Admissions booklets, policies and forms: Admission arrangements

Admission arrangements

We are the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled schools in Essex. This means we set the admission arrangements for these schools.

The admission arrangements sets out how schools admit pupils and includes:

the published admission number
the oversubscription criteria
information on waiting lists

Consultation on changes to the admission arrangements for the 2026 to 2027 academic year

Essex County Council is consulting on changes to the published admission number for 3 schools for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.

Details of the proposals, including how to comment can be accessed via the consultation document (PDF, 105.84 KB).

Objection to school admission arrangements

You can contact the schools adjudicator if you think the determined arrangements for 2025 to 2026 are unfair and do not comply with the School Admissions Code or Admissions regulations.

Admissions booklets, policies and forms

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Admission arrangements

Consultation on changes to the admission arrangements for the 2026 to 2027 academic year

Secondary schools

Primary and infant schools

Junior schools

Objection to school admission arrangements

Annual report to the schools adjudicator