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The Grey Coat Hospital Church of England Comprehensive School for Girls Schools must set admission arrangements annually, and where changes are proposed to admission arrangements, the school must first publicly consult on those arrangements.   We are consulting on our arrangements for admissions in the 2019/20 academic year and would like to hear your comments.   The proposed changes are (1) the removal of Category E, occasional church attendance for at least two years for Church of England and Other Church places and (2) to modify the existing definition of siblings so that it reads “After this, priority will be given to sisters of current Grey Coat pupils who will be on roll in years 7 to 13 at the school at the time of the admission of the younger sister”     This consultation is for the attention of:  a) parents of children between the ages of two and eighteen b) other persons in the area who have an interest in the proposed arrangements c) all other admission authorities within the local area  d) the local authority (Westminster Council) e) any adjoining neighbouring local authorities  The consultation period is between 21/11/2017 and 26/01/2018 and comments should be submitted in writing to:  Roy Blackwell Clerk to the governing body The Grey Coat Hospital  St Andrew's Building  Greycoat Place, London  SW1P 2DY   If you prefer you can email your comments to : Roy.Blackwell@uwsgch.co.uk   Following the consultation period all submitted comments will be considered at a governors meeting and the final arrangements will be published on the school and Westminster Council website on 1March 2018  

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The Grey Coat Hospital

Church of England Comprehensive School for Girls

Schools must set admission arrangements annually, and where changes are proposed to admission arrangements, the school must first publicly consult on those arrangements.   We are consulting on our arrangements for admissions in the 2019/20 academic year and would like to hear your comments.   The proposed changes are (1) the removal of Category E, occasional church attendance for at least two years for Church of England and Other Church places and (2) to modify the existing definition of siblings so that it reads “After this, priority will be given to sisters of current Grey Coat pupils who will be on roll in years 7 to 13 at the school at the time of the admission of the younger sister”     This consultation is for the attention of:  

a) parents of children between the ages of two and eighteen 

b) other persons in the area who have an interest in the proposed arrangements 

c) all other admission authorities within the local area  

d) the local authority (Westminster Council) 

e) any adjoining neighbouring local authorities  

The consultation period is between 21/11/2017 and 26/01/2018 and comments should be submitted in writing to:  Roy Blackwell Clerk to the governing body The Grey Coat Hospital  St Andrew's Building  Greycoat Place, London  SW1P 2DY   If you prefer you can email your comments to : Roy.Blackwell@uws‐gch.co.uk   Following the consultation period all submitted comments will be considered at a governors meeting and the final arrangements will be published on the school and Westminster Council website on 1March 2018  

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THE GREY COAT HOSPITAL WESTMINSTER

Head Teacher Siân Maddrell

Supplementary Information Form 2019-2020

Please print clearly. Please complete the identification form and attach to this a passport sized photograph with your daughter’s name and date of birth clearly written on the back for identification purposes during the assessment test only.

Legal surname of child (This must be the same name as your Common Application Form)

First Name(s)

Date of Birth

Name of Parents/Guardians

Address

Postcode Borough

Contact Telephone Numbers ______________________________________

(please state which parent/guardian) If applicable, Name and Form of sister(s) currently attending The Grey Coat Hospital.

NAME OF SISTER FORM

Please read the Admissions Criteria very carefully, then tick the category or categories for which you wish your daughter to be considered. You may choose more than one category.

Church of England Other Church

If you are applying for a Church of England place, please see details on the following page. Applicants for Church of England places will automatically be considered under the criteria for Open places if unsuccessful under the Church of England criteria. If you are applying for an Other Church place, please see details on the following page. Applicants for Other Church places will automatically be considered under the criteria for Open places if unsuccessful under the Other Church criteria.

Open Place

No religious criteria

Please tick this box if your daughter has taken the Languages aptitude test to apply for one of the fifteen Languages Places. The criteria for this is set out in section two of the Admissions Policy. Parents will receive information separately regarding the outcome of the test in mid-October 2018.

If you wish your application to be considered by the Governors under paragraph 1.7 of the Admissions Policy and have attached evidence from medical or other professionals in support of your application, please tick this box.

Please tick this box if your daughter is Looked After or Previously Looked After. Please provide documental evidence. The criteria for this is set out in section five of the Admissions Policy. Please turn over

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CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OTHER CHURCH PLACES APPLICATION FOR A CHURCH PLACE: A clergy reference will be required and you will need to give/ send the lilac Clergy Form enclosed in this pack to your Vicar(s) or Minister(s). He, she or they will need to complete the form and return it directly to the school, using the envelope provided. If you have changed your place of worship within the last five years, you will need to obtain additional references to complete your full attendance history. If you attend more than one place of worship concurrently, or if your Vicar/Minister has changed within the last five years, additional clergy references will also be necessary.

If you wish confirmation that we have received your clergy reference form(s), please remember to complete your address and postcode and put a stamp on the acknowledgement card(s) supplied. Church Affiliation (denomination/religion) Name and address of current Church Postcode Name and address of previous Church or Churches __ __

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If you are applying for a place under the 1.7 category of The Grey Coat Hospital Admissions policy, please outline details of the exceptional medical, social or educational need here and indicate the connection between your daughter’s need and The Grey Coat Hospital. Please enclose written supporting documentation from a medical consultant, senior social worker or other appropriate professional.

Please continue overleaf if necessary

I have filled in this supplementary form in good faith. I am aware that the offer of a place may be revoked if any misrepresentation comes to light. Signed Date

(Parent or Guardian) Assessment Date and Times - All tests will be taken at the St Michael’s Building, 98 Regency St. SW1P 4GH. For timing and details of the tests please see the information sheet enclosed.

Please return this form by TBC to:

The Head Teacher, The Grey Coat Hospital, St Andrew’s, Greycoat Place, London SW1P 2DY

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The Grey Coat Hospital Admissions policy 2019-20 To help you through the process, we have divided up the information into sections.

The first section contains general information about the school and everyone thinking about applying for a place should read this section;

Section two tells you about Languages places;

Section three explains how banding works in relation to Church of England

places and Other Church places (your church must be a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance) and Open places;

Section four explains the process for Church of England places and Other Church places (your church must be a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland/Evangelical Alliance);

Section five tells you about Open Places. By Open Places, we mean

places where no religious criteria apply;

The last section, six, explains the procedure you have to follow to apply for a place and should be read by everyone thinking about applying for a place.

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SECTION ONE This section should be read by everyone thinking of applying for a place at The Grey Coat Hospital

THE GREY COAT HOSPITAL - ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR 2019/20 1.1 The Grey Coat Hospital is a voluntary aided Church of England Comprehensive Academy for girls, which has a special relationship with Westminster Abbey. 1.2 In September 2019, the Published Admission Number (PAN) for entry into Year 7 will be 151 (one hundred and fifty one) girls, who will be within the full range of ability and from a wide range of backgrounds. 1.3 Girls admitted to The Grey Coat Hospital, are required to abide by school regulations and to co-operate with the staff on matters of attendance, discipline, homework and dress. 1.4 Parents are invited to attend the annual Abbey Service with the school and are expected to encourage their daughters to contribute to, and benefit from, the school’s Christian and Church of England tradition as well as abiding by school regulations. This is not a requirement for entry to the school.

1.5 Applicants are strongly urged to visit The Grey Coat Hospital on one of the Open Days so that they may learn as much as possible about the school and its ethos. 1.6 The Grey Coat Hospital is participating within co-ordinated admission arrangements with other secondary schools in Westminster. 1.7 Governors may offer a place to an applicant who has an exceptional medical, social or educational need for a place at The Grey Coat Hospital. Applications will only be considered under this category if they are supported by a written statement from a medical consultant, senior social worker or other appropriate professional provided at the point of application. In each case, there must be a clear connection between the applicant’s need and The Grey Coat Hospital and an explanation of the difficulties that would be caused if the applicant were to attend another school. 1.8 In the event of oversubscription, places will be allocated in accordance with sections 2 – 5 below. 1.9 Applicants with a signed Statement of Educational Needs (SEN) or Education, Health and Care Plan which names The Grey Coat Hospital will be admitted to the school via the SEN process. 1.10 A waiting list will be kept until 31 December 2019. When any child is added to the waiting list, the list will be ranked again in accordance with the published oversubscription criteria. No priority will be given according to date of application but anyone allocated a place under the Fair Access Protocol will take precedence over those on the waiting list.

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SECTION TWO - LANGUAGE PLACES If you are applying for a Language place, please read the following section.

Admissions Criteria – Language Places

Up to 15 (fifteen) places of the PAN (Published Admissions Number) will be offered to applicants solely on the strength of their aptitude for languages as shown by a test given for this purpose on the Languages Aptitude Test Day. The Languages Aptitude Test Day is in the first half term of Year 6. It is in advance of the completion of the common application form and is on a different day to the banding assessment day. The Languages Assessment is for applicants who are applying for a Language place. No previous knowledge of a foreign language is expected or required. No other criteria for admission apply to these fifteen places. If it is necessary to decide between applicants who have an equal score in the language aptitude test, the Governors will apply the following tie breaker: Where the order of priority is otherwise equal, preference will be given to a child who lives the shortest distance from the school. Home address is defined as the address at which the child resides for 50% or more of the school week. Distances are measured by a straight line from the address seed point (determined by Ordnance Survey data) of the child’s home address to the main school gate for pupils, as measured by the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat number order. Where it is necessary to further differentiate between applicants living the same distance from the school, priority will be decided by random allocation. Where fewer than 15 Language Places are allocated, any remaining places will be added to the total number of Open places available.

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SECTION THREE - BANDING

If you are applying for a Church of England place, an Other Church place (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or Evangelical Alliance), or an Open Place, please read this section. To fill the remaining 136 places (excluding Language places and those with a statement of SEN or EHC plan) and to ensure a balanced intake from all ability ranges, all girls must sit a literacy and non-verbal reasoning test on assessment day. The Governors will refer to the results of the literacy and non-verbal reasoning tests and place all of the applicants into three ability bands based on their results. The Governors will allocate the 136 remaining places on the following basis: 25% to applicants of above average ability (Band 1 - the top band); 50% to applicants of average ability (Band 2 - the middle band); 25% to applicants of below average ability (Band 3 - the lower band).

Church of England Places

Other Church Places

Open Places Total

Band 1 (25%) 22 7 5 34

Band 2 (50%) 44 14 10 68

Band 3 (25%) 22 7 5 34

Total (100%) 88 28 20 136

The numbers in the banding grid above may vary depending on the number of applicants with a statement of SEN or EHC plan.

Where, after all applicants have been offered a Church of England place, Other Church place or Open place within their band, and one or more of the bands is undersubscribed, the places remaining in that band will be allocated using the same order of priority and tie breaker as for Open places, but without reference to which band into which the applicant falls.

Where there is under-subscription for Open places, the extra places will be treated first as Church of England places and secondly as Other Church places.

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SECTION FOUR – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA

CHURCH OF ENGLAND PLACES AND OTHER CHURCH PLACES (CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BRITAIN AND

IRELAND OR EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE) If you are applying for a Church of England place, or an Other Church place (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland/Evangelical Alliance), please read this section. Admission criteria – Church of England, Other Church (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or Evangelical Alliance) 4.1 To fill places other than Language places and to ensure a balanced intake, the Governors will refer to the results of literacy and non-verbal reasoning tests given on Assessment Day. Consequently, applicants must sit the assessment test on Assessment Day. Applicants will have been placed into three ability bands and the Governors will allocate 25% of these places to girls of above average ability (the top band), 50% to girls of average ability (the middle band) and 25% to girls of below average ability (the lower band). 4.2 Once applicants have been placed in a band, Governors will allocate church places as follows:

Church of England places Up to 88 places will be given to girls from worshipping Church of England families living in the area covered by the ¹Dioceses of London and Southwark. “Worshipping Church of England families” is defined in paragraphs A-D below in that order of priority. Applications must be supported by a clergy reference. First priority will be given to Looked after Children+ and previously Looked after Children+ who need to comply with one of the categories from A-D below. Next, priority will be given to any girls admitted under section 1.7 who need to comply with one of the categories from A-D below After this, priority will be given to sisters* of current Grey Coat pupils who will be on roll in years 7 to 13 at the school at the time of the admission of the younger sister. Sisters need to comply with one of the categories A-D below. Other applicants in this section will be ranked according to the categories at A to D below in that order.

Other Churches (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or Evangelical Alliance) Places

Up to 28 places will be given to girls from families worshipping in other churches which are full members of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance and who live in the area of the ¹Dioceses of London and Southwark. “Families worshipping in other churches which are full members of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance” is defined in

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paragraphs A-D below in that order of priority. Applications must be supported by a clergy reference. First priority will be given to Looked after Children+ and previously Looked after Children+ who need to comply with one of the categories from A-D below. Next, priority will be given to any girls admitted under section 1.7 who need to comply with one of the categories from A-D below. After this, priority will be given to sisters* of current Grey Coat pupils who will be on roll in years 7 to 13 at the school at the time of the admission of the younger sister. Sisters need to comply with one of the categories A-D below. Other applicants in this section will be ranked according to the categories at A to D below in that order. In establishing family church commitment, only family members living together at one address and who have legal responsibility for the child will be taken into account. Assessing the commitment of the child and her family will be carried out as follows: A: Weekly church attendance for at least five years immediately preceding the application Weekly church attendance for at least five years (weekly is 40 or more weeks a year i.e. usually weekly with allowances for holidays and illness) and:

The child and their parent will need to meet all of the criteria below: Parent (all criteria must be met)

Weekly church attendance for at least 5 years Parent being a communicant member of the church Parent on the church’s electoral or other membership roll

Child (all criteria must be met)

Weekly church attendance for at least 5 years either in Sunday school (including other activities in Church taking place during the Church service) or in church with parent/guardian if no Sunday school exists at the church attended

Baptism of child or alternative to baptism in traditions where children are not baptised (e.g. dedication)

B: Weekly church attendance for under five years but at least two years immediately preceding the application If there are insufficient candidates to fill the places available in a category after the ‘five year weekly’ church attendance rule has been applied, applicants will be considered from those who have under five years, but at least two years, weekly church attendance (weekly is 40 or more weeks a year i.e. usually weekly with allowances for holidays and illness) and:

Applicants and their parent will need to meet all of the criteria below:

Parent (all criteria must be met) Weekly church attendance for under 5 years, but at least 2 years Parent being a communicant member of the church

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Parent on the church’s electoral or other membership roll Child (all criteria must be met)

Weekly church attendance for under 5 years, but at least 2 years either in Sunday school (including other activities in Church taking place during the Church service) or in church with parent/guardian if no Sunday school exists at the church attended

Baptism of child or alternative to baptism in traditions where children are not baptised (e.g. dedication)

C: Fortnightly church attendance for at least five years immediately preceding the application If there are insufficient candidates to fill the places available in a category after the ‘under five years but at least two years weekly’ church attendance rule has been applied, applications will be considered from those who have fortnightly church attendance for at least five years (fortnightly is at least 20 weeks a year i.e. usually fortnightly with allowances for holidays and illness) and:

The child and their parent will need to meet all of the criteria below:

Parent (all criteria must be met) Fortnightly church attendance for at least 5 years Parent being a communicant member of the church Parent on the church’s electoral or other membership roll

Child (all criteria must be met)

Fortnightly church attendance for at least 5 years either in Sunday school or in church (including other activities in Church taking place during the Church service) with parent/guardian if no Sunday school exists at the church attended

Baptism of child or alternative to baptism in traditions where children are not baptised (e.g. dedication)

D: Fortnightly church attendance for under five years but at least two years immediately preceding the application If there are insufficient candidates to fill the places available in a category after the ‘five years fortnightly’ church attendance rule has been applied, applications will be considered from those who have under five years but at least two years fortnightly church attendance (fortnightly is at least 20 weeks a year i.e. usually fortnightly with allowances for holidays and illness) and: The child and their parent will need to meet all of the criteria below:

Parent (all criteria must be met) Fortnightly church attendance for under 5 years, but at least 2 years Parent being a communicant member of the church Parent on the church’s electoral or other membership roll

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Child (all criteria must be met) Fortnightly church attendance for under 5 years, but at least 2 years either

in Sunday school (including other activities in Church taking place during the Church service) or in church with parent/guardian if no Sunday school exists at the church attended

Baptism of child or alternative to baptism in traditions where children are not baptised (e.g. dedication)

If there are still insufficient candidates after all of the above criteria have been applied, applicants will be added to the open place category. If it is necessary to decide between applicants who have equal claims to a place under one of the above criteria in any band, the Governors will apply the following tie breaker: Where the order of priority is otherwise equal, preference will be given to a child who lives the shortest distance from the school. Home address is defined as the address at which the child resides for 50% or more of the school week. Distances are measured by a straight line from the address seed point (determined by Ordnance Survey data) of the child’s home address to the °main school gate for pupils, as measured by the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat number order. Where it is necessary to further differentiate between applicants living the same distance from the school, priority will be decided by random allocation.

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SECTION FIVE – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA

OPEN PLACES

No faith based criteria apply to Open places. 5.1 To fill places other than Language places and to ensure a balanced intake, the Governors will refer to the results of literacy and non-verbal reasoning tests given on Assessment Day. Consequently, applicants must sit the assessment test on Assessment Day. Applicants will have been placed into three ability bands and the Governors will allocate 25% of these places to girls of above average ability (the top band), 50% to girls of average ability (the middle band) 25% to girls of below average ability (the lower band). 5.2 Once applicants have been placed in a band, Governors will allocate open places as follows: Up to 20 places will be open places (where no religious criteria apply). Applications will be ranked in this order of preference:

(i) First priority will be given to Looked after Children+ and previously Looked after Children+.

(ii) Next, priority will be given to any girls admitted under section 1.7 (iii) After this, priority will be given to sisters* of current Grey Coat pupils who

will be on roll in years 7 to 13 at the school at the time of the admission of the younger sister.

(iv) Priority will then be given to applicants living the shortest distance from the school in accordance with the tie-breaker below.

If it is necessary to decide between applicants who have equal claims to a place under one of the above criteria (i) to (iii) above or under criterion (iv) above, in any band, the Governors will apply the following tie breaker:

Where the order of priority is otherwise equal, preference will be given to a child who lives the shortest distance from the school. Home address is defined as the address at which the child resides for 50% or more of the school week. Distances are measured by a straight line from the address seed point (determined by Ordnance Survey data) of the child’s home address to the °main school gate for pupils, as measured by the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system. Where it is necessary to differentiate between applicants living in flats using the same street entrance, priority will be given to the applicant(s) living closest to the ground floor and then by ascending flat number order. Where it is necessary to further differentiate between applicants living the same distance from the school, priority will be decided by random allocation.

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SECTION SIX – ADMISSION PROCEDURES

This section applies to anyone wishing to apply for a place at The Grey Coat

Hospital regardless of the category. 6.1 Applicants must complete the school’s supplementary information form, which should be sent back to the school. Applicants must complete the identification form with a passport-sized photograph attached (for identification purposes for the assessment tests only, and which will form no part of the admission process after the test). Applicants should state on the supplementary information form under which categories they are applying: Languages places Church of England places Other Church places (Churches together in Britain and Ireland or Evangelical

Alliance) Open places

Those unsuccessful in one category may be considered for another appropriate category. For example, those applying for a languages place will be considered under the Church of England category if they meet the criteria as outlined above. Those who do not submit the supplementary information form will only be considered for an Open place. 6.2 Those applying for a Church of England place and those applying for an Other Church (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or Evangelical Alliance) place should provide their church with a clergy reference form which should be completed and sent to the school by the clergy. If references are required from more than one member of the clergy, please ask for additional forms. Those who do not return a clergy reference form will only be considered for an Open place. 6.3 If, as is customary, there are more applications than places, the admissions criteria explained in sections 2 - 5 above will determine which applicants are to be offered places. The same procedures will be applied when there are applicants for casual vacancies that arise in Years Eight to Eleven. 6.4 Applicants must attend the Assessment Test at our St Michael’s building on TBC 2018. In cases where there is a proven legitimate reason for not being able to sit the assessment test on Assessment Day, the school will use predicted KS2 levels provided by the applicant from their current school to determine into which band the applicant falls. Those who do not sit the test will need to provide evidence from their Primary School of their ability level. 6.5 Applicants who are applying for a languages place must attend the language assessment test at our St Michael’s building. Language Aptitude Test date is on TBC 2018. Those who do not sit the test will not be considered for a languages place. The outcome of the languages test will be communicated by letter in mid-October 2018.

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Please note: In year admissions For in-year admissions the above process and criteria apply with the exception of the banding assessment and the language aptitude test which are not required. Common Application Form All applicants must complete a common application form and name The Grey Coat Hospital on this form. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanatory notes + A “looked after child” is one who is in the care of the local authority or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions. A “previously looked after child” is one who was looked after but, ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). *Sisters mean children who reside together at the same address and who have at least one parent in common by birth or legal adoption, or resides with the applicant and is their step-sister or foster sister. ° The ‘main school gate for pupils is the gate of The Grey Coat Hospital, St Andrew’s building, Greycoat Place, London SW1P 2DY ¹ A map of the Dioceses of London and Southwark is available on the school website www.gch.org.uk and is issued at Open events.

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GCH Clergy form 2019-20

THE GREY COAT HOSPITAL WESTMINSTER

Head Teacher Siân Maddrell

Date as received

Dear Clergy referee

Re: D.O.B.

I enclose a form for the clergy reference for a young member of your congregation who is applying for a place at The Grey Coat Hospital. I would be most grateful if you would fill in the form and return it to the school as soon as possible and at the latest by the closing date of Monday 21st November 2016 Please note that the clergy referee should NOT be directly related to the child (e.g. parent or grandparent).

Clergy who are new to London may not be aware of the extent to which Church schools are over-subscribed, and how much depends on a clergy reference. The Grey Coat Hospital, for example, regularly has over 1000 applicants for 151 places. The Governors’ admission criteria rely on a c c u r a t e information rather than a subjective recommendation. Serious injustice could be done inadvertently, if there are inaccuracies in a reference. Please ensure that the form is completed as fully as possible, and returned on time.

The admissions criteria distinguish between Church of England applicants and those who are full members of churches that belong to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance. Please state clearly inside whether your church belongs to one of the above organisations, and please supply evidence of membership.

The Governors’ admissions policy which clarifies the nature of the school and the admissions criteria for Church places can be f ound on the schoo l webs i te www. gch .o rg .u k .

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Siân Maddrell Head Teacher

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Clergy Form 2019/2020

NB: The clergy referee should not be directly related to the child (e.g. Parent, Grandparent, sibling etc).

Please use BLOCK CAPITALS and answer ALL questions

Name of Church ____________________________________________________

Denomination of Church ___________________________________________________

Name of Minister ____________________________________________________

Full Address of Church ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Postcode ______________________

Telephone number ____________________________________________________

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS SECTION FOR THE ‘OTHER CHURCH’ CATEGORY Is this church a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)? YES / NO Is this church a member of The Evangelical Alliance? YES / NO Evangelical Alliance Membership Number Mandatory Please provide evidence of membership, e.g. the Evangelical Alliance membership number of your Church or the affiliation to the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) of your Church, as any doubt about membership may prevent a child from being offered a place at the school.

Please turn over

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Please use BLOCK CAPITALS and answer ALL questions Please only refer to ONE parent /guardian

Name of child: _______________________________________________

Date of birth: __________________________________________

Name of Parent / Guardian: _______________________________________________

How long have you known this family personally? ___________ years Please answer all questions as this information is vital in applying our admission criteria. If you have not been in the parish yourself since the child first came, please ask other established members of your church community to help you.

Parent Please circle to whom you are referring: Mother Father Guardian 1. Is the parent or guardian a communicant member of your church? YES / NO

2. Please state whether s/he attends weekly

weekly is 40 weeks or more per year i.e. usually weekly with allowance for holidays, illness and other reasons.

fortnightly

fortnightly is at least 20 weeks per year i.e. usually fortnightly with allowances for holidays, illness and other reasons.

How long has s/he been attending at this frequency?

At least 5 years Under 5 years but at least 2 years Under 2 years

3 . Is the parent or guardian on the electoral roll or other membership roll? YES / NO

If there is no electoral roll or other membership roll, please tick here Please turn over

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Child

1. Is the child above known to you as a member of your church? YES / NO

2. Is there a Sunday school at your church? YES / NO If there is a Sunday school, does she attend Sunday school? * YES / NO * including other activities in Church taking place during the Church service

If there is no Sunday school, does she attend church with a parent YES / NO

3. Please state whether she attends weekly

weekly is 40 weeks or more per year i.e. usually weekly with allowance for holidays, illness and other reasons.

fortnightly

fortnightly is at least 20 weeks per year i.e. usually fortnightly with allowances for holidays, illness and other reasons.

How long has she been attending at this frequency? At least 5 years Under 5 years but at least 2 years Under 2 years

4. Is she baptised? (or alternative ____________________________) YES / NO If it is not usual to baptise young children in your tradition, please state above and mention whether any comparable ceremony such as dedication has taken place. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Name of referee: __________________________________________________________

Position in Church: __________________________________________________________

Signature: __________________________________________________________

Date: __________________________________________________________

Church official stamp:

Thank you for your assistance. Please return the completed form by TBC 2018 directly to:

The Head Teacher, The Grey Coat Hospital, Greycoat Place, Westminster London SW1P 2DY