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Welcome to the successful and innovative Brompton Academy, an energetic, forward thinking community for students aged 11 – 19 years. Although it has a Planned Admission Number (PAN) of 210, it managed to find space for 250 pupils in 2017, falling to 230 in 2018 and 2019, presumably because of lack of room. Pressure on places in Medway Non-Selective schools continues to be intense, with 80% of pupils being awarded their first choice school. Students are asked to take it and their scores on the test are then used to place them in an ability band. Two new academies are supposedly in the pipeline. With Walderslade Girls’, the two Walderslade schools are the furthest south in Medway, without the building development taking place across the rest of the Authority producing pressure on places.
Usually holds an initially group session for appeals then finds it has room for all. As a result, there were only 34 vacancies in three schools, just 1.4% of the total.
The Medway Academy (secondary) was also approved by government in 2017 for opening in 2019, but I can find no further trace of it, including the website of sponsors Leigh Academies Trust. Exclusions in Kent Schools, 2019-20: Astonishment and Predictability. What’s Happening at The Rochester Grammar School? Creating access to housing and providing supportive relationships which eradicate homelessness. Fair Banding Test - Registration open now!
Brompton Academy For 2020 admissions: The allocation criteria was Fair Banding and criteria, therefore no overall furthest distance offered is available. We believe in transforming learning, lives and communities through the development of our Academies within Oasis Hubs. This is the lowest number of first choices that I can find for any Medway school, in my records dating back ten years. Oasis Community Learning is the part of Oasis global family © Oasis charitable trust, 2020 Oasis Community Learning is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales number 05398529 and an Exempt Charity.
Medway Secondary Non Selective Allocations March 2019, Brompton and Strood Academies set the Fair Banding Test for all applicants. The large majority of the 135 Medway pupils going out of school are travelling to non-selective schools, with 21 going to the underperforming Aylesford School and 23 to the failing. If your child has not taken this, they will be the last children to be considered for places. Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Oasis Community Learning was established in 2004.
Registration for Brompton Academy's fair banding test is NOW OPEN! The Maritime Academy, for all ages, sponsored by the Thinking Schools Academy Trust, was planned to open in September 2019, but the last mention of it was on the Trust website in April 2017. The school desperately needed a Good Ofsted, given its previous record which has led to low numbers.
Please note that our admission arrangements clearly state that all new Year 7 students are required to sit our Fair Banding test, this will determine which banding group a child will be placed in ‘should’ they gain a place at the Academy. You will find the parallel article on Medway grammar schools here, and on Kent non-selective schools here.
Solid, performs well. If places in a band are not filled or become vacant, for example, because parents/carers accept offers of places at other schools, and no applicants in those bands remain without a place, they must be evenly filled by children falling into the next nearest bands (i.e. Overall, as in Kent, there is considerable polarisation with each of the oversubscribed schools becoming more popular this year, hence the soaring number of Local Authority Allocations (LAAs). at the schools. You will find the full table of appeal outcomes below. Working to improve lives through inclusion, opportunity and community transformation.
One is in Medway, Leigh Academy, Rainham, a secondary mainstream school. Creating a movement of leaders across society who are committed to ending educational inequality. If your child has not taken this, they will be the last children to be considered for places.
Another 204 children, or 9.3% of the total, received no school of their choice, well up on last year's 136.
An organisation offering teacher development programmes with clear pathways for career progression for school leaders. Good news for St John Fisher! Subscribe now! A global movement of activists working to disrupt and prevent human trafficking, passionately campaigning for a traffik-free world. A disaster area, with families shunning the school. The situation was exacerbated by a fall of 35 in the number of places available. All students wishing to apply for a place at The Victory Academy will be required to take a Fair Banding Test which is prescribed by GL Assessment.
Positive news on their Ofsted now rated good in all areas - any thoughts? These banding arrangements are an effective practice in schools providing fair oversubscription criteria, provided arrangements are fair objective and not used as a means of unlawfully admitting a disproportionate number of high ability children. The school is also unable to hold its natural recruiting area amongst Catholics and Catholic Primary schools (the latter according to families I have advised), with the two closest Kent Catholic schools offering places to 27 children from Medway. Pressure on places in Medway Non-Selective schools continues to be intense, with 80% of pupils being awarded their first choice school. As usual, second most oversubscribed school in Medway, attracting applicants from the neighbourhoods of less popular schools nearby. Please note that there will be some 'churning' as successful appeals for grammar school places remove some children from the non-selective schools. This also impinges on chances of success at appeal which are again likely to be low. Very difficult to win an appeal with just two out of 19 appeals upheld last year.
Leigh Academies Trust has three free schools in the pipeline. At Brompton Academy we operate a ‘Fair Banding’ admissions process to ensure we have a balanced proportion of students from across the whole ability range – a comprehensive intake. 2021 – 2022 Fair-Banding Test . Dates for the Fair Banding test are to be confirmed. Success rate at appeal is average for a non-selective school. This site uses cookies. Students who wish to apply for a place at Brompton Academy must take a Fair Banding test to be considered for admission to the Academy and this will be required if their parents/carers intend to put Brompton Academy on the common admissions form – outlined below (CAF). Fair Banding Testi Brompton Academy is an all ability school and in order to secure an all ability intake that is representative of the national ability range, all applicants for admission must take a fair banding test, which is prescribed by GL Assessments (formerly NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research).
The most oversubscribed school is Brompton Academy, as it has been for many years, turning away 218 first choices. Admissions test: This school requires all applicants to sit a Fair Banding test . All applicants for places in the Academy will be banded according to the principles of fair banding, using the national profile. The Maritime Academy, for all ages, sponsored by the Thinking Schools Academy Trust, was planned to open in September 2019, but the last mention of it was on the Trust, You will find the parallel article on Medway grammar schools, 41 pupils from outside Medway took up places in Medway non-selective schools, the large majority at Greenacre and Walderslade Girls. PETER: I don;t know the details yet, so thanks for this. The way our family of academies work together to provide exceptional education is part of what makes Oasis so special.
It is followed by Thomas Aveling with 72 children rejected. Victory has really established itself in the last two years, aided by a strong 'Good' Ofsted, Popularity continues to fall with problems in leadership, reflected in a, Last modified on Friday, 13 March 2020 18:56, posted by Nicola Webb, posted by Janet Downs, Can I Help You, and how much will it cost, « Oversubscription & Vacancies in Medway Grammar Schools on Allocation 2019, Medway Council vote for new Grammar School: oblivious of the facts. Re unopened free schools: Maritime Academy still appears on the DfE free school pipeline list (updated April 2019). Has had a troublesome history, but seems to be settling down, reflected in a Good, Always popular and as usual, third most oversubscribed school in Medway this year.
Has just taken over the failed Riverside (Previously Medway) UTC. The following table provides most of the relevant information, with notes about some individual schools below. There were 66 successful appeals at Medway grammars last year (down from 93 in 2018); as well as 34 at four Medway non-selective schools (up from 25), 25% of those heard. At Brompton Academy we operate a ‘Fair Banding’ admissions process to ensure we have a balanced proportion of students from across the whole ability range – a comprehensive intake. at the schools. Will this happen for 2019 entry, with a record 63 first choices turned away, although some will be creamed off by Chatham Girls Grammar appeals? For example, in some areas, lower ability pupils (who often come from poorer families) may be less likely to gain a place at an outstanding or good school. Sign up for the fair banding test now. Do you know if there any truth that St John Fisher will be moving just off of City Way Rochester? Copyright 2020 © Oasis Community Learning. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now! Simon Powell National Poetry Prize 2020 Winner, UKAT Parent success – University of Kent Access Course. Basic HTML code is allowed. If you would like to put your child down to attend Brompton Academy in September 2021, you must click the link to register: https://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk/fair-banding-test, Use our App to get instant updates and important notifications.