Harris City Academy Crystal Palace

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — Children in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, a Local Authority in England; children who were looked after in England but ceased to be so through adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order; and children who appear to the Admission Committee to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be so as a result of being adopted. Documentary evidence may be required.
2. 2Children who qualified for an aptitude place — Up to 10% of the PAN (18 places) allocated to children who qualified for consideration for a place through the Technology Aptitude Test. Where more than 18 children meet the threshold, random allocation supervised by an independent person determines who qualifies. Aptitude children are not placed in a band.
3. 3Children with a sibling at the Academy in years 7 to 11 — The sibling must attend the Academy in Years 7-11 at the time of application/closing date and when the applicant is admitted. Sibling means full, half, adopted, long-term foster or step sibling, or a child of the parent's cohabiting partner, living at the child's home address as part of the same core family unit.
4. 4Children of staff members employed at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace — The staff member must be permanently based at the Academy for more than 50% of normal working hours each week during term time and have been employed for at least two years at the time of application, and/or recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, confirmed by their HR Manager. A Children of Staff Supplementary Information Form must be received by the application deadline.
5. 5Children living within the Academy's defined catchment area — The catchment area is determined by reference to a 2-mile radius from the main Academy entrance gate on Maberley Road, per the HCACP Catchment Area Map published alongside the policy. The remaining 90% of places are allocated to Catchment 1 (50%) and Catchment 2 (50%) - in total 10% of all students to Technology, 45% to Catchment 1 and 45% to Catchment 2. Places in this category are randomly allocated under independent supervision.
6. 6Children living outside the Academy's defined catchment area — All remaining places, randomly allocated under the supervision of someone independent of the Academy.

If two applications tie: Where there are more applications than places available within any band or oversubscription category, the order in which places are allocated is determined by random allocation supervised by someone independent of the Academy. Places are not allocated by reference to exact distance (other than determining catchment).

Admission policy for the September 2026 intake. Admission authority is Harris Federation, delegated to the Academy's Admission Committee. Up to 10% of places (18) allocated on aptitude for technology via a Technology Aptitude Test. Year 12 PAN for external candidates is 50.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.