The Admissions Process for September 2026
If your child will be joining Year 7 in a Secondary School in September 2026. you’ll need to apply for a school through Medway Council.
Medway Council’s website has all of the relevant key information you meed to apply for a Secondary School place. Some key information from their website can be found below:
You can submit your school application from 9am on 1st September 2025. Applications close on 31st October 2025.
To apply for a secondary school place you will need to:
- Apply through Medway Council if you live in Medway
- Apply through your own local authority if you live outside of Medway
- Use the child’s main address
- Complete an application for each child if you’re applying for more than one child such as twins. They will not count as a sibling link for a place.
When applying you can:
- Name both Medway and non-Medway schools on your application
- Apply for up to 6 different schools in order of preference (not including private, independent or special schools)
- Choose to apply for less than 6 schools.
When applying remember we still cannot guarantee or give a child a priority place:
- If you name just one school, this will not improve your chances of being offered a place at that school
- If you name a school multiple times. It will only be considered as one of your preferences
- If you have added your child’s name to a school’s expression of interest list
- Based on your childcare arrangements.
Appeals
All applicants refused a place have a right of appeal to an independent appeal panel constituted and operated in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code.
Parents should contact the admissions officer, via the email address admissions@maritimeacademy.org.uk or Maritime Academy, Chalk Lane, Strood, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4YG, by 27th March 2026. Appeals received after this date might not be heard at the same time as those submitted on time.
National Offer Day: 2nd March 2026
Deadline for accepting or refusing a place: 27th March 2026
Deadline for appeals: 27th March 2026
Appeals will take place in June.
For applications made in the normal admission round, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals. 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 appeals being lodged.