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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:
• Ashcroft open place banding
• Chestnut Grove open place banding
• Burntwood, Ernest Bevin and Graveney

academic selection

• Verbal reasoning and non verbal reasoning
• Familiarity is helpful
• 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
• utstanding 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 Ursuline Raynes Park Harris Wimbledon Rutlish

St Marks Harris Merton 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%

Ricards Lodge High School 19 Southfields Academy 11 Burntwood School 10 Saint Cecilia's 10 No offer 6 Ernest Bevin College 4 Ark Putney Academy 3 Ashcroft 3 Glenthorne High School 2 Raynes Park High School 2 Sutton Grammar 2 Ursuline High 2 Coombe Boys' School 1 Coombe Girls' School 1 Glyn School 1 Howard of Effingham 1 Hurlingham Academy 1 London Oratory School 1 Rutlish School 1 St Marks Academy 1 The Holy Cross School 1 Tiffin School 1 Wilson's School 1 Wimbledon College 1

2018 Offers 2018 Acceptances

St Cecilia's 11 Ricards 10 Ashcroft 6 Burntwood 6 Harris Academy 6 Southfields 5 Surbiton High 3 Emanuel 3 Abroad 2 Ewell Castle 2 Glenthorne High 2 Harrodian 2 Holy Cross 2 Kingston Grammar 2 Rutlish 2 ARK Putney 1 Whitgift 1 Wimbledon High 1 Wimbledon College 1 Ursuline 1 Tiffin Grammar 1 The Howard of Effingham 1 Sutton High 1 Sutton Grammar 1 St Mark's 1 Raynes Park 1 London Oratory School 1 Kings College 1 Glyn 1 Fullbrook School 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