Admissions to Leigh Academy Bexley
At Leigh Academy Bexley, we aspire to be a highly effective and truly inclusive school, reflecting the vibrant, diverse, and dynamic community that we serve. We believe in connecting with our local community and championing our local area.
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.
Admissions
We believe in providing our young people with an education, one that unlocks curiosity, ignites ambition, and forges a social conscience, equipping our students with the tools they need to have an impact on the world around them.
LAT is one of the largest and most successful multi-academy trusts in the region, with 31 academies in Kent, Medway, Bexley, and Greenwich. It has the capacity to provide significant and immediate support in all areas required so that LABex can enjoy the benefits of being part of a wide local educational network.
An increasingly broad programme of extra-curricular opportunities is offered to all students, extending the curriculum beyond the classroom and providing students with increased confidence and building resilience.
We aim to enhance the life chances of every Leigh Academy Bexley student, an ambition which goes beyond exams and league tables alone.
To contact us regarding any admission, please e-mail: admissions@LABexley.org.uk
Year 7 Admissions Process September 2025
There are 250 places in Year 7 at Leigh Academy Bexley for September 2024. To apply for a place at the school, you must apply through your Home Local Authority.
In-Year Admissions
Applicants applying for a place at Leigh Academy Bexley must apply directly to Bexley Local Authority. Applicants can find more information using the link below:
The process regarding children admitted via Fair Access Panel will align with Bexley Local Authority’s published arrangements.
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 dates
The appeal will be during the month of September 2024.