State Schools (Including Selective State Schools)

State Schools (including selective state schools)

Key date: 31st October 2011 (though Haringey Council would prefer 21st October)

This is the closing date for applications via your local education authority. Please note that if you are applying to a selective state school or for a music place at a state school you must contact the school directly for supplementaryapplication forms. These forms will have to be completed and returned to the school as directed by the school you are applying for.

Full and further useful details of open days etc. are available on the local authorities’ website. This list has been carefully compiled by the SMSA and should be used only as a guide. While every effort has been made to ensure it is accurate, parents and/or carers should make their own enquiries in advance of attending open days.

State Schools / Open Days / Apply by / Comments
Acland Burghley (mixed)
Burghley Road
Tufnell Park NW5 1UJ
020 7485 8515
/ Open Days
27th, 28th 29th Sept
9.00 – 10.30
Open Evening
Thurs 6th Oct
6.00 – 8.00 / 31st October
Via your Local Authority / Comprehensive
Camden
Alexandra Park School (mixed)
Bidwell GardensN11 2AZ
020 8826 4880
/ tbc / 31st October
Via your Local Authority / Comprehensive
Haringey
Bishop Douglass R.C.(mixed)
Hamilton Road
East FinchleyN2 0SQ
020 8444 5211
/ tbc / 31st October
via your Local Authority / Catholic mixed
Barnet
Additional forms available from the school

Camden School for Girls

Sandall RoadNW5 2DB
020 7485 3414
/ Open Mornings
5h & 7th October – 9am
Open Evening
11th October – 6pm / 31st October
Via your Local Authority / Comprehensive
Camden
8 places offered to exceptional musicians. Music application form (available from school) must be in by 21 October
Music Aurals:
5 November 2011-9.30 am-11 am
9 November 2011-4.30 pm -6 pm
Music Auditions:
19 November 2011 - 1 pm - 5 pm
20 November 2011-10 am -6 pm
22 November 2011-5:30 pm - 7.30 pm
Dame Alice Owen’s
(girls)
Dugdale Hill Lane
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 2DU
01707 643441
/ Open Evening
13th September 6:15, 7:15 and 8pm
Open Days
27th – 30th Sept 9:30 am tours of school
No pre-booking required / Apply to school by Friday 21st October 2010. Also need to complete secondary application form via local authority / Small number of places each year for pupils in Borough of Islington. Also selective places available.
Music exams part 1 10th November
Music exams part 2
w/c 21 November
Exams 11th & 12th November
Finchley Catholic High(Boys)
Woodside Lane
Finchley N12 8TA
020 8445 0105
/ Open Evening
Contact school for date / Supplementary form to school by 21 October and
also 31st October
Via your Local Authority / Catholic
Barnet
Fortismere School(mixed)
Tetherdown N10 1NE
Creighton Avenue N10 1NS
020 8365 4400
/ Open Evening
20th September from 7.00 – 9.00pm (adults only) North Wing Creighton Ave
Openafternoon
for parents and children 7th October from 1.30 - / 31st October
Via your Local Authority
Music aptitude supplementary form from school, deadline 9 September / Haringey
Mixed Foundation
Up to 10% (24) of places are offered on musical aptitude.
First music aptitude test September, second early October.
GreyCoatHospital(girls)
St Andrew's Building
Greycoat PlaceSW1P 2DY
020 7969 1998
/ Open Days
Tues 27th Sept 5.00 and 6.00 (two sessions)
Thurs 6th Oct 5.00 and 6.00
Mon 10th Oct 2.00
Tues 4th Oct 2.00 / Include on local authority form and complete school’s own application form / Westminster
Church of England – Admissions policy is complicated – Details on Website.
Greig City Academy(mixed)
High Street
Hornsey N8 7NU
020 8609 0100
/ Open Evening
Wed 28h September – 6.00 – 8.00pm
Head’s talk 6.15, 7.15
Open Mornings
30th September – 9.15am
14th October – 9.15am
Please contact school to book on to open mornings. / 31st October
Via your Local Authority
Supplementary form from school if applying for Foundation (church) place / Haringey
Secondary school sponsored by the London Diocesan Board for Schools and the Greig Trust.
Heartlands High School(mixed)
Station Road
Wood Green N22 7ST
020 8826 1230
/ tbc
Please call the school to book places / 31st October
Via your Local Authority / Haringey
Comprehensive
New School
Henrietta Barnett (girls)
Central Square
Hampstead Garden SuburbNW11 7BN
020 8458 8999
/ Open Day
21st& 22nd September
9-1pm (Busiest 9-11. Last tour 12 noon)
Prospectus and registration forms given out on these days. / 21st October
Supplementary form available from school.
Also need to complete usual local authority form (HBS says also by 21 October but not sure on that). / Barnet
No geographical limit. Selection by examination.
1st Round (reasoning) 15th/16th November
2nd Round (English and Maths)
4th January 2010.
Has applied to become an Academy.
Highgate Wood School(mixed)
Montenotte Road N8 8RN
020 8342 7970
/ Open Evening
October
Date tbc
Open Mornings
October
Date tbc / 31st October
Via your Local Authority / Comprehensive
Haringey
Hornsey School for Girls
Inderwick Road N8 9JF
02083486191
/ Open Evening
28th September 6.00 to 8.00pm
Open Morning
29 September, 4th and 20th October
9.00 – 11.30am / 31st October
Via your Local Auhority / Comprehensive
Haringey
La Sainte Union (girls)
(Camden)
7428 4600
/ Open Day
Thurs 22nd Sept
4.00 – 7.00pm / 21st October
Supplementary information form to the school and
31 October
Via your Local Authority / Camden
Catholic
Please contact school for supplementary information form
Jewish CommunitySecondary School (JCoSS)(mixed)
Castlewood Road
New Barnet EN4 9GE
020 8344 2220
/ Open Day
5th Oct
Contact school for more details / 31st October
Via yourLocalAuthority
Additional application form has to be returned by 25th Nov / Barnet
New Jewish Community School
Other faiths also admitted. Full details on website
Latymer (mixed)
(Edmonton)
020 8807 4037
/ Open Evening
(talk by Head, no school tour)
19th and 20th September 7.30pm Parents only.
NB arrive early as crowded and difficult to park
School tour
21st and 22nd September
From 4.00 to 7.30pm.
Last tour at 6.45 pm / 26th October
For form available at all four evenings from school
31st October
LEA forms also required to be completed / Must live within certain postcodes
Full details on website.
First round of exams in Oct half term
Mill Hill County School(mixed)
(Mill Hill)
0844 4772 424
/ Open Day
14th September
3.00 – 9.00pm
Application forms given out on this day or afterwards. / 21st October
For supplementary information form to the school
31st October for local authority forms / Barnet
Selective places available.
No geographical limits for these
Mount Carmel(Girls)
Holland Walk
Archway N19
02072813536
/ tbc / Form on website to be returned to school
31st October
LEA forms also required to be completed / Islington
Parliament Hill(Girls)
Highgate Road NW5
0207485 7077
/ tbc / 31st October
Via yourLocalAuthority / Comprehensive
Camden

St Aloysius’ College(mixed)Hornsey LaneHighgateN6 5LY

020 7263 1391
/ Open Evening
6th October 5.00 – 7.00 pm
Open Morning
11th, 12th and 13th
9.15 – 10.30 am / 31st October
Via yourLocalAuthority / Catholic Voluntary Aided
Islington

St Marylebone C of E School(mixed)

64 Marylebone High StreetW1U 5BA
020 7935 4704
/ Open Evening
4th October
5.00 -7.00pm
Open Mornings
27,29,30 September and 6th October
8.45-10.00 am
No need to book / Contact school for additional application form / Westminster
Church of England
Priority ‘C of E’ and ‘Performing Arts’ places allocated

St Michael’s Catholic Grammar(girls)

(Finchley)
020 8446 2256
/ Open Day
6th October
3.30 – 5.00pm
or 7.00 - 9.00pm
All forms available on the day / 21st October
For supplementary information form to the school
31st October for local authority forms / Barnet
Catholic, selection by examination
William Ellis (boys)
Highgate Road
Camden
London NW5 1RN
020 7267 9346
/ Open Mornings
11th, 12th and 13th Oct
9.00 – 12.00
Open Evening
4th October
6.00 – 8.00pm / 31st October
Via yourLocalAuthority / Camden
10% of places offered to children with musical aptitude. The rest to siblings and applicants who live closest to the school.
WrenAcademy(mixed)
Hilton Avenue
North Finchley
London N12 9HB
020 8492 6000
/ Open Evening
Weds 5th Oct between 5.30 and 8.00pm
No booking required.
Children welcome.
The Head speaks three times during the evening
Daytime tours
held for parents of Year 6 children only.
Contact the school to book an appointment. / 21st October
(if applying for a foundation place)
supplementary information form to the school (available on website)
31st October for local authority forms. / Barnet
New school sponsored by London Diocesan Board for Schools and BerkhamstedSchool.
Christian ethos. Foundation places based on CofE primary school and church attendance

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