Reception To Year 6
Please note, our Reception class for September 2026 is full. [Link to waiting list form]
Registering
After visiting Heritage, you can register your interest in a place by completing the registration form, submitting your child’s most recent nursery report (if available) and paying a £30 registration fee and £120 assessment fee. [Link to Registration Form]
Attending A Taster Session
Following your visit/s to Heritage the next step towards joining Heritage in the junior years of our school is to attend a taster session. These sessions give children the opportunity to see what school is like whilst we assess their academic levels, behaviour and social skills in an age-appropriate way.
- Children joining Reception will attend a play-based assessment in small groups which last about an hour.
- Children of Year 1 age will attend for half a day and the class teacher will assess them in the context of the day’s normal classwork.
- Children in Year 2 and above will join us for normal lessons for most of the day, during this time they will also complete standardised assessments in Maths and English, these take around 2 hours.
Confidential Reference Form
For children already of school age, any offer of a place is conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory reference from their existing school.
All children who are offered a place must be able to access mainstream classroom teaching effectively, work with a cooperative and respectful attitude and can achieve average to above average scores in standardised English and Maths assessments.
Accepting A Place
We will contact you by telephone about whether a place can be offered, the Headmaster himself usually makes this important call. You will then receive an offer letter and be asked to return a signed Acceptance Form together with a non-refundable Acceptance Fee of £xxx. Your child’s place is secured as soon as we have received these. We will then send out other information about starting school, for example consent forms and details about uniform.
Admissions Timeline For Reception Class In September 2027
| Date/Period | Activity |
|---|---|
| March to September 2026 | Families attend Open Morning and/or individual tour |
| March to September 2026 | Families register and apply |
| September 2026 | Children attend a taster session |
| October 2026 | Offers of a place made |
| October 2026 to July 2027 | We continue to offer taster sessions to new applicants and offer places until all places are filled |
| June 2027 | New joiners visit the school to become familiar with their new surroundings, teachers and classmates ahead of starting school in September |
| September 2027 | Our new pupils begin their Heritage school days. |
Year 7 To Year 10
[tbc] Heritage is a through school. Pupils who are already in Year 6 at Heritage automatically continue into Year 7 without the need to apply or sit entrance exams. The process outlined below is for new joiners.
Registering
After visiting Heritage you can register your interest in a place by completing the registration form and paying a £30 registration fee and £120 assessment fee. [Link to Registration Form].
Entrance Examinations
Prospective pupils for Heritage’s senior year groups are assessed through entrance examinations which take place at the school.
For Year 7 entry, prospective pupils attend an examination morning at the end of the Autumn term when they are in Year 6. They sit papers in Maths, English and xxx.
There are also opportunities for later applicants to sit papers later in the school year if places are still available.
Pupils joining the school in other year groups will be invited to sit papers appropriate for their age group on an individual basis [tbc].
Accepting A Place
For pupils sitting the Autumn term entrance exams offers of places are made by the end of that term.
We will contact you by telephone about whether a place can be offered, the Headmaster himself usually makes this important call. You will then receive an offer letter and be asked to return a signed Acceptance Form together with a non-refundable Acceptance Fee of £xxx. Your child’s place is secured as soon as we have received these. We will then send out other information about starting school, for example consent forms and details about uniform.
Jump Up Day
In the Summer term, offer holders attend a day at Heritage to familiarise themselves with their new school, teachers and friends.
Admissions Timeline for Year 7 Entry in September 2027
| Date/Period | Activity |
|---|---|
| 5 December 2026 | Entrance examinations at Heritage |
| 14 December 2026 | First round offers made |
| 1 March 2027 | Local Authority senior school offers published |
| Spring & Summer Term 2027 | Ongoing offers made if places available |
| Summer Term 2027 | Year 6 Jump Up Day |