11+ Slough
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Slough LA
Mr Chris Spencer
Director of Learning and Cultural Services, Slough Borough Council, Town Hall, Bath Road, Slough. SL1 3UQ
Telephone: 01753 875700
Fax: 01753 692499
Email: christopher.spencer@slough.gov.uk
Website: www.slough.gov.uk
Slough Grammar Schools
Slough 11+ Admissions
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COORDINATED SECONDARY ADMISSION SCHEME - SEPTEMBER 2011
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Consortium of Grammar Schools
Admissions procedures for the 11+ entry for September 2011
This admissions procedure applies to Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School. The term ‘the Consortium', as used in this set of procedures, relates only to the testing procedures of the three grammar schools: Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School. There is no charge related to registering to take the 11+ test for the Consortium of Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School. Applications for the 11+ test
- Parents of candidates wishing to take the 11+ test must complete a registration form, obtainable from the grammar school at which they choose to sit the test and will name as their highest preference of any of the Consortium Grammar Schools on their Common Application Form. The registration form is sent to the grammar school where the candidate wishes to be tested.
- Candidates who attend a Slough Primary school will sit the 11+ test on the first Thursday in November. Candidates who attend other Primary schools will sit the tests on the Saturday of the same week, in the Consortium grammar school where they have registered for the test.
- If your child is unable to attend on the morning of the examination due to ill health you should obtain a doctor's certificate and forward this to the school as soon as possible. Your son/daughter will then be invited to sit the test at a later date.
- In early December 2010 the results of the tests will be posted to the parents/guardians of the candidates. The letter will give the candidate's standardised score. If the candidate has reached the standardised score of 111 or above, he/she is eligible to be considered for a place at the grammar school in the Consortium, which has been named as the highest preference of the Consortium Grammar Schools on their Common Application Form.
Appeals for candidates who score below the pass mark of 111
- If the candidate has scored 110 or below, then he/she is not eligible for consideration for a place at any of the named grammar schools in the Consortium, that have been listed on the Common Application Form. The letter will inform parents/guardians of their right of appeal if they have named one of the Consortium grammar schools on their Common Application Form. These procedures are published jointly for Herschel Grammar School and Langley Grammar School. There is a separate procedure for St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School.
Eligibility for a place in a Consortium grammar school
- Candidates who include St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School on the Common Application form and registration form must provide supplementary faith background information.
- There is no guarantee of a place at a grammar school in the Consortium, even for those pupils who have qualified for admission, if there are more applications than places available.
Offers of places
- All offers of places are made by the candidate's local authority at the beginning of March 2011.
Appeals for candidates who score 111 and above
- All candidates above the standardised mark of 111 have a right of appeal to a Common Independent Appeals Panel if they are not successful in being offered a place. The Common Independent Appeals Panel hears the cases separately for Herschel Grammar School and Langley Grammar School. St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School has its own Independent appeals procedure.
Late applications for registration to do the 11+ test
- If a candidate's registration form for testing is handed in after the closing date but before the test date, then it is up to the Consortium grammar school named on the registration form to set an alternative date for testing.
- If a candidate's registration form is handed in after the Consortium 11+ tests have been taken, then an alternative date will be set by the grammar school concerned.
- There will be no retesting of any candidate who has sat the 11+ test for entry to Year 7 for the Consortium grammar schools.
- Candidates who wish to enter Year 7 in September 2011 at a Consortium grammar school must have sat the Consortium's 11+ tests.
- Pupils applying for ‘in year' entry between Year 7 and Year 11 to the Consortium of grammar schools, will be subject to tests set by the individual grammar school and they must not have sat the Consortium 11+ tests.
Herschel Grammar School 11+ Admissions 2010
September 2011 Entry 11+ Open Evening
Our 11+ Information Evening will be held on Tuesday 7 September 2010. On this evening you and your child will have the opportunity to look around the school and the Head will talk in the hall four times during the evening to explain our admissions procedure. Our prospectus and the September 2011 registration form will also be available at this time.
The test consists of a Non Verbal Reasoning (80 question) paper, 50 minutes in length divided into four sections - each preceded by a short practice test and a Verbal Reasoning paper lasting 50 minutes (80 questions).
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Langley Grammar School
Open Mornings and Open Evening 2010
Open Mornings begin promptly at 9.30am and end at 11.00am
(Please note that it is important to attend the complete session)
You are warmly invited to view Langley Grammar School, meet staff and listen to information relating to the eleven plus, there will also be an opportunity to ask questions. Eleven plus registration forms will be available at these sessions. The meetings are designed for the parent / guardian of pupils currently in year 6 and are for year 7 admission in September 2011. We look forward to welcoming you to the school.
Purely to control numbers and to give you the best opportunity to see the school we suggest the following as a guideline only.
Wednesday Sept 8th
All Langley and Slough schools
Friday September 10th
All Berkshire, Surrey, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Ealing schools
Tuesday September 21st
Open to all
Thursday September 23rd
Open to all
Open Evening
Tuesday September 14th 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Headteacher will talk at 6.00pm, 6.30pm, 7.00pm, 7.30pm
Eleven Plus
Thurs Nov 4th 2010 (in Slough junior schools)
Sat Nov 6th 2010 for all other candidates
Closing date for the receipt of 11+ registration forms at your first choice grammar school in the Slough consortium is 1st October 2010.
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Slough Grammar School 11+ Admissions
Applying to Slough
These are the dates and times for our Open Days:
Open Evening
Wednesday 28th April
17.00pm - 20.30pm
Open Days
Tuesday 11th May
9.00am, 11.15am and 14.40pm
Tuesday 18th May
9.00am, 11.15am and 14.40pm
Tuesday 25th May
9.00am, 11.15am and 14.40pm
Slough Grammar School will run tests in line with the Consortium. The Slough Grammar School test will be in November set by GL Assessment (formerly known as National Foundation for Educational Research). It will consist of Non-Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning papers.
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Dates for the 11+
Children in Slough Primary Schools will sit the test on 6th November 2010.
All other candidates will sit the test on 13th November 2010.
Closing date for 11+ Registration Forms is Friday is 1st October 2010.
11+ Testing Consortium
We would like to make you aware that Slough Grammar School is working towards rejoining the 11+ testing Consortium. We have met with the Headteachers and Governors of Herschel Grammar, Langley Grammar and St. Bernard’s Catholic Grammar to start the discussions. We are planning to take the necessary steps to bring our policies and practices in line with those of the consortium with the intention of unifying for the Testing and Admissions process by the Autumn Term of 2011.
For this year the Testing and Admissions process will be conducted separately from that of the Consortium.
Lower School Downloads
Download Admissions Policy 2011-2012
Download Parent's Guide 2011
Download 11+ Examination Registration
Download Appeals-Information
Download Home School Agreement
ST BERNARD'S CATHOLIC GRAMMAR SCHOOL ADMISSIONS POLICY 2010
NUMBER
The Planned Admission number for admission at age 11+ for the academic year beginning September 2011 is 120.
RESPONSIBILITY
The Governing Body is the Admissions Authority for St. Bernard's which is a Roman Catholic, Voluntary-Aided, Co-educational Grammar School. The Governing Body will, therefore, give priority in the consideration of applications to baptised Roman Catholic children who have a written reference from their Roman Catholic priest. The criteria set by the Governing Body are designed to preserve the character of the School. This policy is decided after consultation with the Diocese of Northampton, the Local Authority and other relevant bodies.
ADMISSIONS
The Governing Body will consider for admission those children who have gained a mark of 111 or above in the Slough 11+ Consortium tests. Where the number of pupils gaining 111 or more in the tests exceeds the number of places available, the Governors will apply their oversubscription criteria.
Where there is written evidence of special education needs (from a recognised authority specialising in the needs of the child) the Governors will ensure that the tests are accessible for children with disabilities and special needs.
The Governing Body will give priority to relevant looked after children (within the meaning of Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) at the time of their application and who will still be looked after when they are admitted to school.
There is, however, no guarantee of a place, even for those children who have qualified for admission, if there are more applications than places available.
OVER-SUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA
For Admissions to the Planned Admission Number i.e. at Age 11+:
Should places be oversubscribed, the Governing Body will consider children for admission following the criteria set out below. The Governing Body will give priority to relevant looked after children (within the meaning of Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) at the time of their application and who will still be looked after when they are admitted.
1. Roman Catholic children, in respect of whom the Governing Body has a written recommendation from their Roman Catholic Priest.
2. Children of other Christian denominations
In the event of there being vacancies after all the Roman Catholic children have been considered, the Governing Body will consider admitting children of other Christian denominations whose parents wish to obtain an education for their children in a Roman Catholic atmosphere, and in respect of whom the Governing Body has a written recommendation from their Minister of Religion.
3. Children of Other Faiths
In the event of there being vacancies after all the children of other Christian denominations have been considered, the Governing Body will consider admitting children of other faiths whose parents wish to obtain an education for their children in a Roman Catholic atmosphere, and in respect of whom the Governing Body has a written recommendation from their Minister of Religion.
In the event of there being vacancies after all the above have been considered, the Governing Body will consider admitting other children.
If necessary, the Governing Body will determine an order of priority within the above categories based, firstly, on the child's score in the Selective Tests and, secondly, on proximity to the school, by a suitable walking route as measured from the main double entrance gate of St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School to the front door of the candidate's house.
WAITING LIST
The school will keep a waiting list of the names of applicants who have qualified for admission but have not been allocated a place, ranked in descending order according to the above criteria. The placing of a child's name on the waiting list does not remove the right of appeal. Parents will be informed if their child's name has been placed on this list.
The waiting list will be in operation from the day the original places are allocated until the end of the end of the Autumn term 2010.
APPEALS
Appeals against a decision of the Governing Body should be addressed to the Clerk to the Governors within 14 days (10 working days) from the date of notification of the decision regarding admission. These appeals will be considered by an Independent Appeal Committee set up in accordance with the 1998 Schools Standards and Framework Act before which parents are entitled to appear.
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