Secondary Admissions 2017
Parent information evening
Key Dates for Parents
• Results for Kent Test sent to parents on Thursday 13th October 2016
• National SCAF closing date Monday 31st October 2016
• National Offer Day Tuesday 1st March 2017
• Waiting List requests and Late applications 18 March
• Places to be accepted or refused by 20 March
• By this date parents must lodge an appeal with the Local Authority 13th April
2017
• Vacant places reallocated by KCC 28th April 2017
Secondary Common Application
Form (SCAF)
• Please apply online via the Online Admissions Website: www.kent.gov.uk/ola
• We have only a very limited number of blank paper SCAFs
• Kent parents are invited to express up to four preferences in priority order.
• Putting down one school only will not improve the chance of getting a place.
• Applications must be submitted by midnight on 31st October 2016 which is a
‘National’ closing date.
Online Admissions
• Parents will need to register with the website before submitting
application.
• Parents do not need to have an email address to apply online.
• You should print off a summary of your application and give a copy to
the School Office.
• If you have provide an email address you will receive an email
confirmation of your application which is a complete copy of your
submission.
Online Admissions
www.kent.gov.uk/ola
• On 1st March 2017 parents who have applied online, and provided a valid
email address, will receive notification of their offer by email.
• Offer emails will be sent after 4pm on 1st March 2017.
• Only parents who apply online can receive their offer notification by email, parents who apply on paper will need to wait for their formal letter.
• Parents who apply online must not submit a paper SCAF as well. The LA
will only accept one application, and checking duplicates will slow
processing down.
Testing
• Children whose parents have not registered but have named a grammar school on
their SCAF will not be able to sit the test until after 28th April 2017
• Where a grammar school is named on the SCAF and the child has not taken the
Kent test the preference will be treated as invalid because the child does not meet
the entry criteria for a grammar school.
• A grammar school assessment does not guarantee a grammar school place. The
allocation of places rests on each school’s published oversubscription criteria.
• There is no right to appeal against the assessment decision but after 1st March
2017 parents may make an admission appeal to an independent appeal panel.
Offering School Places
1st March 2017
• After 4pm those parents who applied online and provided a valid e-mail
address will be sent an e-mail advising which school their child has been
offered.
• Parents can also log on to the eAdmissions site to view their offer, after
5pm.
• In addition, offer letters will be posted first class to all paper SCAF
applicants and applicants which did not receive their first preference.
They should arrive on 2nd March 2017. Kent LA’s emails/ letters will
include an acceptance letter, a waiting list form and information about
how to appeal.
Offering School Places
From 6th March 2017
Schools send welcome letters to parents.
By 16th March 2017
Deadlines for parents to accept and refuse places with the school- this must
be made in writing or via email.
Final date for parents to request to go on a waiting list (to the LA).
29th March 2017
Final date for parents to make any appeal.
28th April 2017
The LA will offer any vacant places to pupils on the reallocation lists,
prioritised in accordance with the published oversubscription criteria.
Waiting Lists
• The LA will offer places in those schools with vacancies against the
Published Admission Number on 28th April 2017.
• After 28th April 2017 schools will hold waiting lists prioritised in
accordance with their oversubscription criteria.
• A grammar school can only put children on its waiting list who have been
assessed suitable for grammar school through the Kent Test (and / or
Dover Test for Dover grammar schools only).
Appeals
• Parents have the right to appeal for any school which refuses them a
place.
• Appeals must be lodged by 29th March 2017.
• After 28th April, the schools will allocate vacant places to children on the
waiting lists, in accordance of their oversubscription criteria.
Any Questions?
Send additional questions to [email protected]
Contact the team on 03000 412121
Good Luck!
Please do not hesitate to contact us if
you need any advice, help or support!