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Secondary transfer and the London co-ordinated admissions procedure What to do if you are offered a place at a school You must respond to an offer of a place by returning the reply slip included with your offer letter by 15 March 2013 to the admissions team based in the council area that you live in. In addition, some schools may also send their own offers to parents/carers after 1 March 2013, responses to those letters should be made according to the school’s directions. What to do if you are not offered a place at a school In line with statutory requirements, Lambeth Council will look to allocate places in Lambeth schools that have vacancies for those Lambeth parents/carers whose children did not receive an offer from one of their preferred schools by the 1 March 2013. These allocations will be made on the basis of distance, ie, the nearest school to the child’s home address that identifies a vacancy. Please note that allocations will be made according to the number of vacancies there are in the borough. An allocation will be made to a school that parents/carers did not originally apply for. In the event that you do not receive an offer of a place at one of the schools you selected on your CAF, Lambeth School Admissions Team will provide you with additional information regarding waiting lists, appeals and other information that could help resolve the issue. We will also be able to provide you with information about schools that have vacancies after 25 March 2013. You will then have the opportunity to apply for additional schools by completing a new CAF. Waiting lists Your child’s name will automatically be placed on the waiting list for any Lambeth community or voluntarycontrolled schools you may have applied to as a higher preference to that offered. If your child does not receive an offer at all, their name will also be included on the waiting list for any Lambeth community or voluntary-controlled school you may have applied to. If you have applied to voluntary-aided or foundation schools or those in another borough and you wish to remain on their waiting list, you will need to contact that school or borough directly. The contact details for our neighbouring boroughs are on page 60. Parents/carers need to be aware that if their child’s name is on a school’s waiting list, their name may go up or down depending on how the admissions criteria applies to others on the waiting list. Late applications Applications received after the closing date of 31 October 2012 will be considered after National Offer Day, 1 March 2013. Parents/carers of late applicants will be notified as soon as an offer can be made from an admissions authority. If there are, however, vacancies in any school, Lambeth residents can be allocated that place once they have come to the attention of Lambeth Council. 10 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE
Late medical/social (MEDSOC) applications If parents/carers submit an ‘on time’ application and are not offered a place at a preferred school and then submit late MEDSOC information after 31 October 2012, their application on these grounds cannot be considered as ‘on time’. This will result in a second application being generated after 1 March 2013, which will be treated as a late application. As the admissions authority for our community and voluntary-controlled schools, Lambeth Council will be unable to apply the MEDSOC criterion application without the relevant paperwork. If that paperwork is submitted late, then the application will be considered late also. If the MEDSOC panel agrees to prioritise late applications on medical/social grounds and the school is already full, then the child’s position on the waiting list will change accordingly. How to appeal against the refusal of a place Under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, you have the right to appeal against the refusal of a school place. If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place at a Lambeth community or voluntary controlled school (see inside cover for definition), please contact the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Panel, Democratic Services, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW, Tel: 020 7926 2170, Email: democracy@lambeth.gov.uk. A guidance note on appeals and an appeal form can also be downloaded from the council’s website via the following link: www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions Please note that Democratic Services can only accept appeals for the following secondary schools: • Lilian Baylis Technology School • The Elmgreen School • The Norwood School If your application for a school place was submitted on-time, the closing date for receipt of appeals for any of the schools listed above is Friday 5 April 2013. For late applications, the closing date is 20 school days after you receive written notification of the outcome of your application. Any appeals received after these deadlines are unlikely to be considered unless applicants are able to demonstrate extenuating circumstances which prevented the appeal from being submitted on time. Democratic Services will write to you regarding the arrangements for considering your appeal. Your appeal will be heard by an Independent Appeals Panel made up of panelists with knowledge of education issues. You will be invited to attend the appeal hearing and make representations in person to the Independent Appeals Panel. If you wish to appeal against nonadmission to any other secondary school, you will need to contact the individual school(s) directly, to obtain information about how to appeal. Outcome of appeals For Lambeth community and voluntary-controlled schools, you will be informed in writing about the outcome by the Democratic Services Team. For other Lambeth schools, the clerk for that appeal panel will write to you. Change of circumstances The Lambeth School Admissions Team will consider your application using the details you provide on your form. If you move address you must inform the Admissions Team of your new address so we are able to contact you if we need further information or to communicate the outcome of your application. This also applies if you have a change of medical circumstances or a sibling start at school. If you inform your council of your preferences before 14 December 2012, the Admissions Team will be able to take this into account when considering your application. If you change your address after 14 December 2012 and this means that you need to change your preferences you will need to contact your new council to find out what to do next. SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 11
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