Academy Admissions

Welcome to the Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green admissions information page.

Please look at our news page for details of our open evenings for prospective Parents, Carers and Students. Our full policy, with details of our admissions criteria, can be downloaded from further down the page. 

A brief summary of the application procedure follows, Reception and in-year admissions.

 

Academy Admissions Contact Details

 

Reception Applications 2021

The Academy has an admission number of 30 in Reception for September 2021-2022

Applications for places in Reception should be made on London Borough of Bromley’s Common Application Form, this is now managed online. Key information on primary school admissions can be found on the Local Authority’s website. Forms should be submitted in accordance with the LA’s published deadlines for applications (normally early to mid-January before the academic year in which the child is eligible for entry).

Reception Applications 2021 Intake

The Academy will have an admission number of 30 in Reception for September 2021-2022.  The Key dates are below:

Reception Key Dates	2020-2021
1st September 2020	Local Authority Online Application Website Open
15th January 2021	Online closing date for Application Forms
16th April 2021	Local Authority informs Parents/Carers of allocated school
30th April 2021	Acceptance of place deadline
13th May 2021	Deadline for appeals to be made in writing to the Academy
May - June 2021	Appeals to be heard
31st December 2021	Waiting Lists closed and replaced by casual admissions waiting lists, Parents/Carers will need to re-apply for an In-Year transfer through the local authority after the 1st January 2022, if still waiting

Once an offer of a place at HPABG has been offered, we will write to parents with the details of our admissions procedure. This will include all the dates of stay and play sessions, meet the teacher sessions and parent information meetings.

In-Year Applications

For in-year admissions, please contact the local authority for an In-Year Transfer.  You may also contact Admissions at the Academy, (contact details above) to request an in-year admission form. Please note that there is no guarantee that a place will be available, but you have the right of appeal if you are refused a place.

For Parents/Carers who Wish to Appeal

Parent(s) wishing to appeal against the Academy’s decision on admissions, for any year group, should complete an Appeal Form (see below) stating the reason for the appeal, based on the published Admissions Criteria.

Completed forms should be sent to the Clerk to the Appeal Panel at:

Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green, St Georges Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JG

The appeals will be heard, in private, by an Independent appeal Panel. The Clerk to the Appeal Panel will make an appointment within a reasonable time, Appeals may be made in English or the Parents’/Carers’ first language.

• Only one appeal per application is allowed.
• Appeals are conducted in person, and you may bring a friend.

The Appeal Hearing

The Academy will arrange for an Independent Appeals Panel to consider the Academy's reasons for refusal and your reasons for wanting to attend the Academy.  

The Panel will consist of 3 people (2 will have education experience and one will be an independent person with no education experience).

The Panel will consider the case put forward by you and the Academy. They must consider the admission arrangements for the Academy and the reasons why you want to attend that particular school.  The Panel must exercise its discretion by balancing the weight of your argument (for wanting to attend) against the Academy’s reasons for refusal i.e. the prejudice that one more student would cause to the education of the students already offered and the Health and Safety of all the students already attending the Academy, also taking into account the Academy's published admission arrangements.  

The decision of the Independent Appeals Panel is binding on the admissions authority and the Parents.