North Yorkshire LA
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Miss Cynthia Welbourn
Director of Education, North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AE
Telephone: 01609 780780
Fax: 01609 778611
Email: cynthia.welbourn@northyorks.gov.uk
Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk
North Yorkshire Grammar Schools
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Key dates
There are a number of important dates that you need to be aware of if you are applying for a school place:
| Action | Date |
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Ripon selection parents' evening – Ripon College, 7pm to 9pm |
Tuesday 23 June 2009 |
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Skipton selection parents' evening – Ermysted's Grammar School, 7pm to 9pm |
Thursday 25 June 2009 |
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Closing date to apply for testing for all pupils |
Friday 21 August 2009 |
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Familiarisation tests |
Tuesday 8 September 2009 |
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First actual test for all pupils |
Friday 11 September 2009 |
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Second actual test for all pupils |
Tuesday 15 September 2009 |
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The results of selection tests will be posted to parents by first class post |
Friday 16 October 2009 |
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Closing date for receiving common application forms for this authority |
Saturday 31 October 2009 |
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Closing date for receiving selection review requests from parents |
Friday 4 December 2009 |
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Non-statutory selection reviews held |
Week beginning 11 January 2010* |
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School place allocations posted to all parents |
Monday 1 March 2010 |
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Closing date for receiving admission appeals |
Monday 15 March 2010 |
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Statutory admission appeals held for Skipton selective schools |
April 2010* |
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Statutory admission appeals held for Ripon Grammar School |
May 2010* |
*Review and appeal dates may vary in exceptional circumstances.
Selection tests
In Ripon and Skipton the same verbal reasoning (VR) and non-verbal reasoning (NVR) tests are used. All year 6 candidates will usually take the tests during the autumn term, 2009. A child can only take a test once in an academic year.
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