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Schools at the heart of the community
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HARROW
a guide to
PrimarySchools
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Online applicationswhy not apply onlineand save time
Further details of the online admissions process including the link to
the online admissions portal are available on Harrows website
From 1 September 2012 you can apply online
www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Or contact the School Admissions Service PO Box 22, Harrow Council,
Station Road, Harrow HA1 2UW Tel: 020 8901 2620
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Its simple, convenient and time-saving.
You get an instant acknowledgement that
your application has been received andyou will be sent an email with the outcome
of your application telling you which school
you have been offered.
(see further details on page 6)
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Contents
Online applications 2
Timetable of applications to reception 5
How to apply 6-11
How places were allocated last year 12
List of primary schools in Harrow 13-16
How the system works 17
Appeals 18-19
Transfer to junior school 20
Community School admission arrangements 21
Academy School, Free School and Voluntary Aided Schoolsadmission arrangements 22-51
In year applications for 2012-2013 52-53
Applying for schools in other areas 54
Applying for nursery school in Harrow 55
Education provision in Harrow 56
Year groups and term dates 57
Pupil support/travel options 58
Primary curriculum 59Glossary 60-61
Useful Information 63
Map showing primary schools in Harrow Back cover
WelcomeThis booklet has been produced by the council to give you information about Harrows primary schools.
It provides details mainly relating to the school year that starts in September 2013. It also gives general
information on education in Harrow.
The procedure to follow to get a place in a Harrow school is explained, as well as what to do if you dont get
a place in the school that you want. There is a map of Harrow Primary Schools showing their locations on
the back cover.
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Introduction
Dear parent or carer
Starting primary school is an exciting time for children and their families. The
information in this booklet explains how you apply for a reception school place for
your child. From September 1, parents are able to submit their applications online by
visiting www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Applications for reception will be co-ordinated by Harrow Council. Parents applying for
a reception place for September 2013 should only complete one form. For families who
live in Harrow this means you should only complete Harrows Common Application
Form (CAF). You can list up to six state maintained schools, whether in Harrow and/orany local authority area, ranked in order of preference. Harrow will share information
about applications with other admission authorities. The outcome will be co-ordinated
to ensure that applicants only receive one offer, which will be the single best offer that
can be made.
It is important that you find out as much as possible about the schools you are applying
for before completing your application form. It is very important that you read the
information in this booklet carefully so that you can make informed decisions about
how to rank your preferences.
Harrow Council is committed to providing excellent learning opportuities and high
quality education for all pupils. We are proud of all of our schools and believe that your
child will have every opportunity to succeed at whichever school he or she attends.
We hope that you will find the information in this booklet helpful and should like to
wish your child every success at their primary school.
Brian Gate Catherine Doran Adrian Parker
Portfolio Holder Corporate Director Head of Education Strategy
Children, Schools Children and Families and School Organisation
and Families
Apply today at:www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions
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Heading heading
Apply today at:www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions
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Timetable of
applications to reception
The timetable for applications to school for children who live in Harrow
born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009 due to startreception in September 2013 is as follows:
You can apply online at www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions or you can
request a form from Access Harrow
Application forms and booklets will be sent to all Harrow primary schools,
and are available from Access Harrow for Harrow residents.
If you live outside of Harrow you must apply to your own council. Parents
applying for a Voluntary Aided (VA) school must complete and return asupplementary information form (SIF) direct to the school by 15th January
2013. If parents do not complete a SIF, the school will not have the
information about how well the child meets their admission rules. SIF forms
for Harrow VA schools are available from the school or www.harrow.gov.uk/
schooladmissions
Closing Date for applications
By this date you must have submitted an online application or completed a
paper application form and returned it to a Harrow Primary school or to
Access Harrow/Admissions Service.
Letters posted to parents with the outcome of their application. If you
have applied online you will be sent an email with the outcome of your
application. Please wait until you have received the email before logging on
to the eadmissions website.
Deadline for acceptance or decline of offer (you can accept/decline your
offer online).
Closing date for receipt of appeals.
Appeal hearings.
1 September 2012
September 2012
15 January 2013
17 April 2013
1 May 2013
17 May 2013
Summer Term 2013
If you do not live in Harrow but wish to apply for a Harrow school, please contact your council to make an
application.
Apply today at:www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions
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How to apply
Making your application for a reception class in a Harrow school to start inSeptember 2013
There are two ways to apply, online or by
completing the Common Application Form (CAF).
We recommend you complete your application
online. Please only use one method of application.Do not complete a Common Application Form
(CAF) if you intend to apply online. If you send
more than one application, we will only use the
most recent one.
Only Harrow residents should complete a Harrow
CAF.
You cannot apply for private or independent
schools through this process.
If your child has a statement of special educational
needs, please do not complete an application
form. The Special Educational Needs Assessment
and Review Service (SENARS) on 020 8966 6483
will manage your childs admission to school. For
further information please see page 56.
Please only complete an application for a
reception class place if your child is born between:
1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009.
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facility to help you identify schools in the local
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register your details and will be sent a user
name and password. Once you have registered
you will be able to apply online. The onlinesystem will allow you to make changes to your
application before the closing date of 15 January
2013 and to keep track of the progress of your
application after the closing date
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form in order for it to come through to us. Failure
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not been sent to us, and your application will not
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or email schooladmissions@harrow.gov.uk to
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with the outcome of your application during the
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Completing your application online or in writing
tChilds details: Complete your childs name as
it appears on their birth certificate. Do not use
shortened names or nicknames.
tAddress: If you are applying in writing please
check that your address falls within Harrow
before completing the form. The address usedmust be the childs home address on
15 January 2013. Applications must be made to
your council. If you change your address after
completing the form, you must tell the council
straightaway.
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Apply today at:www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Please do not list an address of someone who
provides a temporary care arrangement for
your child, a business address, childminders
address, a relatives address or any other
address other than the childs home address.
If a school place is offered on the basis of an
incorrect address, the place may be withdrawn.
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responsibility, each for part of a week, the
address where the child lives is determined
using a joint declaration from the parents
stating the pattern of residence. If a childs
residence is split equally between both parents,
then parents will be asked to determine which
residential address should be used for the
purpose of admission to school. If no joint
declaration is received where the residence is
split equally by the closing date for applications,
the home address will be taken as the address
of the parent who receives child benefit. In
cases where parents are not eligible for child
benefit the address will be that of the parents
where the child is registered with the doctor.
If the residence is not split equally between
both parents then the address used will be the
address where the child spends the majority
of the school week.
tCurrent school: Complete the details of thepre school your child is attending. If your child
changes pre school after you submit your
application it is really important that you
notify us.
tPreferences: On your application form you
will be asked to list six schools, ranked in order
of preference. Each of your preferences will
be treated as a separate application. You must
name the schools that you wish to apply for,
wherever they are in the country, in the order you
prefer them. This is important because we can
only make one offer. If more than one school
that you have listed on your application form can
offer your child a place, then we will refer to the
rankings on your application form and offer the
school you have ranked highest. For example,
if the school you named as your second
preference and the school you named as your
fourth preference can offer you a place, we will
offer you a place at the school you ranked as
your second preference. Lower preferences willbe discarded.
With a paper application you can apply to any
maintained school anywhere in the UK. Once
you have decided on the order in which to rank
your school preferences, please complete the
school preference section listing the names of
the schools (preference one being your highest
ranked school). When filling in each preference
you must include the full name, Department for
Education (DfE) number and postcode of each
school. The DfE numbers for Harrow schools
can be found on the relevant school pages in
this guide.
You should try and use all the preferences
available to you. You do not have to apply to
six schools however initially you will only be
considered for the schools that you list on the
form. We recommend that you apply to at least
one school which is near your home, as distance
is used by many schools to decide which
children are offered places.
If you do not include a local Harrow school on
your list of preferences you will have no say in
which school your child is offered. This could
mean you may be offered a place a considerable
distance from your home as local schools will
have filled from applicants who named them on
the application form.
Consider the admissions arrangements of each
of the schools you are applying to and, using the
information about how places were offered in the
past, consider how successful your application
might be. You will find the statistics on page
12 which show how places were allocated at
Harrow schools last year.
How to apply (cont.)
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The level and pattern of demand for schools
changes every year. This means the distance
to which we can offer places also changes. The
table on page 12 shows the distance offered for
last year. This will change every year depending
on where children live. Please do not assume
that because children in your area attend aparticular school that your child will also be
offered a place.
Where a school is oversubscribed, its published
admission criteria will be used to decide the
order in which applicants will be offered places.
Councils will not pass on details of where the
school was ranked, and no school will be told
about other schools a parent has applied for.
To find out which are your local Harrow schools,
you can go to www.harrow.gov.uk/distancetool.
tReasons for preference: For each preference
we have provided you with some space to note
why you have selected a school. This box does
not need to be completed. Any information you
do provide will be passed to the school. Please
note that unless the information you provide
relates directly to the schools oversubscription
criteria it will not have a bearing on your
application.
tSiblings: A sibling is a childs brother or sister,
half brother or sister, adopted foster brother
or sister, step brother or sister living in the
same family unit at the same address. It does
not include cousins or other extended family
members who live in the same household. This
may vary from school to school, please see
individual schools oversubscription criteria for
further information as to how this criterion will be
applied and what information you will need to
provide.
In the case of twins, triplets and other multiple-
birth children, if one child can be offered a
place in a preferred school, other multiple-birth
children will be allocated a place in the same
school. Where twins are concerned and one
twin has a Statement of Special Educational
Needs that names a specific school the other
twin will be treated as having a sibling link for
that academic year.
tSocial/medical needs: Some schools give priorityto children with social or medical needs. If you
state a preference for a particular school because
of the medical, social or special educational needs
of your child, you must demonstrate how this
school meets your childs special circumstances.
Along with your application you should submit
supporting evidence which sets out the particular
reasons why the school is the most suitable and
the difficulties that could be caused if your child
has to attend another school. This will normally
be in the form of a report from a suitably qualified
professional, like a consultant. Please see
individual schools oversubscription criteria for
further information as to how this criterion will
be applied and what information you will need
to provide.
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who was previously looked after but immediately
after being looked after became subject to an
adoption, residence, or special guardianship
order. A looked after child is a child who is (a)in the care of a local authority, or (b) being
provided with accommodation by a local
authority in the exercise of their social services
functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of
the Children Act 1989).
An adoption order is an order under Section
46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
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arrangements to be made as to the person with
whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the
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as an order appointing one or more individuals
to be a childs special guardian (or special
guardians).
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How to apply (cont.)
tChildren of Staff: Some schools may give
priority to children of staff at the school. Please
see individual schools oversubscription criteria
for further information on how this criterion will
be applied.
tParent/carer details: Please enter details ofthe person with parental responsibility for the
child. All correspondence will be sent to the
address details provided. If your address is
different to the childs address, you will need to
write to the Harrow School Admissions Service
explaining why.
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in writing or by email and give both addresses,
quoting your childs application reference
number. We will only discuss the application with
the persons listed in this section.
tSupplementary Information Forms (SIF):
If you are applying to a voluntary aided school
e.g. faith schools, Academy school, Free
school, boarding school or selective school
you will be required to complete an additional
Supplementary Information Form (SIF). These
can be obtained directly from the school and
for Harrow schools are available on the Harrow
website www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions.
The SIF should be completed in addition to youronline or written application. Failure to complete
a SIF may result in your application to that
particular school being unsuccessful.
Where individual school admissions
arrangements do not provide explicit definitions
of sibling, distance, additional/supplementary
forms and parents/family members the following
definitions will apply:
tDistance: Distance will be measured in a
straight line from the address point of a home to
the centre point of the school site. Each centre
point factors in on-site buildings only and is
agreed by the school.
Distance is calculated using a computerised
mapping system based on Ordnance Survey
and address data. To find distances to
schools in Harrow go to www.harrow.gov.uk/
distancetool.
In cases where applicants live equidistant from thepreferred school and places cannot be offered to
both children, the available place will be allocated
using a random computer selection.
tParents/family: A parent is any person who has
parental responsibility for or is the legal guardian
of the child. Where admission arrangements
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members include only parents, as defined
above, and siblings.
Submitting your application
tPlease ensure you note your application reference
number as you will need to quote this number
before we can discuss any details of your
application over the telephone. If you apply online
you will be issued with an application reference
number once your application is submitted. If you
apply in writing your application reference number
will appear on the acknowledgement letter that
Harrow sends you. Email correspondence will onlybe accepted from the email address provided on
your application.
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remember to sign and date the form. If the form
is returned without being signed, we are unable
to accept it as a completed application form.
Your completed form can be returned to your
childs Harrow primary school or by post. Make
sure you use the correct postal charge. Harrow
Council cannot be held responsible for postal
delays, lost forms or non receipt of forms.
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contact us on 020 8901 2620 or email
admissionsservice@harrow.gov.uk
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Proof of address
We do not require proof of address to be sent in
with your application form.
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your council tax reference number, if you know
your council tax reference please complete this
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databases in order to verify your address
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or you have recently moved we will write to you
asking for two proofs of address
False information
Harrow Council reserves the right to verify any
address given as the childs permanent address
in order to ensure that it is allocating places
appropriately and fairly. If you deliberately give
false address information to obtain a place at a
school you must expect the offer of the place to be
withdrawn.
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documentation which is false or deliberately
misleading may also lead to any place offered
being withdrawn
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applications are not fraudulent
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What you should expect after you have sent us
your form
Online applications will receive an automatic
acknowledgement once the form is submitted.
Once we have received your paper application we
will send you an acknowledgment. If you do not
receive an acknowledgement within 20 workingdays please contact us.
Late applications and changes to your
application
You will need to submit your application to Harrow
Council by 15 January 2013. It is vital to get your
application in on time. There is considerably less
chance of getting a place at a preferred school if
the application is late.
Closing date
Applications received by 15 January 2013 will
be processed first. Applications received after
15 January 2013 will not be considered until all
other applications have been dealt with, unless
there is supporting evidence to say why the
application is late. This information must be
received by 17 February 2013.
Changes to preferences and the order of
preferences will only be accepted up until the
closing date of 15 January 2013. After this date any
changes you make to your preferences will not beadded to your application without a genuine reason
for doing so, for example, if you have recently
moved address proof will be required. After 17
February 2013 any changes to your application
will be administered as a late application and will
therefore not be considered until after the offer day
of 17 April 2013.
How to apply (cont.)
Harrow takes very seriously any attemptto gain an advantage in the admissionsprocess by giving false information and willinvestigate possible fraudulent claims. If weoffer a place at a school and then discoverthat the offer was made on fraudulentor misleading information (for example,a false claim to living at an address) wewill withdraw the place offered. This hashappened in previous years. Where a placehas been offered based on false information,we can withdraw the offer even after yourchild has started at school. This will causeconsiderable distress, particularly for yourchild. Providing false information could leadto legal action being brought against you,including a criminal prosecution.
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The following are examples of exceptions that
will be considered.
If your family moved house after the closing
date you will be asked to provide either:
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If you are returning from living abroad you will
need to provide either:
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your property before 17 February 2013 if your
property has not been occupied or
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February 2013 and that you will re-occupy
your property if it has been rented during your
absence or
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return to live in Harrow on or before 17 February
2013 if you were seconded abroad.
If you are a single parent who has been ill for
some time you will need to provide:
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If there has been a recent death of an immediate
family member you will need to provide:
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If you cannot provide the evidence required for
any of the above circumstances or similar, or it is
received after 17 February 2013, your application
will be treated as a late application.
Any changes to the application, (e.g. change of
address, change of linked school) received or
that come into effect, after the closing date will be
treated in the same way as a late application.
Change of circumstances
You must keep us informed of any change in your
circumstances in relation to your application (e.g.
sibling leaving the school, change of address, etc).
If you move in or out of Harrow
If you move into or out of Harrow after 15 January
2013 and have completed a Common Application
Form (CAF) in your previous borough, you will
need to contact both your previous council and
Harrow with details of your new address. You
will be given an opportunity to change yourpreferences as long as this is before 17 February
2013.
Starting in reception class
In Harrow all children start school in September.
There is no provision for children to go in to
reception class before September. Any request
for earlier admission to reception class will be
refused.
Delaying entry into reception
You may feel your child is young for their age or
there may be educational reasons why you wish to
consider delaying your childs entry into school.
You will need the schools agreement for your
child to start school at a later date. You must
discuss this with the headteacher before making
your application so that the full implications of de-
layed entry can be explained to you. If you and the
school agree to delay your childs entry to school,
this place will be held for you but your child must
start before the end of the school year or the term
after their fifth birthday, whichever comes first. Youwill need to provide written confirmation with your
application of the agreement to delay your childs
entry to reception.
How to apply (cont.)
Even if you wish to delay your childs
entry to school you must still apply for
a place for your child in the normal way.
Your application must be received by
the deadline for receipt of applications.
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Reception allocation for 2012
The following table gives information about the number of applications received by community schools for
children entering reception in September 2012, and how places were allocated.
Aylward Primary School 60 174 1 28 31 (0.919) 0 60
Belmont Primary School 60 240 31 29 (0.326) 0 60
Camrose Primary School and Nursery 60 136 12 27 (2.395) 21 60
Cannon Lane First School 120 520 45 75 (0.993) 0 120
Cedars Manor School 90 152 1 25 35 (1.726) 14 75
Earlsmead Primary School 60 133 12 15 (1.057) 7 34
Elmgrove Primary and Nursery School 120 242 2 1 36 65 (4.246) 16 120Glebe Primary School 90 243 1 29 60 (0.756) 0 90
Grange Primary School 60 170 26 30 (5.777) 4 60
Grimsdyke School 60 313 16 44 (0.545) 0 60
Heathland School 90 279 39 51 (0.922) 0 90
Kenmore Park Infant and Nursery School 90 247 34 52 (2.056) 4 90
Longfield Primary School 90 410 1 31 58 (0.608) 0 90
Marlborough Primary School 90 339 17 73 (0.516) 0 90
Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School 30 518 17 13 (0.140) 0 30
Norbury School 60 303 34 27 (0.205) 0 61*
Pinner Park Infant and Nursery School 120 538 1 39 80 (0.836) 0 120
Pinner Wood School 60 268 1 33 26 (0.611) 0 60
Priestmead School and Nursery 90 374 1 43 46 (0.427) 0 90
Roxbourne Infant School 90 236 32 58 (1.710) 0 90
Roxeth Primary School 60 292 20 40 (0.457) 0 60
Stag Lane Infant and Nursery School 90 201 46 44 (0.340) 0 90
Stanburn First School 120 449 1 43 76 (0.933) 0 120
Vaughan Primary School 90 281 1 30 59 (0.618) 0 90
Weald Infant and Nursery School 90 145 36 18 (2.793) 26 80
Welldon Park Infant School 90 170 17 50 (1.746) 23 90
West Lodge Primary School 90 493 27 63 (0.530) 0 90
Whitchurch First School and Nursery 90 475 43 47 (0.783) 0 90Whitefriars Community School 60 116 20 33 (3.108) 7 60
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* In line with the School Admissions Code 2012, offered over the number places available as last pupil offered was a twin. For all otherHarrow schools information can be obtained directly from the school.
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List of Primary Schools
in Harrow
Avanti House School
The temporary site for the Avanti House School is
the Harrow Teachers Centre, Tudor Road,
Wealdstone HA3 5PQ.
Currently Avanti House is also proposing the
Harrow Teachers Centre as a permanent site for
the school.
020 8381 3344
Principal: Mr Gareth Jones
Places Available: 60
www.avanti.org.uk/avantihouse
DfE No. 310 4000
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Aylward Primary School
Pangbourne Drive, Stanmore, HA7 4RE
020 8958 9202
Headteacher: Mrs Moira Arnold
Places Available: 60
www.aylwardschool.org.uk
DfE No. 310 2099
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Belmont School
Hibbert Road, Harrow Weald, HA3 7JT
020 8427 0903
Headteacher: Mrs Lindsey Shaw
Places Available: 60
www.belmont.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2055
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Camrose Primary School and Nursery
St Davids Drive, Edgware, HA8 6JH
020 8952 3272
Headteacher: Mrs Elena Evans
Places Available: 60
www.camrose.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2053
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Cannon Lane First SchoolCannonbury Avenue, Pinner, HA5 1TS
020 8866 3536
Headteacher: Dame Reena Keeble
Places Available: 90
www.cannonlanefirst.org
DfE No. 310 2073
C 4-11
Cannon Lane Junior School
Cannonbury Avenue, Pinner, HA5 1TS
020 8868 7809
Headteacher: Mr Richard JohnsonPlaces Available: 90
www.canonlanemiddleschool.ik.org
DfE No. 310 2056
C 4-11
Cedars Manor School
Whittlesea Road, Harrow, HA3 6LS
020 8428 5845
Headteacher: Mrs Heather Lace
Places Available: 90
www.cedarsmanor.ik.org
DfE No. 310 3514C 4-11 -LG
Key to symbols
Type of school C Community
VA Voluntary Aided
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Earlsmead Primary School
Arundel Drive, S. Harrow, HA2 8PW
020 8864 5546
Headteacher: Mrs Emma Billington
Places Available: 60
www.webfronter.com/harrow/earlsmead
DfE No. 310 2092
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Elmgrove Primary and Nursery School
Kenmore Avenue, Kenton, HA3 8LU
020 8907 0162
Headteacher: Mr Darren Aisthorpe
Places Available: 90
www.elmgove.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2082
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Glebe Primary School
DArcy Gardens, Kenton, HA3 9JU020 8204 6564
Headteacher: Mrs Donna Barratt
Places Available: 90
www.glebe.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2098
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Grange Primary School
Welbeck Road, Harrow, HA2 0RJ
020 8422 5070
Headteacher: Mrs Annette Szymaniak
Places Available: 90www.grangeprimary.org
DfE No. 310 2071
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Grimsdyke School
Sylvia Avenue, Hatch End, HA5 4QE
020 8428 1324
Headteacher: Mrs Gwenda Caroli
Places Available: 60
www.grimsdyke.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2052
C 4-11
Heathland School
Eastcote Lane, S. Harrow, HA2 9AG
020 8422 4503
Headteacher: Mr Chris Spruce
Places Available: 90
www.heathlandschool.net
DfE No. 310 2072
C 4-11 - LG
Kenmore Park Infant and Nursery School
Moorhouse Road, Kenton, HA3 9JA020 8204 8759
Headteacher: Mrs Rutinderjit Mahil-Pooni
Places Available: 90
www.kpins-harrow.org.uk
DfE No. 310 2083
C 4-11 - LG
Kenmore Park Junior School
Moorhouse Road, Kenton, HA3 9JA
020 8204 6294
Headteacher: Mr Michael Baumring
Places Available: 90
www.kenmoreparkjunior.ik.org
DfE No. 310 2059
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Krishna-Avanti Primary School
Camrose Avenue, Edgware, HA8 6ES
020 8381 3344
ExecutiveHeadteacher: Mrs Pauline Edwards
Places Available: 60
www.krishna-avanti.org.uk
DfE No. 310 3513
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Longfield Primary School
Dukes Avenue, N. Harrow, HA2 7NZ020 8866 7331
Headteacher: Mrs Pam Virdee
Places Available: 90
www.longfieldprimaryschool.co.uk
DfE No. 310 2066
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Marlborough Primary School
Marlborough Hill, Harrow, HA1 1UJ
020 8427 3087
Headteacher: Ms Julia Drozdowskij
Places Available: 90www.marlboroughschool.ik.org
DfE No. 310 2051
C 4-11 LG
Moriah Jewish Day School
Cannon Lane, Pinner, HA5 1JF
020 8868 2001
Headteacher: Mr Alan Shaw
Places Available: 30
www.moriahschool.co.uk
DfE No. 310 3509
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Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School
Ravenswood Crescent, S. Harrow, HA2 9JU
0208 864 8081
Headteacher: Mrs Rekha Bhakoo C.B.E.
Places Available: 30
www.newtonfarm.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2045
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Norbury School
Welldon Crescent, Harrow, HA1 1QQ020 8863 8769
Headteacher: Ms Louise Browning
Places Available: 60
www.norbury.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2096
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Pinner Park Infant and Nursery School
Melbourne Avenue, Pinner, HA5 5TL
020 8863 2191
Headteacher: Miss Karen Disspain
Places Available: 120
DfE No. 310 2076
C 4-11 -LG
Pinner Park Junior School
Melbourne Avenue, Pinner, HA5 5TJ
020 8863 1239
Headteacher: Miss Katrina Mildner
Places Available: 120
www.pinnerparkjuniorschool.co.uk
DfE No. 310 2060
C 4-11 L G
Pinner Wood School
Latimer Gardens, Pinner, HA5 3RA
020 8868 2468Headteacher: Mrs Deb Spruce
Places Available: 60
www.pinnerwood.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 3512
C 4-11 -LG
Priestmead School and Nursery
Hartford Avenue, Kenton, HA3 8SZ
020 8907 5434
Headteacher: Ms Jackie Treacy
Places Available: 90
www.priestmead.harrow.sch.ukDfE No. 310 2061
C 4-11 -G
Roxbourne School (amalgamating January 2013)
Torbay Road, Harrow, HA2 9QF
020 8422 9207
Acting Headteacher: Miss Jane Frankau
Places Available: 90
www.roxbourneinfantschool.co.uk
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C 4-11 -LG
Roxeth Primary School
Brickfields, Byron Hill Rd, Harrow, HA2 0JA
020 8422 1344
Headteacher: Mrs Carole Tobin
Places Available: 60
www.roxethschoolharrow.org
DfE No. 310 2050
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St Anselms Catholic Primary School
Roxborough Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill HA1 3BE
020 8422 1600Headteacher: Mrs Anne Monahan
Places Available: 60
www.st-anselms.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 3501
VA 4-11 G
St Bernadettes Catholic Primary School
Clifton Road, Kenton, HA3 9NS
020 8204 8902
Headteacher: Mr David OFarrell
Places Available: 60
www.st-bernadettes.co.uk
DfE No. 310 3500
VA 4-11 LG
St Georges Primary Catholic School
Sudbury Hill, Harrow, HA1 3SB
020 8422 1272
Headteacher: Mr Patrick Morrissey
Places Available: 60
www.stgeorgesprimary.org
DfE No. 310 3508
VA 4-11 LG
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Melrose Road, Pinner, HA5 5RA020 8868 2961
Headteacher: Mrs Anne Lyons
Places Available: 60
www.stjohnfisherschool.co.uk
DfE No. 310 3505
VA 4-11 LG
St Johns C of E School, Stanmore
Green Lane, Stanmore, HA7 3FD
020 8954 3978
Headteacher: Mrs Jo Hester
Places Available: 60www.stjohns.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 3511
VA 4-11 LG
St Josephs Catholic Primary School
Dobbin Close, Harrow, HA3 7LP
020 8863 8531
Headteacher: Mr Philip Sutton
Places Available: 60
www.stjosephs.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 3507
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St Teresas Catholic Primary School
and Nursery
Long Elmes, Harrow Weald, HA3 6LE
020 8428 8640
Headteacher: Mrs Jane Faint
Places Available: 60
www.st-teresas.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 3504
VA 4-11 -LG
Stag Lane Infant and Nursery SchoolCollier Drive, Edgware, HA8 5RU
020 8952 1475
Headteacher: Mrs Nina Will
Places Available: 90
www.staglaneinfant.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2079
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Stag Lane Junior School
Collier Drive, Edgware, HA8 5RU
020 8952 2731
Headteacher: Mrs Elena Evans
Places Available: 90
www.staglanejunior.ik.org
DfE No. 310 2063
C 4-11 - LG
Stanburn First School
Abercorn Road, Stanmore, HA7 2PJ
020 8954 1423
Headteacher: Mrs Anne Drakeford
Places Available: 120
www.stanburnfirst.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2085
C 4-11 L G
Stanburn Junior School
Abercorn Road, Stanmore, HA7 2PJ
020 8954 3823Headteacher: Mrs Lynn Chamberlain
Places Available: 90
www.stanburnjuniorschool.co.uk
DfE No. 310 2064
C 4-11 L G
Vaughan Primary School
Vaughan Road, W. Harrow, HA1 4EL
020 8427 7222
Headteacher: Mr Andrew Griffin
Places Available: 90
www.vaughan.harrow.sch.ukDfE No. 310 2097
C 4-11 - LG
Weald Infant and Nursery School
Robin Hood Drive, Harrow Weald, HA3 7DH
020 8954 4531
Acting Headteacher: Mrs Denise Doust
Places Available: 90
www.webfronter.com/harrow/wealdfirstschool
DfE No. 310 2086
C 4-11 - G
Weald Junior School
Robin Hood Drive, Harrow Weald, HA3 7DH
020 8954 2733
Headteacher: Mr Michael Curtin
Places Available: 90
www.wealdjunior.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2067
C 9 4-11 LG
Welldon Park Infant and Nursery School
Kingsley Road, S. Harrow, HA2 8LT
020 8864 9378Headteacher: Ms Tricia Serby
Places Available: 90
www.welldonparkinfantschool.co.uk
DfE No. 310 2093
C 4-11 - LG
Welldon Park Junior School
Wyvenhoe Road, S. Harrow, HA2 8LS
020 8422 4304
Headteacher: Mrs Judy Lethbridge
Places Available: 90
www.welldonparkmiddle.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2095
C 4-11 LG
West Lodge Primary School
West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AF
020 8866 9836
Headteacher: Mrs Kim James
Places Available: 90
www.westlodge.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2087
C 4-11 LG
Whitchurch First School and Nursery
Wemborough Rd, Stanmore, HA7 2EQ
020 8905 6999Headteacher: Mrs Anne Winstrom
Places Available: 90
www.whitchurchjunior.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2100
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Whitchurch Junior School
Wemborough Rd, Stanmore, HA7 2EQ
020 8951 5380
Headteacher: Ms Tara Gratton
Places Available: 90
www.whitchurchunior.harrow.sch.ukDfE No. 310 2101
C 4-11 LG
Whitefriars Community School
Whitefriars Avenue, Wealdstone, HA3 5RQ
020 8427 2080
Executive Headteacher: Mr Chris Spruce
Places Available: 60
www.whitefriars.harrow.sch.uk
DfE No. 310 2049
C 4-11 -G
Subject to continuing increase in demand for primary
school places it may be that additional reception
classes are opened in September 2013.
The Planned Admission Numbers (PANs) have been
amended to reflect permanent expansions agreed
by Cabinet.
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Applications to go on the waiting list for schools
listed as a lower preference will not be considered
unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Documentary evidence will be required. Applicants
who completed an on time application but did
not name the school as one of their original
preference(s) may apply for their childs name tobe added to the waiting list.
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list and so time on the list does NOT give any
priority. Waiting lists are kept in the priority order
as explained in the admission rules.
Places are offered from the waiting list throughout
the year. When a place becomes available, it
is offered in line with the schools published
admission criteria. Children may also move down
the waiting list if another family, with a higher
priority under the admission rules, ask for their
childs name to be added to the list.
Applicants who ask for their childs name to be
placed on the waiting list for another school, after
a school place has been allocated, are indicating
they prefer this school to the school already
allocated. If at a later date a place is offered from
the waiting list, this new offer will supersede any
previous offer, which will then be withdrawn.
Looked after children and previously looked after
children and those allocated a place at the school
in accordance with Harrows Fair Access Protocol,
will take precedence over those on a waiting list.
How the system works
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE NOT OFFERED A
PLACE AT YOUR PREFERRED SCHOOL?
In nearly every case where a place is offered in
a school that was not ranked on the application
form, parents are happy with the alternative
offered. It is always a good idea to visit the school
where you have been offered a place. This givesyou a chance to see the school, rather than rely
on what you might have heard about it, and you
are also able to discuss any worries that you might
have with the school staff. However, if you are
still unhappy about the school offered you may
decide to use the appeals process (see pages
18-19). If you do not give a full list of preferences
it is taken to mean that all other schools are
equally acceptable. If it is not possible to offer a
place at one of the schools you have listed on the
application form you will be offered the school
with a vacancy nearest to the home address.
WITHDRAWAL OF OFFERS
Places offered at oversubscribed schools will be
withdrawn if:
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If your childs place is withdrawn, you will have the
right of appeal against this decision.
WAITING LISTS
If you have been allocated a school place which
was not your first preference your childs name
will automatically be placed on the waiting list for
schools which you have ranked higher than the
offer we have made.
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Appeals
If you do not receive an offer from a school that
you have made an application to, you have the
right of appeal to an independent appeals panel.
How to appealAn appeal has to be made in writing setting out the
grounds on which it is made. You must includeat least a brief summary of your case. Any appeal
form received without any grounds of appeal
may not be considered to have been lodged
properly and may be returned to you. Additional
information and evidence supporting your appeal
should be submitted as soon as possible and
before the appeal hearing. Please note that any
evidence or information submitted on the date
of appeal might not be considered at the appeal
hearing.
By 28 February 2013, Harrow Council will publish
on their website an appeal timetable and who to
send your appeal to. Appeal timetables should
also be published on each admission authoritys
website by the same date.
If you wish to appeal please complete the relevant
appeal form and return it to the address stated on
the form.
If you wish to appeal for a Harrow community
school, the form will be available on the websitebut for further information contact the admissions
service.
If you wish to appeal for any other school in
Harrow contact the school directly.
If you wish to appeal for a school outside Harrow,
contact the school directly or that schools local
authority.
Appeals are heard by Independent Panels who aretrained in hearing appeals. For Reception, Year 1
and Year 2 appeals the panel will consider each
appeal in line with the information set out below.
First Stage: establishing the facts, at which the
panel considers:
i) whether the admission of an additional child/
additional children would breach the infant class
size limit;
ii) whether the admission arrangements (including
the areas co-ordinated admission arrangements)complied with the mandatory requirements of the
School Admissions Code and Part 3 of the School
Standards and Framework Act 1998;
iii) whether the admission arrangements were
correctly and impartially applied in the case(s) in
question, and;
iv) whether the decision to refuse admission was
one which a reasonable admission authority would
have made in the circumstances of the case.
The panel may only uphold the appeal at the first
stage where:
a) it finds that the admission of additional children
would not breach the infant class size limit, or;
b) it finds that the admission arrangements did not
comply with admissions law or were not correctly
and impartially applied and the child would have
been offered a place if the arrangements had
complied or had been correctly and impartially
applied, or;
c) it decides that the decision to refuse admission
was not one which a reasonable admission
authority would have made in the circumstancesof the case.
In multiple appeals where a number of children
would have been offered a place under
paragraphs above, and to admit that number
would seriously prejudice the provision of efficient
education or efficient use of resources, the panel
must proceed to the second stage.
The panel must dismiss the appeal at the first
stage where:
a) it finds that the admission arrangements did
comply with admissions law and were correctly
and impartially applied, or;
b) it finds that the admission arrangements did not
comply with admissions law or were not correctly
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Appeals (continued)
and impartially applied but that, if they had
complied and had been correctly and impartially
applied, the child would not have been offered a
place, and;
c) it finds that the decision to refuse admission
was one which a reasonable admission authority
could have made.
Second Stage: The panel must compare each
appellants case for their child to be admitted
and decide which of them, if any, to uphold.
Where the school could admit a certain number
of children without breaching the infant class size
limit (or without needing to take measures to avoid
breaching it that would prejudice the provision of
efficient education or efficient use of resources)
the panel must uphold the appeals of at least that
number of children.
If you wish to submit your appeal for a Harrow
community school you must complete the appeals
form available on our website and return it to us by
Friday 17 May 2013.
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In combined primary schools the children simply
move on to the next year group (from Year 2 to
Year 3) in the same way as at the end of all
other years.
Where the infant school and junior school are
two different schools, parents must express a
preference for a junior school. For the academic
year 2013/2014, parents of children in Years 2 will
be given full details of the application procedure
during the school year.
Applying for a junior school placeChildren attending a Harrow school
There are two ways to apply, online or by
completing Harrows common application
form. Children in Year 2 at a Harrow community
infant school will be sent an application form in
September 2012.
You should fill in the form and return it to
your childs current school. The closing date
for receipt of applications is 15 January 2013.
Applications received after this date will not
be considered until all other applications have
been dealt with.
Transfer to junior school
If you do not put your childs linked junior
school as your highest priority ranking and
are offered a place in a non-linked school you
ranked higher, your child will NOT have a placeat their linked school.
Children not attending a Harrowschool
You can apply online or you can request an
application form from Access Harrow. You should
return the completed form direct to the Admissions
Service address.
On the application form you can name six schools
you would like your child to attend ranked in order
of preference. We treat each of your six schools
as a separate application and work out how well
you qualify for each school using the admission
criteria. We will allocate places by looking at
how you have ranked schools on your list of
preferences in the following way:
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one of the schools for which you have applied,
we will offer you a place at your highest-rankedschool.
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schools on your list, we will offer you a place
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preferred schools, a place will be offered at the
nearest junior school to your home address with
a vacancy.
Most junior schools are likely to have few, if any,places available after children from the linked
infant school have been offered places.
Timetable for transfer to junior school: September 2013
September 2012 You can apply online at www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions.
Application forms will be sent to schools for all Year 2 pupils where
the infant school and junior school are two different schools.
15 January 2013 Closing date for receipt of application forms.
17 April 2013 Letters posted to parents with the outcome of their application. If you
have applied online you will be sent an email with the outcome of
your application. Please wait until you have received the email beforelogging on to the eadmissions website.
17 May 2013 Closing date for receipt of appeals.
Summer Term 2013 Appeal hearings.
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the information as above, the application will NOTbe treated as a medical claim.
d) Medical* reasons relevant to parent(s)Parent(s) where there are special medical reasonsfor seeking a place for their child at the preferredschool. Except in wholly exceptional
circumstances such applications will only beconsidered for the school nearest the childshome. It is only possible to apply to onecommunity or voluntary aided school on medicalgrounds. Applications will only be considered forthe parent(s) with whom the child lives and
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1. be accompanied by supporting evidence froma hospital consultant at the time of application.This letter must provide information about a) theparents medical condition, b) the effects of thiscondition and c) why, in view of this, the child must
attend the preferred school.
2. If the school is not the closest to home theconsultant must set out in detail the whollyexceptional circumstances for attending this schooland the difficulties if the child had to attend anotherschool. If a report from a hospital consultant is notsubmitted with the application, or does not containthe information as above, the application will NOTbe treated as a medical claim.
If a report from a hospital consultant is not
submitted with the application, the application willNOT be treated as a medical claim.
When assessing claims for parents, medical advicemay be sought from the Harrow Association ofDisabled People or Harrows Mental Health Service.
e) Sibling link* (i.e. brothers/sisters living at thesame address)Children who will have a brother or sister stillattending the infant or junior school at the sametime (i.e. the sibling will still be attending when thechild starts at the school).
f) Distance*Distance measured in a straight line from hometo school. This must be the address where theparent and child normally live and they must beliving there on the closing date for receipt ofapplications.
Places will be offered up to the number of placesavailable in each school.
If, under any one criterion, more applicationsare received than there are places available thetiebreaker of distance will be applied. Distance ismeasured in a straight line from home to school.
The admission of pupils with a Statement of SpecialEducational Needs is dealt with by a completelyseparate procedure. Details on page 56.
a) A looked after child or a child who was
previously looked after but immediately after
being looked after became subject to an
adoption, residence, or special guardianship
order.
b) Children attending the linked infant schoolAll children currently attending Year 2 in the linked
infant school will be given priority even if thisnumber is greater than the number of placesavailable at the junior school. (This only applies toInfant to Junior transfer applications)
c) Medical* reasons relevant to pupilChildren where there are special medical reasonsfor seeking a place at the preferred school.Except in wholly exceptional circumstances suchapplications will only be considered for the schoolnearest the childs home. It is only possible toapply to one community or voluntary aided schoolon medical grounds. Applications made on
medical grounds MUST
1. be accompanied by supporting evidence froma hospital consultant at the time of application.This letter must provide information about a) thechilds medical condition, b) the effects of thiscondition c) and why, in view of this, the childmust attend the preferred school.
2. If the school is not the closest to home theconsultant must set out in detail the whollyexceptional circumstances for attending thisschool and the difficulties if the child had toattend another school.
In assessing these applications advice will besought from Harrows Special Educational NeedsService. If a report from a hospital consultant is notsubmitted with the application, or does not contain
Admission arrangements:
Oversubscription criteria
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Applying for an academy school,
voluntary aided school and free school
Avanti House 23-24
Krishna-Avanti Primary School Admissions Policy 25-27
Moriah Jewish Day School Admissions Policy 28-30
St Anselms Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 31-33
St Bernadettes Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 34-36
St Georges Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 37-39St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 40-42
St Johns Church of England School Stanmore Admissions Policy 43-44
St Josephs Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 45-48
St Teresas Catholic Primary School Admissions Policy 49-51
DefinitionsWhere no information is given in individualschools admission arrangements, the followingdefinitions will apply.
The admission of pupils with a Statement of SpecialEducational Needs is dealt with by a completelyseparate procedure. Details on page 56.
SIBLINGA sibling is a childs brother or sister, half brother orsister, adopted/foster brother or sister, step brotheror sister living in the same family unit at the sameaddress. It does not include cousins or otherextended family members who live in the samehousehold.
DISTANCEDistance is measured in a straight line to the centre
point of the school, except for St Georges CatholicPrimary School where distance is measured to themain gate. Each centre point/school gate is agreedby the school.
Distance is calculated using a computerisedmapping system based on Ordnance Survey andaddress data. To find your closest schools showingdistances go to www.harrow.gov.uk/distancetool.The distance is measured from the address point forthe home address to the centre point of the closestschool. In cases where applicants live equidistantfrom the preferred school and places cannot be
offered to both children, the available place will beallocated using a random computer selection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FORMSParents who list a voluntary aided school (i.e. Churchof England, Hindu, Jewish or Catholic school) onHarrows Common Application Form (CAF) havemade a valid application. However, applicants forvoluntary aided schools must also complete andreturn a supplementary information form to eachvoluntary aided school named on the CAF for theirapplication to be considered by the governors.
PARENTSA parent is anyone who has parentalresponsibility or is the full-time carer of a child(documentary evidence of having full-time care willbe required). Where admission arrangements forvoluntary aided schools refer to religious practice,parent(s)will be required to provide confirmationof religious practice.
FAMILY/FAMILIESWhen applying the admission rules for voluntaryaided schools, family/families means the parent(s)of the child for whom the application is being made.
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Avanti House2013/2014 Admissions Policy
Admission Arrangements
The admission arrangements for Avanti House
School for the academic year 2013-2014 and,
subject to any changes approved by the Secretary
of State, for subsequent years are:
a) Avanti House School has a Published
Admission Number of 60 pupils in Year R and
180 students in Year 7. The School will admit
the admission number of pupils/students in
the relevant age group each year if sufficient
applications are received. If there are more
applications than available places, the
oversubscription procedure will be applied.
b) Avanti House School may set a higher
admission number than its published admission
number for any calendar year.
Consideration of applications. The School will
consider all applications for places. Where fewer
than 60 in Year R and 180 applications in Year 7
are received, the School will offer places to all
those pupils/students who have applied.
Procedures where the School is
oversubscribed. In the event of over-subscription,
after places are offered to children with statements
of SEN where the School is named in thestatement, the following arrangements will apply:
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been previously looked after as defined by the
Admissions Code, (Section 1.7).
b) Siblings of students who have been offered a
place1 at Avanti House School in Years R to
13. These include brothers and sisters, half
brothers and sisters and step brothers and
sisters who share the same home. These also
include adopted and foster brothers and sisters
who share the same home.
Of the remaining available places2
c) 50%: Children who live nearest to the School
measured by as the crow flies from their
normal family home3 to centre point of the
School using the agreed Local Authority
measure of distance as set out in the London
Borough of Harrow Admissions Booklet/
information for the relevant year.
d) The remaining places will be offered by random
allocation using an independently scrutinised
process. This process will be equally applied
to all applicants who have not obtained a place
under all the above over-subscription criteria.
Twins and Multiple birth. In cases where only
one place is available and twins (or other multiple
birth children) tie for that place, both (or all) will be
offered a place even if this exceeds the planned
admission number
Not withstanding the provisions of paragraphs 8
above, the Secretary of State may direct Avanti
House School to admit a named pupil to the
School on application from an LA.
The operation of a waiting list. After 60 (Year
R) and 180 (Year 7) applicants have been offered
a place for admission, others will be offered a
place on a waiting list for the relevant year. Places
for admission which are declined or otherwise
become vacant will be offered to those on the list.The waiting list will usually be maintained for one
academic year from September. The order of the
waiting list will be determined by the application of
the oversubscription criteria to the applicants on
the list at a point in time.
Appeals. There will be an independent appeals
panel appointed in accordance with the provisions
of the statutory Code of Practice on School
Admission Appeals.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 11,
above, the Secretary of State may direct Avanti
House School to admit a pupil on an application
from Harrow LA in accordance with the terms of
the Fair Access Protocol.
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Late Applications. Late applications will not be
considered until all on-time applications have
been dealt with. Applications received after the
closing date will only be considered alongside
those applicants who have applied on time if
places have not been allocated and there are
exceptional reasons for the late application. i.e. a
major change of circumstances. A late application
will not affect the right of appeal or the right to be
placed on the waiting list.
Proof of Identification. Following the offer of a
place at the School, parents/carers can be asked
to provide their childs proof of identification
and main residence to comply with the Schools
admissions criteria. The forms of identification may
include;
Birth certificate (A short Birth Certificate isacceptable)
NHS registration
Council tax bill
Two current utility bills
1 If an offer is made dependant on a sibling link, the offer is subject to the sibling accepting the first offer. However, if the first offer is
rejected. the dependant offer will be withdrawn.2 In the event that the remaining places are an odd number, the distance criteria will apply to 50% to the nearest whole number rounded
down; the remaining places will be ascertained by random allocation.3 This would normally be the address of the child registered with their General Practitioner. (GP).
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Krishna-Avanti Primary SchoolAdmissions Policy 2013/2014
Krishna-Avanti Primary School (the School)
is an I-Foundation Voluntary-Aided Hindu faith
school and has worked since its inception with the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
(ISKCON) as its official Faith Partner.
The Vision Statement of the School reflects itsdistinct character which is to help children realise
their spiritual, moral and academic potential in a
welcoming, secure and supportive environment
centred about loving service to Lord Krishna. The
school enables pupils to enjoy learning, to develop
character and competence, and to prepare for
secondary education & the responsibilities of adult
life in contemporary Britain.
As such, all parents and carers as well as
applicants are expected to give their full,
unreserved and positive support for the aims and
ethos of the School.
The School is currently a one form entry school
admitting thirty children into its Reception Class.
The School has applied for planning permission
and subject to obtaining planning permission
(and possibly capital funding) the Governing Body
intends to incrementally expand into a two form
of entry school and admit no more than a total of
sixty pupils into its Reception Class. Higher years
will remain one form of entry with thirty placeseach. If planning permission is not obtained then
the School will continue to operate as a one
form entry school admitting thirty children to the
Reception Class.
Parents should be aware that the School does
receive more applications than the number of
places available and that the submission of an
application does not guarantee the offer of a place
at the School.
Parents need to apply for admission for a place
in the Reception Class even for a child already
admitted to the nursery. In accordance with the
law, attendance at the nursery does not guarantee
admission to the Reception.
ADMISSIONS AND OVERSUBSCRIPTION
CRITERIA
Where there are more applications for places than
the number of places available,
places will be offered according to the following
order of priority:
1. All looked after children and All adopted
children who were previously looked after
(and children who leave care under a special
guardianship or residence order) immediately
following having been looked after.
2. Siblings of children who will be attending the
School at the start date of the new entrant
3. Five children per year from practising Hindu
families who worship regularly at ISKCON
Bhaktivedanta Manor (Hilfield Lane, WD25 8EZ)
using the following criteria in order of priority.
This will increase to ten if the School expands
to two form entry admitting sixty children:
a) Families who have taken initiation
(diksha) within ISKCON and are regularly
attending Sanga (registered congregation
programmes)
b) Families who are registered candidates for
initiation within ISKCON and are regularly
attending Sanga
c) Families who have taken initiation within
ISKCON or who have graduated from anISKCON gurukula
d) Families who worship at least weekly at an
ISKCON temple
(Applicants applying under this criterion must
complete the Bhaktivedanta Manor Form
section of the SIF. If more applicants apply
under this criterion than available places, then
unsuccessful applicants will be considered
under criterion 6 and ordered in accordance to
distance to the school.)
4. Community places: If and when the school
expands to two forms of entry, any ten children
per year group based on distance criterion
alone, irrespective of their faith (Applicants
applying under this criterion are not required to
complete a SIF.)
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5. Children of staff will be given priority where
the member of staff has been employed at
the school for two or more years at the time
at which the application for admission to the
school is made.
6. Children from practising Hindu families
(Applicants applying under this criterion must
complete all sections of page 1 of the SIF)
7. Children from other Hindu families (Applicants
who complete the SIF but where the temple
cannot verify regular attendance and
adherence to the key tenets will be considered
under this criterion)
8. Any other children
Tie-break
In the event of there being insufficient vacancies
to admit all applicants in any of the categories
detailed above, priority will be given to childrenwhose home address is the shortest distance from
the centre point of the school site. Where two or
more applicants live equidistant from the school
and places cannot be offered to all children, the
places will be offered using random allocation in
the presence of an independent witness.
Twins and Multiple Birth
In cases where only one place is available and
twins (or other multiple birth children) tie for that
place, both (or all) will be offered a place even if
this exceeds the planned admission number.
Children with a Statement of Special
Educational Needs
The admission of children with a statement of
Special Educational Needs is dealt with by a
completely separate procedure. Details of this
separate procedure are set out in the Special
Educational Needs Code of Practice.
Hindu and Bhaktivedanta Manor Places
Evidence of Hindu practice or attendance andof regular worship at Bhaktivedanta Manor
(if claimed) is provided by applicants on the
Supplementary Information Form. Applicants must
complete the relevant parts of the form and then
ask an authorised officer at their local temple or
at Bhaktivedanta Manor (as the case may be) to
countersign the form. Bhaktivedanta Manor is the
UK Headquarters of ISKCON. It helped to establish
the School, assists with setting the ethos of the
School and nominates a Governor to the School
Governing Body. Priority is therefore given for five
places out of the thirty in each year to children
who worship with their families at Bhaktivedanta
Manor. The other twenty five places in each year
are allocated according to the Admissions criteria.
If the school expands to two form entry admitting
sixty children then priority will be given for ten places
out of the sixty places to children who worship with
their families at Bhaktivedanta Manor. The other
fifty places will be allocated according to the
Admissions criteria.
In-Year Admissions
Applications for In-Year admissions are made directly
to the school using a common application form.
If more applications are received than there are
places available then applications will be ranked
by the governing body in accordance with the
oversubscription criteria. If a place cannot be offered
at this time then you may ask us for the reasons
and you will be informed of your right of appeal. You
will be offered the opportunity of being placed on a
waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained by the
governing body in the order of the oversubscription
criteria and not in the order in which the applicationsare received. Names are removed from the list at the
end of each academic year. When a place becomes
available the governing body will inform the parent
that the school is making an offer.
Fair Access Protocols
The school is committed to taking its fair share of
children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place
as set out in locally agreed protocols. Accordingly,
outside the normal admissions round the governing
body is empowered to give absolute priority to
a child where admission is requested under any
local protocol that has been agreed by both the
I-Foundation and the governing body for the
current school year. The governing body has this
power even when admitting the child would mean
exceeding the published admission number.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE FOR A PLACE IN
RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 2013
1. Although not part of the procedure applicants are
encouraged to attend Open Days or to make an
individual appointment to meet the Head Teacherbefore applying.
2. Applicants must complete the Local Authority
(LA) Common Application Form (CAF) that
must be returned to the LA. They must also
complete a Supplementary Information Form
(SIF) if wishing to apply for a place on the
basis of Hindu practice or attendance or for a
Bhaktivedanta Manor place.
3. The SIF must be returned to the School office
and not the LA by the closing date.
4. The CAF and SIF forms can be obtained from
Access Harrow at the Harrow Civic Centre, online
at www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions and the
School office. The SIF form can also be obtained
online at www.krishna-avanti.org.uk
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5. Applications must be submitted no later thanthe date specified for the return of the LAs CAF.
6. Applications received after the closing date will
be considered after those received on time.
7. Offers of Reception places will be sent to
applicants from Harrow LA.
8. Unsuccessful applicants will be placed ona waiting list for each year group. If a place
becomes available this will be allocated
using the Schools admissions policy and
oversubscriptions criteria. This will be revised
annually.
9. Unsuccessful applicants have the right to
appeal and information will be sent with the
decision letter from Harrow Local authority.
INTERPRETATION OF TERMS USED IN THE ADMISSIONS POLICY AND
OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA
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provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services
functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of
making an application to a school.
Under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. See Section 46 (adoption orders).
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as an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is
to live.
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an order appointing one or more individuals to be a childs special guardian (or specialguardians).
Hindu Either practicing or other Hindu families as defined below.
Practicing Hindu Regular family attendance at a Hindu temple and following all the key tenets of the Hindu
faith (as practised by the Temple) and which are both confirmed by the Temple Priest.
Other Hindu families Family attendance at the Temple but where the Temple Priest cannot confirm that all the
key tenets of the faith are followed.
Family Those individuals who live at the residential address of the parents and/or parent carers
and or legal guardians who are submitting an application for a place on behalf of a child.
Sibling A childs brother or sister living at the same address. This includes a childs half brother
or sister, adopted/foster brother or sister and step brother or sister. However this will notapply where the older child will leave school before the younger one starts.
Distance Measured in a straight line from home to the centre point of the school site, using the
Local Authoritys computerised mapping system based on ordnance survey data. All
school official entrances are mapped onto the system. The journey is measured from the
address point for the home address to the centre point of the school site.
Home Address Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the
address where the child lives is determined using a joint declaration from the parents
stating the pattern of residence. If a childs residence is split equally between both
parents, then parents will be asked to determine which residential address should be
used for the purpose of admission to school. If no joint declaration is received where the
residence is split equally by the closing date for applications, the home address will betaken as the address of the parent who receives child benefit. In cases where parents
are not eligible for child benefit the address will be that of the parents where the child is
registered with the doctor. If the residence is not split equally between both parents then
the address used will be the address where the child spends the majority of the school
week.
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Moriah Jewish Day Schools Foundation Body is
the United Synagogue and its religious authority is
the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew
Congregations of the Commonwealth.
Moriah Jewish Day Schools vision is to be an
excellent Jewish school, loved by pupils and
parents and admired by the wider community.
The Schools ethos1 demonstrates orthodox
Jewish belief and practice, embodied in the
principles of Torah and Halachah, in a modern
setting. These include creating a sense of
belonging, encouraging and preparing for lifelong
Jewish learning, spiritual growth and practice,mutual responsibility within the Jewish community
and the wider world, and the importance of Israel
in Jewish life. Jewish belief and practice permeate
every aspect of the Schools activities and are
intrinsically linked to its secular curriculum. The
School welcomes families from any synagogue
denomination or none.
The School will give priority to applicants
who meet a religious practice test based
on guidelines from the Chief Rabbi. Those
applicants wishing to be considered apriority for available places must complete
a Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP)
based on criteria such as the familys
synagogue service attendance, commitment
to Jewish education and voluntary work
within the community.
The School admits children aged four to 11 and
all children must attend full-time schooling by
the term in which they reach their fifth birthday
(compulsory school age2
). There are 30 placesavailable in one class in every school year. This is
the Schools Published Admission Number (PAN).
Additional children may be admitted under limited
exceptional circumstances3.
There are 26 places in the Nursery for children
aged from three to four (see separate Admissions
Policy).
The School will admit children at any time to all
year groups, provided a place is available.
Parents are invited to visit the School prior to
applying. An Open Evening for prospective
parents is held in the autumn, and individual visits
are also welcome by prior arrangement. Please
contact the School for details.
The School is not permitted by law to interview
parents, or children, with a view to selection.
All children whose Statement of Special
Educational Need (SEN)4 names the School will
be admitted.
OVERSUBSCRIPTION
If the School is oversubscribed, after the
admission of SEN4 children, priority for admission
will be given to those children who meet the
criteria as set out in the order of 1 to 7 listed
below.
Oversubscription Criteria
1 Children who are looked after5 by a local
authority, or a child who was previously lookedafter6, with a completed and valid CRP.
2 Children who are currently attending the Moriah
Nursery7, with a completed and valid CRP.
3 Siblings8 of pupils attending the School on the
date of admission, with a completed and valid
CRP.
4 Siblings of former8 pupils of the School, with a
completed and valid CRP.
5 Other children who have a completed and valid
CRP.
6 Other children who are looked after5 by a local
authority, or other children who were previously
looked after6 by a local authority.
7 Any other children.
For Admission of a place to theSchool from September 2013
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Tie-BreakerIn the event of there being more applicants than
places available within each of the above criteria
1 to 7, priority will be given to children living
nearest the School. Distance will be measured
from the home address9 to the centrepoint of the
School site using Harrow Councils computerised
mapping system. In cases where more than one
applicant lives equidistant from the School, and
places cannot be offered to all these children,
the available place will be determined by random
allocation supervised by a person independent ofthe School.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
1 When to Apply
a) Children will be admitted to Reception
(Foundation II)10 in the September following
their fourth birthday. Applications should be
made by 15 January in the calendar year of
entry. Forms are available from September
each year. All applications received on time will
be processed together. By law, priority must
not be given to children based on the date theirapplication is received or their name is added
to the list.
2 How to Apply
a) Application for a place in Reception
(Foundation Stage II)10 is by completion of a
Common Application Form (CAF). The form
is available from, and should be returned to,
the local authority where the child lives9 by 15
January in the calend