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Home–Academy Partnership We work very closely with parents and carers to ensure our students gain maximum benefits from their time at the Academy. It is vital to have open and purposeful dialogue with parents and carers – not only through formal consultation but also through telephone contact, regular evening meetings, focus groups, email and by conducting surveys with our parent/ carer community. We have a Home–Academy Agreement in which we offer a quality standard of response in return for parental commitment. Parents and carers and the Academy are expected to sign this agreement on entry in Year 7 as a commitment to one another to work in partnership. Regular Academy news stories and updates are available via our electronic newsletter that is also available on our website and via social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, to ensure our parents and carers and students are in touch with the life and work of the Academy.

All unsuccessful applicants will be invited to remain on the waiting list pending a vacancy and will be informed of their right to appeal. If you have any questions or would like any further information about our Admissions at Chatham Grammar School for Girls, please contact Penny Walshe the Admissions Manager by email at admissions@chathamgirlsgrammar. medway.sch.uk or via telephone 01634 851262. We believe that primary and secondary schools should work in unison and we have developed a number of key initiatives and partnership projects such as our Amazing Brains tour – educating younger students about their brains, how they function and how mindfulness can be a useful tool to quiet the chattering mind. On entry to the Academy all our Year 7 students take part in a bespoke transitions project organised and lead by the University of Kent. Parents and carers and students are also invited to a new entrants’ evening in July where staff are available to provide parents and carers with up to date information in preparation for their child’s start the following September. Transition from Primary School to the Academy

2. Current family association, i.e. older brother or sister attending any of the UKAT Academies at the time of application who will still be attending when the applicant child is admitted and has been deemed selective. In this context, brother or sister means: a natural brother or sister (including adopted siblings); stepbrother or stepsister; foster brother or sister; and/or those who live as brother or sister in the same house. 3. Children, deemed selective, of staff at any UKAT Academy (where the member of staff has been employed for one year or more at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage). above, please see the comprehensive Admissions Policy on the CGSG website or on Medway Council’s website under the section, ‘Learning and Admissions’. An open evening and morning, plus live tours are held in the Autumn term for parents/carers of prospective students to view the Academy and speak to staff and students. 4. Nearness of children’s homes. For full definitions of the criteria