Urmston Grammar School

Please note the "admissions to Year 7" Sub Menu in the right hand column. This leads you beyond this page to our admissions policy and our entrance examination application form.

ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUPILS WHO WILL BE 11 YEARS OF AGE BY SEPTEMBER 2010.

The following table outlines the key dates for the process with additional notes for clarification:

Key Date	Stage of Process	Additional Notes
Wednesday 1st July	Sample examination papers (short versions) will be available	These can be accessed via the school web site from this date or from the main school office.
Thursday 9th July 2009	Urmston Grammar School Open Evening 6.00pm – 8.00pm	Opportunity to look around the school, meet staff and pupils plus hear about the new admissions process.
By Friday 4th September 2009	Completed application form and medical form must be returned to UGS by this date. All applications will receive an acknowledgement card by return of post.	From the end of April the form is available from the following sources: on our school web site and can be completed online; downloaded from the web site and posted; received as a hard copy through your child’s junior school; available from the school office at UGS.
Within two weeks of UGS’s receipt of the completed application form	a Special Educational Needs form and information pack (if necessary)	If you submit a Special Educational Needs form, you will be contacted separately.
By 19th September	You will receive a pack detailing the specific arrangements for the forthcoming tests – equipment requirements; examination group number; times and instructions for arrival/departure; regulations relating to the sitting of the test papers; Special Considerations Form; clothing requirements; suggested refreshments that could be sent with your child into school.	Please note that every effort will be made to place together children from the same junior school. It will not be considered appropriate to make a request for any reason to have this grouping arrangement changed.
26th September	TEST DAY	If your child is ill and unable to attend on the testing date, please ensure you contact UGS on 0161 748 2875 by 9.00am (answer phone facility). A Doctor’s Note must then be sent into school by Friday 2nd of October in order to sit the test at another time. We need to be informed of any reasons that may affect your child’s performance in the examinations. Complete the Special Circumstances Form (sent in Information Pack B) and hand it in to the school office on the day of the test.
By Monday 26th October	The Common Preference Form must be returned to the home Local Authority	UGS must be specified as a preference – even if you don’t live in Trafford
Thursday 29th October	TEST DAY (Medical & Religious)	You are not permitted to choose this date as an alternative to Saturday 26th September. It is purely for children who for medical, religious or other extreme circumstances (as notified to UGS) were unable to sit the examinations on the main testing date.
By Tuesday 13th October	Outcomes of the Entrance Examination will be posted to parents/guardians of all candidates **	A successful resulting the examinations is not a guarantee that a place at UGS will be offered. If more candidates pass than there are places available then the oversubscription criteria will be applied.
By the end of October	UGS will have conducted an automatic reviews of the results of the individual examination papers and any notified special circumstances for any candidates who score between 334 and 354.	A successful review will be allocated a 355R score
Monday 1st March	All candidates will be informed by the Local Authority which secondary school they have been allocated **	Information re the induction process is sent to parents upon confirmation of the acceptance of the offered place at UGS.

** Parents of unsuccessful candidates are legally entitled to an independent appeal. Please note that requesting an appeal is not a guarantee of a successful outcome.

Follow the links on the top left of this page, email your questions and queries to: admin@urmstongrammar.org.uk or phone Mrs. Weems on 0161 748 2875.

ANY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT AFFECT YOUR CHILD'S PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED TO THE SCHOOL USING THE YELLOW SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES FORM SUPPLIED WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR REGISTRATION FORM.

IF YOUR CHILD IS ILL ON THE 26th SEPTEMBER NOTIFY US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON THAT DAY. AGAIN WE WILL MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS IF YOU RETURN THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES FORM TO US, TOGETHER WITH A DOCTOR'S NOTE.

Please let us know as soon as possible if your child will not be taking the Examination to avoid unnecessary expense to the School