Timeline for Reception and Year 7 Admission to the Academy for September 2025 admissions
Primary Admissions Timelines
- 9am Monday 2 September 2024 – Primary school applications open
- 5pm on Wednesday 15 January 2025 – Primary school applications close (national closing date)
- Wednesday 16 April 2025 – Offers sent to parents and carers (national offer date)
- Wednesday 14 May 2025 – Places must be accepted/refused and requests to go on a waiting list and appeals must be submitted.
- Monday 9 June 2025 – Re-allocation of available places begins
- Wednesday 31 December 2025 – Re-allocation of available places ends
Secondary Admissions Timelines
- Monday 3rd March 2025 – Offers sent to parents and carers.
- Friday 7th March 2025 – Welcome letter from The Hundred of Hoo Academy. This is your opportunity to accept or refuse your place at The Hundred of Hoo Academy. This will include registration details, and a link to Applicaa to complete our enrollment form
- Friday 28th March 2025 – Deadline for accepting/refusing offers, waiting requests and appeal requests.
- Monday 21 April 2025 – Re-allocation of school places and processing of late applications.
- Thursday 3rd July 2025 – Transition Day and Parental Information Evening
- Monday 2nd September 2025 – First day at The Hundred of Hoo Academy
- Wednesday 31 December 2025 – End of admissions process and waiting lists close.
Sixth Form Applications for September 2025 Entry
In-Year Casual Admissions
For in year admissions at The Hundred of Hoo Academy, applications are made via the link below. Once you have submitted the application, this will be sent to the admissions department – admissions@hundredofhooacademy.org.uk
If you wish to appeal for a place, then please refer to the Appeals section below
Primary 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 appeal panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.
If you wish to appeal, please use the links below 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.
If your appeal is for years Reception, year 1 or year 2, you are strongly advised to read the section on Key Stage 1 appeals on page 18.
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 Primary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2025.
Timetable for Appeals
Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in RECEPTION to start in September 2025
4pm on Monday 19 May 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 1 July 2025 or Wednesday 2 July 2025, time to be advised on letter of invitation.
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on
Tuesday 1 July 2025 or Wednesday 2 July 2025, time to be advised on letter of invitation.
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
Tuesday 24 June 2025. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email any ADDITIONAL paperwork to clerk@educationappeals.com before the deadline.
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 school days after the last hearing for the school.
Appeals
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 –
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/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
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
Friday 23 May 2025. Time tbc
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on
Friday 23 May 2025 (depending on the number of appeals)
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 Friday 16 May 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.
Mid-Term Applications Appeals
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 dates
The date will be during the month of September 2025.