Open the Secondary Schools in Lambeth 2013/14 - Lambeth Council

Secondary transfer
and the London co-ordinated
admissions procedure
Date
Summer/
Oct 2012
Secondary transfer key dates and action What you and your child need to do
Decide which schools to apply for. Contact schools for prospectuses and details
of open days/evenings.
1 Sep 2012 Begin applying for secondary schools. How to apply:
1 Applications must be made using the Common Application Form from your home borough
by 31 October 2012. However, we strongly recommend that you submit your application
online or by post so that we receive it by Friday 26 October 2012. This is the Friday before
the half-term holiday.
• Applications received by Wednesday 31 October 2012 will be accepted. However, if your
application is received by Friday 26 October 2012, we can ensure that it is checked, and
acknowledged before the closing date.
• Parents/carers who prefer to hand in the form at their child’s primary school, will need to
ensure that they do this by Friday 26 October 2012, so that the school can forward it to us
before the half-term holiday.
• Lambeth residents must complete either an online or paper Lambeth Common
Application Form. These are available from 1 September 2012.
• To apply online visit Lambeth Council’s website at www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions
(see page 5 for more information).
• Paper Common Application Forms can also be downloaded from the website at
www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions or can be requested from Lambeth School Admissions
Team on 020 7926 9503. These forms should either be handed in to the Customer Service
Centre, Olive Morris House, 18 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1RD, or posted to Lambeth School
Admissions Team, CYPS Service, 6th Floor, International House, Canterbury Crescent,
London SW9 7QE.
2 In addition to this supplementary information forms (SIF) required by particular schools must
be completed and returned to these schools by their published date. Please see schools’
pages 15–59 for details of which Lambeth schools require SIFs. The Lambeth schools SIFs
are located at the back of this booklet.
31 Oct 2012 Closing date for applications to all secondary schools participating in the co-ordinated
admissions procedure. 26 October 2012 (ie, the Friday before half term) is the proposed
London deadline.
1 Mar 2013 National Offer Day. A letter will be posted on this day to all ‘on time’ applicants informing
applicants which school, if any, has been offered. Letters will be sent to both online applicants
and those who have completed paper applications. In addition to this online applicants will also
be able to view the result of their application and accept an offer online from 1 March 2013.
15 Mar 2013 Parents/carers must respond to an offer on this date by returning the reply to
Lambeth School Admissions Team.
5 April 2013
or 20 school
days after
notification
for late
applications
If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place at a Lambeth
community or voluntary controlled school, appeal forms should be submitted by this date to
ensure appeals are heard before the autumn term. To obtain an appeal form, 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
Apr – Jul 2013
Appeals for Lambeth community and voluntary-controlled schools are heard.
12 SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE