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Trafford LA

Margaret Woodhouse
Director (Education and Early Years services), Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, PO Box 40, Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford M32 0EL
Telephone: 0161 912 3251
Fax: 0161 912 3075
Email: margaret.woodhouse@trafford.gov.uk
Website: www.trafford.gov.uk

Applying Online

You can now apply online for Secondary Schools places in Trafford from 24/08/2010 until 31/10/2010.

Applications received outside of these dates will be considered as late applications and will be processed after all on-time applications.

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Secondary School Admissions Booklet 2011

Children usually move into secondary education at the beginning of the Autumn Term following their eleventh birthday. The transfer from primary to secondary school is an important milestone in your child's life. To help guide you through the process, please read our Secondary School Admissions Booklet for 2011

Timetable for Secondary School Transfer Process – September 2011

August 2010 Preference forms will be sent to Trafford residents at the end of August.
August 24th 2010 Online Application System goes live
Saturday 11th Sept Entrance Examination for Urmston Grammar School takes place.
Saturday 18th Sept Entrance examinations for Altrincham Boys and Altrincham Girls Grammar Schools take place.
Saturday 25th Sept Entrance examination for Loreto Grammar School ,St. Ambrose Grammar School & Stretford Grammar School takes place.
Saturday 2nd Oct Entrance Examination for Sale Grammar School (previously 11+) takes place.
Saturday 9th Oct Entrance Examination for Stretford Grammar School takes place.
31 October 2010 Closing date for return of Common Application Form
Mon 1st March Allocation decision letter will be sent by first class post to your home address
April 2010 Review of allocation of vacancies

 

Trafford Grammar Schools

 ALTRINCHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR YEAR 7

SEPTEMBER 2011 ENTRY

2011 Admissions Guide
Your Guide to the 2011 Admissions procedures
2011 Application Form
This years application form
2011 Admissions Policy
The admissions policy for 2011
2011 Entrance Exam Presentation
Information about this year's Entrance Exam
School Transport Information
Where the School is located, and how to get there

Our entrance examination for boys who have a date of birth between 1st September 1999 and 31st August 2000 will be
held on Saturday, 18th September, 2010.

To enter your son for the tests you should fill in the enclosed application form and return it to the school before 3rd September, 2010 at the latest!

The tests will consist of :

  • Verbal Reasoning
  • Non-Verbal Reasoning
  • Mathematics
  • English paper (to test their ability to write accurately in continuous prose)

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 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

You must register your daughter to take the Altrincham Grammar School for Girls entrance exam.  It will take place on Saturday 18th September 2010.

To register you should fill in the application Form, enclosing 2 passport size photographs and return it to the school before Friday 27 August 2010.

 

The tests will consist of :

  • Verbal Reasoning
  • Non-Verbal Reasoning
  • Mathematics

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Parents living within the catchment area need to put AGGS first if that is their first preference.
 
Parents living outside the catchment area for AGGS and who want AGGS for their daughter will need to put AGGS down first on the preference form. That is, you need to ensure that AGGS is written on the form and has one or first by the name. A parent living in Bolton may be offered AGGS before a parent living in Flixton if the Bolton parent has put AGGS first and the parent in Flixton has put AGGS second.
 
To help parents with their choice of school AGGS proposes to let parents know if their daughter has qualified for AGGS before the date for completion of the LEA preference form.
 

Residents in other authorities e. g. Cheshire, Manchester who wish a place at AGGS are advised to make a photocopy of their preference form and to send it to: Schools Admissions, Trafford LEA, 4th Floor, Waterside House, Waterside, Sale, M33 7ZF.

Documents for Admission into AGGS in September 2010, click to download the following documents:

Admission Arrangements
Admission Procedure
Application Form

 

Loreto Grammar School

 Admissions Criteria

1. Baptised Catholic looked after children.
2. Baptised Catholic girls who have sisters* in the school at the time of admission.
3. Baptised Catholic girls who live in a nominated deanery and attend an associated primary school.
4. Other Baptised Catholic girls who live in a nominated deanery.
5. Other Baptised Catholic girls.
6. Other looked after girls.
7. Baptised girls of other denominations.
8. Other girls who have sisters in the school at the time of admission.
9. Other Girls.

*As defined by Trafford
 

Notes

a) The Governors' Entrance Examination is scheduled for Saturday, 25th September 2010.

It will consist of:

  • Verbal Reasoning
  • English
  • Creative Writing
  • Mathematics

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b) All Catholic applicants will be required to produce Baptismal Certificates.

c) If in any category there are more applications than places available, then these will be allocated to those for whom the distance from home to Loreto is the shortest, as defined by Trafford.

d) For occasional applications received outside the normal admissions round: if there are more applicants than places are available, the published oversubscription criteria will be applied.

e) Offers of places are made on 1st March 2010 through Trafford L.A, in accordance with their published timetable. If an application for admission has been turned down by the Governing Body, parents can appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This appeal must be sent in writing to the Clerk to the Governors at the school within 14 days of refusal (10 working days). The parents must give their reasons for appealing in writing and the decision of the Appeals Panel is binding on the Governors.

Sale Grammar School

 Admissions Years 7 -11 

 

Entry to the school is by assessment tests and opportunities to sit the tests are available throughout the year.  Reassessment of a pupil following an unsuccessful test result can be arranged following an intervening 12 month period.  Enquiries for all years should be directed to the school on 0161 972 3255.

 Waiting List 

 Sale Grammar School is usually oversubscribed in terms of those wishing to join the school and places available.  However, there can be occasions during the year when a few places become available due to family mobility.  Applicants for in-year admissions may join the waiting list if a place is not available with the year group, providing they have qualified through either the Sale Grammar School Entrance Examination or the Trafford 11+.  Should a place become available, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to those on the waiting list.

Sale Grammar School Admissions Policy 2011

Registration form for our entrance examination


How do I apply for a place?

  • Sale Grammar School has its own admission arrangements. These will be widely advertised in the local press from April onwards and are summarised here.
  • You must apply for your son/daughter to take the Sale Grammar School Entrance Exam. It will take place on Saturday 2nd October 2010.
  • Your son/daughter must have a date of birth between 1st September 1999 and 31st August 2000.
  • To enter your child for the exam you should complete the registration form for our entrance examination and return it to the school by Friday 3rd September 2010 at the latest, but preferably well before this date.
  • On receipt of your application to sit the entrance exam we will send you an acknowledgement. Please contact Mrs Bentley on 0161 972 3255 if you do not receive an acknowledgement within 2 weeks. If there are exceptional circumstances and your child is unable to come to school on Saturday 3rd October, please let us know when you return the form and we will make alternative arrangements.
What will the entrance exam be like?
The entrance exam consists of:
  • Non-Verbal Reasoning test
  • Verbal Reasoning test
  • Maths test

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St. Ambrose College

 

  St Ambrose are committed to promoting Catholic education, and within the Local Authority they conduct joint presentations with Blessed Thomas Holdford and Loreto Grammar School to primary school parents. These meetings take place each September.

 
The majority of boys join in Year 7, having passed the entrance examination which is on Sat 25th Sept 10. Places are offered to boys on 1st March.

 The closing date for exam registration is Friday 23 July 2010

The numbers of intended admissions at Year 7 is 129 boys, subject to their passing the College's entrance examination, which will consist of:
  • verbal reasoning test
  • English exam
  • Mathematics exam

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Stretford Grammar School

 Examination Procedures for September 2011

Stretford Grammar School has its own entrance examination and admission arrangements. 

  • You must register your child to take the Stretford Grammar School entrance examination.  It will take place on Saturday 9 October 2010.  The supplementary examination will take place on Monday 1 November 2010.
  • To register you should fill in the enclosed application form and return it to the school with two passport sized photographs before 4pm on Friday 24 September 2010.  Your child should have a date of birth between 1 September 1999 and 31 August 2000.

What will the entrance examination be like?

There will be a verbal reasoning test, a non-verbal reasoning test and a mathematics test.  The content of the maths test will be very similar to the sort of maths that your child will have covered at KS2 in their primary school.  There will also be a short extended writing test which is used for review purposes only.  The Trafford 11+ consisted of similar style tests.

Exam Test Examples

Copies of practice tests in verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths can be purchased from Stretford Grammar School during term time at a cost of £9.99 each.  Stretford Grammar chool strongly advise that parents familiarise their child with these types of tests and the multiple choice answer sheets.

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Urmston Grammar School

 ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUPILS WHO WILL BE 11 YEARS OF AGE BY SEPTEMBER 2010.

(Date of birth must be between 1st September 1999 and 31st August 2000)

The following table outlines the key dates for the process with additional notes for clarification:

Key Date

Stage of Process

Additional Notes

End of April 2010

Sample examination papers (short versions) will be available
  • These can be accessed via the school web site from this date or from the main school office.
Thursday 8th July 2010

Urmston Grammar School Open Evening
6.00pm - 8.00pm

Opportunity to look around the school, meet staff and pupils plus hear about the new admissions process.

By Tuesday 20th July 2010

Completed application form and medical form must be returned to UGS by this date. All applications will receive an acknowledgement card by return of post.

From the end of April the form is available from the following sources:

  • downloaded from the web site and posted;
  • received as a hard copy through your child's junior school;
  • available from the school office at UGS.

By Tuesday 20th July 2010
  • a Special Educational Needs form and information pack (if necessary)
  • If you submit a Special Educational Needs form, you will be contacted separately.

By Friday 3rd September

You will receive a pack detailing the specific arrangements for the forthcoming tests; equipment requirements; examination group number; times and instructions for arrival/departure; regulations relating to the sitting of the test papers; Special Considerations Form; clothing requirements; suggested refreshments that could be sent with your child into school.
  • Please note that every effort will be made to place together children from the same junior school.  It will not be considered appropriate to make a request for any reason to have this grouping arrangement changed.

Saturday 11th September

 

 

TEST DAY
  • If your child is ill and unable to attend on the testing date, please ensure you contact UGS on 0161 748 2875 by 9.00am (answer phone facility).  A Doctor's Note must then be sent into school by Friday 17th September in order to sit the test at another time.
  • We need to be informed of any reasons that may affect your child's performance in the examinations.  Complete the Special Circumstances Form (sent in Information Pack B) and hand it in to the school office on the day of the test.

Thursday 23rd September

 

 

TEST DAY (Medical & Religious)
  • You are not permitted to choose this date as an alternative to Saturday 11th September. It is purely for children who for medical, religious or other extreme circumstances (as notified to UGS) were unable to sit the examinations on the main testing date.

By Friday 1st October

 Results Day.  UGS will conduct automatic reviews of the results of those candidates who score between 334 and 354. (A successful review will be allocated a 355R score) Outcomes of the Entrance Examination will be posted to parents/guardians of all
candidates.
  • A successful resulting the examinations is not a guarantee that a place at UGS will be offered.  If more candidates pass than there are places available then the oversubscription criteria will be applied.

Week beginning 11th October

Challenges against the exam outcomes will be heard at a local review, solely by the 'Admissions Review Body' of UGS.
  • The decision relating to the parental challenge will be notified by post.

By Friday 29th October

The Common Preference Form must be returned to the home Local Authority
  • UGS must be specified as a preference – even if you don’t live in Trafford

Tuesday 1st March 2011

All candidates will be informed by the Local Authority which secondary school they have been allocated.
  • Information re the induction process is sent to parents upon confirmation of the acceptance of the offered place at UGS.
The  Exam consists of:
  • English paper
  • Maths paper
  • Non-verbal reasoning paper, (NVR).

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Examples of all three papers and model answers will be available from the school in the first week of July so that no-one may gain unfair advantage by early access.

 

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