The consultation process was carried out in line with the School Admission Code 2021. Consultation commenced on Monday 7^th November 2022 and ended on Tuesday 3^rd January 2023 (8 weeks).  The policies were distributed for comment to:

• Kendrick School parents/carers (approximately 2500 people)
• Kendrick School Staff (100 people)
• Kendrick School Governors (16 people)
• General public who requested to be kept informed of when the consultation went live (260 people)
• General Public via website, Facebook and Twitter
• Primary Schools in the area with a request to share with their school community
• Secondary Schools in the area with a request to share with their school community
• Local Authority (LA’s) School Admission Teams with a request to share with their schools:
  • Reading Borough Council
  • Wokingham Borough Council
  • West Berkshire Council
  • Bracknell Forest Council
  • Oxfordshire County Council
  • Slough Local Authority
  • Maidenhead and Windsor Local Authority
  • Surrey County Council
  • Buckinghamshire Council
  • Hampshire County Council
• David Millward, Senior Communications Officer, Brighter Futures for Children, with a request to circulate in the weekly Heads’ briefing
• Local MPs with a request to share with their constituents:
  • Matt Rudda (East Reading)
  • Theresa May (Maidenhead)
  • Alok Sharma (West Reading)
  • John Howell (Henley)
  • John Redwood (Wokingham)
  • Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough)

A total of 101 responses were received via the online form and 6 email responses were received to the consultation by the deadline.

• All responses were regarding the proposed change in designated area.
• No responses were made regarding the change in oversubscription criteria or entrance requirements for Mathematics and the Sciences at A Level in the proposed Year 12 Admission Policy for entry in 2024.

ADMISSION INTO YEAR 7 IN SEPTEMBER 2024

Proposal:

• Removal of some postcodes in Priority Area 2 of the Designated Area as detailed above

Consultation Responses:

• 22 responses were received that supported this change. The feedback included that this was a positive step meaning that Kendrick would be better to serve local needs and reduce the longer travel.
• 57 responses were received that disagreed with this change. 37 of these responses referred to individual postcode areas or personal circumstances. The feedback included that it was felt that candidates should not be disadvantaged due their address and that some areas did not have the opportunity to apply to a grammar school.  There was also some feedback regarding that standards could drop.
• Some responses also requested for the changes to be delayed for another year as many pupils and parents have already financially invested in properties which would no longer be in the designated area and in tutoring and preparing students for the admission test.
• 28 responses did not offer points of objection or support

School Response:
The proposed change to the admission policy for entry in September 2024 was based on the timeframe of, and was carried out in line with the requirements of the Schools Admissions Code 2021 which requires schools to consult for a minimum of 6 weeks before 31^st January in the determination year.

• The proposal was to reduce the designated area to an approximately 10-mile radius around the school to enable Kendrick School to be a more local school.
• All consultation feedback was read and considered by the School’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Governors and discussed at the Learning and Teaching Governors meeting on Thursday 19^th January 2023.

Governing Body Decision: At the Learning and Teaching Governors meeting on Thursday 19^th January 2023, the Governors made the decision to ratify the Admission Policy for Entry into Year 7 in September 2024.

ADMISSION INTO YEAR 12 IN SEPTEMBER 2024

Proposal:

• Removal of some postcodes in Priority Area 2 of the designated area as detailed in the summary above
• Change to the oversubscription criteria to:
  • Category 1 – Children in care or previously in care
  • Category 2 – applicants in receipt of pupil premium or service premium with a permanent home address in Priority Area 1 or Priority Area 2
  • Category 3 – applicants with a permanent home address in Priority Area 1 or Priority Area 2
  • Category 4 – candidates with a permanent home address not in the designated area
• Change of entry requirements:
  • Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics from Grade 6 to Grade 7
  • Further Mathematics from Grade 7 to Grade 8

Consultation Responses:

• The responses regarding the proposed removal of some postcodes in Priority Area 2 of the designated area are covered in the responses to the Year 7 Admission policy above but these appeared to be focussed on Year 7 entry.
• No responses were made regarding the change in oversubscription criteria or entry requirements for Mathematics and the Sciences at A Level in the proposed Year 12 Admission Policy for entry in 2024.

School Response:
As above for Admission into Year 7 in September 2024.

Governing Body Decision: At the Learning and Teaching Governors meeting on Thursday 19^th January 2023, the Governors made the decision to ratify the Admission Policy for Entry into Year 12 in September 2024.

NON-ROUTINE ADMISSIONS FOR 2024/2025

Proposal:

• Removal of some postcodes in Priority Area 2 of the designated area as detailed in the summary above.

Consultation Responses:

The responses regarding the proposed removal of some postcodes in Priority Area 2 of the designated area are covered in the responses to the Year 7 Admission policy above but these appeared to be focussed on year 7 entry

School Response:
As above for Admission into Year 7 in September 2024.

Governing Body Decision: At the Learning and Teaching Governors meeting on Thursday 19^th January 2023, the Governors made the decision to ratify the Admission Policy for Non-Routine Admissions in September 2024.