Key Dates
If your child was born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021, and you wish to apply for a place here at Meopham Community Academy, please see below the following key dates:
Appeals
If your child is due to start primary school in September 2025, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Wednesday 16th April 2025). You need to submit your appeal before Tuesday 20th May 2025. You will be given at least 10 school days notice of an appeal hearing.
Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
Decisions of appeals will be given within 5 school days of the hearing.
For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
Once a sibling link has been broken, sibling priority will be permanently lost for that child regardless of any further address moves a family may make in the future.