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 Academic year 2025/2026
If you have not been offered a place at Hundred of Hoo Academy, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This 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 – Booklet Link .
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 12 noon, 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/primary 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 is as follows:
Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in year 7 to start in September 2026
4pm on Thursday 2 April 2026 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 2026. 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
Monday 1 June 2026 – time TBC
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on
Monday 1 June 2026
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 12 noon Friday 22 May 2026. 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 15 working days after the last hearing for the school.
Timetable for appeals for mid-term applications is as follows:
LLast 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.
Timetable for appeals for the 6th form is as follows:
Last day for lodging appeal forms
4pm on Thursday 27 August 2026 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.
Closing Date for appeals to be submitted Friday 18 September
Click here for the 6th form appeal form.
Appeal date
The date will be during the month of September 2026.