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Primary SchoolAdmissions Bookletfor the school yearbeginning September 2007
PrimarySchool AdmissionsBooklet 2007Starting school?
Transferring to junior school?
Moving into this area?
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesLearning and Children s ServicesGuildhall 2Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 1EUTel: 020 8547 4610 Fax: 020 8547 5217Email: [email protected]: www.kingston.gov.uk
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Contents
Page
Introduction from the Director of Learning and Children’s Services 3
Types of school in Kingston upon Thames 5
Age range of schools 6
School term dates for 2007 to 2008 6
Important dates to remember 7
Map showing location of the schools 8 and 9
List of schools 10 to 15
Starting school
Step by Step Guide 16
Step 1: Understanding the admissions process 17 to 19
Step 2: Deciding which schools to apply for 19 to 23
Step 3: Applying for places 24 to 30
Step 4: Being offered a place 30 to 32
Table showing how places have been allocated for the past three years at oversubscribed community schools
22 and 23
Admission criteria for community schools 27 and 28
A summary of admission criteria for church (voluntary aided and foundation) schools
33 to 38
Transferring to junior school
Step 1: Understanding the junior school admissions process 39
Step 2: Deciding which junior schools to apply for 40
Step 3: Applying for junior school places 41 to 43
Step 4: Being offered a junior school place 44 to 45
Admission criteria for community junior schools 42 and 43
Admissions to schools at other times
(e.g. families moving in to the borough with school-age children) 46
General information
Transfers between primary schools 47
Appeals for primary school places 47 to 49
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Special educational provision 49
School discipline 49
School clothing 50
Home to school transport 50
School meals 51
Equal Opportunities Policy 51
Schools in other council areas 52 to 62
Pages for notes 63 and 64
If you would like more information about the admissions process or about any other subject covered in this booklet please contact the Council’s School Admissions Team.
020 8547 4610
School Admissions Office
Learning and Children’s Services The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall 2 Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1EU
The information in this document relates only to the school year beginning September 2007 and was correct on 31 October 2006. However, some of the details given here
may change during the year.
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Introduction from the Director of Learning and Children’s Services
Dear Parent Starting school is a big milestone in every child’s life, and we know how important it is for you to have the right information to help decide which primary school you would like your child to attend. This booklet explains the process of applying for a reception place and provides information about all the primary schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The Government now requires every local council to co-ordinate admissions to maintained primary schools in its area. This means that each child who applies for and qualifies for more than one Kingston upon Thames primary school place, will be offered a single school place. Kingston Council has already been operating this system successfully for a number of years. All our primary schools are committed to providing a high quality of education and excellent learning opportunities for children. They aim to develop the whole child in his or her knowledge, skills and understanding, and in his/her physical, social, moral and artistic development. Each school produces its own booklet for parents, in addition to this borough booklet. We recommend that you ask the schools you are interested in for a copy of their booklet (or prospectus). This will tell you more about the character, the curriculum and the achievements of each individual school. I hope you find this booklet helpful and I wish your child a successful and happy school career.
Patrick Leeson Director of Learning and Children’s Services
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Types of school in Kingston upon Thames • Community schools
Community schools are owned and maintained by the Council. At community schools, the Council sets the admissions policy, including the criteria used for allocating places at schools that receive more applications than they have places. The criteria are the rules we follow when this happens. See pages 27 and 28 for a detailed description of the criteria we use.
• Voluntary aided (Church) schools
Voluntary aided (Church) schools are maintained by the Council, ie we pay the teachers’ salaries and the day to day running costs of the schools, but generally the buildings are owned by a church. Some schools are Roman Catholic (RC) and some are Church of England (C of E). In voluntary aided schools the governing body sets the admissions policy and criteria. See pages 33 to 38 for a guide to each school’s individual criteria.
• Foundation schools
Foundation schools are also maintained by the Council, but the governing bodies of foundation schools own the school buildings and sites. They are responsible for admissions and set their own policy and criteria. St Luke’s C of E Primary School is the only foundation primary school in Kingston upon Thames. See page 37 for details of its admission criteria.
• Independent schools
A list of independent (private) schools in Kingston upon Thames is available from the Admissions Office at Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1EU Tel: 020 8547 4610. To apply, contact the independent school direct for further details and an application form. Kingston Council does not pay for any primary school places at independent fee paying schools, except when an independent school is named in a child’s Statement of Special Educational Needs. Information about independent schools in other areas can be obtained from: Independent Schools Council Information Service Regional Office ISCis London & South East 14 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 0QB Tel 020 7798 1560 Fax: 020 7798 1561 Email: [email protected] Web: www.iscislse.co.uk
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Age range of schools • Infant schools
Infant schools provide education for children aged four to seven years. Most infant schools have nursery classes attached to them which cater for children aged three to four, ie in the school year in which they become four, in part-time classes. If you want information about nursery admissions, please phone the Admissions Office on 020 8547 4610 for our separate booklet on nursery admissions. The first year of infant school is called the Reception Year, for children who become five during that year. Years 1 and 2 then follow for children who become six and seven during these years.
• Junior schools
Junior schools provide education for children aged seven to 11 years. They cover four school years, Years 3 to 6.
• Primary schools
Primary schools provide education across the whole primary age-range of four to 11 years. They cover the Reception Year and Years 1 to 6. Most primary schools have nursery classes attached to them for children aged three to four. Children transfer to secondary school at the end of Year 6.
School term dates for 2007 to 2008 Autumn Term 2007: Monday 3 September to Friday 19 October Monday 29 October to Wednesday 19 December Spring Term 2008: Thursday 3 January to Friday 15 February
Monday 25 February to Friday 4 April (excluding Good Friday 21 March and Easter Monday 24 March) Summer Term 2008: Monday 21 April to Friday 23 May
(excluding Monday 5 May) Monday 2 June to Wednesday 23 July These term dates include up to five days when the school will be closed for teacher training. These dates may vary and the school will tell you what these dates are. The term dates of church schools may vary slightly from the above
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Important dates to remember
Friday 26 January 2007 • Closing date for all completed common application forms for Reception class entry in an infant or primary school by post or online
• Closing date for any supplementary information forms required by church schools to be received by the school or online
• Closing date for all completed junior common application forms for Year 3 entry in a junior school to be received by the Local Authority
Tuesday 20 February 2007 Final date for receipt of late applications to be considered as on-time applications (either removals in before that date or late because of exceptional circumstances)
Thursday 19 April 2007 Letters to be sent to parents by first class post showing the outcome of their application
Wednesday 9 May 2007 • Final date for parents to return reply slips accepting or refusing their child’s school place
• From this date the Local Authority will maintain waiting lists for the community schools and will make further offers if withdrawals are received
• From this date the governors of each church school will maintain their own waiting list and will make further offers if withdrawals are received
Wednesday 23 May 2007 Closing date for receipt of appeals (some church schools may use a different date)
June/July 2007 Appeal hearings for Reception class entry to infant and primary school and Year 3 entry to junior school
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List of schools
School Details
Number of places
available
Number of applications received last
year
Alexandra Infant School Alexandra Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 6SE Tel: 020 8546 7176 email: [email protected] www.alexandra.kingston.sch.uk Head Miss L J Titterton (community school with a nursery)
60
206
Buckland Infant and Nursery School Buckland Road, Chessington KT9 1JE Tel: 020 8397 3951 email: [email protected] www.buckland.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs C M Wansborough (community school with a nursery)
90
82
Burlington Infant and Nursery School Burlington Road, New Malden KT3 4LT Tel: 020 8942 1586 email: [email protected] Head Ms M J Cowland (community school with a nursery)
90
214
Burlington Junior School Burlington Road, New Malden KT3 4LT Tel: 020 8942 2687 email: [email protected] www.burlingtonj.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs B Chevis (community school)
90
121
Christ Church New Malden C of E Primary School Lime Grove, New Malden KT3 3TW Tel: 020 8942 3890 email: [email protected] www.christchurchi.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs B Mitchell (voluntary aided school) The junior department of this school is situated in Elm Road, New Malden KT3 3HN
60
194
Christ Church C of E Primary School Pine Gardens, Surbiton KT5 8LJ Tel: 020 8399 8166 email: [email protected] www.ccp.kingston.sch.uk Head Ms T Coton (voluntary aided school)
60
178
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School Details
Number of places
available
Number of applications received last
year
Coombe Hill Infant School Coombe Lane West, Kingston upon Thames KT2 7DD Tel: 020 8942 9481 email: [email protected] www.coombehilli.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs S Hobhouse (community school)
90
325
Coombe Hill Junior School Coombe Lane West, Kingston upon Thames KT2 7DD Tel: 020 8949 1743 email: [email protected] www.coombehillj.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr C Hodges (community school)
90
199
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Chestnut Grove, New Malden KT3 3JU Tel: 020 8942 2645 email: [email protected] www.corpus.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr B Cairns (Acting) (voluntary aided school with a nursery)
60
135
Ellingham Primary School Ellingham Road, Chessington KT9 2JA Tel: 020 8397 3864 email: [email protected] www.ellingham.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr I P Jones (community school with a nursery)
30
115
Fern Hill Primary School Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5PE Tel: 020 8247 0300 email: [email protected] www.fernhill.kingston.sch.uk Head Miss D Brotherston (community school with a nursery)
60
181
Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School Grand Avenue, Surbiton KT5 9HU Tel: 020 8399 5344 email: [email protected] www.grandavenue.kingston.sch.uk Head Miss C C V Howard (community school with a nursery)
60
181
Green Lane Primary and Nursery School Green Lane, Worcester Park KT4 8AS Tel: 020 8337 6976 email: [email protected] www.greenlane.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr R M Jewell (community school with a nursery)
60
66
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School Details
Number of places
available
Number of applications received last
year
King Athelstan Primary School Villiers Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 3AR Tel: 020 8546 8210 email: [email protected] www.kingathelstan.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr H Nicholson (community school with a nursery)
60
34
Knollmead Primary School Knollmead, Tolworth, Surbiton KT5 9QP Tel: 020 8337 3778 email: [email protected] www.knollmead.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs C Penfold (community school with a nursery)
30
36
Latchmere Infant School Latchmere Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5TT Tel: 020 8546 6507 email: [email protected] Head Mrs V Al-Jawad (Acting) (community school with a nursery)
90
258
Latchmere Junior School Latchmere Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5TT Tel: 020 8546 7181 email: [email protected] www.latchmerej.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs V Al-Jawad (community school)
90
134
Lovelace Primary School Mansfield Road, Chessington KT9 2RN Tel: 020 8397 3265 email: [email protected] www.lovelace.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr T Rome (community school with a nursery)
60
72
Malden Manor Primary and Nursery School Lawrence Avenue, New Malden KT3 5NB Tel: 020 8337 9620 email: [email protected] www.maldenmanor.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs M Matthews (community school with a nursery)
60
73
Malden Parochial C of E Primary School The Manor Drive, Worcester Park KT4 7LW Tel: 020 8337 4804 email: [email protected] www.maldenp.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs C Grigg (Acting) (voluntary aided school with a nursery)
30
64
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School Details
Number of places
available
Number of applications received last
year
Maple Infant School Maple Road, Surbiton KT6 4AL Tel: 020 8399 3341 email: [email protected] www.mapleinfants.co.uk Head Mrs E Robinson (community school with a nursery)
60
153
Moor Lane Junior School Moor Lane, Chessington KT9 2AA Tel: 020 8397 3626 email: [email protected] www.moorlane.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr N Meehan (Acting) (community school)
90
57
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 7DG Tel: 020 8399 9854 email: [email protected] www.oli.kingston.sch.uk Head Sister J Goggin (voluntary aided school)
60
118
Robin Hood Primary School Bowness Crescent, Kingston Vale SW15 3QL Tel: 020 8546 7388 email: [email protected] www.robinhood.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr J Lloyd (community school with a nursery)
30
33
St Agatha’s Catholic Primary School St Agatha’s Drive, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5TY Tel: 020 8546 3879 email: [email protected] www.stagathas.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr P A Monk (voluntary aided school with a nursery)
60
117
St Andrew’s and St Mark’s C of E Junior School Maple Road, Surbiton KT6 4AL Tel: 020 8390 2976 email: [email protected] www.sasm.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs S Pavlis (voluntary aided school)
60
73
St John’s C of E Primary School Portland Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2SG Tel: 020 8546 7179 email: [email protected] www.stjohns.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr D Tucker (voluntary aided school with a nursery)
30
83
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School Details
Number of places
available
Number of applications received last
year
St Joseph’s R C Primary School The Fairfield, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2UP Tel: 020 8546 7178 email: [email protected] www.stjosephs.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs M Roberson (Acting) (voluntary aided school with a nursery)
30
51
St Luke’s C of E Primary School Elm Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 6HS Tel: 020 8546 0902 email: [email protected] www.stlukes.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs P Allan (foundation school with a nursery)
30
95
St Mary’s C of E (Aided) Primary School Church Lane, Chessington KT9 2DH Tel: 020 8397 9597 email: [email protected] www.stmarys.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr P Taylor (voluntary aided school with a nursery)
30
52
St Matthew’s C of E Primary School Langley Road, Surbiton KT6 6LW Tel: 020 8399 3909 email: [email protected] www.stmatthews.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs J Ritchie (voluntary aided school)
45
149
St Paul’s C of E Junior School Princes Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 6AZ Tel: 020 8549 4555 email: [email protected] www.stpaulsj.kingston.sch.uk Head Mr K Edmonds (voluntary aided school)
60
91
St Paul’s C of E Primary School Orchard Road, Chessington KT9 1AJ Tel: 020 8397 3553 email: [email protected] www.stpaulsp.kingston.sch.uk Head Ms M Marchand (voluntary aided school)
30
82
The Mount Primary School Dickerage Lane, New Malden KT3 3RZ Tel: 020 8942 5154 email: [email protected] www.mount.kingston.sch.uk Head Mrs D L Campbell (community school with a nursery)
60
49
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School Details
Number of places
available
Number of applications received last
year
Tolworth Infant and Nursery School School Lane, Surbiton KT6 7SA Tel: 020 8399 4231 email: [email protected] www.tolworthi.kingston.sch.uk Head Ms E Joyce (community school with a nursery)
90
115
Tolworth Junior School Douglas Road, Surbiton KT6 7SA Tel: 020 8399 4472 email: [email protected] Head Ms C Clarke (community school)
90
80
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Step by step guide to starting school
Your step by step guide to follow when applying for your child to start school in September 2007 ie for those children born between 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003.
Step 2
Deciding which schools to apply for (pages 19 to 23)
Step 3
Applying for places
(pages 24 to 30)
Step 1
Understanding the admissions process
(pages 17 to 19)
Step 4
Being offered a place
(pages 30 to 32)
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Starting school
Step 1 Understanding the admissions process
• Co-ordinated Admissions Following recent Government regulations, every local council is responsible for co-ordinating admissions to maintained primary schools in their area. This is to ensure that, where possible, every child receives one offer of a place at a local primary school. Here, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, we have been successfully operating this system for several years.
You will complete one application form for your child, naming your three preferred schools in Kingston upon Thames. This form is known as the common application form. Alternatively, you can apply online. There is more information about this on pages 24 and 25. We hope to be able to offer your child a place at one of your preferred schools. Each application will be individually considered using the school’s published admissions criteria. If your child meets the criteria for more than one of your preferred schools, we will offer you a place at the highest preferred school. If you live in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and it has not been possible to offer your child a place at one of your preferred schools we will, if possible, offer your child an alternative school place at your nearest local community school. This may happen because there have been more applications than places available or because your child has not met the admissions criteria of any of the schools you have named. If this happens and you live in another Council’s area, we will advise you to contact your own Council for advice on local schools with places.
• Equal Preference System
All the community schools and most church schools operate an ‘equal preference’ system, which means that your application for each school will be considered according to the published admissions criteria only and not according to the order of preference you have placed the school on your common application form.
• First Preference First System You should note that some church schools are operating a ‘first preference first’ system which means that they will give priority for admission to children whose parents have named their school as first preference (followed by second preference then third preference).
• How this affects your application It is important that you name your three preferred schools in the order that you prefer them. This is because you will be offered the highest preferred school your child qualifies for. If you live quite close to your three preferred schools, you may qualify for all three under the distance criterion. If this happens, we will offer you the school you named as your highest preference.
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The order of preference given on your common application form will only be revealed to the church schools operating a ‘first preference first’ system as they will need this information to apply their admissions criteria. No schools will be told which other schools you have applied for. When children start school in Kingston upon Thames Our admissions policy enables children to start at an infant or primary school in the September of the school year in which they will become five years of age. Children reach compulsory school age at the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday. Compulsory school age means the age when a parent is legally required to make sure that their child attends school (or is educated otherwise than at school). Children can attend full-time at all Kingston upon Thames infant and primary schools from the start of the term in which they become five. The table below explains what this means. The term dates given are the standard ones used in law for this purpose; they are not necessarily the actual term dates in any year. If your child’s fifth birthday is between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008 (ie born between 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003), then they will be able to start school in September 2007. This will be either full-time or part-time, according to the term when your child becomes five – see the table below. Part-time attendance means your child will attend school for half a day, either the morning or the afternoon - the school will let you know which of these apply. Full-time attendance means your child will attend all day. The pattern of part-time and full-time attendance in a child’s first year at school, depending on their date of birth, is shown in the table below.
RECEPTION YEAR PATTERN OF ATTENDANCE
Date of Birth Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
1 Sept – 31 Dec Full-time Full-time Full-time
1 Jan – 31 March Part-time or Full-time* (see note (a) below)
Full-time Full-time
1 April – 31 Aug Part-time Part-time or Full-time* (see note (b) below)
Full-time
* The Council has given governing bodies of all infant and primary schools two options to offer to parents:
(a) They can admit spring-born children (ie children born between 1 January
and 31 March) full-time from the start of the Autumn Term (instead of at the start of the Spring Term); and/or
(b) They can admit summer-born children (ie children born between 1 April
and 31 August) full-time from the start of the Spring Term (instead of at the start of the Summer Term).
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Each governing body makes these decisions for its own school and if it decides to offer one or both of these options, it must give individual parents the choice of part-time or full-time education.
Requests to start full-time early
Children cannot start full-time any earlier or later than shown unless the Director of Learning and Children’s Services (in the case of community schools) or the School Governors (in the case of voluntary aided and foundation schools) consider that there are special circumstances. Any requests should be put in writing and given to the Headteacher of the school concerned, who will ensure your request is passed on for consideration. Reasons such as fitting in with parents’ work arrangements or childcare arrangements cannot be considered as special circumstances.
Step 2 Deciding which schools to apply for The decision about which school you would like your child to attend is an important one. To help you decide you should gather as much information as possible by:
• Reading this booklet Make sure you read this whole section about starting school. Also, look at the map that shows you where the schools are so you can see which schools are in your area.
• Considering these questions
o Do I want the nearest school?
o Do I want a large school or a small school?
o What can the school offer that is different to other schools?
o Is there a breakfast club at the school and/or any after-school care arrangements?
o Do I want a community (ie non-church) school, or a Church of England
(C of E) or a Catholic (RC) school?
o Which schools do the children attend in the area where I live?
o What is the likelihood of my child being offered a place at one of my preferred schools, bearing in mind the admissions criteria the schools use if they receive more applications than there are places available? For example, if my application will be considered under the distance criterion, how far away do I live from the school?
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• Think carefully about your preferences You need to be realistic in making your preferences. This is because you may not receive an offer at any of your preferred schools if your child is unlikely to meet the criteria eg if you live too far away from the schools. You also need to think very carefully about the preference order you put your schools in and make sure you have put them in the order you prefer. This is because your child’s name will automatically be kept on a higher preferred school’s waiting list if unsuccessful in your application. However, your child’s name will automatically be removed from any lower preferred schools if your child qualifies for a higher preference.
• Looking at school prospectuses
In addition to this booklet, you can get a free copy of each school’s prospectus or information booklet direct from the school, which will include much more detail. The church school prospectuses will also give full details of their admissions criteria.
• Visiting schools You can ask questions not answered in the school’s prospectus at the special open mornings or afternoons that the schools hold for parents. Phone the schools you wish to visit to ask on which days these will be held. You are welcome to visit more than one school before you decide on your preferred schools. If you cannot visit on the arranged date, you may be able to arrange another date with the Headteacher.
• Looking at performance tables and Ofsted inspection reports Performance tables (Key Stage 2) are produced for all schools nationally by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). These can be viewed on Kingston Council’s website: www.kingston.gov.uk and the DfES website: www.dfes.gov.uk/performance tables. When comparing test results it is important to remember that these can vary each year in any school, as the overall abilities of pupils in different year groups in a school can vary. You can ask to look at copies of inspection reports, produced by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) at your library or at www.ofsted.gov.uk. This information is also available on the Council’s own website at www.kingston.gov.uk.
Finally remember: Make sure you name three preferred schools on your application form, in order of preference, to maximise your chances of being offered a place at a school you prefer. You have the right to express a preference for any school, but there is a limit to the number of children that a school can admit, so it is not possible to guarantee your child will receive an offer of a place at a preferred school. However, because each of your school applications will be considered separately, your child may meet the admissions criteria for one or more of your preferred schools, providing you have made realistic preferences. If your child qualifies to be offered a place at more than one school, we will offer you the highest preferred school.
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Please note that many schools in this borough are very popular and will receive more applications than the number of places available. Headteachers will be able to advise you about the likelihood of this on the basis of recent years’ experience. The list of schools on pages 10 to 15 shows (in the end column) the number of applications received by the closing date last year. The number of applications includes parents who named the school as their first, second or third preferred school. As another guide, we have included a table on pages 22 and 23 that shows you how the places were allocated for the last three years at the community infant and primary schools which received more applications than places. You should also be able to get similar information from the individual church schools that received more applications than places last year. Also check whether your preferred church school is operating a ‘first preference first’ policy rather than an equal preference policy. If you want further information about primary schools in general or about the admissions process, please contact the Admissions Team on Tel: 020 8547 4610 or by email: [email protected].
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How places have been allocated over the last three years at infant, primary and community schools that received more applications than places
School Name Year SEN* criterion (i)
(Looked after Child)
criterion (ii)
(having a brother or sister in the school or the
‘paired’ school)
criterion (iii)
(particular family, social
or medical need)
criterion (iv)
(distance of home
address to school)
distance of the last child
offered a place under criterion (iv) at offer date
in April
distance of the child
living furthest away offered a place under criterion (iv) by the end of
August
Alexandra Infant
(60 places)
2004
2005
2006
-
-
-
-
26
-
29
2
-
-
32
-
31
0.524 km
-
0.873 km
0.537 km
-
0.873 km***
Burlington Infant and Nursery
(90 places)
2004
2005
2006
-
1
1
-
-
46
50
-
-
-
-
43
39
-
1.275 km
1.010 km
-
1.309 km
1.010 km***
Coombe Hill Infant
(90 places)
2004
2005
2006
-
-
-
-
33
31
57
1
-
-
56
59
33
1.718 km
2.294 km
1.332 km
1.782 km
2.720 km
1.448 km
Ellingham Primary
(30 places)
2004
2005
2006
-
-
-
-
15
14
12
-
-
1
15
16**
17
0.898 km
0.802 km
1.268 km
0.898 km
0.812 km
1.924 km
Fern Hill Primary
(60 places)
2004
2005
2006
-
-
-
-
20
31
23
-
1
-
40
28
37
1.082 km
1.097 km
1.009 km
1.082 km***
1.105 km
1.009 km*** *SEN - Place reserved for a child with a Statement of Special Educational Needs **Includes one child living in Malden Rushett *** The cut off distance remains the same because although these schools have all had withdrawals, further offers have only been made to children under a higher criterion or to new applicants who live closer [Note: (1 km = approximately 0.62 miles, 2 km = approximately 1.24 miles)]
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School Name Year SEN* criterion (i)
(Looked after Child)
criterion (ii)
(having a brother or sister in the school or the
‘paired’ school)
criterion (iii)
(particular family, social
or medical need)
criterion (iv)
(distance of home
address to school)
distance of the last child
offered a place under criterion (iv) at offer date
in April
distance of the child
living furthest away offered a place under criterion (iv) by the end of
August
Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery
(60 places)
2004
2005
2006
-
-
-
-
30
25
33
-
2
-
30
33
27
1.651 km
1.560 km
1.465 km
1.651 km***
1.575 km
1.584 km
Knollmead Primary
(30 places)
2004
2005
2006
1
1
-
-
13
19
-
-
1
-
16
9
-
0.864 km
0.533 km
-
0.935 km
0.533 km
-
Latchmere Infant
(90 places)
2004
2005
2006
-
-
-
-
56
42
36
-
-
-
34
48
54
1.218 km
1.332 km
1.430 km
1.297 km
1.414 km
1.430 km***
Maple Infant
(60 places)
2004
2005
2006
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1
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17
23
22
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43
37
37
1.087 km
1.286 km
1.236 km
1.386 km
1.955 km
1.236 km***
Robin Hood Primary
(30 places)
2004
2005
2006
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11
11
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19
19
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4.585 km
4.540 km
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5.052 km
4.540 km***
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Step 3 Applying for places
• How to apply You should get a common application form, available from any infant or primary school or from the School Admissions Office Tel: 020 8547 4610.
o Fill in the form naming your first, second, and third preference of school, but make sure you only name schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Do not name any schools outside of the borough or any private schools.
o If you have a child already attending your preferred school or paired
junior school, make sure you give that child’s details on the form.
o If you have a particular family, social or medical need for your child to attend one of your preferred schools and you want this to be considered, make sure you enclose evidence to support your request.
o If you are applying for more than one child e.g. twins, you must
complete a separate common application form for each child.
o If you are naming a church school as one of your preferred schools on your common application form, please make sure you also complete the school’s own extra form, known as the supplementary information form. Please see the paragraph on page 26 ‘Applying for church schools’.
If you have any problems filling in your common application form, please contact the School Admissions Office on Tel: 020 8547 4610 or alternatively, you are welcome to ask for help at any of the school offices.
• Applying Online This year for the first time you can apply online for a primary or infant reception class school place. The online application system is easy to use and will guide you through each step. The advantages of applying online are:
o The information you provide will be confidential and secure o Online validation can help to ensure you complete all the required
sections of the form
o You can view your application and make changes right up to the closing date which is Friday 26 January 2007
o You will receive an immediate acknowledgement that you have
successfully submitted an application o Details of the school your child has been offered will be available online
from the morning of 20 April 2007 so you won’t have to wait for the post to arrive
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You will still need to send proof of your home address to School Admissions, Learning and Children’s Services, The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1UE. This should be a copy of your most recent Council Tax statement or utilities (gas or electricity) bill, clearly marked with your child’s name and date of birth.
You should not complete the common application form if you apply online. However, if the schools you are applying to require a supplementary information form you will need to complete this and send it to the address stated on the form. You can also download these forms.
If you do not have internet access at home and you would like to apply online, you may visit your local library or, if your child currently attends a school nursery, ask about facilities available to use there. You can find out more information at www.kingston.gov.uk/school_admissions. If you are registering to apply online you may find it useful to note down your user name and password here: User Name _____________________________________________ Password _____________________________________________
• When to apply
o Closing date You should return your common application form to School Admissions, Learning and Children’s Services, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1EU to be received no later than the closing date of Friday 26 January 2007. We do not offer places at schools on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, so early applications do not receive priority. We consider all applications received by the closing date, at the same time.
o Late applications
Any applications received after the closing date eg from a parent who has only just remembered to apply, will only be considered after all those received by the closing date unless there are exceptional circumstances. Any such requests would have to be supported by a professional such as a social worker or a doctor and would need to be received by 20 February 2007 in order to be considered.
o Applications from families who move into the area after the closing date Families who move to this area after the closing date but before 20 February 2007 and can provide documentary evidence to confirm this, will have their applications treated the same as those applications received on time. However, these applications will need to be received by 20 February 2007. Applications from parents who move in after 20 February 2007 will only be considered after those received by the closing date.
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• Applying for church schools To apply for a church school place you must name the school as one of your preferred schools on the Council’s common application form. You will also need to complete an extra form, known as a supplementary information form, because church schools need additional information to apply their admissions criteria. This completed supplementary information form must be sent direct to the school to be received no later than the closing date of Friday 26 January 2007. Make sure you complete a supplementary information form, as well as naming the school on your common application form, as your application for the school may not be given full consideration without it. Also check if the church school you are applying for is operating a ‘first preference first’ policy. If it is, and this school is your first preference for your child, make sure you name it as your first preference on your common application form to give your child the best chance of being offered a place there. Unlike community schools, for which the Council’s single set of criteria for admissions is used, each voluntary aided and foundation school is responsible for its own admissions policy and sets its own criteria for admissions. These are particularly important if the school is oversubscribed, ie if there are more applicants than places available. A summary of criteria for all the individual church schools is listed on pages 33 to 38. This is only a guide. Please make sure that you fully understand the school’s admissions criteria published in their own school prospectus before naming the school on your common application form.
• Applying for schools outside this Borough
You can apply for schools outside this Borough and you may want to do this, particularly if you live close to the boundary of another council area. You will need to contact the other council’s education office for their admissions policy and common application form. Contact details of neighbouring council’s education offices can be found on pages 52 to 62. Kingston Council is not able to apply on your behalf to other councils. Do not include any preferences for schools that are in other council areas on the Kingston upon Thames common application form. All the schools within approximately three miles of the Kingston upon Thames borough boundary are listed on pages 52 to 62 of this booklet, together with the surrounding council areas’ closing dates for application. As you may not get an offer at your preferred out-of-borough school, you are strongly advised to complete a Kingston upon Thames common application form as well.
• Applications from families living outside this Borough If you live in another council area and want to apply for schools in this area, you do this by completing a Kingston upon Thames common application form. However, you should remember that one of the criteria used in cases where a school receives more applications than it has places available is the distance between your home address and the school. Borough boundaries are not taken into account because this is against the law, but you might still live too far from the school to be offered a place. You should follow the same procedure as for Kingston upon Thames parents and submit your common application
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form by Friday 26 January 2007. As there is no guarantee you will be offered a school in the borough, it is important you complete an application form for schools in your own council area. Contact details of neighbouring council’s education offices can be found on pages 52 to 62.
• Children who have Special Educational Needs
o Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs
If your child has a Statement, they will be offered a place at the primary or infant school named in their Statement (if one is named) in accordance with the Education Act 1996 and the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. Similarly, an assessment placement at a particular school considered most suitable for your child’s needs can be reserved pending the outcome of the statutory assessment. Please see page 49 for further information.
o A child undergoing an assessment of special educational needs
If your child is undergoing an assessment and you do not know what the outcome will be by the closing date of application, Friday 26 January 2007, you should apply in the standard way as outlined on pages 24 to 30. If a particular school is later named in your child’s Statement of Special Educational Needs, a place will be provided automatically for your child at that school.
• Admissions Criteria for the Community Infant and Primary Schools
If there are more applications received for a community school than there are places, the following criteria will be used to work out which children can be offered places, in this order of priority (after taking account of any children for whom the school is named in a Statement of Special Educational Needs):
(i) places will be offered firstly to Looked After Children ie children who are looked after by a public authority and are in public care. Applications made under this criterion must be accompanied by details of circumstance and professionally supported evidence (eg from a social worker);
(ii) places will then be offered to children who have a brother or sister,
including an adopted, step- or foster- brother or sister, living at the same address and attending the same school (or the paired infant or junior school) at the time of admission;
(iii) places will then be offered in cases of particular family, social or
medical need (which must be described on the application form and then be verified) which makes the school concerned the most suitable one for the individual child;
(iv) the remaining places will be offered to children who live nearest to
the school, as measured using the shortest approved walking route. All distances will be measured using the Council’s computerised Geographical Information System. For Ellingham Primary School (in
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Chessington) only, a child living in the Malden Rushett area will have priority over children who live nearer to the school but outside that area.
These criteria will be applied to every application for a community school whether named as a first, second or third preference on the common application form. These same criteria are used to draw up the waiting list for the school. The distance from home to school, criterion (iv), is used as a ‘tie-breaker’ if there are more applications than places available under criterion (i) ‘looked after children’, criterion (ii), ‘brother or sister attending the same school’, or criterion (iii), ‘particular family, social or medical need’.
• Brothers and sisters (including adopted, step- or foster- brothers or
sisters If you have a child currently attending your preferred primary, infant or paired junior school (including the school’s own nursery class) who will still be attending in September 2007, make sure you give that child’s details on your common application form. Infant schools and their paired junior schools are listed below:
o Burlington Infant and Nursery School and Burlington Junior School o Buckland Infant and Nursery School and Moor Lane Junior School o Coombe Hill Infant School and Coombe Hill Junior School o Latchmere Infant School and Latchmere Junior School o Tolworth Infant and Nursery School and Tolworth Junior School o Alexandra Infant School and St Paul’s C of E Junior School o Maple Infant School and St Andrew’s and St Mark’s C of E Junior
School
• Particular family, social or medical need You need to show why your preferred school is the most suitable school for providing what your child needs and you must submit supporting evidence for this to be considered. Make sure you note this on your common application form and support your case with evidence from a doctor, social worker, educational psychologist or other professional, which should be included with this form.
You can put your documentary evidence in a sealed envelope and mark it for the attention of ‘The Primary Schools Admissions Officer’. We will treat any information given in the strictest confidence. It may not be possible to take the medical or social needs into account if you do not supply evidence. We do not consider reasons such as convenience for your place of work, nearness of a child minder, or previous family connection to be strong enough to be considered under this criterion. We will only give admission on medical grounds if these are of such a serious nature that the preferred school is clearly the most suitable one. We do not consider a common medical condition such as asthma, which can be dealt with in all schools, as a reason for offering a place on medical grounds. The Director of Learning and Children’s Services will consider the merits of each individual case in deciding to allocate any places under this criterion.
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• Distance from home to school If your application is likely to be considered under the ‘children who live nearest the school’ criterion, try to access whether you live close enough to the school for your child to qualify for a place. The final ‘cut-off’ distance for admission to community schools that regularly receive more applications than places is given in the table on pages 22 and 23. However, this is only an approximate guide as the cut-off distance can vary from year to year. Even if you live within the cut-off distances for the last few years, there is no guarantee your child will qualify for a place.
• Children currently attending a school nursery
Priority is not given to children who attend the nursery class in the same school. This is to ensure that parents who place their children in other kinds of nursery, or do not use a nursery, are treated fairly for a school place for their child. Whatever nursery a child attends, parents must complete a common application form for a primary/infant school place in any Kingston upon Thames school. Your application to any community infant or primary school will be considered using the admissions criteria listed on pages 27 and 28.
• Change in circumstances If there is a change in your circumstances after you have submitted your application and you think this may affect your child’s school application, please contact the Admissions Team on 020 8547 4610 for advice.
• How your address affects your application
o The address you give on your common application form must be the one that your child normally lives at on the closing date for applications. We will not accept a business address, the home of a relative, or a childminder’s address.
o Temporary addresses, for example because your permanent home is
undergoing building works or because you are having domestic difficulties, will not be accepted. However, an address that is temporary because you have had to move to the Kingston upon Thames area from abroad or another part of the country may be accepted. Where this is the case, contact the Admissions Office 020 8547 4610 for advice and information before submitting your application.
o You must include proof of your home address by providing a copy of
your most recent Council Tax statement or a utility (gas or electricity) bill.
o If your child spends time at two addresses you should use the main place of residence, and this may need to be verified.
o We will not accept possible future addresses as a basis for allocating school places. If you change your address before 26 January 2007 and have already submitted your common application form, please send in proof of your new address so that your common application form can be amended.
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o If there are any doubts about the information you give, it will be checked. If you use an incorrect address this will be considered an attempt to obtain a school place on the basis of false information. The Council will withdraw any offer of a school place if it is discovered that you have given an incorrect address.
• Circumstances where you are able to apply in advance of your move
o If you are an HM Forces family or any other UK Crown servant family returning to this country from a posting overseas or you are being posted to this area from another part of the UK, or if you are a UK family returning to your home in Kingston upon Thames from temporary employment abroad, you can apply for a school place up to four months in advance of your return. This is providing you supply documentary evidence from your employer of your exact date of return and can verify your address here. To be able to apply by the closing date of application (26 January 2007), you must be returning no later than the end of May 2007. If you are only arriving at the end of August 2007, the earliest you could apply would be the end of April 2007. In any event, if a place is available to offer your child, it will be reserved for them. If a place is not available, your child’s name can be added to the waiting list(s) using your local address.
o If you are a Kingston upon Thames family adopting a child, you can apply for a school place up to four months in advance of the child coming to live with you. Formal confirmation of the adoption is required from the Social Services authority concerned.
• Measuring home to school distances The distance from home to school is measured from a point in the centre of the property to the nearest school gate. The distances are measured by the Council’s computerised Geographical Information System, which is consistent for all applicants. The routes used for this are all paved and lit and are designated public rights of way.
Step 4 Being offered a place We will ensure that your child will be considered for every school named on your common application form using the admissions criteria for that particular school. For any community schools you have named, we will follow the listed criteria on pages 27 and 28 and for any church schools you name, the school governors will apply their individual criteria using any extra information you have been asked to provide on a supplementary information form. If your child meets the admissions criteria for more than one of the schools named on your common application form, we will offer you the highest preferred school.
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If your child does not qualify for a place at any of your preferred schools and you live in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, we will, if possible, offer you a place at the closest local community school to your home address with a vacancy. Many of you will receive an offer for your child at the highest preferred school you named on your common application form. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that all of you will get an offer of a place at one of your preferred schools, particularly if you have named three schools that regularly receive more applications than places and your child has not met the admissions criteria.
• Your application outcome
o On 19 April 2007 we will send you a letter by first class post showing the outcome of your application.
o If we have not been able to offer you your highest preferred school, we
will explain why your child is not being offered a place at that school or any other higher preferred schools named on your common application form. If you have not been offered any of your preferred schools, we will also explain why this has happened.
o The letter will also advise you about your statutory right of appeal
against the decision(s) to refuse your child a place at any of the schools to which you applied. The appeals process is explained on pages 47 to 49.
o A reply slip will also be enclosed, on which you must state whether or
not you are accepting the place offered. This reply slip should be returned to the school you have been offered by 9 May 2007. If you have been offered an alternative school which is not one you named on your common application form, you will be advised to return the slip to the Local Authority by 9 May 2007.
o Your child’s name will automatically be on the waiting list of any higher
preferred school your child has not qualified for. Similarly, your child’s name will automatically be removed from any lower preferred schools you have named if you have been offered a higher preference. You can make a written request to have your child’s name added to a lower preferred school’s waiting list. You can also make a written request to have your child’s name added to a school’s waiting list you did not previously name. However, your child’s name will only come after all those children for whom the school was named as a higher preference.
• Waiting lists for community schools
From 9 May 2007 we will reoffer any community school places that may have become vacant since 19 April 2007, giving priority to children unsuccessful in their application and strictly in accordance with the schools’ admissions criteria.
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The waiting list will automatically consist of the names of unsuccessful applicants who have not had a higher preference offer. This list will be held in criteria order and will include any late applications. Names of children who have had a higher preference offer, or who did not originally name the school as a preference, can be added to the waiting list. However, these names will be added to the list after the names of children for whom the school remains a higher preference. This list will also be held in criteria order. From 1 September 2007, all names will be held on a single waiting list in criteria order only.
• Waiting lists for church schools Each church school will manage its own waiting list and make further offers after 9 May 2007 as vacancies arise. As these schools have their own individual admissions policies, you may find that they operate their waiting lists in a different way to the Council. Details are available from each school.
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A summary of Voluntary Aided and Foundation Schools' admissions criteria This is only a simple guide outlining each school’s admission criteria. Parents wishing to apply to any Church of England (C of E) school or Roman Catholic (R C) school must make sure they contact the school direct to obtain a prospectus. This will give you further details of the admissions criteria the school uses if they receive more applications than places. You must also make sure you complete the school’s own supplementary information form, if this is needed, so the school governors can give full consideration to your application. Notes: • ‘Equal Preference’ means the school’s governors will consider all applications using the admission criteria only and not
according to the order of preference you give on your common application form • ‘First Preference First’ means that the school’s governors will give priority for admission to children whose parents have
named their school as first preference (followed by second then third) • ‘Looked after children’ are children in public care • ‘Siblings’ are brothers or sisters (including adopted, step or fostered) • ‘Special/Medical’ means any particular family, social or medical needs supported by evidence • ‘Proximity’ means the distance from the home to the school which may be using a walking route or a straight line measurement School name (Equal or First Preference First)
Criteria details
Christ Church New Malden C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children 2. Sibling at the time of admission 3. Worships at least twice a month at Christ Church or St John's, New Malden 4. Belonging to ‘The Churches Together in Britain & Ireland’ or Evangelical Alliance, or other Christian
Churches which reflect the local community ie Korean Church and worship at least twice a month 5. Living within a defined area of the school 6. Special/medical need The school operates a ‘points’ system and awards points for each category. Places are offered to the children with the highest total of points. In the event of a ‘tie’, the place would be offered to the child living nearest the school.
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Christ Church C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children 2. Sibling in school at the time of application 3. Parents are committed members of the church family at Christ Church, Surbiton Hill or Emmanuel Church,
Tolworth 4. Children living in order of proximity from the school. Priority may be given to certain children within this
group in exceptional circumstances eg medical/family reasons – see admissions policy for details If oversubscribed in categories 1 to 3, order of proximity to the school will be used.
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School (First Preference First)
1. Baptised Catholic children where one or both parents are committed members of the Catholic Church,
verified by a parish priest 2. Baptised Catholic children 3. Other siblings 4. Children whose parents are members of other Christian denominations as verified by a pastor/minister 5. Other children For categories 1 and 2 above, proof of baptism must be provided. If oversubscribed in any category the following will be applied in priority order i) Looked after children ii) Children with statement of Special Educational Needs iii) sibling iv) special/medical grounds v) distance.
Malden Parochial C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
Four groups are considered for the new reception class: Group 1 A maximum of 22 places offered in the following priority order: a. Looked after children b. Sibling in school at the time of application c. Committed member of St John's d. Committed members of another Anglican Church and school is nearest C of E School e. Committed members of another Christian Church and school is nearest C of E School Categories c to e above must live within St John's Parish. If oversubscribed in any category, order of proximity to the school will be used. Group 2 A maximum of 2 places offered under special/medical who live within the Parish Group 3 A maximum of 6 places offered in order of proximity and living within the Parish Group 4 Children living outside the Parish boundary using the same order of priorities as used for Groups 1 to 3. A fairly similar order of priority is used for admission to other year groups. Contact the school for details.
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Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Baptised Catholic children, where one or both parents/guardians are members of Our Lady Immaculate,
Tolworth or St. Catherine of Siena, Chessington parishes and attend Sunday Mass every week in one of those parishes, or live within the boundaries of Our Lady Immaculate or St Catherine of Siena parishes and attend Sunday Mass every week elsewhere
2. Baptised Catholic children, where one or both parents/guardians live in Our Lady Immaculate, Tolworth or St. Catherine of Siena, Chessington, parishes and attend Sunday Mass at least once a month in those parishes
3. Baptised Catholic children, where one or both parents/guardians live outside the above parish boundaries and attend Sunday Mass every week at their own parish church
4. All other baptised Catholic children 5. All other children Applications for categories 1 - 4 above must be supported by a statement from the priest of the parish where the family worship and certificates of baptism, which must be submitted by the closing date for applications. If oversubscribed in any category, priority will be given to: i) Catholic looked after children [Any non Catholic looked after children will take priority over all other non Catholic children] ii) sibling iii) those with an evidenced social/medical need iv) those with Special Educational Need but who are not in receipt of a Statement v) the shortest distance from home to the school.
St Agatha's Catholic Primary School (First Preference First)
1. Baptised Catholic children where one or both parents are committed members of the Catholic Church 2. Sibling (both Catholic and non-Catholic) at the time of application 3. Baptised Catholic children whose parents are non practising 4. Children of parents who are members of other churches 5. Children of parents who are members of other World faiths 6. Children with special needs for whom this school is the most suitable 7. Children of parents wanting a Christian school education If oversubscribed in any category, the following criteria will be applied in order i) Looked after children ii) sibling in school at the time of admission iii) social or medical need iv) distance to school
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St Andrew's & St Mark's C of E Junior School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children 2. Children attending Maple Infant School at the time of application 3. Children whose parents regularly worship at any Anglican Church or other Christian denomination
(Foundation places) 4. Other children whose parents have chosen to apply for this church school (Open places) If any places remain after 1 and 2 are applied, 60% will be offered as ‘foundation places’ under category 3 and 40% will be offered as ‘open places’ under category 4. See the school prospectus for further details. If oversubscribed in any category, the following criteria will be applied in priority order i) sibling at the time of admission ii) medical/social grounds iii) distance from home to the school
St John's C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children 2. Sibling at the time of application and admission 3. Children whose parents habitually (families where one or both parents have been members of the church
for a least a year before the closing date and attend weekly services on a regular basis) worship at St John's, All Saints or Fairfield Methodist Church
4. Children whose parents habitually (families where one or both parents have been members of the church for a least a year before the closing date and attend weekly services on a regular basis) worship at another Christian church and live within the designated area
5. Other children in order of proximity measured by walking distance Special medical/social need cases if that ‘need’ can only be met at St John's, will take priority over all categories except 1, 2 and 3. If oversubscribed in categories 1 to 4, order of proximity to the school will be used.
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St Joseph's R C Primary School (First Preference First)
1. Baptised Catholic children that are ‘Looked after Children’ 2. Baptised Catholic children with a sibling in school at the time of admission whose parents are committed
members of the Catholic Church 3. Baptised Catholic children where one or both parents are committed members of the Catholic Church 4. Baptised Catholic children with a sibling in school at the time of admission whose parents may not be
practising members of the Catholic Church 5. Baptised Catholic children whose parents may not be practising members of the Catholic Church 6. Christian children that are ‘Looked after Children’ 7. Children from Christian families with a sibling in school at the time of admission 8. Children from Christian families 9. Non-Christian children that are ‘Looked after Children’ 10. a. Children from non-Christian families with a sibling in school at the time of admission b. Children from non-Christian families with a specific medical need 11. Children from non-Christian families For categories 1 to 8 above proof of baptism is required. If oversubscribed in any category the following will be applied in priority order i) a sibling who has previously attended the school ii) proximity to school.
St Luke's C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children 2. Sibling in school at the time of application 3. Attending St Luke's Nursery 4. Children whose parents are committed members of St Luke’s Church 5. Children whose parents are committed members of another C of E Church 6. Children whose parents are committed members of another faith 7. Cases of particular family, social or medical need 8. Other children For categories 4, 5 and 6 above parents must provide evidence of attendance at least twice a month for one year. If oversubscribed in any category, the category following will be applied. If there are more applicants under each of the criteria 3 to 7, the distance from home to school will be applied in every case.
St Mary's C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children for whom it is the nearest school 2. Children with a parent who worships at least monthly at St Mary the Virgin Church in Chessington 3. Children who have or have had a sibling at the school 4. Children who live within the Parish of St Mary the Virgin with a parent who worships at another Christian
church at least monthly and their application is supported by their minister 5. Children with particular family, social or special needs 6. Children for whom St Mary’s is the nearest school 7. Other applicants If oversubscribed in any category, proximity to school will be used
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St Matthew's C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children for whom this is the nearest school 2. Children whose family are faithful and regular worshippers at St Matthew's or St George's Church (up to
the maximum of 25 places) 3. Sibling in school at the time of application and who live in the neighbourhood 4. Children who live within the Parish and have been attending St Matthew’s Pre-school for at least 6 months 5. Children who live in the neighbourhood and have been attending St Matthew’s Pre-school for at least 6
months 6. Special/medical cases who live within the Parish 7. Special/medical cases who live in the neighbourhood 8. Children whose parents are faithful and regular worshippers at another Christian church recognised by
‘The Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’ or Evangelical Alliance 9. Children who live nearest the school If oversubscribed in any category, the categories following will be used. If applicants are still tied, the distance from the home to school will be applied using a straight line distance from home to the school.
St Paul's C of E Junior School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children for whom it is the nearest school 2. Children at Alexandra Infant with a sibling at St Paul’s during the term of entry 3. Children at Alexandra Infant whose parents regularly worship at St Paul’s Church, Kingston Hill or St
Peter’s in Norbiton 4. Children whose parents regularly worship at St Paul’s or children who currently attend Alexandra Infant –
these two criteria will be considered together 5. Children with exceptional social/medical need 6. Children not at Alexandra Infant whose parents regularly worship at St Peter’s, Norbiton or who have a
sibling at St Paul’s during the term of entry – these two criteria will be considered together 7. Children of regular worshippers at other Anglican churches or other churches recognised by the Church of
England; in order of proximity up to a maximum of one mile 8. All other applicants in order of proximity Categories 2 to 7 will be considered in order of proximity up to a maximum of one mile from the school. Any places remaining will be allocated using categories 2 to 8 but ignoring the one mile limit.
St Paul's C of E Primary School (Equal Preference)
1. Looked after children 2. Sibling living in the same household at the time of admission 3. Children with a parent who is an active member of the worshipping community at St Paul's Church, Hook 4. Children with a parent who is an active member of the worshipping community of another Christian church
and St Paul's is the nearest church school. This application must be supported by their minister 5. Proximity to school. If oversubscribed in 1 to 4, walking distance from home to the school will be applied.
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Transferring to junior school
Step 1 Understanding the junior school admissions process Children in separate infant schools (for four to seven year olds) have to transfer to a junior school in the September following their seventh birthday, at the start of Year 3. Children in all-through primary schools (for four to 11 year olds) will progress through the school from the infant to the junior departments. Your child is due to attend a junior school from September 2007 if he or she is currently attending an infant school and was born between 1 September 1999 and 31 August 2000.
• Co-ordinated Admissions Following recent Government regulations, every local council is now responsible for co-ordinating admissions to maintained junior schools in their area. This is to ensure that, where possible, every child receives one offer of a place at a local junior school. Here in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, we have been successfully operating this system for several years.
You will complete one application form for your child naming up to three preferred junior schools in Kingston upon Thames. This form is known as the junior common application form. We hope to be able to offer your child a place at one of these schools. Each application will be individually considered using the school’s published admissions criteria. If your child meets the criteria for more than one of your preferred schools, we will offer you a place at the highest preferred school. If this is not possible because your child has not met the admissions criteria of any of the schools you have named, we will, if possible, offer your child an alternative school place at your nearest local community school.
• Equal Preference System
All the community junior schools and all the church junior schools operate an ‘equal preference’ system, which means that your application for each school will be considered according to the published admissions criteria only and not according to the order of preference you have placed the school on your junior common application form.
• How this affects your application It is important that you name your preferred schools in the order that you prefer them. This is because you will be offered the highest preferred school your child qualifies for, eg if your child currently attends the paired infant school and if you live quite close to your other preferred schools, you may qualify for all of them. If this happens, we will offer you the school you named as your highest preference. The order of preference given on your junior common application form will not be revealed to any of the schools you have applied for. Also, no schools will be told which other schools you have applied for.
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Step 2 Deciding which junior schools to apply for Most of you will want your child to attend the junior school that is paired with the infant school your child currently attends. Community Infant schools and their paired community junior schools are listed below:
o Burlington Infant and Nursery School and Burlington Junior School o Buckland Infant and Nursery School and Moor Lane Junior School o Coombe Hill Infant School and Coombe Hill Junior School o Latchmere Infant School and Latchmere Junior School o Tolworth Infant and Nursery School and Tolworth Junior School
If your child attends one of the above infant schools and you apply for a place at the paired junior school, you are likely to qualify for an offer of a place. This is because attending the infant school is the second highest criteria for allocating places if the school receives more applications than places (see page 42). However, your child’s transfer cannot be guaranteed as this will depend on how many applications are received for children under the ‘looked after’ category (these are children in public care), which is the highest priority for admission. If the school receives none at all, then it is likely that all the children that currently attend the paired infant school will qualify for an offer providing the parents name the school as a preference on the application form.
• Schools paired with voluntary aided (church) junior schools
o Alexandra Infant School and St Paul’s C of E Junior School o Maple Infant School and St Andrew’s and St Mark’s C of E
Junior School The governors of the voluntary aided junior schools are responsible for the admission of pupils. A guide to their particular admissions criteria is given on pages 36 and 38. The governors at St Andrew’s and St Mark’s C of E Junior School and at St Paul’s C of E Junior School give priority for admission to looked after children before children attending the paired infant school. The governors of St Paul’s C of E Junior School also give priority to applicants who live within a maximum of one mile from the school. Please refer to the individual school’s admissions criteria on pages 36 and 38. Make sure you contact the individual church junior schools for full details of their admissions policy, published in their own school prospectus, before naming the school on your junior common application form.
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Step 3 Applying for junior school places
• How to apply You should get a junior common application form, available from your current infant school, any of the junior schools or from the School Admissions Office on Tel: 020 8547 4610. Please note it is not possible to apply online for a junior school place.
o Fill in the form, naming up to three preferences of junior school in your preferred order. Make sure you only name junior schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Do not name any primary schools in Kingston upon Thames or any schools outside of the borough or any private schools.
o If you have a child already attending your preferred junior school or
paired infant school, make sure you give that child’s details on the form.
o If you have a particular family, social or medical need for your child to attend one of your preferred junior schools, make sure you enclose evidence to support your request.
o If you are applying for more than one child, eg twins, you must
complete a separate junior common application form for each child.
o If you are naming a church junior school as one of your preferred schools on your junior common application form, please make sure you also complete the school’s own extra form, known as the supplementary information form. Please see the paragraph on page 42, ‘Applying for Church Junior Schools’.
If you have any problems filling in your junior common application form, please contact the School Admissions Office on Tel: 020 8547 4610.
• When to apply
o Closing date You should return your junior common application form to School Admissions, Learning and Children’s Services, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1EU to be received no later than the closing date of Friday 26 January 2007. We do not offer places at schools on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, so early applications do not receive priority. We consider all applications received by the closing date together.
o Late Applications
Any applications received after the closing date e.g. from a parent who has only just remembered to apply, will only be considered after all those received by the closing date.
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o Applications from families who move into the area after the closing date Families who move to this area after the closing date but before 20 February 2007 and can provide documentary evidence to confirm this, will have their applications treated the same as those applications received on time. However, these applications will need to be received by 20 February 2007. Applications from parents who move in after 20 February 2007 will only be considered after those received by the closing date.
• Applying for Church Junior Schools
To apply for a church junior school place you must name the school as one of your preferred schools on the Council’s junior common application form. You will also need to complete an extra form, known as a supplementary information form, because church schools need additional information to apply their admissions criteria. This completed supplementary information form must be sent direct to the school to be received no later than the closing date of Friday 26 January 2007. Make sure you complete a supplementary information form, as well as naming the school on your junior common application form, as your application for the school may not be given full consideration without it. Each voluntary aided junior school is responsible for its own admissions policy and sets its own criteria for admissions. These are particularly important if the school is oversubscribed, ie if there are more applicants than places available. A summary of criteria for the individual church junior schools is listed on pages 36 and 38. However, this is only a guide. Please make sure that you fully understand the school’s admissions criteria published in their own school prospectus before naming the school as a preference.
• Admissions Criteria for the Community Junior Schools
If there are more applications received for a community junior school than there are places, the following criteria will be used to work out which children can be offered places, in this order of priority:
(i) places will be offered firstly to Looked After Children ie children who are looked after by a public authority and are in public care. Applications made under this criterion must be accompanied by details of circumstance and professionally supported evidence (eg from a social worker);
(ii) places will then be offered to children attending the ‘paired’
community infant school; (iii) places will then be offered to children who have a brother or sister,
including an adopted, step- or foster- brother or sister, living at the same address and attending the same school (or the paired infant or junior school) at the time of admission;
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(iv) places will then be offered in cases of particular family, social or medical need (which must be described on the application form and then be verified) which makes the school concerned the most suitable one for the individual child;
(v) the remaining places will be offered to children who live nearest to
the school, as measured using the shortest approved walking route. All distances will be measured using the Council’s computerised Geographical Information System.
These criteria will be applied to every application for a community junior school whether named as a first, second or third preference on the junior common application form. These same criteria are used to draw up the waiting list for the school. The distance from home to school, criterion (v), is used as a ‘tie-breaker’ if there are more applications than places available under criterion (i) ‘looked after children’, criterion (ii), ‘attending the paired infant school’, criterion (iii), ‘brother or sister attending the same school’ or criterion (iv), ‘particular family, social or medical need’. The ‘brothers and sisters’ criterion (iii) and the ‘particular family, social or medical need’ criterion (iv) are explained in more detail on page 28. The importance of your home address and how the distance from your home to school is measured is also explained on pages 29 and 30.
• Change in circumstances
If there is a change in your circumstances after you have submitted your application and you think this may affect your child’s school application, please contact the Admissions Team on 020 8547 4610 for advice.
• Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs
If your child has a Statement, they will be offered a place at the junior school named in their Statement (if one is named) in accordance with the Education Act 1996 and the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. Similarly, an assessment placement at a particular school considered most suitable for the child’s needs can be reserved pending the outcome of the statutory assessment.
• To apply for a Year 3 place in a Primary School
If your child is in Year 2 at an Infant School and you wish to apply for a Year 3 place at a primary school, please contact the school to find out if there are places available. If the school has places available in the year group, your child may transfer when you apply. If you only want to transfer your child in September 2007 and not before, you should contact the primary school you prefer towards the end of the summer term (the summer term ends on Friday 20 July 2007), to see if the school has a place available in September 2007. This is because places available during the school year cannot be reserved for children whose parents only wish them to start in September. As there is no guarantee that your preferred primary school will be able to offer your child a place, you are still advised to complete and return a Council junior common application form by the closing date of Friday 26 January 2007. You must not name your preferred primary school on this form.
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Step 4 Being offered a junior school place We will ensure that your child will be considered for every junior school named on your junior common application form using the admissions criteria for that particular school. For any community junior schools you have named, we will follow the listed criteria on pages 42 and 43. For any church schools you name, the school governors will apply their individual criteria using any extra information you have been asked to provide on a supplementary information form. If your child meets the admissions criteria for more than one of the junior schools named on your junior common application form, we will offer you the highest preferred school. If your child does not qualify for a place at any of your preferred junior schools and you live in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames we will, if possible, offer you a place at the closest local community junior school to your home address with a vacancy. This will only apply if your child is without a school place. Most of you will receive an offer for your child at the highest preferred junior school you named on your common application form, particularly if your child currently attends the paired infant school. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that all of you will get an offer of a place at one of your preferred junior schools, particularly if you have named schools that regularly receive more applications than places and your child has not met the admissions criteria.
• Your application outcome
o On 19 April 2007 we will send you a letter by first class post showing the outcome of your application.
o If we have not been able to offer you your highest preferred junior
school, we will explain why your child is not being offered a place at that school or any other higher preferred schools named on your junior common application form. If you have not been offered any of your preferred junior schools, we will also explain why this has happened.
o The letter will also advise you about your statutory right of appeal
against the decision(s) to refuse your child a place at any of the schools you applied for. The appeals process is explained on pages 47 to 49.
o A reply slip will also be enclosed, on which you must state whether or
not you are accepting the place offered. This reply slip should be returned to the school you have been offered by 9 May 2007. If you have been offered an alternative school which is not one you named on your common application form, you will be advised to return the slip to the Local Authority by 9 May 2007.
o We will also let you know in the letter how you can ask for your child’s
name to be added to the waiting list for any school, whether or not you named this as a preference.
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• Waiting Lists for Community Schools
From 9 May 2007 we will reoffer any community junior school places that may have become vacant since 19 April 2007, giving priority to children unsuccessful in their application and strictly in accordance with the schools’ admissions criteria. The waiting list will automatically consist of the names of unsuccessful applicants who have not had a higher preference offer. This list will be held in criteria order and will include any late applications. Names of children who have had a higher preference offer, or who did not originally name the school as a preference, can be added to the waiting list. However, these names will be added to the list after the names of children for whom the school remains a higher preference. This list will also be held in criteria order. From 1 September 2007, all names will be held on a single waiting list in criteria order only.
• Waiting Lists for Church Schools Each church junior school will manage its own waiting list and make further offers after 9 May 2007 as vacancies arise. As these schools have their own individual admissions policies, you may find that they operate their waiting lists in a different way to the Council. Details are available from each school.
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Admissions to schools at other times If you want a place at a Kingston upon Thames primary school at a time other than the normal age of admission or transfer to the school, eg if you have just moved into the area, you should contact individual schools to see if they have places. Schools in the borough are popular and many are full in most year groups. If you experience any difficulties, please contact the Admissions Team on 020 8547 4610. All state primary schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames are listed on pages 10 to 15 of this booklet. If your preferred school is full, you may apply to have your child’s name added to the waiting list. Application forms for community school waiting lists are available from the Admissions Team on Tel: 020 8547 4610, together with details of how the waiting lists are kept. This will depend on the admissions criteria being followed when you apply, eg if you apply at any time within the school year 2006/2007 beginning September 2006, the waiting list will be kept following the published criteria for that year. If you apply after September 2007, the community school waiting lists will be kept following the criteria published in this booklet. Once you return your application to the Admissions Team, together with verification of your address in the area, you will be advised of your child’s waiting list position and of alternative schools with places for your child. All the church schools keep their own waiting lists based on their own admissions criteria. You should, therefore, apply direct to these schools. The address you give in your application must be the one where your child normally lives. Please see pages 29 and 30 for further information. If there is any doubt about the information you have given, we will check it. We cannot accept possible future addresses as a basis for allocating a school place or for adding a child’s name to a waiting list. If you are refused a place at your preferred school for your child, you have the right to appeal for a place. The appeal procedure is explained on pages 47 to 49.
• Circumstances where you are able to apply in advance of your move
o If you are an HM Forces family or any other UK Crown servant family returning to this country from a posting overseas, or you are being posted to this area from another part of the UK, or if you are a UK family returning to your home in Kingston upon Thames from temporary employment abroad, you can apply for a school place up to four months in advance of your return. This is providing you supply evidence from your employer of your exact date of return and can verify your address here. If a place is available to offer your child when you apply, it will be reserved for them. If a place is not available, your child’s name can be added to the waiting list(s) using your local address.
o If you are a Kingston upon Thames family adopting a child, you can
apply for a school place up to four months in advance of the child coming to live with you. Formal confirmation of the adoption is required from the Social Services authority concerned.
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Transfers between primary schools If you want your child to transfer to another primary school (or from one infant school to another, or from one junior school to another) because you have moved house and the journey is proving difficult, let your child’s present Headteacher know that you are going to do this before contacting the Headteacher of another school. If you want to transfer your child for reasons other than moving house, you should first discuss this with your child’s present Headteacher. This is because a child’s education usually benefits most when he or she has continuity of teaching and learning in the same school. Also, this ensures that your child’s present Headteacher is fully aware of the reasons for you wanting to transfer your child and has the opportunity to discuss these with you. If, after discussing your reasons for wanting to move your child you still want to do this, please ring the Admissions Team on Tel: 020 8547 4610 for advice on other schools with places. If you are not given a place at the school you prefer, you have the right to appeal, as explained below. The right to appeal applies equally to community schools, voluntary aided schools and the foundation school.
Appeals for primary school places
• General You have the legal right to appeal against a decision not to offer your child a place at any or all of the school(s) to which you have applied. You are entitled to appeal for a place at your preferred school even though your child may have a place somewhere else. The admissions authority for the school you are applying to is required to explain why your child has not been offered a place at that school. They must also explain how you can appeal against this decision. Your appeal will be heard by an appeal panel, which is independent of the school and the local authority whose decision you are appealing against. You have the right to attend the hearing to explain your case to the independent appeal panel. To ensure their impartiality and independence, there are strict rules covering the appointment of the appeal panel members. The appeal panel’s decision is binding on the admissions authority and the school.
• Appeals for community schools
You have the right to appeal against a decision by Kingston Council not to offer your child a place at your preferred community school.
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• Appeal rules followed for all infant classes ie Reception, Years 1 and 2 The powers of appeal panels in infant school admission cases are restricted because infant class sizes are limited by law to a maximum of 30, except in certain exceptional circumstances. An appeal panel must allow an appeal only where it is satisfied either:
o Ground A: that the admission authority did not follow its own rules which
were published in its admission arrangements. If the admission authority broke its own rules - either deliberately or by mistake - then your appeal can succeed, but only if your child would have been offered a place if the rules had been applied properly; and/or
o Ground B: that the admission authority acted unreasonably. The law
defines ‘unreasonable’ very carefully in these cases. The Courts have said that, for a decision or action to be ‘unreasonable’ it must be completely irrational, or not based on the facts of the case. These facts include the published admission arrangements for the school, the number of applicants, and the capacity of the school to admit pupils without breaching the infant class-size limit.
Please note: you may give the panel fresh information relating to your case, which was not available at the time the decision to refuse admission was made. However, the panel can only use this to help it determine whether, in the circumstances, the original decision was irrational.
• Appeal rules followed for all other year groups
When considering an appeal for any other year group, appeal panels follow a two-stage process in reaching decisions.
o First: a factual stage: at which the panel considers whether the school’s
published admission arrangements were correctly applied in the individual’s case, and decides whether prejudice (or harm) would arise to the efficient provision of education and/or the efficient use of resources in the school were the child to be admitted.
o Second: a balancing stage: at which the panel exercises its discretion,
balancing between the degree of prejudice (or harm) and the weight of the parent’s case, before arriving at a decision.
Full details of how to make an appeal will be given to you if your child is refused a place at your preferred school.
• Appeals for voluntary aided and foundation schools You are entitled to appeal against the decision of the governing body of a voluntary aided or foundation school not to offer your child a place. Full details of how to make an appeal will be given to you by the school if your child is refused a place. An independent appeal panel will hear your appeal. This independent appeal panel will be bound by the same rules as an independent
appeal panel for a community school.
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This includes appeals for admission to infant classes because the legal limit of 30 on the size of an infant class applies to all types of state school. The decision of the appeal panel is binding upon the governing body of the voluntary aided or foundation school.
Special educational provision Both the Council and schools have a duty to provide for all pupils, including those with special educational needs (SEN). Schools place great importance on identifying SEN early so that they can help children as quickly as possible. If you think your child may have a special educational need that has not been identified through medical screening or by your child’s nursery class/early education setting, you should talk to your child’s class teacher, to the SEN Co-ordinator (SENCO) or to the Headteacher. All children with SEN should have a broad and well-balanced education. Council-maintained schools must do their best to see that special help is provided for all children with SEN. Most children’s needs can be met from within the resources normally available to the school through its funding for additional educational needs. However, if your child has significant special needs that cannot be met from within the school’s resources (known as ‘School Action’ or ‘School Action Plus’) and the provision necessary is likely to exceed that which is normally available to mainstream schools, the school may ask the Council to carry out a statutory assessment, with your agreement. If the Council decides that a statutory assessment is necessary then advice would be sought from you, the school, an educational psychologist, the health service and social services in line with the Government’s SEN Code of Practice. Further advice may be sought from the Assessment and Support for Learning Service, Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1EU on Tel: 020 8547 4615/4619.
School discipline Discipline is the responsibility of the governing body and the Headteacher of each school. Details of a school’s discipline and anti-bullying policies can normally be found in its individual school prospectus or information booklet.
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School clothing Pupil Support Grants may be available to families in receipt of Income Support/Income Based Job Seekers Allowance to assist with the cost of school clothing when their child starts school. For further details please contact Student Support, Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1EU on Tel: 020 8547 5303.
Home to school transport All children under 16 years old, who live in a London Borough, are able to travel free of charge on London buses and trams provided they have a valid Child Oyster Photocard. Child Oyster Photocard application forms are available from main post offices. If you require further information on Oyster cards or bus routes please contact Transport for London on 0845 300 7000 or visit their website http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/ If you require further information about mainstream home to school travel you can visit Kingston Council’s website www.kingston.gov.uk or contact the Contracts & Support Officer on 020 8547 5256 Travel Arrangements for Children with Special Educational Needs Where children with Statements of Special Educational Needs are attending mainstream schools, or special schools or specialist resourced provision, the Council may assist with transport if the assessment of the child’s needs indicates that such assistance is necessary. This may take the form of reimbursement of parental mileage costs, or a place on a pre-arranged vehicle. Although each case will be considered on its individual merits, the Council will not normally assist with home to school transport for any other reason. Appeals against decisions not to assist with transport will be heard by a Panel of elected Council Members. For more information, you can visit Kingston Council’s web site www.kingston.gov.uk or contact the Contracts Officer on 020 8547 5304.
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School meals Pupils may bring a packed lunch to school and space will be provided where it may be eaten in comfort. Some schools also provide hot meals. Your child’s Headteacher will be able to provide you with details. A free school meal consists of a nutritionally balanced packed lunch. Where schools serve hot meals, a free hot meal will be provided to children who are eligible. Free school meals may include a milk drink. In order to receive free school meals, applicants must be in receipt of one of the following: • Income Support • Income based Job Seekers Allowance • Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) with a total household income of
less than £14,155 per year. • Guarantee element of State Pension Credit • Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. For further information you can visit the Royal Borough of Kingston’s website or contact the Contracts & Support Officer on 020 8547 5256. http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/education/schools/school_meals.htm
Equal Opportunities Policy The Council aims to make Kingston upon Thames one of the best-educated communities. We recognise and work to ensure that everyone has an equal right to succeed and that there is no toleration of racism, stereotyping and associated low expectations in our Council services. This expectation extends to our schools.
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Schools in other council areas (within approximately 3 miles of this borough)
For admission details and advice on an individual school’s admission policies, contact the education office of the local council shown for the school. Alternatively, you may contact the schools direct to ask how to apply for a place and the policy followed if the school receives more applications than places available. London Borough of Hounslow Closing date for applications is 13 February 2007 (through a primary school) or 16 February 2007 (direct to the Civic Centre). London Borough of Hounslow Primary School Admission Lifelong Learning, Leisure & Cultural Services Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow TW3 4DN Tel: 020 8583 2653 Web: www.hounslow.gov.uk Senior Admissions Officer Kiran Sharma Tel: 020 8583 2649 Email: [email protected] The Blue School C.E. Junior, Infant & Nursery North Street, Isleworth TW7 6RQ Tel: 020 8560 6721 Isleworth Town Primary School Twickenham Road, Isleworth TW7 6AB Tel: 020 8560 5701 Ivybridge Primary School Summerwood Road, Isleworth TW7 7QB Tel: 020 8891 2727 St Mary’s R.C. (Isleworth) Primary School South Street, Isleworth TW7 6DL Tel: 020 8560 7166 The Smallberry Green Primary School Turnpike Way, Isleworth TW7 5BF Tel: 020 8580 2070 Worple Primary School Queens Terrace, Isleworth TW7 7DB Tel: 020 8321 8100
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London Borough of Merton Closing date for applications is 26 January 2007. London Borough of Merton Education Department, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden SM4 5DX Tel: 020 8545 3262 Email: [email protected] Web: www.merton.gov.uk/schools Abbotsbury Primary School Abbotsbury Road, Morden SM4 5JS Tel: 020 8640 1010 All Saints C of E Primary School East Road, London SW19 1AR Tel: 020 8540 3004 Aragon Primary School Aragon Road, Morden SM4 4QU Tel: 020 8337 0505 Bishop Gilpin C of E, VA Primary School Lake Road, London SW19 7EP Tel: 020 8946 6666 Dundonald Primary School Dundonald Road, London SW19 3QH Tel: 020 8715 1188 Garfield Primary School Garfield Road, London SW19 8SB Tel: 020 8540 1053 Hatfeild Primary School Lower Morden Lane, Morden SM4 4SJ Tel: 020 8337 1332 Hillcross Primary School Ashridge Way, Morden SM4 4ED Tel: 020 8542 6936 Hollymount Primary School Cambridge Road, London SW20 0SQ Tel: 020 8946 0454 Holy Trinity C.E. Primary School Effra Road, London SW19 8PW Tel: 020 8542 1591 Joseph Hood Primary School Whatley Avenue, London SW20 9NS Tel: 020 8542 2471 Malmesbury Primary School Malmesbury Road, Morden SM4 6HG Tel: 020 8648 3561 Merton Abbey Primary School High Path, Merton London SW19 2JY Tel: 020 8542 7129 Merton Park Primary School Church Lane, London SW19 3HQ Tel: 020 8542 7128
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Morden Primary School London Road, Morden SM4 5PX Tel: 020 8648 4168 Pelham Primary School Southey Road, London SW19 1NU Tel: 020 8542 2005 Poplar Primary School Poplar Road South, London SW19 3JZ Tel: 020 8542 6989 Sacred Heart R.C. Primary School Burlington Road, New Malden KT3 4LT Tel: 020 8942 0215 St John Fisher R.C. School Grand Drive, London SW20 9NA Tel: 020 8540 2637 St Mary’s R.C. Primary School Russell Road, London SW19 1QL Tel: 020 8542 4580 St Matthews C.E. VA Primary School Cottenham Park Road, London SW20 0SX Tel: 020 8947 7227 St Teresa’s R.C. Primary School Montacute Road, Morden SM4 6RL Tel: 020 8648 1846 Singlegate Primary School South Gardens, London SW19 2NT Tel: 020 8395 8737 The Priory C of E Primary School Queen’s Road, London SW19 8LX Tel: 020 8540 8059 West Wimbledon Primary School Bodnant Gardens, West Barnes Lane, Raynes Park, London SW20 OBZ Tel: 020 8946 1620 Wimbledon Chase Primary School Merton Hall Road, London SW19 3QB Tel: 020 8542 1413 Wimbledon Park Primary School Havana Road, London SW19 8EJ Tel: 020 8946 4925
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Closing date for applications is 11 December 2006. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Education and Children’s Services Admissions Section, Regal House, London Road, Twickenham TW1 3QB Tel: 020 8891 7514 Email: [email protected] Web: www.richmond.gov.uk/schools Archdeacon Cambridge’s Primary School The Green, Twickenham, TW2 5TU Tel: 020 8894 4777 Carlisle Infant School Broad Lane, Hampton TW12 3AJ Tel: 020 8979 2770 Collis Primary School Fairfax Road, Teddington TW11 9BS Tel: 020 8977 1458 Darell Primary School Darell Road, Richmond TW9 4LQ Tel: 020 8876 6721 Hampton Hill Junior School St James’s Avenue, Hampton Hill TW12 1HW Tel: 020 8979 3019 Hampton Infant School Ripley Road, Hampton TW12 2JH 020 8979 1815 Hampton Junior School Percy Road, Hampton TW12 2LA 020 8979 2545 Hampton Wick Infant School Normansfield Avenue, Teddington TW11 9RP Tel: 020 8977 3971 Holy Trinity C.E. Primary School Carrington Road, Off Manor Road, Richmond TW10 5AA Tel: 020 8940 2730 Marshgate Primary School Queens Road, Richmond TW10 6HW Tel: 020 8332 6219 Meadlands Primary School Broughton Avenue, Ham TW10 7TS Tel: 020 8940 9207 Sacred Heart R.C. Primary School St Mark’s Road, Teddington TW11 9DD Tel: 020 8977 6591 St Elizabeth’s R.C. Primary School Queen’s Road, Richmond TW10 6HN Tel: 020 8940 3015
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St James’s R.C. Primary School Stanley Road, Twickenham TW2 5NP Tel: 020 8898 4670 St John the Baptist C.E. Junior School Lower Teddington Road, Hampton Wick KT1 4HQ Tel: 020 8977 4114 St Mary’s C.E. Primary School Amyand Park Road, Twickenham TW1 3HE Tel: 020 8892 5840 St Mary’s & St Peter’s C.E. Primary School Somerset Road, Teddington TW11 8RX Tel: 020 8943 0476 St Richard’s with St Andrew’s C.E. Primary School Ashburnham Road, Ham TW10 7NL Tel: 020 8940 7911 Sheen Mount Primary School West Temple Sheen, London SW14 7RT Tel: 020 8876 8394 Stanley Infant School Strathmore Road, Teddington TW11 8UE Tel: 020 8977 4793 Stanley Junior School Stanley Road, Teddington TW11 8UE Tel: 020 8977 4858 The Russell Primary School Petersham Road, Richmond TW10 7AH Tel: 020 8940 1446 The Vineyard Primary School Friars Stile Road, Richmond TW10 6NE Tel: 020 8948 0195 Trafalgar Infant School Meadway, Twickenham TW2 6PY Tel: 020 8894 5729 Trafalgar Junior School Elmsleigh Road, Twickenham TW2 5EG Tel: 020 8894 1606
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The County of Surrey Closing date for applications is 19 October 2006. Surrey County Council County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2DJ Contact Centre Tel: 08456 009009 Email: [email protected] Web: www.surreycc.gov.uk/ Auriol Junior School Vale Road, Stoneleigh, Ewell KT19 0PJ Tel: 020 8393 4721 Barnett Wood Infant School Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead KT21 2DF Tel: 01372 272701 Chandlers Field Primary School High Street, West Molesey KT8 2LX Tel: 020 8224 4731 Claygate Primary School Foley Road, Claygate KT10 0NB Tel: 01372 465348 Cranmere Primary School The Drive, Esher KT10 8DJ Tel: 020 8398 5580 Cuddington Community Primary School Salisbury Road, Worcester Park KT4 7DD Tel: 020 8716 2677 Cuddington Croft Primary School West Drive, Cheam SM2 7NA Tel: 020 8642 4325 Danetree Junior School Danetree Road, West Ewell KT19 9SE Tel: 020 8393 6406 Epsom Primary School Pound Lane, Epsom KT19 8SD Tel: 01372 720608 Esher C of E Primary School Milbourne Lane, Esher KT10 9DU Tel: 01372 463139 Ewell Grove Infant & Nursery School West Street, Ewell KT17 1UZ Tel: 020 8393 4393 Hinchley Wood Primary School Claygate Lane, Hinchley Wood KT10 0AQ Tel: 020 8398 1310 Hurst Park Primary School Hurst Road, West Molesey KT8 1QW Tel: 020 8979 1709
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Long Ditton Infant & Nursery School Ditton Hill Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton KT6 5JB Tel: 020 8398 4398 Long Ditton St Mary’s C of E Junior School Sugden Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton KT7 0AD Tel: 020 8398 1070 Riverview C of E Primary & Nursery School Riverview Road, West Ewell KT19 0JP Tel: 020 8337 1245 St Alban’s Catholic Primary School Beauchamp Road, East Molesey KT8 2PG Tel: 020 8979 5893 St Clement’s Catholic Primary School Fennells Mead, West Ewell KT17 1TX Tel: 020 8393 8789 St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Rosebank, West Street, Epsom KT18 7RT Tel: 01372 727850 St Lawrence C of E Junior School Church Road, East Molesey KT8 9DR Tel: 020 8941 0846 St Martin’s C of E Infant School Worple Road, Epsom KT18 7AA Tel: 01372 720337 St Martin’s Church of England (Aided) Junior School Ashley Road, Epsom KT18 7AD Tel: 01372 721996 St Paul’s Catholic Primary School Hampton Court Way, Thames Ditton KT7 0LP Tel: 020 8398 6791 Southfield Park Primary School Long Grove Road, Epsom KT19 8PZ Tel: 01372 743104 Sparrow Farm Community Junior School Sparrow Farm Road, Stoneleigh, Epsom KT17 2LW Tel: 020 8393 4152 Stamford Green Primary School Christ Church Mount, Epsom KT19 8LU Tel: 01372 725383 Stoneleigh First School Sparrow Farm Road, Ewell KT17 2LW Tel: 020 8393 4839 Thames Ditton Infant School Speer Road, Thames Ditton KT7 0NW Tel: 020 8398 5842 Thames Ditton Junior School Mercer Close, Thames Ditton KT7 0BS Tel: 020 8398 3039 The Mead Infant School Newbury Gardens, Ewell KT19 0QG Tel: 020 8393 0966
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The Orchard Infant School Bridge Road, East Molesey KT8 9HT Tel: 020 8979 2945 The Royal Kent C of E Primary School Oakshade Road, Oxshott KT22 0LE Tel: 01372 842495 Wallace Fields Infant School Wallace Fields, Ewell KT17 3AS Tel: 020 8394 0647 Wallace Fields Junior School Dorling Drive, Ewell KT17 3BH Tel: 020 8393 0350 West Ewell Infant and Nursery School Ruxley Lane, West Ewell KT19 0UY Tel: 020 8393 2417
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London Borough of Sutton Closing date for applications is 1 December 2006. London Borough of Sutton Children, Young People and Learning Services, The Grove, Carshalton SM5 3AL Tel: 020 8770 6080 Email: [email protected] Web: www.sutton.gov.uk Abbey Primary School Glastonbury Road, Morden SM4 6NZ Tel: 020 8770 6770 All Saints’ Benhilton C of E Primary School All Saints’ Road, Sutton SM1 3DA Tel: 020 8644 6492 All Saints’ Carshalton C of E Primary School Rotherfield Road, Carshalton SM5 3DW Tel: 020 8401 0075 Avenue Primary School Avenue Road, Belmont, Sutton SM2 6JE Tel: 020 8642 5138 Barrow Hedges Primary School Harbury Road, Carshalton SM5 4LA Tel: 020 8643 4428 Brookfield Primary School Ridge Road, North Cheam SM3 9LY Tel: 020 8644 8616 Camden Junior School Camden Road, Carshalton SM5 2NS Tel: 020 8647 7324 Cheam Common Infants’ School Balmoral Road, Worcester Park KT4 8SS Tel: 020 8337 4152 Cheam Common Junior School Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park KT4 8UT Tel: 020 8337 1844 Cheam Fields Primary School Stoughton Avenue, Cheam SM3 8PW Tel: 020 8644 9055 Cheam Park Farm Infants’ School Molesey Drive, North Cheam SM3 9UU Tel: 020 8644 7415 Cheam Park Farm Junior School Kingston Avenue, North Cheam SM3 9UE Tel: 020 8644 8969 Devonshire Primary School Devonshire Avenue, Sutton SM2 5JL Tel: 020 8643 1174 Dorchester Primary School Dorchester Road, Worcester Park KT4 8PG Tel: 020 8330 1144
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Green Wrythe Primary School Green Wrythe Lane, Carshalton SM5 1JP Tel: 020 8648 4989 Manor Park Primary School Greyhound Road, Sutton SM1 4AW Tel: 020 8642 0144 Muschamp Primary School Muschamp Road, Carshalton SM5 2SE Tel: 020 8669 2514 Nonsuch Primary School Chadacre Road, Stoneleigh, Epsom KT17 2HQ Tel: 020 8393 9209 Robin Hood Infants School Robin Hood Lane, Sutton SM1 2SF Tel: 020 8643 3688 Robin Hood Junior School Thorncroft Road, Sutton SM1 1RL Tel: 020 8642 4292 Rushy Meadow Primary School Rushy Meadow Lane, Fellowes Road, Carshalton SM5 2SG Tel: 020 8669 7588 St Cecilia’s R C Primary School London Road, North Cheam SM3 9DL Tel: 020 8337 4566 St Dunstan’s, Cheam C of E Primary School Anne Boleyn’s Walk, Cheam SM3 8DF Tel: 020 8642 5463 St Mary’s R C Infants’ School West Street, Carshalton SM5 2PT Tel: 020 8647 5711 St Mary’s R C Junior School Pound Street, Carshalton SM5 2PB Tel: 020 8647 4342 Stanley Park Infants’ School Stanley Park Road, Carshalton SM5 3JL Tel: 020 8647 9322 Stanley Park Junior School Stanley Park Road, Carshalton SM5 3JL Tel: 020 8647 7497 Tweeddale Primary School Tweeddale Road, Carshalton SM5 1SW Tel: 020 8644 5665 Victor Seymour Infants’ School Denmark Road, Carshalton SM5 2JE Tel: 020 8647 9800 Westbourne Primary School Anton Crescent, Collingwood Road, Sutton SM1 2NT Tel: 020 8644 8453
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London Borough of Wandsworth Closing date for applications is 26 January 2007. London Borough of Wandsworth Pupil Services Section, The Town Hall, Wandsworth, London SW18 2PU Tel: 020 8871 7962 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/education Albemarle Primary School Princes Way, London SW19 6JP Tel: 020 8788 3170 All Saints (C of E) School Putney Common, London SW15 1HL Tel: 020 8788 5196 Granard Primary School Cortis Road, London SW15 6XA Tel: 020 8788 3606 Heathmere Primary School Alton Road, London SW15 4LJ Tel: 020 8788 9057 Hotham School Charlwood Road, London SW15 1PN Tel: 020 8788 6468 Our Lady of Victories (R.C.) School 1 Clarendon Drive, London SW15 1AW Tel: 020 8788 7957 Our Lady Queen of Heaven (R.C.) School Victoria Drive, London SW19 6AD Tel: 020 8788 7420 Riversdale School 302a Merton Road, London SW18 5JP Tel: 020 8874 6904 Roehampton (C of E) School 245 Roehampton Lane, London SW15 4AA Tel: 020 8788 8650 Ronald Ross Primary School Castlecombe Drive, London SW19 6RW Tel: 020 8788 5233 Sacred Heart (R.C.) Primary School Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5NX Tel: 020 8876 7074 Sheringdale School Standen Road, London SW18 5TR Tel: 020 8874 7340 Southmead Primary School Princes Way, London SW19 6QT Tel: 020 8788 8901 St Michael’s (C of E) School Granville Road, London SW18 5SQ Tel: 020 8874 7786 The Alton School Danebury Avenue, London SW15 4PD Tel: 020 8876 8482
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