Admissions for Year 7 Entry • September 2025-2026
Applications for Year 7 entry are now open. To apply for a place at Knole Academy, please apply here. Please do not apply directly to the school.
If you have any questions regarding Admissions, please email Admissions@knoleacademy.org.
Prospectus
Admissions Timetable
The Published Admissions Number (PAN) is: 240
| Key Action | Date |
|---|---|
| Application for Secondary transfer opens online | Monday 2 September 2024 |
| Open Day | Saturday 21st September 2024 |
| Deadline for Expressive Arts registration | Friday 11th October 2024 |
| National closing date for applications | Thursday 31st October 2024 |
| National Offer Day | Monday 3rd March 2025 (by 4pm) |
| Deadline for Late Applications (Also the date by which places should be accepted or declined by schools) | Monday 17th March 2025 |
| Deadline for lodging appeals | Monday 31st March 2025 |
| Open Day | Saturday 20th September 2025 |
Please refer to our Admissions Policy for our oversubscription criteria.
When appealing in-year admissions, the deadline for hearing the appeal is within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.
Admissions Documents (2025-2026)
Admissions Documents (2026-2027)
Expressive Arts
Knole Academy is an expressive arts school, and 10% of the places (24) will be offered to students who show particular aptitude for performing arts and/or the visual arts.
Parents applying for their child/ren to sit the expressive art online test are expected to name Knole Academy as one of their school preferences on the SCAF. If parents do not have a strong preference for Knole Academy, we would ask them not to apply for a place to allow the places to be allocated to students who intend to attend the academy if successful. The tests are intended to identify aptitude, not ability.
If 10% of the places are not filled on artistic aptitude, they will become available to other applicants using the oversubscription criteria.
After the closing date, the work produced will be ranked and moderated by specialist teachers from the academy in the relevant subjects. The ranked list, to be used for selection by aptitude in expressive arts, is returned to the local authority to enable them to allocate places at the same time as other school places are allocated.
Appeals
If you have not been offered a place at Knole Academy, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.
If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form – Booklet Link .
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms.
Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you later send additional information, the closing date is 5 working days before the STAGE 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed NOT to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary/primary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.
Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.
Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.
If you wish to contact the clerk – email: clerk@educationappeals.com
The timetable for appeals is as follows:
| Key Action | Date |
|---|---|
| Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in year 7 to start in September 2025 | 4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in the first tranche of appeals. Appeals lodged later may not be heard until the second tranche which could be in September 2025. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply any documentary evidence at this stage. |
| The stage 1 part of the hearing (with other parents present) will take place on | Thursday 22 May 2025 at 5pm. |
| Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on | Monday 2 June 2025 or Tuesday 3 June 2025 (depending on the number of appeals) |
| Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel | At least 10 school days before the stage 1 hearing. |
| Any additional supporting evidence | Closing date is Thursday 15 May 2025. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please provide the Clerk with ONE copy of any new additional evidence BY EMAIL ONLY. These must be sent to clerk@educationappeals.com. |
| Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel | Due to the high number of appeals held at this time, this may not be sent until up to 10 working days after the last hearing for the school. |
Appeals Documents
In-Year Admissions
For in-year casual applications, you will need to complete and return to us the appropriate form, which can be downloaded below, along with a copy of your child’s birth certificate and a utility/council tax bill as proof of address. Completed applications, birth certificates and utility bills should be sent directly to Knole Academy for the attention of the admissions secretary using the email address admissions@knoleacademy.org.
If the academy does not have space in a year group, you will be sent a letter, and then you will have the option to go on the academy’s waiting list and/or appeal. Names are kept on the waiting list for the remainder of the academic year, at the end of which all names are removed. Should you wish your child to remain on the waiting list for the next academic year, it is your responsibility to submit another IYCAF.
Contact Information
Knole Academy
Louise Dykes
Tel: 01732 454 608
Email: Admissions@knoleacademy.org
Kent County Council Admissions Information and Contacts