TONBRIDGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

Admission to Year 7 September 2013 Tonbridge Grammar School is a selective school, and places will be offered only where a child has been given a selective assessment as the result of the Kent age-eleven assessment procedure. This consists of tests organised and administered by Kent Local Authority (LA). Tonbridge Grammar School sets no tests of its own for applicants at this stage of entry. Detailed information about the school is available in the prospectus which can be found on the school website at www.tgs.kent.sch.uk. Details of the Kent PESE are available from the Kent County Council booklet ‘Admission to Secondary School in Kent 2013’. The Governors are offering 150 places to the parents of girls born between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 2002. Places can be offered only where the pupil has been given a grammar school assessment as the result of the Kent age-eleven assessment procedure. Where there are more qualified applicants than places available, the places will be allocated according to the over-subscription criteria set out below, and following the Coordinated Admissions Scheme for secondary schools in Kent. Girls who have a statement of special educational need which names the school will be admitted. The number of available places will be reduced accordingly. Oversubscription Criteria 1. In accordance with the School Admissions Code of Practice, a ‘child in public

care’ who nominates Tonbridge Grammar School on the preference SCAF form and who has been awarded a selective assessment in the age eleven tests, will be given priority over all other applicants.

2. Applicants with a selective assessment resident within Kent’s Scheme of

Education (as defined by KCC at Sept 2008 – see attached map unshaded areas) will be considered according to the following:

2.1 A girl’s ability as indicated by her combined score in the age-eleven

assessment.

2.2 In the case of the above not determining a place, then proximity to the School, measured in a straight line, will determine the place.

3. Girls with a selective assessment who live outside Kent’s Scheme of Education

(as defined by KCC at Sept 2008 – see attached map unshaded areas) can be

considered for Governors’ places according to the criteria outlined in 3.1 and 3.2 below. There are 35 Governor places available for these girls. If there are insufficient candidates in this category by the published date that the Local Authority sends offer letters to parents on behalf of all admissions authorities then surplus places will be offered to those in category 2.1 and 2.2. More than 35 Governors’ places will be offered only if there are insufficient applicants in categories 2.1 and 2.2 by the published date.

3.1 A girl’s ability as indicated by her combined score in the age-eleven

assessment.

3.2 In the case of the above not determining a place, then proximity to the School measured in a straight line will determine the place.

Notes:

1 Children in Local Authority Care - a child under the age of 18 years for whom the local authority provides accommodation by agreement with their parents/carers (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) or who is the subject of a care order under Part IV of the Act. This applies equally to children who immediately after being looked after by the local authority became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. (As defined by Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Section 8 or 14A of the Children Act 1989).

2 Proximity – The school uses measurements provided by the LA and further information on how distances are calculated is available in the Admissions Booklet provided by the LA: we use the distance between the child’s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using Ordnance Survey address point data. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child’s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by Ordnance Survey. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody.

3 Home - a pupil’s home address is considered to be a residential property that is the child’s only or main residence and not an address at which your child might sometimes sleep due to your own domestic or special arrangements. The address must be the pupil’s home address as submitted to the Local Authority in accordance with the Co-ordinated Scheme and which is either owned by the children’s parent, parents or guardian, OR leased to or rented by the child’s parent, parents or guardian under a lease or written rental agreement. If you live separately from your partner but share responsibility for your child, and the child lives at two different addresses during the week, we will regard the home address as the one at which the child sleeps for the majority of weekdays.

4 Distance in relation to a block of flats – A block of flats has a single address point reference, so applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from the school. In the unlikely event that two or more children live in the same block and in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.

4. A waiting list will be maintained in the order of the over-subscription criteria until

January 2014. 5. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, and details are available from the

School. 6. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place

in the following circumstances:

6.1 When a parent has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or

6.2 When a parent has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or

6.3 The admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from a parent.

Admission to the Sixth Form at Tonbridge Grammar School September 2013 1. Candidates for entry to the Sixth Form may be in Year 11 at Tonbridge

Grammar School or students (female or male) following GCSE courses at other schools.

2. A minimum of 40 places will be offered annually to external candidates. First

priority will be given to ‘Looked after Children’. 3. Applications for places from external candidates are considered on receipt of the

completed application form, which includes a confidential reference from their present Head Teacher. Applications should be received at the School by 7th December for entry to the Sixth Form the following September. In exceptional circumstances the School will consider applications from prospective students at other times. Entry to the Sixth Form for external candidates is dependent on the number of places available in individual subject groups and in the Sixth Form as a whole. Every applicant will be invited to a guidance meeting to review their course choice selection, prior to an offer of a place being made.

4. All candidates should be capable of studying a full post 16 academic programme

of study offered by Tonbridge Grammar School and have demonstrated their aptitude for their chosen subjects by achieving the required GCSE grade for each subject.

5. The minimum requirement for entry to the Sixth Form is at least three subjects at

GCSE Grade A or above and a further three subjects at GCSE Grade B or above. All candidates should have GCSE Grade B or above (or their equivalent) in English and Mathematics and at least one Science.

6. Candidates are expected to achieve at least a Grade A in the subjects they wish

to study at IB Higher and at least a B grade for subjects they wish to study at IB Standard. Full details of the specific grade requirements for individual subjects are published annually in the School’s Sixth Form Prospectus which can be downloaded from the website. www.tgs.kent.sch.uk .

7. Candidates wishing to take up a new subject in the Sixth Form are expected to

meet the minimum GCSE requirements for that subject as published annually in the school’s prospectus.

8. All candidates should be able to provide evidence from their current teachers,

and from reports, of their ability to work effectively and independently in an academic environment.

9. All Sixth Form courses last for two years and applicants are expected to commit

themselves in good faith to remaining for the full duration of the course. 10. Where a prospective Sixth Form student has not satisfied the academic entry

requirements outlined above, either through illness or lack of opportunity

(because she/he was educated in a different country obtaining different qualifications), the School may consider their performance in a supplementary written test in English and Mathematics and/or the subject(s) that she/he wishes to study as well as supporting evidence provided by the student’s current teacher(s) confirming that she/he is capable of benefiting from the School’s 16+ programme.

11. Parents have a statutory right of appeal, and details are available from the

School. 12. After a place has been offered the school reserves the right to withdraw the place

in the following circumstances:

12.1 when a parent has failed to respond to an offer within a reasonable time; or

12.2 when a parent has failed to notify the school of important changes to the application information; or

12.3 the admission authority offered the place on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from a parent.

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