Year 7

Year 5 Open Evening

Please see below details of the Open Evening for prospective Year 7 students and parents/carers, taking place on Tuesday, 1st July 2025.

National Offer Day 2025

National Offer Day was 3rd March 2025. Westcliff High School for Girls is unable to deal with queries relating to our waiting list for school places in Year 7 for September 2025. Parents should contact the Local Authority where they live:

Southend Schools Admissions Service: admissions@southend.gov.uk 01702 212934 FAQs: FAQs

Essex County Council, Planning and Admissions Service: admissions@essex.gov.uk 0345 603 2200

London Borough of Havering Admissions Service: schooladmissions@havering.gov.uk

London Borough of Redbridge Admissions Service: admissions@redbridge.gov.uk

In September 2025, Westcliff High School for Girls will admit 192 students into Year 7, which is a variation from the published admission number for this year group.

Admission Appeals

Admission appeals information is available by written request from the school. The school will then reply to your request and send you a Notice of Appeal Form to complete. The deadline for receipt of completed admission appeal documentation wass Tuesday, 1st April at 3.30 p.m. Appeal Hearings will be heard no later than Tuesday, 17th June 2025.

The clerk to the Appeals Panel will write to you at least 10 school days in advance of the hearing to give notice of the venue, date and time of your appeal.

Appeal documentation received after 1st April 2025 may not be heard before the end of the Summer Term.

Transition Reading Booklet

Please see below a link to the Transition Reading Booklet for Year 7 students joining the school in September 2025.

Transition Reading Booklet 2025

Current Year 7 Students - September 2024 Entry

Please contact Westcliff High School for Girls regarding any Waiting List queries for entry to the current Year 7 cohort.

Equipment List

The new academic year for Year 7 students is now underway.

Please see here a link to an Equipment List for students: Equipment List

/docs/Determined_Admissions_Arrangements_2026-2027.pdf

Determined Admissions Arrangements 2025/26

Determined Admissions Arrangements 2024/25

11+ Information

This guidance is provided to help parents who are deciding to apply to Westcliff High School for Girls.

Please click the following link to access the CSSE website www.csse.uk.org

The information below shows the lowest scores over the past 6 years achieved by pupils in the 11+ gaining entry to Year 7, broken down by in/out of priority area and for those with preferential consideration (introduced in 2020).

Each year the situation is different. Sometimes the scores will be higher, sometimes lower.

	Priority Area	Out of Priority Area
2024	303.3369	346.9194 (331.12)
2023	303.5957	342 (322.00)
2022	303.1336	327.0621 (320.00)
2021	303.018	344.041 (323.2703)
2020	303.189	364.749 (343.047)

* Lowest score achieved to gain entry on 1^st March; figure in brackets is lowest score where a place was eventually offered.

FAQ 2024 Admission to WHSG