Hurst Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2022-23 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after children — Children in public care (looked after children) or children who were previously in public care immediately before being adopted or subject to a residence order or special guardianship order.
2. 2Medical/social need — Children, parent, sibling or legal guardian with a medical condition or disability, that would result in significant hardship if the child did not attend Hurst Primary School. An opinion may be sought from a medical adviser or other professional before a place is awarded. Requests for this priority must be made with supporting evidence at the time of application. Later requests will be considered only if the medical condition occurs after the closing date for applications.
3. 3Siblings — Siblings of children who will be attending Hurst Primary School at the time the child is due for admission to the school. This priority does not include brothers or sisters due to transfer to secondary school in the next academic year. For this priority, brother or sister includes a full brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, or step/half brother or sister living at the same address. Where in an allocation of places, children who are twins, triplets or from other multiple births would qualify for fewer places than the number of children, all will be treated as siblings and therefore accorded the sibling priority.
4. 4Children of staff — In order to recruit and retain high quality staff, children with a parent or legal guardian employed at Hurst Primary School on a permanent basis at the time of application will be awarded this priority in either or both of the following circumstances: a) Where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. 5Distance — Children living closest to the school, based on the distance measured as a straight line from the home address to the nearest pupil entrance. Measurements will be provided by the London Borough of Bexley in accordance with its home to school distance measuring policy. Home will be taken as the address at which the child lives with the parent or legal guardian who is also the main carer, defined as the parent eligible to receive child benefit and child tax credit, at the time of application.

If two applications tie: Where one or more applicants live exactly the same distance from the school applied for and all would qualify for the last available place, the allocation of the last place will be made by drawing lots. The drawing of lots will be witnessed by an independent adjudicator. The first child drawn will be offered the place, and the remaining children placed on the waiting list in the order of the draw.

Where there are more applications than places that fall into the above four priority categories, distinctions will be made between applications by home to school distance measured in accordance with the London Borough of Bexley and the Academy’s policy on home to school distance measurement, and higher priority will be given to those living closest to the school applied for.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.