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Admission to secondary schools 2020/2021 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions or a p p lic ations: ate f 0 Closing d 202 O ctob er 2019 31 important informatio n t provides dary This bookle to Croydon secon issions about adm 20/2021. schools 20
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Foreword Dear parents and carers, Welcome to the secondary school admissions booklet for the London Borough of Croydon. The council believes that every child should have the highest quality secondary education to realise their full potential. We are pleased to say that the quality of education in secondary schools in Croydon has improved significantly over the past few years and a significant number of Croydon’s secondary schools are now judged by Ofsted to be good or outstanding. We have a sufficient number of high quality secondary school places available to ensure every child can get a place. In this prospectus, you will find enclosed all the information you need to complete your application for a school place, including information about every secondary school in Croydon. We strongly encourage you to visit all the schools that you are considering for your child and that you use all six available preferences when you make your application. This maximises your opportunity to secure a school of your preference for your child. We wish your child all the best for their transfer to secondary school. Robert Henderson Shelley Davies Executive Director Director of Education and Youth Children, Families and Engagement, Children, Families Education and Education Division FOREWORD 2 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Introduction This booklet is designed to guide Croydon parents and carers through the admissions process for September 2020 and help to make an informed choice of secondary school. We have included information on the wide range of secondary schools in Croydon as well as information on some of the schools in neighbouring boroughs. Croydon schools’ admissions criteria can be viewed at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools. Before you make your final selection, we recommend that you visit the schools you are interested in. Details of open days and evenings can be found in this booklet. If you live in Croydon, you need to apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk no later than 31 October 2019. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 3
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Before you apply 5 Important dates for your diary 6 SECTION 1: APPLYING FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL – 7 The application process and procedure Step by step guide to applying online 14 List of secondary schools 16 Secondary schools – Map 18 Overview of allocation of places – 2019 entry 19 Open days/evenings timetable 21 Schools outside Croydon and neighbouring local 24 authorities’ contact details SECTION 2: SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN) 27 SEN guidance information 28 Directory of special schools and ELPs 29 SECTION 3: OTHER ADMISSIONS 31 Applying for a University Technical College 32 or a Studio School In-Year admissions 33 4 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Before you apply Read ‘The application process and procedure’. This tells you how Page 8 the admissions process works. Check the list of schools in Croydon and read the admissions Page 16 criteria for the schools you are interested in at www.croydon.gov. uk/education/schools-new/secondary-schools The admissions criteria give you a better idea of which schools are likely to be able to offer your child a place. Check which school requires you to complete a supplementary Page 16-17 information form. Read how places were allocated at each secondary school Page 19-20 last year. Visit the schools you are interested in. See open Page 21-23 days/evenings dates. Read booklets from other local authorities if you are thinking Page 24-25 of applying for a school outside Croydon. For more information on admissions to secondary schools in Croydon visit www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions B E F O R E YO U A P P LY The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 5
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Important dates for your diary 1 September 2019 Online application process starts. 16 September to 17 October 2019 Secondary schools’ open days or evenings. It is important that you visit the schools you are interested in before you apply. 31 October 2019 Statutory deadline for receipt of secondary school applications. We recommend you submit your application no later than 18 October 2019 (Friday before half-term) 2 March 2020 National Offer Day Online applicants receive a notification email during the evening. You can then log on to view the result of your application at www.eadmissions.org.uk 16 March 2020 Deadline for acceptance or refusal of school offer. I M P O RTA N T DAT E S 6 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
1 Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions S E C T I O N O N E APPLY SECONING FOR A DARY S CHOO L ononee SECTIO N 1 . A P P LY I N G F O R A S C H O O L SECTION The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 7
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions The application process and procedure Completing the form school has admitted applicants in previous years, you will All Croydon residents must apply using a Common be offered a place. If there are other criteria under which Application Form (CAF). The form should be completed you could apply for a school, as well as distance, it is online at www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions. recommended that you do so. The form allows you to select six schools, which you must Expressing preferences for schools name in your order of preference. We recommend that The law requires admission authorities to meet parental you use all your preference options as your child can only preference wherever they can. It is not possible to be considered for a place at the schools you have listed guarantee a place at the school of your choice but you do on your application. have the right to express a preference or preferences. For further information on how to complete your Most parents are successful in securing a place at one of application see pages 8-12. their preferred schools but, as there is only a limited Online applications close at 11.59pm on 31 October number of places available in each school, some parents 2019. Applications received by this date will be accepted are disappointed. and treated as on time. All admission authorities (i.e. local authorities, academies, voluntary aided schools and free schools) must provide Admissions criteria information which explains how they decide which Read the admissions criteria for the schools that you children will be offered places if they receive more are interested in to know how they prioritise applications. applications than they have places available. This A summary of schools’ admissions policies can be found information is normally called ‘admissions criteria’. The online at www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools- admissions criteria will vary from school to school (please new/secondary-schools and on each school’s website. refer to www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/ Find out the furthest distance an offer was made for a secondary-schools for schools’ admissions criteria) school for entry in September 2019 (please see pages 19-20). Some schools will have maps on display at their How are places allocated? open sessions showing the location of homes of pupils If you have listed six schools in preference order and all offered places at the school last year. six schools are in a position to offer a place, the system Please note, there is no guarantee that for the September will automatically seek the highest preference, i.e. your 2020 admission, a school will offer to the same distance first preference, and make you an offer at this school. All as they did in the previous year, as each year offers are your lower preferences are withdrawn as these are no subject to the number of applications and where the longer required. applicants live. If you listed six schools in preference order and preferences If you wish to have an indication of the distance between three, four and five are in a position to offer places, the your home and a school, please go to www.croydon. system will automatically seek the highest preference, i.e. gov.uk and follow the ‘find it’ link on the home page. It your third preference, and make an offer at this school. must be emphasised that the measurement given by this Your lower preferences four and five are withdrawn as T 2H .E AADP M site will not always be identical to that from the council’s these are no longer required. Your higher preferences one geographic information system (GIS). This is because and two are automatically placed on the waiting list for this website is a general one for measuring distance to a reconsideration should any places become available. Any range of council facilities, and is not set up to measure for further offers will continue to be made in accordance with P LI ISCS AI O school admissions purposes. Under the schools’ admission the schools’ published admissions criteria. policies, the distance is measured in a straight line from Will I have a better chance of getting my T INO NP OP LR IOCCI E S S the child’s home to the designated main entrance of a school using geographical reference points as provided first preference than someone who lists it as by the National Land and Property Gazetteer. The ‘find a second or lower preference? it’ site doesn’t give measurements to three decimal points No. All preferences are considered equally against the either. Therefore, you should not assume that because the schools’ admissions criteria. The preference order will only be measurement from your home to school given by this site used when it is possible for more than one school to offer you is the same or less than the minimum distance to which a a place. This is called the Equal Preference System. 8 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions The application process and procedure The local authority will always try to match your highest Changing your mind preference but many schools are oversubscribed and receive After the closing date 31 October 2019 it will not be more applications than they have places available. To give possible for you to add new school preferences to the you the best chance of getting into a local school, it is very Croydon Common Application Form. If you do make changes important that you use all six preferences and include other after the closing date, your application may be regarded as schools in your area, as schools will use their straight line late. For a detailed explanation of how late applications will distance criterion as the final factor once all their higher be processed please read the paragraph below. priority places have been allocated. If you only apply for one school and a place is not available, Late applications you can only be offered a school with places left once all Croydon will only consider late applications in the initial other parental preferences have been considered. The school allocation round if the application is late for a good offered could be some distance from your home. reason but is submitted before 12 December 2019. Failing to list other preferences on your form can result in Examples of what may be considered a good reason disappointment, as we can only consider the preferences include: when a single parent has been ill for some time or you have listed on your application form. has been dealing with the death of a close relative; or a family has just moved into the area or is returning from How much information from my application abroad (proof of ownership or tenancy agreement will be will be passed onto my preferred schools? required in these cases). Other circumstances will be The list of schools you include on the Common considered and each case will be decided on its own Application Form is confidential. merits. Each school will only be given the information it needs to If you submit an application or change your existing consider your application. preferences, or order of preferences, after 31 October 2019 but before 12 December 2019 with good reason Schools are not told where you named them in your for doing so, the application will be treated as on time. preference list. Otherwise your application will be treated as late and The preference order of schools which are situated this may jeopardise the possibility of your child being outside the Croydon local authority will be released to offered a place at one of youFr preferred schools. the local authority which maintains the school(s) so the Applications which are late for no good reason and those highest preference can be determined in cases where a that are received after 12 December 2019 but before child is eligible for a place at more than one school in that 2 March 2020 will not be considered in the initial local authority’s area. allocation round but will be allocated available places Considering a school outside Croydon? after all on time applications have been processed. Where a place cannot be offered at a preferred school, your child You can apply for a school in another borough. As a will be offered the nearest school to the application Croydon resident, Croydon Council still processes your address with available places. application. You must include the school as a preference T INO NP OP LR IOCCI E S S on your Common Application Form. Schools within three Change of address miles of Croydon’s boundary are listed at the back of this Croydon Council must be notified of any changes of booklet. For information on schools further than three address by 12 December 2019 so that the new address miles please contact the relevant local authority can be used to prioritise your preferences for schools Considering a private/independent school? under the distance criterion. Failure to do so will result in Independent schools have their own admissions your application being considered from the previous P LI ISCS AI O arrangements and are not included in our admissions address and your child possibly being denied a place at a scheme. If you are considering applying to an independent preferred school. school please contact the school directly. T 2H .E AADP M Do not list these schools on your Common Application Form. The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 9
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions The application process and procedure All changes of address will be thoroughly investigated to Children of UK service personnel ensure there is a permanent commitment to the new Families of service personnel or Crown servants returning address. Changes of address can only be considered when from overseas to live in Croydon can apply for a place Croydon Council receives documentary evidence that you without the child being resident in Croydon. However the and your child are resident in the property and able to application must be accompanied by an official letter that prove you have no connection with your previous address declares the relocation date and unit postal address or i.e. the new address is not a temporary arrangement to quartering area address. access a preferred school. Examples of documents to be provided are a letter from a solicitor confirming the date of Shared custody completion of contract (not exchange of contract) for It is the local authority’s expectation that where there is the new place of residence or a copy of the new tenancy shared parental responsibility for a child, parents will agree agreement stating the commencement date, together with which parent has the main responsibility before completing evidence of residence, for example a utility bill. their application form. Where parents are separated and If your address changes after 12 December 2019, you share custody, the parent with whom the child spends most must still notify the local authority immediately, providing of the school week (which will normally be the address documentary evidence as described above, so that your where child benefit is payable) should make the application. new address can be taken into account when determining An application can only be made from a single address and your child’s position on schools’ waiting lists after only one application can be made for each child. National Offer day (that is after 2 March 2020). If the parent making the application lives at a different address, a letter of explanation should be given and signed Child’s permanent address by both parents. Custody issues cannot be resolved by The child’s address should be that of the child’s permanent the local authority. If parents are going through a place of residence. A business address, work place separation or a divorce and do not live together but share address, a childminder’s address will not be accepted. parental responsibility over a child, the local authority will A relative or carer’s address can only be considered if disclose details of a child’s application if one of the parents they have legal custody of the child. In these who shares parental responsibility requests this information. circumstances, evidence of legal custody/parental This will however be subject to the receipt of legal responsibility, e.g. a court order, must be supplied. documentation e.g. court order which confirms the shared parental responsibility. Applications from Overseas Parental responsibility and private fostering Applications with an overseas address will not be accepted for processing unless Croydon Council is Parental responsibility is defined by the Children Act 1989 satisfied that there is evidence of a link to an address in and amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Croydon and that a child will be resident at that address Parental responsibility in its simplest form is ‘all the on or before the date of admission (i.e. start of rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which September). The address must not be the address of a by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and friend, relative or other address of convenience unless his property’. T H E A P P L I C AT I O N P R O C E S S A P P LY I N G F O R A S C H O O L there is evidence it will be a relatively permanent People can obtain parental responsibility by seeking a arrangement. parental responsibility legal agreement, obtained with the Evidence must include: consent of all persons with parental responsibility or by • Booked travel tickets and a court order, or when a child is placed with them for • End of lease/notice to tenants in property or legal adoption. • Start of employment contract in London/SE area or Step-parents, grandparents and other close relatives do • End of employment contract abroad not have automatic parental responsibility, and can only The overseas address will apply until such time as there is acquire it through a legal agreement or court order. If you evidence of a child’s return to the linked address. In the are a distant relative or no relation to the child you are event that a family does not return to the linked address caring for, it is likely that you are a private foster parent. provided by the start of September, this local authority will In law this means you must tell your local council you are withdraw the application submitted and any offer made. caring for the child and also you must tell the child’s parents (or the person with parental responsibility) about 10 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions The application process and procedure the application for a school place and obtain their Admission of children outside their age group permission. You can find more information on parental Parents of gifted and talented children, or those who have responsibility at www.gov.uk/parental-rights- experienced problems or missed part of a year, for responsibilities. example due to ill health, may request that their child is Fraudulent applications exceptionally admitted outside their age group. The admission authority of a school must decide whether or Croydon takes very seriously any attempt to gain an not the individual child’s circumstances make this advantage in the admissions process by giving false appropriate on educational grounds. Such requests will information. Your address will be checked by reference to only be agreed in exceptional circumstances. Parents have your child’s primary school records as well as other council a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place records such as electoral and council tax register record(s) at a school for which they have applied. However, this and, if necessary, by a council officer visiting your address. right of appeal does not apply if parents are offered a The local authority will investigate applications where school place which is not in their preferred age group. there are any doubts about information provided by All requests should include recent professional evidence parents or where information has been received from of the child’s circumstances which make education outside another source. This may lead to prosecution. the age group necessary. Each admission authority will Looked-after children and previously expect to see evidence of an individual child’s educational looked-after children need, rather than general factors which relate to a wider group of children born at a similar time. They will want to Looked-after children are defined as ”children in public care discuss with parents the impact of the child being at the date on which the application is made.’ For educated with children of a different age. secondary transfers, the date will be taken as 31 October. Parents requesting admission to an age group below the Applications from children in public care (looked-after children) child’s actual age should submit an application for the must confirm which local authority is responsible for the child child’s actual age group before the closing date on 31 and be accompanied by a letter from the child’s social worker October 2019. The request for admission to a different confirming their legal status and that he/she will still be year group should accompany the application. This enables looked-after when the child is admitted to the school. the application to be processed and a school place secured in the child’s actual age group if the request is refused by Applications from children who were looked-after, but an admission authority. If the admission authority approves ceased to be so because they were immediately adopted the request, the parent will be advised to re-apply in the (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a following year and provide a copy of the decision letter. special guardianship order) must be accompanied by a However there can be no guarantee of a place being letter and/ or documentary evidence from the child’s social available at the school, as this is dependent on the number worker, advisory teacher or other relevant professional of applicants that year. It is not possible to reserve a place confirming that the child was looked after immediately for the following year. Parents are therefore advised to prior to the order being made as well as the date. include alternative school preferences on their application. T INO NP OP LR IOCCI E S S A P P LY I N G F O R A S C H O O L The letter must also confirm the date a previously When will I know the outcome of my looked‑after child ceased to be looked-after and the date application? of the adoption order, residence order, child arrangements order or special guardianship order which led to the If you applied online and on time you will receive an email cessation of ‘looked-after’ status. notification about the result of your application on 2 March 2020. Any court order must be accompanied by a letter from the P LI ISCS AI O child’s social worker. Important Information Please note that an outcome letter will not be sent to you in Please note that any confirmation/evidence of looked- after the post. You will be able to view the result of your T 2H .E AADP M and previously looked-after status received by this local application online as well as accept or decline the offer made authority will be forwarded on to the school preferences or to your child, by logging into your e.admissions account. the local authority where the school is situated in the case of out of borough schools. The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 11
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions The application process and procedure Accepting or declining your offer Parents/carers need to be aware that if their child’s name is You must accept or decline the offer by the specified on a school’s waiting list, their place may go up or down the date to ensure you secure a school place for your child. list depending on how the admissions criteria applies to others on the waiting list. If you receive an offer at your first preference school, we will automatically record this offer as accepted unless Appeals we receive notification from you that you wish to decline If you have been refused a place at your preferred school, the place. you are entitled to appeal and attend an appeal hearing The online outcome information will give you important in front of an independent appeal panel. advice on what to do next if you have been unsuccessful The panel will be made up of three or five members and in securing an offer at one of your preferred schools or none of the panel members will have any connection with have been offered an alternative school which you did not the local authority or any of the schools in your case. The list on your Common Application Form. panel will include at least one person who has experience Waiting lists in education (non-lay member) and at least one person who does not have experience in education (lay member). Oversubscribed Croydon schools will maintain waiting lists. Your child’s name will automatically be placed on the waiting If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer list for any school which was a higher preference on your your child a place at a Croydon school you must contact application form than the school you have been offered. the school for details of their appeal arrangements. Please note it is your responsibility to inform the local Any school admission appeal must be in writing. If you authority if you do not want your child to be on the waiting decide that you wish to appeal you must do so by the for a higher preference school. In the event that a place deadline date stated by the school or by the local becomes available at one of your higher preference schools, authority for an out of borough school. the place offered at your lower preference school will • Set out as many reasons as you can for wanting automatically be withdrawn. a place at your preferred school. Applicants’ requests to be added to the waiting list for lower • Try to explain your reasons as fully as possible preference schools when a first preference school has been as to why your child should be given a place offered can only be made in exceptional circumstances. Any despite the fact the school is full. change in circumstances will need to be supported with • You should also attach copies of any written relevant evidence. supporting information, letters, documents, or If you need to find out your child’s position on the waiting list, evidence which you would like the appeal panel please contact the admission authority for the school or the to consider at the hearing. borough in which the school is situated after 20 April 2020. Special arrangements apply to children with an Education, If you would like more information about the reason why Health and Care Plan – see page 28. your child was not offered a place at a higher preference To obtain an appeal form for a Croydon school please school you should contact the admission authority that is contact the school. responsible for admissions to the school. Details of the T 2H .E AADP M different admission authorities for schools in Croydon are Further questions listed in this prospectus (see pages 16-17). If the school is If you have any questions or if there is anything you do outside this borough, the admission authority will be either not understand, the school admissions team will be P LI ISCS AI O the local authority in which the school is situated or the pleased to help you. school itself. Contact telephone numbers for neighbouring local authorities are also included in this prospectus. [ 020 8726 6400 T INO NP OP LR IOCCI E S S The School Admissions Code requires admission authorities k Write to: Croydon Council, School Admissions Team, Bernard Weatherill House, 8 Mint Walk, to order waiting lists on the basis of the priorities of the Croydon, CR0 1EA published admissions criteria and not, for example, on a first come first served basis. / school.admissions@croydon.gov.uk Each individual admission authority decides how long their waiting list will be held but must keep a waiting list open until at least 31 December 2020. Please refer to each school’s admission policy. 12 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions How places are allocated SCHOOLS & OTHER YOU OUR ADMISSIONS TEAM COUNCILS Your application The home local authority (council in whose area you live) will form is submitted. manage the coordination process to ensure that you receive no more than one offer. If you have applied Only pupil details from the application form for free, voluntary aided Schools receive details of applications to a free, voluntary schools and academies within the area of the home local authority from the local authority. Schools will aided school or will be passed to the schools concerned. have no knowledge of where they are academy in Croydon ranked in your list of preferences. If you have applied Pupil details and school preferences on the application form for Decisions on whether places can be to a school in schools in other boroughs will be sent to the local authorities offered will be taken by the admission another borough, i.e. which maintain those schools (maintaining local authorities). authorities for each of the schools on outside Croydon This will be done via a computerised system called the Pan- your list. How they decide which pupils London Register. These local authorities will ensure that the will be offered places at their schools is application details reach the admission authorities for the explained in their admissions criteria. schools in their areas, making no reference to the rank position the school is listed on your application form. Obtaining your Croydon Council will then determine the preference offer to be This process of the home local authority highest possible made to its resident pupils from all the schools applied to. Lower allocating the highest preference offer preference preference offers will be released for allocation to other pupils and releasing preference offers for who are next on the schools’ lists. reallocation by the maintaining local authority will continue between local authorities until there are no further changes and all places have been allocated. All places are Croydon Council identifies which children are potentially in a allocated position to be offered a place at more than one of its schools. In such cases, we will only hold the offer of a place at the school the parent has ranked highest on their form. Other lower ranked offers will be released, allowing further offers to be made to children who are next on the schools’ lists. A CI SE S I AORNE A H 2O.WA PDL M I E ES D P LOLLOI CCAT The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 13
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions APPLYING ONLINE – STEP BY STEP GUIDE BEFORE YOU START 04. Enter your details and click ‘Register’. •D ecide your order of preference before you start 05. Y ou will be sent a confirmation by email. Open the the online application. email and click the link to validate your email address. •G et an email address – you need one to apply Save this email for future reference – you will need and you need to be able to access it in March 2020. to log back into the system to make changes and If you don’t have one go to www.googlemail.com on offer day. and click ‘Create an account’. 06. Click the link in the email, enter your username or • If you have trouble with computers get a friend, email address and password, then click ’Login’. relative or your child to help you make the application. CHILD DETAILS AND PREFERRED SCHOOLS 07. If you have applied before you must check and LOGIN OR REGISTER update your details if they have changed – 01. Go to www.eadmissions.org.uk particularly your address. Click on the orange text, ‘check and update your address here’, update any details as necessary then click ‘Save and Continue’. 08. Click ‘Start application for New Child’ button. 02. If you have applied before (e.g. for an older child), login with your email and password from your previous application. Choose ‘Login to your account’. Skip to number 07 and check your details are still correct. If you can’t remember your username or password click the ‘Forgotten your username or password?’ link 9. Enter your child’s details and click ‘Next’. 03. If this is the first time you have applied you must register your details and email address. Choose ‘Register to apply online’. A P P LY I N G O N L I N E 10. Choose your preferred school from the list. Change the local authority if the school is outside Croydon. Click ‘Add this school’. 11. A dd specific information about the school (e.g. brothers or sisters already attending) then click ‘Next’. 14 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions 12. Repeat steps 10 & 11 to list more schools until you have listed all your preferences. 13. Change the order of preferences by clicking ‘Move up’/‘Move down’. 14. Once all your preferred schools are listed click ‘Next’. You will also need to click ‘Continue’ if you have listed fewer than six preferences. MAKE CHANGES AND ATTACH DOCUMENTS • You can make changes and attach supporting information up to the closing date by logging into the system with your username or email address and FINAL CHECK AND SUBMIT your password. 15. Check your application carefully. To make • Each time you make a change you must re-submit changes click ‘Back’ at the bottom of the page. your application. You will receive a confirmation email 16. Read and agree the declaration by clicking in each time you successfully change your application. the box. • You will also receive a confirmation email for each document you attach. 17. Click ‘Submit Application’. 18. You will receive a confirmation email with your application reference number (e.g. 306-2018- YOUR APPLICATION DETAILS 09-E-001234). This email is proof that you have submitted your application successfully. Note your application details below for future reference and keep this information safe and secure HELP AND SUPPORT Email address: A P P LY I N G O N L I N E If you need help logging into your online application or registering to apply online you can contact the London eAdmissions support helpdesk on Username: 020 8255 5555 (option 1 or 4) or email support@eadmissions.org.uk If you have any other problems or questions please Password: contact Croydon Council on 0208 726 6400 Application Reference Number: The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 15
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions List of secondary schools in Croydon All Croydon secondary schools are their own admission authorities and determine their own admissions criteria. For a copy of schools’ admission policies, please visit www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/secondary- schools or the individual school’s website. The information in these tables is correct at the time of printing. ACADEMIES, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND FREE SCHOOLS Year 7 Applications DFE Supplementary Number School name Admissions received form required? Number 2019 Ark Blake Academy, (boys and girls 11-18) TBC 6 Morland Rd, Croydon, CR0 6NA 180 N/A Yes*** / info@arkonline.org [ 020 3116 0800 Coombe Wood School (boys and girls 11-18) 30 306 4012 Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY 180 1203 Yes** [ 020 8289 4745 Harris Academy Purley (boys and girls 11-18) Kendra 306 6908 Hall Road, South Croydon CR2 6DT 190 1019 No* [ 020 8681 1141 Harris Academy South Norwood (boys and girls 306 6905 11-18) 2 Cumberlow Avenue, South Norwood 390 749 No* SE25 6AE [ 020 8405 5070 Harris City Academy Crystal Palace (boys and girls 306 6906 11-18) Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, SE19 2JH 180 1728 Yes [ 020 8771 2261 Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, (boys and girls 306 4002 11-16), 88 London Road CR0 2TB 180 799 No* [ 0203 371 3002 Meridian High School (boys and girls 11-16) 306 4007 Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington CR0 0AH 180 167 No [ 020 3949 1328 Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College for Girls (girls 11-19; all girls Sixth Form) 306 5406 224 484 No Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath CR7 8BT [ 020 8679 0062 Oasis Academy Arena, (boys and girls 11-16) 306 2045 180 230 No Albert Road, London SE25 4QL [ 020 8240 6700 Oasis Academy Coulsdon (boys and girls 11-16) 306 6907 Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1ES 180 596 No [ 01737 551161 Oasis Academy Shirley Park (boys and girls 3-19) 306 6909 180 828 No Shirley Road, Croydon CR9 7AL [ 020 8656 0222 Orchard Park High School (boys and girls 11-16) LIST OF SCHOOLS 306 4004 180 305 No Orchard Way, Shirley CR0 7NJ [ 020 8776 0220 Riddlesdown Collegiate (boys and girls 11-18) 306 5400 328 1435 No Honister Heights, Purley, CR8 1EX [ 020 8668 5136 Shirley High School Performing Arts College 306 5407 (boys and girls 11-18) Shirley Church Road, 180 624 Yes Croydon, CR0 5EF [ 020 8656 9755 St Joseph’s College (Boys 11-18 and mixed sixth 306 5402 form) Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, SE19 3HL 180 366 Yes [ 020 8761 1426 16 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions ACADEMIES, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND FREE SCHOOLS (continued) Year 7 Applications DFE Supplementary Number School name Admissions received 2019 form required? Number admissions The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy 306 4003 (boys and girls 11-16) Mitcham Road, Croydon, 200 280 No CR9 3AS [ 020 8689 1255 The Quest Academy (boys and girls 11-18) 306 6910 Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 8HD 180 434 No [ 020 8657 8935 Woodcote High School (boys and girls 11-18) 306 4031 Meadow Rise, Coulsdon CR5 2EH 216 1174 No [ 020 8668 6464 *Parents are only required to complete a supplementary information form if their child has special educational needs and/or requires special assistance in undertaking the test. Please see the school policy for full details. **Parents are only required to complete a supplementary information form if they wish their child to take the sporting aptitude test. **Coombe Wood opened in September 2018 and will have three operational year groups during 2020/21 – Years 7, 8 and 9. ***Ark Schools, supported by the LA, will process applications outside the normal local authority process for co-ordinating school offers. This means you will need to complete your LA common application form for your other choices of school in addition to a separate application for this school. Applications for this school should be sent to Ark Schools Projects Team at the following address projects@arkonline.org. The closing date for applications is 31/10/2019. Offers will be made on 02/03/2020. If we have not entered into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State opening the school by that date, they will be conditional offers and will be confirmed once we have a signed funding agreement. The application form can be obtained from www.arkblake.org VOLUNTARY AIDED These schools' admissions criteria usually give priority to pupils of that faith. Year 7 Applications DFE Supplementary Number School name Admissions received 2019 form required? Number admissions Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School (boys and 306 4600 girls 11-18) Selborne Road, Croydon CR0 5JQ 120 513 Yes [ 020 8688 4014 Coloma Convent Girls’ School (girls 11-18) 306 5405 Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS 150 786 Yes [ 020 8654 6228 St Andrew’s CE School* (boys and girls 11-18) 306 4603 Warrington Road, Croydon CR0 4BH 150 N/A Yes [ 020 8686 8306 St Mary’s Catholic High School (boys and girls 306 4702 11-16) Woburn Road, West Croydon CR9 2EE 120 232 Yes [ 020 8686 3837 Thomas More Catholic School (boys and girls 306 5403 11-19) Russell Hill Road, Purley CR8 2XP 150 236 Yes [ 020 8668 6251 Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School (girls 11-16) LIST OF SCHOOLS 306 5900 147 Central Hill, Upper Norwood SE19 1RS 120 156 Yes [ 020 8670 6917 *St Andrew’s CE School does not currently admit to Year 7 Schools in other boroughs Independent /private schools If you wish to apply for a school in another borough Applications for places at independent/private schools are (i.e. outside Croydon) the school must be included in the not covered by the arrangements outlined in this booklet. online application form. The admission arrangements and If you are interested in applying for places at independent admissions criteria for schools in other boroughs are not schools you should find out about the application included in this booklet. We strongly advise you to contact arrangements by contacting the schools concerned. the schools directly to check their arrangements and whether you meet their admissions criteria. The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 17
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Location of secondary schools in Croydon 13 St Joseph’s College 18 Virgo Fidelis Convent School 9 Harris City Academy: Crystal Palace Norbury Manor 19 Business & Enterprise 11 Harris Academy South Norwood College for Girls 10 (including Upper Norwood) The Archbishop 22 Oasis Academy: Arena Lanfranc – Pegasus Academy Trust 2 24 4 Oasis Academy: Shirley Park Harris Invictus Academy Croydon 21 7 Orchard Park High School St Mary’s Catholic 14 High School Shirley High School 15 Performing Arts College St Andrew’s CE School 25 5 Coloma Convent Girls’ School Archbishop Tenison’s 3 CE High School Coombe Wood School 23 proposed site Harris Academy Purley 8 16 The Quest Academy Thomas More 17 Catholic School 1 Meridian High School Woodcote 20 High School 12 Riddlesdown Collegiate 6 Oasis Academy: Coulsdon Key Types of School A Academy V Voluntary Aided School SCHOOLS MAP Meridian High School 1 Harris Academy South Norwood 10 Harris Academy Upper Norwood 19 The Archbishop Lanfranc – Norbury Manor Bus. & Ent. College for Girls 11 Woodcote High School 20 Pegasus Academy Trust 2 Riddlesdown Collegiate 12 Harris Invictus Academy Croydon 21 Archbishop Tenison’s CE High School 3 St. Joseph’s College 13 Oasis Academy Arena 22 Oasis Academy: Shirley Park 4 Coloma Convent Girls’ School 5 St. Mary’s Catholic High School 14 Coombe Wood School 23 Oasis Academy Coulsdon 6 Shirley High School Performing Arts College 15 Ark Blake Academy 24 Orchard Park High School 7 The Quest Academy 16 St Andrew’s CE School 25 Harris Academy Purley 8 Thomas More Catholic School 17 Harris City Academy Crystal Palace 9 Virgo Fidelis Convent School 18 18 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Transfer to Secondary School 2019 Overview of allocations The following table indicates how many places were allocated to each Croydon school under each criterion and, where relevant, how far places were allocated to under the distance criterion. Number allocated Furthest Distance Ability / Aptitude to SEN children Medical/ Social Faith siblings Open Places Distance (in miles) Siblings Banding Feeder Faith Staff LAC 4 Archbishop Tenison’s 4 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 56 36 (Open) 18 N/A 2 1.04 Coloma Girls’ Convent 3 0 0 0 N/A N/A 115 37 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A Coombe Wood School 1 0 74 1 18 N/A N/A N/A 8 N/A 74 4 1.086 Harris Academy 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 142 N/A N/A 47 N/A N/A 1 N/A Purley Harris City Academy 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A 121 N/A N/A 54 N/A N/A 0 N/A Crystal Palace Harris Invictus 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 176 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 N/A Academy Harris Academy South 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 290 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 N/A Norwood Meridian High School 1 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 40 N/A 73 0 6.282 Norbury Manor 5 0 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 40 N/A 185 0 4.064 Business Oasis Academy Arena 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 N/A 50 0 4.343 Oasis Academy 2 0 N/A 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A 171 4 2.305 Coulsdon TECHNICAL COLLEGE OR AT A STUDIO SCHOOL Oasis Academy 0 0 30 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 37 N/A 112 0 1.785 APPLYING FOR A PLACE AT A UNIVERSITY Shirley Park Orchard Park High 1 0 0 4 N/A 64 N/A N/A 24 N/A N/A 0 N/A Riddlesdown 6 0 190 4 22 N/A N/A N/A 72 N/A 21 13 0.551 Collegiate The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 19
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Transfer to Secondary School 2019 Overview of allocations continued.. Number allocated Furthest Distance Ability / Aptitude to SEN children Medical/ Social Faith siblings Open Places Distance (in miles) Siblings Banding Feeder Faith Staff LAC St Joseph’s Boys’ 0 N/A N/A N/A 18 N/A 148 24 N/A N/A N/A 2 N/A College St Mary’s 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 80 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A Catholic High Shirley High School 2 0 N/A 2 27 N/A N/A N/A 52 N/A 96 1 2.362 The Archbishop 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 23 N/A 96 0 3.011 Lanfranc The Quest Academy 0 1 N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 37 N/A 141 0 6.376 Thomas More School 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 48 27 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A Virgo Fidelis Convent 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 53 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A Woodcote High School 2 N/A N/A 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 71 N/A 174 6 1.538 P L A C E A L L O C AT I O N O V E R V I E W 20 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Open days/evenings for secondary schools 2020 admissions School Date Time Archbishop Tenison’s CE Thursday 12 September 2019 5.30pm – 8.30pm (open evening) High School Headteacher presentations will take place at 5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Tuesday 24 September 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (tours of the school) Thursday 26 September 2019 Please contact the school to book your Tuesday 1 October 2019 place(s) on one of the tours. Thursday 3 October 2019 Ark Blake Academy Wednesday 2 October 2019 5.30pm – 7.00pm (open evening) Tuesday 15 October 2019 5.30pm – 7.00pm (open evening) Wednesday 25 September 2019 9.30am – 11.00am (open morning at Ark Oval Primary Academy) Saturday 12 October 2019 9.30am – 11.00am (open morning at Christ Church Methodist Hall, 114 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR0 6AD) (Open evenings will be held at Ark Oval Primary Academy, 98 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, CR0 6BA) Coloma Convent Girls’ Thursday 26 September 2019 5.00pm - 7.00pm (open evening) School Wednesday 25 September 2019 8.45am – 10.15am (tours only) Wednesday 2 October 2019 8.45am – 10.15am (tours only) Tours must be booked in advance. Booking will be available from 1st July by phoning reception at the school. Coombe Wood School Wednesday 25 September 2019 3.30pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Tuesday 1 October 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (school tour) Thursday 10 October 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (school tour) Wednesday 16 October 2019 9.00am – 10.30am(school tour) Harris Academy Purley Thursday 26 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Monday 30 September 2019 9.00am – 10.00am Tuesday 8 October 2019 9.00am – 10.00am O P E N DAY S / E V E N I N G S Wednesday 16 October 2019 9.00am – 10.00am Thursday 17 October 2019 9.00am - 10.00am Harris Academy Wednesday 18 September 2019 South site 5.00pm – 8.00pm (last entry 7.30pm) South Norwood Tuesday 01 October 2019 South site 9.00am –10.30am tours only Tuesday 24 September 2019 Upper site 9.00am –10.30am tours only Tuesday 8 October 2019 Upper site 9.00am –10.30am tours only Harris City Academy Thursday 19 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (last admission at 7.30pm) Crystal Palace Harris Invictus Academy Thursday 3 October 2019 4.00pm - 7.30pm (open evening) Croydon Wednesday 9 October 2019 9.00am - 9.45am (open morning) Thursday 10 October 2019 9.00am - 9.45am (open morning) Wednesday 16 October 2019 9.00am - 9.45am (open morning) The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 21
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions School Date Time Meridian High School Monday 23 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Wednesday 25 September 2019 9.30am- 10.30am Thursday 26 September 2019 (tours with leadership team) Monday 29 September 2019 To arrange a bespoke tour at another Tuesday 30 September 2019 time please contact reception Norbury Manor Business & Wednesday 25 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Enterprise College for Girls Monday 30 September 2019 9.00am – 11.00am (open morning) Tuesday 1 October 2019 9.00am – 11.00am (open morning) Wednesday 2 October 2019 9.00am – 11.00am (open morning) Oasis Academy Arena Tuesday 17 September 2019 6.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Tuesday 8 October 2019 6.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Wednesday 17 September 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (tours of the academy) Wednesday 25 September 2019 Wednesday 2 October 2019 Wednesday 9 October 2019 Wednesday 16 October 2019 Oasis Academy Coulsdon Wednesday 18 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening - last admission at 7.30pm) Tuesday 24 September 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (pre-bookable tours only) Wednesday 2 October 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (pre-bookable tours only) Thursday 10 October 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (pre-bookable tours only) Oasis Academy Shirley Park Thursday 26 September 2019 6.00pm – 8.30pm (open evening) Wednesday 2 October 2019 9.30am – 10.30am (student led tours; Q&A the Co-Principal) Monday 7 October 2019 9.30am – 10.30am (student led tours; Q&A the Co-Principal) Arrival from 9.15am is recommended Orchard Park High School Wednesday 18 September 2019 5.30pm – 7.30pm (open evening) Tuesday 24 September 8:45 – 10:30am Wednesday 25 September 8:45 – 10:30am O P E N DAY S / E V E N I N G S To attend Open Mornings please contact the school by email: admissions@ orchardparkhigh.net or by telephone: 020 8776 0220 Riddlesdown Collegiate Thursday 26 September 2019 5.30pm-8.30pm (open evening) Monday to Friday 16-20 September 2019 9.15am –10.45am (open mornings) To attend open mornings, please contact Tuesday 1 October 2019 the school Reception on 020 8668 5136 Wednesday 9 October 2019 Thursday 17 October 2019 22 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions School Date Time Shirley High School Thursday 19 September 2019 5.00pm - 7.30pm (open evening) Performing Arts College Wednesday 25 September 2019 9.00am - 10.00am (tours only) Thursday 26 September 2019 9.00am - 10.00am (tours only) Friday 27 September 2019 9.00am - 10.00am (tours only) St Joseph’s College Monday 23 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening-last admission 7.30pm) Wednesday 2 October 2019 8.40am – 9.40am & 10.20am-11.20am (tours) Thursday 3 October 2019 8.40am – 9.40am & 10.20am-11.20am (tours) Wednesday 9 October 2019 8.40am – 9.40am & 10.20am-11.20am (tours) St Mary’s Catholic Wednesday 25 September 2019 5.00pm – 7.00pm (open evening) High School Monday 30 September to 9.00am – 10.00am (open mornings) Friday 4 October 2019 Tuesday 15 October 2019 4pm – 5pm (open afternoon) The Archbishop Monday 16 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Lanfranc Academy Wednesday 25 September 2019 10.45am – 11.30am (tours with SLT) Wednesday 2 October 2019 10.45am – 11.30am (tours with SLT) Wednesday 9 October 2019 10.45am – 11.30am (tours with SLT) The Quest Academy Tuesday 24 September 2019 5.00pm – 8.00pm (open evening) Monday 30 September 2019 11.00am – 12noon (tour) Monday 7 October 2019 11.00am – 12noon (tour) Monday 14 October 2019 11.00am – 12noon (tour) Thomas More Catholic Monday 16 September 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (open morning) School Tuesday 17 September 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (open morning) Wednesday 18 September 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (open morning) Thursday 19 September 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (open morning) Friday 20 September 2019 9.00am – 10.15am (open morning) To attend an open morning, please phone 020 8668 6251 or email admissions@tmore. org,uk. The Headteacher will talk to parents at 10.00am each morning. Tuesday 1 October 2019 6.00pm – 9.30pm (open evening) O P E N DAY S / E V E N I N G S Virgo Fidelis Convent Wednesday 18 September 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (open morning) Senior School Wednesday 25 September 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (open morning) Tuesday 1 October 2019 4.30pm – 7.30pm (open evening) Woodcote High School Wednesday 18 September 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (open morning) Thursday 19 September 2019 6.30pm – 9.00pm (open evening) Wednesday 2 October 2019 9.00am – 10.30am (open morning) The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019 23
Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions Secondary schools outside Croydon The following secondary schools are situated within three miles of Croydon’s boundary. They can be contacted directly for their admissions policies. A = Academy C = Community F = Foundation VA = Voluntary Aided VC = Voluntary Controlled London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Lewisham Bromley Civic Centre PO Box 734 Laurence House, 1 Catford Road Stockwell Close Winchester London SE6 4RU Bromley BR1 3UH SO23 5DG 020 8314 8282 - (open from 9.00am 020 8313 4044 020 7926 9503 to 1.00pm Tuesday to Thursday) Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley (A) Bishop Thomas Grant School Bonus Pastor Catholic College (VA) Lennard Road, Beckenham, (RC) (VA) Winlaton Road, Bromley Kent, BR3 1QR Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2 HY BR1 5PZ 020 8778 5917 020 8769 3294 020 8695 2100 DfE Code No: 305 4002 DfE Code No 208 5401 DfE Code No 209 4802 Hayes School (A) City Heights E-Act Academy Sydenham School, (Girls) (C) West Common Road, Hayes (mixed) (A) Dartmouth Road, SE26 4RD Bromley, BR2 7DB 33 Abbots Park, SW2 3PW 020 8699 6731 020 8462 2767 020 3691 4600 DfE Code No 209 4204 DfE Code No: 305 5407 DfE Code No: 208 6907 Forest Hill School, (Boys) (C) Langley Park School for Boys (A) Dunraven School (A) Dacres Road, London, SE23 2XN Hawksbrook Lane, 94-98 Leigham Court Road SW16 2QB 020 8699 9343 South Eden Park Road, 020 8696 5600 DfE Code No 209 4289 Beckenham, BR3 3BP DfE Code No 208 5402 Sedgehill School (C) 020 8639 4700 Sedgehill Road DfE Code No: 305 5402 The Elmgreen School (A) Elmcourt Road, London, SE27 9BZ SE6 3QW The Ravensbourne School (A) 020 8766 5020 020 8698 8911 Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9EH DfE Code No 208 4731 DfE Code No 209 4267 020 8460 0083 DfE Code No: 305 5413 La Retraite Roman Catholic London Borough of Merton Girls’ School (VA) Charles Darwin School (A) Merton Civic Centre Atkins Road, London SW12 0AB Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Kent, TN16 3AU London Road 020 8673 5644 01959 574043 DfE Code No 208 5400 Morden Surrey SM4 5DX DfE Code No: 305 5409 020 8274 4906 St Martin’s-in-the-Fields High Harris Academy Beckenham (A) School for Girls (A) Harris Academy Merton (A) Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3SJ 155 Tulse Hill, London SW2 3UP Wide Way, Mitcham, CR4 1BP 020 8650 8694 020 8674 5594 020 8623 1000 DfE Code No: 305 4000 DfE Code No 208 5404 DfE Code No 315 6905 Langley Park School for Girls (A) Harris Academy Morden (A) The Norwood School (C) Hawksbrook Lane, South Eden Park Rd Lilleshall Road, Morden, SM4 6DU, Crown Dale, London, SE19 3NY Beckenham, BR3 3BE 020 8663 4199 020 8687 1157 020 8670 9382 DfE Code No: 305 5412 DfE Code No: 315 4000 DfE Code No 208 4223 Ravens Wood School (Boys) (A) St Mark’s Church of England Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HP Lambeth Academy (A) Academy (A) S E C O N DA RY S C H O O L S Elms Road, Clapham SW4 9ET OUTSIDE CROYDON 01689 856050 Acacia Road, Mitcham, CR4 1SF DfE Code No 305 5403 020 7819 4700 020 8648 6627 DfE Code No 208 6905 DfE Code No 315 6906 Bishop Justus Church of England School (A) Trinity Academy (mixed) (A) Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HZ 56 Brixton Hill, SW2 1QS 020 8315 8130 020 3126 4993 DfE Code No 305 4604 DfE Code No: 208 4003 Woodmansterne School (C) Stockport Road, Streatham London, SW16 5XE 020 8764 1825 DfE Code No: 208 2657 24 The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2019
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