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Queen Elizabeth's High School

Where the number of applications is more than the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.

1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
2. There is a brother or sister on roll at the school at the time of application.
3. Children of Staff employed at the School.
4. The school is 9 miles or less from the child’s home address by driving distance. Such children will be referred to in this policy as ‘local children’. If there is oversubscription within this criterion priority will be given to the child living closest to the school by driving distance.

If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved; 11+ score, with the child achieving the highest aggregate standardised score being awarded the place; The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance being awarded the place; Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children’s Service Directorate at the local authority.

5. The Child is registered as Ever6FSM, at the time of application.
6. The school is more than 9 miles from the child’s home address by driving distance.

If there is oversubscription within this criterion children will be ranked by their aggregate standardised 11+ score in decreasing order, with the highest score being awarded a place first. If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved; The child living closest to the school by driving distance being awarded the place; The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance being awarded the place; Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children’s Service Directorate at the local authority.

There are entrance exams for admission into a grammar school. Details about the testing arrangements can be obtained from the school.

This is a grammar school and applicants must meet the required standard in the admissions exam to be allocated a place. See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.

Where the number of applications is more than the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.

1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
2. There is a brother or sister on roll at the school at the time of application.
3. Children of Staff employed at the School.
4. The school is 9 miles or less from the child’s home address by driving distance. Such children will be referred to in this policy as ‘local children’. If there is oversubscription within this criterion priority will be given to the child living closest to the school by driving distance.

If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved; 11+ score, with the child achieving the highest aggregate standardised score being awarded the place; The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance being awarded the place; Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children’s Service Directorate at the local authority.

5. The Child is registered as Ever6FSM, at the time of application.
6. The school is more than 9 miles from the child’s home address by driving distance.

If there is oversubscription within this criterion children will be ranked by their aggregate standardised 11+ score in decreasing order, with the highest score being awarded a place first. If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved; The child living closest to the school by driving distance being awarded the place; The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance being awarded the place; Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children’s Service Directorate at the local authority.

There are entrance exams for admission into a grammar school. Details about the testing arrangements can be obtained from the school.

This is a grammar school and applicants must meet the required standard in the admissions exam to be allocated a place. See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.

We are an 11-18 school and as such the majority of our students choose to continue into the Sixth Form. An automatic right to progression into the Sixth Form exists subject to meeting admission criteria and space available at the time of application. The official PAN for Queen Elizabeth’s High School Sixth Form is 35, which represents the maximum number of external candidates we will admit over and above our own Year 11.

Students intending to follow a route of three A Levels will need to achieve at least 42 points across their best 8 subjects, including at least 5 in English Language and Maths. Beyond that, most subjects carry additional criteria to ensure suitability for study; please see the summary table in the full school policy. Students who wish to study four A Levels will need to have at least eight GCSE subjects graded 7 or higher.

The Sixth Form open evening takes place in late November each year and any student (internal or external) with a desire to potentially attend Sixth Form at QEHS is welcome to attend. Initial applications are asked for soon after this event. In this way, clarity for all applicants is achieved. Students may apply at any point up until the first day in September in the year of admission, though they should be aware that courses regularly fill and their options may be significantly limited as a result. Where space does not exist, students may be placed on a waiting list for either a place or an individual subject as appropriate. Here it is worth stating that it is not anticipated that we will have a strict limit on space per se. We are more likely, as has been seen in recent years, to have a lack of space in particular subjects or combinations of subjects. For example, those subjects requiring specialist facilities are severely limited in terms of overall space. Please note that in most cases we will not be able to enrol any new Sixth Form students after September/early October because it will be too late to join courses. Any student wishing to apply for a place in the Sixth Form at QEHS who has already completed part or all of their first year of A Level study at another educational establishment will need to apply to restart Year 12 at the relevant time as stated above, although each application will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Our current open options system allows the vast majority of students to have the options that they require. Conditional offer letters will be sent out from late March/early April signalling our ability to both offer a place and the required combination of subjects. Where a clash exists, we will work with the student to try to find a viable alternative combination. Applicants who are refused admission have the right to appeal the decision. A Governors’ hearing may be convened as a result of a written request by parents/guardians to the Clerk of Governors. Here, a panel of Governors will sit to consider the case for admission and advise the Sixth Form team as to whether or not they agree with the decision made. This panel will look at the procedures employed and ensure they match up to those advertised and also consider the reasons for rejection. This is usually a rapid process which considers the application from a fresh perspective.

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