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Transfer to Secondary School in September 2020

Pan London Co-ordinated Admissions System

• All 33 London boroughs and 5

surrounding local authorities co-

• rdinate admissions with the aim of

enabling a single offer per child (wherever possible)

• One Common Application for all

Richmond residents (Home LA)

• Single offer of a school place is made

by the child’s Home LA

Applying for a place at a secondary school for September 2020

Apply online: easy, quick, secure, reliable –

99% of parents applied on line last year OR Complete the paper Common Application Form

List up to 6 preferences for maintained

schools or academies in or out of the borough

Submit by the closing date of 31 October

2019

Benefits of Applying Online

• It is easy and secure, with clear prompts at

each stage

• You will receive confirmation when your

application has been submitted

• You can scan and send any supporting

documents – no postage required

• You will receive an email with the outcome

during the evening of 2 March 2020

• You will be able to accept or decline online

Key dates

• 26 September 2019 – start of Richmond

secondary schools’ open evenings

• 31 October 2019 – closing date for

applications

• 25 October 2019 – ideally submit before

half term

• 2 March 2020 – National Offer Date.

Online applicants receive outcome by email and your LA sends you a letter giving

• utcome of your application

Collect information about schools

• Likelihood of being offered a place – check the

admissions criteria and pattern of admissions from previous years – any changes that may affect your application?

• Open evenings/Open days
• LA brochures and individual school prospectuses
• Talk to your primary school Headteacher
• Richmond Council’s website –

www.richmond.gov.uk

• Performance tables/Ofsted reports

Order of preference

• List the schools you wish to apply to in the
• rder that you prefer them
• Each school will consider your application

against their admissions criteria only and not the order you place them on your form

• If your child qualifies for more than one

school you will be offered the highest preference you qualify for

Deciding on the order of preference

Example 1

Preference School Qualify for place? Outcome 1st The Tiffin Girls No Waiting list 2nd The Richmond upon Thames School Yes Offered 3rd Twickenham School Yes Withdrawn 4th Waldegrave School Yes Withdrawn 5th Grey Court School Yes Withdrawn 6th Orleans Park No Withdrawn

Deciding on the order of preference

Example 2

Preference School Qualify for place? Outcome 1st Grey Court School Yes Offered 2nd Tiffin School Yes Withdrawn 3rd The Richmond upon Thames School No Withdrawn 4th Christ’s School Yes Withdrawn 5th Richmond Park Academy No Withdrawn 6th Twickenham School Yes Withdrawn

Order of preference

• If your child qualifies for only one school

you will be offered that school

• If you want a selective school option you

need to consider carefully your order of preference

• Waiting lists – automatically on for higher

preference schools than the school which is offered.

Supplementary Forms

• Christ’s School requires you to complete a

supplementary form in addition to the common application form if you are applying for a Foundation (Church) place

• St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School

requires all applicants to complete a supplementary form in addition to the common application form

• Check which schools located in other

boroughs that you apply for require a supplementary form (if any)

• Closing date for all forms is 31 October 2019

Completing the Application

• Admission to Richmond’s Secondary Schools
• nline brochure
• Sibling (brother/sister) at time of admission
• ‘Exceptional reasons’ priority and why only one

school is suitable

• Up to 6 preferences
• No priority for single sex
• 31 October 2019 – closing date for all forms

Summary

• Visit schools to gather information and make

an informed decision

• Apply online at www.richmond.gov.uk where

there is a link via the school admissions page or direct via www.eadmissions.org.uk

• Submit your application by 31 October 2019
• Submit supplementary forms direct to the

schools

• Order of preference in which you place

schools is very important

Being offered a place

• Email will be sent on 2 March 2020 to all

those who apply online

• Letter will be posted on 2 March 2020 if you

are not offered a place at your first preference school

• You will have two weeks to reply: by 16

March 2020

• After 26 March, your Home LA will make

further offers

• 89% of LBR applicants were made an offer
• f one of their preferences on 1 March 2019

Queries and Further Information

• Richmond’s Schools Admissions Team Tel:

020 8547 5569 between 9.00am and 2.00pm

• Email:

richmond.admissions@achievingforchildren.org.uk

Where do Sheen Mount children move on to? See chart of recent transitions. Now approx. 50/50 split with state and independent schools.

Independent schools – selective, fee paying Children will sit an exam and have an interview. Each school is very different and the criteria for children to gain a place differs from school to school, and also from year to year Some of the independent schools offer scholarships and bursaries.

Visit a considered range

• f schools. Please speak

to us if you need any advice.

Independent school reports We make a charge of £25 to enable your child’s class teacher to prepare a report which is required by independent schools. This will be photocopied to whichever schools ask for a report. If you do not wish to pay for a special report to be prepared and written, we are able to supply schools with a copy of your child’s report from the previous year.

PLEASE try to keep disruption for the Year 6 class teachers a minimum by: Only visiting those schools that are likely choices Making sure that your child is out of Sheen Mount for the minimum amount of time for a visit, interview or exam. Maintaining momentum with learning.

Thank you and best wishes for a successful outcome – however daunting it may seem now – everything will work out for the best!

Year 6 Meet the Teacher Evening

The team

 Kate Jeffery – 6J teacher  Katie Adams and Suzanne Maile – 6AM

teachers

 Teaching Assistants:  Gilly Scott, Jackie Hopwood, LJ Restarick

Overview of the year

 Kew Gardens trip – 23rd October  Harvest Assembly – 24th October (9.15am)  Remembrance Assembly – 8th November (9.15am)  Carol Concert – 17th December (7.30pm)  Bikeability– 2 weeks beginning 24th February  Junior Citizen – 17th March or the 24th March  Spring Assembly – 1st April  SATs – week beginning 11th May  France trip – 17th – 22nd May  BizWorld – week beginning 8th June tbc  Sports Day – 3rd July  Y6 Production – 15th and 16th July  Celebration evening – 20th July

The learning week

8:55 - 9:10 9:10 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:45 10:45 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:00 12:00 - 12:30 12:30 - 1:40 1:40 - 3:00 3:00 - 3:30

MONDAY Registration and Morning Challenge

English B Maths

Reading

L

Art

Living Values Assembly/ PSHE

TUESDAY

English RE R Maths

Reading

U

PE

KS2 Forum

WEDNESDAY

English Grammar E

PPA

Maths/PE

N

Computing Spelling

THURSDAY

Science

A

Maths

Public Speaking

C

Music Celebration Assembly/ PSHE

FRIDAY

English Grammar K Maths

Reading

H

French

Y5&6 Singing Assembly

Topics for this term

 English: ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar  Humanities (day): The Battle of Britain  Science: Living Things, Evolution and

Inheritance

 PSHE: Unity  RE: Christianity  Public Speaking and Poetry Recitals  Art: Canvas painting in the style of Mark

Rothko

 Music: Linked to humanities – composing

PE

 Tuesday with class teachers  Wednesday with Mr Lancaster  Children should have full PE kit in school

every day and take it home on a Friday to be washed and returned Monday

Homework

 English and Maths homework set every

Thursday to be returned by Monday

 English and Maths homework should be

signed by a parent to confirm it is complete

 Spelling homework set every week and to be

returned the following Wednesday

 Spelling homework requirements: learn to spell

10 words, write them out with definitions and complete 2 ‘spell well’ activities. Continue to practise words from previous weeks.

Routines

 Mobile phones – for contact  Going home – permission to go alone  Secondary school visits

Behaviour

 Sanctions: ‘Traffic Light System’  Rewards: Colour Team Points and class

behaviour strategies

 Focus on kindness

Year 6 School Journey 17th – 22nd May 2019

Venue:

PGL Centre Château du Tertre Normandy France

Château du Tertre

Accommodation Blocks

The Climbing/Abseiling Tower

Tree Climb

Scaling the Wall

Leap of Faith

Blind trail

Assault course

Problem Solving

Archery

Evening Entertainment

The Dining Room

Outdoor Eating Area

Castle Visit

View from the top

Market visit

Farm visit

Dates

Leave school: Sunday 17th May – 4.45! Return to school: Friday 22nd May – approx 8pm

Costs

The total trip cost is £570 Deposit: £90 to be paid by Friday 29.9.19 Balance: One payment: £480 by 29th October

• r

8 Monthly payments of £60 on 29th of each month

Final Points

 Children will be travelling on their own passports –

please ensure they’re in date and, if they need renewal, make sure you apply promptly

 We will be checking passports and taking details in

the next couple of months

 Passports, EHICs and spending money (€20 in small

denominations please – preferably €5 notes ) will be collected in throughout March 2020