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Westminster: Your choice for secondary school // Apply online at www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions
All other schools providing secondary education in
Westminster are independent (private) schools, which
may charge fees. Information on these schools can
be obtained from the Independent Schools’ Council
Information Service who can be contacted on telephone
0870 343 5363, email: southeast@iscislse.co.uk, website:
www.findanindependentschool.co.uk
Many of the questions parents raise are answered in this
booklet, but if you need further information, the
Westminster admissions team will be pleased to help.
Contacting the admissions team
The Westminster school admissions team is based at City
Hall in Victoria Street, SW1. They can be contacted in a
number of ways:
• by post to the school admissions team, 13th floor,
City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP
• by telephone on 020 7641 1816/1817
• by email at schooladmissions@westminster.gov.uk
• visiting the council website
www.westminster.gov.uk/admissions
• in person – staff at the One Stop Shops in
Westminster will be able to answer basic enquiries.
If you need to see a member of the admissions team it
may be necessary to make an appointment at busy times.
Academies in Westminster
Following widespread consultation in 2003, two new
Academies – Westminster Academy and Paddington
Academy have been developed. Both Academies officially
opened in September 2006, on temporary sites.
Both Westminster and Paddington Academies will be
moving to new, purpose built accommodation during the
academic year 2007-08.
A third Academy, King Solomon Academy is also opening
in phases from September 2007, at Penfold Street, NW1.
The Academy will open with reception classes, only and the
first secondary Year 7 intake from 2010
Building Schools for the Future
Westminster City Council has ambitious plans for the
future of our schools. The Building Schools for the
Future programme will improve the quality of education
provision and ICT for every secondary and special
school student. In Westminster, the improvement
proposals will be supported by over £150 million of
investment in ICT and new or refurbished buildings for
all nine secondary schools and the Pupil Referral Unit.
We have developed an exciting programme of
improvements and proposed changes to schools over
the next few years to help us achieve that aim.
The Building Schools for the Future programme is part
of the government’s national programme to rebuild or
refurbish all secondary schools over a 15-year period.
Westminster is one of the first authorities in the
programme and we plan to start work in early 2008.
The programme will see:
• the complete redevelopment of Pimlico School
on the existing school site starting in early 2008
• the expansion of The St. Marylebone CE School from
the 2010 intake, through a new build facility at the
nearby Blandford Street site that currently houses
the school sixth form centre, starting in early 2008
• a new build extension and refurbishment of
Westminster City School, starting in 2008
• the expansion of St. George’s RC School and
St. Augustine’s CE School from the 2010 intake
through refurbishment of existing buildings and new
build accommodation on their existing sites
• a new build extension and refurbishment of The
Grey Coat Hospital
• significantly enhanced new build and refurbished
facilities for Quintin Kynaston School
• a purpose-built Pupil Referral Unit.