Applying for a Year 7 place at The Canterbury Academy
Key Dates – September 2026 Start
| Year 7 Open Events Book your place | Open Evening: Thursday 9 October 2025 Open Saturday: Saturday 11 October 2025 Open Mornings: Tuesday 14, Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 October 2025 |
| Deadline for KCC online child admission form to be completed | Friday 31 October 2025 |
| Deadline for Banding Assessment registration to be completed | Friday 31 October 2025 |
| Banding Assessment window | TBC |
| National Offer Day | Monday 2 March 2026 |
| Acceptance of place to be confirmed by | Thursday 26 March 2026 |
| Appeals must be submitted by | Monday 30 March 2026 |
| Appeals to be heard on | TBC at start of 2026 |
Appeals Information
If your child is due to start Secondary School in September 2026 and you wish to appeal, please click below for the appeals form and send it back to us via email to admissions@canterbury.kent.sch.uk or by post before Monday, 30th March 2026.
Appeals are scheduled to take place in June 2026 and all applicants will be notified in writing of the date of their appeal at least 10 days prior to their hearing (unless they have agreed to waive this right).
Downloads
- Secondary School Appeals Form (Online Version) will open here
- Secondary School Appeal Form (Printable Version)
- Secondary School Appeal FAQs
- Secondary School Admission Scheme Statement
- Secondary School Defence Statement
- Secondary School Determined Admission Arrangements 2025
- Secondary School Determined Admission Arrangements 2026
