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Primary Admissions
Primary School admissions are managed by Hertfordshire County Council (HCC).
The online application process will be open from Monday 3rd November 2025 until Thursday 15th January 2026.
More information on applying for a school place within Hertfordshire can be found at the HCC website by clicking here.
Reception visits November 2025: for children with DOB 01/09/2021 to 31/08/2022 (starting school in September 2026).
Tours of the school have now concluded but if you were unable to join one of our tours, please take a look at our virtual tour here:
Highover Virtual Tour.mp4Nursery
Highover JMI & Nursery School, together with Hertfordshire County Council, has made the difficult decision to proceed with the closure of the nursery class from the end of July 2026
Full details can be found in a letter from our Chair of Governors, available here
Current Academic Year 2025/26
Nursery settings operate their own admission process and local authority nursery schools and classes within Hitchin form part of the Hitchin Partnership.
At Highover all places are funded by Hertfordshire County Council, have a qualified nursery teacher and provide the opportunity for children to experience being part of a school.
We currently have a 30 place nursery class and children attend five morning sessions from 9am to 12pm, providing 15 hours of free nursery education.
In year applications for our Nursery class must be made directly to the school but please note that Primary admissions are managed by Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) see below. A separate application is needed to move to the main school and allocation of a Nursery place does not guarantee your child a place in our Reception class. More information on applying for a school place within Hertfordshire can be found on the HCC website by clicking here.
Should there be more applications than places, an agreed over subscription criteria will be followed. Please click here for the link to the oversubscription criteria. If an application is unsuccessful, you may request to go onto the Nursery’s continuing interest list and, if a space arises, the criteria will be applied again.
In Year Admissions
In Year Admissions
If you have moved or you want your child to go to a different school, you can apply to change school during the school year. This is called an "in year admission".
All in year admissions from Reception to Year 6 are dealt with by Hertfordshire County Council, please click here for more information. In year Nursery admissions are handled by the school. Please contact the school office for more availability and information.
If you are allocated a place, you will be offered a visit to the school. Please note we do not offer visits prior to the allocation unless there is a place available.
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