1. Y6 Transfer to Secondary School
Key dates for your diary

2. Kent Secondary School Full Admission Guide

3. Open Days

4. S.C.C. Open Evening: 28th September 5.30 – 7.30pm
Headteacher’s Presentation at
6:00pm and 6:45pm
Open Mornings:
Daily tours from 4th – 14th Oct
Please call to book a place –

5. Highsted Grammar School for Girls
6th October (Time to be confirmed)
Optional entry test

6. Borden Grammar for Boys
Open Evening : Tuesday 4th October 6.00 p.m. – 8.30pm
Open Morning: Friday 7th October 10am am

7. Westlands Thursday 29th September 6.00 p.m.–8.00 p.m.
Headteacher’s address 6.00pm and 6.45 pm
Open Mornings:
3rd–14th October, 9am- 10am and 11am–12 noon please phone to book
Maths aptitude test: 12th Nov
Register online by 1st Nov

8. Fulston Manor
Bredgar’s preferred time:
Wednesday 12th, 10-12noon

9. Top Tips Visit as many of the schools as possible
Have questions ready to ask at the visit
Gauge your child’s reaction to each of the schools
There is no first preference any more.
There is not a tactical game to be played.
Look at each school’s admission oversubscription criteria

10. Kent Test assessment decisions posted to parents:
13th October
sent after 4pm
First class letter posted

11. Headteacher’s Appeals
Appeals will only be made where the children have missed out narrowly by one or two marks or
if a child has significantly underachieved in the test and the school has plenty of evidence to support their appeal.
Actual scores will be available from school from the 14th October

12. SCAF FORMS applying for a Secondary School place
SCAF Forms to be completed online by 31st October 2016
It is possible to edit the online form up until the deadline
Paper copy of SCAF is available

13. Put at least 3 schools on the form (maximum of 4) in rank order or preference. Schools do not know which order you put them in.
If your child was not entered for or did not pass the Grammar Test but you still feel a Grammar place is the best place for them, put a Grammar School on the form. A Grammar School place won’t be awarded on 1st March but you will have the right to appeal

14. Supplementary Information Form (SIF) must be in by 31st October too.
Fulston Manor require you to complete an additional form. (10% of places allocated for pupils with strengths in Sport or Music) These forms are available from the schools’ themselves.

15. Key Dates: Offers sent to parents on:
1st March 2017 (via after 4pm)
2nd March 2017 (via letter first class)
Secondary schools will send out welcome letters to parents. Remember to return paperwork.
16th March: Waiting list requests to schools and deadline for places to be accepted or refused.
Lodge your appeal by 29th March 2017
April to June 2017 Appeals held

16. WAITING LISTS Waiting lists have now replaced re-allocation.
Schools will hold waiting lists prioritised in accordance with their subscription criteria.
Grammar schools can only put pupils on the waiting list who have passed the Kent test.