The Crest Girls Academy
Published admission number: 150
DfE number:3046907
Headteacher: Mrs Bev Bell B.Ed, MA, NPQH
Chair of Governors: Mr John T Hall
Type: Academy
Specialism: Technology, languages and training
school
Address: Crest Road, London, NW2 7SN
Tel: 020 8452 4842
Fax: 020 8452 6024
Website: www.thecrestgirlsacademy.org.uk
Email: [email protected]
Admissions enquiries to: Sue Welstead
Email: [email protected]
Girls Age range: 11-18
Number of pupils at the school in January
2012: 904
2012 appeals: No appeals were lodged
Number of on time applications received for
September 2012 admissions: 207
Physical Accessibility: Medium accessibility Access to part of ground floor teaching spaces
and facilities, including external spaces. No
access to upper floors. School has capacity to
deliver an inclusive curriculum through time
tabling adjustments, but physical barriers
restrict scope.
A supplementary information form is NOT
required
Open evening/morning:
Thursday 27 September 2012 6.30 - 8.30pm
Friday 28 September 2012 9:30am – 11am
How places were allocated for September 2012 admissions: 150
All applicants were offered a place
Admission arrangements
Admission numbers
From 2014 the Academy will move into a new £38 million academy building. Additionally the
Crest Girls’ Academy and The Crest Boys’ Academy offers a joint, on-site sixth form provision. This
will also be part of the new building.
Admissions into Year 7 will continue to be 150 girls. Each girl will be organised into a vertical tutoring
system, whereby older students will buddy, mentor and look after younger girls throughout Years 7
and 8. As they reach Year 9, so the girls then take on the role of coach, buddy and mentor. This
leads to harmonious induction.
Visits to the academy at any time are welcomed. Please contact the admissions officer for an
appointment .
a. Year 7 - 150 girls.
b. Year 12 - 30 external applicants of both sexes. This is the number of places which will be offered
on an annual basis to eligible external applicants. The Crest Girls’ Academy and The Crest Boys’
Academy will jointly operate a sixth form for a total of 300 students of both sexes. 180 places overall
will be available in this jointly provided Year 12 (the Year 12, capacity). If fewer than 150 students in
total progress from year 11 of The Crest Girls’Academy and The Crest Boys’ Academy then
additional external students of both sexes will be admitted until the year 12 capacity is met.
From 2014/2015 and, subject to any changes approved or required by the Secretary of State, for
subsequent years and following agreed admission numbers:
a. Year 7 – 180 girls
b. Year 12 - 30 external applicants of both sexes. This is the number of places which will be offered
on an annual basis to eligible external applicants.
Process of application
Arrangements for applications for places at The Crest Girls’ Academy will be made in accordance
withthe local authorities co-ordinated admission arrangements and will be made on the Common
Application Form (CAF) provided and administered by the relevant local authority. The academy will
use the council’s timetable for applications to The Crest Girls’ Academy each year (exact dates within
the months may vary from year to year). This will fit in with the timetable for the coordination of
admission arrangements within the council as agreed by the admissions forum, the council, local
schools and academies.
Oversubscription criteria
Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number,
applications will be considered against the criteria set out below. After the admission of girls with
statements of special educational needs (SEN) where The Crest Girls’ Academy is named on the
statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:
a. Girls in Public Care.
b. (i) Girls whose siblings currently attend the academy and who will continue to do so on the date of
admission
(ii) Girls whose siblings currently attend The Crest Boys’ Academy and who will continue to do so on
the date of admission.
c. Girls in special circumstances related to significant medical needs, social needs, or special
educational needs i.e. either SEN pupils without a statement or those whose statement does not
name the academy. It is open to any parent to make an application under this criterion. The
application should be supported, where possible, with a recommendation in writing from a recognised
professional of senior status i.e. medical consultant, headteacher of current school or other
appropriate officer. The recommendation should provide evidence that is essential for the named
pupil to be admitted to the academy. This criterion relates to the child's medical, social and special
needs, and not to any other member of the child’s family. Decisions regarding whether children fall
under this criterion are made by the governing body of the academy.
d. Admission of girls on the basis of proximity to the academy using straight line measurement from
the main entrance of the academy to the main entrance to the child’s home, using the council’s
computerised measuring system. In the case of children who live in flats, random allocation will be
used after distance as a tie-break to determine admission. If criteria (b)-(c) above are oversubscribed
criterion (d) will be applied to applicants to determine who is admitted.
Operation of waiting lists
Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in the council’s co-ordinated admission scheme, the
academy will operate a waiting list for each year group. Where in any year the academy receives
more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate throughout the
academy year. This will be maintained by the company and it will be open to any parent to ask for his
or her child‟s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. Children’s
position on the waiting list does not depend upon the time they have been on the waiting list. It will be
determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out above. Where places
become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the
oversubscription criteria. This means that a child’s position on the list can go down as well as up,
depending on the child’s circumstances and those of other applicants. The waiting list will be closed
each year and not roll over. Parents wishing to have their child remain on the list will be required to
submit a request to Brent Council’s School Admissions Service.
Arrangements for admitting students to other year groups, including to replace any students
who have left The Crest Girls’ Academy
If you wish to make an application for this academy you will need to contact your local council. If you
are a Brent resident you need to contact Brent Council’s School Admissions Service on 020 8937
3110 or visit www.brent.gov.uk/admissions. All applications will be considered in line with our
published admission arrangements. Outcomes of applications will be sent to you by Brent Council on
behalf of the governing body. Unsuccessful applicants will be placed on the waiting list. From 20102011council’s will co-ordinate admissions for in-year applications and for applications for year groups
other than the normal point(s) of entry. This will not affect academies’ right to determine which
applicants have priority for admission.
Subject to any provisions in the council’s co-ordinated admission arrangements relating to
applications submitted for years other than the normal year of entry, the company will consider all
such applications and if the year group applied for has a place available, admit the child unless one of
the permitted reliefs apply. If more applications are received than there are places available, the
oversubscription criteria described above shall apply. Parents whose application is turned down shall
be entitled to appeal.
Post 16 admission criteria
Joint sixth form provision: The Crest Girls’ Academy and The Crest Boys’ Academy
The Crest Girls’ Academy and the Crest Boys’ Academy will operate a joint, mixed sixth form
provision on their shared site.
Both Academies will operate a single set of admission arrangements for the sixth form and all
decisions on admission will be taken by representatives of both academies via membership of a
committee established by the company. To determine eligibility for admission, the company will
publish specific criteria in relation to minimum academic entrance requirements for admission to the
post-16 provision. Both internal and external students wishing to enter the sixth form will be expected
to have met the minimum academic entry requirements for the sixth form. The academic entry
requirements will be published annually in the council‟s composite admissions prospectus and in
each academy’s own prospectus and respective website. The company will also publish academic
entry requirements for each course available based on GCSE grades and other measures of prior
attainment. These criteria will apply equally to both internal transfers from The Crest Girls’ Academy
and The Crest Boys’ Academy and external admissions. If either internal or external applicants fail to
meet the minimum course requirements they will be given the option of pursuing any alternative
courses for which they do meet the minimum academic requirements. These academic entry
requirements form part of the admission arrangements and so will be consulted upon and published in
each academy’s prospectus and in the council’s composite admissions prospectus. When the sixth
form is undersubscribed all applicants meeting the minimum academic entry requirements will be
admitted.
If Year 12 is oversubscribed then, after the admission of students with SEN’s where either of the two
academies is named on the statement, the admission criteria will be applied in the order set out below
a. Eligible children in Public Care.
b. Straight line distance measured from the main entrance of the academies’ sixth form centre to the
main entrance of the eligible child’s home, using the council’s computerised measuring system. In the
case of children who live in flats, random allocation will be used after distance as a tie break to
determine admission. There will be a right of appeal to an independent appeals panel, established by
the company on behalf of both academies, for internal students from The Crest Girls’ and The Crest
Boys’ Academies refused transfer and external applicants refused admission.
The academy may participate in local 14-19 partnerships which are likely to involve some of the
academy’s students, if they follow relevant options, receiving part of their education at schools and
colleges other than The Crest Girls’ Academy or the joint sixth form operated in partnership with The
Crest Girls’ Academy. There will be reciprocal arrangements for students on roll at other local schools
and colleges.
Casual admissions
If you wish to make an application to Crest Sixth Form, you will need to make an application directly to
the Assistant Principal- Key Stage 5 at the Crest Sixth Form via
[email protected]
Sibling is defined as
• Brothers or sisters, including half-brothers or sisters, step-brothers or sisters and foster children
living at the same address.
• Another child normally resident for the majority of term time in the same household, for whom an
adult in the household has parental responsibility as defined in the Children Act 1989.
• In the case of twins (or two siblings in the same age cohort) and where there is only one place
available in the school, both will be considered together as one application. The school will be
authorised to exceed its Published admission number by one. The, home address’ is where the child
lives for the majority of the school term time with a parent who has parental responsibility as defined
in the Children Act 1989 and a parent includes a person who is not a parent but who has
responsibility for him/her. This could include a student’s guardians but will not usually include relatives
such as grandparents, aunts, uncles etc unless they have all the rights, duties, powers and
responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of the child has in relation to the child and his/her
property. Where a child lives normally and habitually during the school week with more than one
parent at different addresses, the home address for the purposes of school admissions will be that of
the parent who lives closest, in straight line distance, to the academy.
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 child’s residence is split equally between both parents, then parents will be asked to determine the
residential address for the purpose of admission to school. 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.