Timeline for Reception and Year 7 Admission to the Academy for September 2026 admissions
Primary Admissions Timelines
- 9am Monday 1 September 2025 – Primary school applications open
- 5pm on Thursday 15 January 2026 – Primary school applications close (national closing date)
- Thursday 16 April 2026 – Offers sent to parents and carers (national offer date)
- Thursday 14 May 2026 – Places must be accepted/refused, waiting list requests and appeal requests must be submitted.
- TBC – Appeals
- Monday 8 June 2026 – Re-allocation of available places begins
- Monday 31 August 2026 – Re-allocation of available places ends
Secondary Admissions Timelines
- Monday 1 September 2025 – Secondary school applications open.
- Tuesday 16 and Wednesday – 17 September 2025 Medway Test dates for children who attend Medway primary and junior schools.
- Saturday 20 or Sunday 21 September 2025 – Medway Test date for children from non-Medway schools. One day will be allocated to each child who attends a non-Medway primary or junior school.
- Friday 31 October 2025 – Secondary school applications close.
- Monday 2 March 2026 – Offers sent to parents and carers, via Medway Council
- Friday 6 March 2026 – Welcome letter from Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo. This is your opportunity to accept or refuse your place at The Academy. This will include registration details, and a link to Applicaa to complete our enrollment form
- Friday 27 March 2026 – Deadline for accepting/refusing offers, waiting requests and appeal requests.
- Monday 20 April 2026 – Re-allocation of school places and processing of late applications.
- Monday 1 June 2026 – Appeals.
- Thursday 2nd July 2026 -Transition Day and Parental Information Evening.
- Tuesday 1 September 2026 – First day at Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo.
Sixth Form Applications for September 2025 Entry
In-Year Casual Admissions
For in year admissions at Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo, applications are made via the link below. Once you have submitted the application, this will be sent to the admissions department – admissions@hundredofhoo.latrust.org.uk
If you wish to appeal for a place, then please refer to the Appeals section below
Appeals Dates & Information for Secondary 2026/2027
If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, you are entitled to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code, the admission authority and all appeal panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online. Online appeals have the advantage of being heard from your home or place of work. No longer do you have to travel to a hearing.
If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form.
For 6th form appeals an Appeal form can be downloaded on this link
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form (photos of your child will not be accepted). You MUST state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the grounds of your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but a separate form must be completed for each school you wish to appeal for. If you are appealing for more than one child, a separate form must be completed for each child and use a different email address.
Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs using a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.
If you wish to contact the clerk – email : clerk@educationappeals.com
Information and a timetable for Summer Transfer appeals will appear on this website before 28 February 2027.
Timetable for appeals for in-term applications is as follows:
Last day for lodging appeal forms
20 School days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place.
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel
This will be EMAILED at least 10 school days before the hearing unless you have opted on the appeal form for a shorter notice period.
All in-year appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.
Closing date for any additional supporting evidence
Up to 12 noon on FIVE school days before your hearing you can upload additional documents to your online appeal folder. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel
Due to the high number of appeals, an email is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the panel. This is followed up around 20 school days later with a further emailed letter outlining the panels’ reasons.
Timetable for appeals for the 6th form is as follows:
Last day for lodging appeal forms
31 August 2026. For 6th form appeals only, the appeal form can be completed by a student or parent.
An Appeal form can be downloaded on this link
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel
In order to facilitate a hearing as soon as possible, an email will be sent at very short notice. However, if a student or parent wishes to have 10 school days notice, this needs to be indicated on the appeal form.
Date(s) of hearings
Late August/September 2026.
Appeals for Primaries
If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, you are entitled to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code, the admission authority and all appeal panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online. Online appeals have the advantage of being heard from your home or place of work. No longer do you have to travel to a hearing.
If you wish to appeal for a place please click the buttons below to complete your appeal online.
Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. Those applying for a place in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 are advised to read the section in the appeal’s booklet which refer to Reception, years 1 and 2.
If you are appealing for a place in years RECEPTION, year 1 or year 2, you are advised to read the section in the booklet which refers to appeals for these years.
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school.
Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.
Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.
Information and a timetable for Summer Transfer appeals will appear on this website before 28 February 2027.
If you wish to contact the clerk – email : clerk@educationappeals.com
The timetable for ‘in-year’ appeals
Last day for lodging appeal forms
20 School days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place.
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel
This will be EMAILED at least 10 school days before the hearing unless you have opted on the appeal form for a shorter notice period. All in-year appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.
Closing date for any additional supporting evidence
Up to 12 noon on FIVE school days before your hearing you can upload additional documents to your online appeal folder. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel
Due to the high number of appeals, an email is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the panel. This is followed up around 20 school days later with a further emailed letter outlining the panels’ reasons.