Admissions
Applying for a primary school place
Find out all about primary school admission, and apply on line for a school place, on the Bristol City Council website here:
https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/primary-apply
Admissions Department Tel: 0117 9037694
The Bristol City Council Primary Admissions Department manages the whole admissions process. The Hillcrest office team can advise you who to contact and when but we have no influence over how places are allocated and we do not hold a waiting list in school.
You can see the Department of Education's School Performance Tables HERE.
September 2027 Reception intake
If your child's 5th birthday falls between 1st September 2027 and 30th August 2028 they are due to start school in September 2027.
You will find everything you need to know about applying for a school place on the Bristol City Council website here: New reception primary school place
The deadline for applications was midnight on 15th January 2027.
If your application for a place at Hillcrest has been unsuccessful and you would like to know what to do next, the Primary Admissions department at Bristol City Council will be able to advise you.
Call 0117 9037694 or email school.admissions@bristol.gov.uk
Open Evenings for Reception parents 2027-28
Thursday 12th November 9.30 - 10.30
Thursday 12th November 5.30 - 6.30
Tuesday 17th November 9.30 - 10.30
Tuesday 17th November 5.30 - 6.30
Thursday 7th Jan 9.30 - 10.30
Call the school office on 0117 3772440 to book a place,(so we know how many chairs we need).
In the meantime, you can...
- See this year's open day presentation slides HERE
- Find out about the school by exploring the website
- Watch a short film introducing Hillcrest HERE
In Year Applications
If you wish to apply for a place at Hillcrest for an older child, or during the school year, call our school office on 0117 3772440 to arrange a time to look around the school, if we have a vacancy in your child's year group.
Our current vacancies are displayed on the rolling banner on our website's home screen.
Please note, though, that the application process, waiting lists and allocation of places are dealt with by the Bristol City Council Primary Admissions Department, not schools themselves.
The number of children at Hillcrest
Our School Governors have set the maximum class size at 30 children, to allow the most flexible and effective use of our refurbished, undersized, Victorian building.
We have two form entry - two classes of 30 children in each year group.
Numbers currently on roll (Updated 11th May 2026)
| Reception | 59 |
| Yr 1 | 60 |
| Yr 2 | 60 |
| Yr 3 | 59 |
| Yr 4 | 58 |
| Yr 5 | 58 |
| Yr 6 | 56 |
| Total on roll | 410 |