Secondary Choices 2016

Secondary Choices 2016 Applying to schools Open events How will we know if it is a good school? Application timetable Criteria/completing the form How to appeal Questions

Who went to which schools Sept 2016? 74% (63 children) Windsor High School & sixth form 20% (17 children) The Earls High School 1% (1 child) Haybridge High School & sixth form 4% (3 children) King Edward VI Five Ways School and KE handsworth 1% (1 child) Home Educated

Applying to schools Equal preferencing system in Dudley You DO NOT have a right to choose – you have a right to express a preference

Who should choose? You and your child How will we know if it is a good school? Read OFSTED report – this will comment on the leadership, teaching and learning, attainment and progress, pupil behaviour, home – school partnership, etc Talk to other parents/pupils – are they happy? Does it have a good ‘feel’ when you visit on open day? How are pupils moving around the school? Is the display good – does it value the pupil’s work? Website – does it tell you about extra curricular activities – trips abroad, work experience, events

Visiting the schools – Open evenings/days Presentation Tour Facilities Children made to feel welcome? Display Ask Questions School at work Atmosphere Discipline Children taking responsibility

Application timeline

Application assistance Schools Admissions Service have trained some of the staff in all Dudley libraries to help you with your application or you can phone the Schools Admissions Service directly to seek assistance. School Admissions telephone number: 01384 814223

Entry Criteria for: The Earls High School, Windsor High School and Leasowes High School 1st priority - Looked after children/Statement of Special need or disability 2nd priority - Serious ongoing medical condition 3rd priority - Sibling at same address, still in attendance at school /sixth form Any places available, once the above applicants have been admitted, will be given to those children who live closest to the school – straight line measurement in metres. (Where parents have shared responsibility for a child, and the child lives with both parents for part of the school week, then the home address will be determined as the address where the child lives for the majority of the school week. Parents will be required to provide documentary evidence to support the address they wish to be considered for allocation purposes. At least one item of proof must demonstrate where the child lives. )

How is distance measured? Distance is in metres and is the last applicaant admitted on distance criteria - straight line measurement from your house to the main entrance point of the school.

The Earls High School

Entry Criteria for Windsor High School We are no longer a feeder school to Windsor so the same criteria applies as the other 2 schools.

Windsor High School

Leasowes High School

Entry Criteria for other Academy schools, Voluntary Aided Schools, Selective Schools and Schools outside of Dudley Refer to the individual school’s admission criteria as set out in the admissions booklet Non Dudley schools -Details of Local Authority contacts are found in the admissions booklet

Worcestershire The Hagley Area comprises the civil parishes of: Belbroughton (Part) - (excluding Dordale and Fairfield) Broome Churchill and Blakedown Clent Hagley Romsley

Completing the form DO make a 2nd, 3rd, 4th… preference DO mention any special circumstances Use the information in the guidance – likelihood of refusal? On line applications are secure and get a faster response in March

Where children who lived in Halesowen but had to appeal last 2 years Lutley Primary School Where children who lived in Halesowen but had to appeal last 2 years

Appeals Guidance on appeals can be found on the Dudley admissions website. You will be invited to attend the appeal hearing. You will be given the opportunity to put across the case for your child gaining a place at the school. The panels decision is final and another appeal cannot be heard until the next academic year.

Secondary Choices 2016