Admissions

If you would like to apply for a place at Fleetdown Primary Academy outside of the normal admissions round, you will need to complete an In-Year Admission Form and return it to Courtney Rowlings via the Main Office.  You must also provide supporting evidence to show that you are living at the address from which the application is being made, details are as follows:-

1. Your child’s full birth certificate and valid passport;
2. 2024-2025 Council Tax Statement OR signed tenancy agreement;
3. ONE of the following documents:a)         Driver’s licence;
   b)         Schedule of motor insurance;
   c)         Utility bill such as gas/electricity/water/telephone/broadband;
   d)         Payslip.
4. Any ONE of the following to show your child is also living at this address at the same time:
   1. Child or Working Tax Credit/Child Benefit/JSA/Disability Benefit/Universal Credit Letter;
   2. savings account statement;
   3. NHS medical card;
   4. NHS immunisation letter;
   5. hospital appointment letter;
   6. GP registration letter;
   7. Pre-school/nursery invoice (for Reception children only).

If there are no places available at the time of your application, your child will be placed on the waiting list.  Applicants are prioritised in accordance with our over-subscription criteria:

1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children
2. Current Family Association
3. Health, Social and Special Access Reasons
4. Children of Staff
5. Nearness of child’s home to the school

Appeals for In-Year Admissions

Once a pupil has been placed on the waiting list, if the parent so chooses, they can submit an appeal with the Appeals Team at Kent County Council.  Further details on the appeals process can be found at Appeal a school offer – Kent County Council.

Appeals

If your child is due to start Primary school in September 2026, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Thursday, 16 April 2026). You must submit your appeal before Monday 18 May 2026 for it to be considered by Monday 20 July 2026. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

Application for Primary Intake/Junior Transfer opens

National closing date for application forms

National Offer Day: e-mails sent after 4pm

Deadline for late applications and waiting list requests to be included in Kent County Council’s reallocation stage. Also date by which places should be accepted or declined to schools

Kent County Council will send schools reallocation waiting lists for ranking against their oversubscription criteria

Deadline for lodging of appeals

Kent County Council to reallocate places that have become available from the schools’ waiting lists. After this point, schools will take back ownership of their waiting lists.

Admission appeals held

Pupils start school