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The College has now merged with Monson School to become a 3 – 18 Academy.
Students in Year 6 as from September 2008 have automatic entry into Year 7 of the Secondary School.
ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENTRY TO THE COLLEGE IN SEPTEMBER 2009
To apply to the College applicants should be aware of the following:-
The College will be taking part in the Pan London Co-ordinated Admission Scheme as required by the Department for Children, Schools & Families.
With the admission of students in Year 6 at the Primary School the College will admit up to 208 students in total.
Where possible the College offers Single Sex teaching from Years 7 - 11 in a mixed environment which enables us to deliver personalised teaching. We offer co-educational at Sixth Form.
- Applicants should reach the age of 11 during the year 1st September 2008 to 31st August 2009.
- In order to be considered for a place at the College applicants MUST name Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College as one of the preferences on the Common Application Form (CAF) and attend the NFER Non Verbal Reasoning Assessment.
We are unable to consider an application where the College has not been named on the CAF or taken the NFER Non Verbal Reasoning Assessment.
- Applicants applying to both schools in the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Academies Federation i.e. Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College (HAHC) & Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy (HAKA), will need to complete an Additional Information Form for each school and name both schools on the CAF.
- The Federation Registrar will advise parents in the Assessment invitation letter which school your child will be required to attend the Assessment.
Applicants will only be required to take one NFER Assessment and the score achieved will stand for both schools. However, your child maybe in a different band for each school as the band widths is dependant on the applicants applying to each school.
FOR AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE PAN LONDON CO-ORDINATED ADMISSIONS SCHEME WORKS, PLEASE REFER TO YOUR RESIDENT lOCAL AUTHORITY'S SECONDARY SCHOOL BOOKLET.
Music Information
- 10% of the places available will be offered to applicants showing ‘Musical Aptitude’ for entry to Year 7 in September 2009.
- In order to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants the College is unable to take into consideration music certificates achieved or references.
- All Applicants applying under the Music criterion will sit a multiple choice Aptitude Test in Music. No previous knowledge of Music or Music Theory is required by the applicant as the test is based entirely on response to aural tests.
- Page 14 will advise you of what would be expected of your child if he/she were offered a Music place at the College.
- The College is unable to consider a parents request for their child to be considered under the Music criterion after the application closing date, 24 October 2008.
- PLEASE NOTE that Music is one of Aske’s great strengths and specialism. The College is committed to the principles of Inclusion in order that all students to benefit from our music specialism, not only students offered a place under this criterion.
If your daughter is applying under the Musical Aptitude criterion at both Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College (HAHC) and Prendergast School, she will take the Musical aptitude test at Prendergast School. The result achieved will be passed on to the College, however, the Music auditions will be held separately by both schools.
Your daughter must take the Non verbal reasoning test at HAHC or HAKA in order to be considered for a place at the College.-
For the Assessment applicants with Special Educational Needs may be given concessions as the College Admissions Team considers to be appropriate (e.g. wheelchair access, scribes, larger print etc).
Applicants with a Statement will be expected to complete the Additional Information Form and take the Non Verbal Reasoning Assessment.
Please refer to the College Inclusion section, page 19, for further Special Educational Needs information.
GENERAL ADMISSIONS INFORMATION
- As the College cannot guarantee that a place will become available for your child, please ensure that you apply to other schools as well.
- Home to College distance will be measured as the direct line distance between the applicant’s home address to the College’s Main Building entrance on the Pepys site.
- The distance measurement for each application will be obtained from Lewisham Local Authority which uses a GIS Post Office address point system.
- If you are applying under the Medical & Social Needs Criterion and the reason is not related to the child for whom you are applying, but for a member of the child’s immediate family (i.e. mother, father, siblings), please ensure that the evidence presented is for that person. “The evidence should demonstrate why the College is the only school able to meet the child’s specific needs”.
- If your child is offered a place under the Distance Criterion you will need to provide a recent Child Benefit or Child Tax credit confirmation letter, Council Tax bill and a recent Utility bill in order to prove that you are resident at the address stated on the Additional Information Form, which must be the same as the one on the CAF.
- If you are offered a place under the Sibling Criterion, you will need to provide the following proof in order to confirm that your child is eligible for a place under this criterion.
- An original copy of the Applicant and Sibling’s full birth certificate (if applying as a full or half sibling)
- Original copy of the adoption certificate
- Original copy of the Applicant’s full birth certificate (if applying as a step sibling)
And a copy of
- Child Tax Credit confirmation letter showing the applicant’s name living at the same address as the sibling on roll at the College
It is the responsibility of the Applicant’s parent(s) to read the Assessment Invitation letter carefully and ensure that their child is brought to the correct site to sit the Assessment.
The College is based on 3 sites - (Jerningham Road, Pepys Road & St Asaphs Road - Sports Hall and Field).
It is also the responsibility of the applicant’s parent(s) to contact the College if they do not receive the following documents:-
- Invitation to the Assessment by the date stated on Page 10
- A letter advising of an offer or rejection by the date stated on Page 10
- Written confirmation of receipt of your appeal
- An invitation to present their appeal in person by the time stated in the appeal confirmation letter
The College will hold a waiting list until the 2 September 2009 for applicants who have not been offered a place by the College or a *Higher preference (as per the Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme). If a vacancy becomes available it will be offered within the band that has been vacated in the order of the Admissions Criteria.
*Higher Preference – The College has been advised by the Pan London Register (PLR) that your child has been offered a school that you ranked higher than your preference for the College on the Common Application Form.
Appeals
Under the Education Act parents have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel against a decision not to offer their child a place.
The Appeal arrangements will be in line with the Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals published by the Department for Children, Schools & Families.
The College received 156 appeals for the Year 7 September 2008 intake. No appeals were upheld.
Parent(s) should be aware that the College received 2368 applications for the Year 7 September 2008 intake. Unfortunately, this means that there will be a lot of very disappointed families. We regret this but there are only 208 places available to offer.
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