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.
2025 Admissions are now closed.
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 Application Form (which can be found in the In-Year Admissions section) and sending it to Hillview. Your child’s name will then be placed on the waiting list.
General advice from the Department for Education on Admission Appeals can be found here:
For further information and to lodge an appeal, please click the Appeals button below.
Applications for Performing and Visual Arts Place – September 2026 Entry
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.
The workshop assessments will be held on the afternoon of Friday 10 October 2025.
Final date for applications is Monday 6 October 2025.
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
Our annual Open Events take place in the autumn each year. More details can be found on our Open Days page
