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Barnet LA
Miss Gillian Palmer
Education Service, London Borough of Barnet
Building 4, North London Business Park
Oakleigh Road South, London, N11 1NP
Telephone: 020 8359 2000
Fax: 020 8359 3057
Email: gillian.palmer@barnet.gov.uk
Website: www.barnet.gov.uk
Education Service, London Borough of Barnet
Building 4, North London Business Park
Oakleigh Road South, London, N11 1NP
Telephone: 020 8359 2000
Fax: 020 8359 3057
Email: gillian.palmer@barnet.gov.uk
Website: www.barnet.gov.uk
Barnet Grammar Schools
Entry for September 2010
If your child was born between 1 September 1999 and 31 August 2000 you will need to make an application for the 2011/2012 academic year using a Common Application Form (CAF) supplied by your local authority.
- From 1 September 2010(tbc) you can apply online (eAdmissions external link).
- If your child attends a Barnet primary school and you are a Barnet resident, you will receive an application pack automatically through the primary school in early September.
- If your child is attending an independent school or a school outside the borough and you would like to apply for a place at a maintained school, please contact the Admissions Team to request a pack.
- The closing date is 23 October 2009.
- You will be posted the result on 1 March 2010 (viewable online from 7am on 2 March 2010).
If your child has a statement of special educational needs (SEN), you will be given a different form to complete. Any queries you have about your child’s application should be addressed to your SEN caseworker.
Making your application – important points to remember
- You can list a maximum of six schools in the order you prefer them, there is no advantage in listing only one school. You are strongly advised to include at least one local community school as one of your preferences to ensure that your child secures a school place for 2010/11.
- If all the preferences you make are unrealistic you are unlikely to secure a place at any of the named schools.
- You will be told why you have received an offer or a refusal, and where relevant, parents can stay on waiting lists and appeal against the decisions not to offer places.
- Once you have been offered a place at a school of your preference your child will not normally be considered for alternative lower ranked schools and you would not be expected to appeal for a place at these schools.
- After 15 March 2010, the council will retain waiting lists for the oversubscribed community schools and accept further applications for community schools with vacancies. The council will make further offers from the waiting lists as and when places become available. After 15 March 2010, oversubscribed voluntary aided, foundation schools and the academies, if relevant, will hold their own waiting lists (you should contact each school directly to be added to the waiting list). The academies and any voluntary aided and foundation schools with vacancies will accept further applications. Individual schools will make further offers as and when places become available.
- Please remember that only a small number of places are expected to become available to offer after 1 March 2010 at schools that are full. This is because few children will receive more than one offer on that date.
- If you are a Barnet resident whose child has not been offered a place at one of your preferred schools and you do not wish to accept a place at a Barnet school that has vacancies, you will become responsible for securing suitable education for your child.
- If you are not a Barnet resident you must apply for a school place on the Common Application Form provided by the borough in which you live. Check neighbouring borough admissions for further information.
Barnet Grammar Schools
Admissions for September 2010
The prospective parents evening will take place at school from 1600-1930 on Thursday 17th September. Application forms and further details will be available then according to the recorded phone message on 13th July 2009.
Of the 180 places that are available each year to new boys transferring from primary or preparatory schools, it is intended that up to 160 places will be allocated on the basis of academic ability established by tests taken at the School and up to 20 places will be available each year on the basis of ability in music established by audition arranged by our Director of Music.
The 20 places for Music are available only to those who sit the second entrance test and who hold a Grade 3 (or higher) test certificate on 23th October 2009 on the instrument(s) to be auditioned.
If your son sits the second entrance test he can be considered for a music place also as he will be considered under that category in which he has performed better and therefore where he stands a better chance of gaining admission. Any music place not filled may be offered to a candidate on the examination waiting list.
We would advise you to read carefully the advice we have included in this Guide regarding the coordinated admission arrangements with the London Borough of Barnet.
ACADEMIC ABILITY
It is intended that 160 places will be offered in this category assessed by tests to be taken at Queen Elizabeth’s.
The first entrance examination will take place at the School on FRIDAY, 4th DECEMBER 2009. All applicants must sit the first test.
When we have received your supplementary application form we shall confirm details of the time of the entrance examination.
We are very aware that young boys can be very nervous on occasions such as these and we shall try hard to put all the children at their ease.
We are anxious to ensure that every candidate has a fair and equal opportunity to gain a place, and the tests will be designed so as to give the same chance of success to children who have had little test experience as to those who have received practice in exam technique.
All candidates must sit the first entrance test and then will be listed in ranked order of test scores. The first 500 candidates on the list will be invited to sit the second test. In addition to this, those whose score is the same as that candidate who is ranked at position 500 will also be invited to sit the second test.
If your son has taken this entrance test, we shall write to you in December to inform you of one of the following:
1. We would like your son to return for a second test.
2. That your son’s scores do not place him in the top 500 candidates and we are unable to continue to process your application.
The second test will be taken on MONDAY 11th JANUARY 2010 at the School.
Parents should be aware that an invitation to the second test in January is not in itself a guarantee of a place at Queen Elizabeth’s.
When the second tests have been completed and marked, we shall compile a list in rank order on the basis of performance in the first and second tests. The first 160 on the list will be offered places.
If your son has taken this second test, you will receive a letter at the beginning of March to inform you of one of the following:
1. That your son has been offered a place.
2. That we cannot offer your son a place at that time but his name has been placed on a waiting list.
ABILITY IN MUSIC
It is intended that up to 20 places will be allocated on the basis of ability in music.
Music places are available to those who sit the second entrance test and have passed at least Grade 3 on the instrument(s) to be auditioned. Please note that an examination board certificate from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music or another recognised examination board will be required to confirm this by 23th October 2009.
Ability in music will be assessed by audition at the School held by arrangement with the Director of Music in January.
THE AUDITION
We are very aware that your son may be nervous or feel some anxiety and we shall do all we can to ensure that the audition will be conducted in as relaxed an atmosphere as possible. We want to give your son every opportunity to perform to the best of his ability in the audition.
Auditions are available on all instruments or voice providing the candidate has passed Grade 3 on that instrument by the date of application. Up to two instruments may be offered if they both meet the required standard of Grade 3.
ADMISSIONS POLICY 2010-11
St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School was founded by the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus to provide education for children of Catholic families. The school is conducted by its governing body as part of the Catholic Church in accordance with its trust deed and instrument of government, and seeks at all times to be a witness to Jesus Christ.
As a Catholic school, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education is fully supported by all families in the school. All applicants and candidates are therefore expected to give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the school.
The number of intended admissions to Year 7 is 96 at age 11. Applicants should have had their eleventh birthday in the academic year (1st September – 31st August) immediately preceding entry. Only girls who have ability suited to the curriculum of the school and whose parents or guardians desire for them a Catholic education will be admitted to the school.
ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA
Within living memory, St Michael’s has always been oversubscribed with candidates who fulfil Criterion 1.
1. Catholic girls :
· who are baptised and have made their First Holy Communion in the Catholic Church and
· whose parents provide a written reference from the applicant’s parish priest stating that one or both parents are practising Catholics who attend Mass regularly with the child.
Each year the Governing Body will admit to the test all girls (eligible by age) who fulfil this criterion.
All applicants selected in accordance with Criterion 1 will be required to take written tests in:
Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning
English
Mathematics
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Following the tests all applicants will be ranked in order starting with the highest score. Applicants must reach a minimum standard in each written paper. Places will be allocated strictly in accordance with score but in allocating places between two or more girls who have an equal ranking, the Governing Body will give preference for those remaining places, in priority order, to:
· Catholic girls who are looked after under the provisions of the Children Act 1989;
· Catholic girls who are anticipated to have a sister or sisters at the school at the time of admission;
A waiting list is maintained until 31st December. Candidates are ranked on it in accordance with score.
2. St Michael’s, historically, has always been oversubscribed with candidates who meet Criterion 1. In the unlikely event that the number of such applicants falls below 150 in any one year, the Governing body will invite other applicants to the test. In inviting to the test girls other than those fulfilling Criterion 1 above, the Governors will give priority as follows:
Such other numbers of female applicants (eligible by age) as may be needed to bring the total numbers of girls to be tested to 150. In the event of over-subscription within this criterion, the Governing Body will give priority in accordance with the following criteria listed in order of importance:
b. other Catholic girls;
c. non-Catholic girls who are looked after under the provisions of the Children Act 1989;
d. girls from families practising in other Christian denominations (supported by a minister’s reference);
e. distance from the applicant’s front door (including flats) to the School’s front door, as measured in a straight line by the London Borough of Barnet’s measuring tool.
To apply for a place at this school, you should complete and return two separate forms in order to make a valid application. You are strongly advised to complete the School’s Supplementary Information Form attached to this policy, and return it to St Michael’s School. You must also complete a Common Application Form from the LEA where you live and return it to the School Admissions section of the same LEA. Both these forms must be received by Closing Date.
If there are any special circumstances likely to affect a child’s performance in the test, parents should contact the Admissions Secretary.
Open days
The school will hold Open Days on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th September 2009 from 9.00am to 1.00pm. No appointment is required.
Application
The School prospectus and application forms will be available at the open days. Please remember that you will need to make an application direct to the school and through your local borough council.
Admissions Tests
The first objective reasoning tests will be on either Tuesday 17th or Wednesday 18th November 2009. Times and dates for this examination will be allocated in a strict order and we regret cannot be changed in any circumstances.
All girls ranked up to and including 326 in the first tests will be invited to sit the second tests which consists of English and Mathematics papers and will take place on the morning of Tuesday 5th January 2010.
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