Secondary Transfer
Please click here for a guidance document prepared by Wendell Park for parents when starting the process of secondary transfer.
Please click here for a guidance document prepared by Hammersmith & Fulham to support parents starting the process of secondary transfer.
Please click here for suggested questions for parents to ask when considering secondary schools.
The online admissions procedure for children in Year 6 who will be moving to secondary school in September 2022 will open on 1st September 2021. The deadline for applications to be made is 31st October 2021. You need to apply using the online form which can be found on the website of your home borough (even if you are applying for a school outside your home borough). The websites can be found below for Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow. It is recommended that you include all six choices on your application form. If you have any questions regarding the online application process, please speak to your class teacher or Mrs Hough.
Please click here for a link to the schools comparison website where you can find out more information about local secondary schools.
Secondary Transfer Meeting - Friday 17th September 2021 at 9am
If you were unable to attend the meeting on 17th September, please find a link here to the recording.
Please click here for the presentation slides.
Hammersmith & Fulham:
Moving on Up 2021 [This will be updated for 2022 entry during the summer holidays]
Ealing:
Hounslow:
Website including links to Admissions brochure and parent open meetings
School Information 2021/2022
Please find below information received directly from schools:
Hammersmith Academy (September 2021)
Please click here for more information about open events.
We will be welcoming prospective parents to the Academy once again this term. The Open Events offer prospective parents and students the chance to experience the Academy’s ethos and state-of-the-art facilities.
Parents will need to book in order to participate in the events and they can do so here:
Year 6 Open Evening – Thursday 7th October, 4-7PM
Click here to book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/171046303097
Year 6 Open Morning – Tuesday 12th October, 9-11AM
Click here to book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/171261767557
Year 6 Open Morning – Thursday 14th October, 9-11AM
Click here to book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/171727861657
Fairbanding Tests
Applicants must complete a banding test as part of the admission criteria. The early banding test can be sat if parents prefer to know the band in which their child will be placed, prior to their application being submitted.
Early Banding Test – Saturday 25th September 2021 – Please register for this early test by clicking this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3AZZXOIzlEbPCmtiEaqMgSsyrvohSmUbmvdyUyihZ7_sltQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Fair Banding – Saturday 27th November 2021 – Registration not required, applicants will be automatically invited once they have applied for their secondary school choices.
Fair Banding – Saturday 4th December 2021 – Registration not required, applicants will be automatically invited once they have applied for their secondary school choices.
Virtual Classroom Visit
Our transition team can visit your Year 6 classes via zoom to talk about life in secondary school and take them on a virtual tour of the Academy. The team will also be on hand to answer questions from students aided by a Year 7 student.
If you would like to sign your Year 6 classes up to this, please register here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/M8PXFYZ
Resources for Prospective Parents
Our website contains all the information prospective parents will be looking for over the course of the secondary school selection and application process. Please do share the following link with your parents: https://www.hammersmithacademy.org/admissions/
St John Bosco College (September 2021)
Please click here for a letter from St John Bosco College
Please click here for a flyer about open events for St John Bosco College
Ark Soane Academy (September 2021)
Please click here for a flyer about open events for Ark Soane Academy
Information from Kensington Aldridge Academy (September 2021)
Kensington Aldridge Academy (KAA) is a state secondary school based in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in performing and creative arts. We have partnerships with LAMDA and the Royal Academy of Dance as well as many connections to theatres and arts projects across London. Students at KAA have lessons in Drama, Music, Dance, Art and DT each week throughout Year 7-9 and can study all of these subjects at GCSE and A Level, with many going onto to study these at University.
Every year we are able to offer 10% (18 places) to our new Year 7 cohort through the Performing and Creative Arts Aptitude Test. This route allows students from outside the catchment area of the school to apply and gain a place at KAA and take part in our PCA Scholar programme, a programme specially designed to aide their development in the arts.
Please click here for more information
Information from Phoenix Academy (June 2021)
We will be hosting our Year 5 Coffee Mornings from Friday 11th June up until Friday 16th July 2021 (this will occur every Friday between these two dates).
Please click here for more information.
St John Bosco Catholic College, London Borough of Wandsworth (June 2021)
Please click here for information about school tours being held in the Summer term.