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Primary Admission Information September 2019 Information for parents applying for a school place Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
Information for parents applying for a primary school place
Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
Foreword
Starting primary school is a very important time all aspects of school life which are important to
in a child’s life and here in Thurrock Council you and your child, and that you also consider
we appreciate what a worrying time this is for how likely it is that your child will be offered a
parents. We are determined to make this as place at one of your preferred schools.
straightforward and worry free as we can. The
information that follows is designed to help you Many primary schools are very popular, with
make informed decisions when you come to a large number of applications each year.
make an application for a primary school place. Each school has a set number of places and
oversubscription or admissions criteria are
Our online application facility has proved used to decide who will be offered places. 3
to be very popular and almost 9 out of 10 Whatever your school preferences, I hope you
applications are now made this way. The find the process of getting there as smooth as
advantages are that it is immediate, you will get possible.
automatic confirmation your application has
been received and it will remove any risk of an I would like to take this opportunity to wish your
application being delayed or lost in the post. child an enjoyable and fruitful time at primary
school and every success for the future.
Apply online and you will, from 12.30am on the
16 April 2019, be able to check online which Please go online at
school place has been allocated. This is nearly thurrock.gov.uk/admissions and
two days earlier than offers in response to follow the instructions on screen.
paper applications are likely to arrive.
Thurrock has a wide range of primary schools Rory Patterson
and each is unique just as individual children Corporate Director of Children’s Services
are different. It is important that you consider
Information for parents applying for a primary school place
Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
Who is this brochure When do I need to you will be able to complete an
application, review, amend and
for? apply? submit it online. You will also
If you have a child who was You need to get your application get an automatic confirmation
born between 1 September to us by the closing date of 15 that your application has been
2014 and 31 August 2015, you January 2019. You can apply received.
must apply for a school place from Thursday 1 November
for September 2019. Even if you 2018. Once you have submitted your
do not want your child to start application online, if you make
full time schooling until reaching In order to maximise your any changes e.g. change
statutory school age in the term chances of being offered one preference order, you must
following their fifth birthday you of your preferred schools you re-submit the application.
should apply now and defer are strongly advised to get your
admission. application in on time. If you change your email
address you must notify the
Alternatively, if your child was How do I apply? Admissions Team at
born between 1 September school.admissions@
2011 and 31 August 2012 and The easiest way to apply is
thurrock.gov.uk
is starting year 2 at an infant online. Go to thurrock.gov.
school in September 2018, you uk/admissions and follow the
must apply for a school place at instructions on screen. If you
a Junior school for September do not have internet access at
2019 (Infant to Junior transfer) if home you can still apply online
4 your child is currently attending at your local library or at the
an infant school outside council offices in Grays.
Thurrock. Once you have a ‘My Account’
Which schools are oversubscribed it is schools for which you are
important that you consider most likely to be successful.
should I apply to? as many schools as possible You should also try to attend
In Thurrock there are when you are thinking about one of the briefings by
community and voluntary which schools to apply for. Thurrock Council designed
controlled schools, for which to help you through the
the council is the admission Our advice is that you should application process. These will
authority, as well as schools not base your decisions solely include sessions where you
that are their own admission on reputation or what other will be able to put questions
authority. These can be either people say about a school or to our admissions staff about
voluntary aided, or foundation schools. We recommend that how the process works.
in which case the governing you make up your own mind.
body of the school determines The two briefing sessions for
the admissions arrangements, Schools are usually happy parents will be on:
or academies, including to welcome visitors by
free schools, in which case arrangement and to show you Thursday 11 October
the academy trust is the around and answer questions. 2018 at the Civic Hall,
admission authority. When thinking about which Blackshots Lane, Grays,
schools to apply for, it is Essex RM16 2JU.
The law gives you the right very important that you take First session begins at
to state a preference for the into account each school’s 4.00pm – 5.30pm and the
school that you want your oversubscription criteria. second session begins at
child to attend rather than These describe how offers 7.00pm – 8.30pm.
to be given your choice. of places are determined, 5
This is because there will and who gets priority when a Please be aware that a
be times when there are school is oversubscribed. number of Thurrock schools
more applications than are becoming academies
places. When this happens, The number of preferences and that, therefore, the listed
oversubscription criteria (often that you can make on your status of these schools in the
called admission criteria) are application is limited, and we table in the second half of this
used to determine priority for recommend that you include booklet is subject to change.
admission. As many schools in your list of preferencesInformation for parents applying for a primary school place
Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
How do I complete (their principal address) must only be discussed with the
be given on the application. person/people named on the
the application? This must not be a business, application.
We recommend you apply a relative’s or child minder’s
online at thurrock.gov.uk/ address. The address will Parent/carer details
admissions usually be the address of the The person applying on behalf
Each local authority has its parent/s or carer/s. of the child will normally be
own application form whether the person with Parental
it is electronic or a paper If the parents do not live Responsibility for the child as
copy. You must complete together, it should be the defined by the Children Act
the application for the local address of the parent with 1989 and amended by the
authority in which you live, whom the child spends the Adoption and Children Act
regardless of which schools majority of the time and who 2002.
you are applying for. If you are receives Child Benefit for the
a Thurrock resident and want child, if this is paid. You will be Reasons for preference
to apply for schools outside required to provide proof of
There is space on the
Thurrock you must do so on address. We will require you
application for you to give
the Thurrock application. to provide your council tax
reasons for naming a school
reference number which can
as a preference and this will
It is important that the be cross referenced with the
be shared with the relevant
application is fully and address you give.
school. Whilst admission
accurately completed. If there If you move after completing
authorities will take this into
are omissions or inaccuracies the application or change
consideration, this alone would
6 your application may be your email address, you
not normally give priority for
adversely affected. must inform us so that
a place. If you wish to apply
correspondence continues
under a special criterion, you
Child’s address to reach you. A change of
must ensure that you comply
The child’s home address, address may affect your offer
with the requirements for
or address where they live of a place at the school of
providing supporting evidence.
for the majority of the time your choice. As a starting
point, applications willYour preferences living in a children’s home, at any child who is not a sibling,
You are invited to name up to the time an application for a nor any child who attends a
four preferences. You must school is made; and different school to the school
name the schools in the order named as a preference.
that you prefer them, with Children who have previously
your most preferred school been in the care of a local Submitting your application
named first. All preferences authority or provided with Please do not submit more
are given equal weight and accommodation by a local than one application.
schools will not know your authority in accordance with If you apply online, please do
order of preference on your Section 22 of the Children Act not send a paper application
application. You do not gain 1989(a) and who have left form as well. If you submit
any advantage if you only that care through adoption, a more than one application
name one or two preferences, child arrangements order (in for the same child, we will
or if you name the same accordance with Section 8 consider only the most
school more than once. of the Children Act 1989 and recent one received before
Whilst the local authority has as amended by the Children the closing date.
a responsibility to make a and Families Act 2014) or
place available for your child, special guardianship order (in Supporting evidence
it does not necessarily have accordance with Section 14A
Please ensure that you comply
to be at one of your named of the Children Act 1989).
with schools’ requirements
preferences, nor at your for supporting evidence and
nearest school. If you meet Siblings
supplementary forms. Failure
the oversubscription criteria For most schools in Thurrock to do so may adversely affect
for more than one school that give priority to siblings, your application. If you apply
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you will be offered the one sibling is defined as brother online and want to submit
that is higher on your list of or sister, half brother or sister, supporting evidence you will
preferences. adopted brother or sister, step need to send paper copies to
brother or sister or the child the admissions team by the
Children in public care of the parent/carer’s partner deadline for applications.
Children in public care and who is living as part of the Supplementary forms must
all children previously looked same family unit at the same be returned direct to the
after will automatically be address, long-term foster school by 15 January 2019
given first priority over other siblings living at the same which is the closing date for
categories where priority is address Monday to Friday at applications.
claimed on the application the date of application and
and validated by the relevant admission.
local authority. Looked after
and previously looked after However the definition might
children will be considered to be different in the case of
be: some schools. If your child
will have a sibling at one
Children who are registered of your preferred schools
as being in the care of a local in September 2019, it is
authority or provided with important that you include
accommodation by a local the sibling’s details on the
authority in accordance with application to ensure that, if
Section 22 of the Children it applies, sibling priority is
Act 1989(a), e.g. fostered or given. You should not nameInformation for parents applying for a primary school place
Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
Oversubscription criteria - community and voluntary
controlled schools
When there are fewer with Section 22 of the to be rare since all schools
applications for places in a Children Act 1989(a) and are able to offer support and
particular school than the who have left that care facilities for a wide range of
published admission number through adoption, a child needs.
for that school, all legitimate arrangements order (in
applications will be met with the accordance with Section 8 3 Catchment area siblings
offer of a place there. of the Children Act 1989 and Children whose normal
as amended by the Children place of residence is in
Where there are more and Families Act 2014) or the catchment area of
applicants than places, the special guardianship order the school at the closing
following oversubscription (in accordance with Section date for applications, and
criteria (admission criteria) 14A of the Children Act who will have a sibling at
will be used for deciding which 1989). the school at the point of
applications have priority. admission, in distance order
These criteria are set out below Applications under this with those living closer
in the order in which they are criterion can only be having higher priority.
applied. considered if supporting
documents, in the form 4 Catchment area children
1 Looked after children and of a copy of the adoption Children whose normal
previously looked after order, residence order or place of residence is in
8 children special guardianship order, the catchment area at the
Children in public together with a letter from closing date for applications
care and all children the local authority that in distance order with those
previously looked after will states (s)he was looked living closer having higher
automatically be given first after immediately prior to priority.
priority over other categories the order being made,
where priority is claimed is submitted with your 5 Non-catchment area
on the application and application. siblings
validated by the relevant Children whose normal
local authority. Looked after 2 Special reasons place of residence is outside
and previously looked after Priority for admission may the catchment area of the
children will be considered be given where there are school at the closing date
to be: exceptional social, medical for applications and who will
or educational reasons for have a sibling at the school
Children who are registered
admission to a particular at the point of admission in
as being in the care of a
school. These reasons distance order with those
local authority or provided
must be supported by living closer having higher
with accommodation
evidence from a relevant priority.
by a local authority in
professional (e.g. a doctor
accordance with Section 22
or a social worker) and 6 Non-catchment area
of the Children Act 1989(a),
must be submitted with the children
e.g. fostered or living in a
application for admission. Children whose normal
children’s home, at the time
The purpose of this criterion place of residence is outside
an application for a school
is to give priority to pupils the catchment area at the
is made; and
with a specific need that closing date for applications
children who have can be met specifically in distance order with those
previously been in the at one school rather than living closer having higher
care of a local authority another. The threshold for priority.
or provided with a successful application
accommodation by a local under this criterion is high
authority in accordance and such cases are likelyFurther information about admission criteria - community and
voluntary controlled schools
Distance priority, for admission to the available after all allocations
The distance measurement main part of a primary or infant have been made to on-time
used is the shortest straight school. applicants. If places are not
line distance from home to available at their catchment
school. For most schools Multiple births school (if applicable) after
the straight line distance When there are not enough allocations they will be offered
measurement is taken from places remaining in a the next nearest school with
the front door of the home particular criterion to allow spaces measured by shortest
address to the main school all children from a multiple walking route from your home
gate. birth to be admitted within the address to the school.
published admission number,
Addresses within the same the local authority will admit
apartment block will be the others as excepted pupils
regarded as a tie and resolved in the terms of the infant class
using the tie breaker. size legislation so as to allow
all children from that multiple
Siblings birth to attend the same
For the purpose of allocating school.
places siblings will be defined
as Tie breaker
In circumstances where more 9
• Full siblings living at the than one child is entitled to
same address the same place the place
• Step siblings living at the will be offered using the
same address random allocation system (a
• Half siblings living at the lottery). This process will be
same address administered by the school
• Long-term foster siblings admissions service and
living at the same address supervised by an independent
at the date of application witness.
and admission
Other offers
Children attending a school Applications that are not met
nursery class with an offer of a preferred
Admission to or attendance at school will receive an offer
a school nursery class does at their catchment school (if
not guarantee or give any applicable) if places are stillInformation for parents applying for a primary school place
Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
Oversubscription criteria - foundation schools, voluntary aided
schools and academies, including free schools.
Foundation schools, do not discriminate on the attempt has been made to
voluntary aided schools and grounds of disability, gender secure a school place there
academies reassignment, pregnancy will be an investigation. The
The admission authority and maternity, race, religion local authority, as the co-
for a foundation school or or belief, sex, or sexual ordinating body, reserves the
a voluntary aided school is orientation against a person right to seek evidence from
the governing body and for in the arrangements and parents, council records,
an academy or free school decisions it makes as to who primary schools or any other
it is the academy trust. is offered admission as a source deemed appropriate.
Details of these schools pupil.
oversubscription criteria are Any application found to
available from the schools How will we use your have been made using false
and their associated websites. information? information may be withdrawn
Please use the links on pages We will use your information by the relevant admission
16 and 17. to provide the service authority and may be subject
requested. We may share to legal proceedings. If an
Children with statements of your personal data between application is found to be
special educational need our services and with partner fraudulent after places are
(SEN) or an Education, organisations, such as offered, the place offered may
Health and Care plan (EHC) government bodies and the be withdrawn in which case
10 All children with a statement police. We will do so when it is a new application will have to
of special educational needs of benefit to you, or required be made at a time when the
(SEN) or education, health by law, or to prevent or detect availability of places is likely to
and care plan (EHC) that fraud. To find out more, go to be extremely limited.
names a particular school in thurrock.gov.uk/privacy. Get
the statement or plan must be free internet access at libraries
admitted to that school. and community hubs or at the
Civic Offices, Grays.
Equality Act
An admission authority Fraud
must ensure that their Where there is evidence to
admission arrangements suggest that a fraudulentAppeals Deadlines for the
All admission appeals must hearing of appeals
be heard by an independent These are:
appeal panel in accordance
with the School Admission a) for applications made in the
Appeals Code. normal admissions round,
within 40 school days of
Appeals for community and the deadline for lodging
voluntary controlled schools appeals
are arranged by Thurrock
Council. b) for late applications, within
40 school days from
Appeals for foundation the deadline for lodging
schools, voluntary aided appeals or within 30 school
schools, academies and free days of the appeal being
schools are the responsibility lodged
of the governing body or
academy trust.
If you are refused admission
to a particular school you will
receive further information
about how to appeal. 11
Please note that you can only
appeal for a school for which
you have made an application
and been refused.Information for parents applying for a primary school place
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Frequently asked questions
How are places allocated? Can I apply for schools to the pattern and number of
outside Thurrock? applications from year to year.
Places are offered strictly This means that some people
according to the priority Yes. You need to include any will live outside the catchment
afforded to each application school outside Thurrock that for their nearest school and
by the oversubscription criteria you wish to apply for on your their most realistic options will
set out in this information application. We will arrange be further away. Parents are
booklet or in schools own for your details to be passed advised to apply to schools
information where Thurrock on so that your application other than just the one nearest
Council is not the admission can be considered. You will to them.
authority. need to ensure that you also
complete any supplementary What happens if my child
Schools that are their own forms required by schools is not offered one of our
admission authority have and return them directly to the preferences?
access to lists of applicants school by the closing date for
ranked by the council as co- applications. If you are not offered one of
ordinating body. These lists your preferences, you will
are ranked using the school’s Will my application be be offered another school
published oversubscription treated differently if I apply place. The offer will be made
criteria but the final decision online? at your catchment school (if
12 on each application rests with applicable) if places are still
the school and not the council. No. Applications submitted available after all allocations
online will be treated in exactly have been made to on-time
When will I hear? the same way as paper applicants. If places are not
applications. available at your catchment
As an online applicant you school (if applicable) after
will receive confirmation that Will I get offered a school of allocations you will be offered
your application has been my choice? the next nearest school with
submitted. Paper applications spaces measured by shortest
will not be acknowledged The law gives you the right walking route from your home
unless accompanied by a to state a preference for the address to the school.
stamped addressed envelope. school or schools that you
want your child to attend Are my preferences
As an online applicant you rather than offering choice. confidential?
can log in to your account This is because there will be
any time from 12.30am on 16 times when there are more Yes. Your preferences are
April 2019 to view your offer. applicants than places and confidential and will not be
An email will also be sent to not all preferences can be shared with schools before
you on the morning of 16 April met. admission decisions are
2019. made. However, details of any
Do I automatically get out of borough preferences
If you apply on paper, your offered a place at my you put on the application will
offer letter will be posted nearest school? normally be shared with the
second class on 16 April 2019. relevant local authority. If you
No. Different schools offer to appeal against the refusal of
different distances in different admission to a school, your
years. This variation is due application and, therefore,your preferences will normally What should I do if I feel my may be reasonable to refuse
be made available to the child must go to a school admission to a school.
independent appeals panel because of special reasons?
that hears your case. Children who hold full British
The first thing to do is to check Citizen passports (not British
We live in Thurrock and pay to see whether the admission Dependent Territories or British
our council tax to Thurrock. criteria for the school include Overseas passports) and
Do we have the right to a special reasons category. have a passport endorsed to
have a place at a Thurrock If they do, you must make show a right of abode in the
school? sure that you comply with any UK or are European Economic
requirements for supplying Area nationals, normally have
A local authority has a supporting evidence. The unrestricted entry to the UK.
responsibility to provide admission authority will make
school places for children an informed decision as An application for a school
residing in its area, but may to whether the school you place will be accepted for
do so outside its area. want is the only one which such children even though
your child can go to for the they may not be resident in the
Can we stop giving places reasons given. It may seek UK at the time of application.
in Thurrock to children not further professional advice on The application may however
resident in Thurrock? the evidence you provide in be processed on the basis of
support of your application. the overseas address.
No. There is a legal ruling You will need to submit these
(known as the Greenwich reasons together with the Other children from overseas
Judgement) which effectively supporting evidence at the do not generally have 13
states that a local authority time of application in order for automatic right of entry to
cannot give priority for school them to be considered. the UK. An application for
places in its area to children a school place will not be
living within its boundaries. Are places reserved for accepted, therefore, until
children moving into the they are resident in the UK.
My next door neighbour got area? Proof of entry to the UK will be
a place at the school last required before an application
year, will I? No. It is unlawful to reserve is processed.
places for children moving
Not necessarily. The distance in. Additionally, we would be How many places are
that each school allocates out unable to predict the number reserved for successful
to varies each year according needed and it would be unfair appeals?
to the volume and spread of to those parents who are
applications. already living in the area. None. An independent appeal
panel is empowered to direct
Will a child who lives further What if my child is from the admission authority to
away from the school be overseas? make an additional place
given a place ahead of me? available for a successful
All children of compulsory applicant.
This can happen. A child school age (5 to 16 years)
may be offered a place on a in the UK have a right of
higher criterion giving him or access to education. However,
her priority, such as an older where the child is in the UK
brother or sister at the school. for a short period only, itInformation for parents applying for a primary school place
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What if I am offered a place attends part time until they Decisions about this are
that I do not want? reach statutory school age taken by the LA in conjunction
or, request that the date their with the head teacher of
You have the right to reject child is admitted to school the preferred school. They
any place offered. However, if is deferred until later in the are made on the basis of
you reject an offer it will then same academic year, but the circumstances of each
become your responsibility not beyond the start of the case and what is in the
to secure a place at an summer term of the academic best interests of the child
alternative school. Our year for which a place has concerned.
advice would be to accept an been offered.
offer you receive until such Applicants applying for their
time as you get a preferred In addition, parents of child to start later than other
alternative. At that time you summer born children* children in their chronological
can then reject the earlier (those born between 1 April age group, must apply for a
offer. Accepting an offer does and 31 August) can request school place in accordance
not prejudice your waiting list for their child to be admitted with the deadlines that apply
position or appeals for any to reception a year later, that for their child’s chronological
higher preference schools. is outside their chronological age. If, in liaison with the head
year group, thereby starting teacher, the local authority
Starting school school only once they reach agrees for the child to start
statutory school age. This school the following year, the
Primary schools in Thurrock does not apply to children parent/carer is invited to apply
have a single intake into born in the autumn and spring the following year. It is not
14 reception. All children whose terms and these children possible to obtain and then
date of birth falls between must, by law, be in school defer a place till the following
1 September 2014 and 31 full time in the term after they year.
August 2015 will be eligible to turn five years old (Further
apply for a full time place in information is provided Applicants applying for their
reception at a Thurrock school below). child to start earlier than other
for September 2019. children in their chronological
* The current legislation that age group must initially apply
Local authorities (LA) and applies to options for Summer for a school place at the same
schools must provide for the Born Children is currently time that other families are
admission of all children in subject to a review by central applying for that cohort. If, in
the September following their government. Any changes will liaison with the head teacher,
fourth birthday. However a be reflected in the admission the local authority agrees
child does not have to attend arrangements accordingly. that the child may begin
school until he/she reaches school early, the application
“statutory school age”, that is, The admission of will be processed. If it is not
until the beginning of the term children outside of their agreed that the child starts the
after they turn five years old. chronological year group application will be cancelled
by the LA, and the applicant
If a parent/carer feels that Applicants may wish to seek will be invited to apply again
their child is not ready to a place outside their child’s in the following year for the
start school in the September chronological year group, correct cohort.
after they turn four they can either starting school later
either request that their child than their peers, or earlier.Applicants must state clearly or their name was added to list for a higher preference
why they feel admission to the list. If you are not offered school or any appeals you
a different year group is in a place and you also wish might lodge. However, any
the child’s best interest and your child’s name to go on the preference that is ranked
provide what evidence they waiting list for a school that lower on your application form
have to support this. you did not originally apply will be withdrawn as part of
for, you should contact our the coordinated process.
Will my child be on the admissions service. If you
waiting list and how do were not offered a place at What about transport to and
these work? an out of borough school and from school?
you wish to go on the waiting
If you are offered a place list you will need to contact Limited help may be available
which is not your first the relevant local authority to with home to school transport.
preference, or if no offer find out how to put your child’s For further information please
is made, you will be name on the list. contact Awards and Benefits
automatically placed on on 01375 652511 or email
the waiting list for higher If I accept a place at a Awards@thurrock.gov.uk
preference schools for which school that was not one of
your child is eligible. my preferences, will it affect
my waiting list positions for
Waiting lists are drawn up by other schools or any appeal
using the oversubscription I make?
criteria to rank applications.
Priority cannot be given to No. Accepting an alternative 15
children based on the date place does not prejudice your
their application was received child’s position on a waitingInformation for parents applying for a primary school place
Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
List of primary schools in Thurrock
School Headteacher/ Address Telephone Type of School Age Admission
Principal number Academy, range Limit
Community, 2017-18
Voluntary Controlled, (pan)
Free, Voluntary Aided
Abbots Hall Miss Laura Abbotts Drive, Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex 01375 673188 Academy 4 -11 30
Primary Academy Fishleigh SS17 7BW
www.abbots-hall.co.uk
Arthur Bugler Mr John Bryant St James Avenue East, 01375 677079 Academy 4 -11 60
Primary School Stanford-Le-Hope,
Essex SS17 7BQ
www.arthurbugler.com
Aveley Primary Miss N Shadbolt Stifford Road, Aveley, Essex 01708 865868 Community 3 -11 60
School RM15 4AA
www.aveleyprimary.net
Benyon Primary Mrs Samantha Tyssen Place, West Road, South Ockendon, 01708 853200 Academy 4 -11 30
Oxley RM15 6PG
Head of School www.benyonprimary.co.uk
Belmont Castle Mr Mark Jones Parker Road, Grays 01375 373601 Academy 4 -11 90
Academy RM17 5YN
www.belmontcastleacademy.org
Bonnygate Mrs Sarah Arisdale Avenue, South Ockendon, Essex 01708 853316 Community 3 -11 60
Primary School McHugh RM15 5BA
www.bonnygateprimary.co.uk
Bulphan Church Miss Sally Finch Fen Lane, Bulphan, Essex RM14 3RL 01375 891220 Academy 5 -11 12
of England www.bulphanprimary.thurrock.sch.uk
Academy
16 Chadwell St Mary Mr Chris Riverview, Chadwell St Mary, Grays Essex 01375 843280 Academy 4 -11 30
Primary School Beazeley RM16 4DH
www.chadwellstmaryprimary.co.uk
Corringham Mrs Lorna Herd Lane, Corringham, Essex, SS17 9BH 01375 672157 Academy 2 -11 60
Primary School Hamilton www.tscst.co.uk
Deneholm Primary Mrs J Donnelly Culford Road, Grays, Essex 01375 373405 Academy 4 -11 60
RM16 2SS
www.deneholmprimary.co.uk
Dilkes Academy Mr Rhys Latham Garron Lane, South Ockendon, 01708 852128 Academy 3 -11 60
Headteacher Essex RM15 5JQ
www.dilkesacademy.org.uk
East Tilbury Mrs L Coates Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury, RM18 01375 846181 Academy 4 -11 90
Primary School & 8SB
Nursery http://easttilburyprimary.thurrock.sch.uk
Giffards Primary Mrs Nicky Queen Elizabeth Drive, Corringham, Essex 01375 672138 Primary Academy 4 -11 60
School Haslam-Davis SS17 7TG
www.giffardsprimary.thurrock.sch.uk
Graham James Mrs Petra Back The Sorrells, Stanford Le Hope 01375 675889 Academy 4 - 11 60
Primary Academy Essex SS17 7ES years
http://grahamjamesacademy.co.uk (2½-4
Nursery)
Harris Primary Executive Harris Primary Academy, Chafford Hundred, 01375 484490 Academy (Primary 3 -11 90
Academy Principal Mayflower Road, Chafford Hundred, Grays, with Nursery)
Chafford Hundred Matt Britt Essex RM16 6SA
www.harrisprimarychaffordhundred.org.uk
Harris Primary Principal Harris Primary Academy, Mayflower, 0203 772 4588 Academy (Primary) 3 -11 150
Academy Katie Hanley Mayflower Road, Chafford Hundred, Grays,
Mayflower Essex RM16 6SA
www.harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk
Herringham Mrs S Otto St Mary’s Road 01375 489860 Academy 4 -11 60
Primary Academy Chadwell St Mary
Grays, Essex RM16 4JX
www.theglc-herringham.org.uk
Holy Cross Mr Chris Birtles Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon, 01708 853000 Voluntary Aided 3 -11 30
Catholic Primary Executive Essex RM15 5RP
School Headteacher www.holycrossprimary.com
Mrs C Manning
Head of SchoolHorndon-on-the- Mr Travis Martinson Hillcrest Road, Horndon-On-The-Hill, Essex SS17 8LR 01375 673260 Foundation 2 -11 30
Hill C Of E Primary www.horndononthehill.org.uk
School
Kenningtons Mrs Jo Sawtell-Haynes Tamar Drive, Aveley, Essex 01708 865663 Academy 3 -11 60
Primary Academy RM15 4NB
www.kenningtonsprimaryacademy.co.uk
Lansdowne Head of School Lansdowne Road, Tilbury, 01375 487200 Academy 3 -11 90
Primary Academy Mr Spencer Bragg Essex RM18 7QB
www.theglc-lansdowne.org.uk
Little Thurrock Jaki Cole Rectory Road, Grays, 01375 373586 Community 3 -11 90
Primary and Essex RM17 5SW Nursery for
Nursery www.littlethurrock.thurrock.sch.uk 3-4 year 52
places
Orsett C of E Miss Shelley Jones School Lane, Orsett, 01375 891383 Academy 4 -11 30
Primary School (Headteacher) Essex RM16 3JR
www.orsettprimary.co.uk
Purfleet Primary Mr Baz Duffy Tankhill Road, Purfleet RM19 1TA 01375 659900 Academy 3 -11 90
Academy Interim Head of www.purfleetprimary.co.uk
School
Quarry Hill Mrs Samantha Bradleigh Avenue, Grays, 01375 373729 Academy 3 -11 60
Academy Wakeling Essex RM17 5UT
Headteacher www.quarryhillacademy.org.uk
Shaw Primary Ms Dawn Copping Avon Green, South Ockendon, Essex RM15 5QJ 01708 852367 Academy 3 -11 60
Academy www.shawprimaryacademy.co.uk
Somers Heath Mr Kevin Imbush Foyle Drive, South Ockendon, Essex RM15 5LX 01708 853397 Academy 3 -11 60
Primary www.somersheathschool.ik.org
St Joseph’s Mr Chris Birtles Scratton Road, Stanford-Le-Hope Essex SS17 0PA 01375 672217 Voluntary 4 -11 30
Catholic Primary Executive www.stjosephscatholicprimaryschool.co.uk Aided
School Headteacher
Miss Ruth Saul
17
Head of School
St Mary’s Catholic Mrs M Jones Calcutta Road, Tilbury Essex RM18 7QH 01375 843254 Voluntary 4 -11 30
Primary School www.stmarystilbury.co.uk Aided
St Thomas Of Mr Chris Birtles Ward Avenue, Grays RM17 5RW 01375 375826 Voluntary 4 -11 90
Canterbury Executive www.stthomasofcanterbury.thurrock.sch.uk Aided
Catholic Primary Headteacher
School Mrs Mary Ward
Head of School
Stanford-Le-Hope Miss Lisa Glandfield Copland Road, Stanford-Le-Hope Essex SS17 0DF 01375 672066 Academy 3 - 11 60
Primary Academy Head of School www.stanfordlehopeprimary.co.uk
Stifford Clays Mrs Sharon Walker Whitmore Avenue, Grays 01375 373866 Academy 2 -11 90
Primary School Essex RM16 2ST
www.stiffordclaysprimary.thurrock.sch.uk
Thameside Mrs Joanna Bray Manor Road, Grays RM17 6EF 01375 372188 Academy 3 -11 120
Primary Head Teacher www.thamesideprimaryschool.com
The Gateway Mr D. George Head of Marshfoot Road Tilbury/Chadwell-St-Mary Essex RM16 01375 489094 Free 4 -11 60
Primary Free School 4LU
School www.theglc-primaryfreeschool.org.uk
Tilbury Pioneer Mr D George, Head of Dickens Avenue, Tilbury, Essex RM18 8HJ 01375 488420 Academy 3 - 11 60
Academy School www.theglc-pioneer.org.uk
Tudor Court Mr P. Kyriacou Bark Burr Road, Chafford Hundred RM16 6PL 01375 480662 Academy 4 -11 120
Primary www.tudorcourtprimary.com
Warren Primary Mr Ian Broyd Gilbert Road, Chafford Hundred 01375 482288 Community 3 -11 60
School Grays, Essex RM16 6NB School
www.warrenps.co.uk
West Thurrock Mrs Susan Cook Schoolfield Road, Grays 01708 866743 Academy 3 -11 60
Academy RM20 3HR
www.westthurrockacademy.co.uk
Woodside Mr E E Caines MA Woodside Academy, Grangewood Avenue, Grays, 01375 372513 Academy 3 -11 90
Academy RM16 2GJ
www.woodsideacademy.orgWHAT HAPPENED ON NATIONAL OFFER DAY FOR RECEPTION 2018
1st preference applications received
Total number of places offered
Out of Catchment Siblings
Non - Denominational
Catchment Sibling
Out of Catchment
Children of Staff
Denominational
Social/Medical
No of Places
Catchment
Distance
Sibling
LAC
SEN
Abbots Hall Primary Academy 30 33 30 10 6 * * 1 5 8 * * * * *
Arthur Bugler Primary School 60 48 49 11 11 2 * * 11 14 * * * * *
Aveley Primary 60 59 60 37 16 * * * 5 2 * * * * *
Belmont Castle Academy 90 83 87 50 23 * * 1 7 6 * * * * *
Benyon Primary School 30 34 30 14 11 * * * 1 4 * * * * *
Bonnygate Primary School 60 38 48 23 12 * * * 8 4 1 * * * *
Bulphan C of E Primary 12 7 7 * 1 * * * 1 5 * * * * *
Chadwell St Mary Primary School 30 43 30 8 8 * * 1 11 2 * * * * *
Corringham Primary School 60 58 54 19 17 1 * 1 8 8 * * * * *
Deneholm Primary 60 57 59 11 12 * * * 17 19 * * * * *
Dilkes Academy 60 86 59 24 14 * * * 12 9 * * * * *
East Tilbury Primary School 90 87 90 43 32 * * * 8 7 * * * * *
Giffards Primary 60 58 58 16 21 * * * 11 10 * * * * *
Graham James Primary Academy 60 59 60 9 11 * * * 23 17 * * * * *
Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred 90 82 84 26 16 * * 1 31 10 * * * * *
Harris Primary Academy Mayflower 120 109 117 * * * 88 2 * * * 27 * * *
18 Herringham Primary Academy 60 53 58 * * * 32 1 * * * 25 * * *
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 30 26 26 * * * * * * * * * * 16 10
Horndon-On-The-Hill C of E Primary 30 37 30 10 10 * * * * 10 * * * * *
Kenningtons Primary Academy 60 40 43 18 8 * * * 6 11 * * * * *
Lansdowne Primary Academy 90 54 62 * * * 34 * * * * 28 * * *
Little Thurrock Primary 90 75 89 21 10 * * * 34 24 * * * * *
Orsett C of E Primary 30 28 30 * * * * * * * * 7 * 12 11
Purfleet Primary Academy 90 68 70 * * * 48 * * * * 22 * * *
Quarry Hill Academy 60 101 60 33 17 * * * 4 6 * * * * *
Shaw Primary Academy 60 46 47 15 11 * * * 11 10 * * * * *
Somers Heath Primary 60 47 57 12 7 * * * 29 9 * * * * *
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School 30 26 27 * * * * * * * * * * 13 14
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 30 40 30 * * * * * * * * * * 20 10
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary 90 61 68 * * * * * * * * * * 50 18
Stanford Le Hope Primary Academy 60 57 56 30 12 * * * 7 7 * * * * *
Stifford Clays Primary School 90 72 72 25 25 * * * 9 13 * * * * *
Thameside Primary School 120 53 63 29 23 * * 1 7 3 * * * * *
The Gateway Primary Free School 60 31 33 * * * 20 * * * * 13 * * *
Tilbury Pioneer Academy 60 53 59 * * * 30 1 * * * 28 * * *
Tudor Court Primary 120 98 100 34 32 * * * 24 10 * * * * *
Warren Primary School 60 69 59 37 18 * * * * 4 * * * * *
West Thurrock Academy 60 45 44 14 16 * * * 11 3 * * * * *
Woodside Academy 90 98 90 * * * 48 * * * * 42 * * *
* This is not part of the schools criteriaInformation for parents applying for a primary school place
Apply online at thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
Contact numbers
Admissions Team
01375 652883 or email school.admissions@thurrock.gov.uk
Office hours:
8.45am - 5.15pm Monday to Thursday
8.45am - 4.45pm Friday
For all education services, visit thurrock.gov.uk/education
Awards/Benefits T: 01375 652511 E: Awards@thurrock.gov.uk
Special Educational Needs T: 01375 652556 E: Sen@thurrock.gov.uk
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Local Postal address Telephone email address Website
Authority number
Barking Town Hall, Barking, Essex, 020 8215 3004 infos@lbbd.gov.uk www.lbbd.gov.uk/
and IG11 7LU admissions
Dagenham
(301)
Essex School Admissions 0845 603 2200 admissions@essex.gov.uk www.essex.gov.uk
(881) Essex County Council
PO Box 426, Chelmsford
CM1 1GS
Havering London Borough of Havering 01708 434600 schooladmissions@havering. www.havering.gov.uk
(311) School Admissions Team gov.uk
Town Hall, Main Road,
Romford, RM1 3BD
Kent (886) Admissions and Transport 03000 41 21 21 kent.admissions@kent.gov.uk www.kent.gov.uk
Team Room 2.24, Sessions
House, County Hall,
Maidstone ME14 1XQSchool Admissions Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL thurrock.gov.uk/admissions
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