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Parents and carers who live in the Essex County Council area (excluding those living in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea or in Thurrock) can apply for their child’s school place online using the Essex Online Admissions Service at:
The online application system has a number of benefits for parents and carers:
- you can access related information through links on the website to find out more about individual schools, home to school transport or inspection reports
- when you have submitted your application you will receive an email confirming this
- you will be told the outcome of your online application by email on offer day if you requested this when you applied
Appeals
Objection to school admission arrangements
You can contact the schools adjudicator if you think the determined arrangements for are unfair and do not comply with the School Admissions Code or Admissions regulations.
Anyone may object to the admission arrangements of a school. This includes:
- parents or carers
- members of the public
- governing boards
- academy trusts
- local authorities
- religious authorities
You can object to the schools adjudicator because you consider a school’s admission arrangements do not comply with the school admissions code or other legislation.
To object to or refer the admission arrangements of a school, complete and return the objection to school admission arrangements (MS Word Document, 47.1 KB) form. This should be in Word format, not PDF.
