Mayfield School

Apply to Start Secondary School (Year 7) for September

Please be aware that if you live in Redbridge you must apply for a secondary school place through the local authority’s Admission Department even if the school is not in Redbridge.

If you are not a Redbridge resident you need to apply via your own local authority (even for a Redbridge school).

• Register and make your online application with the Redbridge’s online eAdmissions at redbridge.gov.uk.
• The deadline for online applications is Saturday 31st October, online applications close at 11:59pm;
• Late applications made after 31st October deadline: If you have not yet applied please make your late online application with eAdmissions as soon as possible. Please note that, generally, a late application may not be dealt with until all the on-time applications have been processed.
• You will be sent an email with the results of your application during the evening of Monday 1st March (provided you submitted your application by the deadline).
• The deadline to accept a school place is Monday 15th March.
• If you wish to appeal against the school’s decision not to offer your child a place, this should be lodged online by no later than Tuesday 30th March at redbridge.gov.uk/schools/admission-appeals

Supporting Documents

If you are unable to attach your supporting documents at the time of making your eAdmissions application online, please send supporting documents for proof of residence either:-

• By post to Admissions and Awards, Lynton House, 255-259 High Road, Ilford, IG1 1NN.
• Or scan and email them to admissionsandawards@redbridge.gov.uk

In-year Application - Moving Between Secondary Schools

If you are already in Year 7 or another secondary school (through to year 11) and wish to move to Mayfield School or remain on our waiting list, please complete the local authority’s online in-year application.

Sixth Form Applications

If you are applying for our sixth form you must contact us directly to apply. If you would like to move from another sixth form to Mayfield School you should speak to your current school in the first instance to seek advice.

Your Right to Appeal

By law, if we refuse your child a place at Mayfield School, you can appeal against the decision, except where the child has been permanently excluded from two or more schools.

Please note that you can normally only appeal for the same school once in each academic year.

Starting in Year 7

The transition process from primary school to secondary school can be a scary prospect. At Mayfield School we aim to alleviate those fears in a number of ways. Firstly by having an Open Evening and an Open Morning, enabling parents and their children to have a look around the school and speak to teachers and students in the different subject areas.

We also engage with our local feeder schools and arrange taster mornings with Year 5 students, enabling them to take part in lessons and meet some of the teachers and students. There is also the opportunity for parents and their children to have a tour during the school day prior to accepting a place; this helps remove apprehension for parents for whom Mayfield School may not have been their first choice.

Once a place is accepted the parents are given an information pack and invited to attend a Personal Transition Meeting where they and their child can speak to a member of our Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

In early July the students who have accepted their place attend a two-day transition programme at the school where they will meet all the other students who will be joining the school in September, as well as their new form tutor. The students stay for a reduced school day and take part in a variety of lessons. This gives them the opportunity to meet different teachers, make new friends and move between different classrooms in the school, which is quite different from a day at primary school.

On the first day of the new term in September, Year 7 will start a day before the whole school and need to arrive in full school uniform. During this day they will be introduced to the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), have their picture and finger image taken, all to ensure they are prepared for their first full day at school. They will have time to find their way around the school in the form of a treasure hunt and get to know their form tutor. During the first few weeks of the new term, Year 7 students will go to lunch earlier than the rest of the school so they can get used to the lunch time procedures.