Secondary School Admissions for September

[jackyalex]

Originally Posted by slinky

Does the bus go straight threw?? or does he need to change buses?? I would be terrified sending zack all that way......(( but then again, I panic over everything like their still 2 years old))

I still panic, thats a big fear of mine letting him on the bus on his own, well his mates will be on there but still hes off on his own, yes the bus is just for the school use, but i have no idea what its going to cost

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Lilly

I was under the impression that having a sibling at school does not matter these days when it comes to secondary schools. It applies at primary schools but not secondaries.

The reason being that at primary school somebody has to take and collect them and parents can't be at two schools at the same time. Once they get to secondary school it is assumed they can make their own way to and from school so it doesn't matter if siblings attend the same one.

The only secondary I have experience of is St Christopher's and this is the way they used to look at it and I assume they still do.

Each schools selection criteria is set out in the handbook. St Christophers criteria does state;

"Those children who have a sibling attending the school on the date

of application and on the date of admission will be admitted ahead of those without a sibling."

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Each schools selection criteria is set out in the handbook. St Christophers criteria does state;

"Those children who have a sibling attending the school on the date

of application and on the date of admission will be admitted ahead of those without a sibling."

Thanks for that. Parents will still need their form signed by a vicar though, won't they? I don't think they'll admit a child who has a sibling there if the parent no longer attends church.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Lilly

Thanks for that. Parents will still need their form signed by a vicar though, won't they? I don't think they'll admit a child who has a sibling there if the parent no longer attends church.

Definately

Children with a parent/guardian who worships in a Church which is in membership with Churches
Together in Britain and Ireland. Those children who have a sibling attending the school on the date
of application and on the date of admission will be admitted ahead of those without a sibling.
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland is taken on the 1st September in the year prior to
admission to the school.
Parental worship means a minimum of attendance at church at public worship of four times a
month over two years prior to 1st September in the year before admission to the school.
If places are left after the application of this measure, then children with parents who meet the
same criterion at the level of attendance of three times a month over at least two years prior to 1st
September will be considered, and again, those with siblings as defined below, will be admitted
ahead of those without.
If places are still left after the application of this second measure, then those children with parents
who meet the same criterion at the level of attendance of twice a month over at least two years
prior to 1st September will be considered, and again, those with siblings as defined below, will be
admitted ahead of those without.

The governors will require confirmation of this from the relevant member of the clergy.

[Nickelson]

Im sorry but you dont need benefits to apply for a bus pass if you live more than 3 miles away.....Transport for students living in certain areas which are a distance from school is arranged by the Local Education Authority who can be contacted at the Area Education Office (East), the Globe Centre, St. James' Square, Accrington, BB5 ORE,tel: 01254 220716. The same office deals with travel passes. Please note that our jurisdiction extends to students travelling on school transport.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Lilly

At St Christopher's where you live and whether you have siblings in school doesn't matter.

Are you sure? Check the admission criteria. Distance from school is in it.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by slinky

Does the bus go straight threw?? or does he need to change buses?? I would be terrified sending zack all that way......(( but then again, I panic over everything like their still 2 years old))

Like I said before you are a good parent.

[Romps]

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/educati...ts_2008_09.pdf

[flashy]

Howarth has just phoned me, apparently they are sending kids to Blakewater because not many kids have put it down for their first choice and they are having trouble filling it (i wonder why) they are apparently knocking it down later this year/next year and moving it to near KFC and if they dont get enough admissions it will be pointless building another one, I'M FUMING

[jackyalex]

Originally Posted by Nickelson

Im sorry but you dont need benefits to apply for a bus pass if you live more than 3 miles away.....Transport for students living in certain areas which are a distance from school is arranged by the Local Education Authority who can be contacted at the Area Education Office (East), the Globe Centre, St. James' Square, Accrington, BB5 ORE,tel: 01254 220716. The same office deals with travel passes. Please note that our jurisdiction extends to students travelling on school transport.

Thats ok if you live in accrington but im over 100 miles away in the sticks, It states on the letter if you are in reciept of free school meals or the highest rate of WTC you are eligible for free school transport if you live 2 - 6 miles away from your nearest school, well im miles away from the nearest school and dont get free meals or the highest rate of WTC, last year when we filled out the school application forms we were told that if we lived more than 3 miles away from our nearest secondary school that we would be entitled to free transport that has now changed

[Neil]

Originally Posted by flashytart

apparently they are sending kids to Blakewater because not many kids have put it down for their first choice

If you could find some real evidence of that and not just the usual hear say it would be interesting.

I friend of mine accused LCC of trying to send his very intelligent white daughter to an under achieving school with a very high non white percentage of kids in Blackburn a few years ago. The reason they suspected was to try and even out the statictics. He lived a 3 minute walk from the school they wanted and they said she had to go to a school at the opposite side of Blackburn. Several parents from the same primary school were told the same thing. They formed a pressure group to try and sort it out. They found out that kids from near the other school were being sent to the one near them.

It would be the same as my kids being refused a place at Rhyddings ( 2 minute walk away) and being sent to a school in Accrington and kids from across the road from the Accrington School being sent to Rhyddings.

[flashy]

Howarth will be on later to explain what the teachers at her sons school have said to her Neil, my cousins lad had put down for st bedes, he is catholic, went to a catholic primary schol and lives in the same area but he's been denied it...go figure

[shillelagh]

BBC NEWS | Education | How to appeal for a school place

If you have a look at that you will see the tenth highest local education authority for appeals is Blackburn with Darwen at 14.3%

[flashy]

just filled in the appeals form for our ladys, gonna shoot off up there with it after, and if all else fails i can TRY to apply somewhere else

[AccyLass]

Originally Posted by flashytart

just filled in the appeals form for our ladys, gonna shoot off up there with it after, and if all else fails i can TRY to apply somewhere else

So if the appeal falls through (obviously hoping it doesn't)
Your left with that decision?
And that's final?
Cos, like you said with Moorhead, about applying there
What if they are full?
It's a bit bad that you really aren't being given the choice