to your child’s school. In Reading the responsibility for checking eligibility rests with each school. Staff at the Civic Centre cannot assess applications.

Parents/carers must demonstrate each term that they are receiving one of the qualifying benefits by showing appropriate current documentary evidence to the school.

Forfurtherinformationandanapplicationformcontactyourchild’sschool.

Application forms are available from www.reading.gov.uk/educationandlearning/grantsandfinancialhelp


Arefreeplacesavailableatindependentschools,oristherehelpwithindependentschoolfees?

There are no free places available atindependent schools. Reading BoroughCouncil has no schemes to help parents/carers wishing to educate children atindependent schools.

Iamfromoverseas,ismychildentitledtoaschoolplace?

A child from overseas with a right to live inthe UK has the same right to be admitted toa maintained school as any other child. Thisdoes not apply where children enter the country on a visitors visa.

Whencanmychildleaveschool?

A new law passed in 2008 raised the age of participation in education to 18 from 2015. The new proposals do not necessarily mean staying in school full-time. Young people will be able to choose how they participate and could stay on in full time education, for example in school or college), take an apprenticeship, or undertake part-time training if they are working or volunteering for more than 20 hours per week.


Whatarespecialeducationalneeds(SEN)?

A child has special educational needs (SEN) if he/she has greater difficulty in learning than most other children of about the same age. A child’s SEN might relate to difficulties with communication and interaction; cognition and learning; social, emotional and mental health difficulties; or Sensory and/or physical needs. Many children have learning difficulties at some time in their education. These are often temporary and are usually dealt with by the school.

Howcanschoolshelp?The Council delegates money into mainstream schools’ budgets to provide extra help for pupils with SEN. If a child is identified as having special educational needs, the school can set up an Individual Education Plan (IEP) which will set targets that are reviewed regularly with you. This may include extra help from a teacher or learning support assistant, or individual or small-group teaching for short periods. The level of help will be matched to your child’s needs and you will be kept informed at each stage of the process. Sometimes, the school will call on the help and advice of an educational psychologist or another professional.

ChildrenwithStatementsofSEN/EducationHealthandCarePlans(EHCP)In most cases schools will ensure that your child gets all the help he/she needs. A few children will have more significant and long-term needs. These children may require an assessment of their needs – previously, this may have led to the issue of Statement of SEN, which is now being replaced by the issue of an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Most children with a Statements of SEN or an EHCP attend their local school and receive extra help there.

However a child with a Statement / EHCP may need to attend a special school or a mainstream school with additional facilities for particular difficulties such as hearing or visual impairment, physical difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder, learning difficulties, emotional and mental health difficulties or speech and language difficulties. If you think your child needs to attend a school with specialist support, you can contact the Council’s Special Educational Needs Team for more information and available resources.If you are concerned about your child’s progress, you should speak to his/her teacher, or the schools Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator. The school will have a published policy on identifying and supporting pupils with special educational needs, which you can ask to see.

TransfertoSecondarySchoolIf your child has a current Statement / EHCP, and attends a mainstream primary school or a specialist resource in a mainstream primary school, his or her future placement must be considered as part of the Annual Review of the Statement / EHCP and you will be part of those discussions.

In most cases it should be possible to give clear recommendations in Year 5 as to the type of schooling that your child will need at the secondary stage. Very rarely, a child’s needs may change after the Year 5 Review to such a great extent that the type of school may need to be reconsidered. This should take place through an interim or early Year 6 Review.

The law is that the Local Authority must agree to your preference for a maintained (State) school, unless:

The school is unsuitable to the child’s age, ability or aptitude, or his or her special educational needs – if you are looking for a change from mainstream school to a

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specialist school or resource placement, this will only be taken forward if the school is suitable to your child’s ability and special educational needs.

Or the attendance of your child at the school would prejudice the provision of efficient education of others, or the efficient use of resources. The governing body would have to demonstrate that they could not take reasonable steps to resolve these issues.

In the majority of cases, it will be possible to meet the parental preference for a named school. However if you do not agree with the school being suggested you will be invited to discuss the matter someone from the Special Educational Needs Team. The Parent Partnership Service is also available to offer impartial advice and support to parents of children with special educational needs. In cases where there is a disagreement about your child’s special educational provision you may be offered formal mediation with an independent mediation service. If you are sent a Final Statement / EHCP with which you disagree, you then have the opportunity to appeal to the SEN and Disability Tribunal Service.

Mainstream schooling: the majority of children will attend their local mainstream school serving their address in cases where children attend a school that is not the designated area school parents/carers will normally be expected to pay the full cost of the transport costs to the school.

Specialist provision: if your preference is for a place in a resourced unit or special school, this information is passed to the Special Educational Needs Team for consideration. A move to a special school or to a special education resource can only be arranged if the school has places available and is suitable to your child’s age, aptitude, ability and their special educational needs. Expressing a preference for a mainstream place in a school that hosts a resource will not necessarily secure the admission of your child to either the school or the special resource.

Schools outside Reading Borough: you are able to express a preference for your child to be placed in a mainstream school, a special school, or to a special education resource within a mainstream school outside Reading. The allocation of places in schools outside Reading is arranged with the Governing Body and the appropriate Local Authority. The Special Educational Needs Team must by law consult the admission authority and the governors of your preferred school. The admission authority may be the LA that maintains the school. Expressing a preference for a resource place in a school outside of Reading will not necessarily secure the admission of your child to either the school or the resource.

If you live in Reading you will receive a secondary school application pack in September 2014. You should complete the application form enclosed and return it to the SEN Team. Your application will be processed by the SEN Team and you will be informed by the 12 February 2014 which school will be named in your child’s statement / EHCP.

PlacesataspecialschooloraresourcedunitareonlyofferedattherecommendationoftheLA,andtopupilswithaStatement/EHCP.If you need further advice or information, a booklet “A Parents’ Guide to Procedures for Children with Special Educational Needs within the Borough of Reading” is available free on request from the Borough’s Special Educational Needs Helpline on:

SpecialNeedsHelpLine:(0118)9372674

You may also wish to talk to the Parent Partnership Co-ordinator, who can offer support and provide impartial information to help you be fully involved in your child’s education.

ParentPartnershipOfficer:(0118)9373421www.parentpartnership-reading.org/


USEFULPHONENUMBERSANDCONTACTDETAILS

Reading Borough Council (0118) 937 3737Education / Complaints Helpline (0118) 937 3748Clerk to the Appeal Panel (0118) 937 2532Special Educational Needs Helpline (0118) 937 2674School Transport Service (0118) 937 2542Parent/Carer Partnership Service (0118) 937 3242

OtherLocalAuthoritiesBracknell Forest Borough Council 01344 354 023 or 01344 354 144Buckinghamshire County Council 01296 383 250Hampshire County Council 01962 846 001 or 01962 846 038Oxfordshire County Council (South Division) 01865 815 175Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council 01628 796783 or 01628 796784Slough Borough Council 01753 875700West Berkshire Council 01635 519780Wokingham Borough Council (0118) 974 6143, 974 6111, 974 6113

OtherusefultelephonenumbersIndependent Schools Council information service (ISCis) 020 7798 1560Local Government Ombudsman - Advice Line 0845 602 1983 or 020 7217 4620Diocese of Oxford – Board of Education 01865 208 200Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth 01329 835 363

UsefulwebsitesReading Borough Council www.reading.gov.ukDfE (Department for Education) www.education.gov.ukOfsted (The Office for Standards in Education) www.ofsted.gov.ukQualifications and Curriculum Authority www.qca.org.ukNational Curriculum Information www.nc.uk.netDirectgov www.directgov.ukACE (Advisory Centre for Education) www.ace-ed.org.uk

All details were correct at the time of going to print, but they may change.



Every effort has been taken to ensure that the information in this booklet is correct at the time of going to press, but may be subject to change. A new booklet will be published in

September 2016.

Admissions TeamDepartment for Children,

Education and Early Help ServicesCivic Offices, Bridge Street

Reading, RG1 2LU

Tel: 0118 937 3777email: [email protected]

September 2015

Documents

Secondary Admissions Guide 2016 - Reading · school is given in the information on schools later in this guide. Any admissions above the AN are only normally granted by an Independent