All applications to Gateway Primary Free School, Herringham Primary Academy, Lansdowne Primary Academy and Tilbury Pioneer academy [other than Reception starters in September] will be administered centrally by The Gateway Learning Community.

Please open and complete our admissions form in full. Be sure to click submit when complete.

Please note:

• That we will not be able to consider any application that is not completed in full;
• The admission deadlines and admission entry point towards the end of the policy;
• That we will maintain a waiting list for each year group that is currently full.

Our admissions policy can be viewed at the bottom of the page.

If you wish to apply for any Thurrock Primary school that is not part of the Gateway Learning Community, you must complete a Thurrock school admissions form.  Further information on how to apply can be located by clicking on the website link: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/school-admissions

Applying for a secondary school place at the Gateway Academy

For places in Years 8-11 [and mid-year Year 7] you must apply directly to the Gateway Academy, you can find out more detail here

To apply to start Reception in September applications must be submitted directly to Thurrock Council Education Department.

Click on the link below to apply from 1 November 2023 – closing date is 15 January 2024.  Applications received after the closing date are treated as late applications.  This means there will be far less chance of your child being offered a place at the school you want.

https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/primary-school-admissions/applying-for-primary-school-place

The key dates are below: