Academy Admissions

Admissions Officer

Admissions Officer
Harris Academy Purley
Kendra Hall Road
South Croydon
CR2 6DT

0208 681 1141 (choose option 4)
admissions@harrispurley.org.uk

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Open Evening and Open Mornings

Open Evening took place on Thursday 23rd September 2021.

Open Mornings took place on Wednesday 6th and Wednesday 13th October 2021.

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Year 7 Applications

The Academy has an admission number of 190 in Year 7 for September.

For admissions into the next year’s Year 7, parents and carers are required to complete an online application form (known as the “Common Application Form” - CAF) which can be found at http://www.eadmissions.org.uk. No applications direct to the Academy can be accepted.

Parents are strongly advised to read carefully the full Academy Admissions Policy and information and advice from the local authority. The main points to remember are:

• You must submit an application form to your Local Education Authority by 31st October. A place at any secondary school can only be offered if an application has been received.
• Think carefully about the order in which you place your chosen schools on the form. You should enter your most preferred school first on the list. Please remember to use our full name: Harris Academy Purley. There are over 50 Harris Academies across London, so entries of “Harris Academy” are invalid and therefore, ignored.
• You will be invited to a Testing Day on 10th December 2021. This is a non-verbal reasoning test to place applicants in ability bands. A set number of places are allocated to each band to ensure a mixed ability intake.
• Be sure to include at least 3 different schools on your preference form.

National Offer Day will be in the first week of March. The local authority will notify you of the school where your child has been offered a place. If you are happy with the offer, you MUST ACCEPT this place by returning the Acceptance Form to the Admissions Department at the Academy.

If you are unhappy that you did not receive an offer of a school place at Harris Academy Purley, you have the right to lodge an independent appeal with us. This must be done by the deadline shown below.

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Key Year 7 Dates

31 October	CAF forms returned to home Local Authority
10 December*	Harris Federation Testing Day
31 December	Waiting lists closed and replaced by casual admissions waiting lists. You will need to re-apply as a Casual Admission if you are still waiting at this point
1 March*	National Offer Day (Your Local Authority will inform you of the outcomes of your applications)
16 March*	The deadline for you to accept or decline your offer
29 March*	Appeals Deadline (appeals must be received by the academy no later than 16:00)
26 April to 28 May	Appeal Hearings

^{*Date is subject to change}

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Admissions Arrangements 2022-23

The Governing Body of Harris Academy Purley met on 26th February 2021 to review and consider the responses of the admissions consultation for intake in 2022-23. After careful consideration, the Governing Body have agreed to determine the arrangements. These can be found below.

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Distance information

The table below shows the farthest distance a student, who was offered a place, lived from the academy. The farthest distance under the 'nearness rule' was 7.9 miles. This also took the 'siblings rule' into account. The farthest distance a student without a sibling at the academy lived was 5.5 miles.

Band	Distance from academy
1	3.913 miles
2	3.476 miles
3	7.909 miles
4	3.397 miles
5	5.538 miles
6	2.783 miles
7	2.99 miles
8	3.19 miles
9	2.976 miles

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In-year applications

If you are looking for a place at Harris Academy Purley because you have recently moved into the area, or your child is at another secondary school and you feel that a change of school would benefit his/her education and/or general well-being, you are entitled to apply for a school place. 

Since September 2013, the law allows you to apply directly to Harris Academy Purley.  Please contact the Admissions Department at the Academy (contact details above) to request an In-Year Admission Form or download it using the link at the bottom of the page. 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.

In-year waiting list applications

Please complete the form on the link below to apply for a place at Harris Academy Purley. Please note this is a secondary school for students aged 11-16. Please see the next section for details regarding admissions into the Harris Federation Sixth Form.

https://forms.office.com/r/CZTAffvCng

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Sixth Form applications

Admissions into our sixth form should be made through the Harris Federation Sixth Form website. 

Each Harris academy with a sixth form will hold their own open event. Harris Academy Purley will hold an Open Evening for our sixth form in September, allowing prospective students an opportunity to see the facilities and courses on offer at this campus.

Please check our website in August for exact dates for all of our open events.

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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.

If you wish to appeal you must contact the Admissions Department who will send you an Appeals Form to complete.

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

Harris Academy Purley
Kendra Hall Road
South Croydon
CR2 6DT

Completed Appeal Forms for Year 7 must be received by the Academy by the closing date shown on the table above.

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.

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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 this 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.