The Halley Academy is a vibrant and exciting place of opportunity. Guided by our inclusive values of Respect, Achievement, Collaboration, Integrity and Resilience, we have high expectations in all aspects of daily life at our academy. With its sister school, Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy, and Leigh Academy Blackheath, The Halley Academy is a proud partner in the South East London Cluster of Leigh Academies Trust.
Your child’s success and happiness are our number one priority. We are a caring community where everyone feels safe, valued and empowered to explore, experience and achieve. Our vision is to shape proud, articulate, confident, independent learners equipped to take their place in wider society.
To contact us regarding any admission, please e-mail: admissions@thehalleyacademy.org.uk
Year 7 Admissions Process 2024
There are 180 places available in Year 7 at The Halley Academy for September 2024. To apply for a place at The Halley Academy, you must apply through your home Local Authority.
APPLY FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE
All students applying to The Halley Academy will be invited to sit a fair banding test to ensure that children across the full ability range are admitted. It is not possible to pass or fail the test, but those not sitting the test at all will only be prioritised after those children who have sat the test. In order to be invited to the test, in addition to the local authority application form, an online supplementary form must be completed and submitted to us – if you do not have access to the internet a paper copy can be returned directly to the academy. This must be done by the closing date of 31st October.
Key Dates for September 2025 Admissions
- Open Mornings: Tuesday 1st October 2024, Thursday 3rd October 2024, Friday 4th October 2024 – all at 9.15am to 11.15am
- Open Evening: Thursday 26th September 2024 5pm to 7.30pm with the Principal’s talk at 5.30pm
Key Dates for September 2024 Admissions
- Final Deadline for Supplementary Forms: Tuesday 31st October 2023
- Closing Date for Applications to Home Local Authority: Tuesday 31st October 2023
- Fair Banding Test: Date to be advised
- National Offer Day: Friday 1st March 2024
In-Year Admissions
Applicants applying for a place at The Halley Academy need to apply direct to the Academy.
The process regarding children admitted via Fair Access Panel will be in line with Greenwich Local Authority’s published arrangements.
Sixth Form
Sixth Form is an inclusive community to which the Academy welcomes applications from students from any background looking to study in a supportive and caring environment.
All potential applicants are invited to attend an Open Evening on Thursday 23rd November 2023. An application form should be completed and submitted to the academy by February 2024. Applicants will be invited to discuss their curriculum choices with a senior member of staff to establish whether a suitable programme of study course is available to them. This discussion does not form part of the decision-making process on whether to offer a place.
An offer will be made on the condition that the applicant achieves the examination grades required for enrolment onto each of the courses which they have chosen (these can be found within the Sixth Form Prospectus). Applicants with conditional offers will be invited to attend an orientation day in the summer term. Where applicants have achieved the required grades enrolment will take place in August following publication of the GCSE results.
Application forms will be available at the open evenings or can be downloaded below. Students who wish to apply for The Halley Academy Sixth Form should apply to the Academy directly.
Appeals
If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, the law entitles you 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 Appeals, the admission authority and panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.
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.
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and 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.
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 about Secondary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2025.
Timetable for 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
At least 10 school days before the hearing. This MAY be emailed.
All in-year appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.
Closing date for any additional supporting evidence
FIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email files to clerk@educationappeals.com
Please note that slightly different rules will apply for any summer transfer appeals into Year 7.
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 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panels’ reasons.
Sixth Form Applications Appeals
Last day for Lodging appeals
4pm on Thursday 31 August 2024 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in early to mid-September. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage to include a copy of your result sheet.
Please note the timetable is very short to enable those appellants who win appeals to start as early into the school year as possible.
The form will only be available from results day.
Click here for the 6th form appeal form. If this link does not work, it means you are too late to appeal.
Appeal date
The date will be during the month of September 2024.