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Transferring to Secondary School Guidance for Parents & Carers

Pan-London Co-ordination • All London boroughs and some of the surrounding boroughs participate • Around 90,000 children applying across London; over 20,000 apply to schools outside their own borough • Parents receive no more than one offer on 1 March

Making Applications • Do your research and visit schools • Consider your likely chances of success – read all the admissions criteria carefully • Use all 6 preferences – include all state schools (including Grammar) on the same application • Apply online and on time – Check if any of your choices need supplementary forms/registrations (early deadlines!) – No false information – it will be checked and places can be taken away • Children with EHCPs apply in a different way

Types of Schools/Places Locally • Comprehensive schools/places • Ricards, Rutlish, Harris Wimbledon, Southfields, ARK Putney • Includes academies • ‘Open’ places at faith schools/specialist schools/partially selective schools (St Cecilia’s, Ashcroft, Ernest Bevin, Graveney, Burntwood, Chestnut Grove) • Admissions criteria • LAC • Soc./Med • Child of Staff • Sibling (including between schools Ricards/Rutlish and Wim College/Ursuline) • Distance • May have some banding to ensure comprehensive intake

Types of Schools/Places Locally • Selective schools/places • Fully selective (grammar schools in Sutton and Kingston) • Partially selective – typically 25-30% (Graveney, Burntwood, Ernest Bevin) • (Independent selective – completely separate direct applications) • Admission criteria only on test result (with ties separated on distance) • Grammar schools have two stage selection

Wandsworth Test • Register for the test before early Sept • Saturday morning in September • Used for: o Ashcroft open place banding o Chestnut Grove open place banding o Burntwood, Ernest Bevin and Graveney academic selection • Verbal reasoning and non verbal reasoning • Familiarity is helpful o VR/NVR club in Summer for familiarisation

Types of Schools/Places Locally • Faith Schools have fixed groups of faith and open places • Examples – St Cecilia’s, Wimbledon College, Ursuline, Holy Cross • Faith places for active church members (supplementary form/ref.) • Separate faith and open of places then allocated on: • LAC • Soc./Med • (Child of Staff) • Sibling • Distance

Types of Schools/Places Locally • Specialist school places • Typically 10-20% of places • St Cecilia’s (Music 10%), Ashcroft (DT/computing 10%), Chestnut Grove (one sixth art, one sixth languages) • Supplementary application forms • Admission criteria for specialist places only on aptitude test result

Merton and Wandsworth Schools • We have a large number Ofsted-rated good and outstanding schools in our local area • The picture is most complicated for oldest sibling boys (not church-goers) • Higher likelihood: Harris Wimbledon, Raynes Park and Southfields Academy

Merton School Map Ricards Lodge Wimbledon College St Marks Harris Wimbledon Ursuline Harris Merton Rutlish Raynes Park Harris Merton

Wandsworth School Map

Leavers’ Destinations 2017 2016 Last 5 years St Cecilias 17% 14% 21% Ricards Lodge 15% 33% 18% Rutlish 13% 2% 6% Ashcroft 10% 5% 8% Other Merton 4% 0% 5% Other Wandsworth 6% 9% 10% Other state schools 15% 7% 6% Grammar school 4% 7% 7% Independent 17% 23% 19%

2018 Acceptances 2018 Offers St Cecilia's 11 Ricards 10 Ricards Lodge High School 19 Ashcroft 6 Southfields Academy 11 Burntwood 6 Burntwood School 10 Harris Academy 6 Saint Cecilia's 10 Southfields 5 Surbiton High 3 No offer 6 Emanuel 3 Ernest Bevin College 4 Abroad 2 Ark Putney Academy 3 Ewell Castle 2 Ashcroft 3 Glenthorne High 2 Glenthorne High School 2 Harrodian 2 Holy Cross 2 Raynes Park High School 2 Kingston Grammar 2 Sutton Grammar 2 Rutlish 2 Ursuline High 2 ARK Putney 1 Coombe Boys' School 1 Whitgift 1 Wimbledon High 1 Coombe Girls' School 1 Wimbledon College 1 Glyn School 1 Ursuline 1 Howard of Effingham 1 Tiffin Grammar 1 Hurlingham Academy 1 The Howard of Effingham 1 London Oratory School 1 Sutton High 1 Sutton Grammar 1 Rutlish School 1 St Mark's 1 St Marks Academy 1 Raynes Park 1 The Holy Cross School 1 London Oratory School 1 Tiffin School 1 Kings College 1 Glyn 1 Wilson's School 1 Fullbrook School 1 Wimbledon College 1 Coombe Girls 1 Coombe Boys 1 Not allocated 1

Deadlines • Early Sept – Wandsworth Test registration and specialist places supplementary forms • 31 October is a national closing date • Changes of address up to 8 December • Deadlines for supplementary forms or test registrations may be different – check with the schools you are applying for • Offer day is first weekday in March

How the Offer Process Works • Schools do not know your preference order • Applications are ranked solely according to the admissions criteria for the school • If you are eligible for more than one school, the higher preference of these will be offered • Lower offers are rejected/you are placed on waiting list for higher place preferences • Those who are not eligible for any of their preferences will receive an alternative offer

Preferences and Offers • 65% of children are allocated their first preference (2015/16/17 stats) – About 85% receive one of their top 3 – 10% allocated school not on their preference list • Picture has changed this year : 2018 First Round (Merton only) – 45% allocated first preference – 67% one of their top 3 – 12% no place

After Offer Day • If you don’t get your first preference school, don’t panic • You can accept an offer until you find an alternative • If you decline your offer, it becomes your responsibility to secure a school place/ educate your child in September • Remain on waiting lists/add more schools • Appeal for preferred schools

What happens if I don’t get any offers • Very rare and often transitionary circumstance (e.g. Harris Wimbledon) • You will get a school place (eventually) • Your local authority of residence have a statutory obligation – they will be in contact • Remain on waiting lists/add new schools We’re happy to meet with parents individually

Q & A We’re happy to meet with parents individually