Leigh Academy Halley 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, Leigh Academy Halley 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@halley.latrust.org.uk
Year 7 Admissions Process 2025
There are 180 places available in Year 7 at Leigh Academy Halley for September 2025. To apply for a place at Leigh Academy Halley, you must apply through your home Local Authority.
APPLY FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE
All students applying to Leigh Academy Halley 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
- Fair Banding Test: Tuesday 8th October 2024
- Supplementary Form Closing Date: Friday 27th September 2024
- Secondary Common Application Form Deadline: 31st October 2024
Consideration of Applications and Fair Banding Test
All applications for places will be considered. Where fewer applications are received than the agreed admissions number, the academy will offer places to all those who have applied.
All applicants will be invited to sit a fair banding test. 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. The date of the test is Tuesday 8th October 2024. Parents wishing to apply for this academy should do so to the local authority in the usual way and register for the test by sending the supplementary form, available from the academy website, to the main office of the academy or via email, to be received at the academy by Friday 27th September. Applicants registering after 27 September will be offered an alternative date to sit the test.
Fair Banding Test Applications for September 2025 admissions has now closed
In-Year Admissions
Applicants applying for a place at Leigh Academy Halley 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 Leigh Academy Halley Sixth Form should apply to the Academy directly.
Appeals
If you have not been offered a place at Leigh Academy Halley, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. The panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.
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 suggested 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 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, but on different forms.
Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you later send additional information, the closing date is 5 working days before the STAGE 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed NOT to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.
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.
If you wish to contact the clerk – email: clerk@educationappeals.com
Timetable for Appeals
Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in year 7 to start in September 2025
4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in the first tranche of appeals. Appeals lodged later may not be heard until the second tranche which could be in September 2025. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply any documentary evidence at this stage.
The stage 1 part of the hearing (with other parents present) will take place on
Tuesday 17 June 2025. Time to be confirmed.
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on
Tuesday 17 June 2025
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 stage 1 hearing.
Any additional supporting evidence
Closing date is Tuesday 10 June 2025. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please provide the Clerk with ONE copy of any new additional evidence BY EMAIL ONLY. These must be sent to clerk@educationappeals.com.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel
Due to the high number of appeals held at this time, this may not be sent until up to 10 working days after the last hearing for the school.
Timetable for appeals for mid-term applications is as follows:
Last day for lodging appeal forms following a refusal for a place ‘in year’ or ‘mid-term’ excluding 6th form.
You must lodge the appeal form within 20 school days upon receipt of your letter of refusal. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply documentary evidence at this stage. Appeals are held within 30 school days of receipt of the appeal form.
Sixth Form Applications Appeals
Last day for Lodging appeals
4pm on Thursday 28 August 2025 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard within the first weeks of September. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage e.g. 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.
Click here for the 6th form appeal form.
Appeal date
The date will be during the month of September 2025.