THE LATYMER SCHOOL. Founded 1624

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1 HEADTEACHER: Maureen Cobbett Tel: Fax: THE LATYMER SCHOOL Founded 1624 Haselbury Road Edmonton London N9 9TN THE LATYMER SCHOOL ADMISSION PROCEDURES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 ADMISSIONS TO YEAR 7 IN THE NORMAL ANNUAL ADMISSIONS ROUND The Latymer School Edmonton is a Voluntary Aided Grammar School (a selective school) for boys and girls aged The school offers 186 places each year (the standard number under the Education Act). There were 1974 applications for Year 7 in September As Latymer is a selective grammar school the school admits only girls and boys who are capable of following an education leading to the higher grades of GCSE in a full range of National Curriculum subjects. Headteacher s talk (no need to book) On Monday 27 June 2016 and Tuesday 28 June 2016 there will be meetings in the Great Hall at 7.30pm at which the Headteacher and senior staff will talk to parents and carers about the school and its admission arrangements. There will be no opportunity to view the school on these evenings and parents are asked NOT to bring children to these talks. Tours of the school for parents and children (no need to book) Tours will be led by members of the sixth form, on Wednesday 29 June 2016 and Thursday 30 June 2016 from 4.00pm to 7.30pm (last tour at 6.45pm). Limited car parking will be available at the rear of school. Please enter via the North Gate (the one nearer Church street) the South Gate will be exit only. Application process In order to apply parents need to complete both the school online registration form and the local authority common application form (CAF) by the due dates. School Registration Form This will be available online from Monday 23 May Applicants applying for entry to year 7 in September 2017 must submit the form to the school by Monday 4 July We will not be able to consider applications after this date. Photographic ID will be required for all candidates taking the tests. Further instructions regarding this will be included in the test invitation letters. Parents wishing to apply under the Music criterion (see category 2 oversubscription criteria below) will also need to complete a separate music form which will be available on our open evenings or from the school office. Parents will be notified of the outcome of the tests before the Local Authority closing date for the return of CAFs. If, on receiving this outcome, parents decide they wish to apply to the school they must list it as one of their preferences on their home Local Authority CAF. Common Application Form Parents should also name The Latymer School on the CAF for secondary school places, for whichever Borough they live in. This form must be returned to your own Local Authority by the designated date. If you do not name The Latymer School on your CAF we will be unable to process your application. Admission Criteria The School will determine whether an applicant is capable of following the education offered by Latymer by reference to the results of tests to be taken at the school on the 10 September The top 450 ranked candidates will be considered for admission to the school; 186 places will be offered. Over-subscription The School will be oversubscribed when there are more applications than places available. Each year, the number applications far out- weigh availability. The school will therefore apply the over-subscription criteria shown below to candidates living in the Inner Area (see Note 1). Those applicants wishing to apply from outside of our published criterion (Inner Area) can do so and will be invited to sit the assessment tests. However, when determining the top 450 candidates, priority will be given to those applicants who are resident in the Inner Area as of 27 January Latymer is an outstanding school that provides an excellent all-round education for all of its students.

2 Over-subscription criteria If the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those applicants who reside in the Inner Area who meet the criteria set out below, in the following order: 1. Pupils with an Education Health & Care Plan (formerly a Statement of Special Educational Needs) where the school is named in the Education Health & Care Plan. To be offered a place, applicants applying under this category must be ranked within the top 450 applicants in the tests. 2. A looked after child: a child who is looked after under the provision of The Children s Act 1989 or who has been previously looked after. To be offered a place, applicants applying under this category must be ranked within the top 450 applicants in the tests 3. A maximum of 20 applicants from the Inner Area (see note 1) who show exceptional musical talent. Exceptional musical talent can be shown on any instrument/s (including voice). As a guideline an applicant should usually have achieved at least Grade 5 distinction level, but this will depend on the instrument as well as previous opportunity and experience. Confirmation of this level may be tested by an audition. Subject to proven exceptional musical talent, to be offered a place, applicants applying under this category must be ranked within the top 450 applicants in the tests. 4. A maximum of 20 applicants from the Inner Area who are eligible for Pupil Premium (see note 2). Applicants will be considered for a Pupil Premium place if they provide written confirmation, directly from their current school, of their Pupil Premium eligibility. To be offered a place, applicants applying under this category, must be ranked within the top 450 applicants in the tests. 5. The remaining places (namely our Published Admission Number of 186 less any admissions under Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 as above) are offered to applicants from the Inner Area with the highest aggregate age-standardised scores in the tests. Notes 1. The Inner Area means applicants whose main address is in the following postcode areas; E2, E4, E5, E8, E9, E17, EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4, EN5 (Sectors 1, 2, 4, 5 only), EN8 (Sectors 7, 8, 9 only), N1 (not N1C), N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17, N18, N19, N20, N21, N22. There is no preference within this list. Main address means the place at which the applicant spends the week day nights in the ordinary course of events. 2. Please provide written evidence of eligibility for the Pupil Premium by Friday 8 July In the event of a tie situation for the last available place, due to applicants achieving the identical Age Weighted Standardised test score, preference will first of all be given to any applicants who has an EHCP, are looked after or have previously been looked after by a local authority; those candidates deemed to have exceptional musical talent and those in receipt of Pupil Premium. Following this, preference will be given to students who live closest to the school by straight line measurement from the school to the permanent residence address. 4. The school reserves the right to withdraw offers and, where appropriate, places if it transpires that any untrue statement has been made in support of an application, or there has been a failure to notify a change which has a material impact on the outcome of the application. Late Testing For applicants unable to attend the test on the published date due to illness, religious reasons or, other circumstance, a late test will be arranged for approximately one week later. The CEM Tests The assessment tests are determined by CEM (Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring) and used by a consortium of Grammar Schools in the UK. All consortium schools agree to administer the tests on the same day. The tests will consist of two 45 minute papers, each of which contains a mix of verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning and nonverbal reasoning components. Schools have no advanced knowledge of the topics covered in the tests. Applicants are expected to show competence in skills appropriate to Key Stage 2 English and Mathematics, and to be able to apply these skills creatively. These tests can only be taken once, at one consortium school. For parents applying to more than one consortium school, the test results will be shared between these schools. The raw scores will be optically marked and age standardised by CEM. The ranking is determined by the aggregate of the age standardised scores of both tests. 2

3 There are no practice papers for sale in respect of these tests. A familiarisation sheet of questions will be available on our website. All eligible applicants for admission to Year 7 in September 2017 will be tested at Latymer on Saturday 10 September Applicants will be sent letters of invitation to the tests August/September 2016 and will be called in order of surname. We will write in October to inform parents of one of the following: i) The applicant has achieved a score which meets the standard required by the Governors to be eligible for consideration for admission to the School, or: ii) The applicant has achieved a score which does not meet the standard required by the Governors, and is therefore not eligible to be considered for admission to the School. Additionally, we will write to parents of those who submitted a music form to advise whether we consider that a child has shown exceptional musical talent. We must emphasise that meeting the standard required by the Governors is not a guarantee that a place at the School will be offered. It is intended that 186 students will be admitted into year seven, but likely that more than this number will meet the standard required to be eligible to be considered should they choose to apply. However, the letter will indicate the likelihood of the applicant receiving a firm offer based on the previous year s statistics. Following the above, the Governors will select the 186 applicants to whom they wish to offer places, in accordance with the over-subscription criteria above, and will notify the London Borough of Enfield who will be co-ordinating the process with all other Boroughs. 40 applicants will be held on a waiting list. The final results of the Secondary Transfer Procedure will be communicated to parents by their own Local Authority on the National Offer day early in March. Adjustments for candidates on Test Day If your child has special educational or known medical needs which need special provision in the test, you must inform the school on our Registration Form. We will then contact you prior to your child sitting the Entrance Test. If your child has an Education Health & Care Plan you should apply through your local authority. SIXTH FORM EXTERNAL ADMISSIONS TO YEAR 12 The Governors offer places each September to approximately 50 pupils from other schools. On-line registration forms and prospectus are available on the school website, normally from October. Open Evening for sixth form entry will take place in November, with the closing date for receipt of registration forms by the end of November and the assessment tests take place in January. The assessment test is compulsory for applicants wishing to study any of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry or Physics. These tests will be held at Latymer and are used to check potential, rather than to test knowledge. Photographic evidence of identity is required for those who come to sit the test. No practice papers are available for the Year 12 tests. Admission Criteria for Year 12 Latymer is a selective grammar school. For those applicants for Year 12 who are tested the school admits those with the highest test scores who meet the minimum GCSE requirements. The minimum GCSE requirements are: (1) at least A grades in the subjects they wish to study at AS-level; and (2) at least 6 grade A's overall at GCSE. Tests are administered in the Spring Term for applicants wishing to study any of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry or Physics. Provisional offers are made to applicants with the highest score in the test (except that subject choices may mean that some subjects become full and further places cannot be offered to applicants seeking to study those subjects). If you do not sit the test you will not be allowed to study these subjects at Latymer and therefore if an applicant is considering them as possible options they should sit the test. The offer is provisional and becomes a full 3

4 offer only if the applicant s GCSE grades meet the minimum GCSE requirements. (6 grade As in full GCSEs and grade A in each subject where applicable). External applicants also provide a 400 word personal statement, outlining academic interests and involvement in extra-curricular activities but it is not used for selection purposes. Any applicant wishing to study subjects that do not include any of the subjects above does not have to sit the test to get a conditional offer. If there is capacity in the subjects requested the decision to make a conditional offer will be based on mock exam results and predicted grades from an applicant s current school. An applicant will not be allowed to switch to the subjects requiring the test if they have not sat the test on the date advertised for entry in that year. There will not be an opportunity to sit the test at a later date. The offer is provisional and becomes a full offer only if the applicant s GCSE grades meet the minimum GCSE requirements outlined above. Over-subscription If the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those applicants who live in the Inner Area and meet the criteria set out below, in the following order: 1. Pupils with an Education Health & Care Plan (formerly a Statement of Special Educational Needs) where the school is named in the Education Health & Care Plan. 2. A looked after child: a child who is looked after under the provision of The Children s Act 1989 or who has been previously looked after. 3. Applicants from the Inner Area who are eligible for the Pupil Premium. Applicants will be considered for a Pupil Premium place if they provide written confirmation, directly from their current school, of their Pupil Premium eligibility. 4. The remaining places are offered to applicants from the Inner Area with the highest aggregate scores in the tests Adjustments for candidates on Test Day If your child has special educational or known medical needs, which need special provision in the test, you must inform the school on our Registration Form. We will then contact you prior to your child sitting the test. Resolution of a tie situation In the event of a tie situation for the last available place, due to applicants achieving identical test scores and GSCE achievement, preference will first of all be given to any applicants who have an EHCP, are looked after or have previously been looked after by a local authority, then applicants with proven Pupil Premium eligibility. Following this, preference will be given to students who live closest to the school by straight line measurement from the school to the permanent residence address. The school reserves the right to withdraw offers and, where appropriate, places if it transpires that any untrue statement has been made in support of an application, or there has been a failure to notify a change which has a material impact on the outcome of the application. APPEALS PROCEDURE Where a child has been refused admission to the School the parent has the right to appeal against that decision. In the case of applications at the secondary transfer stage (year 6 to year 7) parents should appeal within 20 days of notification by their Local Authority on National Offer Day, usually early March. Appeal hearings will take place in April or May. At other times parents should appeal within 30 days of receipt of the letter refusing a place at the school. For years 7 to 11, appeals are held as needed. For year 12, appeals are held in September/October. Appeals will be heard by an independent Appeals Committee. The proceedings of the Appeals Committee are Informal and are held at the school. 4

5 IN YEAR ADMISSIONS Parents wishing their child to be considered for a vacancy in Year 7 should write directly to the school. For those applicants who took the entrance tests in year 6, the ranking list is maintained until the end of the first half term. Therefore, if a vacancy arises between the start of the academic year in September and the October half term, the next applicant on our initial waiting list of 40 will be offered the place. If further vacancies arise after this, the remaining applicants on our initial waiting list will be tested in June or July, along with all new applicants on the list. The Governors will base their decisions on the results of tests in English, Maths, French or German. Any successful applicant will begin at Latymer in September. For vacancies in Years 8 or 9 parents should again write directly to the school. If a vacancy arises, tests will be held once during the academic year in June or July. The Governors base their decisions on the results of tests in English, Mathematics, French or German (or Russian or Latin for year 9). All lists will close on the 1 June and any successful applicant will begin at Latymer in September. The governors will admit applicants up to the number of vacancies, but will only admit applicants who demonstrate through the tests that s/he is capable of following the Latymer education. If there are more qualified candidates than vacancies, the governors will apply the order of priority listed in over subscription criteria above. For Year 10 we would only seek to fill a vacancy if we were able to offer subject compatibility. We would then follow the same procedures as for other in year vacancies, with additional testing in the Sciences. Parents interested in Year 11 vacancies should call the school for further information. External Year 11 students are welcome to apply for Year 12. Published February