Key dates

Stage of process

Additional notes

Beginning of May 2013

Sample questions will be available.

These will be available to purchase from the school office or at the Open Evening.

Wednesday 26^th  June 2013

Urmston Grammar Open Evening    6.30pm-8.30pm

Opportunity to look around the school, meet staff and pupils plus hear about the admissions process.

By Friday 30^th August 2013

Completed application form must be returned to Urmston Grammar by this date.  All applications will receive an acknowledgement when the application has been processed.

At the beginning of May the application form is available from the following sources: can be completed on line from the website; downloaded from the website and posted; available from the school office at Urmston Grammar; available from the Open Evening.

By Friday 30^th August 2013

If applicable, a completed Special Educational Needs form must be returned to Urmston Grammar by this date.

If you submit a Special Education Needs form, you will be contacted separately.

Friday 13^th September 2013

You will receive an information 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 Circumstances 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 primary school. (Please notify Urmston Grammar immediately if your child changes primary school).  It will not be considered appropriate to make a request for any reason to have this grouping arrangement changed.

Saturday 21^st  September 2013

ENTRANCE EXAM DAY

We need to be informed of any reasons that may affect your child’s performance in the examinations.  Complete the Special Circumstances Form and hand it in on the day of the test.

If your child is ill or unable to attend on the testing date, please contact Urmston Grammar on 0161 748 2875 by 9.00am (answer phone facility).  A Doctor’s Note must then be sent into school by Friday 27^th September in order to sit the test at another time.

Thursday 3^rd October 2013

ENTRANCE EXAM DAY                 (Medical & Religious)

You are not permitted to choose this date as an alternative to Saturday 21^st September 2013.  It is purely for children who for medical, religious or other extreme circumstances (as notified to Urmston Grammar) were unable to sit the examinations on the main testing date.

Saturday 19^th October 2013

RESULTS DAY

Urmston Grammar will conduct automatic reviews of the results of those candidates who score between 334 and 354. (A successful review will be allocated a 355R score).  Outcomes of the Entrance Examination will be posted to parents/guardians of all candidates.

A successful result in the examination is not a guarantee that a place at Urmston Grammar will be offered.  If more candidates pass than there are places available then the oversubscription criteria will be applied.

31^st October 2013

The ‘Common Preference Form’ (CPF) must be returned to the home Local Authority

Urmston Grammar must be specified as a preference

Week beginning 11th November 2013

Challenges against the exam outcomes will be heard at a local review, solely by the ‘Admissions Review Body’ of Urmston Grammar.

The decision relating to the parental challenge will be notified by post within 10 working days.

Friday 1^st March 2014

All candidates will be informed by their Home Local Authority which secondary school they have been allocated.

Information regarding the induction process will be sent to parents upon confirmation of the acceptance of the offered place at Urmston Grammar.