Year 7 Admissions
Open Events for September 2025 Admissions
Our open events for September 2025 Admissions have now concluded.
Leigh Academy Blackheath has an agreed published admission number of 180 Year 7 students for September 2025 entry.
Process of Application and How to Apply
We highly recommended you read our admission arrangements before applying for a place at Leigh Academy Blackheath.
Secondary Common Application Form
To apply for a place at Leigh Academy Blackheath, an applicant must apply through the local education authority and name the school as one of their choices –
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Fair Banding Test & Supplementary Form
For 2025/26 admissions, all Year 6 primary students who name Leigh Academy Blackheath in their list of preferences are required to sit the LAT SE London fair banding test. This is 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.
Applications for the Fair Banding Test are now closed
In order to be invited to the test, an online supplementary form must be completed by the closing date of 31st October 2024. Paper copies are available from the Academy if you do not have access to the Internet.
Please contact admissions@leighacademyblackheath.org.uk if you require any more information.
The applicants will be split into 5 equally sized bands based on their assessment results. Within each band our admission criteria will be applied as set out in our determined admission arrangements.
Fair Banding Tests will be held at one of the Leigh Academies Trust Schools in the South East London Cluster. Parents and Carers will be notified of the venue and time of their child’s test via post, email or phone.
The test is a non-verbal reasoning paper and free resources can be downloaded via the GL Assessment website.
GL Assessment Website 11+ Papers
Key Dates
- Fair Banding Test: Saturday 5th October, Saturday 23rd & Tuesday 26th November 2024
- Closing date for SCAF and LAT Supplementary Form: Thursday 31st October 2024
- National Offer Day: Monday 3rd March 2025
To view the Royal Borough of Greenwich Admission Policy please visit
Parents wishing to apply for a place in Leigh Academy Blackheath from outside the Royal Borough of Greenwich should apply to their own Local Authority.
Post-16 Admissions
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Applications to LAB16
Applications to LAB16 for September 2025 admissions are now open. Click below to make a LAB16 application.
Further LAB16 Information
Please click here to view our course guide and details on the IB Diploma and Careers-related programmes
Please contact lab16@leighacademyblackheath.org.uk if you require any more information.
To view more information about our Post-16 provision, please visit our LAB16 page here.
In-Year Admissions
Applicants applying for a place at Leigh Academy Blackheath need to apply directly to the Academy.
Places are admitted in line with our admission arrangements. We highly recommend you read our admission arrangements before applying for a place at Leigh Academy Blackheath.
Please contact us by email if you require further information: info@leighacademyblackheath.org.uk. The process regarding children admitted by the Fair Access Panel will be in line with Greenwich Local Authority’s published arrangements.
Please visit the Royal Borough of Greenwich website to view their Admission Policy. For more information, email: contact-centre@greenwich.gov.uk or call Greenwich Contact Centre on 020 8291 8043.
Outcomes of In-Year Admission Applications will be sent within fifteen working days of us receiving your application.
Appeals
If you have not been offered a place at Leigh Academy, Blackheath 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
Thursday 15 May 2025 at 5.00 pm
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on
Monday 19 to Thursday 22 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 Thursday 8 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.
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.
The date will be during the month of September 2025.
