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Open days are due to take place, but make sure you know what is what
By Kevin Quinn
You can’t expect to name a secondary school and assume that your child will automatically be offered a place. It is simply a case of listing the schools you prefer and awaiting the outcome of the allocation process.
It is vital that you get the order of preferences right on your child’s primary to secondary transfer application. You may be tempted to name just one school on the online application as it is the only school you want for your child. However, there are no guarantees that your child will be offered this school. To increase the chances of your child being offered a preferred school, we strongly advise you to list up to six preferences on their application.
There are various types of secondary schools to choose from including academies, voluntary aided, foundation, free and independent schools. And it is here where the oversubscription criteria vary. It is important you fully understand the oversubscription criteria and match them to your own circumstances. Some schools are heavily oversubscribed, with hundreds applying for places.
Southwark Council has not published open day/evening dates in their brochure this year and you are strongly advised to check each school’s website for details on how and when they will be holding their open day/evening as this may be subject to change at short notice.
Make sure you find out how many applications the school usually receives - this information will also be printed in the Starting Secondary school in Southwark 2022/23 brochure and the Starting secondary school in Lambeth 2022/23 booklet, as well as other boroughs.
The more people who apply for a school for their children, the bigger the risk that your child might not be offered a place at that school. Armed with this knowledge, you should be better placed to put your preferences down.
Do use all six preferences - however, you need to be wary about only choosing schools which are heavily over-subscribed. You should name your first preference school on the application, but also list preferences where your child has a realistic chance of being offered a place.
Applying for secondary schools can be emotionally difficult. It is such a vital decision for your child’s future. If your child is in Year Continues overleaf
You can’t expect to name a secondary school and assume that your child will automatically be offered a place. It is simply a case of listing the schools you prefer and awaiting the outcome of the allocation process.
It is vital that you get the order of preferences right on your child’s primary to secondary transfer application. You may be tempted to name just one school on the online application as it is the only school you want for your child. However, there are no guarantees that your child will be offered this school. To increase the chances of your child being offered a preferred school, we strongly advise you to list up to six preferences on their application.
There are various types of secondary schools to choose from including academies, voluntary aided, foundation, free and independent schools. And it is here where the oversubscription criteria vary. It is important you fully understand the oversubscription criteria and match them to your own circumstances. Some schools are heavily oversubscribed, with hundreds applying for places.
Southwark Council has not published open day/evening dates in their brochure this year and you are strongly advised to check each school’s website for details on how and when they will be holding their open day/evening as this may be subject to change at short notice.
Make sure you find out how many applications the school usually receives - this information will also be printed in the Starting Secondary school in Southwark 2022/23 brochure and the Starting secondary school in Lambeth 2022/23 booklet, as well as other boroughs.
The more people who apply for a school for their children, the bigger the risk that your child might not be offered a place at that school. Armed with this knowledge, you should be better placed to put your preferences down.
Do use all six preferences - however, you need to be wary about only choosing schools which are heavily over-subscribed. You should name your first preference school on the application, but also list preferences where your child has a realistic chance of being offered a place.
Applying for secondary schools can be emotionally difficult. It is such a vital decision for your child’s future. If your child is in Year 6 and currently attending one of Southwark’s or Lambeth’s primary schools, you will receive further information from your child’s school.
If you are a Southwark resident you must apply online at: www.southwark.gov.uk/schooladmissions or if you are a Lambeth resident you must apply online at: www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions
The online application process gets rid of the paperwork and is available to use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The site allows users to save, continue or make changes to their application, right up until the closing date and your details are safe and secure. You will receive an email with a summary of your submitted application and you can also view the outcome online. The closing date to submit the online application is 31 October 2021 by 11.59pm.
You also need to ensure that you submit a school Supplementary Information Form (SIF) to the schools you apply for that need these, to the school by their deadline. These ask for further information, such as religious observance or regarding school specialisms. Where a school requires your child to sit an admissions banding test, it is vital that they sit the test. If you are applying to a secondary school that uses banding within its criteria, your child will be required to take a test. Please contact the school directly for further details on banding test arrangements.
If you are thinking of applying to schools that test for ability/ aptitude, you must ensure that you register your child for the ability/ aptitude admission test before each school’s published deadline
