Just wondering how admission to 6th forms work. Most seem to be based on conditional results (e.g. 5 level 6s and above including english and maths) but does distance get taken into account at all? DSD just got offers from three sixth forms that DD (starting secondary) is way out of catchment for as catchment for year 7 admission is 0.4! One school has a sibling policy that applies even if the sibling is in the 6th form. Don't want to put pressure on DSD but would be amazing if she accepted that school as it would meant that DD may get in on the sibling policy. Seems to me that is it far easier to get into outstanding sixth forms than it is at year 7. Is this right? Also, do they do the same checks on the home address as they do for admission into year 7? DSD spends 50% of her time with us and 50% with her mum, however, she has applied to some schools using our address and some schools using her mum's address as there is no centralised admissions process, unlike when moving to secondary. Seems there is a lot more flexibility when moving at this stage.
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Admissions to 6th form - based on catchment?
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Avala2019 · 06/04/2019 11:25
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