The Kimberley School Newsletter October 2015 | Page 10

This has been a busy half-term for us on the primary front as we have welcomed pupils, parents and carers
from Years 5 and 6 to a number of events focused on transition. We have hosted hundreds of families as they
attended our open evening or toured the school on our official open days in September. Since then, we have
had numerous more families touring the school in October, as they make their final choice of secondary school
for September 2016.
Choosing the best school for your child is difficult, but it is often made harder by some schools which only allow
prospective families to tour their school on official open days. At The Kimberley School, we want to ensure that
you and your child have the opportunity to see our school on a normal working day, rather than a staged event,
and that is why we are always happy to accommodate tours. If you would like to come and see our school, you
are welcome to do so at any time. Please contact us and we will arrange a date with you. You will be escorted
around the school by some of our students who will be happy to answer your questions and the tour will finish
with the opportunity to ask any further questions you have with either Miss Hughes, Assistant Headteacher
(Primary Liaison and Transition) or Miss Waddington (Assistant Head of Year 7 and Transition Coordinator).
For those of you who have children in Year 6 and who want to apply to The Kimberley School, you have until
31st October to complete the forms which your local authority will have sent you. We guarantee a place for all
children in our feeder schools, regardless of where they live, and will do everything we can to meet demand
from out of catchment schools. It is important that you put our school down as first choice, however, as once
the first choice places have been allocated, you may find that we have no further places to offer if you have put
another school as first choice and been rejected. If you are not initially successful in your application to The
Kimberley School, we would advise you to appeal immediately.
If you are a Year 5 parent who is considering The Kimberley School as your choice of secondary school for
2017, please feel free to contact us if you would like any information about our school or the application and
transition process. You are most welco YH