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Key dates for your diary
Y6 Transfer to Secondary SchoolSlide2
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Kent Secondary School Full Admission GuideSlide3
Open DaysSlide4
S.C.C.
Open
Evening: 28
th
September
5.30 – 7.30pm
Headteacher’s
Presentation at
6:00pm and 6:45pm
Open Mornings:
Daily tours from 4
th
– 14
th
Oct
Please
call to
book a place –
01795 472449Slide5
Highsted
Grammar School for Girls
6
th
October (Time to be confirmed)
Optional entry testSlide6
Borden
Grammar for Boys
Open Evening : Tuesday 4th
October 6.00 p.m.
– 8.30pm
Open Morning: Friday
7
th
October 10am -
11.30amSlide7
Westlands
Thursday 29
th
September 6.00
p.m
.–8.00 p.m
.
Headteacher’s
address 6.00pm and 6.45 pm
Open Mornings:
3
rd
–14
th
October
,
9am- 10am
and
11am–12 noon
please phone to
book 01795 477475
Maths aptitude test: 12
th
Nov
Register online by 1
st
NovSlide8
Fulston
Manor
Bredgar’s
preferred time:
Wednesday 12
th
, 10-12noonSlide9
Top Tips
Visit as many of the schools as
possible
Have questions ready to ask at the
visit
Gauge your child’s reaction to each of the
schools
There is
no
first preference any more
.
There is not a tactical game to be played
.
Look at each school’s admission oversubscription criteriaSlide10
Kent Test assessment decisions posted to parents:
13
th
October
Email sent after 4pm
First class letter postedSlide11
Headteacher’s
Appeals
Appeals will only be made where the children have missed out narrowly by one or two
marks
or
if a child has significantly underachieved in the test and the school has plenty of evidence to support their appeal.
Actual scores will be available from school from the 14
th
OctoberSlide12
SCAF
FORMS
applying for a
Secondary School place
SCAF Forms to be
completed online by 31
st
October 2016
www.kent.gov.uk/ola
It is possible to edit the online form up until the deadline
Paper copy of SCAF is availableSlide13
Put at least 3 schools on the form (maximum of 4) in rank order or preference. Schools do not know which order you put them in.
If your child was not entered for or did not pass the Grammar Test but you still feel a Grammar place is the best place for them, put a Grammar School on the form. A Grammar School place won’t be awarded on 1
st
March but you will have the right to appealSlide14
Supplementary Information Form (SIF) must be in by 31st
October too.
Fulston
Manor require you to complete an additional form. (10% of places allocated for pupils with strengths in Sport or Music)
These forms are available from the schools’ themselves.Slide15
Key Dates:
Offers
sent
to parents on:
1st
March
2017 (via e-mail after 4pm)
2nd
March
2017 (via letter first class)
Secondary
schools will send out welcome letters to
parents. Remember to return paperwork.
16th March: Waiting list requests to schools and deadline for places to be accepted or refused.
Lodge your appeal by 29
th
March 2017
April to June 2017 Appeals heldSlide16
WAITING LISTS
Waiting lists have now replaced re-allocation.
Schools will hold waiting lists prioritised in accordance with their subscription criteria.
Grammar schools
can only
put pupils on the waiting list who have
passed
the Kent test.