Secondary School Admissions 2011

For children born between 1 September 2000 and 31 August 2001

Admission tosecondary school

Apply online: www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

September 2012 entry

A guide for parents

Important dates:

Closing date for

Medway Test registration

Friday, 8 July, 2011

Closing date for secondary

school applications

Monday, 31 October, 201

1

Offer of school place

1 March, 2012

apply onlineit ticks all the boxes

Online Admissionsis the quickest, easiest and safest way to apply for your

secondary school place.

If you give us your email addresswhen applying you will:

� receive confirmation yourapplication has been received;

� receive details of the schooloffered on the offer day,

without having to wait for your offer letter.

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

Make a note of your log in details - you will need this information every time you visit the website.

Contents� Medway Council Student ServicesAdmissions Team

The Admissions Team, based at Gun Wharf in Chatham,co-ordinates all Year 6 transfers to secondary school andorganise the Medway Test (11+).Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham,Kent ME4 4TRPhone: 01634 331110Email: [email protected]

� Medway Council Student ServicesOperations Team

This Operations Team deals with free school meals,transport to school (except for those attending specialschools) and casual admissions.Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham,Kent ME4 4TRPhone: 01634 331155Email: [email protected]

� Medway Council customer servicesMonday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm.Calls to customer services may be recorded or monitoredfor security and staff development purposes.Phone: 01634 333333Minicom: 01634 333111

� Kent County CouncilKent County Council Admissions and TransportRoom 2.24, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XQPhone: 01622 696565Email: [email protected]

ContactsWelcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Key dates for the secondary transfer 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Section one Introduction and general information . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Section two The Medway Test and other testing arrangements . .11

Section three The school application process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Section four The online admissions process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Section five The school offer process and next steps . . . . . . . . . .23

Section six Free school meals and home to school transport . . . . .27

Section seven Common oversubscription criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Section eight Other information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Section nine The schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

How to use the school pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Location and access areas of schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Medway Test request form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Medway Primary School DFE numbers . . . . .inside back cover

Disclaimer The information given in this booklet relates to the academic year, September 2011 to August 2012.Details are correct at the time of going to print.

4

Dear parent/carer,

Moving to secondary school may sometimes feel an anxious time for youngpeople and their families, but it is, in fact, an exciting and important time,full of opportunities. Nowhere is that picture more true than in Medway.Children and families have a wide range of schools to choose from, but all ofthem have one thing in common: an absolute commitment to helping everysingle young person to be safe and cared for, succeed in learning and thrive.

Secondary education in Medway is about aiming for high exam results, butequally important it’s about building on young people’s talents and intereststo ensure they are confident, capable students and citizens.

If you visit any of our secondary schools, you will see why young people inMedway are achieving so highly. Medway schools are keen to make sure thatevery lesson counts, and make use of the latest technology to enhancestudents’ learning a wide range of educational experiences. Medway schoolsare committed to high-quality teaching and learning, which has led to animpressive improvement in GCSE results over the past few years.

Medway commissions secondary schools, together with MidKent College andwork based providers, to work collaboratively to provide a wide range ofcourses for Post-16 students, ensuring that many more young people areequipped and confident to go to university, or to continue their learning viaa vocational route.

A Medway education is about enabling young people to aspire and achieveand add value to their school and their wider community.

Please read the information in this booklet carefully when considering yourpreference for a secondary school. Further help and advice is available fromyour primary school, the secondary schools at the arranged open sessions orfrom the council’s Student Services Admissions Team.

With every best wish to you and your family.

Rose CollinsonDirector of Children and Adults - learning and caring

Welcome

apply online www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions5

‘12

Key dates for the secondary transfer 2012‘11Booklets and paper Medway Test registration forms sent to primary and junior schools

Online registration for the Medway Test opens at 9am

Student Services admissions presentations*. See page 7 for details

Closing date for Medway Test registration

Secondary application information sent to primary and junior schools

The Medway Test

Assessment decision letters posted to parents and emails sent (after 4pm) to those that registered online

Deadline for Medway Test review requests

Deadline for primary and junior schools to submit review work to Medway Council

Medway Test reviews

Review decisions posted to parents

National closing date for applications - online and Secondary Common Application Forms

National offer day - offer letters posted 1st class to parents and emails sent (after 4pm) to those that registered online

Welcome letters sent from schools

Places accepted/refused. Requests to go on a waiting list and appeals submitted

The local authority re-allocates any places that have become available to those who have asked to go on the waiting lists for each school

Week commencing Monday, 6 June

Monday, 6 June

Monday, 13 to Wednesday, 22 June

Friday, 8 July

Week commencing Monday, 5 September

Saturday, 24 September

Friday, 7 October

Friday, 14 October

Tuesday, 18 October, 10am

Wednesday, 19 and Thursday, 20 October

Wednesday, 26 October or before

Monday, 31 October

Thursday ,1 March

Monday, 5 March or after

Monday, 26 March or before

Week commencing Monday, 2 April

* Individual school open sessions take place from Tuesday 21 June to Friday 21 October. See page 8 for details.


Section one Introduction and general information


Choosing the right secondary school can be adifficult and anxious time for parents and children.Medway Council’s Student Services Team is here tohelp you understand the process and make theright decisions for your child.

It is very important that you read carefully, andunderstand, the information in this bookletregarding how the admissions process works, andhow school places are allocated, before you submityour school application.

Throughout this booklet we have provided usefulinformation to help you make the most informeddecisions possible. We encourage you to use thisinformation, do your own research on schools andvisit all the schools you are interested in duringtheir open sessions. Most importantly, pleasediscuss your decisions with your child to ensurethat they are fully involved and happy about thetransition from primary to secondary education.

If you have any questions, please contact StudentServices or speak to your child’s primary school.

Student Services Admissions TeamMedway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road,Chatham ME4 4TR.Phone: 01634 331110Email: [email protected]

Medway Council works within the guidelines setout in the School Admissions Code published bythe Department for Education (formerly theDepartment for Children, Schools and Families).Details of the School Admissions Code can befound at www.dcsf.gov.uk/sacode

� Where can I hear about the admissions process?

Student Services is giving all parents of childrenin Year 5 the opportunity to attend apresentation session. These sessions are designedto go through the admissions process from startto finish and give you the chance to ask anyquestions you may have.

The table below provides details of the dates,times and venues for these presentations. Theyare drop in sessions so there is no need to bookan appointment.

If you are unable to attend one of these sessionsand have any questions, please contact StudentServices or speak to your child’s primary school.

Date Area Venue Time

Monday, 13 June Hoo/Strood The Hundred of Hoo 4.30pmComprehensive School 6.30pmMain Road, Hoo, Rochester ME3 9HH

Tuesday, 14 June Rochester The Rochester Grammar School 4pmMaidstone Road, Rochester ME1 3BY 6pm

Wednesday, 15 June Chatham Fort Pitt Grammar School 4.30pmFort Pitt Hill, Chatham ME4 6TJ 6.30pm

Thursday, 16 June Rainham Fairview Primary School 2.30pmDrewery Drive, Wigmore, 4.30pmRainham ME8 0NU 6pm

Monday, 20 June Walderslade St Thomas More RC Primary School 4pmBleakwood Road, Walderslade ME5 0NF 6pm

Wednesday, 22 June Gillingham Barnsole Junior School 4pmBarnsole Road, Gillingham ME7 2JG 6pm

Summary of Student Services admissions presentations


SEPTEMBER OCTOBER

�

�

Summary of open sessions

For details of the above sessions please refer to the individual school pages.

�

�

�

Morning sessions

Afternoon/all day sessions

Evening sessions

Tuesday 21

Thursday 15

Saturday 17

Monday 19

Thursday 22

Saturday 24

Monday 26

Tuesday 27

Wednesday 28

Thursday 29

Friday 30

Saturday 1

Monday 3

Tuesday 4

Wednesday 5

Thursday 6

Friday 7

Monday 10

Tuesday 11

Wednesday 12

Thursday 13

Friday 14

Saturday 15

Monday 17

Tuesday 18

Wednesday 19

Thursday 20

Friday 21

Monday 24

Tuesday 25

Wednesday 26

Thursday 27

Friday 28

Monday 31

JUNE

1 Bishop of Rochester Academy �

2 Brompton Academy � � � � �

3 Chatham Grammar School for Boys � � � � � � � � �

4 Chatham Grammar School for Girls � � � � � �

5 Fort Pitt Grammar School � � � � � �

6 Greenacre School � � � � � �

7 Rainham Mark Grammar School � � � � � � �

8 Rainham School for Girls � � ��

� �

9 Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School � � � � � � �

10 St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School �

11 Strood Academy � � � �

12 The Howard School � � �

13 The Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School � ��

� � � � � � �

14 The Robert Napier School � � � �

15 The Rochester Grammar School � � � � �

16 The Thomas Aveling School � � � �

17 Walderslade Girls’ School � � � �


� Can I visit the secondary schools I’m interested in?

In addition to the presentations being offered byStudent Services, each school will hold their ownopen sessions. These are an opportunity for youto tour the school, speak to staff and students,listen to presentations about the school and askany questions you may have.

These are a valuable opportunity for parents andchildren. We encourage you to visit as manyschools as you can to help you make the mostinformed decisions when applying for schools.

The table on page 8 provides a brief overview ofwhen each school’s open sessions are scheduled.Further details can be found on the individualschool pages and from the school directly.

� What happens if my child has a Statement ofSpecial Educational Needs (SSEN)?

If your child is statemented, they do not need togo through this admission process. You willdiscuss your school preferences with the SpecialEducational Needs Team to determine whichsecondary school is right for your child.

If you wish your child to be considered forselective (grammar) schools, you will need toensure that they have gone through theMedway Test process (see section 2).

For more information, please contact the SpecialEducational Needs Team on 01634 331130.

� What does it mean? A guide to some of the terms used in theadmissions processThe following information will help you tounderstand the meaning of some of the terms

you will read or hear about throughout theadmissions process.

There may be other terms we haven’t listed here.If you are unsure of the meaning of anything inthis booklet, please contact Student Services whowill be happy to help you.

� Oversubscription criteriaAny application for a school is ranked(prioritised) against the school’s oversubscriptioncriteria. This is a set of criteria that details theorder of priority in which places will be offered.

Each school has its own criteria and details canbe found on the individual school pages later inthis booklet.

� Equal Preference SchemeThis means that school places are not offeredbased on the order of preferences you provide.Your application will be considered and rankedagainst the school’s oversubscription criteria.

The schools you name will not be told by MedwayCouncil which preference you named them. The order of your preferences is between youand Student Services only.

When allocating places, Student Services willlook to offer your child a place at the highestnamed school where a place can be offered.

It is important to list the schools in yourpreferred order.

� Published Admission Number (PAN)The number of places in the year group availableto be offered for September 2012.

� Home local authorityThis is the local authority where the child livesand is the local authority to which applicationsmust be made for school places.

The easiest way to determine which localauthority you live in is to identify the authorityyou pay council tax to.

For example, if you pay council tax to MedwayCouncil, you must apply for schools throughMedway Council.

If you pay your council tax to one of the 12district councils of Kent (for example, Tonbridgeand Malling or Swale) you must apply for schoolsthrough Kent County Council.

You can name schools in any local authority, but you must apply through your home local authority.

� School specialismA number of secondary schools have specialismsin certain areas.

This usually means that they can offer enhancedfacilities and opportunities in this particular area.

Details of each school’s specialism can be found onthe individual school pages later in this booklet.

� School statusAll schools have a particular status whichdescribes the type of school it is.

You will hear about academies, communityschools, foundation schools, voluntary aidedschools and voluntary controlled schools.


They are all secondary schools but offer differentopportunities for learning and deliver these indifferent ways.

The status of each school will be shown on itsindividual page.

Please speak to the school to find out moreabout what they can offer your child.

� Selective schoolsThese are grammar schools. To meet the entryrequirements of the school, a child must beassessed as selective (grammar) under theMedway Test procedures.

� Non-selective schoolsChildren are not required to be assessed forentry to these schools.

Please be aware that Brompton Academyoperates a Fair Banding test - this is not a pass orfail test, it is just to ensure that children acrossthe ability range are admitted to the academy.

� Testing before preferenceThis means that if you wish your child to beconsidered for a Medway grammar school, theywill need to sit the Medway Test.

In Medway we give your child the opportunity todo this and have the result before the closingdate for school applications.

Full details of the Medway Test procedures areprovided in section 2 of this booklet.

School Type Status Specialism(s) PAN Page

1 Bishop of Rochester Academy Academy Mathematics, 240 40Academy Music, ICT

2 Brompton Academy Academy Academy Science and Arts 180 41

3 Chatham Grammar Grammar Academy Languages, Science and 146 42School for Boys Gifted and Talented

4 Chatham Grammar Grammar Foundation* Languages 142 43School for Girls

5 Fort Pitt Grammar Academy Science and 120 44Grammar School Mathematics

6 Greenacre School High Community* Sport 160 45

7 Rainham Mark Grammar Foundation* Science 175 46Grammar School

8 Rainham School for Girls Academy Academy Technology 270 47

9 Sir Joseph Williamson’s Grammar Academy Mathematics, 168 48Mathematical School Computing and

Humanities

10 St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive Voluntary N/A 180 49Comprehensive School Aided

11 Strood Academy Academy Academy Business and 240 50Enterprise andMathematics

12 The Howard School Bi-lateral Foundation Physical Education, 250 51Sport and ICT

13 The Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive Foundation* Media Arts 270 52Comprehensive School

14 The Robert Napier School High Foundation Humanities 240 53

15 The Rochester Grammar Academy Mathematics, 175 54Grammar School Computing and Music

16 The Thomas Aveling School High Foundation* Technology 190 55

17 Walderslade Girls School High Community* Humanities and The Arts 160 56

* At the time of going to print, these schools are in the process of converting to academies.It is expected that they will have completed the transition to academy status by September 2012.

PAN: Published admission number

Summary of schools


Section two The Medway Test and other testing arrangements


The first thing you need to think about is whetheryou want your child to be considered foradmission to a Medway selective (grammar)school. If you do, then they will need to sit theMedway Test (also referred to as the 11 plus).

Your child’s primary school teacher andheadteacher will be able to help you decide if aselective school is right for your child, and adviseyou on whether they feel your child is best suitedto sit the Medway Test. However, it is ultimatelyyour decision whether you register your child to sitthe test or not.

Medway operates a testing before preferencesystem. This means that your child will sit theMedway Test and receive their result before theclosing date for secondary school applications. This is to help you make the most informeddecision you can when selecting which schools toname on your application.

Therefore, you must ensure that your child isregistered to sit the Medway Test. More details onhow and when to do this are listed below.

� Which schools does the Medway Test apply to?

In Medway, we have six selective (grammar)secondary schools. These are:

Chatham Grammar School for Boys

Chatham Grammar School for Girls

Fort Pitt Grammar School

Rainham Mark Grammar School

Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School

The Rochester Grammar School

In addition to these, The Howard School will alsoprovide places for children assessed as suitablefor admission to a Medway grammar school.These children will be placed into the grammarstream after places have been allocated furtherdetails can be found on page 35.

� Can I use my child’s Medway Test result for agrammar school in another area?

The Medway Test result can only be used forentrance to one of the Medway grammarschools, as listed above.

If you are considering grammar schools inanother area (for example, Kent), then you will

need to contact them directly to find out whattheir testing arrangements are. If your child sits aselective test for another area, you cannot usethat result for Medway grammar schools.

The Medway Test is for Medway grammarschools only. The Kent Test is for Kent grammarschools only.

� What does the Medway Test consist of?

The Medway Test consists of three separate papers:

1 An extended writing exercise

2 A mathematics paper

3 A verbal reasoning (VR) paper

These tests are specifically written for Medwayand are designed to select 23 per cent ofchildren in the year group as assessed suitablefor grammar school education. A further 2 percent are selected through the review process.

� When and where is the Medway Test being held?

The Medway Test will be held on Saturday, 24September 2011. The test day usually runsbetween 8.30am and 1.30pm

When you have registered for the test, StudentServices will allocate your child to one of thedesignated test centres. These are usuallygrammar schools or other suitable venues thathave been selected. Student Services tries toallocate all children from the same primaryschool to the same test centre.

You will be sent a test invitation letter nearer thetime advising you which test centre to go to andwhat to do on the test day.


� How do I register my child to sit the Medway Test?

Registration is open from 9am on Monday, 6June 2011 until 4pm on Friday, 8 July 2011.

You can register your child online atwww.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissionsAlternatively you can complete a registrationform and return it to your child’s primary school(if a Medway school) or to the Student ServicesAdmissions Team details can be found on page 3.

� Are there any benefits to registering online for the Medway Test?

When registering online, you will receive anemail confirmation that your registration hasbeen received. Registrations made on paperforms will not be acknowledged.

Parents who register their child online to sit theMedway Test, and provide us with an emailaddress, will be sent an email after 4pm on theday results are posted advising them of theirchild’s result.

� I live outside Medway. How do I register?

If you live in another area but wish your child to sitthe Medway Test, then you can register your childin either of the ways previously mentioned. If youcomplete a paper registration form it must bereturned to the Medway Council Student ServicesAdmissions Team by the closing date.

� I live in Medway, but want my child to sit aselective test in another area. What do I do?

You must contact the local authority concerned tofind out how and when to register for their test.

� Can my child sit selective tests in more than one area?

You can register your child for as many tests asyou wish if you are considering schools in morethan one area. We advise that you contact thelocal authorities concerned to register your childfor their tests.

� My child has a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds. Can they sit the Medway Test?

The Medway Test is open to all children in Year 5who wish to be considered for a Medwaygrammar school place.

If your child is statemented you would havealready had discussions with the SpecialEducational Needs Team regarding which schoolsyou wish your child to be considered for. If theseinclude Medway grammar schools, then you willneed to ensure that you register your child to sitthe test in the same way as other applicants.

Your child will not go through the mainadmissions process, but their assessment decisionwill be taken into account when beingconsidered for schools through the specialeducational needs process.

� I feel my child needs special arrangements fortesting. Is this possible?

If a child has a disability or learning need thatmay affect how they perform under testingconditions, we have a process that allows for thisto be considered.

Firstly, you will need to register your child to sitthe Medway Test in the normal way. You willthen need to discuss with your child’sheadteacher whether they feel you child’s needs

fall under the special arrangements process. You may ask your child’s headteacher to submit a special arrangements request.

A panel of specialist advisors will consider allrequests received and will determine what theappropriate arrangements should be for yourchild. Please be advised that specialarrangements are not granted if the panel doesnot feel it would be appropriate. There is noopportunity to appeal against the panel’sdecisions as this is not a statutory process.

All special arrangements requests must besubmitted by Friday, 15 July 2011. The panel willconsider them, and we will write to parents andschools by the beginning of the autumn term.

� I need to advise you of special accessarrangements for the day. What do I do?

If you or your child has a disability that mayaffect access to the test centre please contact thestudent services manager by [email protected] as soon as possibleafter registration.

� How is the Medway Test marked?

Each paper is marked based on the number ofcorrect answers (for maths and verbal reasoning)and against specific criteria (for extendedwriting). These marks provide the raw scores.

The raw scores are then standardised. This meansthat the scores are weighted to reflect the child’sage at the time of taking the test. It enables achild’s scores to be compared with those achievedby other children taking the Medway Test andallowance made for age, so that the youngestchildren are not at a disadvantage.


The minimum standardised (weighted) score foreach paper is 70 and the maximum is 140.

Each year, a minimum weighted score is set todetermine those assessed as selective. This scoreis set to select 23 per cent of the children in theyear group and differs from year to yeardependent on the size of the year group and thenumber of children taking the test. MedwayCouncil will not know what this score will be for2012 admissions until after all test papers havebeen marked and standardised.

For 2011 admissions, the minimum weightedscore required was 508. For 2010 admissions, the minimum weightedscore required was 521.

To calculate the total weighted score, thefollowing calculation is used:

Extended writing exercise = standardised score x 2Maths = standardised score x 2Verbal reasoning = standardised score x 1

The minimum total weighted score that can beachieved is 350 and the maximum is 700.

� When will I receive my child’s test results?

For children who registered on time to sit theMedway Test, assessment decision letters will beposted by 1st class post on Friday 7 October2011. These letters will provide full details ofyour child’s result and what to do next.

Those parents who registered their child online,and provided an email address, will also be sentan email after 4pm on Friday, 7 October 2011.This email will advise you of your child’s

assessment decision, and you will also receive aletter with full details of your child’s result andwhat to do next.

� If I’m not satisfied with my child’s result, what can I do?

If your child has not been assessed as selectivefollowing the Medway Test, and you feel thatyour child is of selective ability, you can request areview of your child’s academic work by a panel.

All the information you need on how to do thiswill be included with your child’s assessmentdecision letter.

We strongly advise you to discuss your decisionon whether to submit a review request with your child’s school. However, it is ultimately aparental decision.

� What is the review?

Once you have submitted your review request,your child’s school will be asked to provide workin three areas (English, maths and science). The review is of academic work only and anycomments made by parents or schools are onlyfor context.

The panel will review this academic work todecide if it demonstrates that your child is ofselective ability.

Each year a number of children are found to beselective as a result of the review process. Thenumber of successful reviews normally equatesto 2 per cent of the children in the year groupand differs from year to year dependent on thesize of the year group and the number ofchildren taking the test.

� When do I need to request a review by?

Full details of how to request a review will beincluded with your child’s assessment decisionletter. Review requests will need to be submittedto the Student Services Admissions Team byFriday, 14 October 2011.

The reviews will take place on Wednesday, 19and Thursday, 20 October 2011.

� When will I know the review decision?

The result of the reviews will be posted toparents by Wednesday, 26 October 2011. This isbefore the closing date for school applications,which is Monday, 31 October 2011.

� Do I have to request a review?

This is a parental decision. Even if you do notrequest a review, you will still be able to appealfor a Medway grammar school place, as long asyou have named Medway grammar schools onyour application for schools.

� If I am not happy with the review decision or I did not request a review, what else can I do?

If your child is not assessed as selective as aresult of the Medway Test or the review process,or you did not request a review, you will need towait until after the allocation of school placeson 1 March 2012 before you can lodge anadmissions appeal.

You can only appeal for a school if you have beenrefused admission, so you will need to ensure thatyour have named Medway grammar schools onyour application in order to allow you to appealfor a place after 1 March 2012.


The appeal will be heard by an independentappeal panel. You can appeal for more than oneschool, but they must have been named on yourapplication form.

Full details of how to appeal will be includedwith your child’s school offer letter.

� Will the appeal panel know if my child has had

a review or not?

The panel will be made aware if you have had areview or not. This is because it will affect theway they consider the appeal.

If your child has gone through the reviewprocess then the independent appeal panel willconsider if the review was carried out in a fair,consistent and objective manner for all childrenand for your child in particular. Only if they feelthere is evidence to prove that the review wasnot carried out in a fair, consistent and objectivemanner can they then consider all the factorsyou put forward in your appeal case that mayhave affected your child’s performance and whyyou wish them to attend the school you areappealing for.

If your child has not been through the reviewprocess, the independent appeal panel willconsider all the factors you put forward in yourappeal case.

� What happens if I miss the closing date forMedway Test registration?

Late registrations to sit the Medway Test onSaturday, 24 September 2011 will only be allowedin exceptional circumstances or for good reason(for example, serious illness, bereavement, late

move to the area, etc). A letter explaining thereasons for the late registration must accompanyany late registration request.

Late registrations for good reason will beaccepted up until 31 July 2011.

Late registrations for families who have justmoved into the area will be accepted up until 24August 2011.

The decision on whether a reason for lateregistration is acceptable will be at the discretionof the Student Services Management Team.

Any late registrations received after the abovedates will not be able to be tested until after theallocation of places on 1 March 2011.

� Are there any other testing arrangements forMedway secondary schools?

Brompton Academy requires all applicants to sita Fair Banding Test.

This test is to assess a child’s level of ability and isused to help the school ensure that they admitan all ability intake of pupils. It is not a pass orfail test and is used to ensure that students fromacross the ability range are admitted.

If you are considering naming BromptonAcademy as one of your preferences on yourschool application, you will need to register yourchild with the academy to enable them to sit theFair Banding Test.

More details can be found on page 35 or fromthe academy directly on 01634 852341.


Section three The school application process


� When can I apply for school places?

Medway Council’s secondary school applicationsare open from Monday, 5 September 2011 until4pm on Monday, 31 October 2011.

� Who do I apply to?

You must submit your school application to thelocal authority where you live.

If you live in Medway, and pay your council taxto Medway Council, then you submit your schoolapplication to Medway Council.

If you live in Kent, and pay you council tax toone of the 12 district councils of Kent, then youmust submit your school application to KentCounty Council.

� How do I apply for secondary schools?

You can apply online atwww.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissionsAlternatively, you can complete a secondarycommon application form (SCAF) and return it toyour child’s primary school (if a Medway school)or to the Student Services Admissions Teamdetails can be found on page 3.

Please note that you should only use one ofthese methods. We cannot accept more than oneapplication per child. If you apply online, pleasedo not complete a paper form and vice versa.

� Are there any benefits to applying online?

Parents who apply online for schools, andprovide us with an email address, will be sent anemail after 4pm on 1 March 2012 advising themof the school place offered, as well as being senta formal offer letter which provides informationon what to do next.

When applying online, you will receive emailconfirmation that your application has beenreceived. Applications made on paper forms willnot be acknowledged.

Please also see page 21.

� I live outside Medway. How do I apply?

If you live in another area you must submit yourschool application through the relevantauthority. You can still name schools in Medway,but the application must go through your homelocal authority. If you require information ontheir schools, please contact the relevant localauthority to ask for a copy of the secondaryadmissions booklet or visit their website.

� I live in Medway, but want to apply for schooloutside Medway. What do I do?

You must submit your school application toMedway Council. You can name schools outsideMedway and we will liaise with the relevantlocal authority to see if a place can be offered.

� My child has a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds. Can I apply?

If your child is statemented you would havealready had discussions with the SpecialEducational Needs Team regarding whichschools you wish your child to be considered for.Your child will not go through the mainadmissions process.

If you have any questions regarding the specialeducational needs admissions process, pleasecontact the Special Educational Needs Teamteam on 01634 331130.

� I live in Medway. What schools can I apply for?

Details of the Medway secondary schools areprovided later in this booklet.

You can also apply for schools outside Medway, but these must be named on yourMedway application.

You can name any school you wish your child to beconsidered for. Medway invites parents to nameup to six schools on the Medway application. You don’t have to name six, but it is important tounderstand that naming only one school does notgive you a stronger claim to a place.

Please only name each school once. If you namea school more than once it will only beconsidered as one preference.


If your child has been assessed as non-selective,but you wish to pursue a place at a Medwaygrammar school at appeal, then you must namethe Medway grammar school on yourapplication. If you do not name the school, youwill not have the right of appeal after the schooloffers are made on 1 March 2012.

� Is the order I name schools important?

Medway operates an equal preference scheme,which means that school places are not offeredbased on which preference you name the school.

Your application will be considered andprioritised against the named school’soversubscription criteria.

Medway Council will not tell the schools whichpreference you named them. The order of yourpreference is between you and Medway Council.

When school places are being offered, Medway Council will look to offer your child aplace at the highest named school where a placecan be offered.

It is important that you name the schools in yourpreferred order.

� Why is my address important?

The address you give on your secondary schoolapplication is very important and will be used tocalculate the home to school distance for theschools you have named. This will have an effecton your child’s application when it is consideredagainst the school’s oversubscription criteria.

It is important that the address you provide isyour child’s main place of residence. This means

that they must live at this address permanently,or, in the case of separated families, it must bethe address where your child spends the majorityof the school nights. Please be aware that onlyone address can be used on the application. Wecan send duplicate correspondence to anotheraddress as long as all parties are in agreement.

If you are unsure of the address to be used inyour circumstances, please contact the StudentServices Admissions Team who will be happy tohelp you.

� I am moving shortly. What address do I use?

You must use the address you are living at onthe closing date for school applications (31 October 2011).

If you are moving after you have submitted yourapplication, you will need to provide the StudentServices Admissions Team with proof of yourmove. This proof can be in the form of a copy ofyour exchange of contracts, completiondocuments or signed tenancy agreement.


Any request for a change of address can beaccepted up until 25 November 2011 ifaccompanied by sufficient evidence.

� What happens if I give false information?

If you deliberately provide false information onyour school application, such as an address, and aplace is granted on the basis of this informationthat wouldn’t have otherwise been offered, wecan and will withdraw the offer of a school place.

If you believe that someone has provided falseinformation on their school application, we askthat you contact the student services manager atMedway Council. All such contacts will betreated in confidence and we will not discloseany of your information.

If any part of your application is thought to befalse we will investigate, and the emphasis willbe on parents to provide satisfactory evidenceproving the point being queried.

� What happens if I miss the closing date forapplications?

The closing date for applications is 31 October 2011.

Late applications cannot be made online. All lateapplicants must complete a secondary commonapplication form (SCAF) and return it direct tothe Student Services Admissions Team.

� For parents resident in Medway on or before theclosing date

As far as reasonably practicable, late applicationswill be accepted provided they are received byMedway Council before Friday, 25 November

2011. These applications must be accompaniedby a written explanation of the reasons for latesubmission. Only exceptional circumstances canbe considered by the Student ServicesManagement Team. If it is decided that thereason for late submission does not constitutegood reason, the application will be held untilafter allocation on 1 March 2012, and will beconsidered at re-allocation.

� For parents who have moved to Medway afterthe closing date and by 25 November 2011

Any application received from a new Medwayresident after the closing date and by 25November 2011 will be included in the normalallocation of places on 1 March 2012. Proof ofthe Medway address and the date of the movemust accompany such applications. This can be acopy of a signed tenancy agreement, exchangeof contracts or completion documents.

� Any application received after 25 November2011 but before 1 March 2012

Applications received after 25 November 2011will not be considered for places on 1 March2012. They will be included in the re-allocation ofplaces on 2 April 2012 and after consultation withthe relevant admission authority for the namedschools. The child’s name will automatically beplaced on the waiting list for any schools namedthat are unable to offer a place.

� Any application received after 2 April 2012

These will be considered under the continuingre-allocation of places

� Can I change my preferences after the closing date?

Changes to preference are not allowed after theclosing date for applications (31 October 2011)other than in exceptional circumstances. If youfeel that your circumstances fall into thiscategory, please submit your request in writingto the Student Services Management Team forconsideration. However, no changes can be madeto your application after 25 November 2011.


Section four The online admissions process


Medway Council would like to encourage allparents/carers of children resident in Medway tosubmit their secondary school application online.Applying online offers you a quick, easy andsecure option for submitting your application.

You can apply online atwww.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

� When can I apply online?

You can access the online admissions systemduring the following periods:

To register your child to take the Medway Test –registration is open from 9am on Monday, 6 June2011 until 4pm on Friday, 8 July 2011.

To submit your child’s secondary schoolapplication – applications are open fromMonday, 5 September 2011 until 4pm onMonday, 31 October 2011.

We cannot accept any online applications madeoutside these periods.

� What are the benefits of applying online?

You can submit your application at a time thatsuits you, anytime, day or night, during theperiods shown above.

The online system provides a safe, fast and easymethod of sending us your application andprovides you with confirmation that it has been received.

After 4pm on 7 October 2011, parents who haveregistered their child online for the Medway Testand provided an email address, will receive theirchild’s test result by email.

After 4pm on the offer day, 1 March 2012,Medway Council will send details by email, ofwhich school has been offered to parents whosuccessfully submitted an online application andprovided an email address.

� Can I submit an online request for my child to sitthe Medway Test?

Yes. You can submit your Medway Testregistration online.

Online test registration is open to everybody,whether you live in Medway or not.

If you live in Medway and pay your council tax toMedway Council and have registered for theMedway Test online, your username andpassword will allow you to update yourinformation with your school preferences, andre-submit the application during the applicationperiod as shown above.

We strongly advise you to wait for yourMedway Test result before submitting yourschool preferences.


� What do I need to do to apply online?

Firstly, you will need to register with the website.You will be asked to create a username andpassword for yourself. We suggest that you makethese easy to remember and keep a note ofthem (space is provided on the inside front coverof this booklet), as you will need these in thefuture to access your application.

You will then need to enter your details and yourchild’s details (if you are registering for theMedway Test – you will need to submit theapplication at this stage). You can add yourschool preferences later, then re-submit yourapplication during the periods shown above.

If you provide an email address in yourinformation, you will receive email confirmationof the application you have submitted. This willbe a copy of the information you have provided.

� Can I change my application or my informationafter I have submitted it?

Yes. You can make changes to your application upuntil the closing date for the relevant submission(8 July for Medway Test registration and 31October for secondary school applications).

You will need your username and password tore-enter your application and make any changes.

It is vitally important that you remember to re-submit your application after you have madeyour changes as we can only process the lastsubmitted application after the closing date.

If you make changes and do not re-submit theapplication for processing your changes will notbe included when the application is processed.

� Will I still get a letter telling me my child’sschool offer?

Yes, all applicants receive the formal offer letter.Online applicants, who have provided an emailaddress, also receive an email advising them ofthe school place offered.

� Can I submit an online application and a paper application?

No. We can only process one application for each pupil. If you have applied online, do notcomplete a paper application as well.

Please note, if you submit an online applicationthis will override any paper application we receivefor your child unless you contact us prior to theclosing date to cancel your online application.

� How do I register for the Kent Test?

You will need to submit your registration directlyto Kent County Council for the Kent Test. Thiscan be done online at www.kent.gov.uk/ola orby obtaining a registration form from KentCounty Council. Phone 01622 696565.


Section five The school offer process and next steps


� When will I find out my child’s school offer?

Secondary school places are offered on 1 March2012. This is a national date when all secondaryschool places in England will be offered.

All parents will be sent a formal offer letteradvising them of the school offered and what todo next. These letters will be posted by MedwayCouncil by 1st class post on 1 March 2012 to bereceived in the following few days.

If you apply online, and provide an emailaddress, you will also receive an email after 4pmon 1 March 2012 advising you of your child’sschool offer. You will still receive a formal letterand will need this to take the next steps.

� Who will I receive my offer from?

You will receive your school offer letter fromyour home local authority. This means, if youlive in Medway and pay you council tax toMedway Council you will receive your letterfrom Medway Council.

If you live in Kent and pay your council tax toone of the 12 district councils of Kent then you will receive your offer letter from KentCounty Council.

� Why does it take so long from applying forschools to receiving the school offer?

The closing date for school applications (31 October) and the offer date for school places(1 March) are national dates set by centralgovernment. There are many procedures thatneed to be undertaken by councils to processapplications, including exchanging data withother councils and schools and working withschools to prioritise applicants.

� How does Medway Council work out whatpriority my child has for a place at the schools I have named?

All school places are allocated in accordance with the individual school’s publishedoversubscription criteria. Full details of eachschool’s criteria can be found on the individualschool information pages later in this booklet.

Student Services Admissions work in partnershipwith each school to ensure that all applicants areprioritised (ranked) correctly against thepublished oversubscription criteria.

� How does Medway Council work out whichschool is to be offered to my child?

Medway operates an equal preference scheme,which means that school places are not offeredbased on which preference you name the school.

Your application will be considered andprioritised against the named school’soversubscription criteria.

Medway Council will not tell the schools in whichpreference you listed them. The order of yourpreference is between you and Medway Council.


When school places are being offered, MedwayCouncil will look to offer your child a place atthe highest named school where a place can be offered.

� What happens if more than one of the schools I name can offer my child a place?

You will only receive the offer of one schoolplace on 1 March 2012 and Medway Council willlook to offer your child a place at the highestnamed school where a place can be offered.

� What about children with a Statement of SpecialEducational Needs?

Children with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds do not go through this admissions processand any places being offered to a statementedchild at a school will be allocated before allother places.

The school’s published admission number (PAN) will be adjusted to take account of anystatemented children offered, and StudentServices Admissions will offer up to theremaining number of places available at the school.

� Am I guaranteed to get one of the schoolsnamed on my application?

Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that we canoffer a place at one of your named schools. Itwill depend on how oversubscribed the namedschools are and where your child is prioritisedagainst the school’s over subscription criteria.

We strongly advise you to name more than oneschool on your application to give you the mostopportunity to receive the offer of a place at aschool you are satisfied with. Medway residentscan list up to six preferences.

For 2011 admissions, 98.14 per cent of childrenreceived the offer of a place at a school namedon their application form on 1 March 2011. 87.21 per cent of children received the offer of aplace at their first preference school.

� What happens if you can’t offer my child a placeat a school named on my application?

Medway Council has a duty to ensure that aschool place is offered on 1 March to every childwho has applied for a school place.

If we are not able to offer a place at one of yourpreferences, we will look to allocate a place atthe nearest appropriate school to your homeaddress that has a place available.

Appropriate school means a Medway grammarschool for children assessed as selective and aMedway non-selective school for childrenassessed as non-selective.

� If my child is assessed as selective, will Idefinitely be offered a grammar school?

Although the vast majority of selective assessedchildren are offered places at a grammar school,sometimes we offer them a place at a non-selective school because it is named as a higherpreference on the application.

� If I am not happy with the school place offered,what can I do?

Full details of the next steps you can takefollowing the school offer made on 1 March2012 will be with the offer letter. You have anumber of options, including requesting to beplaced on a waiting list to be considered at re-allocation and lodging a school admissionappeal. Brief details of some of these options are listed below:

� Waiting lists / Re-allocation:

You will be sent a waiting list request form alongwith your school offer letter on 1 March 2012.Using this form you can request to be placed onthe waiting list for any of the schools youoriginally named on your application form*and/or any other Medway secondary school*

Your child will not automatically be added to awaiting list unless you have submitted a requestform. The only exception to this is where anappeal has been lodged. Children who haveappealed will also be added to the relevantschool’s* waiting list.

*Please note that you can only request to go onthe waiting list for a Medway grammar schoolif your child has been assessed as selectiveunder the Medway test procedures.

Student Services Admissions will then collate allwaiting list requests and look to re-allocate(offer) any vacant school places that may becomeavailable to children who have requested to beplaced on the waiting list.

A child’s position on a school’s waiting list will bedecided in accordance with the school’spublished oversubscription criteria. Places arenot held on a first come, first served basis.

It is important to understand that a child’s placeon the waiting list may change (up or down)dependent on the eligibility of other childrenwho have requested to be on the waiting list.

Waiting list requests must be submitted by 26 March 2012.

Vacant places will be re-allocated after 2 April 2012.


NB: If you are offered a school place at one ofthe schools you have named on your waitinglist request, any other school offer will beautomatically withdrawn to be re-allocatedto another child. You will not have a claim onthe original place offered if you change yourmind and will need to be added to thatschool’s waiting list for consideration atfuture re-allocation.

� Appeals:

You have the right of appeal to any of the schoolsyou have named on your application form thathas not been able to offer your child a place. Thiscan include grammar schools, even if your childhas not been assessed as selective, as long as younamed them on your application form.

You cannot lodge an appeal for a school youhave not named on your application form.

Full details of how to appeal and an appeal formwill be included with your school offer letter on1 March 2012.

You can submit more than one appeal at thesame time, as the schools being appealed for willnot be aware that you have appealed foranother school.

Who you submit your appeal request to willdepend on the school being appealed for, anddetails of where you need to send your form willbe included with your letter on 1 March 2012.

An independent appeal panel will hearadmission appeals. They are independent of theschool and the council and their decision isbinding on the school and the council.

Appeal requests must be lodged by 26 March 2012.

� Can I go on the waiting list and lodge an appealfor the same school?

Yes. You can submit a waiting list form andlodge an appeal for the same school. The twoprocesses are independent of each other, andbeing on the waiting list will not affect yourappeal and vice versa.

� How do I accept or refuse the school place offered?

You will receive an acceptance/refusal form withyour school offer letter on 1 March 2012. Youwill need to complete this form and return it tothe school being offered with your decision.

Acceptance/refusal forms must be returned tothe schools by 26 March 2012.

� If I refuse the place offered, do I have a betterchance of being offered a place from the waitinglist or being successful at appeal?

No. Vacant places are only offered from waitinglists in accordance with the school’soversubscription criteria. They are notdependent on whether you are holding the offerof a school place or not. In a similar way, appealdecisions are based on the cases heard by theindependent appeal panel and not on whetheryou are holding a school place or not.


Section six Free school meals and home to school transport


The following information on free school mealsand home to school transport is correct at thetime of going to print.

Please note that there may be changes toMedway Council’s policies as a result of changesto central government legislation and the SchoolAdmissions Code. This may mean that changesmay be made before your child is due to startsecondary school in September 2012.

Please check the Medway Council website -www.medway.gov.uk for the most up to dateinformation nearer the time of your childstarting secondary school.

Free school meals

� Will my child be entitled to free school meals?

Your child may qualify to receive free schoolmeals if you receive certain qualifying benefits.

At the time of printing this booklet, these are:� Income Support;� Jobseeker’s Allowance (income based);� Employment and Support Allowance

(Income related);� The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit;� Support under part VI of the Immigration

and Asylum Act 1999; � Child Tax Credit, but not entitled to Working

Tax Credit, and whose annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue andCustoms) does not exceed £16,190.

As the government is looking to change thebenefits system, please be aware these couldhave changed by September 2012.

� How do I apply for free school meals?

You will need to complete the free school mealsapplication form.

If applying during the school holidays, you willneed to send the completed form to the freepostaddress on the bottom of the form. If applyingat any other time, as well as this option, you canalso take your completed form into your child’sschool office.

You can obtain an application form by callingthe Student Services Operations Team on 01634331155, or collecting one from your child’s schooloffice, Medway Council’s contact points, or themain libraries - Gillingham, Chatham, Rochesterand Strood.

� Do I need to provide proof of benefit with myapplication?

You do not need to provide proof of benefit atthis time. By signing the form you are allowingthe Student Services Operations Team to verifyyour claim.

If free school meals cannot be verified, the teamwill ask for an up to date, full copy of the proof ofbenefit you are receiving, to reassess your claim.

� Do I need to complete the application form forall Medway schools?

At the time of going to print, the followingMedway secondary schools administer their ownfree school meals applications:� Chatham Grammar School for Girls� Rainham Mark Grammar School� The Howard School� The Rochester Grammar School� The Thomas Aveling School

For these schools, you will need to contactthem directly to submit an application for freeschool meals.

For all other Medway secondary schools, pleasecomplete the Medway Council application form.

� Do I have to renew my application for freeschool meals and if so, when?

No, you do not have to renew your application ifall your details have remained the same.

The Student Services Operations Team will carryout regular reviews and contact you for furtherproof of benefit, if required.

� Who do I contact if any of my and/or my child’spersonal details change, or I stop receivingbenefit, once I am receiving free school meals?

Please contact the Student Services OperationsTeam on 01634 331155 to update your details. If you have moved address, you will be asked tocomplete a new application form.

If you do not notify the team, it could result inyou having to repay the cost of any free schoolmeals that your child has received.

Home to school transport

� How do I know if my child is eligible for freehome to school transport?

Following the offer of a school place on 1 March2012, the Student Services Operations Team willautomatically assess all Year 6 pupils to see ifthey are eligible for free home to schooltransport to the school they have been offered.


If your child may qualify for free home to schooltransport you will be sent confirmation inwriting. You will be asked to check theinformation and to provide a passport sizedphotograph of your child to enable us to processthe application, or provide proof of low-incomewhere necessary.

If you have not received written confirmationfrom the Student Services Operations Team bythe end of June 2012, it is likely that your child isnot eligible for free home to school transport.

� What if I don’t agree with the decision?

If you feel that the decision that your child is noteligible for free home to school transport isincorrect, or that your child’s circumstanceswarrant an exception to be made, you cansubmit an application form enclosing a letterexplaining the reason why you wish your child’scase to be looked at further. The Student ServicesManagement Team will look at this.

� Where can I get an application form?

You can get an application from any Medwayschool, Medway contact points or the mainlibraries (Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester andStrood). Alternatively, you can contact the StudentServices Operations Team on 01634 331155.

� What is the current transport policy?

At the time of going to print, the basic qualifyingcriteria to be eligible for free home to schooltransport is that you must live more than threemiles from the secondary school your child will beattending and it must be deemed as the nearestappropriate school to your home address.

� What does nearest appropriate school mean?

This means the school geographically nearest toyour home address that is suitable for a child’sage, ability and aptitude.

We can only distinguish between non-selectiveand selective schools and cannot take intoaccount the individual specialist status of aschool. When deciding which is the nearestappropriate school, we do not take into accounta parent’s preference for a single sex, mixed orspecialist school.

Only one school can be the nearest appropriateschool from your home address.

If you express a preference for a school which isnot the nearest appropriate school and you areoffered a place, you will not qualify for freetransport, even if the school is more than threemiles from your home address.

A nearest appropriate school form will beavailable in September 2011 for you to requestdetails of the schools deemed the nearestappropriate from your home address.

� Can I get free home to school transport if I amon a low income?

Yes. If you are on a low-income you can qualifyfor free home to school transport if you live morethan two miles, but not more than six miles, fromone of your three nearest appropriate schools.Low-income families are defined as where thechildren are entitled to free school meals (seedetails on page 28), or if parents receive themaximum level of working tax credit.

When returning the application form you will needto provide an up to date full copy of your proof ofbenefit in order for us to assess your claim.

� Can my child get free home to school transportfrom two addresses if the parents are separatedand they live part time with each parent?

No. Medway Council can only issue one travelpass for one return journey from home to schooleach day. We can only assess a transportapplication from the address that is the child’smain place of residence. If you have any specificquestions regarding these situations, pleasecontact the Student Services Operations Teamon 01634 331155.

� Will my child receive free home to schooltransport automatically if they have medical ofspecial educational needs?

If a child has specific medical needs for transport,you will need to provide medical evidence forassessment by the Student Service OperationsTeam. This evidence must provide sufficientdetail to enable an assessment to be carried out.

If a child has a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, you will need to discuss their transportneeds with the Special Educational Needs Teamon 01634 331130. They will advise whatinformation they need to assess the case.

� How are distances measured for home to school transport?

It is important to understand that the schooladmissions policies and the home to schooltransport policies are completely separate anddo not interlink.

Distances for home to school transport arecalculated using the geographical informationsoftware available to Medway Council. Thedistance is calculated from the home address tothe school address by the shortest available


walking route. It may take account of footpaths,public rights of way, etc.

The shortest available walking route is one alongwhich a child can walk to school, accompanied asnecessary, with reasonable safety.

� I have chosen a school on faith grounds. Can I get free home to school transport?

If your child is attending St John Fisher CatholicComprehensive School or Bishop of RochesterAcademy on religious grounds, Medway Councilwill count these schools as the nearestappropriate for a child of the Roman Catholic orChurch of England faith respectively.

You may be entitled to free transport if you livemore than three miles from the school, and yourchild is a regular practising member of a churchof the same religion as the school. This needs tobe confirmed in writing by the church.

If you are on a low-income, you may be entitledto free transport if you live between two and 15miles from the school and your child is aregularly practising member of a church of thesame religion as the school. This needs to beconfirmed in writing, by the church.

� How do I find out what bus routes andcompanies cover the journey to my child’schosen school?

Arriva Bus Company operates the majority of busroutes in Medway. You can contact them foradvice on 01634 283600 or visit their websitewww.arrivabus.co.uk to find out the servicenumbers, times and boarding points.

Tenders for bus services are often renewed, so atthe time of printing this booklet, the following

bus companies also operate in certain parts ofMedway. To find out if they operate near you,please contact them on the numbers below:

� Nu Venture Bus Company 01622 882288� Farleigh Coaches 01634 201065� Red Route 01474 353896

� If my child does not qualify for free home toschool transport, are there any other schemesavailable in Medway?

� Half-price bus fare schemeThis entitles students to travel to school in themorning for half the price of an adult fare(child fares already apply in the afternoons). To qualify, students must be studying at schoolup to the end of Year 13 or equivalent atcollege, live in Medway, and travel to anyschool or college within Medway, or any schoolor college in Kent, without a change of busoutside of the Medway area. The passes arevalid for three years or up to the end of Year11, whichever is sooner and a new applicationis then made for Year 12 and Year 13. You canapply for this scheme and find out the cost bycontacting the Student Services OperationsTeam on 01634 331155, or collecting a formfrom your child’s school office, MedwayCouncil’s contact points, or the main libraries -Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Strood.

� Yellow Bus SchemeMedway Council provides the Yellow BusScheme, which supplies school buses for pupilsliving in certain parts of Medway to travel tospecific schools. If you are interested in thisservice, please contact our TransportProcurement Team on 01634 331112.

� Vacant Seat Payment SchemeChildren who do not qualify for free home toschool transport may apply for a vacant seat ona hired school vehicle, if one operates on theroute required, at a cost. It is important tounderstand that the seat on the transport maybe withdrawn at any time if it is required by achild eligible for free home to school transportor if the transport is withdrawn. Furtherinformation on this scheme can be obtainedfrom the Transport Procurement Team on01634 331139.

� If we are refused free transport, is there a rightof appeal?

If your application for free home to schooltransport is refused by the Student ServicesOperations Team and you believe that yourcircumstances warrant an exception being made,please put your reasons in writing to the StudentServices Operations Manager, to be reconsidered.

If it is still refused, you may wish to make aformal appeal to Members of Medway Councilagainst this decision. We will provide details ofhow to do this at that time.

� If my child has a free bus pass and misbehaveson the bus, will the pass be taken away?

All transport provided is subject to your childbehaving in an acceptable manner whiletravelling. If, however, the transport companyfeels that your child’s behaviour is unacceptable,their ticket can be withdrawn. In such cases,Medway Council will cease to accept liability fortravel arrangements and you will have to makeyour own arrangements from then on.


Section seven Common oversubscription criteria


The below table provides some definitions of the most common oversubscription criteria used by schools. The definitions quoted are those of Medway Council and may be different for an individual school.

Please ensure you read each individual school’s information page to ascertain exactly what their over subscription criteria is and what it means for your child.

Criteria Definition

Looked after children/ Sometimes referred to as Looked After Children, these are children for whom the council provides a home by children in public care agreement with their parents, or who are subject to a Care Order under Part IV of the Children Act 1989.

All schools must give these children the highest priority in their oversubscription criteria.

Current family Sibling means children who live as brother/sister in the same house and includes natural siblings, adopted association/sibling siblings, foster siblings and step siblings. Extended family, for example cousins, living in the same house do not

qualify as siblings. The sibling must be attending the named school at the time of application and at the timethe younger child would start (September 2012).

Child’s health reasons Medical evidence must be provided to Student Services Admissions Team. This evidence must demonstrate aspecific link between the child’s medical conditions and needs, and how the named school can meet these needs.

Residence in an If a school operates an access area, children living within the area receive a higher priority for a place than access area other applicants from a lower listed criterion.

Nearness of child’s The distance calculated is the shortest available safe walking route known to the graphical information home/distance* software used by Student Services Admissions. This graphical information software may not know all

footpaths that are in existence and certain new roads may not be known. Where a footpath or new road isnot known to the software an alternative route will be used. Where a child’s home is situated on a new roadthe distance calculation will begin from the nearest available known road plotted in the software. Newdevelopments may be subject to this. In certain cases it may not be possible to calculate a distance where theentire route is deemed as a safe walking route. In these circumstances the distance calculated is used purely toprioritise an application for admission. There is no expectation that the walk should be taken.

Score Some grammar schools elect to prioritise applicants based on their test scores. This means that all applicationswill be prioritised from highest score to lowest score. It is important to understand that these schools are notpermitted to give any priority to siblings.

*Please note that, at the time of going to print, Student Services Admissions are researching the use of new distancing software. Please check the websitewww.medway.gov.uk and look at ‘Co-ordinated Admission Scheme for Secondary Admissions – September 2012’ for the most up to date information on how distances are calculated.


Section eight Other information


� The Medway Choice Advice Service

To help parents in the decision-making process,The Medway Choice Advice Service will beavailable to answer questions and offer freeindependent and impartial advice to thosefamilies who find the secondary transfer processparticularly difficult to negotiate.

The Medway Choice Advice Service will notmake decisions for parents, but is there toprovide guidance and support to parents whocontact them.

Full details of the Medway Choice Advice Servicewill be available through your child’s currentprimary school or from Student ServicesAdmissions in September 2011.

� Choosing to educate at home

You may choose to educate your child at home.If you elect to do this, the council has a duty toensure that your child is receiving suitable andefficient full time education.

If you wish to consider educating your child athome, please contact the Inclusions Team on01634 332572 for more information.

You will be asked to provide full details on thearrangements you are making.

� Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)

ACE has been supporting families on educationissues for over 50 years. They provideinformation, support and advice to parents onmany aspects of their child’s education. You cancontact them on 0808 800 5793 or via theirwebsite www.ace-ed.org.uk.

� School term dates

Full details of term dates for the academic yearSeptember 2012 to July 2013 can be found atwww.medway.gov.uk

Please be aware that some schools may operatedifferent term dates to the Medway Councildefined ones and you will need to speak toindividual schools about their arrangements.

� Sustainable School Travel Strategy

Medway Council is keen to ensure that their ownplans support school travel plans (STP), so thatthe schools can develop a long-term commitmentto implementation, monitoring anddevelopment. Working with schools, MedwayCouncil has developed a number of initiatives.

Further information can be found atwww.medway.gov.uk/sustainable_school_travel_ strategy_summary.pdf


St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School School details on page 49

Additional oversubscription criteriaa Those pupils with a brother or sister alreadyattending the school. Brother or sister meanschildren who live as brother and sister,including natural brothers or sisters, adoptedsiblings, stepbrothers or sisters and fosterbrothers or sisters. It would not include otherrelatives e.g cousins. Families are defined asbeing the child’s natural or adoptive parents orofficially designated carers. It would notinclude grandparents or other relatives unlessthey are officially designated carers.

b Child’s health reasons. Medical evidencemust be provided which demonstrates aspecific health reason that requires the child toattend the preferred school.

a Distance from the school, which will bemeasured by the shortest available safe walkingroute between home and school as measuredby Medway Council’s Geographical InformationSystem. Looked after children are those in thecare of a public authority and are in public care.Applications made under this criterion must beaccompanied by the details of circumstance andprofessionally supported evidence (e.g. from anappropriate social worker).

Brompton Academy School details on page 41

Fair Banding Test informationBrompton Academy is an all ability school and inorder to secure an all ability intake all applicantsfor admission should take a Fair Banding testwhich is prescribed by the National Foundationfor Educational Research (NFER). This is not apass or fail test this is just to ensure that childrenacross the ability range are admitted. Allapplicants for places in the academy will bebanded according to the principles of FairBanding, using the national profile. Allparents/children who intend to put BromptonAcademy down on their application form as apreference will need to take the academy FairBanding test, which will determine whatbanding group their child should be placed inshould they gain a place at the academy. The testwill be administered during September/October– a year ahead of entry. Parents and carers canaccess the test for their child by filling in andreturning a test registration form which will beavailable via the academy websitewww.bromptonacademy.org.uk and from theacademy reception from Monday, 6 June tillFriday, 15 July 2011. This test registration formshould be returned within the prescribeddeadlines as indicated on the registrationform together with the preferred test date.

Students who have not taken the banding test(apart from children in care and statemented

students who must always be given priority)will be considered after children who have satthe banding test. They will be prioritised on thebasis of criteria b) - d) (in order). All applicantswill be offered fair access to the test andreminded of the dates, times and locationsavailable to sit the test.

The Howard School School details on page 51

Bi-lateral status: All applicants are consideredagainst the published criteria. In line with theschool’s bi-lateral status, once places havebeen allocated the school will assign up to 25per cent of places in the Year 7 intake tochildren who have been deemed selectiveunder the Medway Test. Medway Council willprovide the school with the details of thoseboys offered a place who have been deemedas selective. The school will use thisinformation to place those boys into thegrammar stream.

Additional admission and oversubscription details


Section nine The schools


How to use the school pages

Map referencenumber, see page 39

Introduction to schoolby headteacher/principal

Department for Educationunique school number

Published admissionnumber for 2012

School contact details

Open sessions,times and dates

School status (academy,foundation, community,

voluntary aided)

Expected schoolroll for

September 2012

Access areasee page 39

School type(grammar, high,academy etc)

Area of Medway

School specialist status

Furthest distance orlowest score offered asapplicable. If the schoolwas undersubscribed(not full) on offer day

this section will show N/A

Number ofpreferences

expressed forthe school

Number of placesoffered on 1 March

(offer day) ofrelevant year

Criteria for admissionand oversubscription


Medway secondary schools

Page

1 Bishop of Rochester Academy 40

2 Brompton Academy 41

3 Chatham Grammar School for Boys 42

4 Chatham Grammar School for Girls 43

5 Fort Pitt Grammar School 44

6 Greenacre School 45

7 Rainham Mark Grammar School 46

8 Rainham School for Girls 47

9 Sir Joseph Williamson’s

Mathematical School 48

10 St John Fisher Catholic

Comprehensive School 49

11 Strood Academy 50

12 The Howard School 51

13 The Hundred of Hoo

Comprehensive School 52

14 The Robert Napier School 53

15 The Rochester Grammar School 54

16 The Thomas Aveling School 55

17 Walderslade Girls’ School 56

Location and access areas of schools

� What is an access area?

Six Medway schools include an access area withintheir admissions criteria. Applications received forpupils that reside within the school’s access areawill receive a higher priority for a place at thatschool than applicants that do not reside in theaccess area. Those applicants that live furthestfrom the school within the access area receivehigher priority than those that live closest withinthe access area. Please note that applicantsresiding in an access area with valid sibling linksor higher criterion will be prioritised under thehigher criteria.

If you are unsure if you live in an access area forone of these schools, please contact StudentServices Admissions who will be able to help you.You can either phone on 01634 331110 or [email protected]

� Access areas

The following schools have access areas, shownon the map opposite:

A - The Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School

B - The Thomas Aveling School

C - Walderslade Girls’ School

and Greenacre School

D - Rainham School for Girls

E - The Howard School

Jct 4Jct 4

River Medway

Strood

Rochester

Chatham Rainham

GillinghamM2

MotorwayBridge

MedwayTunnel

TescoSuperstore

SplashesLeisureCentre

Medway Park

AsdaSuperstore

A2

A2

A289

A28

9

B2004

store

11

52

14

410159

163 1

17 6

712 8

Cliffe

Hoo

AllhallowsGrain

289A289

MedwayA22

8

B20

00

B20

00

13

River Thames

M2

M2

A2

A2A2

A226

Sittingbourne

Canterbury/Dover

London

Maidstone

Jct 1

Jct 2

Jct 3

39


Type Area Age range Single sex/ Number of prefs Places allocated Furthest distance offered Access area Expected roll Statusmixed 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Academy Chatham 11 – 18 Mixed 497 417 238 178 N/A N/A No 1220 Academy

Bishop of Rochester AcademySpecialisms: Mathematics, Music, ICT

The Christian ethos, which pervades the academyserves to support a very caring community wherevalues such as honesty, fairness and personalcommitment are expected of all personnel whetherthey be from a faith background or not.

Significant work is taking place in developingpartnerships with other local schools with a clear benefit for the rapidly improving sixth form and in working more closely with ourfeeder primary schools.

When the brand new building opens, the academywill be transformed into one of the most dynamicwork places in Medway. The most up-to-datetechnology and teaching environment generallywill light up the daily diet for students and staff ina dramatic fashion.

The staff at the academy are currently workingextremely hard to ensure that the quality ofteaching, student outcomes and pastoral supportis of a high standard. The latest reports made byrepresentatives from the Department ofEducation would suggest that very visibleprogress is being made.

Andy ReeseInterim Executive Principal

Interim Executive Principal: Andy Reese

West Campus, Letchworth Avenue, Chatham

ME4 6NT

01634 404277Email: [email protected]

Open sessions

Open evening: Thursday, 13 October, 5 – 8pm West Campus

For admission enquiries please contact Miss Mandi Clark, Office Manager

Admission and oversubscription criteria

Admission: Entry is without testing

Oversubscription: There will be two broadgroups: 150 open places and up to 90 foundationplaces. Open places will be open to anyone;foundation places will be for students from threelocal Church of England primary schools. These areAll Saints’ C of E Primary School, Chatham; St Mary’s Island C of E Primary School, Chatham; St Margaret’s C of E Junior School, Rainham. If there were not enough students applying for the foundation places, then any left will becomeopen places.Where the Academy is oversubscribed, after theadmission of children with a statement of SpecialEducational Needs, places will be allocated toapplicants in the following priority order:1 Looked after children2 Siblings (pupils living as brothers and sisters, etc)3 Those living nearest the academy based on the

measured distance using Medway Council’sGeographical Information System and procedure.

1

DFE number: 887 6907 PAN: 240


Brompton AcademySpecialism: Science and Arts

Brompton Academy is an all ability, innovative,dynamic 11-18 school, with specialisms in scienceand arts, and a grammar stream, under theleadership of the University of Kent.

The academy delivers high quality educationleading to university entrance and equivalentprogression routes. Entry to the academy is via aFair Banding Test.

The academy offers a unique learningenvironment, with an accelerated curriculumwhere all students have the opportunity to followpersonalised learning pathways, leading to earlyentry GCSE and Advanced level qualifications.

Students in Year 7 undertake a foundationprogramme to support their personal developmentin becoming confident, happy, robust, successfulyoung people with a passion for learning.

The academy boasts high standards of behaviour.

If you are looking for a highly effective all abilityacademy that will offer the best educationalopportunities for a young person together withwrap around care, support and guidance, then thefuture has to be Brompton Academy.

The academy will move in to a state-of-the-art newbuilding in 2013.

Further information is available on our website.

Principal: Judy Rider BA (Hons) , MA

Marlborough Road, Gillingham ME7 5HT

01634 852341

Email: [email protected]

www.bromptonacademy.org.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Thursday, 29 September, 6 – 8.30pmPrincipal talks at 6.15pm

Open morning: Saturday, 1 October 10am – 12.30pmPrincipal talks at 10.15am

Daytime tours: Tuesday, 18, Wednesday, 19 andThursday, 20 October (mornings). Please phone to book a place on the tours

For admission enquiries please contact the principal


Admission: Students applying for admission musttake a Fair Banding Test, see page 35 for details.

Oversubscription: Places are first offered tostudents with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the Brompton Academy is named onthe statement and after agreement with theacademy. The remaining applicants will be split intothe quintile bands based on their NFER scoreswithin the national profile. Within each band thecriterion will be applied in the order in which theyare set out below: 1 Children in public care2 Current family association (elder brother or sister

in the academy at time of application who willstill be attending when the applicant child isadmitted. In this context, brother or sister means:• a natural brother or sister (including adoptedsiblings)

• step brother or sister• foster brother or sister• those who live as brother or sister in the same house

3 Nearness of child’s home4 Random selection within bands

2

Type Area Age range Single sex/ Number of prefs Places allocated Allocation criteria Access area Expected roll Statusmixed 2010 2011 2010 2011

Academy Gillingham 11 – 18 Mixed 555 577 200 180 Fair Banding plus criteria No 1000 Academy




Grammar Chatham 11 – 18 Boys 454 443 110 98 N/A N/A No 970 Academy

Chatham Grammar School for BoysSpecialisms: Languages, Science and Gifted and Talented

Chatham Grammar School for Boys is an excitingplace to learn with a long history of academic andvocational education. Students experience the latesttechnologies and engage in the arts, humanitiesand sciences. The school stands for the pursuit ofexcellence in all fields – academic, cultural andsporting. The innovative curriculum on offer ensuresthat all students leave as confident and capableyoung men with high expectations of themselves.

Our boys enjoy a diverse curriculum that equipsthem for the future. They have access to a range ofexciting trips and journeys, whether to DoverCastle or to Kyoto in Japan. There is a wealth ofactivities on offer – sports teams, clubs, societies,the Duke of Edinburgh Award, public speakingcompetitions, the Bank of England competitionand so forth.

Pastoral care at Chatham Grammar School for Boysis outstanding with a focus on each boy reachinghis full potential. Careers advice is exemplary andthe school has received a number of awards for itswork in this area and others.

Examination results are very good and our studentsprogress to some of the finest universities in theland. Ofsted stated: “Chatham Grammar School forBoys is a good school. It encourages high motivation,effective learning and good standards of attainment.

Headteacher: Mr David Marshall

Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham ME4 6JB

01634 830083


www.cgsb.co.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Tuesday, 11 October, 5.30 – 9pm

Daytime tours: Tours by prior appointment viathe School Office. The dates for tours are from Monday, 10 Octoberuntil Friday, 21 October (excluding Tuesday, 11and Wednesday, 12 October)

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs Patricia Lewis


Admission: Entry is with testing

Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named, then in thefollowing order:1 Children in public care 2 Current family association/sibling (a brother/sister

attending the named school(s) at the time ofapplication and who will still be attending inSeptember 2012)

3 Child’s health reasons 4 Nearness of child’s home

Tiebreaker – in the event of a tie within anycriterion, places will be allocated to those livingclosest to the school measured by the shortestavailable walking route.

3



Chatham Grammar School for GirlsHigh Performing School for Modern Foreign Languages

CGSG caters for able students who thrive best in a smaller, friendly and supportive environment. Our excellent examination results and our successin guiding students to higher education are due tothe expertise of our well qualified and experiencedteaching staff and the care, support and guidanceprovided by our dedicated pastoral team.

Our aim is for all students to fulfil their academicpotential and develop skills relevant to the 21stcentury. Our diverse curriculum spans the range oftraditional subjects including Latin and threeforeign languages from Year 7. It also includesmore modern and practical subjects that enable usto personalise our provision to meet the needs ofour learners.

While academic excellence is important to us, it isequally important that our students enjoy theirexperience at CGSG. To this end, the curriculum iscomplemented by a wide range of extra-curricularopportunities that provide rich experiences forstudents and encourage them to develop theirpersonal and social skills and their ability tocontribute usefully to the community.

Mrs Christine ProbinHeadteacher

Headteacher: Mrs Christine Probin Rainham Road, Chatham ME5 7EH01634 851262Email: postbox@chathamgirlsgrammar.

medway.sch.ukwww.chathamgirlsgrammar.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Tuesday, 11 October 6 – 8.30pm

Open week: Monday, 17 to Friday, 21 October. A tour will start at 9.30am each day - no appointment is necessary.

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs D Simmonds, PA to Headteacher



Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named.

In the event of over-subscription, if the number ofselective preferences received through theMedway co-ordinated admission scheme forChatham Grammar School for Girls is more thanthe number of places available, the 142 places willbe allocated in the following priority order:

1 Girls who are in public care2 Rank order based on test scores3 In the event of two or more girls having equal

ranking for the last place, the deciding factor willbe the shortest safe walking distance from thehome address to the school as measured by theMedway Council Geographical Information System.

4

Type Area Age range Single sex/ Number of prefs Places allocated Lowest score offered Access area Expected roll Statusmixed 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Grammar Chatham 11 – 18 Girls 462 389 117 76 N/A N/A No 860 Foundation




Grammar Chatham 11 – 18 Girls 481 444 120 120 7.12km 7.91km No 800 Academy

Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolSpecialism: Science and Mathematics

Fort Pitt is an OfSTED “outstanding” grammarschool, a new academy and a science college with amathematics specialism.

There is no doubt that our main focus at school isacademic excellence and our students achieve someof the highest grades in Kent and Medway.However, we also encourage our students to developtheir full creative ability and our artists, actors,musicians and dancers have established themselvesas among the very best in Kent and Medway. Ourstudents’ sporting achievements have been equallyformidable. We take pride in the accomplishmentsof all our students and we are keen to acknowledgeand reward excellence in all fields.

We are a forward thinking, fast moving and caringcommunity with a real commitment to traditionalvalues and beliefs. School rules are few but theyare guided by the principles of tolerance, respectand excellence.

We look forward to welcoming you to the schoolat our open evening in September or our openmornings in October.

Julia BellHeadteacher

Headteacher: Mrs Julia Bell

Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham ME4 6TJ

01634 842359


www.fortpitt.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Thursday, 15 September, 6 – 9pm

Open mornings: Monday, 17 to Friday, 21 October,9 – 11am

For admission enquiries please contact theheadteacher



Oversubscription:1 Girls having an agreed Statement of Special

Education Needs that names Fort Pitt GrammarSchool as the appropriate school

2 Girls in public care3 Current family association (elder sister in the

school at time of application – September 2012)

In this context sister means:• Natural sister (including adopted)• Step sister• Foster sister• Those who live as sisters in the same house

4 Nearness of home to school, using the shortest,safe walking distance, measured by the MedwayCouncil Geographical Information System

5 In the event of two or more girls having equalranking for the last place then rank order basedon scores will apply.

5



Greenacre SchoolA high performing specialist school with sports college and raising achievement status

Greenacre is an oversubscribed, well equippedschool set in extensive grounds. An all weathersports pitch and a food technology hall have beenadded during the past year.

In February 2011 Ofsted inspectors concluded thatthe school was good with outstanding features.‘Exemplary care, guidance and support, as well as outstanding work with partnershiporganisations (including all local primary schools),contribute to students’ good outcomes’. Further,‘students make good progress in most lessons’.

The maximum number of boys in a teaching groupis 30 with many operating at 15 or less. In academicsubjects, boys are placed in sets of similar abilityincluding fast tracked groups in English andmathematics throughout the school. Learningmentors work with small groups or individuals.Strategies such as these are ensuring that GCSEresults continue to improve almost year on year.

In partnership with Walderslade Girls’ School, a largeand thriving Walderslade Joint Sixth Form has, as theinspectors made clear, ‘a good curriculum with clearroutes into both academic and applied courses’.

Andrew ReeseHeadteacher

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Reese

157 Walderslade Road, Chatham ME5 0LP

01634 861593


www.greenacre.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Tuesday, 18 October, from 6pm

Daytime tours: Monday, 10 to Friday, 14 Octoberfrom 9.15am

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs Susan Bond



Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named, then in thefollowing order:

1 Children in public care 2 Current family association/sibling (a brother/sister


3 Child’s health reasons 4 Residence in an access area 5 Nearness of child’s home

Tiebreaker – in the event of a tie within anycriterion, places will be allocated to those livingclosest to the school measured by the shortavailable walking route.

6


High Walderslade 11 – 18 Boys 327 300 160 160 1.94km 2.46km Yes 930 Community




Grammar Rainham 11-18 Mixed 546 472 175 175 526 508 No 1240 Foundation

Rainham Mark Grammar SchoolSpecialism: Science

At Rainham Mark Grammar School (RMGS) weprovide a co-educational selective education ofthe highest quality.

Ofsted report, October 2008, stated ‘Rainham MarkGrammar School provides good quality educationfor its pupils. It also has many outstanding featuresto its work… Standards in GCSE examinations areexceptionally and consistently high.’

Excellent facilities include:• a new sports hall which is under construction; • specialist teaching suites for all subject areas; • a purpose-built music block with a recital hall andrecording studio.

Our strengths include:• outstanding pastoral care and careers guidance;• excellent relationships between staff withdiscipline firmly based on a tradition of mutualcare and respect;

• boys and girls make exceptional progress in acaring, co-educational and academically rigorousenvironment. We achieved the highest averagegrade score/A2 level entry of all Medway schoolsin 2011;

• broad curriculum choice and sensible accelerationfor the most gifted students;

• a strong tradition of extra-curricular activitiesand trips;

• winning over 20 Good Schools Awards.

Headteacher: Mr S Decker MSc, MSc(Ed)

Pump Lane, Gillingham ME8 7AJ

01634 364151


www.rainhammark.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Thursday, 13 October, 5–7pmHeadteacher talks at 6.30pm

Daytime tours: Saturday, 15 October, 10am–12noonHeadteacher talks at 11.30am

Parents are welcome to visit the school at any timeby appointment.

Tours of the school during a working day can betaken from 9am to 3pm from Monday, 17 Octoberto Friday, 21 October. We are unable to offeradditional tours after 21 October. Please contactthe school to make an appointment.

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs Bourne, Head of Lower School



Oversubscription: Places are first offered tothose children with a Statement of SpecialEducational Needs, where the school is named. If the number of RMGS preferences received viathe co-ordinated scheme, from parents of childrenachieving selective standard, exceeds the numberof places available, places will be allocated in thefollowing priority order:

1 Children in public care2 In rank order of score as determined by

Medway’s selection procedure3 In the event of two or more pupils having equal

ranking for the last place, the deciding factor willbe the shortest available safe walking distancebetween the home address and RMGS asmeasured by the Medway Council GeographicalInformation System and determined by Medway Council.

7



Rainham School for GirlsSpecialism: Technology

Do you want your daughter to be happy, developher interests, talents and achieve academic success?Then look no further than Rainham School for Girls.

We pride ourselves on offering an education thatbalances academic challenge, support for eachindividual and an innovative and excitingcurriculum. Our students develop their talents increative and academic areas and we cater forstudents of all abilities, from those who lackconfidence to the highest achievers who remain inour sixth form and progress to university.

In Year 7 classes are organised to support students’abilities, including two new fast track “Stellar”groups aimed at the most able and following anaccelerated curriculum. Our transitionarrangements are second to none. Beforetransferring we liaise closely with primary schoolsto ensure students are placed appropriately fortheir individual development. Our well qualified,experienced staff and excellent facilities supportyour daughters in developing their potential.

Pastoral care is equally important to us. Relationshipswithin school are very good with high expectationsof behaviour firmly based in a tradition of mutualrespect. We are committed to ensuring success for alland very much value partnership with parents.

Headteacher: Ms K Roberts

Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 0BX

01634 362746


www.rsg.org.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Wednesday, 12 October, 6 – 8pm

Open morning: Saturday, 17 September, 9.30am –12.30pm

Daytime tours: Monday, 10 to Friday, 14 October(two sessions, 9 – 10.30am and 11am – 12.30pm)

Wednesday, 12 and Thursday, 13 October byappointment only

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs Lee






3 Child’s health reasons 4 Residence in an access area 5 Nearness of child’s home


8


Academy Rainham 11 – 18 Girls 481 439 270 257 6.44km N/A Yes 1550 Academy




Grammar Rochester 11 – 18 Boys 441 427 168 168 7.97km 7.92km No 1212 Academy

Sir Joseph Williamson’sMathematical SchoolSpecialism: Mathematics, Computing and Humanities

In November 2008, we received our second‘outstanding’ judgement from Ofsted, with thelead inspector noting in her report that ‘a buzz ofexcitement pervades the school.’

Five core values underpin our work:• We ensure the highest standards of achievement.• We provide all students with an exciting,challenging and enjoyable curriculum that willprepare them for a rapidly changing, technologydominated world.

• We promote courtesy, tolerance and respect for others.

• We place great emphasis on personaldevelopment and well-being.

• We work in partnership with parents and thewider community.

We have excellent sports facilities. The school hasbeen extended in recent years by the provision of aSixth Form Centre, Maths Block and extension tothe Music Block. Completion of a new building forDesign and Technology and Art is planned forEaster 2012.

With highly-qualified teaching staff, responsivepupils and supportive parents, we believe we candevelop the young people in our care into youngadults of whom both the parents and the schoolcan be justifiably proud.

Headteacher: Dr G Holden

Maidstone Road, Rochester ME1 3EL

01634 844008


[email protected]

Open sessions

Open evening: Thursday, 20 October, 5.30 – 8.45pmHeadteacher talks are at: 6, 7 and 8pm)

Daytime tours: Wednesday, 12 to Wednesday, 19October

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs Jacqueline Harrison, PA to Headteacher






3 Child’s health reasons 4 Nearness of children’s home


9



St John Fisher CatholicComprehensive School

St John Fisher has a strong Christian ethos andseeks to develop the whole child as well asenabling them to reach their full academicpotential. The school mission statement amplifiesthis further as we seek to encourage pupils todevelop individually and collectively a way of lifemodelled on Christ.

Pupils of all faiths are welcomed into our school.

All children in our school are safe, happy andsuccessful. We have a dedicated Lower School foryears 7 and 8 only. This creates a caring andnurturing small school which makes transition fromprimary to secondary much easier for children.

All prospective parents need to complete both theMedway form and the St John Fishersupplementary admission form.

As part of our commitment to furtherimprovement, we are working in partnership withThe Rochester Grammar School. This partnership isimproving our capacity to ensure we provide thehighest standards of education for every child.

D K ShepherdExecutive Principal, National Leader of Education

Headteacher: Mrs C Burnett

Executive Principal: Ms D K Shepherd

Lower school: 79 Maidstone Road, Chatham ME4 6DP

01634 335787

Upper school: Ordnance Street, Chatham ME4 6SG

01634 335757


www.st-johnfisher.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Monday, 19 September, 6.30 – 8.30pm

Taster session for Year 5: Thursday, 14 July, 4 – 5.30pm

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs A Bovis


Admission: Entry is without testing.

Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named. If the numberof preferences received via the co-ordinatedscheme exceeds the planned admission number of180, then places will be offered using thefollowing oversubscription criterion:1 All looked after children2 All children baptised in the Catholic Church 3 All non-Catholic children who have attended a

Catholic primary feeder school, that is: EnglishMartyrs’, Strood; St Augustine of Canterbury,Rainham; St Benedict’s, Lordswood; St Edward’s,Sheppey; St Mary’s, Gillingham; St Michael’s,Chatham; St Peter’s, Sittingbourne; St ThomasMore, Walderslade; St Thomas of Canterbury,Rainham; St William of Perth, Rochester

4 Children baptised in other Christiandenominations that are part of ChurchesTogether in England. Evidence of Baptism (ordedication) provided by a priest or a minister of aof a dedicated place of worship will be required

5 Children of other faiths6 Other children in the following order:

• those eligible for free school meals• all other children.

10


Comprehensive Chatham 11 - 19 Mixed 342 308 179 139 N/A N/A No 1000


For details of the criteria for each category for St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive Schoolplease see page 35.

NB: You must also complete the school’ssupplementary form.

Voluntary Aided



Academy Strood 11 – 18 Mixed 497 454 240 240 4.59km N/A No 1350 Academy

Strood AcademySpecialism: Business and Enterprise and Mathematics

Strood was the first of Medway’s new academies,opening in 2009. We are using the accommodationin Carnation Road until our £29m new buildingsare ready in September 2012. At this point all ofour students will transfer and the existingbuildings will be demolished and transformed intosports pitches.

Strood Academy is sponsored by the University forthe Creative Arts with Medway Council as co-sponsor.Our specialisms are Business and Enterprise andMathematics and with our existing strengths inEnglish, science, sports and the arts we provide anexciting and vibrant learning community.

Our academy is for children of all abilities,providing opportunities for children to flourish andsucceed. Since opening, our academic performancehas risen sharply enabling more children toprogress to a sixth form that has grown to 250students. All children are monitored closely withreports for parents every six weeks and an open-door policy for parents to meet with our staff.

Our core values are creativity, collaboration,distinctiveness, respect and sustainability. We sethigh standards for academic performance and haveequally high expectations for positive attitudes andbehaviour. Prospective parents are welcome to visitthe academy to see us in session.

Principal: Mr Richard Hart BEd, MA

Carnation Road, Strood, Rochester ME2 2SX

01634 717121


www.stroodacademy.org

Open sessions

Open evening: Wednesday, 5 October, 6 – 8pm

Open mornings: Tuesday, 11 to Thursday, 13October, 9am

For admission enquiries please contact the PA tothe Principal


Admission: Entry is without testing.

Oversubscription: After the admission of pupilswith statements of Special Educational Needswhere the Strood Academy is named on thestatement, the criteria will be applied in the orderin which they are set out below:1 Children in public care.2 Current family association (elder brother or sister

in the Academy at time of application who willstill be attending when the applicant child isadmitted. In this context, brother or sister means:• A natural brother or sister (including adoptedsiblings)

• Step brother or sister• Foster brother or sister• Those who live as brother or sister in the samehouse.

3 Child’s health reasons. Written medical evidencefrom a General Practitioner or hospitalconsultant must be provided which demonstratesa specific health reason which requires the childto attend the Strood Academy.

4 Nearness of children’s homes.

11



The Howard SchoolSpecialism: Physical Education, Sport and ICT

The Howard School is unique to Medway and oneof five 11 - 18 bilateral* schools in the UK. We are able to admit both grammar and highschool students. Students have genuineopportunities to achieve success and we are able tooffer the flexibility for promotion for high schoolstudents into our grammar school.

We are a top performing, extremely popular andsuccessful school. Attainment and achievementlevels are impressive at all key stages. We have anopen sixth form and many of our students progressto university. Success extends beyond theclassroom; we regularly dominate Medway, countyand national sporting competitions. Achievementin drama and music are second to none in the area.

We offer an incredible range of extra-curricularactivities, a gifted and talented programme, andan elite athletes’ group. The school is a trainingbase for the 2012 Olympics. ICT provision issecond to none and our learning supportdepartment is excellent. The atmosphere isfriendly and links with parents/carers are strong.We work together to encourage students tosucceed socially and academically.

Headteacher: The Hon Paul Morris

BA (Hons), PGCE, DipEd, NPQH, LLE

Derwent Way, Rainham ME8 0BX

01634 388765


www.thehowardschool.co.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Tuesday, 11 October, talks at 5.30and 6.30pm.

Open mornings: Wednesday, 12 and Thursday, 13October, 8.35 – 10.30am

For admission enquiries please contact Mr M Capelin



Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named.If the number of preferences received via theMedway co-ordinated scheme is more than thenumber of places available, places are allocated inthe following priority order:1 Children in public care.2 Where a child has a natural brother (including

adopted siblings), stepbrother, foster brother andthose who live as a brother in the same housecurrently attending the school and will still be onroll at the time of entry.

3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must beprovided which demonstrates a specific healthreason which requires a child to attend thepreferred school.

4 Where the child resides within the access area.Priority given to those nearest the school.

5 Nearness of child’s home. Distance will bemeasured by the shortest available safe walking route between home and school asmeasured by the Medway Council GeographicalInformation System.

12


Bi-lateral* Rainham 11 – 19 Boys 471 446 250 250 5.41km 9.55km Yes 1410 Foundation


*For details of the bi-lateral status for The HowardSchool please see page 35.



Comprehensive Hoo 11 – 18 Mixed 181 389 238 224 N/A N/A Yes 1260 Foundation

The Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive SchoolSpecialism: Media Arts

The Hundred of Hoo is a member of theWilliamson Trust and is a vibrant and excitinglearning community, committed to:• the highest standards of achievement, shown byour rapidly improving results and praise byOfsted for leadership, behaviour, provision forspecial needs and community links;

• a challenging and enjoyable curriculum for all,including a ‘grammar’ stream and specialistprovision for children with Autistic spectrumdisorder (ASD);

• excellent pastoral care within our four learningcommunities;

• close partnership with parents – progress gradesare sent home six times a year.

We offer:• outstanding learning resources, including a TVstudio and state-of-the-art ICT equipment;

• extensive sports facilities, including an Astroturfpitch and easy access to the local swimming pool;

• excellent extra-curricular opportunities, especiallyin performing arts.

Our simple aim is to ensure that students set theirsights high, achieve to the best of their ability andexcel in all they do, so that when they leave us, we,and you, can be justly proud of them.

Kevin Mahon, Head of School

Executive Principal: Dr Gary Holden

Head of School: Kevin Mahon MA, DipEd NPQH

Main Road, Hoo, Rochester ME3 9HH

01634 251443


www.hooschool.co.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Thursday, 29 September

Open mornings: Monday, 26 September to Friday,7 October

Morning visits can also be arranged throughoutSeptember, should parents be unavailable at anyof the scheduled times

For admission enquiries please contact the school office



Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named.Where applications for admission received via theMedway co-ordinated admission scheme exceed thenumber of places available, the following criterionwill be applied, in the order set out below:1 Children in public care2 Children who at the time of application have a

brother or sister (including children living assiblings† in the same family unit) on the roll ofthe school and who will still be on roll at thetime of the sibling’s admission.† ‘Sibling’ means brother or sister, step brother orsister, foster brother or sister and those who liveas brother or sister in the same house.

3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must beprovided which demonstrates a specific healthreason which requires a child to attend thepreferred school.

4 Residence within the access area. 5 Nearness of child’s home to The Hundred of

Hoo School.

13



The Robert Napier SchoolSpecialism: Humanities College

Robert Napier is a foundation co-educational schoolcommitted to the highest standards of achievementand the personal fulfilment of all its students.

Our aims are to:• embrace students of all abilities, enabling eachone to achieve their very best;

• provide inspirational teaching and learning forthe young people at our school within a caringenvironment;

• reward all achievements;• develop qualities of self-discipline, integrity,respect, honesty, trust, and compassion;

• develop an effective partnership with all parents;• encourage links with, and an understanding ofindustry and commerce

• prepare students for the responsibilities,opportunities and experiences of adult life.

In order to achieve these aims the school hasdeveloped a highly successful pastoral system,ensuring all members of staff are responsible forthe well-being of every student. Our curriculumencourages students to value themselves andothers, and to develop their intellectual, spiritualand creative talents.

We believe that we can offer your child a safe andstimulating environment in which to reach theirfull potential.

Headteacher: Miss Fiona Miller BA (Hons), MSc Oxon

Third Avenue, Gillingham ME7 2LX

01634 851157


www.robertnapier.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Thursday, 22 September, 6 – 9pmHeadteacher talks at 7.15 and 7.45pm

Open mornings: Tuesday, 11 to Thursday, 13October, 9am – 12noon

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs J Lusinski



Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named.Where applications for admission exceed thenumber of places available, the following criteriawill be applied in the order set out below:1 Children in public care.2 Up to 10 per cent of the admission number will be

chosen by the governors who have an aptitude inthe performing arts. These will be allocated tothose who can demonstrate an aptitude in drama,enhancing our specialist college status. Allprospective students seeking entrance on the basisof drama will be required to participate in anassessment procedure during the Autumn Term2011. The test will be overseen by an independentassessor. These places must be applied for using asupplementary application form available from theclerk to the governors at the school, and returnableto the school. This should be completed at the sametime as the completion of the common applicationform. These places are not subject to the generalover subscription requirements listed below.

3 Those with siblings on roll at the time ofapplication, living in the same household.

14


High Gillingham 11 – 18 Mixed 728 696 240 240 2.49km 2.34km No 1360 Foundation


Sibling means brother or sister, step brother orsister, foster brother or sister and those who liveas brother or sister.

4 Nearness to Robert Napier School. Nearness isthe shortest available walking route alongwhich a child, accompanied as necessary, canwalk with reasonable safety to school. It ismeasured using the Medway CouncilGeographical Information System.



Grammar Rochester 11 – 18 Girls 455 439 165 165 534 513 No 1140 Academy

The Rochester Grammar SchoolA Designated High Performing Specialist School in Mathematics, Computing and Music

“A key feature of this school and its success is theethos for learning. Pupils bring enthusiasm andapplication to the lessons and take away a thirst forknowledge“- Ofsted. Our pupils are happy and feelsupported on a day to day basis; they love to learnand want to think and discover for themselves.

The Rochester Grammar School (RGS) iscommitted to the highest standards in education.Our academic results are outstanding andcompare very favourably with leading schoolsnationally. We provide a world-class educationincluding a world qualification – the InternationalBaccalaureate. In December 2009 the RGS becameaccredited as a Thinking School, committed to thedevelopment of cognitive education and we are aregional centre of excellence for Thinking.

We celebrate the achievements of our pupils in a wide range of extra-curricular activities, withnumerous clubs and groups across the school.

We have high expectations for all pupils,believing that each has a particular talent tooffer. Our mission statement is “furtheringexcellence through support, encouragement and achievement” for each student.

Headteacher: Mr S Gardner, BA(Hons), NPQH

Executive Principal: Ms D Shepherd, MA, NPQH, NLE

Maidstone Road, Rochester ME1 3BY

01634 843049


www.rochestergrammar.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Taster evening: Wednesday, 13 JulyBridging the Gap: moving from primary tosecondary at RGS. Please phone for details and tobook a place.

Open Day: Saturday, 15 October 9am – 1pmHeadteacher talks at 10.30am and 11.30am

Daytime tours: Monday, 17 to Thursday, 20October, by appointment

For admission enquiries please contact theHeadteacher or Mrs J Smith, PA to the Headteacher


Admission: Entry is with testing.Places will first be offered to any selective girl witha Statement of Special Educational Needs whereThe Rochester Grammar School is named.

Oversubscription: If the number of RGSpreference selective girls received via the Medwayco-ordinated scheme exceeds the number of placesavailable at the school, places will be allocated inthe following priority order:• Children in public care.• Where a pupil can demonstrate a specific musicalaptitude, as assessed by graded examinations.Parents/carers should write to the Chairman ofGovernors using the Expression of Interest formwith details. Up to two places annually will beawarded, given eligible candidates.

• In rank order based on the scores achieved in thetests. In the event that two pupils have equalranking for the last place, priority will be given tothe pupil whose permanent address is the nearestto The Rochester Grammar School, as measuredby using the Medway Council GeographicalInformation System.

15



The Thomas Aveling SchoolFoundation Technology College

Thomas Aveling is a popular and consistently over-subscribed school with outstanding facilitiesand resources, offering an excellent education forall, including the most able. We provide excitingand challenging learning opportunities in acreative and happy environment, with the highestexpectations for children in every aspect of schoollife. Our broad curriculum provides a smoothtransition from primary school, with most studentsfollowing a three-year Key Stage 4, leading to thewidest possible choice at age 16 and beyond. Ourresults have risen steeply over the past seven yearsand our last Ofsted inspection judged the school‘good with outstanding features’. We offer a wideand exciting range of out-of-hours activities, fullyutilising our purpose built sports hall, performingarts centre, sixth form suite, science laboratoriesand community library.

We believe that partnership with parents is pivotalfor the success of our students and provide regularopportunities for parental participation.

Staff and students are justifiably proud of theirschool and prospective parents and children are verywelcome to visit during any of our open sessions.

Headteacher: Mr P Jackson

Arethusa Road, Rochester ME1 2UW

01634 844809


www.thomasaveling.co.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Tuesday, 21 June, 6 – 8.30pm

Open mornings: Tuesday, 11 October, 9 – 10.30amWednesday, 12 October, 9 – 10.30amThursday, 13 October, 9 – 10.30am

For admission enquiries please contact Mrs Y Akrill



Oversubscription: Places are first offered to thosechildren with a Statement of Special EducationalNeeds, where the school is named.Where applications for admission received via theMedway co-ordinated admission scheme exceedthe number of places available, the followingcriterion will be applied, in the order set out belowto decide which children to admit:1 Children in public care.2 Current family association, ie an older sibling

who is on the roll of the school when theapplication is made, living in the samehousehold, who must still be attending at thepoint of entry in September 2012.

3 Residence within an access area (see the school’swebsite for details)

4 Nearness of child’s home. The governors of The Thomas Aveling Schoolhave adopted Medway Council’s criteria formeasuring the nearness of children’s homes tothe school when allocating school places.Distance will be measured by the shortestavailable safe walking route between home and

16


High Rochester 11-18 Mixed 719 631 180 180 2.07km 2.15km Yes 1110 Foundation


the school, as measured by the Medway CouncilGeographical Information System.

In the event of a tie break with in any criteria,nearness of children’s homes will normally decidewhich child is allocated the final place.



High Walderslade 11 – 18 Girls 323 288 160 152 2.5km N/A Yes 900 Community

Walderslade Girls’ SchoolSpecialism: Humanities and the Arts

Walderslade Girls’ School (WGS) is a strong andsuccessful school, providing a vibrant, purposefuland secure environment where the highestpossible standards of work and behaviour areexpected and achieved. Our committed staff sharetheir passion for the excitement and challenge oflearning and the girls are encouraged to takeresponsibility for their progress and, by doing so,develop their self esteem and purpose as confidentyoung women facing the future with enthusiasm.

Ofsted report (Feb 2011) stated “This is a goodschool where students achieve well. Students areproud of their school and the opportunities itoffers, reflected in their high levels of attendanceand the good progress made”.

The school’s specialist strengths in English,humanities and the arts make a positive contributionto the broad and balanced curriculum culminating inour well proven record of GCSE success.

Post 16, most pupils from WGS and Greenacrefollow the wide range of academic and vocationalcourses offered by our successful Walderslade JointSixth form (Ofsted report: Good) and our widerpartnership providers.

Headteacher: Mrs P K Conibeer

Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham ME5 0LE

01634 861596


www.waldersladegirls.medway.sch.uk

Open sessions

Open evening: Tuesday, 18 October, 6 – 8.30pmHeadteacher talks at 6.10pm

Open mornings: Wednesday, 19 to Friday, 21October, 9am – 12noon

For admission enquiries please contact theheadteacher






3 Child’s health reasons 4 Residence in an access area 5 Nearness of child’s home.

In the event of a tie within any criterion, places willbe allocated to those living closest to the schoolmeasured by the short available walking route.

17


Medway Test request form

for September 2012 entry

Req

ues

t to

sit M

edw

ay Tes

t

Part one -to be completed by parent/carer

Plea

se com

ple

te this form

if y

ou a

re:

• a

Med

way

res

iden

t an

d w

ish y

our ch

ild to sit the Medway Testor:

• a

non-M

edw

ay res

iden

t w

ho w

ishes

thei

r ch

ild to sit the Medway Test.

You a

re a

Med

way

res

iden

t if y

ou p

ay y

our co

uncil t

ax to M

edw

ay C

ouncil.

If y

ou p

ay y

our co

uncil t

ax to a

ny

oth

er council p

leas

e tick

her

e: C

ouncil n

ame:

Do notcomplete this form if you have applied online

Please ensure you complete all sections.

Please w

rite in black in

k an

d use BLOCK CAPITA

LS.

Child

’s surn

ame:

Child

’s for

enam

es:

Child

’s d

ate

of birth

:Child

’s g

ender

:M

ale

Fem

ale

Full

addre

ss:

Post

code:

Does

the

child

hav

e a

stat

emen

t of sp

ecia

l educa

tional

nee

ds?

Yes

No

Child

’s curren

t prim

ary

school:

School’s

full

addre

ss:

Post

code:

Prim

ary

School D

FE n

um

ber

: (M

edw

ay s

cho

ols

are

list

ed in

sid

e th

e b

ack

cove

r o

f th

e b

oo

klet

)

Part two -parent/carer’s details

Pare

nt/ca

rer title:

Surn

ame:

Fore

nam

e:

Rel

atio

nsh

ip to child

:

Do y

ou h

ave

par

enta

l res

ponsibili

ty for th

is child

?: Yes

No

Phone

num

ber

:Hom

eW

ork

Mobile

Full

addre

ss, i

f diffe

rent from

child

’s a

ddre

ss a

bove

: (le

ave

bla

nk

if the

sam

e)

Post

code:

Signed

:Dat

e:

Prin

t nam

e:

The

form

must

be

retu

rned

by 4pm

on 8 July, 2011.

Child

ren w

ill n

ot be

able

to sit the

test

on 2

4 Se

pte

mber

if the

form

isnot re

ceived

by

the

dea

dlin

e. The

form sho

uld be

returne

d to you

r child’s prim

ary scho

ol if the

y attend

a M

edway prim

ary scho

ol or a

Ken

t scho

ol on the Med

way borde

rs (Sh

orne

, Cob

ham, Bred

hurst, Holyw

ell, Ro

seacre, Tunb

ury, Hartlip, Burha

m, Higha

m and

Wou

ldha

m).

If they atten

d an

y othe

r scho

ol the

form sho

uld be

sen

t direct to:

Student Services Admissions Team

, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham

, Kent ME4 4TR.

Date

received

FOR O

FFIC

E USE

ONLY

Pupil

ID n

um

ber

:__

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

Apply o

nlin

e - it ticks

all

the

boxe

s: www.m

edway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

All Faiths' Children's Community School 887 2600

All Saints CE Primary School 887 3093

Allhallows Primary School 887 2570

Balfour Junior School 887 2214

Barnsole Junior School 887 2394

Bligh Junior School 887 2492

Brompton Westbrook Primary School 887 2646

Burnt Oak Primary School 887 3760

Byron Primary School 887 2644

Chattenden Primary School 887 2209

Cliffe Woods Primary School 887 2588

Cuxton Community Junior School 887 2540

Deanwood Primary School 887 2684

Delce Junior School 887 2413

Elaine Primary School 887 2671

English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 887 3729

Fairview Community Primary School 887 3759

Featherby Junior School 887 2400

Glencoe Junior School 887 2196

Gordon Junior School 887 2218

Halling Primary School 887 2211

Hempstead Junior School 887 2403

High Halstow Primary School 887 2421

Hilltop Primary School 887 2499

Hoo St Werburgh Primary School andMarlborough Centre 887 2213

Horsted Junior School 887 2506

Kingfisher Primary School and Children's Centre 887 2652

Lordswood Junior School 887 2502

Luton Junior School 887 2199

Maundene School 887 2580

Miers Court Primary School 887 2623

Napier Community Primary and Nursery School 887 2406

Medway Primary School DFE numbers

New Road Primary School and Nursery Unit 887 2202

Oaklands Junior School 887 2433

Parkwood Junior School 887 2493

Riverside Primary School 887 3757

Saxon Way Primary School 887 2686

Sherwin Knight Community Infant School 887 2469

Sherwin Knight Community Junior School 887 2450

Skinner Street Primary School 887 2408

Spinnens Acre Junior School 887 2630

St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 887 3752

St Benedict's RC Primary School 887 3753

St Helen's CE Primary School 887 3096

St James' CE VA Primary School 887 3327

St Margaret's at Troy Town CE VC Primary School 887 3293

St Margaret's CE Junior School 887 3195

St Mary's Catholic Primary School 887 3755

St Mary's Island CE Primary School 887 3756

St Michael's RC Primary School 887 3712

St Thomas More RC Primary School 887 3736

St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School 887 3732

St William Of Perth RC Primary School 887 3746

Stoke Lower Community School 887 2194

Temple Mill Primary School 887 2685

Thames View Junior School 887 2508

The Pilgrim School 887 3758

Twydall Junior School 887 2409

Wainscott Primary School 887 2210

Walderslade Primary School 887 2203

Warren Wood Community Primary School 887 2640

Wayfield Community Primary School and Nursery Unit 887 2668

Woodlands Primary School 887 2412

School name Number School name Number

Bengali 01634 331780

Chinese 01634 331781

Farsi/Dari 01634 331840

Gujarati 01634 331782

Hindi 01634 331783

Kurdish 01634 331841

Lithuanian 01634 332372

Slovak 01634 331839

Polish 01634 331781

Punjabi 01634 331784

Russian 01634 332374

Turkish 01634 331786

Urdu 01634 331785

Find out about Medway Council services in your language

To find out more information on Medway Council services phone

Customer First 01634 333333 or visit www.medway.gov.uk

G6272 Designed by Medway Council’s Communications Team. www.medway.gov.uk/communications

Secondary School Admissions 2011

Documents

Transcript of Secondary School Admissions 2011