Academy Admissions
Harris Academy Clapham admission arrangements for September 2025.
Harris Academy Clapham is a mixed ability academy for girls and boys. We are a seven-form entry secondary school with a published admissions number (PAN) of 195. We are accepting applications Year 7 students for September 2025.
Application process
Harris Academy Clapham forms part of the Pan London Co-ordinated admissions scheme for secondary admissions, Parents must complete their Home Local Authority (LA) Common Application Form (CAF) and return it to their Home Local Authority by the closing date. Lambeth’s CAF is available here. If you wish to apply for a place, you must name the school as one of your preferences on the CAF.
The closing date for applications is 31st October 2024.
Offers will be made on 3rd March 2025.
Please contact our Admissions team at admissions@harrisclapham.org.uk if you have any questions about Year 7 admissions.
Late applications
All applications received by the LA after the deadline will be considered to be late applications. Late applications will be considered after those received on time. If, following consideration of applicants the school is oversubscribed, parents may request that their child is placed on the school’s waiting list.
Please contact our Admissions team at admissions@harrisclapham.org.uk if you have any questions about late applications.
Admission of children outside their normal age group
Parents may request that their child is admitted outside their normal age group. To do so parents should include a request in their application, specifying why admission out of normal year group is being requested.
When such a request is made, the academy trust will make a decision on the basis of the circumstances of the case and in the best interests of the child concerned, taking into account the views of the head teacher and any supporting evidence provided by the parent.
Waiting lists
The Academy will operate a waiting list for Year 7. Where the school receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until the end of the first term after the beginning of the school year. This will be maintained by the Academy Trust and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.
Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Where places become vacant, they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. The waiting list will be recorded in accordance with the oversubscription criteria whenever anyone is added to or leaves the waiting list.
From March 3rd, please contact our Admissions team at admissions@harrisclapham.org.uk if you have any questions about our waiting list.
Appeals
School Admission Appeals Timetable 2025
Appeals resulting from applications which are turned down for admission in September 2025 will be heard according to the following secondary admissions timetable:
- Secondary online outcomes published during the evening: 3rd March 2025
- Appeals lodged by 31st March at 4pm
- Appeals for Harris Academies will be heard in two stages.
Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within 40 days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged, whichever is the later date.
Appellants will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 clear school days in advance of the hearing.
Appellants will be sent a copy of the school's case at least seven clear working days in advance of the hearing.
Please complete the Appeals Application Form available for download below to lodge an appeal.
In-year applications
In-year applications to be considered for a place at the academy can be submitted using the link below.
Our Admissions Policy can be accessed below.
Please contact our Admissions team at admissions@harrisclapham.org.uk if you have any questions about our waiting list.
Admissions Consultation
The Governing Body are consulting on admissions arrangements for students applying for places for the academic year beginning in September 2026. The consultation will run over 6 weeks from Thursday 19 December 2024 to Thursday 30 January 2025.
The full draft admission arrangements for 2026/ 2027 can be found by clicking on the downloadable link below.
Your questions
We are happy to answer any questions you may have, please contact us at: info@harrisclapham.org.uk
Your views
We would welcome your views on our consultation. Please ensure you respond to our consultation by noon on Thursday 30 January, which is when our consultation period closes.
You can respond
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By email: info@harrisclapham.org.uk
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In writing: correspondence should be sent to Ms A Blackett, Clerk to the Governors, Harris Academy Clapham, 33 Clarence Avenue, London, SW4 8LD
Next steps
After our consultation, we will consider all the responses and discuss these with our Governor Body.
