The school participates in the Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) co-ordinated scheme for admissions. All deadlines within this scheme must be adhered to by applicants. HCC will make offers of places on behalf of the school. 

Further information, including the rules for admission, is available at: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions. On-time applications closed on Thursday 31 October 2024.

Determined admissions criteria for Hitchin Girls' School for 2025/26

Secondary allocation day is Monday 3 March 2025. If you applied online you will receive an email from HCC on this date. If you applied on paper then you will receive a letter in the post.

Accepting your place: if you are allocated Hitchin Girls’ School and wish to accept your place then you must do this either online or on the paper form provided by Monday 17 March 2025. Responses go directly to HCC and do not come to the school.

Continued interest: if you are not allocated Hitchin Girls’ School and it was ranked higher than the school you have been allocated, then you will automatically be added to the continued interest list.

If you do not want to stay on this list then you must let the HCC Children’s Services Team know immediately.

All Local Authorities have a statutory duty to coordinate all in-year admissions (primary and secondary) for all maintained schools and academies. This means that all applications for, and allocations of, in-year places must be made via a child's home Local Authority.

All parents living in Hertfordshire who wish to make an in-year application must apply online to the HCC online appeals system and not by applying directly to schools. A paper application form can be requested from the Children, Schools and Families Customer Service Centre, 0300 123 4043.

At allocation time, parents wishing to appeal who applied online should log into their online application and click on the link ‘register an appeal’. Those who did not apply online need to contact the Children, Schools and Families Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 to request an appeal pack. 

The Department for Education's Guidance for Parents regarding appeal panels

The deadline for lodging an appeal (31 March 2025) and the dates of hearings (between 2 May and 18 June 2025) are detailed in this appeals timetable.

Appellants (the person who made the appeal) will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 clear working days in advance of the hearing (unless you have been asked to agree shorter timescales).

Appellants will be sent a copy of the school's case 7 working days in advance of the hearing.

Further information on the appeals process

Information on our Sixth Form is available here. The Sixth Form open event usually takes place in November each year, for those looking to start in Year 12 the following September. 

The Determined Admission Arrangements for 2023-2024 were reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees on 19 January 2022.

Details of the arrangements are available here: 

Hitchin Girls’ School Determined Admission Rules 2023-24

The Determined Admission Arrangements for 2024-25 were reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees on 13 September 2022.

Details of the arrangements are available here: 

Hitchin Girls' School Determined Admission Rules 2024-25

The Determined Admission Arrangements for 2025-26 were reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees on 12 September 2023.

Details of the arrangements are available here: 

Hitchin Girls' School Determined Admission Rules 2025-26

The Determined Admission Arrangements for 2026-27 were reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees on 10 September 2024.

Details of the arrangements are available here: 

Hitchin Girls' School Determined Admission Rules 2026-27