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Admissions - General CHANGES TO ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOUNDATION SCHOOLS FOR SEPTEMBER 2013 ENTRY
Publicly funded "Grammar Schools"
As a result of changes to the national admissions code required by central government, parents must be informed of the results of their child’s performance in any entrance examination to a selective school before being required to express their preferences for secondary school admission.
As the deadline for the submission of preferences to Local Authorities is 31 October each year, the implication of the new code is that the grammar schools in the Consortium (please see list overleaf) need to revise their procedures for their entrance test.
The timetable for September 2013 entrants is as follows:
By 1 March 2012: The Consortium of Grammar Schools begins to advertise and information is available on Consortium Schools’ websites.
By 1 May 2012: Brochures to arrive at primary schools, and to be available from the Consortium Grammar Schools and the Foundation Office, in order that postal applications can be made by parents. On-line test registrations can be made at www.kingedwardthesixth.org or via any of the Schools’ websites.
By 20 June 2012: Deadline for parental requests for special arrangements for children with disabilities or requiring special resources to sit the test.
By 13 July 2012: Deadline for applications to sit the test.
8 September 2012: Date of the entrance test.
By 15 October 2012: Results of the test published by letter to parents.
By 31 October 2012: Parental preference forms must be with the relevant Local Authority (national date).
1 March 2013: Local Authority to offer places to parents (national date).
Birmingham City Council intends to publish on-line data about secondary school admissions in June 2012 and to make on-line preference forms available from 1 September 2012. The City aims to publish hard copy secondary transfer brochures late in the summer term 2012. From mid-July a small supply of preference forms (approx. 10) will be sent to primary schools for families unable to access the Birmingham City Council on-line preference form.
Independent Schools (King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls)
The two independent schools - King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls - both have significant numbers of assisted and free places available. The entrance examination of King Edward’s School for entry in 2013 will take place on Saturday 12 January 2013 and the entrance examination for King Edward VI High School for Girls will take place on Thursday 31 January and Friday 1 February 2013.
Further information about these schools is available on their websites: www.kes.org.uk and www.kehs.org.uk.
Consortium of Grammar Schools in Birmingham:
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School for Boys
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