Welcome to Kendall CE Primary School. If you are interested in sending your child to our school, you will find all of the relevant information about how to apply for a place on this page. You can also watch a welcome video from our Headteacher (Mrs Clare French) on our home page. If you would like to arrange a visit to look around the school, please contact the office who will let you know when we are doing show-arounds.
Admission Process
Essex County Council is responsible for handling all applications for admission to our school. There is no guarantee of a place for children living in the priority admission area. In the event of over subscription places will be allocated using the following criteria in the order given:
In the event of over subscription within any of the above criteria, priority will be determined by straight line distance from home to school, those living closest being given the highest priority. Pupils who cannot be admitted to Kendall CE Primary School will be offered admission to the nearest available school, taking account of parental preference and the admission criteria for those schools.
Admission to Kendall School is administered centrally and impartially by the Planning & Admissions Section of Essex County Council. Applications for places in the Reception class for the beginning of the new academic year are now usually made on-line. Applications open each year in November.
Applications for admission other than to the Reception class at the beginning of the academic year should be made on the Mid-Year Admission Form which is available through Essex County Council’s website.
Click here for links to the Essex Primary Schools admissions leaflet, Primary Admission Booklet and Schools Admissions Directory Policy.
Appeals against admission decisions
Parents have the right to appeal against admission decisions to an Independent Appeal Panel. Information about how to appeal against a refusal of a school place will be sent with the offer pack. Notice of appeal should be sent to the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel, PO Box 11, Chelmsford, CM1 1LX.