Rickmansworth School Headteacher: Keith Douglas
Deputy Head Teacher: Paul Thompson Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
Tel: 01923 773296 Fax: 01923 897314
admin@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk Type: Academy (co-educational) Number on Roll: 1215
Published Admission Number: 196 School Code: 9195400
Open Event details
Tuesday 29 September, 5.30 - 9.00pm. The Headteacher will speak at the following intervals: 6.15pm, 7.00pm, 7.45pm & 8.30pm. Tickets will be available for one of these four speeches on arrival. A prospectus will be available upon arrival or you can download one from our website. There will be limited working day tours by arrangement. Please contact the Headteacher's PA, after the Open Evening for further details on
rspinks@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk. Application form
Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form AND complete the Supplementary Information Form available from the school or the above website. What happened in previous years
2014 2015 Number of places available 190 196 Total number of applications 1136 1171 Total number of places offered 191* 196 * In 2014 an additional non-qualifying twin was allocated taking the school over the Published Admission Number. Places offered under each rule
2014 2015
SEN/CLA 3 1
Distance 10% 19 19
Children of Staff N/A 2
Siblings 76 80
Musical aptitude 19 19 Academic ability 47 49
Distance 27 26
Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires the school to admit a child with an Education Health and Care Plan that names the school (formerly known as a Statement of Special Educational Needs).
Summary of Admissions Rules
1. Looked after children and previously looked after children.
2. Not more than 19 (10%) places will be allocated to children who do not qualify under any other criterion based on the nearness of their permanent home Addressbase Premium address point to the
Addressbase Premium address point of the school at the time applications are required.
3. Applicants who are children of a parent or legal guardian who is a permanent member of the school staff.
4. Children with a brother or sister on the School’s roll in Years 7 to 12 at the time applications are required and who are reasonably expected to be on the School’s roll in September 2016.
5. Not more than 19 (10%) places will be available for applicants with a proven aptitude in music in descending order of merit as determined by the School’s assessment arrangements.
6. Not more than 49 (25%) places will be available by reference to academic ability in descending order of merit as determined by the School’s assessment arrangements.
7. Nearness of the child's permanent home Addressbase Premium address point to the Addressbase Premium address point of the school.
Under criteria (5) and (6), applicants will be placed in categories as follows:
(i) Those resident in the area defined by postcodes beginning with WD17, WD18, WD19, WD23, WD24, WD25, WD3, WD4, WD5, HA6 2 and HA6 3. This is our priority catchment area.
ii) Other candidates.
There are up to 68 places in total under criteria (5) and (6). We intend to admit up to 66 (97%) pupils from our priority catchment area, (i) above. The remaining 2 (3%) places will be allocated to category (ii) applicants. If there are insufficient applicants from category (i) of the criteria being allocated to reach 97%, the number will be made up with category (ii) applicants within the same criteria.
If there are insufficient applicants once places have been allocated under criteria (1)–(6) – including category (i) and (ii) applicants within criteria (5) and (6) –the remaining or unallocated places will be assigned to Criterion (7).
Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to the school direct.
St Joan of Arc Catholic School Headteacher: Mr Peter Sweeney High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG
Tel: 01923 773881 Fax: 01923 897545
admin@joa.herts.sch.uk www.joa.herts.sch.uk
Type: Academy (co-educational) Number on Roll: 1264
Published Admission Number: 210 Denomination: Roman Catholic School Code: 9195418
Open Event details
Thursday 1 October, 6.00 - 9.00pm. Headteacher will speak at 6.30 & 7.30pm. Friday 2 October, 9.00 - 11.30am. Headteacher will speak at 10.30am.
Application form
Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form AND complete the Supplementary Information Form available from the school or the above website. What happened in previous years
2014 2015 Number of places available 210 210 Total number of applications 708 749 Total number of places offered 210 210 Places offered under each rule
2014 2015
SEN 3 5
Catholic CLA 1 0
Social Medical for practising
catholic family 3 2
Practising catholic siblings 85 81 Practising Catholic children of staff 0 1 Nearest Catholic school for
practising catholic families 12 27 Children from practising catholic
families 106 94
Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires the school to admit a child with a Statement of Special Education Needs. Schools must also admit a child with an Education Health and Care Plan that names the school.
Summary of Admission Rules
1. Catholic children looked after by a local authority. A child who is looked after by a local authority is: (a) in their care; or
(b) provided with accommodation by the authority in the exercise of any functions; or
(c) children looked after and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order).
2. Practising Catholic children.
(a) ‘Catholic’ means a member of a church in full communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic churches. Normally
evidenced by a certificate of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate of reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church.
(b) The term ‘practising Catholic’ means a person who attends Sunday Mass (including Saturday Vigil Mass) weekly for a sustained period (where ‘sustained’ means for a period in excess of twelve months unless there are exceptional
circumstances)
3. Children from other Catholic families.
(a) ‘Catholic’ means a member of a church in full communication with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic churches. Normally evidenced by a certificate of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate of reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church.
4. Other children looked after. A child who is looked after by a local authority is a reference to a child who is:
(a) In their care; or
(b) Provided with accommodation by the authority in the exercise of any functions (in particular those under this Act) which stand referred to their social services committee under the (1970 c.42.) Local Authority Social Services Act 1970; or (c) Children looked after and children who were
looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order)
5. Siblings of all children others than those covered in criterion (1) to (4). The term ‘sibling’ means the sister, brother, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer or partner, and in every case living in the same house Monday to Friday. The definition of a ‘Sibling’ is a brother or sister attending the school in years 7 to 13. To qualify as a sibling the Admissions Committee will need confirmation that the student currently on roll at the school will still be attending the school at the time of
admission of the sibling. Reasonable expectation would exist in year groups 7 to 10 and in 12 where a student was on the first year of a two year course. In year 11 expectation could only exist of entry into St Joan’s Sixth Form seemed likely and in year 13 if the student was on the first year of a two year course. Parents need to declare the sibling link at the time of application.
6. Baptised children of other Christian denominations. The term ‘Christian’ refers to a child baptised in the non-Catholic Christian tradition e.g. Anglican, Eastern Churches not in communion with Rome and/or Orthodox Churches.
7. Applications from children not covered by criterion 1 – 6.
Within each criterion applications will be considered in the following preference order.
(i) Exceptional social, medical and pastoral needs. Please provide compelling recent professional supporting evidence.
(ii) Siblings. Sister, brother, half-brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer or partner and in every case living in the same house Monday to Friday.
(iii) Children of staff. Providing that the staff member is the child’s parent by blood or adoption, or have legal parental responsibility for the child and has been employed by the school for a minimum of two years at the time of application.
(iv) Nearest Catholic school. Home address is the child’s current permanent address at the time of application (applicable only to Criterion 1, 2 & 3). (v) Distance.
Please ensure that you read the full admission rules – available from the school’s website or the school itself. Queries about the outcome of applications to
this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to the school direct.
The Reach Free School
Headteacher: Mr Richard Booth
Unit 3, Wolsey Business Park, Tolpits Lane, Rickmansworth, WD18 9BL
Tel: 01923 224764
admin@reachfree.co.uk www.thereachfreeschool.co.uk Type: Free school (co-educational) Number on Roll: 155
Published Admission Number: 120 School Code: 9194007
In September 2016, The Reach Free School is likely to be housed in its temporary site while its permanent home is under construction. The central point for measuring distance from pupils’ homes, for 2016 admissions, will remain the Mill End Sports and Social Club not the school site.
Open Event details
Tuesday 6 October, 6.00 – 9.00pm. The Headteacher will speak at 6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm. The two weeks following the open evening, parents, guardians, carers & children may visit the school for a tour – please telephone the school to make an appointment.
Application form
Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. What happened in previous years
2014 2015 Number of places available 120 120 Total number of applications 173 236 Total number of places offered 105 120 The Reach Free School was able to offer places to all children who applied in 2014 and 2015.
Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires the school to admit a child with a Statement of Special Education Needs. Schools must also admit a child with an Education Health and Care Plan that names the school.
Summary of Admission Rules
1. Looked After Children or previously Looked After Children.
2. Children who currently have a brother or sister as a pupil on roll at The Reach Free School and who will be still attending at The Reach Free School at the time of admission. This includes: legally adopted
brothers/sisters, half brothers/sisters and step brothers/sisters living at the same address from Monday to Friday. It does not include cousins or any other children or family members living at the same address.
3. Children living nearest The Mill End Sports and Social Club, Penn Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth,
Hertfordshire, WD3 8QN (measured in a straight line from the Addressbase Premium address point of the home address point to the address point for the school (The Mill End Sports and Social Club). Tie-break
In the event of two or more pupils having equal priority, the decision on the allocation of the place will be determined through random allocation, which will be conducted by an independent third party.
Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admissions rules were applied should be addressed to the school direct.
Royston
The Meridian School
Headteacher: Dr Michael Firth Garden Walk, Royston, SG8 7JH
Tel: 01763 242236
admin@meridian.herts.sch.uk www.meridian.herts.sch.uk Type: Academy (co-educational) Upper School (13 - 18)
Number on Roll: 468
Published Admission Number: 213 School Code: 9194140
This is an upper school which takes children from year 9. Open Event details
Tuesday 29 September, 6.30 - 8.30pm. Tours of Meridian are available by appointment with the school office w/c 21 September between 9.10 - 10.10am Monday to Thursday & 9.00 - 10.00am Friday.
Application form
Apply online at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions or on the Hertfordshire paper application form. What happened in previous years
2014 2015 Number of places available 213 213 Total number of applications 191 178 Total number of places offered 128 127 The Meridian School was able to offer places to all children who applied in 2014 and 2015.
Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires the school to admit a child with a Statement of Special Education Needs. Schools must also admit a child with an Education Health and Care Plan that names the school.
Summary of Admissions Rules
1. Children looked after and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or become subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order).
2. Medical or social needs: Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to attend the school.
3. Children who have a sibling at the school at the time of application, unless the sibling is in the last year of the normal age-range of the school.
4. Children who live in the priority area for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire maintained school or academy that is non-faith, co-educational and non-partially selective.
5. Children who live in the priority area who live nearest to the school.
6. Children living outside the priority area on the basis of distance, with those living nearest to the school given priority.
Parishes in the priority area for this school are:
Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Barkway, Barley, Braughing, Brent Pelham, Buckland, Buntingford, Cottered, Great Munden, Hormead, Kelshall, Meesden, Nuthampstead, Reed, Royston, Standon, Therfield, Westmill and Wyddial. Queries about the outcome of applications to this school and how the admission rules were applied should be addressed to Hertfordshire County Council.