Admissions

Admissions to Apply for a Reception Place for the Academic Year 2024-2025

Applications for September 2024 will open in September 2023.

View our poster for our upcoming tour dates. To book one of our tours sessions, please call the office on 01634 240 258 or email office@halling.medway.sch.uk

Admissions Documents (2024-2025)

Admissions to Apply for a Reception Place for the Academic Year 2023-2024

Applications for September 2023 intake are now closed.

Appeals

If your child is due to start primary school in September 2023, you can appeal if you were refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Monday 17 April 2023).

You must submit your appeal before Friday 12th May 2023. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

When appealing in-year admissions, the deadline for hearing the appeal is within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

Appeals Documents (2023-2024)

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