Admissions & Appeals ~ Years 7 - 11 Admissions

Admission Arrangements To The School 2021

The Governors wish to offer 180 places for the year commencing September 2021

*DISTANCE FROM THE SCHOOL WILL SERVE AS A TIE-BREAKER IN THE EVENT OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION WITHIN ANY CATEGORY FOR ALL RELEVANT AGE GROUPS. FOR APPLICANTS FROM THE SAME BLOCK OF FLATS, OR WHO LIVE THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THE SCHOOL, RANDOM SELECTION BY THE DRAWING OF LOTS IS USED AS A FINAL TIE BREAKER WHICH WILL BE SUPERVISED BY SOMEONE INDEPENDENT OF THE SCHOOL IF NECESSARY

1. Places will be offered firstly to Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children. Applications made under this criterion must be accompanied by details of circumstance and professionally supported evidence (e.g. from a social worker).

   To qualify for the highest priority, currently looked after and previously looked after children are defined as:

   • a child who was previously looked after but ceased to be because they were adopted (Section 46 Adoption and Children Act 2002), or became subject to a child arrangements order (Section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014), or a special guardianship (by Section 14A of the Children Act 1989), immediately following having been looked after. It also includes children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care (defined as in the care of or accommodated by a public authority, religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society) outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

2. Places will be offered to those able to provide written evidence from a suitably qualified person such as a doctor, social worker or Educational Welfare Officer at the time of application of particular social or medical needs which can only be met most appropriately by attendance at Hollyfield. Circumstances cannot be taken into account unless information is provided at the time of application and failure to provide such information at that stage may therefore affect whether or not the children are allocated places at the preferred schools. All information submitted will be regarded as confidential. *

3. Places will be offered to those with a brother or sister attending the school in Years 7 - 11 at the time of admission, including adopted, foster, step or half siblings living at the same address. (Please note sibling priority is only given to applicants joining in Years 7 to 11, provided their brother or sister will be on roll at the time of admission in Years 7 to 11. Therefore, applicants joining the Sixth Form will not be given sibling priority if they have a younger brother or sister on roll in Years 7 to 11 at the time of their admission. Similarly, if an older sibling attends the Sixth Form, there is no sibling priority for younger brothers or sisters applying for a place in Years 7 to 11)*

4. Places will be offered to children including step, half and adopted of staff directly employed by The Hollyfield School for two years or more before the admission application.*

5. The remaining places will be offered to those living nearest the school, as measured by the Kingston Council’s School Admissions computerised Geographical Information System, in a straight line to the main steps at the front of Albury House, with those living nearer being afforded the higher priority.*

Places will be offered to those pupils where the secondary school has been named in their Statement of Special Educational Needs, in accordance with the Education Act 1996 and the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.

Waiting List

For entry into Year 7 in September 2021, following co-ordination, the waiting list will automatically consist of the names of all unsuccessful applicants who have not had a higher preference offer and will be held in criteria order until the end of term in July 2022.

Parents can request to add names of children who have had a higher preference offer, or who did not originally name the school as a preference, to be added to the waiting list. These names will be added in criteria order. At the end of each academic year, parents of children in Years 7 to 11 will be asked if they wish their child’s name to remain on the waiting list.

Appeals

You have the right of appeal under the School Standards & Framework Act 1998 against the refusal of a place at any of the schools for which you have applied. If you wish to appeal, you must contact the admission authority for the school, within a few days of receiving the refusal, to obtain the procedure and the date by which an appeal must be received by them.

In Year Applications

In-year applications must be made using Kingston's In Year Application Form available from Kingston School Admissions.http://www.kingston.gov.uk/schools-education/changing-school-year/1. Please note that Kingston Council coordinate admissions on the school’s behalf.

For entry into Years 7 to 11, the position of any applicant on any waiting list will be determined using the oversubscription criteria as outlined in paragraphs 1) to 5) above.

Sixth Form:

We have a seperate admissions policy for the Sixth Form. Please use the submenu to view this.

Notes:

1. Any offer of a place on the grounds of proximity is conditional on the child being resident at the address provided at the closing date for application. A business address, a childminder’s address, or any address other than the child’s permanent home will not be accepted. Proof of address will be sought and may be the subject of further investigation. Temporary addresses will not be used for the purpose of administering applications.
2. Children with an Education Health and Care Plan that specifies the school as the placement school will be allocated a place through a separate procedure, in accordance with the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.
3. These criteria will apply to all applicants, regardless of the borough in which they live.
4. Late applications will NOT be processed until after all on-time applications.
5. The Local Authority reserves the right to seek verification of the information parents have given on the application form and to withdraw places if false information has been given.
6. The Local Authority’s Fair Access Panel may make placements, over the admission number if the school is full, for children who are deemed to be ‘hard to place’.

You can see how the previous years places have been offered by clicking HERE