Admissions

Visiting the school

Visitors are always welcome. If you wish to see the school in action, we do ask that you make an appointment by ringing the school office in advance so that we can arrange to show you around.

There are also designated Open Days and an Open Evening for parents wishing to view the school.  As a Local Authority school, admissions to Wollaston School are managed by Northamptonshire County Council.

The Open Days/Evening for this year are on Thursday & Friday, 6th & 7th October 2011 with the Evening event on Thursday 6th October. 

Click here to download the Open Day/Evening Booklet

For full details of the Council’s admissions policy and arrangements please click here.

Admissions for students 11-16

As a secondary school serving both urban and rural areas, places will be allocated to pupils who have a statement of Special Educational Needs that names the school as appropriate provision. When there are more applications for places than there are places available, priority will be given in the following order:

• Children in public care (‘looked-after’ children).
• Pupils who live in the designated villages i.e. Bozeat, Brafield-on-the-Green, Castle Ashby, Chadstone, Cogenhoe, Denton, Easton Maudit, Great Houghton, Grendon, Irchester, Little Houghton, Strixton, Wollaston, Yardley Hastings, Whiston.
• Pupils who will have an older brother or sister continuing at Wollaston School in September 2012.
• Pupils attending Wollaston School’s designated contributory Primary Schools ie Bozeat, Cogenhoe, Denton, Grendon, Irchester, Little Houghton, Wollaston, Yardley Hastings on 1 November 2011 and continuing in attendance until the formal offer of places is made.
• Pupils who live in Wellingborough and the designated surrounding villages and contributory parishes for Wellingborough: Earls Barton, Ecton, Finedon Sidings (Furnace Lane), Great Doddington, Great Harrowden, Hardwick, Little Harrowden, Little Irchester, Mears Ashby, Orlingbury, Wilby.
• Other pupils.

Distance Tiebreaker

If the admission number is exceeded within criterion 2 priority will be given to those who live furthest from the nearest alternative school. If the admission number is exceeded within any other criterion priority will be given to those who live closest to the school.

Parents have a right to Appeal if their child is not admitted and details of this are available from Northamptonshire County Council.

A county-wide consultation on school admissions will be commencing in November.  If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the process, please visit the Northamptonshire website where you will be able to participate in the consultation.

Sixth Form Admission Policy

Internal Students

All Year Eleven students may apply for a place in the Sixth Form and all those who meet the entry requirements are accepted, provided they have shown a willingness to work and are prepared to offer a good personal example to the rest of the school.

The courses we offer should meet the academic needs of a wide range of students. We offer both academic and vocational pathways through to the next stage of employment, training or higher education.

Sixth Form study is demanding and challenging. We require a commitment to high achievement and academic success. We expect our students to organise their own programmes of work at home and during private study time in school. We require our students to make full use of the excellent facilities the Sixth Form Centre provides. Sixth Form students set standards for, and are an example to others. Therefore, it should be noted that students are expected to observe all school rules; dress should be smart and appropriate. At the start of their course, all students and their parents will be required to sign a contact of commitment to the Sixth Form.

Entry Requirements