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Admissions

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. 

Prospective Parents for Reception 2024 intake are invited to come into school for the following sessions:

Thursday 9th November 2023 at 3.30pm

Thursday 16th November 2023 at 9.30am

Thursday 04th January 2024 at 2.00pm 

Please contact the school office on 01702 292721 to make a booking. Places are limited, so will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

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 2024

If you have a child born between 01/09/19 and 31/08/20 he or she is due to start school in September 2024. The closing date for applications is 15/01/24. 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.

https://www.southend.gov.uk/info/200176/school_admissions_and_home_education/46/primary_school_admissions

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.