Admissions

Applications for places will be made in accordance with Local Authority admission arrangements and will be made on the Common Application Form provided and administered by the Local Authority. The Academy will work to the common admissions timetable agreed by Bexley Local Authority.

Additionally, in order to assist the Academy to make provision for your son/daughter in the Harris Test, you should complete the Supplementary Information Form, available in the prospectus and return it to the Academy along with proof of residence. NB completion of a supplementary form for Harris Academy Falconwood does not constitute an application to the Academy. You MUST complete the Local Authority Common Application Form as well.

The Harris Academy Falconwood will admit 180 students each year as from September 2009.

All applicants will take a standardised non-verbal reasoning test. Students will be placed into one of 9 ability groups based on the results of this test. This is not a pass or fail test. It is designed to ensure that students of all abilities have an equal chance of gaining a place at the Academy.

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications in each band will be considered against the criteria set out below, using inner and outer catchment areas (zones) with agreed allocations of places to each.

After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where the Academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:

a) children in public care;

b) 90% of the remaining places to children residing in priority zone A, selected by lottery;

c) any remaining places to children residing in zone B, selected by lottery.

Note: Priority Zone A will include all addresses falling within a radius of 1.75 miles from the main entrance to Harris Falconwood Academy as from time to time determined and published by the Governing Body.

Proof of Residence
An original proof of residence must be submitted with the Supplementary Form. It must be one of the following: A landline telephone bill, electricity bill or gas bill dated no earlier than 1st June 2008. If gas/electricity is paid by key/meter, you must provide a summary from your supplier showing usage and payments dated no earlier than 1st June 2008.

Admissions Appeals
Appeals should be made to the clerk to the Governors at Harris Academy Falconwood, The Green, Welling, Kent, DA16 2PE.

Checklist
If applying to Harris Academy Falconwood please list the Academy on the Common Application Form which is returned to the Local Authority.