Secondary School Applications close 31st October!

[Renata Hamvas]

Secondary school admissions

Your child can start secondary school in Southwark if:

?They are transferring from primary to secondary school in September 2012; and

?They were born between 1 September 2000 and 31 August 2001; or

?They are taught as a Year 6 child during the 2011/12 academic year

Key admission date

These are important deadlines which you will need to keep in mind. If you miss this date, your chances of being offered a place at a preferred school will be reduced.

(!)Monday 31 October 2011

Closing date for receipt of common application forms.

You must ensure that your online application or your paper application form alongside any additional supporting information are received by the council by this date. It is recommend that you submit your application by Friday 21 October so it goes in it before the half term holiday.

I recommend people apply onlinesecondary admissions

this enables you to change your choices up to the closing date and you don't have the worry that your application may be delayed or lost in the post.

If you have problems contact Liam White, the school preference advisor [email protected]

or schools admissions on 020 7525 5337 [email protected]

Do look carefully whether you fill the school's admissions criteria. Do put down 6 schools. The schools do NOT know the order you place them in on the form. Put the schools in the real order of preference. You will be offered a place at only one of the schools on Offer Day, Thursday 1st March 2012. This will be the highest ranked school that was able to offer your child a place. As you have six choices you can put down some long shots, but please put some schools down that your child has a realistic chance to get into. If your child has an SEN which means that a school is more suited to them than others, put this down. Remember to tick sibling boxes! Please fill in one form, even if you are applying to schools from more than one borough (highly likely as ED is at the edge of the borough). It is a Londonwide form. If a school selects for a particular talent/ability or on religious grounds you will need to fill out supplementary forms. Many schools will have banding assessments, make sure your child attends these, as not doing so means that they risk not being offered a place at a school they would otherwise be eligible for.

Good Luck, and I'm happy to help anyone.

Renata

[Renata Hamvas]

Don"t forget!!!!