How to register your child for Transfer Testing We suggest you read this guide before you register your child for Transfer Testing or have it open in a separate window to refer to. Introduction This year, we are using the online application system to enable parents not only to register their child to take the Buckinghamshire Transfer Tests, but also, to send invitations to testing by email. We hope that this is helpful. To do this, we have adapted the existing school place application system to enable registrations for testing to be made. As a result, you will see a small number of references to school preferences and school place offers, when registering your child for testing. This Guide will take you through the registration process and will clearly show if there are any sections that are not relevant. Consequently, in the first half of the autumn term 2014, you will need to make a school place application to the Council in whose area your child lives; your home LA. Registration If you have not used the online system in the past year, then click Register. Otherwise, use your existing email address and password to log in and skip to Slide 7. Add your details Parents of children who will be tested a central venue (those not attending Partner schools) - When entering your telephone numbers, the mobile phone number must be the one we can use to contact you on the testing days, in case of emergency. Where do you live? Enter your postcode, with a space •If you cannot find your address, you can type it in Click next Your Login details Make a note of the email address you are using Your password is case sensitive Make a note of your Secret Answer Registration complete What happens next? You will receive an email confirming registration. Click on the link in the email which will take you to the Welcome Page. If you cannot find the email in your inbox, check your Junk or Spam folder. On the Welcome Page, enter your email address and password. Remember that your password is case sensitive. Your Home Page If you had already registered before 1/5/14, please select ‘Change My Personal Details’. Ensure that the mobile phone number on record is one that we can use to contact you, in the event of an emergency, if your child will be coming to a central venue for testing. If you have more than one child to register, please return here to add another new application. Remember that you are registering your child for testing, not applying for a place in a specific school. Go Make an Application Enter your child’s date of birth and click Confirm Select ‘Transfer Testing Registration – 2015 Year 7 Entry’ If you don’t see an Admissions Group you may be too late to register for testing or your child’s date of birth is out of range. Either way, please contact us at [email protected] Remember that, for testing this September, we would normally expect a child’s date of birth to be between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004 Enter your child’s details Next Enter your child’s current address When you have selected your child’s address, please scroll to the bottom of the page to select Next. Please disregard the Returning Service Families section, as it is not relevant for testing. Current School It is easiest to search for your child’s current school by entering the postcode and selecting Search. Then choose your child’s school and click Next. If you do not know the postcode, in the ‘Schools located in’ box , pick the County or Borough in which the school is located. Click Search, then choose your child’s school from the list that appears, then click Next. Your ‘Preference’ for Buckinghamshire Transfer Testing Please read this section carefully and remember that you are registering your child for the Transfer Tests and not applying for a school place. Leave the ‘Postcode’ blank then select Buckinghamshire from the ‘Schools located in’ box. Then click search. Now select ‘Buckinghamshire Transfer Testing’. Click Next. Confirming your child’s ethnicity This page is for you to confirm your child’s ethnicity. Select ‘Yes’ then use the drop-down box to select your child’s ethnic background. Click Next. You may skip this question if you would prefer not to answer – just go straight to selecting ‘Next’. Other Reasons page – do not complete As you are registering your child for the tests, and not for a specific school, please disregard the ‘Other reasons’ page and select Next. Go straight to Next Back to your ‘Preferences’ page Go straight to Next Continue with your testing application You may wish to Preview your application for testing to make sure that you have entered all of the details correctly. If you need to make any changes, use the Back button at the bottom of each page. Click Continue. If for some reason you wish to return to the application for testing and submit it later, then select ‘Finish for now & return later’. You must log back in and submit your application by 3pm on 11 July 2014 to register your child for testing. Terms & Conditions Please read the Terms & Conditions carefully. Make sure you have read the information on our website and the Transfer Testing Guidance Notes, which you can download from this page. Data Protection and School Place Offer Please read the Data Protection section carefully. Please read the School Place Offer section carefully and make sure that you have selected Yes - I would like to receive my offer of a school place (which will be your Transfer Testing invitation) via email. Once you have read and understood this page, select Yes and then click Submit. Registration completed You have now completed the Transfer Testing registration process. You will receive a confirmation email shortly. Check this carefully straight away, if you need to make any changes you can log back in to do this up to the closing date of 11 July 2014 at 3pm. You must resubmit your application if you do make changes. FAQs • I have filled in the online form to register but have not yet received an email Check to see if the email is in your Spam or Junk folder. If you have not received the email after 24 hours, please email us at [email protected] • I have forgotten my password Visit the Welcome log in page, click on the ‘Forgotten your password?’ link under the log in box, and enter your username. A new email will be generated and sent to your registered email address with a link to reset the password details. FAQs • What if I change my email address? Log in with your old address then select ‘Change my Login Details’ FAQs • Can I use the same account to make more than one application for testing (e.g. applications for twins)? – You are able to apply for twins, triplets etc. using the online system, but you MUST ensure that you submit a separate application for each child. When you have completed one application for testing, make a new application for the other child.