supplementary information form for QE boys school, Barnet

[Uxbridge]

Hi,
Can anyone suggests on below:
I live in Uxbridge area, We have filled CAF form for my DS and some one told me to fill supplementary information form(SIF) as well for QE Boys school, Barnet.
Is it required to fill SIF?
Many thanks.

[scary mum]

You might want to get this moved to the Barnet section for more replies. I imagine the school/local authority website will have the answer to your question. I hope you are planning to move from Uxbridge otherwise your DS will have a nightmare journey.

Moved - Moderator

[ToadMum]

APPLICATION PROCESS
The School participates in the scheme for coordinated admissions which is operated
by local authorities. The coordinated admissions process begins with the submission
of applications in the autumn before your son is due to start secondary school, and
offers of places are sent out by local authorities on National Offer Day, which is 1st
March each year (unless this falls on a weekend).
Once you have been notified of the outcome of the entrance test, if you wish to apply
for a place for your son at Queen Elizabeth’s you must complete a Common
Application Form which can be obtained from your local authority. This form, naming
Queen Elizabeth’s, should be completed carefully and returned to your local
authority by the published deadline.
 On this form you will be able to state the names of the schools to which you
are applying in order of preference.
 The order of preference in which you rank the schools will not be passed on to
the schools themselves.
 It is normally the case that we receive many applications for our places. If
you decide to apply to Queen Elizabeth’s you should not be concerned about
this with regard to ranking your chosen schools in order. If you place Queen
Elizabeth’s as your first preference and then you are not offered a place, you
will not jeopardise your chances of being given a place at those other schools
you have named.
 The local authority will look at your rank order if more than one application
which you have made is successful. You will be offered at place at the school
which you have ranked highest amongst those for which your application
meets the admissions criteria. You are therefore strongly advised to rank the
schools to which you are applying in your genuine order of preference.
If you do not complete a Common Application Form naming Queen Elizabeth’s as
one of your preferred schools and return it to your local authority by the specified
date, then even if your son has taken our entrance tests and performed well in them,
your local authority will not offer him a place here at any stage of the coordinated
admissions process as no application for a place at the School will have been made.
Once the list of applicants has been compiled, it will be ranked in the order of the
combined scores achieved in the entrance tests. The list will then be returned to the
local authority so that places can be offered, up to a maximum of 180, within the
scheme for coordinated admissions. You will receive a letter in March to inform you
either that your son has been offered a place at the School, or that we are unable to
offer your son a place at that time, but (provided he has met the standard required by
the Governors) his name has been placed on the waiting list. Please see the
admissions criteria above for information on the waiting list.

From the school website. Nothing about a separate SIF - it is almost certainly the form you completed to register your DS for the exam that is being referred to.

[Amber]

I thought you had to fill it in for all schools in Hertfordshire.
Is QE in Hertfordshire? I don't know!
ETA from Barnet's own guide:

Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
All voluntary aided (faith) schools, some foundation schools, free schools and academies will require you to fill in a SIF to provide additional information, such as a reference from your priest/minister or information needed in order to arrange aptitude tests. Jewish voluntary aided schools may also require you to provide a Certi cate of Religious Practice (CRP). SIFs and CRPs are available directly from the school. Please remember an application is not valid unless an application has also been submitted at http://www.eadmissions.org.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and the school is named on it.

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Looks to me like a 'yes', though the only reference to Her Majesty in that document is to QE girls.

[andybuck]

There's no SIF for QE Boys. Mr Price, Deputy Head, explicitly said so during the tour.

[Daogroupie]

QE is not in Herts. But you certainly do not need to fill one out for all schools in Hertfordshire.

The SW Herts consortium require them but that is just eight schools in Herts.

DAO, also in Herts does not require one. DG

[piggys]

Uxbridge to High Barnet? What's the plan for travelling arrangements?

[ale21279]

Amber, QE Boys (and Girls) schools are in High Barnet, address is Barnet Herts but also in the London Borough of Barnet.
QEB is on page 58 of your Barnet document which says that the SIF is the entrance test request form

[Amber]

Amber, QE Boys (and Girls) schools are in High Barnet, address is Barnet Herts but also in the London Borough of Barnet.
QEB is on page 58 of your Barnet document which says that the SIF is the entrance test request form

Many thanks.
No idea really as I live on the other side of the country.

[Uxbridge]

QE is not in Herts. But you certainly do not need to fill one out for all schools in Hertfordshire.

The SW Herts consortium require them but that is just eight schools in Herts.

DAO, also in Herts does not require one. DG

Many Thanks for your message