Admissions

If your child has been offered a place in Year 7 for September 2025 or as a mid year joiner in 2025-26; the following information will assist your child with settling into our school.

Admission policy for 2025/26 academic year

Please click here to view the determined admission arrangements for 2025/26.

Applying for a place in Years 7-11

If your child is already of secondary school age and you wish to apply for a place in Year 7 to Year 11 in the academic year commencing September 2025, please click on the link below to complete the Mid Year Application form.

The earliest you can apply is the half term before you want your child to start, for instance, if you want your child to start in September, you can apply after the May half term break.

Once submitted it will be sent straight to our admissions department.  

  1. You will also need to arrange for your child’s current or previous school  to complete the form entitled Mid Year Application – previous school to complete, link below.  
  2. Please forward to the school a copy of your child’s birth certificate or passport, any visas or settlement letters showing your right to be in the UK and evidence of your home address to admissions@pmsc.school.

Your application cannot be processed until 1 and 2 are completed.

Please read the Guidance Notes below.

Mid Year Application – PMSC
Mid Year Application – previous school to complete
Mid Year Application Guidance Notes

Priority Admission Area – List of Roads – Philip Morant School and College

Priority Admission Map – Philip Morant School and College

New joiners information

Please see the tab called Y7 September and Mid Year Joiners for useful information.

School Tours

Tours are now finished for the 2026-27 intake. Please contact the school if you would like a school tour.

How to apply for a Year 7 place for September 2026

Applications are dealt with by Essex County Council.  Please click here to view the information on their website and apply.  The school cannot deal with your Year 7 Application, but we can offer you guidance and support if you need it.  Applications will not open until September 2025.  Applications close on the 31st October 2025.

The national offer day is 1st March 2026.

Please click here to view our admission policy for September 2026 intake.

Year 7 September 2026 intake

Our independent appeal date is 12th May 2026.  The hearings will be held virtually. 

2nd March 2026 is the national offer day for secondary school places for September 2026.  If you have been refused a place and wish to appeal, please complete the appeals from, link below.  Please email any supporting evidence to admissions@pmsc.school.

Master Appeals Form

A guide to school admission appeals

Appeal Information and Notes

Appeals Procedure

 

Mid-Year Appeals (for students in Y7-Y11 commencing September 2025-26)

If you have been refused a place at the school and wish to appeal the decision not to offer your child a place at the school please complete the Appeals Form and read the Appeals Information.

Master Appeals Form

A guide to school admission appeals

Appeal Information and Notes

Appeals Procedure

Please visit our Sigma Sixth pages for details on the application process and the courses that we offer at Sigma Sixth Colchester.

Please see the Sigma Sixth Admissions Policy 2027-28 and Sigma Sixth Admissions statement 2025-26 for more details on making an application to Sigma Sixth Colchester. 

Click here for the Sigma Sixth Application form. Applications should be made online and should be submitted by 31st December. Once we have processed your application, you will receive an email with a conditional offer.