Transfer to

Secondary School in

September 2020

Pan London Co-ordinated Admissions System

• All 33 London boroughs and 5 surrounding local authorities co-ordinate 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

ORComplete 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

outcome 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 order 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 highestpreference 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Yes Withdrawn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Yes Withdrawn

5th Grey Court School Yes Withdrawn

6th Orleans Park No Withdrawn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 preferenceExample 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 Schoolsonline 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

of 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

of 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

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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

CostsThe total trip cost is £570

Deposit: £90 to be paid by Friday 29.9.19

Balance:

One payment:

£480 by 29th October

or

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