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 2025 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 below information 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. 

PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS PLACE

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.

Applications for the Performing and Visual Arts places are now closed

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 she demonstrates a particular capacity to learn or to develop skills in the Performing & Visual Arts, and that she can benefit from the particular expertise and facilities at the school.

Any student with Performing and Visual arts interests are 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 that parents seriously consider applying for the aptitude testing to support their application to the school.

There will be 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 on their aptitude in Music, six students in Dance, five students in Drama and five students in Artistic skills.

These places are not subject to the restrictions of the general over-subscription criteria listed in the admissions policy, except in the case of Children in Care.

Applications for the Performing and Visual Arts places are now closed

The workshop assessments will be held on the afternoon of Friday 11 October 2024.

 
In Year Admissions

Applications for In Year Casual Admissions to Years 7 to 11 should be made on the form available to download from Kent County Council website via this link.

Application forms should be sent directly to the Admissions Secretary at Hillview School for Girls by post or email admissions@hillview.kent.sch.uk

In the event places are not available, applicants will be placed on a waiting list held by the school and ordered according to the over-subscription criteria.

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.
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For further information and to lodge an appeal, please click the Appeals button at the bottom of this page.

Visiting the school

Our annual Open Events take place in the autumn each year.  More details can be found on our Open Events page.

To view the area of admissions by distance for previous years please click on the links below.

Transport Links

We are ideally placed for excellent transport links. Last year we were able to offer places to children who live up to approximately 8 miles from the school, including Sevenoaks and Ightham, Tunbridge Wells, Edenbridge and Kings Hill. However, our ‘catchment area’ varies each year, depending on the number of applications.

Useful travel information can be found via the following links:

https://kentconnected.org/journey-planner/#/
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-transport/KCC-travel-saver
https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/kent-and-surrey
https://hamstravel.com/