Admissions

Admissions to Apply for a Reception Place

The Published Admission Number (PAN) is: 60

For information regarding our oversubscription criteria, please refer to the Admissions Policy.

All in year appeal will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.

Admissions Timetable

Prospectus

Admissions Documents (2025-2026)

Admissions Documents (2026-2027)

Appeals

If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code Appeals, the admission authority and appeal panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.

If you wish to appeal, please use the links below to complete your appeal online.

Years Reception, Year 1 and year 2        Link

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6                                 Link

Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. Booklet Link   If your appeal is for years Reception, year 1 or year 2, you are strongly advised to read the section on Key Stage 1 appeals on page 18.

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the grounds of your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school but please complete a separate appeal form for each school you wish to appeal.  No photographs of your child will be accepted.

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months.  If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs using a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.

If you wish to contact the clerk – email:  clerk@educationappeals.com

Information about Primary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2026.

The timetable for appeals is as follows: –

Appeals Documents

In-Year Admissions

If you are considering transferring your child to our school, please contact Primary Admissions for information on availability and waiting lists using the contact details below.

To apply for a place outside of the September Admissions process you will need to complete an In-Year Application Form. This form will need to be completed and returned directly to the office (which can be downloaded from the link below). Please note if your child is offered a place at Halling Primary, you will be required to provide your child’s birth certificate and proof of address (two for you and one for your child).

Late applications/Waiting lists/Multiple births: Procedures and arrangements for administering these issues will be in accordance with those detailed in the Medway County Council’s booklet ‘Admission to Primary Schools in Medway’.

Medway Test

The Medway Test is a formal examination for admission to Medway Grammar schools, which includes:

• Chatham Grammar
• Fort Pitt Grammar School
• Holcombe Grammar School
• Rainham Mark Grammar School
• Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
• The Rochester Grammar SchoolF

For more information please view the Medway Council Presentation below.

Medway Council Admissions Information and Contacts

Website
Email: admissions@medway.gov.uk