News for the 2009 Children

A new item of information gives hope to parents of Horsley children hoping for a place at the Howard in September 2009.

First,  the Heads of the schools in the Effingham Learning partnership have agreed a common  position with respect to Surrey County Council’s current consultation on the 2009 admissions policy.  A statement signed by all the Heads of the ELP schools states that:

• · Partnership schools believe that all conurbations should have access to a local secondary school. 

• · … where demand for places exceeds supply, conurbations which have traditionally had access to a particular local secondary school should be enabled to continue to do so.

KHITH believe parents should be encouraged by the ELP Heads statements  because

• We believe it is now quite widely accepted that Horsley children only have one local, accessible secondary school,  the Howard. 
• KHITH has always argued strongly for an admissions policy which protects the Howard’s traditional catchment which has always included Effingham, Horsley and the greater part of Bookham.   A full transcript of the ELP Head’s statement can be read here