GOING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL Information for parents in and around Spalding GOING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL For Parents in the Stamford Area

APPLYING It is very important to apply for a place in secondary school. In Lincolnshire you can do it Online By Telephone On paper if you request a form Apply to the Local Authority in which you live. 10th September 2012: Primary Schools give packs with information to parents. 31st October 2012: The application must be in by12 noon on this date 1st March 2013: Offer of a school can be viewed online or is posted out.

CHOOSING SCHOOLS Finding out about Schools Prospectus Results Tables Ofsted Reports Going to School in Lincolnshire Open Evenings VISIT Ask Primary school and other parents

CHOOSING SCHOOLS Think about transport Will you get free transport? If not how will you get there? How much will it cost? Lincolnshire School Transport Traveline:

FREE TRANSPORT To the nearest available school if it is over 3 miles away To any school for which you live in the Designated Transport Area You will be told which schools you can get free transport for in the letter in your pack.

CHOOSING SCHOOLS Think about whether you are likely to get a place Look at the Admission Policies Find out what happened in previous years

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS AND THE 11+ You must “pass” the 11 plus tests to be considered for a place at a Grammar School The qualifying score is 220 over the two tests You will take the tests in the Grammar School You should register for the tests. You can get the forms from your primary school, from the Grammar School or online at selection

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS - DATES Register: June/July – check with school First Test: Saturday 15 September 2012 Second Test: Saturday 22 September 2012 Results to Parents: Saturday 13 October 2012

THE TESTS One Verbal Reasoning Test 100 questions in 50 minutes; Standard Format; set by NfER One Non-Verbal Reasoning Test 65 questions in sets of 16 or 17 questions, each to be completed in 8 minutes; Standard Format; set by NfER

11+ and English as an Additional Language Tick the box on the registration form to indicate English is not the first language Grammar School will contact your primary school to discuss It is possible for some children with EAL to take only the Non-Verbal Reasoning Test and to have the instructions translated. You might have to ask 11+ and Disability/Special Educational Needs Tick the box on the registration form to indicate your child has SEN Grammar School will contact your primary school to discuss Reasonable adjustments may be made to the testing situation depending on what is already in place in the normal classroom situation

11+ USEFUL WEBSITES / / This is the website for the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools / / This is one of several useful commercial websites with lots of resources for practice and a forum to discuss issues with others

WHAT HAPPENS TO MY APPLICATION? Form is processed by School Admissions Team and data sent to schools. Different Local Authorities exchange information. Schools rank all applicants according to their policy. Admissions Team looks at offers and sends parents the highest one possible on 1 st March. If no preference can be offered the Local Authority must identify and offer the nearest available place.

EQUAL PREFERENCE Admissions Code prevents schools from taking account of parental preference ranking. Schools do not see where you put them on the list. However, where more than one offer is available the school ranked highest by parents is offered.

COMPLETING THE APPLICATION Put schools in your genuine order of preference Try to include a “safe” local choice You can get help from school or choice advisers Online and phone applications are easy

AFTER MARCH 1 You need to accept the offered school so that you have a school place You can appeal to an independent appeals panel for a place at any school you named on your list but did not get allocated You can make a new “revised” application You can get help with appeals from the Choice Advisers org.uk

SCHOOLS NEAR STAMFORD

QUEEN ELEANOR SCHOOL Comprehensive Academy Mixed new 6 th Form Centre with New College Stamford This year everyone who wanted the school as their first preference got a place Local Authority - Lincolnshire

Stamford Queen Eleanor School: Offered Places as at 1st March 2012

Casterton Business and Enterprise College Comprehensive Academy Mixed Offers post 16 education as part of Rutland County College This year everyone who wanted the school as their first preference got a place Local Authority - Rutland

Stamford Endowed Schools Independent Selective Schools No scholarships funded by Lincolnshire any more Speak direct to schools about scholarships and bursaries Apply direct to the schools

BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Selective Academy Mixed Usually Oversubscribed Admissions - score does not matter if you pass; places allocated to siblings then on distance to the school. This year 30 extra places; all qualifiers offered, Last year distance went to 7.56 miles. There were 3 appeals upheld last year. Local Authority - Lincolnshire

Bourne Grammar School: Offered Places as at 1st March 2012

BOURNE ACADEMY Comprehensive Academy Mixed Sometimes oversubscribed This year everyone who wanted the school as their first preference got a place; last year distance went to 9.00 miles. Local Authority - Lincolnshire

Bourne Academy: Offered Places as at 1st March 2012

THE DEEPINGS SCHOOL Comprehensive Academy Mixed Often oversubscribed This year distance went to miles with 8 extra places offered; last year it was miles. Local Authority - Lincolnshire

Deepings School: Offered Places as at 1st March 2012

Arthur Mellows Village College Comprehensive Academy Mixed Usually oversubscribed The last person to get a place this year lived miles away; last year it was miles away (straight line distance) Local Authority - Peterborough