LONDON- 29 September 2006 - 268 words
Westminster: advice on choosing a school place
The Education Service of the Diocese of Westminster has produced a Prospectus to help all parents of pupils in Year SIX who are preparing to submit their application for a place in a Secondary School for September 2007.
The deadline for parents to submit their application to the local
borough is 20 October 2006. There are 39 maintained secondary
schools in the Diocese of Westminster. All of these schools are
'Voluntary Aided' schools, run by the Church and funded by the
Local Education Authority. All of these secondary schools are
now part of a new co-ordinated admission process which is explained
in the Prospectus.
In order to get a place at a Catholic school, parents will have
to take the steps set out below. Each of the steps is explained
in more detail in the Prospectus.
· Visit as many Catholic secondary schools as you can.
Get hold of each school's prospectus and other information about
the schools.
· Choose up to six Catholic schools you would like your
child to attend.
· Fill in a Common Application Form (CAF) from the Local
Education Authority (LEA) in whose area you live. You will have
to list the schools in your order of
preference and return the CAF to the Local Authority.
· Fill in a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) for every
Catholic school to which you have applied. Return each of these
forms direct to the school concerned.
· Make sure that all forms are returned before the closing
date set by your Local Education Authority.
Source: Archbishops House
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