Appeals Information
Appeal Information and Timetables for the Academic Year 2025 - 2026
If you have not been offered a place following an In Year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code Appeals, the admission authority and panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.
If you wish to appeal, please submit your In Year Appeal via this link. Please do not use any other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended that you download and read the Appeals Explanatory Booklet, before you complete the appeal form.
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form (photos of your child will not be accepted). You must state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the grounds of your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but a separate form must be completed for each school you wish to appeal a place at. If you are appealing for more than one child, a separate form must be completed for each child.
Please note that the online form will ask you to upload two utility bills dated within the last three months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take separate photographs of the two documents using a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.
The Clerk can be contact via: clerk@educationappeals.com
Information about Secondary Transfer appeals for Year 7 entry in September 2026 will be posted on this website by 28 February 2026.
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Timetable for In Year Appeals |
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Deadline to submit Appeal Form: |
20 school days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place.
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Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel: |
At least 10 school days before the hearing. This may be emailed.
All In Year Appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.
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Deadline for any additional supporting evidence: |
5 school days before your hearing – by 4.00pm latest. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email your additional files to clerk@educationappeals.com
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Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the Independent Appeal Panel: |
Due to the high number of appeals, an email is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the Panel. This is followed up around 15 school days later with a letter outlining the Panel’s reasons.
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Timetable for Sixth Form Appeals |
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Deadline to submit Appeal Form: |
31 August 2025. For Sixth Form appeals only, the form can be completed by either the student or the parent. Please submit your Sixth Form Appeal via this link.
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Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel: |
In order to facilitate a hearing as soon as possible, an email will be sent at very short notice. However, if a student or parent wishes to have 10 school day’s notice, this needs to be indicated on the appeal form.
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Date of hearings: |
Wednesday, 3 September 2025 (TBC)
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