Admissions – The Priory School

The Priory School is an oversubscribed 11-18 co-educational school that serves its local community. Hertfordshire Local Authority manages the transfer and entry to The Priory School. For details of both regular and in-year admissions, please see the information below and follow the links.

For further information contact Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) Children’s Services on 0300 123 4043.

Applicants for a September 2026 Start

Open Events

Open evening: Thursday 2nd October 2025, 5.45–8.30pm. No need to book.

Guided tours during the school day: From Tuesday 7th October to Wednesday 15th October 2025. Families should book one ticket per family via the school website. Tickets will be available in early September 2025.

Applicants for a September 2025 Start

Updated March 2025

Families should have received a communication from HCC regarding allocation for September 2025. Please note that we will first contact our new starters towards the end of April, once the continuing interest rounds have concluded. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact admin@priory.herts.sch.uk. We will visit all new starters in their primary setting in May and June and parents will be invited in to the school on July 10^th 2025 – this is the County wide transition day.

Prospective new families can learn more about school life by using our online prospectus: https://prospectus.priory.herts.sch.uk/. On this site you can see short video clips and read information about how the school runs.

The Hertfordshire School Directory of information on all local schools can be found here: hertfordshire.gov.uk/schoolsdirectory.

In Year Admissions

All local authorities have a statutory duty to coordinate all in year admissions (primary and secondary) for all maintained schools and academies. This means that all applications for, and allocations of, in year places must be made via a child’s home local authority. All parents living in Hertfordshire who wish to make an in year application must apply online to HCC at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions and not by applying direct to schools. A paper application form can be requested from the Children Schools and Families Customer Service Centre, 0300 123 4043.

Appeals

At transfer time, parents wishing to appeal who applied online should log into their online application and click on the link ‘register an appeal’. For those who did not apply online, please contact the Children Schools and Families Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 to request an appeal pack.

Further information on the appeals process is available at:

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/school-admissions/school-appeals/school-appeals.aspx

The Determined Admission Arrangements for 2022-2023 were reviewed and approved by the Governing Board. Any person or body who considers that any maintained school or academy’s arrangements are unlawful, or not in compliance with the Code or relevant law relating to admissions, can make an objection to the Schools Adjudicator. Any objector must provide their name and address to the Adjudicator when an objection is made.