Marlborough Gardens,
Upminster, Essex,
RM14 1SF
Tel 01708 225684
or 01708 229655
Fax 01708 220232

Open Day-Admissions

Admissions

Arrangements for admissions to Hall Mead School are the responsibility of the Local Education Authority. Pupils are admitted up to the admission limit (192). When demand exceeds the number of places available, the following order of priorities Applies.

a) Exceptional medical or exceptional social grounds (supporting medical or other evidence should normally be submitted at the time of application).

b) An older brother or sister who will still be in attendance at the school when the new entrant is admitted.

c) All other preference applications in order of proximity of residence as determined by radiating outwards from the school.

 

Parents Evening

The Open Evening takes place in September for parents of prospective pupils

Pupil Services

Phone: 01708 433926


Expression of Preferences

Year
No of places Available
Preference
% of first preference obtaining a place
First
Second
Third
1992
180
237
(180)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
75.9
1993
180
215
(180)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
83.7
1994
192
319
(180)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
60.2
1995
191
433
(191)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
44.0
1996
191
290
(191)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
66.0
1997
192
254
(192)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
76.0
1998
192
286
(194)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
67.8
1999
192
396
(217)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
54.8
2001
192
375
(200)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
53.3
2002
192
352
(195)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
55.4
2003
192
377
(198)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
52.5
2004
192
668
(192)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
28.7
2005
192
730
(192)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
26.3
2006
192
820
(194)
38
63
23.7
2007
192

862
(194)
N/A
(0)
N/A
(0)
22.5

2006
192 places available; 820 Applications received.
147 first preferences, 38 second, 63 third and 1 other admitted a total of 249!!!!

Notes:

  1. N/A indicates that it was not possible to consider any second or third preferences, because the school was filled by first preferences.
  2. The first line of figures in each case reflects the position at the first stage of the admission process.
  3. The figures in brackets give the breakdown of the places accepted at the beginning of the Autumn term of that year.
  4. In all the years a small number of places become available to be reallocated. It was therefore, possible to satisfy further preferences.

Breakdown of the allocation of places
Hall Mead School : September 2007

No of places available: 192
   
Criterion
No of places allocated
   
Exceptional medical or social grounds 0
Special Educaational Needs 6
Brother/Sister 62
Proximity 124
   
*The estimate of this figure for September 2002 intake is 78
   
Number of appeals heard 35
Number of successful appeals 3


Attendance

Pupils Absence figures are those supplied to the Department for Education for publication. Figures are calculated up to May 30th 2007.

Total number of pupils of compulsory school age on roll for at least one session. 982 (958)

Percentage of pupil sessions (half days) missed through AUTHORISED absence 8.0% (6.11%)

Percentage of pupils sessions (half days) missed through UNAUTHORISED absence*0.2% (0.44%)

* Absences for which no letter of explanation was received or for which the explanation was unacceptable.

N.B.

The figures in brackets are the corresponding figures for 2005/2006