Admission rules
Admission rules for Hertfordshire voluntary-controlled secondary schools
Voluntary-controlled (VC) secondary schools
Tring School is the only voluntary-controlled secondary school in Hertfordshire. Voluntary-controlled means that it is administered and supported by the Local Education Authority (Hertfordshire County Council). The local authority has primary responsibility for the admission arrangements and employing staff. Tring is a Church of England school and has its own admission rules. It receives funding from the local authority, follows the National Curriculum and is regularly inspected by Ofsted.
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Admission rules for Tring School
Go through the rules below, in turn. The first rule that applies for your child is the rule you should put into the Admission Calculator. If the school is oversubscribed, the admission rules are applied in the order shown below, from 1 through to 6. Applicants qualifying under Rule 1 are allocated places first, then it's applicants under Rule 2, then Rule 3 etc. For the final rule applied, if more children qualify for a place, than there are places available, a tiebreak is used (see individual rules for more information).
RULE 1: Children in public care.
RULE 2: Children with a demonstrable medical or social need to go to the school.
RULE 3: Children with specific religious reasons for attending Tring School (max 10 places available).
Priority will be given to parents who have been active Church attendees (eg, at least once a month) and this must be supported by a letter from a Priest or Minister.
Tiebreaker: distance to the school (closest applicants take priority)
RULE 4: Sibling at the school at the time of application.
NB: You won’t qualify if the sibling is in their final year.
RULE 5: Children who live in the parishes of Tring, Tring Rural, Aldbury, Wigginton and Little Gaddesden.
Tiebreaker: distance to the school (closest applicants take priority)
RULE 6: Children who live nearest to Tring School
Please note: Any child with a statement of special educational needs, that names the school, will be offered a place (because that’s the law!).
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