Admissions and Appeals

Welcome to Woodland Academy Trust and thank you for your interest in educating your child at one of our schools. The following notes are designed to provide guidance on enquiries or applications for places.

Woodland Academy Trust is the admission authority for the schools within the Trust and the allocation of school places has been delegated to the Local Authority School Admissions Teams.

You can visit our schools' websites for their admission arrangements:

Knockhall Primary School

Lime Wood Primary School

Northumberland Heath Primary School

Peareswood Primary School

Willow Bank Primary School 

Applications are considered for reception places annually. For ‘in year’ admissions, applications are considered as soon as a place becomes available. 

Waiting lists are maintained by the Local Authority and all enquiries should be made to them. Children on waiting lists are ranked according to the priority they have under the published admission arrangements. Waiting lists do not operate on a ‘first come first served’ basis; if new applicants have a higher priority, they will be ranked higher than those who have been on the list for some time.

Please see below links to in year admissions information:

London Borough of Bexley

Kent County Council

Parents/carers who are not offered a place for their child will be entitled to appeal to an independent committee under the provisions of the:

School Standards and Framework Act, 1998.

A service level agreement has been taken out with Local Authority Independent Appeals Services and Clerks Associates to carry out the role of clerk to administer appeals hearings.

Information about the appeals process can be located under the Appeals section on the school website. 

Knockhall Primary School

Lime Wood Primary School

Northumberland Heath Primary School

Peareswood Primary School

Willow Bank Primary School