Transfer to Secondary School: Year
7
Applications to linked feeder
secondary schools
Secondary Schools are
classified as Community, Foundation or Aided
Schools. If your child is attending Year 6 of a Vale Primary or
Junior School and is due to transfer to a Secondary school in the
September, you will receive a letter and application form from the
relevant admission authority of your linked feeder school.
It is a legal requirement for all
parents to express a preference for the school they wish their
child to attend/transfer to, even if it is the school allocated by
the feeder primary school arrangements.
Failure to complete and return an
application form could lead, if demand exceeds the number of places
available, to some parents/carers being denied a place for their
child at their local school.
Applications to schools outside local
catchment areas
Should a parent prefer his/her child
to go to a community school other than their catchment area school,
an out of catchment/non-feeder application should be sent to the
Learning and Development Directorate by the closing date specified
in the corresponding Parental Guide to School Admissions. No firm
guarantee can be given that the parents' preference can be met in
every case, as requests for places in certain schools may exceed
the number of places available.
Applying for your chosen school
Admissions to secondary schools
will normally be granted provided a schools standard number or
statutory class size limit, where applicable, will not be exceeded.
Where the number of applications for admission to a school exceeds
the number of places available, i.e. where a standard number has
been reached, places will be allocated applying recognised
Admission Criteria which can be found on page 25 of the
Parental
Guide to School Admissions.
Where parents knowingly give
false information in order to obtain the advantage of a particular
school for their child to which they would not otherwise be
entitled, the council reserves the right to withdraw the offer of a
place. Parents may render themselves guilty of an offence under
Section 5(b) of the Perjury Act 1911.
Contact:
Tel: 01446
709725/709844
Email: Admissions@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk