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11+ Exam Information		Apply for a Secondary School Place (Warwickshire Residents Only)

How do I apply for a secondary school place? Applying for Harris School?

Living in Warwickshire? You must apply though Warwickshire Admissions Service using one of the following options: Apply Online Download Application Form (517KB PDF) At the start of Year 6, your child should receive a Secondary School pack from their current primary school. This will contain the application form. If you would like to apply for schools in other Local Authorities, you must list these on the Warwickshire application form. The Admissions Service will send the details of your application to the relevant authority. We consider your preferences in the order you rank them. If it is not possible to offer the first preference, your child is considered for the next preference and so on. Only one offer will be made to any child living in Warwickshire. Your child is not given a higher priority if you name only one school. (see criteria for entry). Living outside Warwickshire? Apply to your home authority (where your child lives) for all secondary schools. You can list maintained schools in other authorities on the application form of your home authority. That Admissions Service will send the details of your application to the relevant authority. Important Dates for Entry in September 2010 *1 June 2009- Selection Test Registration forms will be available (11+ Information)- Closing date for returning Selection Test Registration is 17th July August/September 2009- Application forms for Secondary School places will be available 23 October 2009- Closing date for on-time Secondary School applications for children living in Warwickshire *17 July 2009- Closing date for Selection Test Registration (11+ Information) 5 February 2010- Closing date for proof of address from families moving into Warwickshire. (Moving House Information) 1 March 2010- School offers and 11+ results posted first class to Warwickshire children. *Registering your child for the selection tests is optional. It is only necessary if you wish your child to apply for a grammar school. Full Timetable for Secondary School Admissions(for entry in September 2010) 57KB PDF Cannot view this link? Get Adobe Acrobat Reader For children living in Warwickshire application forms will be acknowledged within 2 weeks of receipt. It is your responsibility to contact the Admissions Service if you do not receive an acknowledgment card. Please allow 4 working days for your application to arrive with the Admissions Service. The closing date for application for children living outside Warwickshire is set by the home authority. Applications made after the closing date will not be dealt with until after those made on time and it could affect your child's place in your preferred schools Useful Links Admission Criteria Moving House Information Performance Tables Education Transport Secondary Schools - Contact Details Information on applying for the 11+ Exam (Applying for Grammar Schools) Related Links Apply for Junior or Primary School Places School Appeals Offer Day and What To Do Next How do I apply to transfer my child to another school? Changing Schools Information for children who have already started school and are transferring to a different school How do I apply to transfer my child to a Grammar school?

Vacancies will be offered to applicants who are deemed suitable for entry:

Years 7 to 9 inclusive (where the child is under 14 years 3 months)
Children moving into the priority circle and not previously tested who are applying for a place (once the new Year 7 have been admitted) will be tested according to the tests used for that year at entry and appropriate to the age of the child and assessed by comparison to the scores of those who qualified for places or were considered by the Committee of Reference.

Years 10 and above (or where the child is 14 years 3 months or more)
A child above 14 years 3 months is too old to test and so entry will be considered in comparison to the existing year group and the child’s performance in another school in the appropriate subject areas.

Transfer from a non-selective school in the Area
New applications for children who have already been tested and refused entry as non-qualifiers will be considered taking account of the existing test results and recent evidence about the child’s performance the current school as evidence of ability. It is normally only where the non-selective school is confirming that the child needs a higher level of work than is currently available that a transfer to a selective school will be arranged.

A retest is used only where there are grounds and evidence to doubt the validity of the original tests.

Where a child has not previously been tested and there is a recommendation from the non-selective school, a test will be arranged (where the child is under 14 years 3 months)

No waiting list is kept for year groups other than the incoming Year 7.

Offers are normally made no earlier than 6 school weeks before the child takes up the vacancy.

Do you need help completing the forms or accessing further information?

Starting secondary school can be one of the most difficult and stressful times for you and your family and delaying completion of your school application form may reduce your child’s chances of getting into your preferred school.

Warwickshire’s School Transfer Co-ordinators understand your concerns and help is on hand to offer you support. They specialise in giving impartial and independent advice to those parents who need support to enable them to complete the secondary school application process.

Help completing forms - School Transfer Co-ordinators

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