Admissions
SECAT and the LA have now confirmed admission arrangements for the school for 2025/2026
Admission-arrangements-2025-2026.pdf
Children start primary school in the school year in which they reach the age of five. Children officially start their primary school education when they enter a Reception year class.
Please scroll to the bottom of the page to read the attached confirmed arrangements.
Admission Policy and Process
All admissions to the primary school are co-ordinated through the 'The School Admission Team, Department for People', Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6ER. Parents must submit a completed application to the department who will then advise if a place is available at Hinguar Primary. Parents can request the brochure 'Primary School Admissions', produced by the local authority, which gives an explanation of the admission criteria and procedures. Admissions during an academic year are called In-year admissions. Applications forms and further details about in-year admission should be made directly to the local authority. More information is available by selecting 'in-year admissions' on this web site. www.southend.gov.uk/admissions
Primary School Admissions September 2025
Admission -arrangements - 2024-2025.pdf
If you have a child born between 01/09/20 and 31/08/21 he or she is due to start school in September 2025. The closing date for applications is 15/01/25. The Primary School Admissions booklet and online applications are available on: www.southend.gov.uk/admissions.
Applications are not treated on a "first come first served" basis and are processed according to the published determined admission arrangements. We strongly recommend parents to refer to the Admissions Booklet (link below) for further information about the admission process and for information on the school admission criteria.
National Primary School Offer day – 16th April 2025
On time submission of appeals deadlline - 18th May 2025
On time appeals must be heard by 18th July 2025
Late appeals – Late September/October 2025
Appeals
We commission the local authority to run our appeals service. Please follow the link below for information and the appeals form.
https://www.southend.gov.uk/school-admissions/school-admission-appeals
In-Year admissions
If you would like to make an in year application, outside of the normal application times please visit https://www.southend.gov.uk/school-admissions/-year-admissions.
A copy of the application form can be found below.