The Right Secondary School 2010

What you need to do

If you live outside Barking and Dagenham

Each local authority is responsible for educating children of school age (5-16) living in their borough or county. If you do not live in Barking and Dagenham, please make sure you have read the admissions booklet from your borough or county.

You will need to fill in the common application form provided by your borough or county. You can list Barking and Dagenham schools on that form.

You must also fill in any other relevant forms (supplementary forms) that may apply. The admission criteria for Barking and Dagenham community schools and for the Barking and Dagenham voluntary aided school are different. It is important that you read and understand the criteria before you apply.

You must return the common application form to your borough or council by their closing date. This date may be different from the Barking and Dagenham closing date.

It is important that you rank the schools in your true order of preference. Potential offers are exchanged between councils until your own borough can make a single best offer (including any schools you may have applied for in other boroughs).

The local authority that you live in will post this offer on Monday 1 March 2010, for applications they have received by the closing date.

Please make sure you have read about how your local authority handles admissions before you fill in your application form.