Admissions
To find out more about how to apply to Hillview School for Girls, please refer to our full Admissions Policy and Procedures document below.
YEAR 7 APPLICATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2026 ENTRY
The second round of offers took place on Thursday, 23 April. If you were not allocated a place by Kent County Council Admissions, then your child's name will remain on our waiting list, which the school will now control. Please email admissions@hillview.kent.sch.uk if you wish to know your child's position on the waiting list. We will be in touch should a place become available.
If, for any reason, you did not make an application for Hillview, it is not too late. You can still apply for a place by completing an In-Year Admission Form (which can be found via the button below). The completed form should be sent to Hillview, and our child’s name will then be placed on the waiting list.
For further information and to lodge an appeal, please click the Appeals Dates & Information button below.
General advice from the Department for Education on Admission Appeals can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/admission-appeals-for-school-places/advice-for-parents-and-guardians-on-school-admission-appeals.
YEAR 7 APPLICATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2027 ENTRY
Applications will be made in the Autumn via Kent County Council.
A number of Open Events will be held between now and the application deadline at the end of October/beginning of November. These will all be advertised on the Open Events page of this website in the first instance.
If you live more than 6 miles from the school and your child has a Performing or Visual Arts interest, please see the information below regarding places for these aptitudes.
When completing the Secondary Common Application Form (SCAF), there is NO SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FORM FOR HILLVIEW OTHER THAN FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS PLACES.
Applications for Performing and Visual Arts Places
Hillview School for Girls is a specialist Performing & Visual Arts college and, as a result of this, is able to select 10% of students based on their aptitude in one of the four Performing & Visual Arts disciplines: Dance, Drama, Music or Artistic skills.
A student with aptitude is one who is identified as being able to benefit from teaching in the Performing & Visual Arts subjects of Drama, Dance, Music or Artistic skills, or who demonstrates a particular capacity to succeed in one or more of these subjects. Through a workshop, the school will assess whether a pupil has an aptitude for a subject by determining whether they demonstrate a particular capacity to learn or to develop skills in the Performing & Visual Arts and that they can benefit from the particular expertise and facilities at the school.
Any student with Performing and Visual Arts interests is able to apply to be considered for the aptitude testing. However, we highly recommend that where there is a Performing or Visual Arts interest and the home is more than 6 miles from Hillview, parents seriously consider applying for the aptitude testing to support their application to the school.
There will be a workshop assessment in all four disciplines and a formal listening exercise in Music. The assessment will be objective, have a distinctive subject focus and will not discriminate against applicants in any way, including on the grounds of ethnic origin, disability or family background. The assessments are overseen by an independent assessor. The assessment will only assess aptitude in the four disciplines of Music, Dance, Drama or Artistic skills, and not ability or aptitude in any other subject.
The 10% selection is equally based across the four disciplines, with 2.5% of places being awarded to each area. Based on the school PAN of 236, five students will be selected based on their aptitude in Music, six students in Dance, six students in Drama and six students in Artistic skills.
The application form can be found here: Hillview School for Girls - Application for Performing and Visual Arts place - 2027 – Fill in form.
The workshop assessments will be held on the afternoon of Friday, 9 October 2026.
Final date for applications is Thursday, 1 October 2026.
Applications for In-Year Casual Admissions to Years 7 to 11 should be made on the form available to download from the Kent County Council website via the link below.
Application forms should be sent directly to the Admissions Secretary at Hillview School for Girls by post or email admissions@hillview.kent.sch.uk.
If places are not available, applicants will be placed on the school's waiting list and ordered according to the over-subscription criteria.
General advice from the Department for Education on Admission Appeals can be found here: Advice for parents and guardians on school admission appeals
For further information and to lodge an appeal, please click the Appeals button below.
Appeal Dates & Information Academic Year 2025/2026
Our annual Open Events take place in the autumn each year. More details can be found on our Open Days page
