A guide for parents and carers on admissions to Secondary School

normally be achieved in a single sitting.• B grades or above in the subjects to bestudied at AS/A-level.• Grade B or above in the Higher Tier is anentry requirement <strong>for</strong> Mathematics<strong>and</strong>/or Science AS/A level courses.Students who have taken FoundationTier GCSE courses in Mathematics <strong>and</strong>Sciences (rather than Higher Tier) areunlikely to have covered all theappropriate topics from which they canmove on to A-level in the context ofthis school.• Students would normally be expectedto have studied GCSE in subjects theywish to study at A-level. In the case ofEconomics, Sociology <strong>and</strong> ClassicalCivilisation where the subjects may havenot been studied at GCSE level, grade Bin English Literature <strong>and</strong> a Humanitywould be required as a condition ofentry to the course.Admissions NumberThe admission number <strong>for</strong> external c<strong>and</strong>idatesjoining Year 12 is 25.TimetableThe process <strong>for</strong> routine admission into the SixthForm at Kendrick School (Year 12) in 2012/13begins in November 2012 <strong>and</strong> ends on 3September 2013Applications must be made to Kendrick School<strong>and</strong> NOT to the Local Authority.Application <strong>for</strong>ms will be available from the dateof the Sixth Form Open Evening which will beheld in November. (This will be advertised in thelocal press <strong>and</strong> details will be available onrequest from the school <strong>and</strong> on the schoolwebsite.) Potential applicants who do notattend the Open Evening may download anapplication <strong>for</strong>m from the school website.Students should expect to receive anacknowledgement of their application.Deadline of receipt of applicationsIndividual applications must be received byKendrick School by 27 January 2013. SchoolReference Forms must be received by KendrickSchool by 10 February 2013. (Kendrick will sendthe School Reference Form to the c<strong>and</strong>idate’spresent school as soon as possible on receipt ofthe application.)Late ApplicationsApplications received after the deadline will betreated as late applications, but will beconsidered if submitted by 3 September 2013.Late applications are those which are receivedafter 29 January 2013 <strong>and</strong> so cannot beconsidered with the “gathered field” of on-timeapplications. (See Treatment of Applicationssection.)Late applicants will be added to the Waiting Listaccording to their ranking as determined bytheir predicted GCSE scores. (See sections on“Treatment of Applications” <strong>and</strong> “Waiting List”)Treatment of Applications in theGathered Field• The gathered field of applications consistsof those applicants whose application <strong>for</strong>m<strong>and</strong> school reference <strong>for</strong>m have beenreceived by Kendrick School within twoweeks of the closing date. (Friday February8th 2013)• Suitable applicants will be invited to theschool <strong>for</strong> Consultation Meetings in theweek beginning March 4th 2013. Thepurpose of these meetings is to explain theoptions available in the Sixth Form <strong>and</strong> theentry requirements <strong>for</strong> the courses.• Provisional offers will be made by 15thMarch 2013.• Applicants will be assessed <strong>for</strong> suitability toattend a consultation meeting according toa points system as follows:• Up to a maximum of the 8 best GCSEpredicted grades, scored on the “ALIS”system: (A*- 8 points; A- 7 points; B – 6points etc.) The subjects scored in this waymust include the subjects that enable theapplicant to qualify <strong>for</strong> entry into the Sixth35If you have any queries please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 2550 or email: admissions.team@reading.gov.ukApply online at www.reading.gov.uk/schooladmissions