Admission to Primary School 2011-2012 Booklet - Wigan Council

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Admissions to primary school in 2011 to 2012 School travel map We set up our school travel interactive service to help provide sustainable school travel (go to www.wigan.gov.uk/schooltravel). This service provides information for every school and college in the borough to help them choose different types of transport. Every school in the borough has already received a map with details of options for travelling to school, so that children and parents can decide how to travel. The map includes locations for the following. All schools School crossing patrols Pedestrian crossings Bus stops School bus routes Cycle routes (you can also find information about where cycle lockers and other cycling facilities are at schools) We are always developing and improving the information we provide and, in time, we hope to include whether the school has: a travel plan; a 20mph zone; routes away from the main road which are easy to access; safer alternatives to busy roads; a 'Safer Routes to School' scheme; and a ‘walking bus’ scheme (where children walk to school in a supervised group). You can help in a lot of ways, by thinking about how your child gets to school, but also by asking your school whether they have developed, and if they are putting into place, their school travel plan. If your school already has a travel plan, you could help to set up a junior road-safety team or a school travel council. This would be made up of children from the school, who can take responsibility for the plan, come up with their own ideas to encourage and promote sustainable travel and work towards achieving the travel plan targets. You could also get involved in a walking-to-school or cycling-to-school scheme, by supervising groups of children to walk or cycle together. We want to make sure that a new kind of school travel can develop so that we can make the school journey safer and healthier for everyone. For more information on your travel options, please contact Emma Barton on 01942 404396.
Admissions to primary school in 2011 to 2012 Transfer between primary schools If you want to change your child’s school, you should consider this decision very carefully. It is normally in your child’s best interests to stay at the same school, as changing schools can cause an unnecessary break in the child's education. If your child is having problems, a change of school is not always the answer. You should discuss any concerns with your child’s head teacher before you apply for a different school. If you are thinking of moving house and this means your child would have to change school, there may not be places available at the school you want. The School Places Team will be able to tell you which schools are full or have places available. Some schools are full in all or most year groups and we cannot guarantee there will be a place available in the area you want to move to. How to apply for a school transfer Wigan residents Wigan Council’s School Places Team deals with applications to transfer schools. If you are a Wigan resident and you want to apply for a school transfer, please complete the Wigan Council in-year application form. This form is available on the Wigan Council website at www.wigan.gov.uk or from the School Places Team by phoning 01942 486040. You can name up to three schools in order of priority, either in Wigan or another local authority. If you name a school in another local authority area we will deal with the other authority for you. We will write to let you know that we have received your application against their faith criteria. If any of your preferred schools is a voluntary-aided (church) school, you will need to fill in the school’s own supplementary information form and return it with your Wigan Council in-year application form. You can get a copy of the supplementary form from our website at www.wigan.gov.uk, from the School Places Team or from the school. If you do not fill in the school’s own supplementary information form, the school will not have all the information they need to consider your application against their faith criteria. We will write to let you know the result of your application. All schools have an admission number for each year group. If we cannot offer you a place at the school you want and you live in Wigan, we will offer you a place at another school. You may want to keep your child at their current school. You have the right to appeal if we refuse you a place at a school. For more information on appeals, see page We do not keep waiting lists for transfers during a school year. If you have appealed for a place at a school and a place becomes available before your appeal is heard your application will be considered alongside any other applications for that school. It is important that your child continues to attend their current school until a transfer date has been arranged.
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