The Hastings Academy

Admissions

How to apply for a place at the academy

The St Leonards Academy will consider all applications for places. Most students join at the start of year 7. Applications for all year groups at the academy will be made in accordance with East Sussex County Council’ (ESCC) coordinated admissions arrangements and will be made on the Common Application Form (CAF) provided and administered by East Sussex County Council’s Admissions Tream.

A brochure describing the secondary admissions process, and application form, are available from East Sussex County Council or online here.

You can make your application online or by returning the completed form to the Schools Admissions Team at the county council.

Please do not send your application form to the academy.

Year 7

When The St Leonards Academy opens in September 2011, it will replace Filsham Valley and The Grove. Until the planned building work is complete, and we move onto one site in 2013, the academy will operate on two sites: Darwell campus (formerly The Grove) and Edinburgh campus (Filsham Valley). All year 7 students will be admitted to the Darwell campus, providing two real benefits to your child.

First, it will ensure all the year 7 students are educated together – giving them far better learing opportunities; and second, it will limit the disturbance of the building works and affect far fewer students. The accomodation on the Darwell campus will be significantly remodelled to ensure that the academy is able to meet the needs of sutdents with special educational needs.

Other year groups

Students and families wishing to apply for places in other year groups (years 8 to 11) can contact either Jenny Jones, the Principal of the St Leonards Academy, or the School Admissions Team.