Admissions & Appeals
Information for Year 6 students starting Secondary School in September 2026
All parents who wish their children to attend our school must apply to Thurrock Council’s Admissions Department early in the year (a date is published) preceding the Academic Year that the child is due to be admitted into school. The Local Authority encourage applications to be made on the Thurrock Council Website: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/secondary-school-admissions/applying-for-secondary-school-place.
Admissions during an academic year are called In-year admissions. Applications forms and further details about in-year admission should be made directly to the local authority here: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/in-year-admissions/applying-in-year
Admissions to our school are in line with Thurrock Admission arrangements as set out in our admissions policy.
September 2026 intake timeline
- 11th September 2025 - OPEN EVENING for year 6 students who are considering applying for a place for starting September 2026
- 26th September 2025 - SPORTS APTITUDE application closing date. More information can be found below and in the Thurrock Admissions Information booklet.
- 2nd March 2026 - OFFER DAY for September 2026 secondary school places.
- 3rd March - APPEALS can be lodged if you are dissatisfied with the school your child has been allocated.
Sports Aptitude Admission 2026
The school admits up to 10% of students each year on sports aptitude. If you wish to apply via this route please note any closing dates for applications. You MUST complete both the Local Authority application form AND the school application form.
WES Sports Aptitude testing application form
Sports Aptitude Information Booklet
Appeals
Should you not be successful in securing a place at William Edwards for your child(ren), you have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. For further details regarding the appeals process, or to request an Appeal Form, please contact, Mrs Oxland (after the 2nd March 2026 for September 2026 admissions only, in year appeals can be made at any time) by emailing: oxlandl@wes.swecet.org or by telephoning 01375 486 000.
Alternatively you may wish to download an appeal form by clicking the link below.
Appeal form SCHOOL ADMISSION APPEALS GUIDE – JUNIPER EDUCATION
Timeline for school appeals for September 2026 intake:
| Appeals can begin to be submitted: | TBA |
| Deadline for appeals to be submitted (for those to be heard in June 2026): | TBA |
| Deadline for additional evidence to be submitted: | TBA |
| Parents to be informed of their appeal date: | TBA |
| Appeals will be heard: | TBA |
Admissions Policies
Oversubscription Criteria 2026-2027WES Oversubscription-Criteria-from-Sept-2024
Oversubscription-Criteria-from-Sept-2023
WES Oversubscription-Criteria-from-Sept-2022
Admissions Consultation
The admissions consultation for admissions in 2025 ran from 9 November to 21 December 2023 and has now closed.
There were no proposed changes to the current admissions arrangements and no comments or suggestions were received in response to the consultation.
The trustees agreed to proceed with the admissions arrangements presented in the consultation, in line with the current arrangements.
The final determined admissions arrangements will be published on the school’s website, in line with the Admissions Code requirement.
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We are consulting on admissions arrangements for 2026 – for details please click here.