Applying for a primary school place

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 2025 Reception intake

If your child's 5th birthday falls between 1st September 2025 and 30th August 2026 they are due to start school in September 2025. 

The deadline for applications was midnight on 15^th January 2025.

THE OFFERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT.

If your child has not been allocated a place at Hillcrest 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 Days

If your child's 5th birthday falls between 1st September 2026 and 30th August 2027 they are due to start school in September 2026. 

Our open days for parents of children due to start school in September 2026 will be on: 

• Monday 6^th October 5.30 - 6.30
• Thursday 13th November 5.30 - 6.30
• Friday 14th  November 9.30 - 10.30
• Thursday 8^th January  9.30 - 10.30

Please phone the school office to book a place. 0117 3772440

In the meantime, you can see the presentation slides from last year's open days HERE, find out about the school by exploring the website and 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 7th May 2025)