Parents of Year 4/5 children - please read (Haberdasher's Secondary School application)

[parentsteeringgroup]

Hi all,

Haberdasher's Askes' are working away on their application to DfE to set up a secondary school in East Dulwich, starting Sept 2016. They are due to submit the application in October...which means there is still time - just - to register your support and submit comments about issues such as admissions processes.

For those of you who have already done so: the guidance from DfE is that applicants need to show demand (this particularly means parents of current years 4 & 5 since they would form the first two years of intake). It's fantastic that so many of you have signed up to show your support of the bid - thank you. However DfE are sticklers and also request that supporters actually say that if they had the choice, the new school (Haberdasher's) would be their first choice. If you have time, it's worth having a look back at the website and registering this detail (there is a tick box near the bottom of the form), if you agree with it. It could make a difference...

The deadline for registering support/giving feedback is 21st September, so just over a week left - if you haven't already, but you support a Haberdasher's school here in East Dulwich, please sign up! http://www.haaf.org.uk/New-East-Dulwich-Secondary-School-1

NB: don't worry if you are not sure whether you've already formally registered - Haberdasher's will sift out and discount any duplicate entries.

Many thanks,

The Parent Steering Group.